Pre-exploded 36kV fuse.
Added 2019-04-09 22:21:43 +0000 UTCA look at a failed high voltage fuse from a substation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfVc_5M_2_c
Sorry for the peaky audio at the start. The forehead microphone turned out to be more efficient than expected.
Comments
I don't know if this helps, granny and eggs come to mind ... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKc3mOjKRb8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKc3mOjKRb8</a>
2019-04-29 14:05:27 +0000 UTCPS the sound was fine outside and slightly muted/dulled inside. On a Samsung S8
Demolished Man
2019-04-12 08:12:27 +0000 UTCHow It's Made on the Desperation Channel is like the grandfather of some YouTube channels. Fuses like that one had their 15minutes of fame. A detonator sent the striker out IIRC.
Demolished Man
2019-04-12 08:10:30 +0000 UTCYou don't actually need the 36kV. Putting a set of jump leads from a car battery across it would probably blow it.
Big Clive
2019-04-11 23:20:15 +0000 UTC"Pre-exploded" as opposed to "explode it yourself", because generating 36kV at home is such a chore :)
Phil Collins
2019-04-11 08:00:29 +0000 UTCFor some reason when I first look at the photo the red hammer handle looks like a flare and the fuse like a big firecracker. Light the fuse and stand well clear!
Moz in Oz
2019-04-11 03:12:05 +0000 UTCMy mom had a stray remarkably like that one she named "Smokey" after it adopted her. Same nature too. Nice.
Michael Thompson
2019-04-11 01:13:20 +0000 UTCBoth China and her daughter Hutchey aren't the slightest bit bothered, even when I'm using a circular saw.
Big Clive
2019-04-11 00:57:54 +0000 UTCImagine stepping on that plug at 3am.
2019-04-10 19:13:57 +0000 UTCChina loves you <3
Steven Cox
2019-04-10 18:07:38 +0000 UTCDon't you know Clive, Cats = Clicks! You second channel should be BigClivesCats.com
2019-04-10 14:04:37 +0000 UTCLove the start. A big softie, and a furry softie!
Adam 'RDL' Taylor
2019-04-10 11:28:18 +0000 UTCDid you say 'X-ray machine'? Hope my dentist doesn't upgrade to that design. Great video - sound was OK, by the way.
Keith Miller
2019-04-10 09:25:09 +0000 UTCImagine the size of the plug!
evilution
2019-04-10 05:14:54 +0000 UTCYeah... respect broken ceramic. It tends to have edges that are sharper than just about ANYTHING. I see nitwits in videos now and then bashing ceramic tile or toilets or whatever... They have NO IDEA how dangerous that is...
B3
2019-04-10 03:00:53 +0000 UTCThat is one chill cat... must be used to it I suppose.
2019-04-10 02:31:08 +0000 UTCThe 4 fuse wires end up being the same length.
Paul Malloy
2019-04-10 02:28:46 +0000 UTCYeah, Kevin's a lineman. But I'm not sure he sees inside these fuses much.
Big Clive
2019-04-10 01:42:12 +0000 UTCHello Clive here is a short video on How Substation Fuses are made maybe this will help. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKc3mOjKRb8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKc3mOjKRb8</a>
2019-04-10 00:46:22 +0000 UTCI thought the sound at the beginning was fine. A very interesting video. It is amazing that fuse design scales up to that size. I would have thought that after a certain amount of current a totally different design would be required.
Mark Trombley
2019-04-10 00:26:55 +0000 UTCcurrent is the issue not the voltage so much. The silica sand is designed to quench the plasma when the wire breaks. I think the internal tube is the thermal trip and external cutoff trigger
Richard Boyce
2019-04-10 00:23:56 +0000 UTCWasn't one of the MBC a linesman? Maybe he'd know more about them. Drunk memory not working properly at the minute so can't be sure if I'm talking crap or not.
John Carr
2019-04-10 00:10:48 +0000 UTCI can't understand how 4 of those thin fuse wires could carry that amount of voltage.
2019-04-09 23:51:47 +0000 UTCWow! That's petty cool!
Michael Thompson
2019-04-09 23:28:25 +0000 UTCthat is 1 hell of a fuse
God 420
2019-04-09 22:51:04 +0000 UTC
