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drunkill posted:Almost a 127 hours situation Oh dear. Car's aren't meant to eat right before sleeping. It's going to have terrible dreams. 
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Did the thread title change? I could have sworn it was "using gasoline to defrost the door". Now that I think about it, though, this makes more sense, so 
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HardDiskD posted:Did the thread title change? I could have sworn it was "using gasoline to defrost the door". That’s exactly what it says for me 
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:I remember being in school and having a transformer blow up. Might have been a short circuit that caused it, but that fucker detonated LOUD. Almost pissed myself. Every once in a while, the top will come off one. It's pretty rare and it is usually accompanied by a lot of fire and sometimes the flying lid taking the power line with it (being still attached and all) and causing a larger outage and more fire. Usually a protective device will open before a transformer builds enough internal pressure to actually blow up even if there is an internal fault. It's more likely that you saw/heard an expulsion fuse blow. They are very loud. Even louder when you close it from close range not expecting it to blow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROpFHJPbg1Q
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Icon Of Sin posted:That’s exactly what it says for me 
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EasilyConfused posted:Australia? Yes. Entire east coast is hosed. Unrelated: https://twitter.com/ocdderek/status/1213475356075802624
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Have some truckfuckling that I had to deal with last week.
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angryrobots posted:Have some truckfuckling that I had to deal with last week. That took me a moment to parse: did he send all those pixies through his trailer?
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angryrobots posted:Every once in a while, the top will come off one. It's pretty rare and it is usually accompanied by a lot of fire and sometimes the flying lid taking the power line with it (being still attached and all) and causing a larger outage and more fire. Usually a protective device will open before a transformer builds enough internal pressure to actually blow up even if there is an internal fault. Had a transformer/pole fire in my backyard a few months ago. The contractor who was working on the pole at the time had a real bad day. (He was fine, but the utility was NOT AMUSED by his gently caress up, failure to call emergency services, and failure to use basically any PPE.)
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In college I was driving to class one day and saw a strong blue light from a transformer station [?] I never called the utility company because I was running late, is arcing like that normal under some corcumstances?
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https://i.imgur.com/rkiRoL6.gifv Might actually be stronger than the bridge
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EvenWorseOpinions posted:In college I was driving to class one day and saw a strong blue light from a transformer station [?] I never called the utility company because I was running late, is arcing like that normal under some corcumstances? Electrical arcs damage equipment and energise things that aren’t supposed to be energised. Switching equipment is intended to prevent arcs from forming and quell them when they do, but sometimes something breaks down and arcs happen. The utility people likely knew about it before anyone called it in. This might be the most boring video on Grady’s channel, but it will tell you more than you wanted to know about electrical substations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q-aVBv7PWM
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Pile Of Garbage posted:Yes. Entire east coast is hosed. If anyone wants to see how hosed: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3908888
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Synthbuttrange posted:If anyone wants to see how hosed: Didn't name the thread "How do we sleep while our beds are burning?" 0/10
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angryrobots posted:Every once in a while, the top will come off one. It's pretty rare and it is usually accompanied by a lot of fire and sometimes the flying lid taking the power line with it (being still attached and all) and causing a larger outage and more fire. Usually a protective device will open before a transformer builds enough internal pressure to actually blow up even if there is an internal fault. The windstorm I refer to was a major disaster event that left 1.8 million homes and businesses without power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah_Eve_windstorm_of_2006 I'm pretty sure, and please bear in mind that I am not totally uneducated, I saw some transformer explosions.
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I feel like this is a dumb question, but would electrical arcs from an overhead electrical transmission line that was flopping around leave gouges in a concrete sidewalk? In a town I used to live in a transformer got replaced, and after it was replaced I noticed that the sidewalk next to it had these deep scars, like an inch or more deep, roughly equivalent wide, without surrounding damage or any real pattern to the gouges. I don't remember scorch marks or the like, but it could have been powerwashed or something before I saw it. I always assumed something went very wrong and a live cable ended up dancing on the sidewalk like a runaway hose, but I'm wondering if that is a logical surmise.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I feel like this is a dumb question, but would electrical arcs from an overhead electrical transmission line that was flopping around leave gouges in a concrete sidewalk? In a town I used to live in a transformer got replaced, and after it was replaced I noticed that the sidewalk next to it had these deep scars, like an inch or more deep, roughly equivalent wide, without surrounding damage or any real pattern to the gouges. I don't remember scorch marks or the like, but it could have been powerwashed or something before I saw it. I always assumed something went very wrong and a live cable ended up dancing on the sidewalk like a runaway hose, but I'm wondering if that is a logical surmise. Hard to guess without a picture but it could be damage from the outriggers from the trucks used to make whatever repairs were needed? If you neglect to put pads down, the outriggers will definitely scar a finished surface. Kesper North posted:The windstorm I refer to was a major disaster event that left 1.8 million homes and businesses without power. I'm sure that you are sure.
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That trucks back end looks like it's running a bit high...
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Rime posted:It's OK, I ratchet strapped them really good.
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drunkill posted:https://i.imgur.com/rkiRoL6.gifv Does the excavator have enough reach to keep that scaffolding horizontal while bringing them back up?
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azurite posted:Spirit? Yes, he's with the lord now
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Zero time to jack off, zero time to kiss your rear end goodbye, please advise.
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There's plenty of time. That's during take off, so you have at least however long the flight would have taken originally.
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LifeSunDeath posted:Zero time to jack off Well you can't just give up without even trying
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azurite posted:Spirit? Air Canada subsidiary Jazz Aviation
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Kesper North posted:The windstorm I refer to was a major disaster event that left 1.8 million homes and businesses without power. Did they explode in a sooty orange fireball that gave instant cancer to anything downwind? That's an explosion and usually happens on direct lightning strike.
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Airline forgot to pay for the lugnut package on their 737 max
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Truckfuckling and Forklifting now in RC form! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq45FzHFjeg
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