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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by mnw21cam on Friday March 26, 2021 @11:43AM (#26593433)
Yeah, last time that (accidentally, effectively) happened just down the road from here, it caused some rather interesting smells, and that was just a 300A feed (or rather, it blew a 300A fuse - repeatedly - the technician kept just replacing the fuse a few times until I wandered over and told him about the smelly bit of pavement).
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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by adwn on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:43PM (#26594174)
> the technician kept just replacing the fuse a few times

What the fuck?!

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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by mnw21cam on Friday March 26, 2021 @01:20PM (#26594613)
That admittedly was kind of my thought at the time. As he explained to me, often the underground cable will short out due to water ingress (it had rained a lot in the previous few hours), and pumping 300+A through that water could often drive the water off, and resolve the short.

It took a bit of persuading to get him to believe me about the smell of burning plastic and suspiciously dry area of pavement just down the road. Once he believed me, a crew came in, dug the thing up, replaced a section of cable, and relaid tarmac, in a surprisingly short time.

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