[Paleo Pete]

This was put on a power line across the street a month ago or so. I saw a bucket truck out front, thought they were working on the lines, didn't pay it any mind. Next day this thing was hanging there. I'll post pictures in first post.

[going hot]

pair of old tennies?

[Jet Jaguar]

dead kite?

[Paleo Pete]

Diagonally across the street from me is a church, this is pointed in the general direction of the church, but downward so it doesn't pint actually toward it. More like pointed at the road. I have no idea what it is, got some pictures.

My first thought was maybe a camera, but this doesn't look like any camera I've ever seen. I'm baffled...

[dfwgator]

"What the hell is that?"

[proudpapa]

Looks like a modern flux capacitor. They’re more energy effecient.

[morphing libertarian]

Not sure but I like the color.

[Ray76]

You didn’t touch it did you?

[Major Matt Mason]

Check to see if it's bullet-proof.

[miliantnutcase]

Doesn’t look like a power line but a high tension guide wire.

[M1911A1]

It’s a genuine Hillary Clinton classified email server. It’s no big deal.

They had one up on a line near my place before the hackers took it down.

[PLMerite]

What power company owns the line?

[DocRock]

Could it be an insect trap? Do you live in a Zika threat area?

[Califreak]

Mind control device.

You will vote for Hillary and your neighbors will too.

[Bullish]

Oh, Me.. me.. me.. me.. me.. me!

Yes, I do, but if I told you you’d be mad at me.

[stylin19a]

you're gunna need one of these - preferably the deluxe model

[KrisKrinkle]

There’s a small leak in the power line at that point. The device was put there to catch any electricity that leaks out till they can fix it. When the thing fills up they’ll take it back to the power plant and pour the electricity back into he generator.

[Boiler Plate]

It is possible that it is a power factor correcting capacitor.

[mumblypeg]

“I saw a bucket truck out front...Next day this thing was hanging there.”

Well, clearly, FRiend, it is a bucket.
The truck left it there.
Sheesh.

[KrisKrinkle]

And more realistically:

From here: https://www.quora.com/What-is-this-device-seen-on-a-municipal-powerline

“It’s an “overhead fault indicator.” It’s sort of the opposite of what Steve Schafer guessed: it lights up when an excessive current flows in the line. It is used to help the power company troubleshoot faults (short circuits to ground or from one power line to another) in a power system. Protective relays in the distribution system shut off the power when a fault occurs, but it isn’t always obvious where the fault occurred, and that’s where these gadgets come into play.

The more advanced ones have colored lights to indicate different kinds of faults, and some have radio transmitters to send fault information to the power company.”

[Ken H]

'You'll never get of the boom-boom-boom, no matter what you do!'