Power Fuse
Once when I was walking my dog, I found this giant (12 inch long) fuse laying in a stream near Felton, CA. It must have fallen out when PG&E workers were repairing a transformer.
The fuse is liquid filled. Here’s some of the text on it:
23kV
bussman
liquid power fuse
I called Bussman and asked if the liquid inside was toxic, they said no.
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yesterday, one of these blew on the power pole that serves my house. the explosion was really, really loud! of course, we didn't find out that it was the liquid fuse until a transformer that blew at the same time was repaired first and the entire neighborhood had their power returned yet ours was still out until we reported it again and they came to investigate...found the blown fuse...and repaired/replaced it.
forgot to mention that we are also near felton ca