what is this box with a danger of death sing on it

[tr87]

this box is in the village i live in - its a small grey box nr a pond with a danger of death sign on it. there has been recently some damage to it, should i report it to the elctric board or not, is it that dangerous or not.

 

[Amp David]

Who knows, is probably something to do with lighting around that pond. More than likely belongs to the council.

Do you have a fixation with looking on street view and finding damaged equipment?

 

[Engineer54]

Obviously council owned. Probably housing a ELV transformer and controls etc, for underwater lighting and pumps etc!!

 

[Hiddo]

As above. Whoever owns the pond/land will be responsible for that.
Contact them and advise them of the damage, they may already be aware of the problem.

 

[tr87]

i know its got a danger of death sign on it but how dangerous is this?

 

[malcolmsanford]

deadly ................................dangerous I would expect.

These signs are widely used in the electrical industry, especially in places where you can have the general public in close proximity to low/high voltage.

You can be electrocuted at very low voltages, it is widely accepted that in certain circumstances a voltage over 50v can be fatal, so these are warnings that in that box there are voltages exceeding these.

 

[telectrix]

do not test with this

 

[ackbarthestar]

do not test with this

Lol, far too ambiguous, somebody is bound to say that my tongue doesn't look anything like the picture so it must be Ok !