Re: Pole Transformer Glowing Red
Jim Elbrecht
>Someone told me the excessive use of air conditioners and fans in
>their neighborhood caused their pole transformer to glow red, which
>was visible at night. Since I did not see it, I cant comment, but I
>have my doubts. I know they can get warm, but I'd think they would
>burn out before they glow. Has anyone ever seen a pole transformer
>glow red from excessive load?
I've seen a lineman *appear* to glow red when heat & humidity was just
right. Some techhie ought to be able to explain it-- but this guy
was outlined by an 'aura' just like in the cartoons. he said he
wasn't even getting a tingle-- but it was freaking us out on the
ground. [I was on a telephone crew waiting for him to get done. When
we did our wires on the same pole, no auras appeared-- thank you very
much]
Maybe that's what they are seeing. I'm with you-- a bit skeptical
that the pot can get hot enough to glow without failing.
The only transformer I ever saw glow did it 3-4 times with a huge
array of sparks and loud noises. Then everything was quiet-- and
quite dark. That one was caused by a tree across the main wires.
Jim
Hank
> Someone told me the excessive use of air conditioners and fans in
> their neighborhood caused their pole transformer to glow red, which
> was visible at night. Since I did not see it, I cant comment, but I
> have my doubts. I know they can get warm, but I'd think they would
> burn out before they glow. Has anyone ever seen a pole transformer
> glow red from excessive load?
I would be suspicious of that story since most of the transformers on
pole sit in an oil-like liquid.
Hank
Bob Villa
>
> I would be suspicious of that story since most of the transformers on
> pole sit in an oil-like liquid.
>
> Hank
True Hank, that kind of excessive heat would expand the oil and blow
them-up quickly!
Red Green
> Someone told me the excessive use of air conditioners and fans in
> their neighborhood caused their pole transformer to glow red, which
> was visible at night. Since I did not see it, I cant comment, but I
> have my doubts. I know they can get warm, but I'd think they would
> burn out before they glow. Has anyone ever seen a pole transformer
> glow red from excessive load?
>
Lack of meds or too many meds.
The Daring Dufas
> Someone told me the excessive use of air conditioners and fans in
> their neighborhood caused their pole transformer to glow red, which
> was visible at night. Since I did not see it, I cant comment, but I
> have my doubts. I know they can get warm, but I'd think they would
> burn out before they glow. Has anyone ever seen a pole transformer
> glow red from excessive load?
>
Some pole mounted transformers actually have a red indicator light on
top. I've seen them on more than one transformer and I'm sure It's there
as a trouble indicator so a lineman can easily see which transformer is
causing problems from his service truck as he drives by.
TDD
bob haller
wrote:
around here they dropped the red light design after tiring of phone
calls reporting red lights.
with smart meter technology transformers can likely call in reporting
trouble
Bob Villa
I want my hi-speed internet thru my electrical utility! When will it
happen? Damn!
Jim Elbrecht
<pheeh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Jul 21, 4:37�pm, bob haller <hall...@aol.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 21, 9:37�am, The Daring Dufas <the-daring-du...@stinky.net>
>> wrote:
-snip-
>>
>> with smart meter technology transformers can likely call in reporting
>> trouble
>
>I want my hi-speed internet thru my electrical utility! When will it
>happen? Damn!
Not available to me-- but I'm sure I read about it being available
someplace 5-6 years ago.
Jim
Oren
wrote:
>> Some pole mounted transformers actually have a red indicator light on
>> top. I've seen them on more than one transformer and I'm sure It's there
>> as a trouble indicator so a lineman can easily see which transformer is
>> causing problems from his service truck as he drives by.
>>
>> TDD
>
>around here they dropped the red light design after tiring of phone
>calls reporting red lights.
>
Odd what folks will do.
>with smart meter technology transformers can likely call in reporting
>trouble
I suspect this to be the reverse. If the power company cannot
communicate with the smart meter, and it happens in multiple homes
then they would investigate the transformer.
Yellow truck lights flashing :-/
k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
>Someone told me the excessive use of air conditioners and fans in
>their neighborhood caused their pole transformer to glow red, which
>was visible at night. Since I did not see it, I cant comment, but I
>have my doubts. I know they can get warm, but I'd think they would
>burn out before they glow. Has anyone ever seen a pole transformer
>glow red from excessive load?
Absolutely. There is often a light on the top. It glows red when the
transformer is heavily loaded.
k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
wrote:
>On Jul 21, 4:37�pm, bob haller <hall...@aol.com> wrote:
We're supposed to get it soon (they promised it within two years). Politicians
wouldn't lie, would they?
Roy
> Someone told me the excessive use of air conditioners and fans in
> their neighborhood caused their pole transformer to glow red, which
> was visible at night. Since I did not see it, I cant comment, but I
> have my doubts. I know they can get warm, but I'd think they would
> burn out before they glow. Has anyone ever seen a pole transformer
> glow red from excessive load?
==
I had a transformer apparently damaged by lightning which "boiled" out
some of its oil. It was quite hot and smoking. One 110 volt leg in the
house was okay...the other one was reduced to almost nothing as parts
of the transformer overheated and burnt out...finally it quit and was
subsequently replaced.
==
==
Ralph Mowery
"Bob Villa" <pheeh...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I want my hi-speed internet thru my electrical utility! When will it
>happen? Damn!
Probably never in most areas.
Paul Franklin
wrote:
I think this has been posted here before, but it's a collection of
"arcs and sparks". High voltage arcs, substations blowing up,
lightning, other cool stuff.
The substation video is particularly impressive.
http://205.243.100.155/frames/longarc.htm
Paul F.
Oren
This subject has been beat to death for many years.
Why need some power line to get on the Internet when one can politely
visit an access point for web activities
k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
Power line? The power company (the city, here) also owns a lot of
right-of-way. They've promised to bring fiber to the house. We'll see.
Oren
If they hang fiber optic cable on a pole .. oh well.
You may get "fiber" underground. Just short of the "last mile".
k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
Nope. It's not that uncommon now.
Roy
wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:35:49 -0700 (PDT), Roy <wila...@hotmail.com>
==
Great stuff...thanks.
The Daring Dufas
If the power company changed to color of the lens to purple, they would
get calls about UFO's landing on the transformers. ^_^
TDD
The Daring Dufas
I had a friend who was an engineer for the power company and in charge
of their communications division. He told me of their communications
system that was utilizing the power lined and this was back in the
1970's. I don't know if it was just voice or if it carried data
communications too.
TDD
Tom Horne
It won't! Broad band over power lines is a flawed technology that
creates a radio blackout zone around the wires. Various radio users
groups have successfully forced the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) to reexamine the entire concept. The last operating system in
the United States of America went out of service a couple of years
ago. Absent some major technological breakthrough that will preserve
the value of the installed cellular, satellite, and aircraft
communications networks it isn't coming back.
--
Tom Horne
Red Green
news:2dhh271irid81nhbc...@4ax.com:
Thanks for posting that!!
That substation on the golf course getting vaporized was awesome.
Frikkin' meltdown!
Jim Yanik
news:dich27tf4lh23j2k7...@4ax.com:
people sure don't think,do they?
consider the temperature a transformer would have to reach to glow red.
Maybe their transformer has those neons like the car freaks use underneath
their cars......"ground effects" lights,ISTR.
--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com
Jim Yanik
news:5aWdnQwSHorTJ7XT...@earthlink.com:
I'd rather have wireless or fiberoptic HS Internet.
no wires to conduct lightning into my home.
Red Green
news:Xns9F2A75D85AD19...@216.168.3.44:
Maybe Darwins came in and tried to convert it to a tesla coil or somethin'.
If that were the case, actually worked out better from my POV. Power
company and residents differ on that one.
notbob
> Thanks for posting that!!
>
> That substation on the golf course getting vaporized was awesome.
> Frikkin' meltdown!
Seriously impressive, no doubt. But check out the links to Stoneridge
Engineering. WOW!
I once worked at a govt lab constructing huge particle accelerators,
more than one. I had no idea it was even legal to be built by
civilians for commercial use. Check out these "lightning sculpures"
and how they are made (8 min youtube video). Frankly, I'm beyond
astonished. I gotta get me one of these things!
http://capturedlightning.com/frames/interesting.html
Again ....WOW!!
nb
JIMMIE
> Someone told me the excessive use of air conditioners and fans in
> their neighborhood caused their pole transformer to glow red, which
> was visible at night. Since I did not see it, I cant comment, but I
> have my doubts. I know they can get warm, but I'd think they would
> burn out before they glow. Has anyone ever seen a pole transformer
> glow red from excessive load?
When I lived in Ga we had some transformers on our street with lights
on them. Someone told me once they came on when the transformer was
overheating. I can believe this because it was usually during the
summer on a Sunday...all on the street would be lite up.
Jimmie
k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
You mean the ones under the '95 Crown Vicky with the 26" wheels?
Red
wrote:
> On 7/21/2011 6:02 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
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> > On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:47:09 -0700 (PDT), Bob Villa
>
> >> On Jul 21, 4:37 pm, bob haller<hall...@aol.com> wrote:
> >>> On Jul 21, 9:37 am, The Daring Dufas<the-daring-du...@stinky.net>
> >>> wrote:
> > -snip-
>
> >>> with smart meter technology transformers can likely call in reporting
> >>> trouble
>
> >> I want my hi-speed internet thru my electrical utility! When will it
> >> happen? Damn!
>
> > Not available to me-- but I'm sure I read about it being available
> > someplace 5-6 years ago.
>
> > Jim
>
> I had a friend who was an engineer for the power company and in charge
> of their communications division. He told me of their communications
> system that was utilizing the power lined and this was back in the
> 1970's. I don't know if it was just voice or if it carried data
> communications too.
>
> TDD
In 2001 we were traveling way back in the boonies in very rural Utah;
no cell towers anywhere; signal strength 0. As we neared a power
transmission run across the landscape, signal strength slowly
increased to 5 bars, then decreased back to 0 a few miles after we
passed them. First time experienced power lines as a transmission
source.
Red
>
> > Probably never in most areas.
>
> I'd rather have wireless or fiberoptic HS Internet.
> no wires to conduct lightning into my home.
>
My cable company advertizes that they use fiber optic cables. Truth
is that they use it up to the point where it enters the neighborhood,
then it switches to copper. So I'm still susceptable to lightning,
but over a smaller area.
bob haller
I saw a pole transformer explode and catch fire one day as i drove by
it. before cells phones existed i went to a pay phone and reported the
situation
Ed Pawlowski
"bob haller" <hal...@aol.com> wrote in message
> I saw a pole transformer explode and catch fire one day as i drove by
> it. before cells phones existed i went to a pay phone and reported the
> situation
In the past, I've never reported power failures as dozens of others always
did and power was quickly restored. I have to be more careful now. Last
week my neighbor was home before me and called the power company. Good thing
as there are only four houses on the particular transformer that blew. It
took 6 1/2 hours from phone call to restoration. Minor inconvenience.
George
The new remote meters many power companies are using make a difference too.
A few months back we got up on a Saturday morning and the power went
off. There are 4 homes connected to the same transformer. I could see
streetlights were still on down the block. I went outside and could see
the fuse on the transformer serving our houses was open. I called the
power company and they said they already knew because of the meters.
The electric company truck came an hour later and he replaced the fuse
and power was back.
Red Green
news:4scm8h....@news.alt.net:
> Pulled along side the road one night to watch a building on fire. Next
> thing I knew the pole pig exploded. Some young chick standing in front
> of me fainted. I caught her before she hit the ground. Those things
> don't glow they just blow.
> pole pig
How did you know she was a stripper?
> Those things don't glow they just blow.
Is that personal experience?
k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
She sucked the paint right off the thing.
>> Those things don't glow they just blow.
>
>Is that personal experience?
"Blow" is just a figure of speech.
bob haller
<k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:05:05 GMT, Red Green <postmas...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> >"A. Baum" <50kilo...@net.not> wrote in
>
> - Show quoted text -
My best friend was a design engineer for distribution transformers
made by Allis Chalmers. They went out of the transformer business in
the 70s. In any case I will ask him if a transfomer could glow......
will let you know:)
k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
You can't be serious. I didn't think anyone was, in this thread. ...including
the OP.
Red Green
"Sure, all of ours did."
bob haller
> Someone told me the excessive use of air conditioners and fans in
> their neighborhood caused their pole transformer to glow red, which
> was visible at night. Since I did not see it, I cant comment, but I
> have my doubts. I know they can get warm, but I'd think they would
> burn out before they glow. Has anyone ever seen a pole transformer
> glow red from excessive load?
As a update my best friend a retired distrubution transformer design
engineer reports a transformer that gets hot enough to glow will be in
flames before glowing.......
as others reported some transformers have red lights that trip on if
overheated, that may have formed the basis of the red glow
Twayne
Roy <wil...@hotmail.com> typed:
> On Jul 21, 2:07 am, j...@myplace.com wrote:
>> Someone told me the excessive use of air conditioners
>> and fans in their neighborhood caused their pole
>> transformer to glow red, which was visible at night.
>> Since I did not see it, I cant comment, but I have my
>> doubts. I know they can get warm, but I'd think they
>> would burn out before they glow. Has anyone ever seen a
>> pole transformer glow red from excessive load?
>
> I had a transformer apparently damaged by lightning which
> "boiled" out some of its oil. It was quite hot and
> smoking. One 110 volt leg in the house was okay...the
> other one was reduced to almost nothing as parts of the
> transformer overheated and burnt out...finally it quit
> and was subsequently replaced. ==
>
> ==
The red "glow" would have come from an indicator on the transformer to
indicate it had a problem. I imagine they saw that reflecting off something
and thought it was the transformer.
Tekkie®
> I want my hi-speed internet thru my electrical utility! When will it
> happen? Damn!
Causes massive radio interference with one system and both this and another
incarnation were economically disastrous.
--
Tekkie
mkir...@rochester.rr.com
> Someone told me the excessive use of air conditioners and fans in
> their neighborhood caused their pole transformer to glow red, which
> was visible at night. Since I did not see it, I cant comment, but I
> have my doubts. I know they can get warm, but I'd think they would
> burn out before they glow. Has anyone ever seen a pole transformer
> glow red from excessive load?
They're idiots. They can't tell the difference between a small red
indicator light, and a glow.
Tony Hwang
Red Green wrote:
> j...@myplace.com wrote in news:54nf27lfnpri525sr...@4ax.com:
>
>> Someone told me the excessive use of air conditioners and fans in
>> their neighborhood caused their pole transformer to glow red, which
>> was visible at night. Since I did not see it, I cant comment, but I
>> have my doubts. I know they can get warm, but I'd think they would
>> burn out before they glow. Has anyone ever seen a pole transformer
>> glow red from excessive load?
>>
>
> Lack of meds or too many meds.
Hi,
I have seen boiling one but no glowing one yet, LOL.
Akstarrett
I saw something like this today on my way to school. It was early morning,
light enough out to see clearly, and I saw a transformer on a utility pole
glowing orange. This transformer (I don't know what type) has several of these
’fins’ that stuck out of the cylindrical base. The fins themselves were
what we're glowing orange. I've been searching the internet for an example,
but I can't seem to find one. I wondered if the lines were overloaded from the
neighborhood running their heaters (its March in Michigan).
--
for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/maintenance/pole-transformer-glowing-red-643259-.htm
Rod Speed
"Akstarrett" <caedfaa9ed1216d60ef...@example.com> wrote in
message news:mgPfE.175238$0_.8...@fx19.am4...
> I saw something like this today on my way to school. It was early morning,
> light enough out to see clearly, and I saw a transformer on a utility pole
> glowing orange. This transformer (I don't know what type) has several of
> these
> ’fins’ that stuck out of the cylindrical base. The fins themselves were
> what we're glowing orange. I've been searching the internet for an
> example,
> but I can't seem to find one. I wondered if the lines were overloaded from
> the
> neighborhood running their heaters (its March in Michigan).
Peeler
Speed blabbered, again:
>> but I can't seem to find one. I wondered if the lines were overloaded from
>> the
>> neighborhood running their heaters (its March in Michigan).
>
> That use of heaters must have happened before.
smartassing and driveling anyway, right? <G>
--
FredXX to Rot Speed:
"You are still an idiot and an embarrassment to your country. No wonder
we shippe the likes of you out of the British Isles. Perhaps stupidity
and criminality is inherited after all?"
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Oren
<caedfaa9ed1216d60ef...@example.com> wrote:
>replying to jw, Akstarrett wrote:
>I saw something like this today on my way to school. It was early morning,
>light enough out to see clearly, and I saw a transformer on a utility pole
>glowing orange. This transformer (I don't know what type) has several of these
>’fins’ that stuck out of the cylindrical base. The fins themselves were
>what we're glowing orange. I've been searching the internet for an example,
>but I can't seem to find one. I wondered if the lines were overloaded from the
>neighborhood running their heaters (its March in Michigan).
Parts go everywhere.
P.S. Its March in Nevada.
trader_4
red and not have exploded or taken itself out in some way.
Rod Speed
"trader_4" <tra...@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:d45466c7-46dd-42e6...@googlegroups.com...
particularly with a shorted turn etc.
trader_4
Not a transformer exploding, arcing, etc, but of one that is on a pole
just glowing red. The cooling fins were glowing red, that's what the poster
said. Let's see those pics, you said it's not uncommon, so.....
Rod Speed
to be visibly hot in those lighting conditions.
> Not a transformer exploding, arcing, etc, but of one that is on a pole
> just glowing red.
> The cooling fins were glowing red, that's what the poster said.
> Let's see those pics, you said it's not uncommon, so.....
Peeler
Speed blabbered, again:
> Its not as uncommon as you might think,
> particularly with a shorted turn etc.
--
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"Auto-contradictor Rod is back! (in the KF)"
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Peeler
Speed blabbered, again:
>>> Its not as uncommon as you might think,
>>> particularly with a shorted turn etc.
>
>> Then it should be easy for you to provide us with a link to some pics....
>
> Not
trader_4
smart transformers and they only glow when not to be able to capture
a picture? How very logical. Your ignorance hole grows ever deeper.
But heh, show me some pics and then I'm sure we'll all believe....
>
> > Not a transformer exploding, arcing, etc, but of one that is on a pole
> > just glowing red.
>
> He didn’t say glowing red during the day.
light enough out to see clearly, and I saw a transformer on a utility pole
glowing orange.
which would really be something, show us your pictures of that. You said
it's not uncommon, so with billions of pole transformers and billions of
cell phones, there surely must be lots and lots of pictures of this
happening. If I saw it, I'd damn sure take a pic, whether day or night.
>
> > The cooling fins were glowing red, that's what the poster said.
>
> He actually said orange.
big man.
>
> > Let's see those pics, you said it's not uncommon, so.....
>
> Go and fuck yourself, again.
your hole of ignorance.
Rod Speed
trader_4 <tra...@optonline.net> wrote just the shit you'd expect
from a desperately cowering gutless fuckwit/pathological liar.
trader_4
transformer on a utility pole. Where are they? You said it's not uncommon.
Billions of transformers, billions of smart phones and no pics or videos?
"Its not as uncommon as you might think, particularly with a shorted turn etc. "
Dean Hoffman
> replying to jw, Akstarrett wrote:
> I saw something like this today on my way to school. It was early morning,
> light enough out to see clearly, and I saw a transformer on a utility pole
> glowing orange. This transformer (I don't know what type) has several of
> these
> ’fins’ that stuck out of the cylindrical base. The fins themselves were
> what we're glowing orange. I've been searching the internet for an example,
> but I can't seem to find one. I wondered if the lines were overloaded
> from the
> neighborhood running their heaters (its March in Michigan).
>
it.
Rod Speed
gfre...@aol.com
explode. The upstream fuse may be too big tho. It was what he had on
the truck.
Peeler
Speed blabbered, again:
> Some gutless fuckwit/pathological liar desperately cowering behind
> trader_4 <tra...@optonline.net> wrote just the shit you'd expect
> from a desperately cowering gutless fuckwit/pathological liar.
Peeler
Speed blabbered, again:
> Some gutless fuckwit/pathological liar desperately cowering behind
> trader_4 <tra...@optonline.net> wrote just the shit you'd expect
> from a desperately cowering gutless fuckwit/pathological liar.
given as a hopeless psychiatric case already decades ago?
--
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"This is like having a conversation with someone with brain damage."
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Tekkie®
>
> Don't stand under it. They are really designed to run until they
> explode. The upstream fuse may be too big tho. It was what he had on
> the truck.
--
Tekkie
gfre...@aol.com
Tekkie®
>
> On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 15:17:00 -0500, Tekkie® <Tek...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >gfre...@aol.com posted for all of us...
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Don't stand under it. They are really designed to run until they
> >> explode. The upstream fuse may be too big tho. It was what he had on
> >> the truck.
> >
> >They are cavalier about that stuff...
>
> Every exploded transformer is an overtime opportunity.
out the cones and obstruct traffic to the greatest extent. Never matter the
volunteer FF's are tied up with their thumbs... twiddling.
--
Tekkie
Oren
wrote:
>> >> Don't stand under it. They are really designed to run until they
>> >> explode. The upstream fuse may be too big tho. It was what he had on
>> >> the truck.
>> >
>> >They are cavalier about that stuff...
>>
>> Every exploded transformer is an overtime opportunity.
>
>HAAA, that is true. And stay under the speed limit 5 mph. Takes time to set
>out the cones and obstruct traffic to the greatest extent. Never matter the
>volunteer FF's are tied up with their thumbs... twiddling.
I was searching a 1940 Federal Census. Ancestor worked under the New
Deal works project. Common jokes were "We Poke Around" others like it.
That year he made $740.00 and owned his home valued at $600.00.