Posted on 01/21/2020 9:20:09 PM PST by BenLurkin
OHIO PING!
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“Red-orange flash reported in skies above Clermont County [Ohio]: ‘I thought it was an explosion’
Fox19Now ^ | 01/13/2020 | Ashley Smith
That makes sense. It sounds like something we did as kids. lol
Recloser is circuit breaker that since amperage spikes on the grid and opens the circuit for a period of time then closes the circuit again and if the spike is gone will remain closed if not it will cycle.
A tree falling into the conductor would act as a filament like in a light bulb but would burn up in time hopefully before the recloser cycles out and remains open. Then the utility sends a crew to reset it.
To answer your question no. Most likely a conductor failure will occur.
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