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Boom, out goes the lights.

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    TurboDiesel

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    Looks like its gonna be a while. The transformer/fuse left out the magic smoke.
    Called the power company and they told me the power was back on...
    Ummm, no.
     
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    Luckily we just got a Verizon tower on the hill across from us.:thumbs:
     
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    I have this...just need to find my smoke pump...gimme a minute here...;)
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    Power co just pulled in.
    He has a drum of Magic Smoke on the truck.
     
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    Was just a fuse. Had a 50 amp for 3 houses. They put a smaller (40 amp) in.
    All better
     
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    Glad you got power back.
     
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    They had a 50, it blew, so they put a 40 in? Sounds to me like the guy wants to come back out this afternoon.
     
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    Maybe? At least there's power at the TurboDiesel house until the proper fuse can be located. :yes:
     
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    Wow. Just.......... wow.
     
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    I heard them talking and one said there's a 50 amp fuse for only three houses so he wasn't going to put a 50 back in.
    I don't know exactly what that means. It's a 7200 volt line about 800 ft feeding 4 transformers. (3 houses and my garage has a separate service)
     
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    I was wondering what the primary voltage was...
     
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    50 AMP...Plug in R&R Tour Bus and that's the Night that the Lights went out in Hollidaysburg!! :dex:
     
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    Which side of the transformer is fused at 40 Amps?
    If it is fused on the primary side a 40 amp fuse makes 1309 amps available for a 220v house service.
     
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    Sometimes they just put a penny in if they don’t have the right fuse.
     
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    I heard a rifle shell will work in a pinch.
     
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    Or 1/2 galv pipe nipple...:whistle::whistle:
     
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    Those are called no blow fuses
     
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    Here you go. 3phase_disconnect.jpg
     
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    1309 / 3 houses and a shop...so yeah, plenty. What gets me is why the 50 blew?! Hope it was just an old rotten fuse.
     
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    Fuses are better when the blow then arc open. :whistle:
     
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