Transformer Fire

This transformer blew during a storm across the street from our building at work.

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• transformer
• fire
• explosion
• flame
• barrington
• hoffman
• estates

[oyamajiujitsu]

WAS THAT BUY ROSSEL ROAD?

[muoguei]

It was in Hoffman Estates off of Hassel Road and Barrington Road.

[mrfanman2u]

Apparently either OCBs up line (oil circuit breakers) tripped the line out which exstinguished the arc, or the Dispatcher manually shut the entire line down after the crew communicated back to the dispatcher what was going on. Did you lose power because of this?

[muoguei]

Yes, the power went off but came back on very quickly.

[csengeri]

Looks good but I agree it's an electrical arc, not fire.

[ibook133]

That is a wild arc!

[krzys25555]

Ja bym powiedzial ze to luk elektryczny a nie plonacy transformator

[Antiinequity]

we work like this and we don't have HAZARD PAY ???!!!!!

[Klottelitsch]

Rang Rang Ruh Ruh Rang Rang!!!

[Corey497]

no fire, fail!

[lonewolfintj]

Cool video, but very badly mislabeled. There is no transformer on fire in this video. Indeed, there is no fire at all! Fire is yellow and produces black smoke. Where are the flames? There are none. Where is the smoke? There is none. What I'm seeing is blue plasma filaments, not yellow flames. Title should be "Substation Arc", not "Transformer Fire". (Note the the arc isn't even NEAR the transformers!)

[McDaedelus]

If it's a really loud "bang" or "Clunk" type sound, it's probably a circuit breaker, which is a really big oil or gas insulated switch. If it's hissing and popping like the on this video is, it's called an air break switch or isolator. "Colours in the sky" makes me think it's an isolator.

[IC2720]

The substation about a mile from my house, before it was upgraded and enclosed, would often time have squirrels or crows get a shock and cause the circuit breakers (I don't know the techie term) to explode. It was really loud and made a lot of colours in the sky for a moment.

[NODARRYL]

I live about 2 miles from a sub station at night somtimes I can see the glow and hear the snap crackel pop of the switches opening and closing . realy cool.

[SFseis]

But it took a lot of time for the arc to disappear...damn never trust air as an insulator ;-)

[schoschie]

Yup, it's just the arc, no fire. At the high voltage, the current can travel through air over impressive distances. It happens every time a switch is closed or opened, so it's not even a malfunction.