High voltage switching

[VolkColopatrion]

DANGER DANGER!

HIGH VOLTAGE! WHEN WE TOUCH WHEN WE KISS!

[Jazzyhorn111]

Its terrifing what man can do. Those swinging balls and clevises,there movement is fastinatingly scary.

[technology49]

It looks like haarp

[chasedover]

i hope thats fake

[Jazzyhorn111]

I am not a dummy I do know how to figure volts and amps and load test generators with salty water. Ok what was this for why did the ark go up and a=was it arking between the two things that were disconected. Is 500kv 500 kilovolts is that 500000 volts? Someone help me educate me . But wow thats chilling is fing awsome I would love to play with that light switch. What awsome minds designed this apperatus,briliant engineers awsome !!! someone responde and educate me please !!!

[Pippomone]

It's NOT A TESLA COIL. Delete this stupid video. It's only a switching!

[A0H0A]

Nice...

[boydcat88]

forget bug repellent, im bringing this thing camping next time

[KAMIKAZERUFFNECK]

kinda like a rail gun...

[TheJzai]

i can here the modern contemporary He Man going "I HAVE THE POWER" while turning this on :)

[akuapam]

why everbody comment for want smeone vote up?

[Indigozek]

I cant stop watching this, its like watching the pure power of god.

[elektronik1111]

that was discharging of capacitors

[TheDutchGame]

And another 500kv wasted!

[tigab37]

Put a guitar into that thang!

[Driv3th3hiv3]

Vacrupter fail

[TopT432]

Chuk norris's power switch))))

[Redeyebatt]

wow!

[Eatleet1234]

Fuck... they already started mixing fire and lightning...

We're fucking screwned now!

[Alxasaurus]

I have a book about this since I was a 3rd grader, I only understand this when I was a 5th grader :P

Cool video, that was some giant arc

[randommezos]

PEPOLE dont flame the kid for getting a sub station switch confused with a tesla coil and in a way this is a tesla coil

[shkwave99]

substation switch

[VITAS35]

that is not tesla coil you idiot

[dannybeckett01]

cool video title bro...

[sephiroth671]

fucking niggers

[SmashCOBamberg]

it's not a tesla coil it's a high voltage switch opening at a substation

[kingofheartsxyz]

RED ALERT

[jodex96]

High-voltage arcs always makes impress, but yhat ain't a Tesla Coil.

[UFODj]

Not a static shock....that appened during the opening of an high voltage circuit....we got the same things also on the our home light switch but a little (just a little) small.

[AsunaNegiKota]

STATIC SHOCK

[mimiroko]

i think they're testing the lines...

[KingGates85]

Two words...Super Static....

[holycrapapie]

Will that give me super-powers?

[addeson]

try it out .

and pm me later when you have done it :D

[holycrapapie]

I just did it, and i think my left leg is starting to vaporize...

[addeson]

AWESOME! :D

[carloooss9]

its not tesla coil

its high Voltage

[InocentPatsyXploited]

thats a little too powerful, and dangerous to be a Tesla coil... lol

[Phlatpop]

lol, um thats not a tesla coil, its a switch..... wow

[ftynmik]

it is electric arch 500000 volt on substation! It isn't tesla coil

[sensesfail2435]

i dare you to touch it :D

[kartkid100]

its real, its a high voltage switching station in which one of the sulphur hexaflouride jets didnt fire to quench the gap and reduce the arcing. no haarp, no em weapon. chill.

[goliathlup1]

That cant be good for the switch.

[mv4eva]

Soooooooooo cool

[AgentCROCODILE]

That's not a tesla coil. It is a high voltage switch. Usually they also blast some high resistance gas (or gas which has a higher breakdown voltage) in the air first as well.

[djrimenica]

Tesla coil? wtf? lol

[n00ber420]

that is fuckin cool

[codejunki567]

wow dumbass comments on this video.

1st. ITS NOT A TESLA COIL

2nd. It is very dangerous its 500kv

3rd. This was planned not a disaster

my point i beleive has been made!

[elliotcook1]

@codejunki567 totally agree. its not some malfunction. its whats known as an energy dump. sometimes they do a simple grounding. or the release it as an arc. its when the substation has more power than it needs

[Pimpmastahanhduece]

@codejunki567 its a cleaning jolt, it actually cleans off the oxidized metal and improves the connection. they can stop it at anytime because they use a puff of non conductive gas over the terminals.

[itsCATURAY]

HOLY SHIT WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!?

[snoloflo]

That's not a tesla coil, but its not dangerous either.

[GreenGecko555]

wtf is that real??????????

[AtomicDragon71]

No H.A.R.P. No tesla coil. just a switch. The arc is just a result of a huge amount of power being turned off.

[pyrobombs]

yea, its just a huge switch at a power substation or plant, and that is a switch being opened. if you ever watch closely when you plug something into a wall, you can see a spark, same concept here, only bigger

[kylesenior]

This is a switch, google tesla coil to see what a real tesla coil looks like

[Musiccalculater]

woah. that was cool.

[VampireKyou]

So um yeah i guess all of the sudden air switches are equal to tesla coils? Not.....

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

I have seen this video hudreads of times on youtube, eatch claming it to be something differnt. FFS its just a switch, no HARP/tesla coil/jacubs ladder >_>

[CyanideXCloud]

Hmm... Anyone smell ozone!?!?

[5H3LL15]

lol

[benzingermany]

H.A.R.P. , no tesla coil

[Br04dc4st3rN01]

Yes, no tesla coil, just "normal" 580KV

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

No just a HV switch >_>

[zrnovsky]

do you know what the haarp is ?

[zrnovsky]

do you know what the haarp is ?

[DBBCSR67A]

and then a T888 comes out?

[RandomactsofNate]

Notice how that metal bar completely vaporizes as the sparks begin.

[CyanideXCloud]

Oh Sh--!

Wow

[St3lk]

It just opened and then the sparks started.

[coilgunner2]

Haha, the metal bars didn't vaporize... it's a switch built in a way that it gives the illusion of them vaporizing, All it is, is two poles that are touching, and when they open them, the two poles rotate on their ends, away from the camera.

[PorkchopsandwichGI]

definately not a tesla coil.

Just the disconnection of high voltage contacts at a substation.

[baalyezidi]

china i mean..

[baalyezidi]

isnt this part of haarp?? the ones who created teh earthquake on japan...

[vhardstyle]

LMFAO @ dental floss chuck norris style :D

[sandcrab132]

NOT a tesla coil...

retard...

[raleonardo]

The Tesla Coil is a copper coil that produces high voltage. That has nothing to do with this video. When the electrical field is strong enough to disrupt the air, an Electrical Arch is formed, as we can see in this video.

We can use a Tesla Coil to achieve Electrical Arches though.

[MRG077]

its haarp

[Oso1G]

Dental floss, the Chuck Norris way.....

[Stexx0r]

this is no teslacoil! i a simple high voltage arc.

the arc goes up because is a hot ionised gas.. an heat goes up!

[mitchassmofo]

or maybe the heat of the molecules which get heated up like a huge resistance :)

[mitchassmofo]

why does it go up?

i understand that the voltage is so high that it stays connected through the air for a period of time. but i dont understand why its going up isntead of making the shortest connection possible

i also dont know why its not going down, gravity must have no or opposite effect on the electrones i guess

has it something to do with the poles of the earth maybe ?

[sdegroot1]

I believe it rises because of convection. The plasma is extremely hot, so it tries to rise above the cooler, surrounding air.

[OmegaManZX]

Well, regardless of accuracy and of these pointless arguments, I have to say that it's a freaking scary bolt or arc of electricity, and I would NEVER go near that thing even if you paid me a million dollars!

[Zeamond]

Fake Its ALL FAKE!

[connorb5]

its not thats what electricity looks like dumbshit

[Sixta16]

This in NOT a tesla coil u stupid fuck. Go sux. OMG

[jesseisdamncute]

Man,i think that can shock people until their bones is all that left...

[12creations]

Imagine if someone hooked a Tesla Coil straight to a power plant :) Would have to be a giant Tesla Coil!

[theunreal89]

That isn't a tesla coil!!!!It's a very powerful voltaic arc but absolutely not a Tesla coil

[HKAnalogKid]

Apparently you don't know the difference between a Tesla coil and a simple arc. This is just a high voltage arc that resulted from a breaker failing to do its job properly.

[digurgel]

if i touch there, do i get shock? duh

[MounDoGG]

Mayby in ur mind.. 4 ur Body nop!

[umimdan]

That. Is. THE SHIT.

[Mushu909]

...so who wants to see the new electric chair? lol

[aphextwinandhelix]

It is a high-voltage arc caused by a 500kV switch opening up at the Nevada Desert's power facility. An enormous Jacob's Ladder effect results

[UrgentementeUK]

I've had this downloaded from somewhere ages ago, if I remember rightly it's a circuit breaker at a power station, not supposed to arc when it opens, but does look damn cool when it does!

[JENSSCHLAU]

What is that ???

[toomyg155]

Cool arc

[pimpmastahanh]

sweet jebus dont fail me now!

[Esuld]

Dude that's not a Tesla Coil. It's a high-voltage electric arc.

[phazonxl]

I was about to comment on that too.

[Richisland888]

Also not a tesla but Very Very cool, seems there would be damage to the switches though, was there a reason to allow the terminals to arc? An explanation would have been nice.Being that it was videoed [is that a word?] I guess knowing they shouldn't disconnect like that they figured let's shoot it. I'm glad they did.

[selfactingmachine]

a hallmark of tesla i dont know what "a tesla" is but that is nitrogen burning

[tpman2000]

There is never a reason to allow an air-break switch of that type to arc because it can damage it and possibly the other switches. It finally stopped because someone disengaged the main-break for the line. I've seen interruptor failures before, but NEVER ones like this. Hehe.

[radudman]

thats not a tesla coil.... thats just a spark that jumped across 2 teminals

[Bomber6150021]

was this an axidint

[ccoraxfan]

Shouldn't there have been 3 arcs rather than just one? It looks like there was no voltage on the other two phases. Also, I thought that these switches were never supposed to be opened unless the vacuum or oil breakers had already opened the circuit, or in case of emergency. This switch probably needs new contacts after arcing that long.

[videohog22]

I love electricity! I wish I had large switch gear like that to make some loud noises haha!

[NiTrOuSoXiDe16]

Give me a buck and I'll Straddle it!

[willsd87]

not tesla coil....tesla cool

[frosty956]

no its not a tesla coil at all

[damedaE90]

man this is a 500kV Line wich si switched under Load ,

The Flashes you can see is statical Loading...

[mrtessster]

This is the same as the 500,000 volt Kemps Creek switchyard where I used to work, just south of Sydney Australia. The operators would tell us when they were going to switch, so we could leave the yard.

[junglestman]

im planning to make a 6 foot telsa coil and modulate it for djing with turntables and an audio mixer.

[Pikachux1000]

its electric arching. Its a controlled experiment

[lrgvanman]

just kidding re: the shocking experience. of course, it was an experiment.

[lrgvanman]

That must have been a shocking experience!

[rejoycement]

Wow. Just.... Wow.

[tonyrueb]

ok maybe it is not a telsacoil but it is still really cool to watch

[Chromatix]

that is a inherent problem with transmitting power at high voltages, the capacitence in the cables causes an enourmous current drain / dilectric, this was a faulty switch, it should have been dampened by a condenser over the contants and a magnet to pull the arc to earth (we commission power stations, its our territory)

[inWadelma]

that sure ain't no tesla coil, but circuit breakers in action at some power plant

[retaro1]

uuummm can someone give me an explanation of wat a tesla coil is and you get one or how to ignite electricity like that , please and thank you.

[Beamshipcaptain]

A high-frequency-coil, a primary, and an unconnected secondary in resonance. A way to create high-Voltages at high-frequency, alternating-current.

[dmx512rob]

Also more money than most people make in a decade.

[pawel1818]

Get out of Power Plant!!!!

[12creations]

With that much power... You could make one hell of a Tesla Coil!

[SamuraiDarkness]

that's not a telsa coil

[3swoosh2]

all i gotta say: excellent

[saxophoney]

This looks like a power transfer station where they're breaking a high voltage connection and the power jumps the dielectric of air (i.e. 3000V/mm) until finally failing to jump the enormous gap. At 3000volts per millimeter, the voltage present must be mind boggling.

[r0nd0m]

wow! nice explanation :P

[saxophoney]

Thanks. One of the few things I learned in college. That and how to properly tap a beer keg. I may be wrong but if you do the math it's 3 mill volts to jump 10 meters?? That can't be!?

[geerlings105]

well bro all that beer must be finally taking its effect on ya, cos there are 1000mm per meter, and 10m = 10000mm which is multiplyed by 3000v is 30 million. just a minor maths error bro.

[saxophoney]

Duh, wha..? 30 time a gillion? Just take off your rings and keep the left hand in the back pocket, and it'll be fine.

[u4stooge]

Or not. You can see the arc start as soon as the contactors begin opening up. At that point, the voltage only needs to arc a few inches at most. Once the arc is formed, current heats the air almost instantaneously, turning it to plasma. The plasma is more conductive than air, allowing the arc to sustain itself over greater distances. This arc could be maintained almost indefinitely, save for the fact that the hot plasma rises and dissipates, opening the circuit and inhibiting current flow.

[rambomator]

How many Voltage was there......

[jisa61]

holy shit hate to be the guy that has to shut or through the lever to shut that juice off dam nice ark

[noekiyu]

tHats a jacobs ladder

[syrovision]

Not a Tesla Coil

[DilithiumMatrix]

Yea, power company guys filmed this at the Eldorado Substation near Boulder City, NV. It was expected. Google 'longarc' and read more about it approx 1/4 of the way down the page.

[joeb0]

This isn't a Tesla Coil, it's just people turning off the power, you can tell in the first two seconds, nice arc though.

[tckronos]

go on.. just touch it :P

[Nobody7720]

that must some alot of juice...

[ElcoGollo]

Great!!! Excelente!!