In the latest problem to vex BART and its riders, an electrical “flashover” early Friday morning — a short circuit on the third rail — sparked a day full of detours and delays as trains were first ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) -- The sprinkling of rain on Sunday night proved too much for some Bay Area power lines. The first rainfall of the autumn season caused multiple PG&E power poles to catch fire, in ...

An air gap flashover occurs between an energized conductor and a tree during high-voltage testing. Following the Northeast blackout of Aug. 14, 2003, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and, ...

Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant’s Unit 2 was returned to service Saturday after an electrical problem on Sunday. The unit automatically went offline Sunday after a flashover, or electrical arc, ...

When someone asks you, “Would you like to see a room that makes lightning?” the correct answer is “Yes.” Lightning is ephemeral and such an offer may not last. You can worry later whether it’s some ...

About 1,200 residential customers in southwest Pasadena lost power Sunday when an electrical flashover caused a nearly three-hour-long blackout, a fire official said. The outage occurred about 10:45 a ...

Recent advances in materials science have underscored the critical role that electric fields play in influencing surface flashover and charge accumulation in insulating materials. This body of ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The massive power blackout on Sept 1 affecting five northern states was due to an electrical flashover on the 275KW transmission lines, which resulted in the malfunction of the power ...

Power has been restored to over 80,000 homes in south-east Victoria after a fire in high-voltage power lines near the Hazelwood power station this morning. A spokesman for electricity provider SP ...

Two electrical workers installing wiring at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s new Main Injector accelerator suffered serious burns Wednesday at the site. Two employees of a laboratory ...