Ours all have fuses on the high side. 34.5 KV. GOAB's on the low side. Chuck
Chuck Kraly wrote: >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----- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Repeater-Builder] had a little power supply trouble the > From: > [email protected] > To: > [email protected] > > To: > [email protected] > > >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 > > > > > > > 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/
