SO THE TRANSFORMER IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE

[FORCE FAB]

The transformer in front of our house was glowing,shootin sparks,killin half our power...So pse&g;comes out and shuts half the block down........GUESS WHO HAS A GENERATOR AND WOOD HEAT................77 INSIDE 30% OUTSIDE

 

[North of 60]

Are you sure you meet the specified clearances to the transformer out on the street with that new stove of yours.

 

[FORCE FAB]

Are you sure you meet the specified clearances to the transformer out on the street with that new stove of yours.

LOL Weve had crappy power issues for about a year when it was windy/rainy,they couldnt find the problem....Well it finally started glowing and throwin fire out of it

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Isn't it sweet when power goes out you can still operate?!!

 

[edthedawg]

It's an impressive show when one of those lets go. I was driving once in a slow moving line of cars around midnight, and had one explode directly overhead as I was approaching it. Had flaming chunks raining down on the car. The blinding flashes and the sickening noise that immediately preceded the actual explosion will not be soon forgotten...

 

[savageactor7]

ahhhh nothing like the smell of transformer oil in the morning....

 

[cgeiger]

I saw lightening strike one once while riding home from school many moons ago. Wild stuff. Did you get any pics?

 

[Corey]

Reminds me of the time our entire local substation let go when I was a kid...It was about a mile away from where we lived, but talk about a light show! Trouble was, there was a Minuteman missile silo near the substation, too...so when the 'lightning' began, we didn't know whether it might be the end of the 'local' world or the entire world!

Youtube has a pretty nice array of transformer/substation explosions and multi-KV switches opening under load.

 

[woodconvert]

Just glowing and shootin' sparks???...'round here the darn things go splodey and it do get your attention.

But yeah, it's nice that life is still good with no power.

 

[njtomatoguy]

The transformer in front of our house was glowing,shootin sparks,killin half our power...So pse&g;comes out and shuts half the block down........GUESS WHO HAS A GENERATOR AND WOOD HEAT................77 INSIDE 30% OUTSIDE

That's not fair! I have not had a power outage since I put the stove in!.

I'm gonna call PSEG, and tell them I want an outage too.

 

[FORCE FAB]

The transformer in front of our house was glowing,shootin sparks,killin half our power...So pse&g;comes out and shuts half the block down........GUESS WHO HAS A GENERATOR AND WOOD HEAT................77 INSIDE 30% OUTSIDE

That's not fair! I have not had a power outage since I put the stove in!.

I'm gonna call PSEG, and tell them I want an outage too.

Small world huh,i live about 15 mins from you in delanco

 

[Redox]

Saw the result of a car hitting a pole on a major thoroughfare knocking loose the BIG wires up at the very top. From a block away, it looked like the sun on top of the pole and the pole ended up looking like a giant used matchstick. I'm guessing that they needed some big fuses after that event. ;-)

Chris

 

[BJ64]

Reminds me of the time our entire local substation let go when I was a kid...It was about a mile away from where we lived, but talk about a light show! Trouble was, there was a Minuteman missile silo near the substation, too...so when the 'lightning' began, we didn't know whether it might be the end of the 'local' world or the entire world!

I saw one of those light shows and it was impressive. Lucky for me there was not a bomb glider anywhere near it to add to the confusion.