"Toller" wrote in
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"Mark" wrote in message
oups.com...
just because there are a lot of sparks etc, what makes you think that
a __transformer__ blew up?

every see what a high voltage (not a 120 Volt line) line does when it
touches the ground?

pretty spectacular

Well, the electric company spent the next two weeks replacing
transformers. Or they lied to the newspapers about what they were
doing; I can't say which.




Transformers can "blow up" if they have too much load put on them,there can
be weak spots or stresses in the windings that fail under extreme loads.
With those power levels,that is why they "blow up".

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net