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Oh stop fearmongering. "A tendency of catching on fire" makes it sound like that happens every week. Fires in substation transformers are extremely rare and any
by WJW 3y ago
Oh stop fearmongering. "A tendency of catching on fire" makes it sound like that happens every week. Fires in substation transformers are extremely rare and any given transformer is unlikely to see any significant incident in its rated life.
Of course if one gets hits by a meteorite and catches fire then keep a safe distance. Definitely more than 15 feet. In normal operation they are extremely safe though.
- butler14 3y agoThanks!
- King-Aaron 3y agoHaving been a first responder to a fire in a shopping centre sub station/transformer where a technician lost their life in the incident, I do have a limited amount of experience around transformer fires, and I don't necessarily see my comment as 'fear mongering'. Particularly when the context is the question the person above me asked (failure modes of large substations). Under normal operation they are safe, and in abnormal circumstances they can catch on fire.