Progreso’s CFE Bomberos?

March 28th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

Can anyone tell us just what the devil is going on in this photo? This is a CFE truck, which is the electric company, and this morning we saw them blowing water at high pressure onto their pole-mounted electrical transformers, which created not just a lively light show, but also a cooling mist that hovered in the air. They were stopping at every pole…what are they doing, and why?


Photo credit: Jillian
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  1. Comment by Mom on 28 March 2007:

    Probably trying to give them a jump start. It works for cars, so why not?

  2. Comment by Van on 29 March 2007:

    Spraying for termites?

  3. Comment by Rust on 2 April 2007:

    By the looks of it they were probably trying to cool the poles since it doesn’t rain much there.

  4. Comment by too ashamed to say on 11 April 2007:

    My guess is he is trying to commit suicide by peeing on a high voltage line.

  5. Comment by Khaki on 18 June 2007:

    They were spraying it to get the sea salt off of it.

    Small sea water particles begin to fly above a wind velocity of 5 m/s. If wind velocity exceeds 8 m/s, a partial discharge is very likely to occur, especially around a distribution transformer. Sea salt rapidly deposits onto the insulators or covered conductor during the sea water spray from a wave above 3 m. The best way to get the sea salt off of the insulators or covered conductors is with a high pressure fresh water spray.

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