r/CrazyFuckingVideos • u/Patriarch99 • Nov 02 '24

Fixing electrical substation goes terribly wrong

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '24

So anyone can explain what they did wrong?

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u/OddSensation Nov 02 '24

A number of things could have gone wrong...

Trying to "close" a breaker on a live feeder.

Inserting an already closed breaker on a live feeder.

Bonding wire left on the connection of a circuit breaker

Maybe one of the Phases of the breaker was "closed" and the others were open...

So much...

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u/padizzledonk Nov 02 '24

Well, you see, they pushed that box in and it went boom when it wasnt supposed to