Date   : Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:35:03 +0100
From   : dm.hunt@... (David Hunt)
Subject: [OT] RE: Leccy @ Acorn World '09

> > Everything in the kitchen is OFF the cooker socket! (don't
> > ask I bought the
> > house life this!)
> 
> Ha ha! Here's the problem -- too many toasters!
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K27OJOZd4OM
> 

Hahaha, yeah, I saw that vid where the transformer windings broke down and
caused the oil to boil and then escape and burn. Bit of a waste of leccy and
a transformer. The expulsion fuse clearly fires sending even more cooling
oil into the fire, but at least the original source of heat has gone.

Scary, we've got a very large 33kV transformer in one of the buildings where
I work, you can feel the hum through the floor!

Maybe we'll dim the lights of the Hotel :) 

Dave