Wrapped Around the Axle
This is home repair day, so I am working from home while a variety of repair people show up (none of whom has yet shown up in their promised arrival time window).
Anyway, the A/C guy was here first and was diagnosing why my condenser didn't seem to be running. He found this on the cooling fan motor (dead):
Life in Arizona.
is that a bull snake?
Clearly not from Arizona
The head looked wrong to me for a rattlesnake (which is what I assume you are implying that it is) and I have seen a few bull snakes over the years. They like to imitate rattlesnakes as a defense mechanism and are similarly patterned, as well.
and no, I am not an Arizona native.
Can't imagine why you would need A/C in such a dry location as Phoenix...
TIme windows... I remember the first time I scheduled with comcast. They were supposed to be there 10-12, I left at 1pm and came back to a sternly worded note that pointed out that I hadn't been present during the agreed upon time.
Yeah - looks like one - We usually call 'em gopher snakes. I've had a few in my yard here in AZ. I like seeing them and/or king snakes because they both eat rattlers (although king snakes eat a lot more).
And .. a little bit of research calls into question if the gopher snake eats rattlers. Oh well, the king snakes do and I see 2 or 3 of those for each gopher snake I see.
As for the snake in the photo - it's small and it is dried up a bit -- so it's possible it was a small rattler. It's hard to get a good look at the head in this photo and the tail is obscured.
Henry, you obviously haven't been there.
As an engineer, I wonder if the specs for this product considered this kind of failure at all!
Well, there's your problem.
Those of us who have lived in Australia say "pah" to your little, tame USian snakes and accuse you of smelling of elderberries.
Yeah, I found a dead snake inside my window A?C in our beach cabin near Puerto Vallarta. Pulled it out, and now it runs fine....
I have never seen a dead snake that could crawl, let alone run!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svWINSRhQU0
At first look, I thought you had an extra special ground strap on the motor axle.
Warren, you are dispelling the urban (desert) Myth that I tell everyone out here in Nashville. I didn't ever mow a single lawn in my life until I moved to Tennessee. Now people are going to think that grass grows in Arizona.
True dat. Crazy place Oz. I was once on a dive trip there and the dive master assured us we didn't need to worry about sharks............ Because the saltwater crocs had eaten them all :-)
Next time, you'll know to leave a note on the door saying "I was here from 10-12, and you didn't show up. At 1, I had to leave for another errand. I'll be back at 2. The security camera recorded your no-show."