@@whatsomeonesaidwastaken9216 A recloser can be in a few forms, but it basically takes the place of a fuse which would normally blow to open the circuit to de-energize it in the event of a fault. A recloser, unlike a fuse, is a multi use "fuse" meaning if there is a fault, it will open the circuit and then close it again after a few seconds incase the fault was only a temporary one like an animal getting cooked. If the fault persists, it will repeat this process for a set number of times (usually 4) to see if the fault will clear so that the utility companies dont have to send a lineman out to fix it.
I once saw this same thing happening but the transformers and wires were laying over hood of a car that crashed into the pole. The driver was terrified inside the car these wires are jumping around arcing right in her face all around her car. The car was smoking fluids running out from under it. Lucky for her wasn't any fuel spilled most modern cars have a shut off switch kills the electric fuel pump when get into a crash. Police officer drove up close as he could with his car and yelled over the PA for her to stay in her car not touch any metal in the car. It arced more times eventually stopped she stayed in her car until power utility trucks showed up. I stuck around to give a statement to the crash.
I found this exact spot on Google Maps. It's so interesting to see the image of the street view prior to 2012 because the tree is there, but then if you change the view to after 2012, the tree disappears.
I was in NY during Sandy last year. One year later, and around the same date (27th October) another hurricane-like storm is hitting the south of Britain, where I live. Weather just loves me.
Different feed maybe? Just because they are right there doesn't mean they are connected. My neighbour and I receive power from two different 88,000 distributors about 4km apart. If we both go off, that means nearly most of northern Johannesburg is out (very rare).
@@ghalgren I am and Caden is correct that they vent. Flaming oil??? No, not so much.... There was no transformer in this video. Transformers are protected by fuses and rarely explode.
@@Cory.Robson the vent only works sometimes, I had an old distribution transformer on my block that exploded like a bomb one summer night a year ago. The vent didn’t fully work and the thing built up pressure and the entire can went off.
U.S.A.: naked copper cables on wooden poles that carry over 10K volts, right where people need to walk or drive. Europe: isolated cables on concrete poles that carry 400V where people walk or drive, and only naked cables for everything over 36K volts, but placed where nobody ever comes (like fields). + most of our cables are just under the ground (except for the really high voltage ones, but they'll never be placed close to where people come or live).
I live on the 16th floor I can't even see any air born cables apart from what's above the train tracks. I can see a 220 kV backbone power line in the distance though :D
At 0:48 can someone explain why the sparks are like little balls and they roll around on the ground like that (what are they made of?) And also what is the smoke from
Every material resists the flow of electric current. Some materials resist it much better than others. Resistance manifests as heat as an electric current passes. The more current, the more heat. Too much heat and the conductor can melt or catch fire. The reason you have fuses or circuit breakers in your home or business is to prevent that from happening to the wires in your home or business.
Exactly, the power lines are arcing for a long time after they are down. You would think that there is some sort of computer-controlled sensors that detect the change in the load current and turn them off immediately. These downed power lines are EXTREMELY dangerous to the public.
Wooden poles, and trees not kept clear from power lines. Where I live power company replaced all the wooden poles with steel and trees are kept cut back we have summer thunderstorms with microburst.
I remember Hurricane Sandy like it was yesterday, man. I only just turned 4 on the 8 of October, we had to pack food, and pump out water from the toilets and bathtubs, the crazy thing was that I live at the top of New Jersey, so the flooding and rain was extravagant. October 29, 2012 - November 3, 2012.
If they ran everything underground your power bill would at least be 6 times higher if not more. When things fail above ground they are easy to correct, when they fail underground it's road construction. To install underground or upgrade underground systems, the cost is much higher than above ground due to sidewalks, roads, homes, yards, etc... Finally, underground is not any more safe, people dig up power lines and get hurt all the time, frankly, fewer people get hurt in above ground systems
hyvahyva...Thanks! Everybody always blames transformers! However (minus the loud exclamation) this is a good video of infrastructure being torn down. The tree hit the lines as it came down, snapping the upstream pole, all on camera. Yeah, the recloser did its classic "3 strikes you're out" before locking itself out. Again great video...
Actually we do, here in the wet where I live, there are breakers on the HV systems all over town including the substations. There are probably some older systems in the east I imagine but the east is very old and are somewhere the schedules to be updated. due to the miles and miles of line, you can't just upgrade the whole east coast at once due to extreme cost.
When the lines get taken out by the tree, it's not a transformer near the traffic lights that was taken out, it's actually a street light the was taken out. You can see the debris from it at 0:40
Nah Dude. The bigger pole supports the main power line (feeder) and the smaller pole supports neighbourhood power line (lateral) or service line. Prolly there was an overhead transformer as well but we could not see very well in this video.
How is the traffic light still working, with the power lines downed and shorted? (you can see the "walk/wait" signal at the crosswalk still working)It could possibly have a backup battery, but I think that's actually rare. In my neighborhood, if the power goes down, the traffic signals immediately go out.
I was there during Sandy, l havent seen before in my life this kind of storm after everything turned normal l came back to Texas. After Sandy a few weeks later there was Snow storm and that supported me to decide to move :)
It was a circuit breaker. At 0:48 the breaker re-closes in case it's a transient short circuit. (It isn't) It might have done that a few more times after the video ended. A fuse can't reset itself.
I went to this location on google maps and they added a new powerline, it looks honestly better, you can still see the tree on google maps, but if you go into the future you won't see it anymore. Just a memory of it.
By the way, kids, never look at an electric arc like this. It's no different than an electric welder. It can easily blind you. It can even damage your vision with your eyes closed.
No, they've been underground for over 50 years in most urban areas here in the UK and faults aren't too common. To find one, you simply use a HV thumper.
Tree: ITS TO WINDY! ICANT TAKE IT ANYMORE! Telephone Pole: You Better not come down! Tree: I CANT HELP IT! Tree: Screw it. Im coming Down. Telephone Pole: NOOOOOOOOO!!!
Not really, here in the UK, primaries are always run underground in urban areas, with secondary area substations housed in small brick buildings, or in a fenced area. It's a lot safer and less prone to faults, such as this.
plus in the southern part of the untied states, like Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas are below sea level so they can't have all of the electricity underground
Love how the power line road raged at the guy beeping it.
B day 0:46
A day 0:49
That burst of sparks was just the result of a breaker upstream attempting to automatically reclose. It wasn't the transformer cooking.
What does reclosing do and why did it make sparks
@@whatsomeonesaidwastaken9216 A recloser can be in a few forms, but it basically takes the place of a fuse which would normally blow to open the circuit to de-energize it in the event of a fault. A recloser, unlike a fuse, is a multi use "fuse" meaning if there is a fault, it will open the circuit and then close it again after a few seconds incase the fault was only a temporary one like an animal getting cooked. If the fault persists, it will repeat this process for a set number of times (usually 4) to see if the fault will clear so that the utility companies dont have to send a lineman out to fix it.
@@victorkirby7652Holy cow i visually saw it through a 2D diagram as I read this :v
Eletricity is terrifying but the f word is horrifying
I once saw this same thing happening but the transformers and wires were laying over hood of a car that crashed into the pole. The driver was terrified inside the car these wires are jumping around arcing right in her face all around her car. The car was smoking fluids running out from under it. Lucky for her wasn't any fuel spilled most modern cars have a shut off switch kills the electric fuel pump when get into a crash. Police officer drove up close as he could with his car and yelled over the PA for her to stay in her car not touch any metal in the car. It arced more times eventually stopped she stayed in her car until power utility trucks showed up. I stuck around to give a statement to the crash.
The sound of the electricity is awesome
Humming at 60 cycle per second (American system)
@@meongmeong3599 brazilian system too, but more agressive look this video
th-cam.com/video/etzCtACSHE8/w-d-xo.html
It's beautiful
@@meongmeong3599 in brazil we have 60hz too
It isn't when it's in your body
I found this exact spot on Google Maps. It's so interesting to see the image of the street view prior to 2012 because the tree is there, but then if you change the view to after 2012, the tree disappears.
Same here. I just got the coordinates from one of the below comments
2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 1999
@@epopchock it was in the same day and month
The tree is gone because it fell over.
RIP Tree
I love how the you can hear the car honks, and then the broken pole responds with lots of arcing.
Pole: Mafaka try me.
Kudos for not dropping the camera to your shoes at the decisive moment! Well-done!
Only women do that....
@@FourDollaRacing speaking from personal experience?
0:44 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFAUCK.
YOU CAN SAY FUCK THIS IS STILL AMERICA !!!!
He sounds like he's from BAH-Stin and not New Joy-see.
I was in NY during Sandy last year. One year later, and around the same date (27th October) another hurricane-like storm is hitting the south of Britain, where I live. Weather just loves me.
tree was like FUCK THE POWER GRID
09 l questions 0
At 0:47 the car's like "Dude get out of the road!" and the pole answers like "F YOU I'LL DO WHAT I WANT!!!"
This deserved way more than 1 like per month on average
LMAO How does this only have 69 likes. Btw I changed it to 70 ;-;
Guess no one’s gonna mention how the stop lights are still working although the power lines broke
Car: Beep beep.
Power line: SAY WHAT U LITTLE SH1T
and yet the traffic lights are still working
I noticed that as well. Either the phase that was powering them didn't go out, or, the signal controller has a backup battery.
@Matt; That Railfan In Annapolis they flash after a surge or when power gets restored. There's a switch you'd use to reset them
Different feed maybe?
Just because they are right there doesn't mean they are connected.
My neighbour and I receive power from two different 88,000 distributors about 4km apart.
If we both go off, that means nearly most of northern Johannesburg is out (very rare).
Battery backup
That’s normal they have battery backup
no transformer exploded it's just an arc from the phases shorting out
And usually when a transformer does have a problem it’s just the pressure release shooting out flaming oil, no explosion
still wouldn’t want to be anywhere near that tho
@@infl You in the electrical industry? I bet not...
@@ghalgren I am and Caden is correct that they vent. Flaming oil??? No, not so much....
There was no transformer in this video. Transformers are protected by fuses and rarely explode.
@@Cory.Robson the vent only works sometimes, I had an old distribution transformer on my block that exploded like a bomb one summer night a year ago. The vent didn’t fully work and the thing built up pressure and the entire can went off.
FACK!
Sound like Trevor Phillips
that's dangerous people can accidentally hit the transformer
+Brianna Simmons That's where natural selection comes in...
Dont say that
You said a bad word
Tree: I can’t help it it’s too windy
Transformer:You better not come down
Tree:well here I come
Transformer:NOOO
0:28
Thomas Gaming ITS NOT A TRANSFORMER ITS JUST AN ARC FROM DIFFERENT WIRES/FASES SHORT CIRCUITING
Been searching for videos like this, VERY well done and and stunned you got it at the time it happened. ;)
Amazing, at 0:22 car was driving underneath the tree, and 0:33, only 11 seconds later, tree was down. And video timing... just spot on.
0:22 car, 0:33 tree was down.
that driver.. was so lucky !!
0:46 when someone beeps at you and you beep back
I was just waiting to see how long it would be before that leaning tree came down.
Dude in the pickup at 0:22 made it through just in time.😅
The only I see is the street light break off when the tree hit the power lines, great video
That gmc Sierra was lucky
Just 12 seconds ahead of disaster.
U.S.A.: naked copper cables on wooden poles that carry over 10K volts, right where people need to walk or drive.
Europe: isolated cables on concrete poles that carry 400V where people walk or drive, and only naked cables for everything over 36K volts, but placed where nobody ever comes (like fields).
+ most of our cables are just under the ground (except for the really high voltage ones, but they'll never be placed close to where people come or live).
+Riley Wells it's because we "need" to spend even more fucking money on military!
I live on the 16th floor I can't even see any air born cables apart from what's above the train tracks. I can see a 220 kV backbone power line in the distance though :D
Wood is cost ineffective? Interesting.
The ironic part is that the US and Canada are subject to much more extreme weather than Europe is, despite having worse infrastructure.
***** Wooden poles are very cheap.
www.americantimberandsteel.com/poles-pilings-utility-poles-unframed-cca.html
0:32
All that electricity, crashing, and glass shattering actually sounds pretty cool.
The supposed glass sound is the power lines themselves hitting the ground and sliding on it. They are literally just thick metal cables
@@EphemeralProductions no it’s the light
@@EphemeralProductions and the power pole is made of wood don’t forget that
The tree was like: The lights red time to fall!
When you swore, my brain said "electrically energized cuss word"
Never take the lords name in vain
The pickup truck passing thru at 0:22 brings to mind the famous "luckiest guy in iraq" vid from the first gulf war
Can't believe you were there to capture this---scary!
What Time Was This During The Day When That Power Fell Over Because Hurricane Sandy Came Into Virginia Early In The Evening Around Like 6:00?
I don't think it knocked out power, because if you look at the walk sign, it is still on.
For someone, it probably did.
:| ... i think walk signs have there own power
***** They Also have Back up emergency batteries in cases of power outtages.
Lance Nickel could have been ona different circuit than the lines were serving.
How would the power stop going threw the lines? Does someone turn it off or does it automatically turn off?
At 0:48 can someone explain why the sparks are like little balls and they roll around on the ground like that (what are they made of?) And also what is the smoke from
it's the wire molten by the high current
vwwout oh of course, that makes sense thanks
Every material resists the flow of electric current. Some materials resist it much better than others. Resistance manifests as heat as an electric current passes. The more current, the more heat. Too much heat and the conductor can melt or catch fire. The reason you have fuses or circuit breakers in your home or business is to prevent that from happening to the wires in your home or business.
Thats the most amazing video I have seen in a while. Great catch!!!!!
I dont know why I am laughing so hard about this :D
Exactly, the power lines are arcing for a long time after they are down. You
would think that there is some sort of computer-controlled sensors that detect
the change in the load current and turn them off immediately.
These downed power lines are EXTREMELY dangerous to the public.
Usually there are fuses on every pole to break the circuit when there is a fault. Maybe this one is an old system.
Awesome video Alex
0:33 when you stick a paper clip in an outlet.
Driver: "Get off the road!"
Power Line: "How about you F#@& off!"
Driver: “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH WTF!!!!!”
how long was the power out for we had no power for a entire week after Helene came through our area
Glad nobody was on that part of the road when it came crashing down. And yes, nice Evo there ;)
0:45 Driver honking: Excuse me, you cant park there...
Pole: F*** off...⚡️⚡️
wow!! great video! I live nearby. Thank goodness no one was hurt! And good for you that you kept rollin!
“So do you snort it or is it a pill?” ..”None of those? So you inject it?” ..”Not that either... hmm..” 😂
Wooden poles, and trees not kept clear from power lines. Where I live power company replaced all the wooden poles with steel and trees are kept cut back we have summer thunderstorms with microburst.
0:20 That Person/people in that truck were SO lucky.
Did that happen in the beginning of the hurricane or in the eye or the end of the hurricane?
Great footage good thing you captured when the tree fell and the power lines fell and exploded
In Canada it's mostly wooden poles too.
The video is awesome. I've never seen such a destruction of the neighborhood.
I liked when the guy beeped the horn 😂
I remember Hurricane Sandy like it was yesterday, man. I only just turned 4 on the 8 of October, we had to pack food, and pump out water from the toilets and bathtubs, the crazy thing was that I live at the top of New Jersey, so the flooding and rain was extravagant. October 29, 2012 - November 3, 2012.
omg thats crazy!! did you record this knowing that it was about to fall?
If they ran everything underground your power bill would at least be 6 times higher if not more. When things fail above ground they are easy to correct, when they fail underground it's road construction. To install underground or upgrade underground systems, the cost is much higher than above ground due to sidewalks, roads, homes, yards, etc... Finally, underground is not any more safe, people dig up power lines and get hurt all the time, frankly, fewer people get hurt in above ground systems
0:33 0:34 0:35 0:36 0:37 0:38
Looks like Michael Bay was shooting another Transformers movie.
hyvahyva...Thanks! Everybody always blames transformers! However (minus the loud exclamation) this is a good video of infrastructure being torn down. The tree hit the lines as it came down, snapping the upstream pole, all on camera. Yeah, the recloser did its classic "3 strikes you're out" before locking itself out. Again great video...
Actually we do, here in the wet where I live, there are breakers on the HV systems all over town including the substations. There are probably some older systems in the east I imagine but the east is very old and are somewhere the schedules to be updated. due to the miles and miles of line, you can't just upgrade the whole east coast at once due to extreme cost.
I like how the traffic signal continues to operate despite the line falling. Wouldn't the other lines trip a breaker from over load?
The signals probably use power from something else or backup
How are the traffic lights still on?
Great video neighbor!!
When the lines get taken out by the tree, it's not a transformer near the traffic lights that was taken out, it's actually a street light the was taken out. You can see the debris from it at 0:40
Nah Dude. The bigger pole supports the main power line (feeder) and the smaller pole supports neighbourhood power line (lateral) or service line. Prolly there was an overhead transformer as well but we could not see very well in this video.
Who would you call in a situation like this? (besides Ghostbusters) 911? or the electric company?
Did you lose your power? The traffic lights seemed ok.
Different circuit.
How is the traffic light still working, with the power lines downed and shorted? (you can see the "walk/wait" signal at the crosswalk still working)It could possibly have a backup battery, but I think that's actually rare. In my neighborhood, if the power goes down, the traffic signals immediately go out.
Battery backup
Nice footage
Alex how bad was sandy in jersey
I was there during Sandy, l havent seen before in my life this kind of storm after everything turned normal l came back to Texas. After Sandy a few weeks later there was Snow storm and that supported me to decide to move :)
What's the cross street here?
+Ken Nickels edgewater ave and gorge rd.
nice video lucky to catch it what did the smoke smell like ?
Dad's cigarette.
how hard was the wind blowing by mph.
no worry! The power is still on so that means that the fuse to the circuet didn't think that was a problem
It was a circuit breaker. At 0:48 the breaker re-closes in case it's a transient short circuit. (It isn't) It might have done that a few more times after the video ended. A fuse can't reset itself.
Fack!
Matheus Carvalho
The delayed response is priceless.
He was quoting the cameraman saying fuck.
@Sasha Coleman r/woooooosh
Nobody:
Guy: “FACK!”
0:46 Car: Bruh get out of the road!
Pole: Bite me!
Tx. I glade that everyone passed that intersection before tree fell, and Cliffside police been on the scene 30 sec. after to block traffic
were those ppl okay in those apts
Beautiful! But werent we all expecting/hoping the swinging lights would come down!
The transformer was like: but wait, there is more!
I went to this location on google maps and they added a new powerline, it looks honestly better, you can still see the tree on google maps, but if you go into the future you won't see it anymore. Just a memory of it.
Was the power out because the lights where on
By the way, kids, never look at an electric arc like this. It's no different than an electric welder. It can easily blind you. It can even damage your vision with your eyes closed.
I truly lmao when he said "fuck" Hahaha
Yea.......encourage that for PUBLIC access platforms, moron!
@@gregakinson2800 did you watch the clip? afterbirth?
No, they've been underground for over 50 years in most urban areas here in the UK and faults aren't too common. To find one, you simply use a HV thumper.
What the heck did that tree fall onto the wires then explodes??????
Wow nice footage.
How high were the winds at that moment
Tree: ITS TO WINDY! ICANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!
Telephone Pole: You Better not come down!
Tree: I CANT HELP IT!
Tree: Screw it. Im coming Down.
Telephone Pole: NOOOOOOOOO!!!
How are the traffic signals working. Wait they are prob connected to a different pole.
Not really, here in the UK, primaries are always run underground in urban areas, with secondary area substations housed in small brick buildings, or in a fenced area. It's a lot safer and less prone to faults, such as this.
plus in the southern part of the untied states, like Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas are below sea level so they can't have all of the electricity underground
Awesome Video! Those Traffic lights are haning on for dear life!
"Fawk"
You said it best.
Tree: TRLOLOLOL
Power Lines: You're not funny...
Who was hoping to see bumblebee?
Guys i live in that building that he's filming. If you don't believe me i can make a vid showing it.
And you just managed to be there
"Fack"
Legends Say that the power is still out to this day
crosswalk light still has power
Must have been on a different circuit.
I noticed that too
illuminati confirmed?
Many traffic lights have battery backup. Or it could be fed from a different circuit. Who knows.
I laughed so hard for some reason
Aaron Kellams so did i
either it was the guy saying "fffauck!"
or the car blaring the horn and then the power lines short as if it was replying back
It was weird but funny how random this was
Did anyone notice but when the car honked the power line spoke back or is it just me