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.
Jtsulli:
is that a bull snake?
April 21, 2016, 12:07 pmTom Lindmark:
Clearly not from Arizona
April 21, 2016, 1:52 pmJtsulli:
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.
April 21, 2016, 2:27 pmJtsulli:
and no, I am not an Arizona native.
April 21, 2016, 2:28 pmHenryBowman419:
Can't imagine why you would need A/C in such a dry location as Phoenix...
April 21, 2016, 3:16 pmme:
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.
April 21, 2016, 3:46 pmRoger Powell:
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).
April 21, 2016, 5:06 pmRoger Powell:
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.
April 21, 2016, 6:27 pmRon H.:
Henry, you obviously haven't been there.
April 21, 2016, 8:16 pmRobert Rounthwaite:
As an engineer, I wonder if the specs for this product considered this kind of failure at all!
April 21, 2016, 9:20 pmMatthew Slyfield:
Well, there's your problem.
April 21, 2016, 9:56 pmkidmugsy:
Those of us who have lived in Australia say "pah" to your little, tame USian snakes and accuse you of smelling of elderberries.
April 22, 2016, 7:34 amfrankania:
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....
April 22, 2016, 9:28 amherdgadfly:
I have never seen a dead snake that could crawl, let alone run!
April 22, 2016, 7:46 pmmesaeconoguy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svWINSRhQU0
April 22, 2016, 8:25 pmJohn:
At first look, I thought you had an extra special ground strap on the motor axle.
April 23, 2016, 10:11 amdonald:
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.
April 25, 2016, 9:38 amRoger Powell:
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 :-)
April 25, 2016, 7:18 pmRick C:
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."
April 26, 2016, 11:24 am