HEY ALL! It's Twilight Zone Day here at our place.
FIRST, A circuit went dead in the barn. It's the one the fence was plugged into. I thought maybe with all the rain, the fence had shorted out, but the breaker at the panel wasn't tripped off. But for no apparent reason, all the wires and outlets on one side of the barn are dead.
We plugged the fence charger into another outlet with an extension cord and it works fine.... not fried or anything.
SECONDLY, the horses are acting really weird in the lean to. Cyn BOLTED out of her stall this morning and was afraid to go out the end opening she usually uses... (there are three openings, each end, and a middle. She turned around a couple times like she was trapped before bolting out the center. All three horses are acting snorty and weird about that opening, I can grab mane (we didn't put halters on them or anything) and lead the pony and Bay through them, but they hesitate and then bolt through and run off. Cyn didn't want to even get that close, I grabbed her mane and tried to lead her through, but she pulled away and bolted out the middle opening. Every time they run out and then come back, the same thing would happen again.
Here you can see Cyn's stall opening at the far end, the trouble-spot-end and middle lean-to openings.
The power supply to the fence comes out right there, but it doesn't look damaged, and though we are contemplating these two events (the dead electrical and the odd behavior) being related, there's no logical explanation for them being related! WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE THIS MORNING?
My first question, would be is it warm enough for snakes? But..........that wouldnt explain the power failure........
Has any of the wiring been chewed through, could a "live" wire be touching part of the lean too and making it hot?
Do u believe in ghosts? (just had to put that last one in!) LOL
Sounds like you are having fun.
Readin again, I dont mean to scare you, but can you smell anything? You know how animals can sense things way before we can, could there be a possibility of something smoldering slowly in the lean to?
Me again, have you turned off the breaker? I know you said it wasnt tripped, but if it was me, i would want to make sure that power was completly shut off until I found the cause.
Weird! It sounds like you've got a short somewhere that's going to ground right there. Is there a wet or damp spot in that door? They might be getting shocked through their feet. Try to look at all the electrical wires run on that side of the building. Maybe a mouse or something gnawed into them. Be careful, but try putting the back of your hand on the ground and on the building in various places to see if you get a tingle but you may not if you've got shoes on. Years ago my parents had a travel trailer hooked up via an extension cord out in the yard and every time I'd step down off the step and onto the ground while holding onto the door, it would absolutely unwind my clock. I told them but no one would believe me because it didn't happen to them. The difference was that I was BAREFOOT and they were not. Sounds like something similar happening to your horses.