Exploring a power station... by blinkings

Photography • (none) • posted on May 13, 2010

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When exploring a power station, photo ninjas should always take extra note of any warning signs. This little contraption had 220,000 volts of pure death running through it's sticky little fingers.

Comments (8)

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beachzz

1:56AM | Thu, 13 May 2010

220,000 volts---yikes, this ninja's gonna be REALLY careful!!

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kgb224

3:46AM | Thu, 13 May 2010

That is lots of Power my friend.At our station it is 33000 Volts step up to 13200 volts which feeds into the system or grid.

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debbielove

7:37AM | Thu, 13 May 2010

Errk! Doom awaits!.. Interesting shot though, colours, shapes.. Great one. Well done mate.. Rob

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Faemike55

8:54AM | Thu, 13 May 2010

Shocking!

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thecytron

1:50PM | Thu, 13 May 2010

Great shot!

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Chipka

11:44PM | Thu, 13 May 2010

220,000 volts could lead to quite a shocking experience, to say the least! What an image! I love industrial/technological stuff and this really whets my appetite to go out and risk life, limb, and incarceration for that one good shot. I love the details. I also like the fact that I have to catch up on your gallery and this is the starting point. Excellent!

whaleman

1:51AM | Fri, 14 May 2010

Yes indeed, especially with a camera. Not that you would get hurt, because dangerous voltages are kept at a distance from you, however the magnetic fields are intense. You can hold a screwdriver (by the insulated handle) and touch a metal support (which is not connected to any power whatsoever), then draw it back and draw a continuous arc about 1 inch long. That is just the electro-magnetic field inducing the voltage across your body. This is a bad area to take a good camera because the intense fields can easily induce voltages directly onto your camera circuit boards which have many components that can be destroyed with voltages as small as 10 volts in the right place. You might want to take your old film camera in next time, that's what I do.

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