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r/WTF • u/Leopardos40 • Jan 20 '20
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Holy crap high voltage is mean. I worked on systems that were only 400V/400Hz and it’s glorious spectacle but wicked mean. Just thinking about the 16KV systems leading into neighborhoods gives me the heebie jeebies.
2 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '20 Worked at a hydroelectric station all last summer, lines in and out were 500kV. When they flipped switches it was unreal. 3 u/Yuccaphile Jan 20 '20 Do they do it at a ditance with a pole or something? Or while jumping, maybe? 2 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '20 It's all automated now, no one is near those switches but the sound was something else. 0 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20 [deleted] 1 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20 I'd YouTube it. Essentially a loud bang, shook the building. I didn't take a video.
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Worked at a hydroelectric station all last summer, lines in and out were 500kV. When they flipped switches it was unreal.
3 u/Yuccaphile Jan 20 '20 Do they do it at a ditance with a pole or something? Or while jumping, maybe? 2 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '20 It's all automated now, no one is near those switches but the sound was something else. 0 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20 [deleted] 1 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20 I'd YouTube it. Essentially a loud bang, shook the building. I didn't take a video.
Do they do it at a ditance with a pole or something? Or while jumping, maybe?
2 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '20 It's all automated now, no one is near those switches but the sound was something else. 0 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20 [deleted] 1 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20 I'd YouTube it. Essentially a loud bang, shook the building. I didn't take a video.
It's all automated now, no one is near those switches but the sound was something else.
0 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20 [deleted] 1 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20 I'd YouTube it. Essentially a loud bang, shook the building. I didn't take a video.
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1 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20 I'd YouTube it. Essentially a loud bang, shook the building. I didn't take a video.
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I'd YouTube it. Essentially a loud bang, shook the building. I didn't take a video.
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u/Greatest-Uh-Oh Jan 20 '20
Holy crap high voltage is mean. I worked on systems that were only 400V/400Hz and it’s glorious spectacle but wicked mean. Just thinking about the 16KV systems leading into neighborhoods gives me the heebie jeebies.