Transformer blew on a commercial job yesterday - total mess

Was swapping out a panel in a strip mall on Piedmont Ave when the padmount transformer outside just popped. Big flash, half the block went dark. Spent 4 hours waiting for the utility to show up and verify it was safe before we could even touch anything. Has anyone else had a utility transformer fail right in the middle of a simple swap?

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riley_bell11h ago

Utility crews usually have better things to do than hold up your panel swap.

felix986h agoMost Upvoted

Depends on the utility and the area, I guess. Not every outage is a five alarm fire.