The Arc

[flakmonkey47]

That is shorting out big time.

[DragonFlyback256]

@flakmonkey47

This is not a short even. It's a damaged switch that had a small gap in it, it's an in-phase arcing.

[Gaby130db]

Solite linee americane che non valgono niente

[rojblake82]

Don't ever get close to electric arcing you, will get a fatal shock and be burnt to toast.

[NorthForkFisherman]

@rojblake82 Like this?: watch?v=6rcsE88uI7Y&feature=re­lated

[TheSnailfan]

DONT TOUCH TEH POLE DONT TOUCH TEH POOOOLEEEE

AAAAAAARRRRRGGHHH

[MrDavide1989]

500.000 volt

[mandoman83]

@MrDavide1989 actually 14,400.

[rojblake82]

This arcing sounds like a Cybermeans voice, it is harsh and buzzizng in billions of ways.

[ChargedCMOS]

Why does it look as if sth was burning or as if it was a flame?

[JBofBrisbane]

@ChargedCMOS - It's really hot, and the air around the arc gets heated and pushes it around through convection.

[TAPriceCTR]

the breaker is broken

[burn19ballz]

i'd laugh if a bird suddenly sat on the arc.

[KeNzoRDarK]

RAIDEN !

[rczop]

It's tracking....

[Armen0500]

is this where officers charge their tasers?

[GaussFanat]

I think this isolator was made in China :)))))



[bilyisbored92]

what is it that doing that?

[dsadler21]

When it finially throws that fuse it will sound like a bomb going off.

[TMBATMANSOrgamecha]

sure is tesla in here

[snakev10v5]

now all we need need is someone to touch it O.o I can't spell fo the life of me but ah well.......

[kfagest34]

PREMONIÇÃO.......O FILME...

[Dannnneh]

It feels like that camera could zoom into atomical levels.

[junim20]

ow cheat

[damone3000]

bet u wont lick it....

[BabiaySiuaa250]

héhe_Àný_gûýs_wáÑt_tó_chàt_wÍt­h_më

[fr3wby]

@BabiaySiuaa250 yeah his name is colt ... colt 45 put him to you ear and listen real good

[Matrixtube69]

Lo que veo este video, podria ser que esta haciendo arcos electricos por falta de contacto de una fase (se habra quemado uno de sus fusibles en los interruptores).

[841accmj]

39 people did thumbs down because they were affected by the power shortages

[841accmj]

ring ring .... ring ring Hello ergon Energy Where Having Constant Power Faliers ..... i wonder Y

[readi69]

is it a song of the arc?

[matttatts]

electricity is hard to loot even when they are just giving it away

[misterrandompancake]

oh sh!t

[redneck101157]

its alllive

[Kashba777]

I Loved yhe power lines

[eap13]

ultimate tazer!

[SuBzErOMKScOrPiOn]

iwonder if i touch it would i get super powers just saying

[the67go]

wow thats scary

[sherwinalberts]

very nice that sounds like calling out optimus prime from another galaxy..lol

[PanJawelDrugi]

this is what you get for using 50Hz, fuck europe

[Bahamut347]

@PanJawelDrugi wtf

are u nuts?

[blanklensstudios]

type gift before youtube in the address box then press enter

[SpartanKitteh0659]

I love that electric audio effect

[TheDslide]

i wanted a police sound like: oh here is officer bob we got a code red ! or something like that

[SwimmingMunky]

chuck norris is opening a portal

[ptitdal]

Les éclateurs ne font pas leur boulots ...

[pardyhardly]

It reminds me of an angry confederate widow.

[arbalest5]

go there with carbon stick :D

[Medonhowmx]

ahm..? heim...? engreis FAIL

[niccoc1603]

Like OMG!

that video was so awesome!

I pay money to watch movies and there are videos like this for free!

I am going to throw away all my dvds and cds, have my television smashed and burn my radio so I can sit here all day for the rest of my life and watch this most totally awesome, amazing, jaw-dropping, masterbating, inspiring, and lustful video ever shown in public!

This, my friends, is the ultimate date movie!

Loop it over and over again!

And, trust me, she will put out!

[vexviper]

@niccoc1603 WOW what an AWESOME post!! NOT!!!

oh and why dont you heat up some corn on the cob and shove that up your butt!! Then post that up on youtube and we'll all pay to watch that. NOT!!!

[snedie69er]

@vexviper

You know that post is by an automated bot right?

[vexviper]

@snedie69er No

[Mr27ace27]

no worries, It's just Chuck Norris making breakfast...

[xXcrazyalec40Xx]

touch it

[R5H4D0W]

something tells me the switch failed open circuit and just by proximity is still conducting. I'd lose to see a measurement of what god awful noise it put in the transmission lines.

[andrewjosephmills]

looks like the insulator did its job though :)

[PlausableApple4]

I don't like the look of that.

[skotkim0129]

awesome!!!

[StyrofomECuP]

that can't be good?

[cjellwood]

not cool

[AriBenDavid]

Even a small gap in the conductors as in this switch causes long arcs. It is due to the heating from the arc and magnetic fields in the conductor, This is damaging the insulator as well. This switch is toast!

[mandunya]

i dare a dumbass to touch it

[randommush]

a jacobs ladder! :@

[Backtracer101]

Thats normal! Thats where the electricity is produced... It is arcing as there is most power there.

[Welljusthi]

oh god.

[tryithere]

Well I found the Arc, now I have to find the Covenent.

[yosh6278]

@tryithere LOL XD

[panheadz4ever]

Kewl.

[TheOrangeSunday]

Were Going to The Future " all we need is 1.21 gigawattes "

[FreakDaGeek]

"1.21 gigawatts!"

[Inszz]

cool, it's like a mini-haarp

[mi16t]

flux capacitator

[BrentAudi]

Great catch.

I am surprised that it did not trip that breaker.

[tetramoo]

shit hot vid

[andrew9592]

@JackItsMe well it's about 40 meters.. dont think that he was in danger

[Hondasrock87]

So, What does Electrical energy transfer to when let go into the air, they always say no energy is lost only transferred what happens to it.

[sk8erdude149]

@Hondasrock87 gets transfered to heat

[apsnipes]

@Hondasrock87 It is lost in the form of heat energy which goes into the atmosphere. So pretty much, most of it is just wasted up in the form of heat. I hope that answered you question. 8th grade science ftw :)

[Frankfurtdabezzzt]

@JackItsMe sry didnt read the disc.

[andrew9592]

@JackItsMe

he used zoom not close.

[FromSeventhSky]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

[eryk1988]

nice efect

[jackman464]

those are some ghetto ass power lines

[Frankfurtdabezzzt]

man. the USA have such shitty powerlines.

[johneastmond]

That's creating a hell of an uneven phase loading down line! I wouldn't want to run my equipment on that! I'd be shutting my plant down if I was being fed from that!

[TheAppleMan100]

TIME PARADOX

[fingerspies]

"The Arc"?? what Noha's fucking ark?? can't see no amimals...

[Natesmodelrailroad]

Linemen, correct me if I'm wrong, but that's going around a fuse, right?

How in the world would it be doing that?

[GigsVT]

@Natesmodelrailroad The fuse obviously didn't work right. It probably somehow melted but fused shut.

[nmurray13]

@Natesmodelrailroad

No. That is what we call a solid-blade switch (composed completely of metal). There is no overcurrent protection on it at all. The reason it is arcing the way it is, is most likely because of poor contact on the gate. It could also be arcing because the ceramic insulator above the switch is contaminated. But judging from the path of the arc it is probably a bad connection.

[jelledj]

Thats just the electricity going trough the air.

probaly the resistance is broken that had to hold the electricity in

[penguinx32]

GUYS BE QUIET, people are time traveling

[bug6819]

i want to feel it on my taint

[denem0venem]

did it go boom at all or did it just stay like that and i what to hug it

[ReeallityBytes]

Even a tiny amount of crap on a HV insulator can cause this to happen - it's known as tracking. Alternatively, just search for "500kV switch in Russia" for a more epic arc than this.

[Overcastkid747]

I want to hug that.. =D

[grotrev]

that is awesome

[xwarxsabrewulf]

It looks like fire...I feel like a moth

[SkySavior]

MUST TOUCH ITTTTTT

[RobTheBernardinosaur]

if i touch it ill be fine right?

[sidewayznut2009]

Yes, please go touch it

[krrrruptidsoless]

No problem. It is just some nanopeople doing some welding. That's all. No story here. Just some last minute fixes we didn't get to earlier.

[openbardude0]

Did you guys get overtime?

[drsuess79]

@openbardude0 hahaha....overtime....thats funny......if it cuts into lew hays bonus' (which it would) then we dont work OT at all

[danrelaxo]

UHAiuhAiuhaiuHa

xxxuuuurrrasscooo!!!

[TheGodParticle]

I love that sound

[petresko14]

if i were him i would run away cuz you never know if it falls and fries you

[fundash]

@petresko14 never panic

[FinlandsThunder]

actually, at the beginning of the video, you can see he's in a car. If it falls, he would be safe as long as he didn't touch any metal inside the car.

[Killacats119]

The wife says "Hey it smells like bacon!"

and the husband replies "Hmmm call the kids!"

[rugermkiii]

Question.... is the arc plasma? ... I'm a laman... fill me in here.

[lonewolfintj]

Rugermkiii asked, "is the arc plasma?" Yes. "Plasma" means "a highly ionized gas". Yup, that's what we're seeing in this video, all right: air atoms ripped apart by high voltage. This is known as "breakdown". One of the side effects is, when the oxygen ions and the electrons recombine, in addition to forming O2 (oxygen) molecules, they also form O3 (ozone) molecules, hence that "electric" smell.

[c4boom100]

very gooooooooood arc :)

[tryithere]

St. Elmos fire

[thesixtiesguy]

This is a disconnect that obviously has a very poor connection at point of contact. Temperature of the connection will increase, which will further degrade the connection. Ultimately, the connection should have opened completely with a large arc, generating thousands of degrees of heat, possibly enough to burn through the support and allow the cable to fall. Result is single phasing to the transformer array. Protective relays should open power to the transmission lines downstream.

[alphaman1101]

probrubly crossed lines on the line somewhere causeing the sparks...

[OLTCITKA]

How long did the arc last? Was it shut down before any bad things happened?

[RivenMark]

Dude this is pretty damn dangerous it could blow up the whole place any time!

[lonewolfintj]

Nah. Just a high-resistance point. Eventually the metal will vaporize, and someone will be without power for an hour or two, until the power company fixes it.

[yourTIV0]

You should have hung around to see if it would short out to another phase. Wouldve been a great fireworks show.

[JBofBrisbane]

Jacob's Ladder!

[tmd963]

touch it!

[IC2720]

......with your tongue.

[viperfide]

god damn birds

[GeneralAnimator]

these things always reminds me about nikola tesla.. :P

[giumix22]

e quindi?

[jawbraeka]

i was waiting for the boom.

[07connor70]

WOW

[k1iki]

terminator comeing

[McFlanker]

@k1iki I like your camera....

[haw441dirt733]

@k1iki 日本語ですみません。僕も同じことを考えていました（笑）。

[drsuess79]

thats the good ole powerdynes used in florida....heavy buggers and worthless....jimkinner is right about the insulators...theyre fine, its where the blade meets the receiver where the poor connection occured

[MrVashnavi]

i believe the term blenderpanzi was looking for is Radiation

[xshibityx]

I'm surprised the insulator failing like that didn't cause either a short circuit or the breaker to trip from over voltage

[jimkinner]

The insulator is not really failing, if you look closely , you can see the tie switch is closed. It is not making a good connection where the blade meets the jaw, so it burning a bit. Sometimes, after a storm, crews will close switches like this one to pick up a section of another adjacent feeder. this way they can get more customers back in service, and still work on damaged sections. some of these switches haven't been used in years, and burn because they are deteriorated

[ilhadosmacacos]

i wanna touch that stuff :D

[Nato61]

IT'S ALIVE!

[phuckmeimfamous]

An electrical arc is hotter then the surface of the sun. (serious)

[garrysurrey]

i cant believe that if that was true then wouldnt it ignite the atmosphere ?

[tyleradkins14]

no it would just ionize the gas in the air into the 4th state of matter; plasma

[blenderpanzi]

It might be that hot, but it has not the ... how is it called in english? Heat capacity? A spark out of a fire is as hot as the rest of the fire. But it's just a tiny spark and it doesn't burn you like the whole fire does.

[CombatGuru]

good question, but no. plasma is created by the ionization of certain gasses in the atmosphere, which is caused by intense electrical charges in a small area, such as the spark you see.

[zolar83]

Hmmmmmm safe!

[g0doit]

It's not really what you call hot, just painfull because of the current. The only heat would be through the metal which is short circuiting which probably reaches around 100/500'c

[AlexisNembrode]

Did it blew up a few moments later?

[TomozukiII]

I think such high voltage arcs can damage your eyes if you stare at them. Same like a torch.

[jeh14]

Not from such a distance (inverse square law) and not through any sort of glasses, binoculars, etc., either (ordinary glass won't pass UV)

[TomozukiII]

So it is basically safe to watch with bare eye? What about if the arc was bigger? The bigger the source is, the more UV rays are released if I understood correctly the inverse square law?

[DLPBurke]

UV is from the sun is it not. Not electrical arcs.

[TomozukiII]

True and false. High voltage is the same as welding spark from which you need protective mask.

[DLPBurke]

Well from that distance, I doubt it could do any damage, same as when you watch a guy weld from across the street

[TomozukiII]

You are probably right. The arc is too small.

[systemofadownrock]

and a weld

[TomozukiII]

That`s what I meant. Welding torch.

[oneshot7200]

600amp in-line disconnect, not a fuse,for what ever reason the connection bewteen the solid bar and the rabbit ears broke down, the voltage appears to be 13.8 to14.9

[ironmaiden12343]

go tuch it

[autostuniados]

that is a lot of electricity

[VideoFreakAustinT]

TAZER!!! TAZER!! TAZER!!

[ChaosDemon2]

Sounds like a lightning gun or something xD

[CoryTaylerFan]

XDD

[thequantumdude]

I would just sit there and watch it flicker all day :D

[djrimenica]

There is not pole in ac current... that pass cuz the power switch have humety and may dust for the ambience, that cause raise of the resistence between the two nodes, and the current flow in the air instead of the bar of the switch.

[DECOFRANCE]

probaly loose contact.

[hanysk]

nice

[DuttyDoogz]

poke it with a metal pole

[dexter12322222222222]

it's leaking.

[TheRealAlas]

So there are few things you can do with dem electrycty's:

1. Make a BBQ

2. Touch it - if out of reach then find a metal pole

3. Piss on it

4. Touch it again

5. Recharge those old batteries you've been savin

6. Take some of it home for free energy

7. Climb on it and shout 'BEHOLD ELECTRYCITY MAN!"

[odi22865]

ROFL ! i Lol'd at that comment :')

[Michaelingolfhansen]

Does anyone know exactly how the sound are produced?

I figured the frequency of the AC-current (50 Hz in Europe) might have a say?...but then again maybe not, as I must admit that my knowlegde on high-voltage current and installations are very limited! :-)

[Malkavoru]

Its the same concept as thunder.

[Michaelingolfhansen]

Ok! So its the air that give off sound as its heated from every "spark" and then expands?

"Exploding" air on a miniature scale? :-)