Transformer explosion in Queens, NY

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Transformer explosion in Queens, NY

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You know, I've always avoided those grates...

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I hope they at least pay his medial bills and his cell phone bill. I've heard transformers explode and they sound like a bomb going off. They are also filled with oil so that must've felt like napalm when it got on his skin.

I wonder why they use open grates like that anyway? It seems it would be much safer to put them under metal plates.
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Venting. To vent heat. Transformers are not lossless energy conversions.
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But if you smell electrical smoke, I would have walked the other direction.
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It's NY. You smell a lot of funky things in the city. If that were the case, you'd never walk around. LOL
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