Substation Fire Near Marina Blvd. in San Leandro

Sunday morning substation fire behind Georgia Pacific near Marina Boulevard in San Leandro.

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[VideyoJunkei]

you want a nasty smell? Try a TV set flyback transformer-when it goes bad, it arcs inside and smokes, and the smell hurts your eyes! Yes it does!

[daltonwilliam]

I smoked some PCB once.

[rojblake82]

@BigSteve02 The way I understand it the only types of Fire extinguisher that can safely put, out eletric fires are Dry Powder and Carbon Dioxide as they are not wet or liquid based.

[BigSteve02]

comment to RojBlake, the Firemen/Firewomen are not idiots, they are dousing that burning transformer with desalinated water (no grains of salt, no specks of dirt, no contaminants whatsoever) which is pure water, pure water does not conduct electricity (not even if the voltage is in KV or MV) so no Firemen/Firewomen will be burned to toast. they also could have used some sort of chemical foam (i do not know what it is called though) to put out that burning transformer.

[rojblake82]

@jrmcferren That is correct everyone would be electrocuted and burn ttottoast silly beggars if they threw water on the electric fire.

[rojblake82]

If anyone is daft enough to be near, the burning substation transformers they will get burnt to toast.

[KG84C]

@daltonwilliam Was it like Chong smoking the cockroach?

[jrmcferren]

@xzn88 No, safe firefighters, if the power is on and they throw water on it, everyone including the camera man would be electrocuted.

[jrmcferren]

@jsncrso You're right, remember the voltages on the secondary (low voltage) side of these transformers will turn wood into a conductor, high voltage isn't child's play by a long shot.

[jrmcferren]

@jeepin1021 Possibly, but the transformers have paper insulating the windings as well, combine that with other components. I'm not sure since the largest transformer I will likely service will still be air cooled (ham radio).

[metallicaKSA]

@helpmakethingsbetter, Polychlororinated biphenyls.

Little bastarding problem in old equipment !