Electric box in estate blowing up

Electric box in estate blowing up
by u/JimmyTramps in ireland

38 comments
  1. Probably a naked Arnold Schwarzenegger crouching in the smoke and about to ask for your boots, your clothes and your motorcycle

  2. Any brainy electrical engineers want to estimate how much power was wasted?

    If someone could try fry an egg on the road about 5m away and tell us how long it takes, might help with the calculations. Throw on some rubber gloves for protection, just to be safe.

  3. a 200amp switch opened under fault condition ..( the bit where it went quiet for just over a second )…. the switch then tried to close to rectify the fault and hey presto.. the fireworks…

    county council be round with an engineer and 10 men

    esb be round with 3 vans and a truck

    the guards will have a peek just for the crack

    the locals be listening to a generator for the entire bank holiday weekend

    best of luck lads !

  4. A lad from the neibouring estate died last summer trying to muck around with one of these, the local rumour was that he was trying to improve his Internet speed or something like that stuck a screwdriver into the board and got himself electrocuted.

  5. That’s the minipillar, lv underground supply to the few houses there.

    Something probably happened for it to get like that, hit by a car, cable damaged by contractor etc.

    Still dangerous for any kids etc. Electricity is a killer.

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