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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not an electrical box. It is a cable box.  [/quote]

I guess you have seen it and know the difference. Doubt you do. Could be an electrical transformer, a FIOS cross connect, or a cable box.[/quote]

Don't have to see it.  It is a cable box.  Do you think anyone would plunk an electrical box in someone's yard.  Electrical transformers are mounted on electrical poles so that people cannot come in contact with them.   Just like the top wire on a pole s the electrical wire and lower wires are cable or telephone.   Electrical lines carry high voltage and cable and telephone lines are low voltage.[/quote]
There are green electrical transformer boxes in yards on every street in my neighborhood. They are not the stupid cable posts. This is what you have when below-ground lines are running through the neighborhood.

FWIW, we played on those things all the time when I was a kid. They are not electrified or dangerous, unless something goes very wrong. Obviously, it's extremely rare but you don't want your kid touching that thing if there's a problem. You can plant small shrubbery around them but if it ever needs to be service, they are going to dig up your plants.

Quick story: When I was growing up, a drunk teenager come down our street and plowed into one of those boxes on the cul de sac. It totally knocked out our power for a good 12 hours. The next day, the kid's father made him go door to door apologizing to everyone.[/quote]

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