I thought these guys were bonding on, because the helicopter produces static electricity due to the whirrling blades. 230,000 volts would make a man disappear in a puff of steam, wouldn't it? I always heard that if you were being rescued by a helicopter to let the line touch the ground first to avoid the static shock. Yes? No?
@JetMechMA your right about letting the line touch the ground first especially if your on standing on metal and surrounded by water its so bad that you probably wont be able grab it...
Volts that jolts mills(amps) that kills. If he didnt use the bonding clamp there would be a difference (potential) of 230,000 volts between him and the phase and he would die along with the rest of the crew.
@JetMechMA Because birds come from thin air which is the best insulator of electricity there is and land on one phase only and this creates no potential. A bird is so small it does not create a path worthy of electricity to flow through. If a bird had wide enough legs and touched two phases at the same time or touched a phase and earth it would be a dead bird. Electricity is a lazy thing. It will always find the easiest route from one spot to another or the easiest route to earth
I think he is exaggerating telling how deadly dangerous this is. If this is a standard procedure which servicemen do every day, and he can repeat it without any skill (they even allowed him to do it!), it is not THAT risky. But the knowledge about dangers of electricity makes viewers think "Wooow, balls of steel".
@sanosukke if your not grounded it wouldn't kill him. it does actually flow through him and the helicopter. it's when your feet are touching the ground or when the electricity has a direct line through your body to the ground that it would kill you
@fromashestoflame LOL I know that, that's why I said that, and again, if he's not grounded or closing a circuit, the current WON'T flow through his body, and if there's no current flowing through his body he's safe, simple like that.
Total concentration does not include talking to the camera while telling the viewers what you are doing as you perform the operation. Too much room for distraction, inattention or in this case show-boating. The job is dangerous without needless chatter. Do it, get it done and get away. Chit chat belongs on the ground.
plug a lampwire into your ass ... stand ina shower with your fingerin alight socket, stupid faggot. YOu should have jumped off the helicoptorand saved everybody a lot of time. Stick your dick in a light socket while standing in the shower stupid dick.
Do any of you know what the hell you all talking about? Cause some of these comments seems to have no idea as to what the hell is going on in the this video...and to you assholes that think this gay or fake you all need to do your research before you open your mouths! Because some of you dont even know
@hardstyle905 I picked up on this inaccuracy also but I think it is a misunderstanding.
If you listen he later says "around his body" so he is obviously aware that the suit is acting as a cage.
I think with hindsight - when he says "through his hands" what he is referring to is the cable which he is holding on to - rather than the electricity actually going through his body.
@Billinghaylad1976 But if he didnt use the bonding clamp there would be a difference of 230000 volts between him and the phase and his ass would be toast regardless of touching the ground or not
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I've never seen a bird sitting on any wire more than 20,000 volts to ground. Landing, it would experience sparks as shown and if it did grab the wire would get corona off the extremities.
I have the same question as a previous comment "What exactly did he fix?"
...another comment pointed out that birds of all sizes do this very same thing daily perhaps as a matter of course ...interesting how we sensationalize acts that birds demonstrate so naturally
What boggles my mind is why he has to wear a hot suit yet birds can just fly right up the lines and sit on them (provided they don't touch two phases at once - like owls sometimes do when landing).
@a380rockerfan With your ignition coil you are making huge currents as you are making a short. Here there is only current flowing to corona loss and the charging of the 'capacitive' properties of the helicopter to the air. Since there is less current there are smaller arcs, or at least that is how I see it. Correct me if I'm wrong more enlightened ones. ;-)
That's because everyone overlooks the amps. It's the amps that kill you. You can take a jolt from 1 million volts...as long as the amps are low enough and the ohms are high enough. Otherwise...well...
is this guy kidding? dangerous? he isnt touching ground, there is no voltage potential hense no 230k running through him. stupid show trying to grab views with sensationalistic BS.
At 2:18 he states that 230k volts are traveling through his hands; when in fact, not a single milivolt is going through him. The electricty is traveling through the wire.
0.3 amp is deadly - IT IS THE CURRENT that kills! Neither this chopper or the bloke are GROUNDED or EARTHED and so the current bypasses this add on and continues. A helicopter landing a man on a submarine is far more dangerous.
Some of u are stupid. This is real, that is a phase on a 230kv three phase power bus. Just as the air doesnt short the 230kv to earth, when the man and the helicopter come into contact with the 230kv the air does not connect them to the earth much, so little currant flows through them to earth.
Thats the price we pay to have electricity non stop.
if we wanted to replace a line or install new insulation cup strings. we'd have to shut that line off. and that means 1,000,000's of people out of power on these type of transmission lines.
He doesnt get shocked because he's not connected to the earth (grounded) it makes sparks because the helicopter has potential (its made out of metal) but its not connected to the earth.
I won't suggest 10 mega volts through you're heart unless there is absolutely zero current potential, and not even then. The human body introduces resistance to the equation. The resulting heat build up would be a bit like being hit with micro waves. It would cook you from the inside out, and would happen fast. Add in even 20mA at that voltage level and you're a shadow burned into whatever is near you. Clearly, some don't understand electrical principles.
Yea, your talking about kVA. Im an electrician, your correct that the power transfer in transmission lines and suppy transformers are measured in watts, Im not sure if you know this, but the unit measurement is not called watts, its kVA. It means watts but in a different way. Im aware that 220kV isn't uncommon, here we have 500kV in some parts, 600kV for our power station links.
Just for a laugh, if he accidentally touches another HV line causing a short circuit of negligible resistance, he would have 23,000,000 of amps flowing through him. Thats wot I call a flash bbq! lol
By using faraday principle here to protect himself by equalling potential difference (voltage) by connecting the rod to a HV line thus no current will flow. The current only flows if there's potential difference between two points! The only danger here is if the blades gets too close to another HV line the current could arc. Remember it's the current that kills not the voltage.
That's right sim2lew. As long as the lineman and the line are at the same potential current cannot flow. If he created a path to ground he would change the electrical potential and it would be over in a blink of an eye. There is really nothing special about this other than the risk of the helicopter crashing into the lines. It's no different than a bird sitting on a single wire.
That's going to be why he was perched on the edge, instead of inside the copter, so that the copter is further away from the lines, avoiding a major disaster.
pple don't seem to understand : high voltage isn't that deadly !!,as long as the current stays low, but we built high voltage lines, becouse for high currents we would need far thicker cables (more conducting material etc. .. just to expensive) for good distribution/transport over long distances, everyone uses verry high transformed voltages, as long he doens't touch the ground, he's fine.btw: Otherwise all birds resting on the wires, would be coocked to. Chicken barbeque every day , no ?
pple don't seem to understand: the reasons of working on live Hi-V lines is what men must be prone to Energy Companies ease. In other words,showing every work day with a microwaves source for years,good wishes for their health.
You're verry right about that !!, ( I'm graduating this year in Electro-mechanics ) ... I'm working part-time in a nuclear powerplant, but people don't care , they need their power and energy nomatter what. They give me a nice paycheck and some weekly tablets for the radiation , ...and I'm supposed to be just fine, and I am actualy , just fine .
Wait, did I miss something? What exactly did he fix? To me it looked like they flew to the line, he grabbed it, talked about it, and then they flew away....
@steppappy you'd have to see the full episode. I believe this was just a practice round and Sean went on to replace a cablespacer on a live line somewhere later on.
@steppappy he didnt fix anything, hes just saying, they have to fix it while its live. and hes demonstrating how they fix it or deal with the lines without blowing them selves up.(( in mid air, live ))
Electricity takes the path of least resistance. The faraday cage was designed by Faraday. He believed that if you were at the same potential then the electricity would simply flow around your body (least resistance).
no he's wearing a faraday cage. the fabric he has on has metal threads in the clothes and it flows around him instead of through him. the buzz is the vibration of the line from the hv. he was totally safe the entire time. as long as they don't get connected to ground that is.... the only danger would be if the helicopter's blades accidentally got caught in the line.
umm it dont work like that. it wasnt going through him..
electricity takes the shortest path.. through the wire, unless they make the path through his body shorter than the lines.. then hes lying. it dont possibly work.
I'm confused, helicopter is flying so no contact with ground is achieved, so why is there still sparks when he touches it with the rod? where is the electrical flow going to, or is the electron mass of the helicopter allowing some form of exchange?
initially the helicopter is roucghly "0" volts, or grounded, and once it comes into contact with the line it raises to the same voltage of the line, which doesn't happen instantaneously (although very quickly) and this causes the sparks.
The heli is made of special conducting material... the suit that he is wearing is a special insulator that has at leas enough value to over come the heli power and the line power.
To expound a little on the suit, it is made with a very highly conductive material, which takes any voltage difference from the Heli and the line and carries the electricity around the body and not through it. Works on the same principal that a fully metal car body will carry a lightning strike safely around the passengers, no the rubber tires have nothing to do with the protection.
helicopter has an electrical potential.. whatever it is. which means it has a different potential then the line voltage itself.. likely 500 000 volts. but thats not the point. thats the jist of theory you should know. a difference in potential means that the greater will travel to the lesser. once again.. in theory. thats me trying to be helpful
I work with this thing, and that suit is made out of aluminium and makes the electricity flow around you instean of going into your muscles and paralyze your body! you wont die, but you wont be able to move as long as you touch the wire! If you're not grounded ofcourse =)
is it really necessary for him to ride outside for the whole ride there? that seems more like a thing they did just to make it more intense, but really, i dont see why thats important in real life. i get the idea of the platform, but riding it all the way in is just dumb.
he was replacing a piece of insulator that holds 2 wires at a certain length. This is important to make sure that the 2 wires don't swing and touch each other. I'm sure you can think what would happen if they both touch. This show is one hour long, this vid only showing 3 mins not the whole action.
I would suggest that most of you smart as*es go take an intro course to physics of electricity and magnetism before posting you comments. Some people might actually believe you.
is it because u not touching ground thats why you dont get shock right>qq\ i think, if he was touching ground and that cable at the same time he would be death already,, woww dangerousss
who cares if 230000volts sounds worse than 10 amps. if oyu are scared by numbers when you dont know what they mean. that = your a retard. this is the exact crap mass media pulls to pursuade to a certain opinion. this video is proof that retards can be scared of things that dont even make sense.
10 A could make you to dust if you hold it longer than some few seconds, becouse you get "shocked" you can't get your hands of the wire, someone else must do that, if you dont have a friend near you when you're doing this, its like 100% chance that you will die.
I thought these guys were bonding on, because the helicopter produces static electricity due to the whirrling blades. 230,000 volts would make a man disappear in a puff of steam, wouldn't it? I always heard that if you were being rescued by a helicopter to let the line touch the ground first to avoid the static shock. Yes? No?
JetMechMA 6 months ago
@JetMechMA your right about letting the line touch the ground first especially if your on standing on metal and surrounded by water its so bad that you probably wont be able grab it...
irishkerry 5 months ago
Volts that jolts mills(amps) that kills. If he didnt use the bonding clamp there would be a difference (potential) of 230,000 volts between him and the phase and he would die along with the rest of the crew.
ntfclad1985 6 months ago
@ntfclad1985 Why don't birds get juiced?
JetMechMA 6 months ago
@JetMechMA Because birds come from thin air which is the best insulator of electricity there is and land on one phase only and this creates no potential. A bird is so small it does not create a path worthy of electricity to flow through. If a bird had wide enough legs and touched two phases at the same time or touched a phase and earth it would be a dead bird. Electricity is a lazy thing. It will always find the easiest route from one spot to another or the easiest route to earth
ntfclad1985 6 months ago
@JetMechMA Because they are touching only ONE wire and not going to ground or to another phase.
Sidewinder9877 6 months ago
amps x volts = watts.....its the watts that kill.
koringn 7 months ago
@koringn You are fired. The amps are what kills. Can you make an educated "guess" how many amps can put a man down?
botch916 6 months ago
@botch916 50milli amps will stop your heart.
ntfclad1985 6 months ago
its not the volts that kill.
koringn 7 months ago
I think he is exaggerating telling how deadly dangerous this is. If this is a standard procedure which servicemen do every day, and he can repeat it without any skill (they even allowed him to do it!), it is not THAT risky. But the knowledge about dangers of electricity makes viewers think "Wooow, balls of steel".
Parkinson9999 7 months ago
a rigger shouldn't touch ant kv
botch916 7 months ago
Guy's got balls made of an alloy unknown to man.
DJGahann 7 months ago
I always trust theories they are completely safe...not
masterman673 8 months ago
LOL, the current flowed through his body? If that were to happen he would be dead charcoal by now.
sanosukke 9 months ago
@sanosukke if your not grounded it wouldn't kill him. it does actually flow through him and the helicopter. it's when your feet are touching the ground or when the electricity has a direct line through your body to the ground that it would kill you
fromashestoflame 7 months ago
@fromashestoflame LOL I know that, that's why I said that, and again, if he's not grounded or closing a circuit, the current WON'T flow through his body, and if there's no current flowing through his body he's safe, simple like that.
sanosukke 7 months ago
@sanosukke sorry dude I was arguing a moot point. I meant around him and the helicopter not through him. my bad
fromashestoflame 6 months ago
Total concentration does not include talking to the camera while telling the viewers what you are doing as you perform the operation. Too much room for distraction, inattention or in this case show-boating. The job is dangerous without needless chatter. Do it, get it done and get away. Chit chat belongs on the ground.
Louisehascancer 10 months ago
You see 10,000+ volts every time your clothes are stuck together in the dryer and you pull them apart.
WunderDoob 10 months ago
I wanna know where the pilot is from. Sounds like from Newfoundland..
MrWant2Know 10 months ago
plug a lampwire into your ass ... stand ina shower with your fingerin alight socket, stupid faggot. YOu should have jumped off the helicoptorand saved everybody a lot of time. Stick your dick in a light socket while standing in the shower stupid dick.
billbrett365 10 months ago
@billbrett365 Fag troll
67tr876 8 months ago
why didnt they just shut of the power for a minute
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spcellforever 11 months ago
Do any of you know what the hell you all talking about? Cause some of these comments seems to have no idea as to what the hell is going on in the this video...and to you assholes that think this gay or fake you all need to do your research before you open your mouths! Because some of you dont even know
Danew87 11 months ago
All voltage no current
rapunserl 11 months ago
pussy, ive touched 230 000 volts with my cock
xDjAsOnF 1 year ago
I touched a million volts, thats fuck all
bristles1000 1 year ago
"230 thousand volts flowing through my hands" stupid faggots. There is nothing flowing through your hands except your AIDS infested blood.
I hope this stupid shit talking asshole accidently electricutes himself one day.
shit video
PS: Volts don't "flow" through anything. Current flows. Ignorant cunts.
hardstyle905 1 year ago
@hardstyle905 ionisation can still take you out
rapunserl 11 months ago
@hardstyle905 I picked up on this inaccuracy also but I think it is a misunderstanding.
If you listen he later says "around his body" so he is obviously aware that the suit is acting as a cage.
I think with hindsight - when he says "through his hands" what he is referring to is the cable which he is holding on to - rather than the electricity actually going through his body.
kbdkbd99 11 months ago
He isn't actually earthed, so it is safe.
Billinghaylad1976 1 year ago
@Billinghaylad1976 But if he didnt use the bonding clamp there would be a difference of 230000 volts between him and the phase and his ass would be toast regardless of touching the ground or not
ntfclad1985 6 months ago
that cant be good for you
123woodbridge 1 year ago
Poor slob, the pilot only makes 47 bucks an hour. Seems to me he should make a lot more.
Crifstar 1 year ago
@Crifstar Nope, they make alot more...at least here in Canada we make $120 plus per hour.
IIB20VTEC 1 year ago
@IIB20VTEC I work for the company that is highlighted on the show and I'm in the same union as the helicopter pilot.
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LEGOBubuS 1 year ago
How could it kill him, as he says, if he doesn't do it right? That sounds like pure bullshit to me, he's nowhere near anythign that could ground him.
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faerydhhlo 1 year ago
2:00 is where he actually makes the arc.
xWarPx 1 year ago
Wow Line Men are CRAZY ! Hats off to the line men in the world.
DrMario666 1 year ago
.....try the top most power line
bricknshit 1 year ago
Um, not actually flowing through his hands or he'd be toast.
eltotoX 1 year ago
What a coward...
jorgen180 1 year ago
@ 0:39 looks like!!! a super hero is flying....
vickyonchat07 1 year ago
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vickyonchat07 1 year ago
Volts don't flow.
Headshot212 1 year ago 22
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Headshot212 1 year ago
I would do that !
67tr876 1 year ago
I don't get it... a monkey could do that, and a monkey wouldn't have to worry about fear because he doesn't know wtf it is
EzKrispy 1 year ago
I've never seen a bird sitting on any wire more than 20,000 volts to ground. Landing, it would experience sparks as shown and if it did grab the wire would get corona off the extremities.
AriBenDavid 1 year ago
I have the same question as a previous comment "What exactly did he fix?"
...another comment pointed out that birds of all sizes do this very same thing daily perhaps as a matter of course ...interesting how we sensationalize acts that birds demonstrate so naturally
gaiagale 1 year ago
What boggles my mind is why he has to wear a hot suit yet birds can just fly right up the lines and sit on them (provided they don't touch two phases at once - like owls sometimes do when landing).
NashvilleKildCountry 1 year ago
These pilots fucking suck. The guy must be drunk. No one that crappy would be given that job.
ILIKESFLAN 1 year ago
why grabbing it? just to test it? wtf?
sonicfan7 1 year ago
gay
OlliBoll0o 1 year ago
The pilot is absolutely holy skillfull.....
AD49938 1 year ago
start watching @ 2.00 min
jim575757 1 year ago
what the heck? i was expecting that 230kV to make HUGE arcs, but its just like a bigger version of my ignition coil's sparks. hmmm.....
a380rockerfan 1 year ago
@a380rockerfan With your ignition coil you are making huge currents as you are making a short. Here there is only current flowing to corona loss and the charging of the 'capacitive' properties of the helicopter to the air. Since there is less current there are smaller arcs, or at least that is how I see it. Correct me if I'm wrong more enlightened ones. ;-)
Minifig666 1 year ago
he doesn't get a shock as he isn't touching the ground or shorting it.
otherwise birds would be fried and you see them sitting on high voltage wires and electrified tracks.
Yakunan666 1 year ago
how do you grab onto it without bonding to it? just STFU.
mburch1974 1 year ago
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mburch1974 1 year ago
Doesn't really seem all that "dangerous" since I've seen stun batons that are packing 500k to a million volts.
AbolishedHierarchy 1 year ago
@AbolishedHierarchy
That's because everyone overlooks the amps. It's the amps that kill you. You can take a jolt from 1 million volts...as long as the amps are low enough and the ohms are high enough. Otherwise...well...
virrixia 1 year ago
in switzerland is it forbidden to work under voltage -400 Volts
michelschaub 1 year ago
more than dead...They'd be ash and dust
sasrebel 2 years ago
I too work in this field and to have that sort of voltage worked on is the best thing! :D
sasrebel 2 years ago
aww....shouldve touched phase to phase.....le fried chicken!
111hamzor 2 years ago
any idiot should know this
mburch1974 2 years ago
is this guy kidding? dangerous? he isnt touching ground, there is no voltage potential hense no 230k running through him. stupid show trying to grab views with sensationalistic BS.
mburch1974 2 years ago
99% of people donno that. Soo..to those people. It's real.
ChaseUbito 2 years ago
- @mburch1974 -
Hello, Troll. To be clear - should he just grab on to the wire without bonding on to it first he would be hurt.
He IS AT voltage potential. Just because he's not connected to ground doesn't mean there isn't potential.
pmgodfrey 1 year ago
At 2:18 he states that 230k volts are traveling through his hands; when in fact, not a single milivolt is going through him. The electricty is traveling through the wire.
98JOJO 2 years ago
Heheh nice ^^
seba1512 2 years ago
Try to lick on the line :D
TheHL2Guy 2 years ago
do they have to do anything special to ground the helicopter before/after it lands?
Jet3800 2 years ago
They use the same rod on the ground to make the helicopter "nutral" to the ground agein. Ive seen the full film about how they do it...
Roffeman1 2 years ago
0.3 amp is deadly - IT IS THE CURRENT that kills! Neither this chopper or the bloke are GROUNDED or EARTHED and so the current bypasses this add on and continues. A helicopter landing a man on a submarine is far more dangerous.
chumbawomba 2 years ago
btw: the line seemd fine, what did he actualy fix ??
Borat911 2 years ago
Nothing, he just wanted to go there and think he was being electrocuted...
sim2lew 2 years ago
Some of u are stupid. This is real, that is a phase on a 230kv three phase power bus. Just as the air doesnt short the 230kv to earth, when the man and the helicopter come into contact with the 230kv the air does not connect them to the earth much, so little currant flows through them to earth.
AquariumNerd 2 years ago
These helicopter pilots are the best of the best.
Unimaginable amounts of concentration going on here.
10 / 5
X6insane6X 2 years ago 30
i agree that takes a steady hand
REDNOSELION 2 years ago 2
I agree that's masterful flying.
Eynigma 1 year ago
not is a fake =.=''...go to study xD....
RaikiKohai 2 years ago
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lightings look like after effect plugin ...advance lighting ....fake
TheSiledrak 2 years ago
no no thats real man.
Thats the price we pay to have electricity non stop.
if we wanted to replace a line or install new insulation cup strings. we'd have to shut that line off. and that means 1,000,000's of people out of power on these type of transmission lines.
He doesnt get shocked because he's not connected to the earth (grounded) it makes sparks because the helicopter has potential (its made out of metal) but its not connected to the earth.
called a floating ground. like a automobile
ganymedeIV4 2 years ago
oh just to add on to why these guys arn't being shocked.
there wearing a suit made out of some sort of metal thread. this passes the current around his body instead of directly through.
The electronics in the helicopter are also very well insulated.
These lines men make a F$#%#ing S#@$ load of money btw. helo pilot does as well.
ganymedeIV4 2 years ago
wow.. crazy shit
Dynaverse 2 years ago
I won't suggest 10 mega volts through you're heart unless there is absolutely zero current potential, and not even then. The human body introduces resistance to the equation. The resulting heat build up would be a bit like being hit with micro waves. It would cook you from the inside out, and would happen fast. Add in even 20mA at that voltage level and you're a shadow burned into whatever is near you. Clearly, some don't understand electrical principles.
Nicodemus98 2 years ago
microwaves don't cook things from the inside out.
Jet3800 2 years ago
why do people make voltage seem deadly? you could have 10 megavolts going strait through ur heart as long as its low current
438426x1 2 years ago
Static electricity from clothes is many millions of volts...
sim2lew 2 years ago
not amps jase volts, big difference.
deathtouch100 2 years ago
And again, you're wrong. There is not a power transmission line in the world that runs at 23Mv. 230Kv, definitely.
Since most power transmission lines are AC, power transfer is measured in watts, not amps.
shadynebey 2 years ago
Your talking about kVA in terms of measurement of transmission lines?
netrix99 2 years ago
Never said kVA. kV, yes, 230kV isn't uncommon.
shadynebey 2 years ago
Yea, your talking about kVA. Im an electrician, your correct that the power transfer in transmission lines and suppy transformers are measured in watts, Im not sure if you know this, but the unit measurement is not called watts, its kVA. It means watts but in a different way. Im aware that 220kV isn't uncommon, here we have 500kV in some parts, 600kV for our power station links.
netrix99 2 years ago
Just for a laugh, if he accidentally touches another HV line causing a short circuit of negligible resistance, he would have 23,000,000 of amps flowing through him. Thats wot I call a flash bbq! lol
jase17uk 2 years ago
By using faraday principle here to protect himself by equalling potential difference (voltage) by connecting the rod to a HV line thus no current will flow. The current only flows if there's potential difference between two points! The only danger here is if the blades gets too close to another HV line the current could arc. Remember it's the current that kills not the voltage.
jase17uk 2 years ago
It's all about electrical potential. If the cable and the man are at the same electrical potential, current will not flow through him.
FishTheMargins 2 years ago
I don't see why he would be able to get shocked, as the helicopter doesn't create a path to earth...
sim2lew 2 years ago
That's right sim2lew. As long as the lineman and the line are at the same potential current cannot flow. If he created a path to ground he would change the electrical potential and it would be over in a blink of an eye. There is really nothing special about this other than the risk of the helicopter crashing into the lines. It's no different than a bird sitting on a single wire.
FishTheMargins 2 years ago
That's going to be why he was perched on the edge, instead of inside the copter, so that the copter is further away from the lines, avoiding a major disaster.
sim2lew 2 years ago
pple don't seem to understand : high voltage isn't that deadly !!,as long as the current stays low, but we built high voltage lines, becouse for high currents we would need far thicker cables (more conducting material etc. .. just to expensive) for good distribution/transport over long distances, everyone uses verry high transformed voltages, as long he doens't touch the ground, he's fine.btw: Otherwise all birds resting on the wires, would be coocked to. Chicken barbeque every day , no ?
Borat911 2 years ago 2
1 amp can kill you, and at that high on a voltage you wouldnt stand a chance..
MrRonaldGuy 2 years ago
100 milliamps or the equivelant, 1/10 of an amp kills by ventricular fibrillation
redbeard3261 2 years ago
actually 30 milliamps will do to!
bugsier5 2 years ago 2
Directly through the heart :P
lilletizz 2 years ago
pple don't seem to understand: the reasons of working on live Hi-V lines is what men must be prone to Energy Companies ease. In other words,showing every work day with a microwaves source for years,good wishes for their health.
patsematary 2 years ago
You're verry right about that !!, ( I'm graduating this year in Electro-mechanics ) ... I'm working part-time in a nuclear powerplant, but people don't care , they need their power and energy nomatter what. They give me a nice paycheck and some weekly tablets for the radiation , ...and I'm supposed to be just fine, and I am actualy , just fine .
Borat911 2 years ago
Wait, did I miss something? What exactly did he fix? To me it looked like they flew to the line, he grabbed it, talked about it, and then they flew away....
steppappy 2 years ago 19
I have seen the episode on pay-TV, & they showed him replacing spacers on the lines. Fairly extreme work I would have thought.
admanhawks 2 years ago
@steppappy its only a short clip from a national geographic program it doesn't show him doing the job he only demonstrates the concept right here
nliknes2 1 year ago
@steppappy you'd have to see the full episode. I believe this was just a practice round and Sean went on to replace a cablespacer on a live line somewhere later on.
DJGahann 1 year ago
@steppappy they are checking for live power lines
billy545455 1 year ago
@steppappy he didnt fix anything, hes just saying, they have to fix it while its live. and hes demonstrating how they fix it or deal with the lines without blowing them selves up.(( in mid air, live ))
kyismaster 1 year ago
@steppappy ya i didnt get it either...
buymybigtruck 1 year ago
Electricity takes the path of least resistance. The faraday cage was designed by Faraday. He believed that if you were at the same potential then the electricity would simply flow around your body (least resistance).
thegalas 2 years ago
i bet he gets paid good to do that job with all the dangers involved. good work man!
mbigboyny 2 years ago
he definetly felt electricity in his hands.definetly!
brauning 2 years ago
no he's wearing a faraday cage. the fabric he has on has metal threads in the clothes and it flows around him instead of through him. the buzz is the vibration of the line from the hv. he was totally safe the entire time. as long as they don't get connected to ground that is.... the only danger would be if the helicopter's blades accidentally got caught in the line.
codex653 2 years ago
umm it dont work like that. it wasnt going through him..
electricity takes the shortest path.. through the wire, unless they make the path through his body shorter than the lines.. then hes lying. it dont possibly work.
nekrofere 2 years ago
yeah ur right. there is no way he "felt" that with out him being killed.
jerronimo3000 2 years ago
Only a very small amount, if you made the route shorter he would fry.
Whipit8rapture 2 years ago
2:26 feels good
boom! crash! death!
DoffyElfunk 2 years ago 2
incredibly
kasperinfo 2 years ago
I knew he didn't die or they wouldn't have shown it.
shfbdfi1273 2 years ago 4
"it feels good"
steamshot 2 years ago
Balls..........that's all i can say...
ebiekem 2 years ago
That pilot is insanely skilled. Wonder how many hours he has?
vector6977 2 years ago 4
wow yea one wrong move and there both toast.
Villa1291 2 years ago
apart from being nerve racking it's very safe as long as you follow procedure.
The1stPoster 2 years ago
Thats a MH-6 LIttle Bird
navyseal100 2 years ago 2
I'm confused, helicopter is flying so no contact with ground is achieved, so why is there still sparks when he touches it with the rod? where is the electrical flow going to, or is the electron mass of the helicopter allowing some form of exchange?
pauloz386 2 years ago
initially the helicopter is roucghly "0" volts, or grounded, and once it comes into contact with the line it raises to the same voltage of the line, which doesn't happen instantaneously (although very quickly) and this causes the sparks.
tmn841 2 years ago
The heli is made of special conducting material... the suit that he is wearing is a special insulator that has at leas enough value to over come the heli power and the line power.
CCFRPUMPER111 2 years ago
actualy the suit he wears is a type of faraday cage
killaofdoomsday 2 years ago
To expound a little on the suit, it is made with a very highly conductive material, which takes any voltage difference from the Heli and the line and carries the electricity around the body and not through it. Works on the same principal that a fully metal car body will carry a lightning strike safely around the passengers, no the rubber tires have nothing to do with the protection.
richlaue 2 years ago
You bring up a good point!!! Is it possible that the helicopter rotor's generate enough static to give it some potential? Food for thought!
CallmeCrash1969 2 years ago
I think I'll study a little more before I start touching high voltage lines based on my current knowledge!
pauloz386 2 years ago
helicopter has an electrical potential.. whatever it is. which means it has a different potential then the line voltage itself.. likely 500 000 volts. but thats not the point. thats the jist of theory you should know. a difference in potential means that the greater will travel to the lesser. once again.. in theory. thats me trying to be helpful
Jasonis22fromca 2 years ago
fuck all that shit. the pilot deserves the credit that was some incredible hovering.
Jolinator 3 years ago
yeah no joke... the guy grabbed onto the line and he wasnt grounded.... how amazing. but dude that pilot was freaking awesome =p
mateo3713 3 years ago
If he had been grounded he would be bbq'ed :P
I work with this thing, and that suit is made out of aluminium and makes the electricity flow around you instean of going into your muscles and paralyze your body! you wont die, but you wont be able to move as long as you touch the wire! If you're not grounded ofcourse =)
PimpDip 2 years ago
lol i was being sarcastic
mateo3713 2 years ago
I've heard that as long as you do it right and aren't grounded, you don't even have to have the suit on. ;)
tall32guy 2 years ago
i was waiting for the BUZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!
IIIMastermineIII 3 years ago
lol :P
IxAMxUNKNOWN 3 years ago
is it really necessary for him to ride outside for the whole ride there? that seems more like a thing they did just to make it more intense, but really, i dont see why thats important in real life. i get the idea of the platform, but riding it all the way in is just dumb.
4jonah 3 years ago
hahahahaha true... i wonder. what is he repairing anyway??
budubum 3 years ago
Normally they actually climb on to the line for the inspection, he wasn't doing anything there really.
NateDawg80126 3 years ago
he was replacing a piece of insulator that holds 2 wires at a certain length. This is important to make sure that the 2 wires don't swing and touch each other. I'm sure you can think what would happen if they both touch. This show is one hour long, this vid only showing 3 mins not the whole action.
amirrulshah 2 years ago 2
Ah OK, thanks.
NateDawg80126 2 years ago
I would suggest that most of you smart as*es go take an intro course to physics of electricity and magnetism before posting you comments. Some people might actually believe you.
SloznaBraca 3 years ago 4
i'd almost be just as worried about falling off that little platform on the outside of the copter! hope the dude is glued down or something
arequipa1 3 years ago
see the straps across his chest? they are attached to the helicopter he will have waist ones too.
skierplaterandy 3 years ago 2
he neglected to tell us he never slept for a week after this lmao
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RKabutzke 3 years ago
I could immagine thats a huge adrenaline rush
Nymphetamine066 3 years ago
he is not touching the aerth
muggesteek 3 years ago
the silver suit is made of a metalic fabric that make the electricity flow around his body not through him.
ynosislandboy 3 years ago
That pilot has HUGE NARDS
erad68315 3 years ago 2
I wanted to see him touch it with his Hands`...not to grab them with a protective suit...misleading.....all that training
goforthewhole 3 years ago
is it because u not touching ground thats why you dont get shock right>qq\ i think, if he was touching ground and that cable at the same time he would be death already,, woww dangerousss
litomiami 3 years ago
being charged with 230,000 Volts does not necessarily mean it is flowing. at those voltages, the electrons become static.
thx for being ignorant.
jeabo0adhd 3 years ago
You mean static on the heli and person? Surely not on the line otherwise it would never get to us. LOL
tall32guy 2 years ago
wtf was he doing ?
I don´t see him doing any kind of fixing anything.
truthspeaker969 3 years ago 7
I think the pilot should get mad props. It's not east holding the bird still like that. Much experience and talent.
Shanelee33 3 years ago 6
yea really, I can't even fly a kite correctly :P
Fullperson 3 years ago
ohh talk about over drama....
TrueBlueAustralian 3 years ago 6
i dont get what he was doing?
he said he was repairing something but he didn't look like he repaired anything...?
andywho2222 3 years ago 3
who cares if 230000volts sounds worse than 10 amps. if oyu are scared by numbers when you dont know what they mean. that = your a retard. this is the exact crap mass media pulls to pursuade to a certain opinion. this video is proof that retards can be scared of things that dont even make sense.
RoganSF 3 years ago 4
10 A could make you to dust if you hold it longer than some few seconds, becouse you get "shocked" you can't get your hands of the wire, someone else must do that, if you dont have a friend near you when you're doing this, its like 100% chance that you will die.
pROTPANDA 3 years ago
thats a good pilot
Drum44er 3 years ago 2
I dont understand, what was wrong with the line t