Results 1 to 13 of 23
Thread: How many volts?
-
02-24-2006, 06:36 PM #1
Regular Guest
- Join Date
- Jul 2002
- Location
- St Paul, Minnesota
- Posts
- 3,468
-
02-24-2006, 06:50 PM #2
Professional Member*
- Join Date
- Apr 2004
- Location
- Bartlett, IL
- Posts
- 6,619
I'm gonna take a stab at it and say...24v
X 2000....
-
02-24-2006, 06:50 PM #3
Professional Member
- Join Date
- May 2001
- Location
- Kansas City
- Posts
- 2,725
Nice, thats probably like 500,000 volts. Frigin idiots here in KC have been breaking into substation like that and cutting and stealing the big copper ground conductor cables for scrap.
-
02-24-2006, 07:14 PM #4
Professional Member*
- Join Date
- Aug 2003
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX
- Posts
- 10,549
That video's been posted here before. Not that I mind seeing it again. "Powerful" stuff. (boo-hiss bad pun)
Unbelievable about KC substations getting grounds swiped. Maybe one night someone will cut the wrong wire and BAM! No more crackhead thief. In Dallas they're swiping condensers and stripping RTU's for the copper. They're even going after the metal covers on light pole bases all over town. Pulling them off and leaving all the wiring hanging out in the open for some curious kid or gnawing squirrel to grab hold of. Stupid druggies."In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"
- Homer Simpson
-
02-24-2006, 07:30 PM #5
Professional Member
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Posts
- 2,866
ah.....3..? Not sure. I'll watch it again.
-
02-24-2006, 07:33 PM #6
Professional Member
- Join Date
- May 2001
- Location
- Kansas City
- Posts
- 2,725
Couple of years ago the crackheads were stealing manhole covers for scrap, took the cops a couple of weeks to figure it out and check with the scrap metal yards to catch them.
-
02-24-2006, 07:40 PM #7
Member
- Join Date
- Jan 2006
- Posts
- 53
I went to an arc flash class and this video was shown.I beleive the gas canisters to prevent the arc somehow failed. I think the gas they used was something called fx-6,the instructor said this gas was supposed to be the most chemically inert gas known.I think I recall him saying that was 125000 volt switch.
-
02-24-2006, 07:47 PM #8
Professional Member
- Join Date
- Jun 2003
- Location
- Florida
- Posts
- 9,548
defies physics by arcing upwards instead of toward ground....
If everything was always done "by the book"....the book would never change.
-
02-24-2006, 09:39 PM #9
Regular Guest
- Join Date
- Nov 2004
- Posts
- 229
220/221 whatever it takes
-
02-24-2006, 10:22 PM #10
Professional Member
- Join Date
- Jun 2003
- Location
- New Hampshire
- Posts
- 2,663
Thats how I test my oil burner igniters. I'd say that one tested good
-
02-24-2006, 10:55 PM #11
Professional Member
- Join Date
- Dec 2001
- Location
- Chicago, N/W burbs
- Posts
- 7,996
Wow, that was cool !
R2B4BTU
-
02-24-2006, 11:00 PM #12
Professional Member
- Join Date
- Mar 2003
- Location
- Cincinnati
- Posts
- 7,977
Aint that something else. I know it's all safety and stuff but can you see sparky wearing a high cal suit to change a breaker in a 480 panel ?? I know lots of electricians and when I mention arc flash hazzard they look at me all glassy eyed like I just spoke alien.Originally posted by roaddog
I went to an arc flash class and this video was shown.
-
02-24-2006, 11:15 PM #13
Professional Member*
- Join Date
- Nov 2001
- Location
- east kansas
- Posts
- 7,980
Now I'll be up all night tring to remember which movie.Originally posted by hvacgirl1488
220/221 whatever it takes
Beware of advice given by some guy on the Internet.
Reply With Quote
