Electricity, doesn't it rock?

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Someone got hold of a microwave transformer which steps up mains voltage to 1,500v and decided to build a foil contraption. Of course, the next step would naturally be to test it upon an innocent woodlouse. The result? Well, see for yourself.

What happens here? Well, the woodlouse moves across the foil and makes contact between the two points, and therefore, creates a circuit. That means the woodlouse receives 1,500 nasty volts.

Zitat von moep

http://205.243.100.155/frames/mpg/XfrmBlast1.mpg

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Click the above image to view a 5.1 MB MPEG which shows sustained arcing in a power substation.
A power arc to ground on the low voltage side of this substation behaves like the welding torch from Hell,
chewing up everything in its path. Protection hardware either fails to open the HV side or is unable to
detect the presence of the arcing ground fault. Excessive current eventually causes the substation's
power transformer to overheat, severely cooking its innards. The transformer's pressure release valves
finally vent a mist of hot oil vapor which subsequently ignites and explodes in a ball of flame. The forceful
explosion of an expulsion fuse finally cuts power with a bright blue flash and BANG. However, The weakened
tank of the transformer fails, spilling flaming mineral oil into the surrounding area.

Zitat von HaBa

Der 345kV-Switch ist IMHO nicht wirklich belastet bei der Aktion.

AFAIK werden im Schalterbau bei wirklichen Lastschaltungen Explosionen etc. eingesetzt, angeblich wurde mal zu Versuchszwecken Paris vom Netz genommen (16GVA) => Kupferrohr mit Kupferzylinder drin, wird auseinandergesprengt ...