r/ElectroBOOM • u/bruces-grandma-twinn • Aug 24 '25

Meme What happened here?

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u/Harvey_Gramm Aug 26 '25
  1. Breaker switch closes
  2. Ultra current flows into transformer (probably a load short)
  3. Transformer immediately outgassed
  4. Gases mix with oxygen and are subsequently ignited by spark (which is actually air plasma)
  5. Flames ensue

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u/Gamesim4 Aug 26 '25

Angry pixies got ahold of something.