A transformer exploded at Pattaya hospital at around noon on Tuesday. Some patients and staff had to be evacuated from the hospital.

 

Full story coming soon.

I sincerly hope those guys are not running out water hoses to squirt on it

37 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

I sincerly hope those guys are not running out water hoses to squirt on it

If you watch the bottom left of the VDO they are indeed running out a hose!

 

Where I used to live in Lamphun there were regular explosive noises from transformers. Apparently snakes liked to lie on them and short circuited the connections. Just blew the breakers though, and power back on in 30 minutes.

The one at the hospital looks like the real deal though.

A Thai teacher of a friends son said it was a Thai who have invented the electricity.

What is the difference between the electric system and delivery here compared against for example, Morocco, or New York or anywhere temperate in the USA? I am asking why transformers here need so much maintenance and are often failing and needing repair. I gave these two examples of places I know well and have lived in for extended periods of time and the electric runs better. Morocco is chosen specifically because although we had frequent outages the transformers were not going 'boom' as they do here. 

 

Is it the tropical heat? or the delivery system? 

59 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

If you watch the bottom left of the VDO they are indeed running out a hose!

 

Where I used to live in Lamphun there were regular explosive noises from transformers. Apparently snakes liked to lie on them and short circuited the connections. Just blew the breakers though, and power back on in 30 minutes.

The one at the hospital looks like the real deal though.

They are the Golden Tree Snake and are attracted to the HT hum.

I have had one get between two phases of my TP transformer on the HT side, cost me around 50k in damage to two of the big HT insulator  fuse carriers,  the subsequent blow back surge into the house destroyed air cons and CCD cameras.

Unfortunately even a tiny 5 or 10a mcb does not clear fast enough when faced with those kind of fault levels.

 

7 minutes ago, Minnehaha said:

What is the difference between the electric system and delivery here compared against for example, Morocco, or New York or anywhere temperate in the USA? I am asking why transformers here need so much maintenance and are often failing and needing repair. I gave these two examples of places I know well and have lived in for extended periods of time and the electric runs better. Morocco is chosen specifically because although we had frequent outages the transformers were not going 'boom' as they do here. 

 

Is it the tropical heat? or the delivery system? 

There are 2 kinds of maintenance: preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance. If the first one doesn't exist, you will have to repair a lot...
 

55 minutes ago, Borzandy said:

A Thai teacher of a friends son said it was a Thai who have invented the electricity.

 

Electricity, sliced bread, television, the internal combustion engine, manned flight, the internet, the wheel .......

I was struggling a while to learn which "Pattaya Hospital" it is.

It's indeed the fairly new "Pattaya City Hospital" between Soi Buakhao and 3rd road.

Ironically the fire brigade hardly has to move it's vehicles as their main station is on the premises about 50m(?) from the explosion

 

From a different perspective:

 

A huge mess.

Patients on ICU beds pushed over the yard.

Pre term born, post operation patients needing oxygen.

To where?

ICU monitor devices, oxygen etc.

A life threatening situation for those patients.

 

 

2 hours ago, Jedsada3 said:

There are 2 kinds of maintenance: preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance. If the first one doesn't exist, you will have to repair a lot...
 

What  preventative   maint..  is  there  for a  working transformer? 

1 hour ago, Dumbastheycome said:

What  preventative   maint..  is  there  for a  working transformer? 

Routine inspections:-

Is there any sign of a problem.

Any sign of water ingress.

All relevant panels closed and secured.

Any oil leak.

etc.

 

I'm guessing you're not an engineer.

3 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

A huge mess.

Patients on ICU beds pushed over the yard.

Pre term born, post operation patients needing oxygen.

To where?

ICU monitor devices, oxygen etc.

A life threatening situation for those patients.

 

 

I saw a lot of them being helped and carried over to the blue hospital just to the south on soi bua khao. Wheelchaired them to the steps then forced up on their feet. Tiny babies in arms too. Some ambulances brought some patients away, to other hospitals I presume, but were not moving fast as traffic was a gridlock with all the gawkers.

9 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

What  preventative   maint..  is  there  for a  working transformer? 

Oil level.  Checks on the oil for various contaminants and condition.

Oil change periodically.

Clear breathing holes.

Cooling system functional checks, etc, Used to make a living out of it in Saudi Arabia,  Even cleaning of the bushings etc as there is a lot of grunge build up here. An internet search will produce requirements.

 

That must have been a mess as being a fit pedestrian in that area is deadly!

On 10/10/2017 at 7:40 PM, Rimmer said:

I sincerly hope those guys are not running out water hoses to squirt on it

Hopefully nobody tried.

 

But, then again, why not, it would be culling the worlds population by natural selection? 

Okay, a flippant remark - sorry to those who maybe offended. The locals do this very well on their roads, unfortunately. 

This was the view from SP Place.

The most worrying thing about this fire is the huge liquid oxygen tank about 10 meters away 

On 10/10/2017 at 1:54 PM, Borzandy said:

A Thai teacher of a friends son said it was a Thai who have invented the electricity.

Alessandro VOLTAnirisriporn must be his name 

but the battle is going on between Benjamin FRANKLINtassana and Michael FARADAYtutumutuuanan