Test your knowledge of electrical equipment near or around the house! 

This reduces high-voltage electricity to a lower voltage needed for the underground wires supplying power to homes. What is it?

Answer: The correct answer is a pad-mount transformer box! Not all transformers are located on poles — some are on the ground in the green metal boxes. These boxes contain pad-mount transformers that reduce high-voltage electricity to a lower voltage needed for the underground wires supplying power to homes. While safe, they are not meant for touching, climbing or playing near. Keep shrubs and structures at least 12 feet from the “door” of the pad-mount transformer box, and at least 3 feet from the sides.