# Power Surge in Buffalo?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [May 17, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504 "2011-05-17T11:14:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/61 "2011-06-15T19:51:09Z")

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My poor 3-electrode cells ☹

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/62 "2011-06-16T10:06:02Z")

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> [@yeamabu](#):
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> Anyone care to explain what is going on in Fry’s gif. I mean clearly something went wrong and it looks like people got electrocuted or knocked off their feet, but what was going on.

Looks like a high voltage switch was opening and shorted phase to phase creating an arc flash. Basically an explosion.

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**Author:** ![Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neon)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/63 "2011-06-16T10:39:39Z")

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My light dimmed, everyone alright?

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**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/64 "2011-06-16T10:59:23Z")

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> [@Fry](#):
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> Looks like a high voltage switch was opening and shorted phase to phase creating an arc flash. Basically an explosion.

Thank you, Figured it was something of that sort, I just dont know to much about the power stations and how they work.

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**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/65 "2011-06-16T11:28:27Z")

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It was God.

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