POWER LINES DOWN ON PITT RIVER RDIN PORT COQUITLAM

DV-318-2 OCT 2003 PORT COQUITLAM POWER LINES DOWN ON PITT RIVER RD PORT COQUITLAM BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA BY BCNEWSVIDEO

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[bcnewsvideo]

thank you

[bcnewsvideo]

your welcome

[boonedocks60]

who needs loadbreak tool on a25 kva transformer anyway ?

[rodfam2008]

another dumb lineman who doesnt know how to use the loadbreak tool

see the arc in the cutout? when he opens it?

[jackjoneslab]

@jchambers2586 Yes it is a lot of power. What I am saying is there is no where near that amount on a 25kva pot. At 100 percent load a 25kva pot 3.4 amps. Saying that the cutout fuses are rated at 200amps implies that one can safely work with them with loads up to 200amps. In reality if you tried opening that cutout with say 50 amps on it with out using a loadbreak device properly the arc would not extinguish and it would go phase to phase or phase to ground and explode.

[jchambers2586]

the bald guy is going to get his head wet LOL. Just kidding.

[jchambers2586]

@jackjoneslab 200 amps at 7200 volts is a lot of power.

[jackjoneslab]

@rodfam2008 lol why did he even bring it if he wasn't going to use it

[jackjoneslab]

@jchambers2586 The tubes are rated to CARRY 200amps, not to BREAK 200amps

[jchambers2586]

the cutout fuses are rated at 200 amps.

[itscool1968]

@rodfam2008 that arch is normal the cut outs do it when blown open on a short and when closed when the arm gets close to the line side and the load side draws

[d00kiebird]

Thanks bro. I'll avoid Pitt River Road.

[ApolloWasReal]

What's a "load break"? Is that when he disconnects the wire feeding the disconnect from the primary wire overhead? Is that to be doubly safe with the rainwater on the disconnect? And how is a hotstick still safe in the rain?

[ApolloWasReal]

@therealromster EVERY grid tie inverter is required to have multiple safeguards and interlocks against backfeeding. It's just not credible for an inverter to backfeed a utility. An improperly wired generator is a different story, but at least you have a chance of hearing generators running in the neighborhood and can check them out.

SDG&E required me to provide a lockable disconnect on my PV system inverter but as far as I know it has never been used in 12 years.