Up until a few years ago we had to rotate a second shift crew in the summers.
one call we got one afternoon was a "buzz" in the wall. when we arrived at the
house we first went to the breaker box as it was located on the outside of the
house (first guess-water in the panel box) and they were standing in the door
and knew we were there. panel box ok and dry.then they came to the door and
said "did ya hear it , it just did it. while the foreman and other lineman were
at the panel box I went inside to see what I could find there. the lady said
if ya just stand here for a minute ya,ll hear it. so I stood inside the door
till it did it again. hmmm seemed to be coming from the other side of the
living room witch is also the wall that the panel box is on outside (second
guess-loose wire inside wall at panel box). I stick my head outside and ask if they
heard that. They're standing in front of the panel, they had to! "no" nothing.
next I went over and stood at the end of the couch and end table, and while
I'm looking for outlets now (thinking that's what shorting out) it buzzes
again. now I'm thinking I'm nuts too. so I pull the couch out a bit to have a
look behind it and as I put my head between the lamp on the end table and the
end of the couch bzzzzzzz right by my ears. I jumped, damn near knocked the
lamp off the table, the lady screamed cause I spooked her, and there it was,
a pager that someone had set on vibrate and clipped to the inside of the
lampshade. (when you get a page and you don't cancel or acknowledge it , it
keeps going off every few minutes until you do.) needless to say we all had a
good laugh. Then her teenage daughter comes in the room and says"oh, my
pager, where'd you find it, I been looking all day for that!" geez go figure!