A bit of a bang

Not a good outcome.

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[REDT4R1]

Thats shit scared the f*ck outta me...i had my computer speaker's up loud too..lmao

[Arabhacks]

The extinguisher fires at 53 seconds, fully 48 seconds after the arc fault.

There is always a danger to personnel from oxygen displacement as well as forcing gases from the fire outside the area.

Again, there is ALWAYS the possibility that someone can be killed if the extinguisher discharges.

That is why there is the alarm.

It should NEVER be allowed to discharge unless this is actually needed.

Call the fire department and explain that this is indeed an emergency, give address, cancel discharge.

[dshmechanic]

This is an expensive scenario on all counts. Not only do you have a switchgear that is probably now toast, but you have to refill and reactivate the fire suppression system, and let me tell you, the latter is NOT cheap. We had an accidental discharge of our Halon tank in one of our phone vaults a few years ago, and if I remember correctly, that 'accident' ended up costing the facility over $6,000 to have the company refill and recertify the tank. OUCH!!

[Noblc09]

@jgdogg441 Yes that is what i meant ty

[snomimons]

That bang was better than my fireworks!

[Wa3ypx]

There should be an abort button that can delay for a set time, if the button is hit the second time, the system will dump anyway

[jimmymagnum07]

I actually build 415v switchgear panels for a living, I hope I never fuck up and have this happen I love my job :D

[JillBattleSlut]

that blue door right opposite it, not the taped off one, imagine coming out of there and being hit by a shower of sparks/arcs and/or flames.

the smoke detector takes WAY too long to detect the smoke, looks like they used an ionisation type, wheras an optical type is much more sensitive to electrical type fires. and also the vents at the bottom and top, shouldn't exposed like that, really high voltage transformers don't have them.

[tragier]

is that co2 or water

[coolcar100]

Now if this happened in school, it would give us something interesting instead of German...

[zzM16]

pause at 3 seconds and look at how bright this shit realy is.

[rybaluc]

@tigermki For example in my country halon is strictly prohibited by law. But i know that in USA are many old halon installations. Well its all about a money:( However i must admit that in USA is better fire prevention than here in Banana Czech republic.