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by JK » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:42 am
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by The Dieselduck » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:48 pm
I'm gonna say its a piece of a bussbar or the likes.
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by JK » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:42 am
Got it in one.
It is the busbar for a 4400 KVa transformer. The rep suspected mechanical strain on the edge of the low voltage coil damaging the insulation and leading to a short.
Apparently the flash was spectacular.
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by The Dieselduck » Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:18 am
Yeah I should say so, I have seen some pretty serious sparks flying around me, and that was just when I was changing a 120 v light bulb. ehehehe
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