power line arcing

[the67go]

0:28 creepy laugh !

[robkal56]

...and I forgot to bring my welding with me!

[1111pilsudski]

cwaniak wyszedł z auta jak przygasło.

[TheWarped45]

I seen the breaker kick where the arc was pretty cool.

[fingerspies]

I've got a hot stick... 'Cause it's been in the microwave for the last 7 hours...

[MightyMesser]

Hot stick or not, that was a major risk going after that switch. No lineman or groundsman with any sense would have attempted that without a bucket.

[forestgumpaed]

my mate was a linesman, but hes a referee now.

[yolichka1]

lol

[emcredneck]

long legged lineman, stick, hot stick, it's all the same. it can be your best friend! and no it doesn't shock you.

[yourall]

EmoDog666 is right. its called a hotstick, a fiberglass pole which extends to around 40ft. Lineman use it to work on hot lines. There are several hotstick varieties, and almost all hotwork(when lines are energized) can be done with them.

[EmoDog666]

It's called a hot stick. Its the fiberglass pole they use to change fuses and stuff.

[argentus22]

pero que tal arco .... hace un ruidazo .....

[RushFlaut]

it depends on what material that line was if it was a cotton polyester kind of thing he wont get shoked only if material like any kind of metal would kill him

[JuzzChiln]

or wood. Many people are killed thinking that a piece of wood does not conduct electricity.

[kc8ppo]

Depends on the voltage. If the voltage is high enough to overcome the resistance, it will push current through anything. Ohms law...

[bk51bub]

VIR

[bluescan92]

true, it can pass even plastic if the voltage is enough... many people dont know this so they get killed ...

but the voltage in our houses (120 v in usa )( 240v eu) is far from enough!

[easymac79]

did he just touch the line with that pole? wouldnt that shock him?

[ilovetogofast88]

Whoa, now I'VE seen the light.

Where was this?

[andykins118118]

WOAH!

lets go touch it!

[WolvenOmen]

O_O *distracted by light... -poke-* ZAAAAP X_X

[bradmann85]

wow i figure it would take 3 seconds to cook a squirl. bit it was a little longer.

[hootinouts]

That flash can damage your retinas. It's not that much different than looking at a welding arc.

[combomaster99]

hes right ^ but it won't hurt if u see it on vid lol

[pilotoatomico]

hahaha

[helicoptered]

No people buy laser pens and look into those into those instead

[ELTIGREROCKS10]

How does a power line arch?

[kirkenbunken]

Okay the burgers are ready! Anybody want to climb up and get them?

[simsonmotorader]

your jokes sucks

[hootinouts]

I like mine well done (heh heh heh)

[aflacduky]

sunburn everyone for a block LOL

[stinam481]

Now everbody grab you spf100 sunblock and emf blockers. IBEW rules

[bamaslamma1003]

14,000 kilovolts? no way. That's only 7200 volts. Each phase has 7200 volts to ground.

[form109]

@bamaslamma1003 it Could be a 14 KV Line......you will see alot of older Distribution lines having 7,200 Volts....but alot of Newer Distribution lines will be a Higher Voltage like 14 KV.

[bart2977]

he was opening the cut-out under load without using a "LoadBuster"...

[therealTOTOfan]

you should've climbed up and thouch it :D

[patodonaldpato]

I feel sorry for your eyes... The UV emissions are huge at this kind of event...

[TheEliminator1992]

@patodonaldpato

yeah... its like watching somebody weld without eye protection

[cameltwatt]

in victoria australia we lose thousands of wooden power polls a year to the lack of the power commpanies not cleaning them or spraying the polls with water winter and summer is when we have what we call POWER POLE FIRES!

[torontomapleleafer]

Heh, we have those in Canada as well, in fact we lost ten poles in one morning, all over the city...

[shafik88]

This called Corona..

Which is lost of amount power bring by transmission line

Its happen when effect by weather...

This also can disturb radio frquency...

[Shiron10]

That was not a corona. it was an lightarc between one phase and the poll... a corona is a light glowing around an wireconnection wich fits bad

[tmblineman]

Yeah, the "pole" is what's called an Extendo, Pogo, Entendable Hot Stick, Hot Stick...whatever...it is fiberglass. It was probably a 20k (no, not thousand, k as in "kickie") line fuse...20 amps, not 20,000 bubba. 20,000 amps would have burned down every wire within sight.....

[rgsgww]

ok 20 amps...these lines dont power basic home outlets! its alot higher these lines are with 1000-40000kv im not sure what the current is but i know it is alot more than 20amps...but your right about him saying 20000 amps...20000 amps would have burned every wire in sight

[codemsan]

these poles are at 14,000-17,000KV at 250A

[rgsgww]

thanks... and i ment he was right about "20,000 amps" burning every wire in sight

[cameltwatt]

IS THAT THE SAME AS 240VLT???????? I'm female so this has got me fucked lol

[codemsan]

no, whats arcing is the high voltage that goes to those big transformers on the poles and steps it down to 240V:)

[cameltwatt]

ahhh cool thanks mate it's like cars to me lmfao chiness!!! hahahha

[dc5kid]

the pole is fiberglass and it is used to open the circuit , they blew a 20,000 amp fuse or what ever it was i forget. it was raining thats why you can see the charge jump across the 2 terminals

[nmurray13]

lol, @ a 20000 amp fuse. Probably a 200A solid blade.

[cinijast]

just a question WHY WAS THERE A MAN STANDING ON THE GROUND WITH A LARGE WHAT LOOKED LIKE METAL POLE good for him

[treemaster7]

Never look directly at any high voltage line arcing, the arc produces immense UV Rays which can damage your eyes. Just like looking at someone welding. Ultraviolet Radiation burns the eyes.

[rgsgww]

and i dont know that?

[krhall78]

whenever electricity is flowing at a high ampereage it creates a strong magnetic field which is generated by the current and can cause it to jump. Almost any high voltage will generate a magnetic field as it flows.

[Kyosuke1989]

No. This just is caused by break of dielectric strenght of air (30 kV/cm), eg. if there is voltage potential of 30000 volts in the lenghth of 1 cm, there will be arc.

[DarkTrunksGeorgeSim]

ANY current flow will produce a magnetic field. The field becomes stronger depending on the Ampere-turns of the current blah blah

[FORDGTFANATIC]

why is it arking

[rgsgww]

i dont know...maybe an isolator failure...

[mikeandtiff]

neat!

[fsp394]

chee hoo!