POWER POLE FIRE/EXPLOSIONS @ MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT

[nascar2w]

Overtime

[Tbix666]

one time when i went out to eat, a lightning bolt struck a telephone pole....i could literally see a purple-blue shockwave/arc come from the pole... it smelled like ozone for minutes. no trolling here

[Lockbar]

Guys is electric Co. truck when it stops : "HOLY SHIT!!!"

[tall32guy]

Holy **** pause at 1:09! The screen is ENTIRELY white! It is scary how much energy is released when high-voltage arcing occurs!

[tall32guy]

3:11! Look at that poor thing! It's all smashed to pieces! LOL Someone had a bit too much to drink or something! LOL

[Adam10018]

WOW

[pastorgeorgem]

nice catch todd

[TheZekethunder]

That was not a transformer. Sounded like one though during explosions.

[misslekrap]

first explosion at 0:53

[chocolate93ify]

wooden pole?

[kylecascadden]

I literally said "Holy shit" a second before the text popped up...lol

[Aleksandar998]

Yey !!! Sparks

[the67go]

the cut outs are white hot ... yikes !

[Comments2010]

Buzzzzzzzziiinnnggg!!!!!!!! *HOLY SHIT!!!* ^_^

[airedalegirl99]

if you listen closely to 1:07, you can actually hear a surge of electricity.... that explosion looked deadly!

[ekiumy]

3 PHASE RISOR! LOOK LIKE ITS GOING PHASE TO GROUND!

[xoxHannahJenkinsxox]

Made in my ass .-.

[flavioleves]

made in brasil

[UEFALionelMessi]

Made in China

[123allrock]

There is no transformer on that pole but its likely feeding one , but I suspect the HV line in the top center , was knocked from its insulator and is lying on the top bar , the pole itself is conducting current and in the process being set on fire by arc and current flow, never go anyware near the bottom of the pole as current can flow through the ground and kill a person in its path .

[vertoisful]

how did that hapin

[monkeyjerrod]

thats what happens when mario fucks around with the cable wires

[sharpteeth08]

HOLYSHIT!!!!

[hydrolisk1792]

I think that it might have been a giant capasitor that blew. . . I don't see a Transformer up there on this pole...

[bob4analog]

WOW!!! No 'pole pig' there, but a LOT of power! (BTW, why is it called a "FILM"? It's not a film)

[Andreazor]

Transformers, more then meets the eye!

[qopha]

The post is made of.. wood?!

[jgong8638]

NOT A TRANSFORMER. Misleading title.

[7089540230]

@jgong8638

rename it for me...think of something catchy & not very Technical

I know its not a transformer

[SanAndreasWars]

@7089540230 what exactley was that though?

[alachabre]

@7089540230 It's a pole fire with flash-overs at a pothead. "Pothead Flashover." There ya go.

[antimatterXXXIII]

@alachabre I think the smoke itself conducts electricity (helps the air break down) so that's why you get these occasional arcs.

[Tigrexboy9]

@jgong8638 transformer is the thingy that does the transform thingy there -.-

[billytalentrocks345]

Where is the transformer robot?! xD

[BOBKB3NZX]

isnt that just two breakers? TXformers are garbage cans hung off of poles....

[bigdaddynate1024]

Ok...I am going to put my 2 cents in.....There is no transformer on that pole. That is a what we call a solid blade disconnect switch. Probally coming straight from the substation. The reason for the fire other that the obvious is the center phase has been knocked off the insulator.

[Sneakers00]

RE: the guy who put the lights in put them in backwords

Thats a under cover cop they are inside so its better to sneak up on you

pose as a normal car and then hello busted

keep the swearin out thats the only flaw i heard

[7089540230]

@Sneakers00

thanks...Its not an undercover cop Its the ESDA Guy

Sorry for the Swearing LOL

[SanAndreasWars]

@Sneakers00 Alot of peple do have them in the front, but i looked at other cars and it does seem like that soo...

[councilglasses]

Wheres optimusprime

[4rebeln8]

It's a primary riser pole, not a transformer pole.

[alexilgi]

на 1:10 взрыв

[Sreewtyui]

ok, i give up, why didnt the driver just unplug the car instead of hitting it with the pole?

[ClawsOfLaughterDead]

holy shit

[Schlipperschlopper]

Schmokel Kokel Ruh Ruh Ruh we sind in Germany when we see nice things burning :)

[speediracer4]

Fucking people these days don't know how to drive!! Put your goddamn phone away and look ahead.

[tryithere]

And I thought it was a KKK meeting.

[GarrettBMXes]

I've seen a transformer blow up in a mans face when he was working on the tensioning lines for a pole once. I was about 50 feet away and nearly shit my pants, but the worker just backs up a bit and acts like nothing ever happened.

[305miamitillidie]

i seen no transformer on the power when the car hit the pole it caused the lines to arc across switched crossed fased the lines it blew 3 times because that the substaion trying to though it back in

[TheRedlegoguy]

was the driver okay cause you didn't say if the driver died or survive.

[Treflip134]

if u listen at 27 seconds it sounds like shes saying Mr Krabs

[powderking540]

Chuck Norris caused this accident with his spit!

[tryithere]

@powderking540 I think it was his brother Truck Norris.

[lexmarks567]

got any marshmallows

[junkymagi]

2:32, I hope that's not water they're spraying on the telephone pole. If I was a fireman, even if I got the word from electric company the power was off, I wouldn't spray something conductive on a fire near power lines.

I'd let the electric company guy do it himself.. at least until I see he's not getting fried for it.

[MrRhied]

crud cakes i thought this would be a transformers movie!

[MaleBretonFinn]

I don't see a transformer.

[luffy0220]

yeah holy shit!!!

[voltairesfire]

Awesome video, but sadly no transformer's were hurt during this film. Lol

[NinjaISwill]

Wheres Optimus Prime???

[F0ckUtoob]

Wait till you're running a chipper in one lane of a two lane road, with one lane blocked off and your ground man cuts a tree below the line but a limb slaps the line as it falls and causes a whip lash that you're standing there like

"duh" watching 2 spans down sparks fly and then is starts to blow... Then you go, "duh, gee... which way do I go George?" And run out in front of a slow moving car... Lol, good times... Asplundh, Nashville.

[the06bug]

Imagine if you called your utility company and got a recorded message:

"In the city of Chicago, we are experiencing voltage problems. A traffic accident has resulted in an equipment fire. Workers are en route. We do not yet have an estimated time when service will be fully restored."

[theguyi26]

The brightness saturated the screen to pure whiteness for almost half a second. Damn, would've blinded me permanently.

[YTBYTBTB]

very well ;)

thanks for posting :D

[EpicSandvich]

I THINK THIS GUY LIEKS CAPS

[dyablohunter]

I think I am wrong about the direction but there is definetly a reflection of a man far off.

[dyablohunter]

Does anyone see a green man reflection on the right side of the pole? He's like walking to the left.

[malcolmyoungrules]

@dyablohunter LOL I see it too. It's a guardian poltergeist sent to battle the flame!!

[Sanosuke004]

This wire wouldn't take my arm and leg off as long as I wore rubber boots.

[IonOtter]

That wasn't a transformer blowing up, that was just an electrical arc. The wood of the pole caught fire, and the flames create "gas plasma", which is highly conductive. Basically, what you saw was a lightning bolt going through the flames.

[4471548nwn]

1:10 yeah holy sh*t! -_- "

[Sanosuke004]

that is why in electronics class they told us never to clench a wire with our free hand but to instead keep that free hand in our pockets so we could use it to knock our occupied hand off the wire if we ever experience a shock.

[7089540230]

@Sanosuke004

nice thing to know....this wire would take your arms & legs off

[tryithere]

@7089540230 Yeah, but only once.

[zzzzzzzzx8]

@Sanosuke004 thats if you can control your arms/legs.

[roopsingh1394]

@Sanosuke004

keeping a hand in your pocket is nice when you work on your breaker box which has 120/240v potential. when it's 7,200v or higher with no circuit breaker, you're probably dead.

[CoderjoeIsTaken]

@Sanosuke004 You keep your free hand in your pocket when dealing with high voltage/current so that, in the event of a shock, the charge is less likely to cross your chest and screw up your heart.

[jaminscript]

@Sanosuke004 Test a wire with the back of your hand, so if the shock makes your fist clench then you wont grab the wire like you would if you tested it palm down.

[SaGalv]

@Sanosuke004 like the other guy said, if you become a part if this circuit your done. theres a .1% chance you will even survive it, let alone get away with your arm still attached

[jgong8638]

@Sanosuke004 Your teacher must have been stupid. The reason is to prevent you from completeing a circuit through your heart, causing death. Electric shock is fun, but sucks when it stops your heart.

[ChaseKM92]

What you don't know... is that he did that with his mind.

[7089540230]

@ChaseKM92

lol yep i sure did

[GingleGangle1]

OMG This burns like a candle!

[MrPatryk125]

HOLY SHIT

[BostonUrbEx]

"Hey, lets just not cut the power so we can't put the fire out"

"Okay, Bob, sounds good"

*watches fire*

"I just love my union job and cushy pension"

"Me too, Bob"

*watches the fire some more*

[killall217]

@BostonUrbEX

They have to wait for the power company to kill the lines, dumbshit.

[BostonUrbEx]

@killall217

I mentioned that fact right in my first sentence, dumbshit.

[partyboyxbox360]

wow what a retarded driver

[shea2510]

they're at 0:55 and 1:05

[lawrthebest]

u dont see the transformer cuz its an invisible one

[LizzyAston]

wheres pacman when you need him

[Corey497]

accident? that looks like talent

[FFFFFFFFFUCKKKKKKKKK]

Were you the one that crashed the car

[giancarlolandrover]

I dont see the transformer....

[talatsmum]

i love this video..

[krrrruptidsoless]

Arcman punching in and out to work. Fast worker.

[MSNIMSM]

You can see on the fender of that SUV where it got charred by the sparks at 1:21

[oriongirlfan]

a friend of mine was working when a truck backed into a power pole. He tried to describe the blue flame ball but I may never get to see something like that!

[CommanderB9488]

If people were more careful driving this crap wouldn't happen.

[AleksM1991]

yep, dont fuck with electricity... 22000 volts and 100 amps will fuck the shit out of you.

[TheViciousCyclist]

100amps will really mess someone up, all it takes is 50mA (.05A) which will cause Ventricular fibrillation, a heart condition that can result in death.

[RacerXGTO]

I work with spas, 1/4th of an amp will kill anyone in their spa if something ever were to short out without a properly wired installation and GFCI protection.

1/4 of amp = dead meat. I'd assume 100 amps will fry all the water in the body charring the flesh in the process, maybe even cause body parts to fly off.

[TheViciousCyclist]

Yes a 1/4 amp is 250mA (.250A) will result in death. But all it takes is 50mA (.050A) to cause death. 20mA (.020A) is a painful shock and the victim will lose control of adjacent muscles and will not be able to let go. 50mA will cause Ventricular fibrillation, a heart condition that can lead to death. GFCI's will trip at 4mA or 5mA if it detects an imbalance, thus preventing a person of experiencing deadly currents of 20mA or higher. At 100A the victim would feel nothing.

[tall32guy]

@TheViciousCyclist Yeah because they would instantly be killed and vaporized! Correct?! LOL

[macfuehrbush]

@AleksM1991 volts dont mater its amps and thos things have a shit load of amps

[AleksM1991]

@macfuehrbush yeah, the place i work they build large 3 phase transformers that have to be tested above their daily expected loads so they 80kv put thru the HV side and on the LV terminals you get several hundred amps....

[HptProductions]

@AleksM1991 volts dont matter. They may burn you. But will most likely mot kill you. However amperes does.

[AleksM1991]

@HptProductions i am a second year electrical apprentice and i work in a transformer factory... 22kv can blow your limbs off... if there is high enough current you will stick to the conductor and burn.. if there is no current the voltage will throw you around like a ragdoll, and youd probably smash into something and die...

with high volts you dont even need to touch the live parts.. 22kv can jump across about 1 foot from one conductor to the other....

[indylineman]

@AleksM1991 22kv can ARC that far if it touches, but it will not JUMP a foot.

[AleksM1991]

@indylineman Arc, jump... same shit

[tryithere]

@HptProductions Actually the volts do matter. It's the voltage that enables the gap jumping but it's the current that'll kill you.

[ronch0]

holy shit..

[firelizard007]

the bursts are test charges the line automaticly gets sent to free it or burn off debry it has on the line

[ryanmfw]

No. Do you like to just make stuff up?

[firelizard007]

step dad was a lineman for 23years i dont make stuff up..

[lonewolfintj]

2/3 mis-labeled: yes, there was a car crash, clearly; but there are no transformers in this video; and nothing explodes in this video. (No, the flash of light and burst of sound you see is not anything exploding, it is merely an electric arc.) If you want to know what a "transformer explosion" looks like, it looks like THIS: watch?v=fzbQjd_Oo4Q

[HondaGery250]

DAMN!!!!!

[wacko992]

someone must have been running like 20 computers or some shit, because thats not supposed to happen

[azv56]

somthing like that hapend neer me

[kidfocus2003]

That is funny , there isn't even a Transformer on the pole. It's a Cable Pole! probably a getaway pole from a substation... still good footage of what utility personel have to deal with just to keep the lights on for the rest of you. Thank a Lineman!

[7089540230]

If i title it cable pole fire...that would sound strange...you agree?

Thanks for watching

[kidfocus2003]

I don't believe in miss-information, I do agree that the General Public is severely and sadly lied to daily, and you are on target with your title for it is Their general assumption that every time there is a power failure or explosion that it is a "transformer". as lineman we kinda get a kick out of this! Local 1900 O.H.M&C

[7089540230]

@kidfocus2003

Thanks for being a good sport

Please be Safe out There!

[meccaturbo]

I have the highest regard for linemen. However, unions suck.

[weeardguy]

@kidfocus2003: That's about the same as housefires due to 'short circuit': the problem is that the general public doesn't understand electrical fires due to loose connections ;)

[Parqueiininja]

i once had a transformer blow up across the street from my house, late at night when I was watching TV.

*explosion*

For a fraction of a second, it was bright as daylight outside.

[amorefati]

@Parqueiininja Yeah, I had that same thing happen about six months ago in the am, very, very loud and bright. Funny thing is when I was about 7 I was having a "picnic" with my friend at our school playground, all the sudden BOOOOM haha, it must have been over 100 that day but I remember feeling it rumbles my insides, dropping my pringles and double timing it home, bombs over texas!

[tall32guy]

@Parqueiininja Yep! That's how it usually is. One has to remember that electrons are part of atoms. When you see a nuclear bomb go off usually the light is the same only more intense and can blind you. It's just what happens when a lot of energy is released.

[DioHolyDiver83]

*Boom* Holy Shit, That Must Of Scared The Liven Shit Out Of You......

[uhustic4545]

Mitshubishi Endeavor ???

[croakerchoker504]

28,000 volts deadly shit

[DragonUltraMaster]

I agree...Holy shit o.o

[ombralol]

HOLY SHIT! ^_^

[antwasere]

THAT WAS AWSOME DUDE ;-)

[defender195]

1:18 lucky that car didnt go up in flames

[liam101300]

in australia we will us water at half secound berst only if power cant be turned off

[haloboy4000]

that happen to me while i was going to school

[TrainSounds]

Where was this in?

[MattFromNorwood]

quick spray it with water, nothing will happen ;-D

[bl4ckfox]

great idea ;-P

[iwTxG]

You are not supposed to put out fire caused by oil, electric, and something else...Forgot...so yea...

[JBrown2218]

That wasn't a transformer exploding. That was just arc from the hv lines at the top of the pole catching the pole on fire. I hate when people see poles on fire or arc flashes they say its transformers catching on fire.

[Alexlineman]

Me too, I hear that all that time on trouble calls, "my transformer blew up!"

[wheljam101]

99th st / Harlem ave / I-294 overpass in Bridgeview. I didn't see this happen but used to drive past all the time.

[moldylemoninc]

Pole asplode

[SiXAXiSMofo]

HOLY FUCK

[mhoffman01245]

where was this taken

[7089540230]

99th & Harlem Bridgeview,IL

[whincupsucksCOCK]

It's chitty chitty bang bang, IT WAS FLYING WHEN THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE.

[OneNickyG]

Just a question... How the HELL did that vehicle hit halfway up the pole????

[bloodbull123]

he hit a ramp of dirt just b4 the pole

[wildirishryan]

the fire on the pole is causing the air around the wire to ionize and become conductive. the voltage is actually arcing phase to phase.

[drsuess79]

to me it looks more like a set of disconnects and not cutouts...cutouts are fused and these look like solid blades feeding 3 phase 1/0 URD

[dreliford]

they are disconnects we use the same setup in NJ. usually a looped urd with disconnects on each pole. just wording is different. out here we call them cutouts and call our breaks at substations disconnects

[ccraig412]

woke up at 5:45 AM last monday and it was out....

[ph33x]

The carbon emitted in the smoke conducts electricity.

The right puff at the right time = arc and flashy explosions.

[waterbumb2001]

Let me clarify something " what you are seeing is a fused cutout blowing. The lines are protected with a fuse. They blow when a amp limit is exceded. There is no transformer on this pole period.

[7089540230]

Thanks for setting it straight...Can you think of a betterTitle....Not sure if anyone will watch a fused cutout blowing

[emcredneck]

if you see it live it will get some attention. try having one blow when you close it in out of a bucket or off hooks

[shakeitandbakeit911]

lol :)

[shakeitandbakeit911]

no, exploding electricity is scary :)

[The007wookie]

no silly 13s vincent transformers are big robots that come from the planet cibertron hahaha! lol! just joking!

[13svincent]

tansformers are those big can things, filled with oil right???

[DTMRM8]

That is a transformer you are talking about, but I am not sure this is a transformer explosion.

[13svincent]

i didnt think i saw a transformer on this pole, lol. anyways thanks for the reply.

[tall32guy]

@13svincent Yup.

[Etrician55]

thats not a transformer.....

[mywJOE]

LOL, the first explosion, the camera man almost shat his pants! lol. hopefully he wasnt standing anywhere NEAR that thing...

[7089540230]

i was 50 feet away from it & i now wear a diaper to work

[kerry5101971]

Snap, crackle, BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT! (holy sheeeeeit!) Did the ding dong who hit the pole wind up having to pay for the repairs. They make those who do so in my region, especially if they were found to be drunk driving. I am fascinated by electricity, but have mad respect for it. Thanks for posting this.

[7089540230]

Very Scary Stuff electricity...also very awesome

[74AC240PC]

Snap, pop, BZZZZZT!!!

[StringerOne]

Nice video todd.I wish I was as busy as you.