Re: New 8 second long 550 kV Power Arc

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com> 

I have a sneaking suspicion that the arc was staged. Perhaps they put a 
small wire up there as a trigger or something? I base this on;

a: The camera was ready BEFORE the event happened. It was focused on the 
exact spot where something was about to happen. If this had happened 
spontaniously, you would have seen something else (a safety inspection 
video or something), then heard FIZAT in the background, the camera would 
have shown a half-second of dirt, then wildly swung up and over, and THEN 
shown the last half of the arc.

b: It only happened on one phase, there was no arcing at all on the other 3 
phases.

That's my theory anyway :)



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>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: New 8 second long 550 kV Power Arc
>Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:25:13 -0700
>
>Original poster: Chris Roberts <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>So what purpose do those air break switches serve? Do they usually open 
>hot? What would cause that one switch to arc while normally it dosen't? 
>(At least I would imagine this is a fairly rare occurence) Just trying to 
>understand why this would happen, other than just a couple of bored 
>utility workers wanting to see something really cool. =D
>By the way - AWESOME movie!
>
>Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
>Original poster: Bert Hickman
>
>For all fans of Arcs and Sparks,
>
>A friend of mine at Fermilab just sent me a 1.5 MB MPEG of a 500 kV air
>break switch opening hot. One of the three phases has a problem
>disconnecting, resulting in one awesome power arc that's gotta' be at least
>50 feet long. It lends a new meaning to the term power arcing.
>
>And those utility guys have all the fun... listen to the guy whooping it up
>at the end of the MPEG. :^)
>
>See it at: http://205.243.100.155/frames/longarc.htm
>
>Merry Christmas,
>
>-- Bert --
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