Thank you everyone for the information and feedback. The energy company fixed it. As I suspected that portion is their responsibility since they had changed one of those crimps before. I think he said it looked like the neutral had been repaired in the past by the look of it. Anything past those crimps are apparently home owner responsibility (other than the meters) around here.
Interesting to note that it took only about 5 minutes. Also interesting that he didn't need to cut any power off. He handled it with gloves. Cut off the ends on each side of the crimp connection. Stripped the ends. Added a new connector, pushed the stripped ends into it and then crimped it. That was it. Probably less than 5 minutes. If I remember I'll take a photo and post it...just in case by some small odd that someone else comes across this type of thing.
Just out of curiosity, if you touched a live wire in your home (beyond the breaker box) will it be as potent as touching that collection of hot wires near the crimp (before the meter)? I ask because the video stated that it's low voltage at the crimp...and the energy tech stated that you would certainly know if you came in contact with it but didn't seem to indicate that it would be extremely dangerous or lethal....also he handled it with gloves while live...or perhaps those were special electrician gloves or something.
Good trouble shooting!! What you have pictured is a compression splice that is bad and has overheated. This will only become worse until you loose one side of the line. This is a problem that requires the attention of a professional or the power company itself which depending on which side of the meter it is on is most likely the case.
Dale in the Flatlands.wired wrote:
I think I've found the cause of the problem. In the photo you can see one
> of the crimp (or rubber or what have you) connections has either been
> chewed or more likely has melted and cracked. The wire is exposed as the
> covering or sheathing has been pulled away.
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