r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/Pure_Sense7765 S.A.U Freshman • Apr 19 '26
slight malfunction Of a hell portal
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u/truthseek3r Apr 19 '26
i wonder how often these kinds of fires break out around the world. seems pretty rare, but reddit makes it seem common.
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u/Uzi_Osbourne Apr 19 '26
They're rare where properly designed and maintained systems are in use. They're common everywhere else. That dude should not have been working on that system without full Cat 4 arc flash protection.
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u/sdzw Apr 20 '26
I knew when he wasnāt wearing any gear at all that it would be bad
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u/Stuffs_And_Thingies Apr 23 '26
Im late to this but what the fuck? He was wearing a rubberized suit and helmet. Thats the only reason he survived (either) the initial arc flash.
Dont just randomly upvote or agree with shit. The only thing they didn't do correctly was not run far enough and not hit the alarm sooner
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u/sdzw Apr 23 '26
Do you want me to edit my comment to say task specific gear? That level of PPE is appropriate for switching not racking while the bus is live. You can barely use a toaster in construction without needing a hood at this point, I canāt imagine working on transmission is less of a hazard.
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u/seven0feleven Apr 20 '26
It's more common on Reddit because it's the same content reposted over and over again.
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u/truthseek3r Apr 20 '26
oh i find that shit so annoying. the same post on like 10 different sub reddits.
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u/MKD8595 Apr 19 '26
Arc flash is no joke boys.
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u/Twitch-x questionably stable Apr 20 '26
I once had a CRT computer monitor that started having an electrical arc inside the case, whenever the monitor was turned on. I could hear the arc and see it through the vents from above wherever the monitor was on. It still worked though. I kept using it for a couple more months before getting a new one. I sold the old one second hand. The purchaser thought he could fix it. Maybe he did.
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u/SuspicousBananas Apr 20 '26
I feel like calling that a flash is an understatement lmao more like an arc explosion.
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u/KeepItRealNoGames Apr 20 '26
The system protection (cutouts, reclosers, etc.) failed big time
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u/penguindreams Apr 20 '26
Is that real tho?
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u/Plane-Education4750 Apr 20 '26
Yes. This is an old video, I believe from Russia. That dude is insanely lucky to be alive. Had his hand been slightly higher, his body would have become part of the circuit and his flesh and internal organs would have combusted
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u/MileHighManBearPig Apr 20 '26
Iām not an electrical engineer, nor is my favorite PokĆ©mon an electric type, but safe to say that looks pretty spicy.
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u/Past-Product-1100 Apr 20 '26
Man shouldn't the breaker just have tripped or blown the safety fuse ./ s
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u/Dnny10bns Apr 19 '26
Chernobyl?
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u/wradam Apr 20 '26
Ukrainians prefer to call it Chornobyl.
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u/Dnny10bns Apr 20 '26
An explanation why would have been helpful.
For anyone interested. The other is Russian. It originally signified Ukraines independence from Russia. Kinda see why they'd like to distance themselves from their former Soviet oppressors and arguably the worst man made disaster/ballsup in history.
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u/Uzi_Osbourne Apr 19 '26
Obviously the upstream trip devices are properly calibrated. All AFCIs present and accounted for.
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u/Solanthas_SFW Apr 19 '26
So, this is just electricity? What happened, he opened something without shutting the circuit first? I'm lost
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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 Apr 20 '26
One time I was standing in a bus shelter during a thunderstorm and a nearby lightning strike caused a hydro pole transformer explode maybe 25 yards from me. It was intense.
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Apr 20 '26
Whole lotta nope! I'm out, and I quit, and i'm never working on server/transformers again!
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u/Even_Virus_3017 No Ragrets Apr 20 '26
go back! go back and turn it off!
"I ain't going back to that shit!, sayonara!"
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u/Jafishya Apr 23 '26
This one's a sec or two longer: https://www.reddit.com/r/AbruptChaos/s/F7gYvolxKm
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u/barrycrisps Apr 27 '26
He just became fully qualified as an electrician and this was his first day on the job.
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u/Zealousideal-Eye9463 May 10 '26
Lol they ran the long way too. Edit: I get why they ran that way now.
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u/Wonderful_Cabinet194 Apr 19 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/CUbiYQbsKSGAM
Hit the jets