High Voltage Fuse Fails in a Substation

[chuckbear1961]

J T`s nose mole farts close to the end LOL

[ladieclairband]

Is there any protective relays in this substation? Why haven't they de-energized this equipment. There should be an alternative isolation point.

[dshmechanic]

I just went and got my welding helmet so I can watch this without hurting my eyes....hahahaha

[neil73]

Throw a bucket of water over it.

[rojblake82]

@neil73 Don't be daft throw water over it indeed, are you a moron water conducts electricity and it is a well known fact that high voltage electricity will kill its victims without a thought and the victims will be killed and burnt to toast.

[limbos3]

@rojblake82 FACT: Water does NOT conduct electricity.

[R5H4D0W]

@limbos3 no, but impurities in water does :)

[SFseis]

@limbos3 Yes it does. Altough it is not the best conductor out there ;-)

[GARETHQUAILE]

I feel sorry for the dude wearing glasses

[wildbill6976]

Congrats guys, you just got the Darwin Award.... Next up, lets stand around and weld something without wearing eye protection....

[CanadianWorkDivers]

Yeah, that bright light right there, There' s your trouble...

[bikr1975]

ohhhh my god.....I JUST WENT BLIND!!!

[forgotagain00]

That is scary!

[forgotagain00]

that is scary 

[j3rdog]

It just sounds like somebody has the squirts really bad.

[nathan82206]

oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree.

[EMaster9]

That's just Chuck Norris welding

[jamie101021]

@EMaster9 definatly chuck norris welding lol

[sikodemon]

What's that low rumble at the end of the video? Sounds creepy....

[form109]

@sikodemon Sounds like a Big Truck with a Diesel Engine.

[Baphamatt]

Let's stare at it till we feel the sand in our eyes lol pinks

[umloginqualquer]

I like the dripping molten metal

[DrSalvador4]

"If it blows up BE READY TO HIT THE GROUND" or, you could start running now

[thecoder180]

This remindes me a little bit of when a substation nearly a block from my house literally exploded... I saw the flash out my window on the opposite side of the house which it was facing!

[koitorob]

"If it blows up BE READY TO HIT THE GROUND?" WOW, that's some reaction you have!!!

[NashvilleKildCountry]

I don't find the arcing as mesmerizing as the chunks of hot metal falling from the arc. Holy shit.

[ZIQOO]

where is the protection system ?????????????

[gamerke21]

@ZIQOO thats was the protection system.. it's failing

[yoududenut]

Holy shit... 5*

[hootergirlsrhot]

instant cooking, put a steak in the spark and have ur steak, electrified flavored

[Spitfire001100]

wtfisthis1989 you can try it xD

[soylentgreenb]

Old transformers, many of which are still in use, have polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs) as coolant. Really nasty stuff. I'd have gotten the hell out of there.

[frosty9595]

@soylentgreenb Wasn't a transformer it was a fuse or a switch that broke.

[AMatte18]

dumm asses ill be running... or trying to find the turn off switch

[pthomas871]

My friend died doing that, he was 12 years old

[pthomas871]

My friend died doing that, he was 12 years old

[sergiudrummer]

cool

[jassboom]

Touch that and you'd die in around 0.678 seconds...

[LizzyAston]

would this emit any short-wave radiation?

[Hexxle]

All sorts of radiation - you don't wanna get too close to that for any long periods of time. (You'll go sterile from X-Rays)

[p3rs0n42]

now a serious comment...

there's only 2 possibilities, and they're not too likely... beta radiation, which is a high speed electron (electricity is made up of electrons, so actually, it probably would emit this) not too dangerous, but it's still reasonably ionising, so i'd say not 100% safe.

also, MAYBE Alpha radiation, depending on whatever the fuse was made of. Some burning and oxidising occurrences release another product which can decay into alpha, but i doubt this.

[nprgm]

@p3rs0n42 did you get into some retard radiation

[soylentgreenb]

@LizzyAston yes, plenty of UV and maybe some soft X-rays.

[mcguire1978]

Cool

[krrrruptidsoless]

I just saw Arcman. He was speaking. He said stay away from highpowered electrical lines. He might want to meet you and he can't control what would happen if he reached out by running down the lines and arcing over to you.

It was Arcman.

[mastergx1]

so it took at least 31 seconds for that fuse to blow - i think its back to mothballs for that design!

[mifan93]

there is one at the end of my street that does this about every 2 months!!!LOL

good ole detroit edison!!!

[MegaDavid1960]

where are the hot dogs????

[Galfurry]

it was a car

[sikodemon]

Whats that low noise at the end of the video? Is that the station getting back up to speed?

[u205418]

C what (shit) happens,i you try to Fri Osama Bin Laden!!!

[tsucki]

crank 2

[sirpete]

Remember that watching high voltage arcs can damage vision just as the Sun and welding arc.

[creamyfilling102]

@sirpete you're right. after watching this video, i think my computer monitor gave me cancer.

[LGTheOneFreeMan]

@sirpete Aww, fuck it. I don't need my eyes anyway.

[MillyVanillification]

@sirpete Right. Especially because this is the same as a welding arc :) But radiation degrades by distance squared.

[sirpete]

@MillyVanillification Yes, you are right about the distance making radiation power reduce rapidly. I have understood that one might not notice burning his/her eyes before damage is done. So just to be safe, watch very bright events through the camera screen (not the optical view finder) and never stare directly at the too bright light.

[seekingelite]

@sirpete Oh shit, I shouldnt have watched this! Now you tell me.

[Soandnb]

@seekingelite - in real life, they mean

[KevinSaale]

@sirpete

Very true, remember that a a welding arc, IS a high voltage arc :P

[Peon546]

@sirpete yea its 10000x brighter than sun

[chancergordy]

@sirpete think it's only if you are close, UV light.

[Lachlant1984]

That's some very angry sparking going on there, not good.

[GlennnD]

very dangerious ! If one of those transformers blow up.... ur screwed.

[ninjassasin4]

I want you to be on fire.

[MaDrung]

oh it was a joke btw. Its obvious because I'm also using electricity to post this. get it now ppl? oh wow.

[WEEKENDELECTRIC]

If it blows hit the ground?

Depending how it "blows" at that voltage the ground itself can become instantly live at thousands of volts, you might be toast before you bent ur knees never mind hitting the ground.

[danielj06]

I genuinly would like to know what that's based on? Could you point me to some reading, because as far as I know that simply isn't possible.

[corporatewarrior]

Search for earth potential rise. If the worst happens, you would want to be standing with your feet together. Far away.

[danielj06]

Wow :)

Thank you very much. Good reading that :)

[wvd1979]

I wonder if that will damage your retina if you look at it too long.

[SUPERrrCHRIS]

oh so there is were i threw my phone wen my gf broke up with me =[

[FIGHTTHECABLE]

Naah do it at home....

[ganymedeIV4]

Don't do this at home kids.

[jumpstyleboy3]

really dont do this at home xD

[vanbeukenmans]

if you have an high voltage substation in your backyard you SHOULD try this at home. i think you'll make the evening news and have your 30 secs of fame

[ganymedeIV4]

just make sure you get really close and turn around making circles so you work on your tan.

lol i've gotten a sun burn from a oxy acetelene (hope i spelt that right) torch and that plasma cloud looks way more dank then what my torch put out.

lol spray some industrial grade oxygen at that sub station and watch what happens.

man i bet people would die. or at least think jesus is coming.

[unSTEVOED]

0:33 "That was beutiful"......however my eyes are now completly fuct from looking directly at it.

[Neillil411]

DUDE ! It's melting.

See the aluminum dripping onto the ground?

[DLPBurke]

I hate that am. spelling. It is "Aluminium"

[jerdeb4evr]

"Be ready to hit the ground if it blows" what a genius,

[hedgewan]

Um, Ohio State University and Oklahoma State University students are on their way to change your mind :)

[Bryce12345678910]

would have been better if it blew up after it stoped imagine their reaction

[LuFcMaX]

look at the stuff dripping down :O

[temporario3]

The stuff dripping down is probably melted metal from the fuse.

[Kartracer087]

@LuFcMax Molten aluminum or copper!!!

[wtfisthis1989]

can i touch it? :P

[Dante550505]

yes; why not??? XD

[jamesoleruster]

that is if you want to sing like your a from the opera

[sparkiee1982]

A time delay fuse? wtf. How bout an hrc fuse (high rupture capacity) with a slow blow rating just incase its a short overload.

[shadowray95]

"if it blows up get redy to hit the ground" rofl

[mgarc79]

he said holy frijolies jajajaja

[exponent8246]

Its happy days all over again!!!!

[Maxil223]

it's just some guy welding lol

[andeegreen]

someone say FRIJOLES????

[humanPleiadian]

Yes, power blasts are really dangerous.. I know a guy who got black in his face.. :p

[poparozi]

Time for Arnold to show up naked

[NexxtGen]

Indeed ;)

[opelcambo]

@poparozi haha what a comment - i need your...

[theduke502]

@poparozi LOL! XD

[txt4nk]

that is not a failing fuse... its a time delay fuse

[Dgenx321]

If that blew up and you were that close.

You would have been goners..

[kevj2]

No, they would have just been slightly burnt :P

[NtlgntNrg]

Be careful guys, it might the terminator...

[ljmike1204]

coooooool to bad we in holland dont have sub stations i love to see that i real

[wisteela]

Cool.

[BlackBeastofAaaaagh]

Never directly look at an electric arc fire even when you are far away. They can emit severe UV radiation that can scar your retina.

[rcfp2006]

called flash burn

[BlackBeastofAaaaagh]

Hmmm...

I wonder though, if it is OK to look at if you have I set of sunglasses that block both UV A&B. I suspect welder glasses are so dark simply because the visible light is also intense.

[rcfp2006]

some reffer to it as "raw light". and yes that's why welding masks are so dark.

[Antipwnsurmum]

In the UK we call it arc eye.

[MetallicAsian]

I guess you can throw quality control out the window. Fire the guy that was supposed to look over the fuses at the factory

[HahnsB2]

At 0:25 you can see a glob of molten steel hit the ground...

[punchingjudy]

You see droplets of steel hit the ground during the whole video.

[stnapruoyoop]

hopefully you guys werent staring at it...

[cmorris83]

No kidding, world's biggest arc welder right there.

[MusicMan5587]

why did it take so long for the operator to cut power once the SCADA alarm went off?

[joebob8899]

btw dont think it's the operator that shut it off most likely the fuse finally gave away and couldnt conduct anymore

[MusicMan5587]

Quite possible, but I was wondering why the power was not cut earlier. There are many sensors on the station designed to protect it and any minor change will notify a control room operator. It is required by law that all sensors be checked at least every 6 seconds or so.

[talb18]

Or quite possibly there was no SCADA at this sub then you wait for the high side fuse to quit seeing the fault as load and clear the fault

[poisonpop666]

i did that to the one in my town by throwing a dead cat at it

[llamalover02]

so THIS is my my mom yells at me for using six microwaves at once...

[definat3d]

how the hell do u have 6 microwaves...

[vblogrsRLzrs]

Is that the station near 9th and buchanan?

[OrnAlert]

Maybe I shouldn't have used the toaster while the dryer was running...

[Xxero0]

wooops. i swear, i didnt do it!

[dogponya]

hit the ground?! if i was as close as they were when that arc happened and it decided to blow up i'd be running

[Aussielinesman]

Haha fuses failing to operate fast enough... pretty harmless but spectacular to see in real life!

[cnknguyen]

i live right near that, just down the street.

[Inuyasha44320]

i love how you can see the dripping Molten metal

[dogponya]

What do you mean "blasted by a wave of 160Kilovolts of electricity?" theres youtube video of transformer exploding (Power Plant Substation Explodes) and there was a shock wave and a fireball but no "wave of electricity."

[omgroy1587]

wow

[mephisdan]

epic fail

[darkpersonhi]

notice the dripping metal

[305miamitillidie]

arc crossed fased.......

[willg2k7]

Heh. SMAWfH--Shielded Metal Arc Welder from Hell

[roond1968]

This arc looks and sounds just like you are doing some fine arc welding with and lincoln idealarc 300 plug in transformer welder!!

[kevin898989]

if feel sorry for the guys watching that, the UV light given off by an electrial light will destroy your retana (long term cumulative damage)

[keneke45]

idiot. you know nothing of electricity. electric arcs are nowhere near the uv wavelenths. ther're closer to infrared rather than ultraviolet waves.

[kevin898989]

before calling me an idiot try looking up welders flash or arc eye names for damage caused by UV from not wearing correct eye protection wile welding with an ELECTRICAL ARC, try taking high school physics agen ull find out that when an electrical arc goes through N2 gas (80% our atmo) it produces a specrtum of light with the most intence being towards the higher UV, but u know what ever u want to believe my friend, only, i just finished taking a Universty pysics coursein optics (thats light BTW)

[Helldistroyer]

You pass.

I do welding, only idiots don't wear their gear and morons look at the arc.

[kevin898989]

so STFU

[kevin898989]

Im sorry about that last comment it was uncalled for

[RainJetSprinklers]

i like apples

[bloodseedrums]

pears are good too

[RainJetSprinklers]

i agree

[Helldistroyer]

you fail.

[RainJetSprinklers]

I fail every now and then, i think it's fun.

[Helldistroyer]

your eyes, long as you understand that you only got two and once ya fry em lights out!

I just hope you don't seriously put your sight at risk!

[RainJetSprinklers]

I always weld with no goggles, goggles are for 1_0$3®7_

[Helldistroyer]

ya but at the end of my career I'll have 20-20 vission, you'll be the one with the cane.

So you have fun with that :)

[RainJetSprinklers]

I hope you realize I was just f****** with you.

Jokes on you :-)

[Helldistroyer]

How do you figure? You look like an idiot saying it, and even more so by pretending to be joking.

This shit is no joking matter, once your eyes are burnt from the UV there is no going back, it's for life and is very serious.

[RainJetSprinklers]

How do I figure?

You look like an idiot by thinking I was serious, from the first time I posted the comment to the last, they were all unreasonable.

If you say CHOCOLATE really slow it sounds like GULLIBLE.

[Helldistroyer]

Becuase I know there are tons of idiots who do just as you, they don't wear their sfaety gear or masks. Safety is not a joke, and only idiots joke about it like nothing, so that makes you either some kid that has not been on the field, or an idiot. To be spreading such ideas out on the field your ignorant youths will read it and think your serious either way to me makes you look like an ass at best.

[RainJetSprinklers]

I realize safety is not a joke. If I didn't; I wouldn't be here. Don't try to defend your gullibleness! Have a nice day.

[Helldistroyer]

well then don't act like it is on a public forum, stop trying to save face and just stop acting foolish in a public arena.

[RainJetSprinklers]

Stop replying to me me then.

[Durken316]

nothing is goning to proctect from that >_>

[emmsie27]

Any standard HV impedance or differential protection will quite easily protect from that - just that US utilities are too tight to pay for it!

[indigo4fox]

That's truth sir!!!!

[hvhaxor]

i wouldn't say it fails its jueest sub standard give it a second chance every fuse makes mistakes :-)

[dogponya]

hit the ground?! if i was as close as they were when that arc happened and it decided to blow up i'd be running

[hotstix12]

i know who the two spectators are. captain obvious and sume of his friends.

[flyrock45]

hot dogs anybody?

[slydogger]

Shocking

[magusisgee]

you had to... didnt you :p

[vaultmantk]

that sound is really off

[fishmeats]

look at the molten metal dripping.

[dude115011]

if it blows up get ready to hit the ground. wow i would have never thought of doing that

[tremer88]

its like welding

[rose87ab]

Actually. It is a 40 KV Fuse Type Disconnect. Fuses being SMD-20's Made and manufactured by S&C.

You see the fuse blew. But did not blow out of the disconnect switch causing a very high heat arc..

[cutterschoicenotmine]

molten copper hitting the ground im guessing

[simonhorwell]

Are you sure that is a fuse?? It looks like a failing bus switch disconnector to me - still a good video though.