fun with electricity!

Post by **driftaholic** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

so i'm sitting at my computer, and i hear this electricity buzzing. at first i thought it was my fan, but when i got closer it sounded like it was coming from outside. so i looked outside and i saw blue reflecting in the street so i looked up and the damn power pole was sparking and shooting up bright blue flames!

Post by **[Zero-S]** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

Awesome

Post by **JESTER** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

They only do that when normal people are in bed........

Post by **MrEous** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

Booo!!! No Pics???:D

Post by **driftaholic** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

sorry, no pics

i called the power company and they sent a truck out to fix it. i hope they did, cause that pole is right in front of an elementary school

Post by **krazy skwerel** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

This sounds like a job for GI Joe public service announcements.

Post by **driftaholic** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

[GI Joe Public Service Announcement]Hey kids, if you see a power pole sparking and shooting up bright blue flames in front of your school, see if you can catch the sparks. That way, natural selection will happen more rapidly and at the same time reduce classroom size. Do your part to help California's budget.Now you know, and knowing is half the batte. GI Joe![/GI Joe Public Service Announcement]

Post by **krazy skwerel** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

YO JOE!!!

Post by **Trppen37** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

that sh*t can kill...

Post by **krazy skwerel** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

Not GI Joe,They'll fire a lot of lasers but never kill anybody. Oh you mean the electricity.

Post by **Mr1der** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

Where's road block with his jeep and big pole when you need him?

Never go near a downed power line, save that for the professionals

now you know and knowing is half the battle!

YO JOOOE!!

Post by **MrEous** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

driftaholic wrote:[GI Joe Public Service Announcement]Hey kids, if you see a power pole sparking and shooting up bright blue flames in front of your school, see if you can catch the sparks. That way, natural selection will happen more rapidly and at the same time reduce classroom size. Do your part to help California's budget.Now you know, and knowing is half the batte. GI Joe![/GI Joe Public Service Announcement]

lol...nice!

Website · Post by **quiksilvia** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

so tight, but blue flames are tight, sure it wasnt the neighbors igniting their flatulance?

or were u high!?!?!

Post by **driftaholic** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

on top of a power pole? noit looked more like welding

Post by **prigo** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

lol, thats so true!

Post by **IvoryJ30t** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

if it was one of the heavy cables at the very top of the pole, its 13KV, unless it was one of the line on the lower part of the pole, then it was 3 phase 120...

Post by **driftaholic** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

it was on the very top w00t we're all gonna die

Post by **IvoryJ30t** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

you know the steel robots that you see along the highway carrying power cable [they look like robots]

those lines are 330KV

Post by **IvoryJ30t** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

zap your *** in a heartbeat. the substations you see step down the 330KV to 13KV to feed your local power grid. the 13KV get slung around you neighborhood at the top of the pole [at the very top, youll see three heavy wires] along the grid you see grey cans that step down the 13KV to either 3 phase 240, or 3 phase 120, depending on how your neighborhood is set up. your house picks one phase off of the low side, or if there is only 240 on the pole, you get a transformer to step down to 120, and sometimes you get a 240 line also to feed high power stuff in your house.

next time you look at a utility pole, find the little metal tab on it that says "13KV" if it does, then the lines at the very top are 13KV

Post by **colies97~240sx** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

This may be a smidge off topic but here are some re-dos' of the GI Joe Service Announcements... I think they are hallarious but I'm sure most of you may not be too amused... but oh welll, enjoy...

Electricity PSAhttp://media.ebaumsworld.com/i...e.mov

There are more, but ill spare you all from posting multiple links and just post up the home page...http://www.ebaumsworld.com/gijoe.html

Post by **driftaholic** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

i want a 3 phase 240lol

Website · Post by **TurboKA37** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

and what do those fenced-in, crazy looking boxes/transformers and stuff do?u kno, where a bunch of lines intersect and theres all types of crazy shaped objects inside.

Post by **MysteryIncMan** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

When I was in Alabama one time, I heard a really loud boom went outside and saw the transformer flaming. Then there was a loud boom and a blue ball of light/electricity shot down the line. Coolest thing I'd ever seen.

BODY MASSAGE!!!

Website · Post by **quiksilvia** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

i once lit a fire right next to one of those big green metal elec boxes, i was young and stupid....ok it was last week but thats not the point. i was really like 6 or something but my mom took me to the fd and i had to tell the chief what i did, sucked

Post by **Mr1der** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

I went to plug a playstation in, apparently my brother who has greasy hands, unplugged it. Needless to say when I was midway through getting it all in, my hand slipped and my fingers landed on both prongs. I had a burn mark on my chin where it apparently grounded...

Post by **driftaholic** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

oh damn!

Post by **Mr1der** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

IvoryJ30t wrote:you know the steel robots that you see along the highway carrying power cable [they look like robots]

those lines are 330KV

on road trips when I was little, we had a station wagon with the flip up reverse backseat, and I used to pretend I was a tail gunner and acted like I was shooting those and we were trying to escape them...

Website · Post by **TurboKA37** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

hahaha, uve got some funny stories Mr1der!

Post by **IvoryJ30t** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

driftaholic wrote:i want a 3 phase 240lol

hahaha

Post by **IvoryJ30t** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 pm

TurboKA37 wrote:and what do those fenced-in, crazy looking boxes/transformers and stuff do?u kno, where a bunch of lines intersect and theres all types of crazy shaped objects inside.

those are the substations.

take the 330KV transmission lines and step it down [13KV or 240/120]to feed your area/neighborhood/local power grid.

fun with electricity!

fun with electricity!

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