3) The real concern is arc flash, which is a fancy term for explosion. Long list of reasons why, but it happens sometimes.
Basically, you’re looking at a controlled lightning bolt worth of energy. If shit goes sideways, it’s going to melt the shit out of something, and that something is now a superheated gas that takes up a large amount of space in a too-short amount of time (explosion). So you have superheated gas with bits of metal flying around, because fuck you, yes you, in particular, that’s why.
That’s why you have to wear a bomb suit and have absolutely no exposed skin.
TBH if money/ efficiency wasn’t a concern, it’s something that you’d do with robots in an argon-flooded room. Check back in 20-30 years.
Edit: The guy with the hook doesn’t have to have a bomb suit because he’s outside the calculated blast distance.
His job is to be nimble and be able to notice things because he’s not wearing a giant-ass suit. Probably should still have a face shield though.
When I took a class on it, we got the usual explanation about how arc flashes can happen because of the ionization of the air, if I’m remembering correctly. So I asked, why don’t we flood the room with a noble gas, that can’t ionize? Crickets.
Maybe I’m wrong, but maybe it’s just something that’s always been done that way and no-one has tried differently. I hope the kids do better.
Damn straight. I suppose it’d be expensive to totally seal the room, have the gas inert and safe till it’s needed, supply the robots and those operating them, etc.
But yea, that kind of outta the box thinking is what the world needs. You should pursue or at least publish this idea. I bet plenty of utility companies would at least consider the idea, could save some lives.
I’d do it but I’m neck deep in doing the takeoff on a custom home and am broke, so I don’t have “save some lives” kinda time on my hands lol
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u/Vagus_M 11d ago edited 11d ago
I’ll be that guy today:
1) Yes, that is the correct way to do that.
2) Electrocution isn’t the right term
3) The real concern is arc flash, which is a fancy term for explosion. Long list of reasons why, but it happens sometimes.
Basically, you’re looking at a controlled lightning bolt worth of energy. If shit goes sideways, it’s going to melt the shit out of something, and that something is now a superheated gas that takes up a large amount of space in a too-short amount of time (explosion). So you have superheated gas with bits of metal flying around, because fuck you, yes you, in particular, that’s why.
That’s why you have to wear a bomb suit and have absolutely no exposed skin.
TBH if money/ efficiency wasn’t a concern, it’s something that you’d do with robots in an argon-flooded room. Check back in 20-30 years.
Edit: The guy with the hook doesn’t have to have a bomb suit because he’s outside the calculated blast distance. His job is to be nimble and be able to notice things because he’s not wearing a giant-ass suit. Probably should still have a face shield though.