Something like this happened earlier this year in my town. I remember a very bright white light outside my blinds (around 2am). I was too afraid to look outside, but my mom said it was this huge white orb. It was from a power hub about a mile away! The power was knocked out for several hours.
Boredom, paralysis, routine, lack of inspiration, panic , blissfully happy , exhausted, unthinking, unquestioning , lack of stimulation(write down some quotes that capture your key feelings on issues that have been dominating your mind
Try sitting in your house and having one outside(like 50 yds away blow. OR having lightning stick one the same distance away....that is scary! BOOOOM!!!
the heat from the lightning probably shattered the ceramic insulator between the transformer body and the hot wire. I have seen this happen before. There is approx 13,000 V at work here.
Lightning struck behind my house a few years ago. It hit a transformer on a pole amidst the trees. What's scary is that it had been raining all day but when the bolt hit, the trees caught fire & were burning bluish-white. The fire department guys said that the fire shouldn't have started at all with how saturated the trees were with water.
Even the dog I was babysitting was terrified ... something wasn't right that night.
@Garretthierisser Water is dangerous on electricity man and water conducts, electricity and throwing or spraying water on electricity is damn dangerous in billions of ways.
Dear Resident of Superior Electric Co, Due to recent power discharges, you montly rates will go up 68% starting on the first month of you billing cycle. We are doing this for the exceedingly amount of wasted electricity in your neighborhood. Sorry For any inconvenience that this may pose on you.
@sonicxlc123 DOn't use water on electrical fires man, it causes a bigger fire the only fire extinguishers that can be used on electrical fires are Carbon Dioxide CO2 or Dry Powder not Foam or Water both Foam and Water are excellent conductors of electricity man.
@rojblake82 Try shutting down a road in rush hour after a storm and people are trying to drive under lines like this, completely oblivious.. Yes I was the first one on scene and shut the roads down. Folks wernt too happy about it but at least they live another day.
i didn't get a video of when this occured this afternoon in a hurricane, but there was a lot of orange flashes, followed by blue ones, then an entire spectrum of light. then the tree it was touching glowed bright orange and turned to dust almost immediately.
Lol i bet 121 people thought he meant a real transformer XD. if you actually went to school you would know that transformers are on electricity poles sort of like a giant fuse :P.
@spartankiller47 and you should go to school, too. transformators are converting the highvoltage of about 10000 volts to your 110/240 volt house/light power.
@tbsys31061 Well thank you for that :P i didn't really fell like going into detail about it but you did it for me. I wish trolls were this helpful all the time XD.
@rojblake82 aah it just tickles a little bit.. no really i think everybody knows how dangerous high voltage is.. you can even die from a 230V shock, and there are at least 10.000V on this line.
@likeZOMGlmfao you can calculate how many amperes flow through your body if you hit 10.000V.. The Body has about 1000 ohms, this is exactly 10 amperes (10.000 mA) and this is definately deadly.. electro shockers limit the flowing mA to about nothing, so they are not deadly.. normally high voltage is always deadly, because: more voltage -> same resistor -> more flowing Amps ;)
@likeZOMGlmfao actualy its the combination of volts and amps that kill you as a car battery for instance wont hurt you tho there are more then enough amps
a tazer wont kill you eigther because the amperage is to low
this happened outside of my school about a year ago but i didnt get to see it as most of my grade was in the hallway to be safe. some people in the classroom got to see it though
Do you guys have electrical engineering regulations over there? There should be at the very least a fuse on (each of) the Transformer primary coil(s, is that 1 phase or 3 phase?), a breaker at the head end, and arcing horns at every pylon (and that's just basic common sense, I were to open a book, there'd probably be way more).
It a good idea to stay well away. Many transformers are cooled with oil containing polycarbonated biphenyls, a highly carcinogenic compound. The fumes would do you no good at all.
Uploader: I see you still haven't fixed the title. My comment from 1 year ago still stands: Cool video of a downed power line on a rainy day, but the title and description are wrong. This video does not show a transformer exploding; it shows live power lines on the ground arcing. Grade: C. (Cool, but title is dead wrong; it should say "Wires Arc!", not "Transformer Explodes!".) Stars: 3. HERE is what a "transformer explosion" looks like, so you'll know: watch?v=WkDCS8xeobg
Paratruper77, spot on. The biggest questions for me certainly are 1: Why didn't the breakers fire? and 2: Where the fuck were the lightning arresters?
Where is the transformer? Looks like its downed wire making contact with the ground thus causing the light show until the breaker at the substation tripped or someone opened up some disconnects somewhere...I don't see a transformer anywhere?
"this would be a cool dvd" are you fucking retarded
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0:32 "That's power that's electric......Hwoooooooooo!". Say it all! Lol
Greatwhite75 3 days ago
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Greatwhite75 3 days ago
That sound was incredible!
NariNaraga22 4 days ago
It's just Chuck Norris testing his new tazor stun gun
Todesschnitzel13 6 days ago
looks like theres some heavy arcing happening how long did it take for an emergency crew to respond
seths10 1 week ago
sounds weird
theawesomeman0 1 week ago
Please explain how we can prevent this from happening to us.
TheMrBlinx 1 week ago
That was fantastic!!
nicholerichter 1 week ago
why isent the fuse poping out of that line ????
ljmike1204 1 week ago
"DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!"
Huh?
daruandu 1 week ago
where was this
taylorpoophit 1 week ago
This a down hot line not a transformer Hit! LOl
James1toknow 2 weeks ago
Ah brings me back when a tree landed on some power lines, everyone was outside when it went BOOM! we all backed up for second then said damn
gtamodfreak1113 2 weeks ago
Bam! said the lady
MrBoogyman1988 3 weeks ago
Woa times 50
spencerlch 3 weeks ago
Good
GleissonPaiva 3 weeks ago
0:00 0:12 = CSI Music lolololololololol Zuuumzuuuummmmuuumzzzuummm...
Mylifeismydick 3 weeks ago
The new Binford 6100 arc welder demo'd by Chuck Norris
marksIItimewarps 1 month ago
Something like this happened earlier this year in my town. I remember a very bright white light outside my blinds (around 2am). I was too afraid to look outside, but my mom said it was this huge white orb. It was from a power hub about a mile away! The power was knocked out for several hours.
Chargal4 1 month ago
Boredom, paralysis, routine, lack of inspiration, panic , blissfully happy , exhausted, unthinking, unquestioning , lack of stimulation(write down some quotes that capture your key feelings on issues that have been dominating your mind
caessarion 1 month ago
And what's interesting is that nobody calls the electric company in order to get the power turned off.
almann1117 1 month ago
Well - there's your problem right there - -
SALESPRODUCTIONS 1 month ago
i didnt see a single transformer. saw some wires on the ground. perfect example of the uneducated...
anonymous1man 1 month ago
I'd give you $5 if you'd go put your tounge on it
Lockbar 1 month ago
poor ground hog!
sweetgyy 1 month ago
i want to touch it sooo bad !! LOL
saknk1 1 month ago
This is what happens when cross an Xbox with a PS3.
Argibon 1 month ago
hmmm i wonder if it's safe to walk closer to it? O.o
ELCHUNTARITOMHFAN 1 month ago
Chuck Norris cooking food
sleeptyper 1 month ago 2
Why can't things like this happen in my backyard?
pmgodfrey 2 months ago
not a transformer just wire burning on the ground
highvoltagelineman11 2 months ago 2
how many trans. it looks like it was a triple bank
bassboy923 2 months ago
chuck norrises electric razor
Clunks1 2 months ago
Haha, I liked to do this when I was young.
They always thought there was something wrong with the power network, it was hilarious :D
Biotektan 2 months ago
It's not giving up! :D
nefarius2k8 2 months ago
are you telllin me this sucker is NUCLEAR ?
LOPEZdJUNGLIST 2 months ago
Try sitting in your house and having one outside(like 50 yds away blow. OR having lightning stick one the same distance away....that is scary! BOOOOM!!!
pepperannehanson 2 months ago
How about the line of defence that is the protection system.
mocozevrai 2 months ago
Dude!-It's only me,welding!
cavador20011 2 months ago
Chuck Norris Shaving
TheAluminiumklorid 2 months ago
i think your city needs to install fuses
almcken 2 months ago
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i lol'd when he whistled
iamredcups 2 months ago
I was hoping that Nicola Tesla would come walking out from middle of it
78chuck 3 months ago 3
WHERE IS THE EMERGENY SHUTDOWN? wtf ....
Giddeon87 3 months ago
Throw the tennis ball and tell Fito to fetch it.
VonKaNon 3 months ago
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Follow me if you want to live.
700gsteak 3 months ago
I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.
Mofoe2001 3 months ago 66
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@Mofoe2001 How come no one else gave this comment a thumbs up? lol
akogi1987 3 months ago
@Mofoe2001 You forgot to say please
SALESPRODUCTIONS 1 month ago
Well....this is what happens when you're careless and throw a 9 volt battery in a drawer full of paperclips....way to go! LOL
dshmechanic 3 months ago
shit
ghettokidify 3 months ago
Its power level is over 9000 volts.
Kainlarsen 3 months ago
@Kainlarsen Really? Seriously? The "over 9000" joke.. That's so.. lame..
TheDelusive 3 months ago
@TheDelusive Which is precisely why I did it.
Kainlarsen 3 months ago
@TheDelusive Would you prefer 88 miles per hour?
Kainlarsen 3 months ago
Well, at least it's not 240p.
bored1980 3 months ago
people pay for that?
zindi1138 3 months ago
chuck norris plugged in his pc.
Alankartambe1 3 months ago
terminators is here...
Morgan29RUS 3 months ago 20
the heat from the lightning probably shattered the ceramic insulator between the transformer body and the hot wire. I have seen this happen before. There is approx 13,000 V at work here.
Otaku155 3 months ago
E.T come home
webkinzlover93ify1 3 months ago
Wow that guy was so pissed off he exploded.
getalife67 4 months ago
oh noes, optimus prime !!! noooooo !!!!! QQ
whiteraider 4 months ago
thats just the devil welding good job mate
opps i mic jackson
talktalkmodem 4 months ago
thats just the devil welding good job mate
talktalkmodem 4 months ago
directed by michel bay!
Zap525 4 months ago
thats what my hands sound like when im angry!
Zap525 4 months ago
Wait he didn't feel the charge where he was from? He should have started having a numb fuzzy feeling from being so close
FoolyCoolyx989 4 months ago
OK THAT THING GET A LITTLE HOUSE IN THE GARDEN WTF!!!!!
Katalist1 4 months ago
Yeah, so where's Optimus?
WillardFilmore 4 months ago
Lightning struck behind my house a few years ago. It hit a transformer on a pole amidst the trees. What's scary is that it had been raining all day but when the bolt hit, the trees caught fire & were burning bluish-white. The fire department guys said that the fire shouldn't have started at all with how saturated the trees were with water.
Even the dog I was babysitting was terrified ... something wasn't right that night.
USRecovery2kX 4 months ago
QUICK GET SOME RUBBER!!!!!
TheMtaTeam 4 months ago
Fast, Water!
Garretthierisser 4 months ago
@Garretthierisser Water is dangerous on electricity man and water conducts, electricity and throwing or spraying water on electricity is damn dangerous in billions of ways.
rojblake82 4 months ago
@rojblake82 exact, this was the joke :)
Garretthierisser 4 months ago 2
Dear Resident of Superior Electric Co, Due to recent power discharges, you montly rates will go up 68% starting on the first month of you billing cycle. We are doing this for the exceedingly amount of wasted electricity in your neighborhood. Sorry For any inconvenience that this may pose on you.
Sincerly,
SEC
motorhead45102 4 months ago
@motorhead45102 FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
jarhead1145 4 months ago
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sonconmas 4 months ago
sound like Bunch of Fire crackers
sonicxlc123 5 months ago
@sonicxlc123 DOn't use water on electrical fires man, it causes a bigger fire the only fire extinguishers that can be used on electrical fires are Carbon Dioxide CO2 or Dry Powder not Foam or Water both Foam and Water are excellent conductors of electricity man.
rojblake82 4 months ago
@rojblake82 Try shutting down a road in rush hour after a storm and people are trying to drive under lines like this, completely oblivious.. Yes I was the first one on scene and shut the roads down. Folks wernt too happy about it but at least they live another day.
Trailblazer343 4 months ago
OH NO! FIRE! Quick, get the hose and the metal buckets!
ThePotatoshot 5 months ago
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ThePotatoshot 5 months ago
OMG WICH TRANSFORMER WAS IT BUMBLEBEE I HOPE IT WASNT BUMBLEBEE
900transformers 5 months ago
i didn't get a video of when this occured this afternoon in a hurricane, but there was a lot of orange flashes, followed by blue ones, then an entire spectrum of light. then the tree it was touching glowed bright orange and turned to dust almost immediately.
punksush1 5 months ago
I"ll bet their meter is spinning now...
mharrop396 5 months ago 4
It is not safe, to be near arcing, electricity and one is likely to get a fatal electric shock and end up burnt to toast.
rojblake82 5 months ago
you were way too close at the beginning
juliiitube 5 months ago
Don't let this happen to me? Like I'm gonna walk up to a transformer and tell it to stop sparking. lol
Drrck11 5 months ago 2
being near a metal fence not the best
Condoviper 5 months ago
thats chuck noris's lamp
dinostrawss 5 months ago 3
I wouldn't wanna be within half a mile of that shit...
omardude39 5 months ago
Lol i bet 121 people thought he meant a real transformer XD. if you actually went to school you would know that transformers are on electricity poles sort of like a giant fuse :P.
spartankiller47 5 months ago
@spartankiller47 and you should go to school, too. transformators are converting the highvoltage of about 10000 volts to your 110/240 volt house/light power.
tbsys31061 5 months ago
@tbsys31061 Well thank you for that :P i didn't really fell like going into detail about it but you did it for me. I wish trolls were this helpful all the time XD.
spartankiller47 5 months ago
@spartankiller47 and viceversa.
tbsys31061 5 months ago
Let's launch over it.
ZuFail 6 months ago
This is just a down power line from the strike, not a transformer blowing up.. If it was, you would have seen alot more than that...
luvencl 6 months ago
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
alfandega111 6 months ago
Thank you so much for not putting some cheesy music over this. Its nice to hear the sound...
gadgetathome 6 months ago 2
You should've grabbed all that free electricity lying around and taken it home!
EMaster9 6 months ago 2
This is nothing, it's just Chuck Norris making toast.
pearldrumsarecool 6 months ago
i love the way you have the after shot of it, with it still throbbing away
lexichronicle2 6 months ago
so fake
nlreeftank 6 months ago
@nlreeftank nah its not fake its called a flash over
EXO903 6 months ago
@nlreeftank
Touch it troll..
Jayui22 6 months ago
Guess people don't realize this effect creates alkaline corrosive materials and dangerously explosive gases.
illumined1 6 months ago
119+ died from this
DivineDivinity1999 6 months ago
i would run away...
0nLyCh4oS 6 months ago
I would not want to be near this exploding transformer, and getting killed and also burnt to toast no way man.
rojblake82 6 months ago
To be near this exploding transformer is stupid, anybody near it wuld get a fatal electric shock and be burnt to toast.
rojblake82 7 months ago
@rojblake82 aah it just tickles a little bit.. no really i think everybody knows how dangerous high voltage is.. you can even die from a 230V shock, and there are at least 10.000V on this line.
r3fuge 7 months ago
@r3fuge It's the amps that kills you, not the voltage.
likeZOMGlmfao 7 months ago
@likeZOMGlmfao you can calculate how many amperes flow through your body if you hit 10.000V.. The Body has about 1000 ohms, this is exactly 10 amperes (10.000 mA) and this is definately deadly.. electro shockers limit the flowing mA to about nothing, so they are not deadly.. normally high voltage is always deadly, because: more voltage -> same resistor -> more flowing Amps ;)
r3fuge 7 months ago
@likeZOMGlmfao I say stay well away from high voltage electricity, and stay alive matey.
rojblake82 7 months ago
@likeZOMGlmfao actualy its the combination of volts and amps that kill you as a car battery for instance wont hurt you tho there are more then enough amps
a tazer wont kill you eigther because the amperage is to low
lasergeak 6 months ago
@r3fuge I say keep away from high voltage electricity, like the plague.
rojblake82 6 months ago
oh my god that was SICK!!!!
TheAir97 7 months ago
this makes you wish they never stopped using the electric chair.
devastator2110 7 months ago
Chuck Norris took a dump.
BlueCircleScotland 7 months ago
it tooks all night !!!!
whee are the firefighters?
pierrejeanes 7 months ago
Americans don't have circuit breakers?
mimdotcc 7 months ago
sounds like a lightsaber
MrCrosman97 7 months ago
this happened outside of my school about a year ago but i didnt get to see it as most of my grade was in the hallway to be safe. some people in the classroom got to see it though
kusucks991 7 months ago
HOLY SHIT!
Finest1510 7 months ago
That is NOT a transformer. That is just a wire on the ground.
Anubis4815162342 8 months ago
So this is like a flame in a microwave? Fire getting ionized and turns in to plasma, creating balls of humming glowing gas like stuff?
Or just the line hitting the ground setting things ablaze?
lordneo256 8 months ago
So this is like a flame in a microwave? Fire getting ionized and turns in to plasma, creating balls of humming glowing gas like stuff?
lordneo256 8 months ago
That's still being powered throughout isn't it?
Do you guys have electrical engineering regulations over there? There should be at the very least a fuse on (each of) the Transformer primary coil(s, is that 1 phase or 3 phase?), a breaker at the head end, and arcing horns at every pylon (and that's just basic common sense, I were to open a book, there'd probably be way more).
Psychotol 8 months ago
really? i didnt think that was electric at all i though it was pure magic gone wrong. Damn wizards
GhostXoP 8 months ago 2
where's the explosion?
baire702 8 months ago
Chuck Norris loves Chuck Norris.
mr1000rx 8 months ago
once upon a time chuck norris smiled, it brought a dead kitten back to life.
snowfallzz 8 months ago
I hate it when people say "thumbs up if ---"...its getting so annoying now.
TheGirlWhoGames 8 months ago 9
@TheGirlWhoGames,
Yeah I remember when I started comments with "Yeah I remember when..."
nudist0885 3 months ago
Chuck Norris could have put that out with his palm.
xlr8up 8 months ago
It was an short circuit in high voltage lines.
Oscarlc85 8 months ago
Sounds like a terminator's time capsule LOL
djviperx 8 months ago
POOR OPTIMUS!
DoABackflip07 9 months ago
Lightening = becoming lighter
Lightning = electrical discharge
GilgaFrank 9 months ago 82
It a good idea to stay well away. Many transformers are cooled with oil containing polycarbonated biphenyls, a highly carcinogenic compound. The fumes would do you no good at all.
ozzirt 9 months ago
It would be great if A T1000 walked outta that after it was over I'd shit a brick.
evan20r 9 months ago 2
someone tried to divide by zero.
burn19ballz 9 months ago 50
@burn19ballz i dont know why that makes me laugh
RaudelSolis 5 months ago
@RaudelSolis an old internet fad only becomes funny again when forgotten,then remembered.
burn19ballz 5 months ago
@burn19ballz stupid troll
punksush1 5 months ago
@punksush1 don't divide by zero.don't even try.
burn19ballz 5 months ago
XD the decepticons did it and the autobots are on there wary to stop them....WELL AFTER THEY PAY FOR THIS FIRE FIRST
chris40539 9 months ago
... one week later, the youtuber was diagnosed with cancer.
Xinfinitude 9 months ago
Dear SASunit,
Chuck Norris hates you.
(8^)
nudist0885 9 months ago
thumbs up if you hate when people complain about going blind after staring at extremely bright electrical arcs....
wildbill6976 9 months ago
@wildbill6976 thumbs up if you hate people like wildbill, attention whores.
Death900600 9 months ago
Autobots win!!
CaptainKaoz 10 months ago
Don't let this happen to you???
What the hell am I supposed to do, live on the moon?
mewingkitty 10 months ago
@mewingkitty Nah, just rough it in the mountains for the rest of your life.
Beholdthesharktopus 9 months ago
1:26 the transformer speaks! what does it say? probably "ow!"
seedililbarf 10 months ago
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vzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *crackly crackly* like popcorn in my neighbors old mocrowave.
TomDonehugh 10 months ago
vzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *crackly crackly* like popcorn in my neighbors mocrowave.
TomDonehugh 10 months ago
thats just SHOCKING! :OOO
sn0wD 10 months ago
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95283525 10 months ago
@95283525 Ha if this was in soviet russia justin beiber would be in there burning.
Do you like waffles?
Justin beiber does.
Oh, and can I have some thumbs up?
TheTrihorn1 10 months ago
zzzzziiiiijjuuuu!!!! zzzzoooiiiiuuu zaaaaa haha sounds like that XD
gamekiiid 10 months ago
How many of those things blew UP?
JrEdwards8899 10 months ago
where's the grow op guys ?
zortab 10 months ago
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Uploader: I see you still haven't fixed the title. My comment from 1 year ago still stands: Cool video of a downed power line on a rainy day, but the title and description are wrong. This video does not show a transformer exploding; it shows live power lines on the ground arcing. Grade: C. (Cool, but title is dead wrong; it should say "Wires Arc!", not "Transformer Explodes!".) Stars: 3. HERE is what a "transformer explosion" looks like, so you'll know: watch?v=WkDCS8xeobg
lonewolfintj 10 months ago
Paratruper77, spot on. The biggest questions for me certainly are 1: Why didn't the breakers fire? and 2: Where the fuck were the lightning arresters?
eddief32 10 months ago
Where THE fuck is protection , kill guy that made protection for that Tx ...
paratruper77 10 months ago
in the end it says dont let this happen to you.... what i want to know is how the fuck do we stop mother nature???
ast117 10 months ago
The electric grid is dangerous.
Shit like that should trip a breaker.
RayAir1 10 months ago
SOMEONEGO OVER THERE ND CUT THE WIRE WITH SCISSORS!!!!
windbreaker109 11 months ago
tht is probably scary as shit waking up to that soundd
windbreaker109 11 months ago
where's the fucking explosion??
dining0philosopher 11 months ago
ET IS PHONEING HOME !!
I LOVE CHUCK NORRIS!
weldon0m 11 months ago
ET IS PHONEING HOME !!
weldon0m 11 months ago
Do they have the slowest fucking fire department or what?
PAVN 11 months ago
I wouldn't be so close to that though.
babecat2000 11 months ago
haha the girls says... yeah thats electric... no shit.. i thought it was santa
Lotus49b 11 months ago 7
Where is the transformer? Looks like its downed wire making contact with the ground thus causing the light show until the breaker at the substation tripped or someone opened up some disconnects somewhere...I don't see a transformer anywhere?
liquidst07 11 months ago
A terminator is coming!
andrtaker 11 months ago
my guess is you should have ran not taped.
Rayzkevin 11 months ago
some people have all the luck,
you guys get a mad scientist for a neighbour...
I'm stuck with some jerk with a bunch of barking dogs.
jwboll 1 year a