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Power 1, raccoon 0

The event happened in a flash - sorry for the pun - but that much energy and the hair is consumed with most of the flesh intact. Yet much harder (and heat resistant) materials near the carcass suffered severe damage.

I²R is amazing and even when power is out of control for just a few cycles the damage that occurs is mind blowing.

At least the victim probably felt nothing.
 
Don't click on next if you don't want to see picture of dead fried raccoon.😱
Looks like a common occurrence from what I've read.
 
The sky must have looked beautiful that night. Not sure if I would say power had an outright win, considering it was knocked out. Raccoons are a lot easier to "make" than a Cooper VWE OCR, I would guess. They certainly require less resources.

If the animals coordinated these events, knocking out many substations at once, I would certainly declare the animals victorious. 😛
 
Captain Howdy said:
The sky must have looked beautiful that night. Not sure if I would say power had an outright win, considering it was knocked out. Raccoons are a lot easier to "make" than a Cooper VWE OCR, I would guess. They certainly require less resources.

If the animals coordinated these events, knocking out many substations at once, I would certainly declare the animals victorious. 😛
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Yes but Mr. Electron Volt always prevails.

Snakes cause similar problems with reclosers.
 
Blacked out Akron, maybe an enclosure of some type might help, squirrels are sometimes involved like this with the same result, cooked critter, power outage.
 
Gigantopithecus said:
"If that cat had nine lives, he just spent them all."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJW3Jpqjx5s

:biggrin:

Why do people look at the prongs when the pick up a plug or blow on them? I see people do this outside of the movies.

Oh and only in the movies do the circuit breakers "reset" by turning them back to the ON position! :biggrin:

Clark's look when the tree goes out is just great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJW3Jpqjx5s&feature=player_detailpage#t=8s
 
Rubycon said:
Why do people look at the prongs when the pick up a plug or blow on them? I see people do this outside of the movies.
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Clean the terminals, remove any loose buildup on them. Although I normally do it with signal (XLR, TSR, etc) cables which I am superstitious about.
 
Possessed Freak said:
Clean the terminals, remove any loose buildup on them. Although I normally do it with signal (XLR, TSR, etc) cables which I am superstitious about.
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I work with Neutrik (Speakon/XLR) as well as TRS connectors on a daily basis and yes maintenance is a good thing (Caig to the rescue!) but looking at it doesn't do anything. 😉
 
BUTCH1 said:
Blacked out Akron, maybe an enclosure of some type might help, squirrels are sometimes involved like this with the same result, cooked critter, power outage.
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The Akron in Colorado covers all of 1.5 sq. miles and has a population of less than 2000, which explains why the town was "blacked out" by the loss of a single feeder (~13 kV). Electrical systems at this voltage level are mostly radial, so that a problem like this at the substation end means everyone served by that feeder will be in the dark.

Substations are always enclosed by fences designed to keep animals out (and, as mentioned, screening is also used to discourage birds). Regardless of how much you do, it's impossible to stop a really determined varmint (four-legged or two-legged).
 
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