@@jonnywilson9117 Not that there is any amount of money you could pay me to go up in one of these things but if you did manager to get me up there I am tied to 3 things at all times even with the hatch closed and no visible route to fall.
Nice! I was actually working on the same type of turbine (but the version with electric pitch system) today, I like these types of videos where I can show people what I do for a living
@@saasch_baasch no it's in northern Germany, but I'm not sure if there's 1300's with it, the one I worked on was a 1000 but they're essentially identical aside from the weaker generator 😄
@@falco3471 yeah the an bonus hydraulic hubs are usually very messy from my experience, the electric ones are much better (still some grease from the lubrication but at least it's not covered with hydraulic oil)
I love how you can touch the machine and tell from the vibrations if it's doing what it's supposed to. I could do that when I worked at the Sugar factory. I could tell if something was spinning the way it was supposed to be doing by just taking my shoes off and touching the floor
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@@KiRiTO72987 I'm pretty sure they know that. It's an over exaggeration. But could you imagine climbing 100 miles via a fucking ladder? That would no joke take you about 6 weeks. Imagine getting to the top only to realise you forgot something. It's like with these jobs with climbing up something that takes 20 + minutes to get to the top, what happens when all of a sudden you now need a piss? I've had that at work, and I've only ever been a 3 minute walk away from the toilets at most. I can't imagine being 300' up and now my body decides it need to get rid of fluid or solids...
Very interesting. I used to repair the electronics from these things . Never got into one though. Wouldn't have minded doing that. We used to also repair the pitch sensors for the blades. Must have been coooold up there., nice video. Thanks for sharing.
That's what gets me about people complaining about the internet. While there's bad, there's far more good imo. And shit like this, even 20 years ago we'd never be able to see unless you did the job. Being able to be up a few hundred feet in the air from the comfort of my bedroom is pretty fickin cool
Fascinating video. I'm wondering if this kind of service is done solo in North America - I would think the confined space work in the hub would sensibly require a second person.
Excellent video my friend. You climbed down that turbine alot faster then you climbed up 🤣 big snag list 🤠 Refurbished annometers and wind vanes are the worst. Bearings always fail. Heater on wind instrument is probability cracked? . Iv never heard noise that bad from hub? Blade bearings are leaking plenty grease. I wonder would it be a blade bearings or pitch ram problem? I like this turbine.looked Easy to lock rotor . 😉
As a person who spent a long time, years, climbing ladders for commercial property maintenance, you develop "buns and legs of steel"...some of the best exercise there is for lower body😊
Great video, very interesting! With the anemometer not functioning properly, does it have alternative means of determining windspeed? I would it assume it critical it knows windspeed at all times for protection against high wind conditions?
The wind speed is a necessary value to ensure the safety of the turbine. Unfortunately, this turbine has no redundancy. This anemometer needs to be replaced.
@@saasch_baasch I would suspect the turbine to the left or the right would give a damn good estimate wind speed, Is there any cross communication back to a central control room?
Thanks for this very nice and detailed video! That would be my dream job! Unfortunately, I have fear of height so I will continue to see other doing that 😂
Hey👍🏻, finde es auch interessant, mal einen Einblick in so eine Anlage zu bekommen. Von dem Typ stehen bei mir in der Nähe auch noch 4 Anlagen, wovon eine aber immer mal steht. Danke und grüße aus Thüringen/Weimarer Land!
as someone with severe vertigo (höhenangst), everything was A-OK right up to 4:37 ... shudders 😖 still forced myself to watch it all the way through and while i could never do something like this, was still interesting to watch 👍
I have a mate who would give anything to base jump off such a turbine. Interesting that you clipped your harness to the over extension cable on the door strut - would that hold you weight if you fell? Can there not be some sort of cover erected over the wind instruments to shield them from snow and ice? Seems just a little snowfall and they’ll get stuck again. I always enjoy watching jobs that are isolated where not a word is said. Ice be talking to myself and singing through the whole job. I would love to harvest the balsa wood used in these blades - apparently they just bury them whole??
Locking the rotation of the hub was done with a manual locking mechanism before entering the hub. The rotation (angle of attack) of the blades themselves was not locked, as he tested them while in the hub.
is there a reason that they don't just put witness marks on the nuts and bolts when they're originally torqued? makes inspecting for loosened fasteners a simple visual test.
Yeah, I was thinking that finding a loose or out of torque spec nut, it could be marked on the casing beside it with date and either T or L to keep track for next inspection.
I do have a question, not saying hes doing the job wrong or anything but im just curious. Why when he does the de-icing, hes only taping it and not using any sort of chemical spray. Im assuming it could do damage to the machine or its just not needed?
Hast du welche in deiner Nähe? Frag einfach mal beim Betreiber an, muss eigentlich immer eine Nummer außen an der WEA stehen. Die sind da meistens kulant, wenn nicht gleich eine ganze reisegruppe hoch möchte 😄
Frag doch einfach mal nach wenn du jemanden dran stehen siehst , bisher keine schlechten Erfahrungen gemacht auch wenn es unterschiedliche Firmen sind 👍
What do you do if you are caught by the harness in such cold weather? Do you have a push button safety or periodic check done? I imagine hanging in such cold weather could kill you quick
Depending on where you are located, there are plenty of jobs, especially in Europe. You can either choose manufacturers, service providers, operation management or other like inspections or specialized repair companies. I suggest you visit a fair, for example "Hamburg wind", "Husum wind", the fair in Bilbao and so on. I am sure you will find a job ;-)
I think the best place for that is central and west europe, as for a brit person in Poland Im going to have to either move to the northern side of Poland or to Germany.
The whole time the main hatch doors were open I thought he should be tied off. Also going into the blade yaw mechanism through that small hatch looked sketchy and needed tie off.
This is significantly less scary than replacing light bulbs on top of radio towers.
Yeah this looks like something I could do. Light bulb guy has a terrifying job near the very top.
Not me. My hands were sweating as soon as he was walking on top of the motor with the roof opened up.
@@VideoManDansame here
its almost kinda cozy up there
And that is an older, smaller turbine. Todays turbines make this look like a toy.
Being able to hammer those bolts at the speed you do is no joke. Hats off, sir.
It's called Benny Hill speed.
Wow I didn't know you were able to just hop inside the hub like that😮mad respect for what you do!!
He wasn't even wearing his harness for the transition!
@@CriticoolHit To be fair I'm not sure it would be any safer
@@CriticoolHit Well, where's he going to fall? Or how would he fall and how would the harness be of use?
@@jonnywilson9117 Not that there is any amount of money you could pay me to go up in one of these things but if you did manager to get me up there I am tied to 3 things at all times even with the hatch closed and no visible route to fall.
Nice! I was actually working on the same type of turbine (but the version with electric pitch system) today, I like these types of videos where I can show people what I do for a living
This type with electronic pitch systen?🤓 I didn't know that this even exists. What a shame 😄! I guess these types are located not in Europe?
@@saasch_baasch no it's in northern Germany, but I'm not sure if there's 1300's with it, the one I worked on was a 1000 but they're essentially identical aside from the weaker generator 😄
Ah ok, I heard from that, but the next smaller one I was on is the 300 or 500/600 kW an bonus, which is so cute on top😄
I thank an electric hub is much cleaner right
@@falco3471 yeah the an bonus hydraulic hubs are usually very messy from my experience, the electric ones are much better (still some grease from the lubrication but at least it's not covered with hydraulic oil)
I love how you can touch the machine and tell from the vibrations if it's doing what it's supposed to. I could do that when I worked at the Sugar factory. I could tell if something was spinning the way it was supposed to be doing by just taking my shoes off and touching the floor
Women are experts on that ...
Ohh cool What was it like working there ?? Any videos of it?
TH-cam's algorithm thought I might like this video. TH-cam was correct. And the funny thing is that I was sceptical at first, and fully entertained at the end 😊. As if TH-cam knows what I like better that I do.
please more videos like this! Great one!
Nothing like a combo of claustrophobia and being 100 miles up in the air! 🤣
Yeah... the air's a little too thin up there for my taste.
@@WellReadRednecklol its worse for me tho I have asthma
Ummm there's no air 100 miles up that's in space.
@@KiRiTO72987 I'm pretty sure they know that. It's an over exaggeration. But could you imagine climbing 100 miles via a fucking ladder? That would no joke take you about 6 weeks. Imagine getting to the top only to realise you forgot something. It's like with these jobs with climbing up something that takes 20 + minutes to get to the top, what happens when all of a sudden you now need a piss? I've had that at work, and I've only ever been a 3 minute walk away from the toilets at most. I can't imagine being 300' up and now my body decides it need to get rid of fluid or solids...
Very interesting. I used to repair the electronics from these things . Never got into one though. Wouldn't have minded doing that. We used to also repair the pitch sensors for the blades. Must have been coooold up there., nice video. Thanks for sharing.
Actually pretty warm in the Nacelle after the turbine has shut down and the gearbox radiates heat a good time after the turbines is stopped.
Cool perspective on something most people don't get to see.
That's what gets me about people complaining about the internet. While there's bad, there's far more good imo. And shit like this, even 20 years ago we'd never be able to see unless you did the job. Being able to be up a few hundred feet in the air from the comfort of my bedroom is pretty fickin cool
Was für Einblicke in dirsen Job. Danke !
Great video! Thanks for sharing! Awesome equipment on that Wind Turbine/Generator and the control system is superb no doubt.
Fascinating video. I'm wondering if this kind of service is done solo in North America - I would think the confined space work in the hub would sensibly require a second person.
This is so cool! It's great exercise for mind in my retirement years. Appreciate you sharing this with us!
Very cool/interesting. Thank you. It seems having the wind instruments working would be very important.
0:50 And so the LEGEND of the "EISENSPECHT" was born
Really interesting. First time I've seen inside a hub. And the generator section.
Absolutely Fascinating - thank you for making it and posting here, much appreciated
Excellent video my friend. You climbed down that turbine alot faster then you climbed up 🤣 big snag list 🤠 Refurbished annometers and wind vanes are the worst. Bearings always fail. Heater on wind instrument is probability cracked? . Iv never heard noise that bad from hub? Blade bearings are leaking plenty grease. I wonder would it be a blade bearings or pitch ram problem? I like this turbine.looked Easy to lock rotor . 😉
I appreciate the comments, explanation and notation throughout the video!
if you are claustrophobic and have a fear of hights. this is one of the worst jobs you could ever get!
As a person who spent a long time, years, climbing ladders for commercial property maintenance, you develop "buns and legs of steel"...some of the best exercise there is for lower body😊
now this was an education! thank you very much for letting us see. really a long long way all the way up. amazing. thank you again.
Wow. Thank you for the tour!
This looks like work that pays a Gazillion dollars an hour. Much respect!
Very cool! Pretty neat to see the inner workings like this. seems like a fun job!
why the pixelation between 3:00 and 3:10 when you were working on the yaw brake? were you able to fix the chatter in the blade pitch actuator?
Was taking pictures with his phone and didnt want to show it.
A very nice introduction about how wind turbines work, learned a lot in just 24 minutes, and not much was even said about it!
Great video, very interesting!
With the anemometer not functioning properly, does it have alternative means of determining windspeed? I would it assume it critical it knows windspeed at all times for protection against high wind conditions?
The wind speed is a necessary value to ensure the safety of the turbine. Unfortunately, this turbine has no redundancy. This anemometer needs to be replaced.
@@saasch_baasch I would suspect the turbine to the left or the right would give a damn good estimate wind speed, Is there any cross communication back to a central control room?
@@saasch_baaschDoes the wind farm facility have the capability to perform the anemometer's job for a failed unit? Or is it all per windmill only?
Thanks for this very nice and detailed video! That would be my dream job! Unfortunately, I have fear of height so I will continue to see other doing that 😂
😄 that's why I am making this Videos
Thank you for uploading this as there are hardly any videos of techs actually working. I'm sure it's a company policy thing, though.
Thank you for giving us insights about your job. ;)
Is the oil/grease on the propellers from leaky seals, or just from normal wear and tear.? Great video. Thanks for the share!
Going into the hub was the scariest part. What if the brakes failed and it started spinning with you in it?
That's why he put the pins in and then locked those into place.
Meat spin I guess
Lmfaooo shut up
Ain't no way you just said that lmfao
That’s what the rotor lock is for
THANK YOU SO SO MUCH for providing such an interesting insight to these beautiful devices!!!!!!!! LOVE THEM! LOVE YOUR JOB!!!!
What an amazing job, what an amazing machine!!!
Moin, super interessantes Video 👍da bekomme ich gleich Lust mit hochzukommen 😁 war das letzte mal ca. 2002 auf einer AN BONUS 1300
Grüße ✌️
Ja, das ist ja ein Stück her, da war die Branche noch überschaubar 😄
Hey👍🏻, finde es auch interessant, mal einen Einblick in so eine Anlage zu bekommen. Von dem Typ stehen bei mir in der Nähe auch noch 4 Anlagen, wovon eine aber immer mal steht.
Danke und grüße aus Thüringen/Weimarer Land!
Fascinating video. Thanks for posting.
Fascinating. What a great job! Respect to you.
Surely someone stands at the bottom
also the teeny control console was cute.
Wow those are serious pieces of equipment inside!
Great video! I really enjoyed going down the ladder in fast forward! 🙂
Very nice video. The “setting the rotor lock” process reminds me of the self destruct sequence in Alien.
Really cool. Thanks for sharing.
Hard worker, Good man. Cheers!
Very nice video ! What old turbine around 1000kW in your opinion have a best reliable ?
Good question, in this range the enercon Turbines (e.g. E58) are further ahead than all the others. But you may have also luck with others.
@@saasch_baasch Thanks for you answer. I will ait for next videos :) maybe with E58 E53 or other Enercons !
Cool, modern day equivalent of "wheel tappers and shunters" Thanks.
Hard and responsible work... At least it pays well? Is the camera used to monitor the technician's work?
Looks like a good workout climbing all the ladders.
It is crazy to see the differences between the old AN bonus machines and the 101s i am used too.
as someone with severe vertigo (höhenangst), everything was A-OK right up to 4:37 ... shudders 😖
still forced myself to watch it all the way through and while i could never do something like this, was still interesting to watch 👍
Thanks for sharing, absolutely fascinating video.
That looks like a nice place to live during a zombie apocalypse
I have a mate who would give anything to base jump off such a turbine. Interesting that you clipped your harness to the over extension cable on the door strut - would that hold you weight if you fell? Can there not be some sort of cover erected over the wind instruments to shield them from snow and ice? Seems just a little snowfall and they’ll get stuck again. I always enjoy watching jobs that are isolated where not a word is said. Ice be talking to myself and singing through the whole job. I would love to harvest the balsa wood used in these blades - apparently they just bury them whole??
Didn’t know they had such technologies in the 1300’s… impressive !
Klasse, bitte mehr davon💪
I like how you have to stand in the hub to check the bolts that hold the hub on!
as someone who is facinated by these mashines this is such an incredible video
Impressive and very intersting. Thanks for sharing
New fear unlocked: inside of a windmill
Wind turbine
How do these instruments at the top keep operating in icy conditions, do they freeze and seize up completely?
They are usually heated. In this case the fuses of the heaters were damaged. In addition I had no permit to do any repairs.
Fascinating! Many thanks for posting.
Before entering the main hub, do you have to lock the blades to a fixed angle? Is the fixing done by bare hand or some electrical power?
They showed in the video how they did it.
Locking the rotation of the hub was done with a manual locking mechanism before entering the hub. The rotation (angle of attack) of the blades themselves was not locked, as he tested them while in the hub.
I miss transporting those components. It's fun to see them up .
is there a reason that they don't just put witness marks on the nuts and bolts when they're originally torqued? makes inspecting for loosened fasteners a simple visual test.
Yeah, I was thinking that finding a loose or out of torque spec nut, it could be marked on the casing beside it with date and either T or L to keep track for next inspection.
@@JefferyTheriault They can shear and stretch as well as turn though.
Is there a way to get better audio of the beautiful machinery sounds instead of the wind? More videos please
Any recommendations for a good Bluetooth microphone with some furr cover?
Really cool video. I'm glad the majority of the tower is illuminated for you Be safe!
What a cool job for a living!! I can only dream about having something like that...
I do have a question, not saying hes doing the job wrong or anything but im just curious. Why when he does the de-icing, hes only taping it and not using any sort of chemical spray. Im assuming it could do damage to the machine or its just not needed?
How tall is that and how fast do they spin? I've heard people say different things. Never from someone who works on them though.
so.... what happens if you fumble and drop that access hatch lid to the blade hub....
I found this really interesting actually. Thank you!
Looks awesome, and pretty laidback. Are you A&P certified or something similar?
two of my pet peeves, high places and tight spaces, would have to pay me a whole a lot of money to ever get me inside one of those tincans.
It feels like the Dead Space game. Even the machine sounds
Vraiment bien, c'est agréable de voir tout ça ❤❤
Guy works fast. Best employee. Inspects 20 turbines a day. 10 other guys made redundant
Ich würde auch gerne mal auf eine drauf aber nur im Sommer haha. Bis jetzt hatte ich noch nicht das "Glück"
Hast du welche in deiner Nähe? Frag einfach mal beim Betreiber an, muss eigentlich immer eine Nummer außen an der WEA stehen. Die sind da meistens kulant, wenn nicht gleich eine ganze reisegruppe hoch möchte 😄
@@saasch_baasch Alles gut ich arbeite ja in dem Bereich nur fahre ich fast nur Vestas und Neg Micon. Aber ergibt sich bestimmt mal
Frag doch einfach mal nach wenn du jemanden dran stehen siehst , bisher keine schlechten Erfahrungen gemacht auch wenn es unterschiedliche Firmen sind 👍
Ja cool, ich war erst auf einer M1500, also die 500kW Neg Micon mit dem Blechturm, Immer wieder ein Erlebni👍
@@saasch_baasch ja auf so alten bin ich nicht drauf. War bis jetzt nur von NM60 bis 82 drauf
This is very, very interesting video! Many thanks!
What do you do if you are caught by the harness in such cold weather? Do you have a push button safety or periodic check done? I imagine hanging in such cold weather could kill you quick
You hammered so hard that some bolts got loose after you hand tightened them :D
Can you feel the Nacelle moving? If so is it extremely noticeable, or is it just kind of a background thing. Lol
How do i get a job like this?
Addendum: the turbine's head looks cozy af
Depending on where you are located, there are plenty of jobs, especially in Europe. You can either choose manufacturers, service providers, operation management or other like inspections or specialized repair companies. I suggest you visit a fair, for example "Hamburg wind", "Husum wind", the fair in Bilbao and so on. I am sure you will find a job ;-)
I think the best place for that is central and west europe, as for a brit person in Poland Im going to have to either move to the northern side of Poland or to Germany.
So, for the other turbines you turn the GoPro off and have a little sleep on the fifth floor?
Amazing job. Is this an IZAR BONUS 1300?
As I see, the pitches work independently, right?
Why do the 2x speed ladder climbs sound so goofy😂😂
😮6:25 wind instruction !😊
10:14 soo you basically have a remote up there?!!?! I wanna have one 😂😂😂
That was awesome !
This looks much easier than when I used to climb cell phone towers lol
That's pretty wild. The handheld looks like an old Snap-On scanner, I wonder if the same company made it.
why contra nuts around 2:37 are not tighten?
It’s not an ‘AN’, but a Bonus/Siemens 😊 They were sold via AN in Germany, though. I’ve worked a lot in those in the beginning of my career.
Norway?
Why did you blur some of it put
5:18 he ties off to … the hatch mechanism… not what I would call a safe anchor point
Its just his first anchor before he ties his second line to the real anchor point.
@ sorry but it’s not a proper tie off point..regardless of if he plans to tie off to something else .. that’s not strong enough
The whole time the main hatch doors were open I thought he should be tied off. Also going into the blade yaw mechanism through that small hatch looked sketchy and needed tie off.
I didn’t realise the tower had separate sections.. makes sense, for safety reasons. These would make awesome multi roomed apartments 👌🏼😄
Das ist nicht zufällig in der Ecke bei Beckum oder? Die AN gab's ja nicht so viele mit den Europodesten soviel ich weiß.
Very cool video! I would absolutely *LOVE* to go up in one of those things!!!
Nice! I worked several years on the 2.3 VS