Behold The 500,000 Volt Arc

There was reportedly a problem shutting down a 500,000 volt electric utility circuit by conventional means, so the circuit was opened at the Palo Verde switch yard while under FULL load, with spectacular results. (This may be the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station yard about 50 miles west of Phoenix.) Reportedly this shutdown was anything but routine. Speakers on, volume up. Keep your finger out of the socket!

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Education

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• High
• Voltage
• Arc
• Electricity
• Power
• Transmission
• Distribution

[Cabalistlbb]

the best part is that guys "WHOA!" at the end

[MetalSpiral]

Woooooaaaaah

that was cool

[Roshkin]

@gthourne Heat? Warm air rises.

[omairgeforce]

sound like cold french fries droped in hot cooking old

[FLA3H91]

@omairgeforce lol , more like you'll get annihilated xD

[StrongInChrist]

@omairgeforce You wont grab it. It will grab you. And when it doesnt find the earth that it so desperately longs for, it will vaporize your bodys mass as it scurries back to the source from which it came. (end creepy voice) lol

[omairgeforce]

what if i grab that arc??

will be toasted in seconds?

[lompastompa]

hot air rises, plasma forms more easily the hotter the air is.

[danbettenson]

lol

[Dockshund]

optimism.