Actually guys, it is not a fuse per say, it is fed from a circuit breaker. Not the kind found in the home either. Most likely there was a stuck breaker which DOES happen. And from the video I would venture to say it was a 69Kv primary at least. My employer (The Board of Public Utilities in Kansas City Kansas), Had a lightning strike hit one of our 161kv/69kv transformers and it took them about 9 hours to put the fire out. The insulating oil has a high flashpoint, but when it does catch fire....look out Chuck K0XM Lead Substation Technician (25 Yrs)
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Kelsey Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] had a little power supply trouble the otherday... More than likely the fusing was proper. Typically substation transformer size along with fusing is coordinated and engineered rather extensively. My suspicion is that a component failure may have contributed to the total failure of the transformer. It is possible the a fuse did open, but that the fuse holder assembly could have failed in such a way that an arc continued the current flow regardless of the open fuse. It would be interesting to know exactly what did happen. Chuck WB2EDV Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
