Explosion outside my window
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That is a transformer committing suicide, or am I wrong?
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thats cool +5
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I love the dripping molten metal
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@NashvilleKildCountry Backtracer was just joking. No one would be that stupid.
Fortunately, one is far enough away thathe UV is greatly diminished. Doubling the distance drops the intensity 4 times. Same with X-rays.
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@grangersmith I have no idea what's going on in the video.. some people claim its the oil used to cool the transformer or something. This is from North Vancouver, BC. Canada.
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That's not right, never seen a transformer do that, that was more like a EMF explosion not just a transformer, how is that explained..It was more of a plasma ball pulsating, on and off until it exploded the transformer...This just doesn't make any scientific sense to me, but what do I know? Why didn't your camera, and all the electricity go out while this was pulsing greatly? Where is this from what area did you live?
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I'm surprised the camera was still running. I was driving in a storm one time and a transformer exploded across the street from me and my car shut off. I guess these things send out EMP like nuke bombs or something because when it exploded, everything in my car turned off. Lights radio, etc. The car itself shut off as well.
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Looks like the transformer is committing suicide, lulz
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And just like a firework, after all the sparks and fire is over, there is a sad puff of smoke
The responsible thing to do would be to stop filming and go pour some water on it to put it out before someone gets hurt
Backtracer101 1 year ago
@Backtracer101 Totally, I'm gonna leave my house with a cup of water and approach the exploding transformer. Thank you for your suggestion.
base10design 9 months ago
I hope your eyes weren't flash burned after watching that for as long as you did. That's UV rays and maybe some weak X-rays hitting your eyes.
NashvilleKildCountry 1 year ago
@NashvilleKildCountry I hope not :(
base10design 9 months ago
Nice catch!
Brace your camera on the widow sill to keep it steady.
Surprised that circuit breakers did not open earlier.
Apparently they eventually did open and then reset causing the second episode.
Thanks for explaining the cause. When? Where?
Did you call the fire department?
robertgift 1 year ago
@robertgift I did call the fire dept, so did a few others on the street. This is in North Vancouver, BC. The cause was due to a fallen tree hitting the transformer. The tree fell in a windstorm we were having that day.
base10design 9 months ago