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BigClive
02-06-2012, 02:35 PM
Pretty sustained electrical fireworks from a power box in the street. I'm guessing from the accents that this is 240/415 secondary URD burning its way down the cable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzdHoFTlSfA
Pootnaigle
02-06-2012, 02:47 PM
Ummmmmmm kinda looks like water is the only tool in their toolbox and I bleve it made it werse not better , also tells me that the firemen over there aint a bit smarter than the ones over here.
reppy007
02-06-2012, 03:05 PM
...........you would think they would be trying to avoid all those sparks.......must be no drought over there...............noticed that some smoke was coming from the front door area..........also noticed a well landscaped yard right in front of them..........i guess no shovels on the firetruck for dirt...............wonder if they would do that with 19.9
BigClive
02-06-2012, 05:21 PM
I'm trying to work out if the smoke at the residence is coming from the eaves or if it's just from the firework show.

It may even possibly be a bit of an overvoltage situation where primary has sneaked through on secondary. I don't think the water was helping either.
BigClive
02-06-2012, 05:26 PM
There's another video by the same user, but sadly filmed sideways! It reveals a bit more. Still can't work out quite what's going on though.
Lineman North Florida
02-06-2012, 08:38 PM
Seen a 35' aluminum street light pole do that on time, with all that insulation catching on fire it acted like a chimney, it was blowing black smoke out and you could hear that tri-plex inside raising hell, sound was magnified in that hollow aluminum pole.
BillyMac
02-07-2012, 07:57 AM
This would be Bisbane QLD area by the comments on YOU TUBE, yep 3 phase 240/415.
rob8210
02-09-2012, 09:50 PM
I actually came across a manhole with feeder cables blowing up, when travelling between jobs. Voltage was 27.6kv and cables were 1000mcm Cu. The smoke rolled outta the hole for a good 10 minutes before the ball of fire that was about 25' high. Made up my mind to never work in a live manhole. Then just a few months ago a friend was working in a live manhole getting ready to pull new cable when a cable started to fault. Everybody got out safely, but they all got a real good scare!!!
BigClive
02-09-2012, 11:33 PM
Just go on Youtube and tube "manhole explosion" to see lots of CCTV footage of vaults exploding.