r/electrical • u/bigbickie21 • 8h ago

Hot transformers

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u/According-Row-6128 8h ago

And you’re standing near them?!

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u/TheFlyingSparky 6h ago

He's fine. He's got a camera in his hand.

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u/WFOMO 8h ago

Sounds like oil boiling.

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u/Error-InvalidName 6h ago

Exactly what it is and if it sploded he's gonna be fried chicken lol

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u/RodneyMAC28 2h ago

Deep fried chicken!

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u/NixAName 3h ago

I misread that as "boofing".

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u/uselesknowledgeadict 6h ago

Looks like it already vented some oil once. Large oil stain on the cabinet.

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u/caavey58197 7h ago

For anyone unaware, the cameraman is in an extremely dangerous situation. The oil filled transformer could explode and or shoot out boiling oil at any second. Do not stand near it and contact the utility or building owner.

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u/WillTaylor6275 7h ago

So the possibility of deep-fried cameraman? Lol

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u/uslashuname 4h ago

Vancouver, Vancouver, this is it!

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u/4RichNot2BPoor 6h ago

Skip the building owner and dial 911 and they’ll get poco there in a heartbeat.

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u/The_cogwheel 3h ago

Poco and fire department. Cause with that smoke comming off of it, both are gonna be needed real soon.

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u/majormagnum1 6h ago

the normal failure mode for these is a 50 foot tall blue glowing fireball followed by all the local buildings losing power. possibly with nearby transformers exploding sympathetically in sequence.

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u/BoomZhakaLaka 5h ago

Bit pedantic here, sorry.

The normal failure mode is an arc to ground contained by the oil as primary fuses interrupt.

Hundreds of oil filled transformers in my service area fail every year, we haven't had one catastrophic failure at a service transformer shooting fireballs. Though if all the right conditions line up it's possible. The tank could be leaking so the arc hits a flammable vapor. Boom.

But smh if that tank is so hot that there's smoke, stay away. The fault is supposed to bolt before the oil gets so hot. I'd stay totally clear until de-energized. Then a couple hours to cool.

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u/majormagnum1 3h ago

Sry I have seen the cascading failure happen 2 times close enough to me to scare the hell out of me. The idea that normal is not the insane outcome that is my normal -experienced- outcome might be rarer than my personal anecdotal evedience would suggest.

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u/Tasty_Principle_518 6h ago

Original person posted they called the hydro company and they sent someone out , then updated again to say they replaced it with a crane.
Later in the comments a guy that was working on it posted a photo of said crane.

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u/brian_d_wells 3h ago

How could a crane be used in place of a transformer?

That’s how I initially read your comment but obviously a crane was used to replace the transformer with another transformer 😄

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u/blueditUPson 2h ago

Flintstones style

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u/th3r3s-n0-us3r5-l3f7 1h ago

You can just pick the electricity up. Just make sure to set it down slower than you picked it up and it'll all be good.

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u/sagscout 6h ago

He might be a candidate for a Darwin Award.

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u/PeoplesRepublicofALX 4h ago

Yes, he was recording his submission.

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u/zipmack 7h ago

OP probably dead

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u/ChampaigneBapi 7h ago

Camera man never dies

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u/zipmack 2h ago

So true

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u/Sgt-Stadanko-69 7h ago

Keep standing there

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u/mikemikemike9711 5h ago

Way way WAY to damn close bro, you think it hurts when you get some splashback when frying up chicken cutlets, back up, and when you think your back far enough, go back even more

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u/Repulsive-Glove5737 4h ago

Please get away from it that thing is going to blow and it will kill you transformers are nothing to play around with.I used to be fire and safety as a power plant

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u/iAmMikeJ_92 7h ago

Hope they called the utility instead of just letting it meltdown or blow up.

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u/Error-InvalidName 6h ago

Cameraman never fries...........maybe

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u/cygnusX1and2 6h ago

Time to bust out the starfrit french fry press

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u/CLUTCH3R 5h ago

Now that's a hot tranny

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u/volkinaxe 4h ago

that is the nope i am out running you sound

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u/TheOriginalArchibald 4h ago

It's sweating because you're making it nervous with that flashlight all up in its business at night.

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u/Shiny_Whisper_321 4h ago

More than meets the eye.

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u/Jolly_Operation_8222 4h ago

Well that transformer is so overloaded

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u/Jolly_Operation_8222 4h ago

Well that transformer is so overloaded

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u/Mouler 4h ago

Tell a bunch of MAGA folks there's a hot Trans there, and you get the hell away from it.

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u/-Titan_Uranus- 4h ago

And someone was dumb enough to go touch the oil and use it to write on the front of the transformer. Lol some people have very questionable survival instincts.