Failure Analysis video is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qthjf6iVttWrnJ8.html

Good catch on the engine there - especially with the camera in one hand. That would of been a Code Brown for me...

Arc flash is no joke, hope you are OK. I mess with large generators in my backyard and it's always a real concern having that happen.

Shake hands with danger Glad your ok, I used to be a generator mechanic and that’s a scary thing not many people experience let alone live thru.

“That’s not gone well.” I would have to agree lol! I’m glad you alive and safe my friend!

Having worked in a facility with high voltage transformers and switchgear we were always geared up to expect the worse when doing any switching, high amperage arc flash is no joke, good to see your okay.

Glad you’re ok! When I worked for a commercial electrician in high school we used to switch on large breakers with a broom handle or tie a rope to them for this reason haha. Now I work for the power company and have a choice between a 12’ insulated extension or a 30’ insulated extension stick

I also work on generators for a living and have had that happen to me as well. It wasn't that bad, but I will never turn one of those phase selector switches again while the unit is running. I would rather take my chances manually reading the phase voltage with a meter. I'm glad you're ok, quick thinking!

The adrenaline kicks in immediately when something like this happens, you maintained the presence of mind to make the situation safe before moving yourself to safety. Good job. I had a dc arc in an isolator which caused a fire, I used a full CO2 extinguisher on it but it kept re-igniting. The dc power was coming from a commercial scale PV array so I got my insulated cutters and cut through all the PV cables supplying the isolator. Then I got another CO2 extinguisher and it went out first time. It took me all afternoon to calm down.

This situation was handled so well. Props for doing what you could to shut it down and stay safe

Damn dude I’m really sorry that happened, glad you are ok though! Edit: incredible save on shutting the engine down tho holy shit balls of steel!

Damn do I feel your pain. It’s always something, after countless hours of hard work! Glad you are safe! Now comes the hours of brainstorming a solution!

Love the series, can't wait to see the post mortem and maybe a repair? Would be great to have a good still image of the control panel and a description of the controls.

Oh Flippin hel*. Glad you were not hurt. Hope all can be repaired. I will stay tuned for the outcome...

Glad the grounds all worked! That might have been very shocking!

Good sense of responsibility that you shut it down immediately without running away. Salute.

I am glad you shared this ,I keep seeing big gen sets at the local farm auction ,and one of these days I will win one .

Take note of the far right gauges goes off the dial completely as it goes boom

Man I feel you. Very calm "that's not gone well". I've been diagnosing, tracing and testing 3 phase in my shop while installing a Bridgeport and big lathe. I've been very care full to not have that boom. The meth-magicians that were in my building before me apparently dead shorted the 3 phase , I would have love to see the reaction to that one, I'm sure it made the bad buzz and threw sparks. I can see the marks where they got something in there on the thumb size cable lugs, killed the black leg and proceeded to jumper black and blue to restore power to the whole panel rather than doing a little sluth work and replacing a 200 amp fuse in the main switch panel. Psyched to have 3 phase back too. I was going to run a phase converter for them.

Saw a malfunctioning Lincoln power wave do this in school, glad to see you lived to talk about it.

Ummm did anyone else notice as well, the 5 gallon gas can that got showered in arc babies? You're fortunate dude!

Wayne my brother glad all your eyebrows are still intact! Sometimes, when we work on old junk, it turns out it really is junk....but that judgement is yet to be called.

Bro! Scary stuff. Way to keep it together man. Much respect.

Watching this led me to immediately read about arc flash. That’s some serious shit and I am glad no one was hurt.

Man, are you ok? You were extremely calm during that deal. I know you will figure it out. This is real stuff. That's why I like your videos 👍

I worked with some 100Kw CAT gensets before and that has always been a fear of mine, especially when doing a load bank test on them after a repair. Man... that was horrifying to watch, glad you are alright

I like your reflex to turn it off n not run away . U the man

this dude goes for the e shutdown after the explosion ... to save that motor ! mad props (i woulda been outta there) .... at the end of the day i hear no injuries so thaTs the best part!

Been working on industrial generators for a little over ten years now. Experienced technicians will never move the voltage/current display multi position switch, especially on older units. This is why. Unfortunately you had to learn the hard way! Glad to see you are ok and you handled the shut down extremely well under the circumstances

Man, thank GOD your ok brotha! Arch flashes are no joke! Stay safe out there working on junk man!

Although violent the thumb nail has a warm Christmas glow to it kinda nice stay safe and never mind them breaks keep that hammer down

Man that sucks! Glad your ok though. Hopefully there isn’t too much damage

Holy crap, When I saw the title and then saw the camera angle I knew this was gonna be scary but holy crap man. Glad you're ok

Shiitttt, Glad you're OK buddy!! Pretty damn impressive to instinctively go into shut everything down and pull the cables mode rather than running away!!!

it's crazy how dangerous that situation was, but all my brain can think about is the fact that the motor stumbles, then just goes "alright that happened" and keeps going. idk why but it's funny to me. glad to see you made it out without all your nerve's coatings melting off!

Good job keeping calm in the face of panic! Dude I will assume that you are OK, since you posted the video!

the way you reacted immediately after it happened, i wouldve just ran away and watch it burn... you are so brave, hope you made a recovery now

Damn the 808s are risin’ up 🎹 😳

That sucks 😕 glad you're not hurt!

On the contrary, things seem to be going quite well! You survived an arc flash apparently pretty well intact, you got the thing secured fast, and it didn't light up the vapors from the open gas can at your feet! 😂

Lucky guy. Acted quick and I love the irony "that's not going well" 🤣

Good reaction to shut down all moving parts with a failure a lot of people freak out or don’t kno what to do u went straight into safety mode god bless I wish my coworkers were as smart lol

Love how all the sparky things landing all around the fuel can...!

That was quite a light show! One of the adjustment controls must have shorted placing a direct phase to phase short in the stator. Hopefully the smoke wasn’t totally from the gen head but it looked like it was. That’s definitely a bummer 😢. Hopefully you can find a suitable replacement and carry on with the project. So glad the arc wasn’t severe enough to injure you! Gensets can be replaced but we sure can’t replace you

Good hell Wayne! Glad you are still in one piece. Glad it was diesel and not gas . Great composure and shut it down even when SHTF.

well composed dude. good job.

Damn, glad you are ok. I'm an electrician and generator tech. That's always a big fear... but glad you're ok. Can't say much for the genset though... an autopsy of it would be a great video though...

Not a single f-bomb dropped. Amazing how you kept your cool 😁

And I thought I was having a bad morning. Let's hope the part that acted as a fuse is easy to fix.

Glad your ok! Quick thinking as well, bet that was a ear ringer for sure!

Yikes!! I had to google arc flash…glad you’re ok, be safe out there please. We need you Wayno

Wow! Do you know what happened yet? Glad your alright. I hope this isn't the end of the generator project.

Holy Shit Batman!!! So glad you appear to be ok, whew!

I’m glad you’re okay 😮

I would run for dear life 😭 Awesome catch very cool 🔥

My blood pressure spiked seeing that, had to learn all about arc flashes years ago. Hope you weren't hurt man.

Thanks for not click baiting this and making it a 20minute video. Hopefully the damage isn’t bad. Were you energizing the unit when it popped?

Well handled sir!!!!

Smart to have the camera in hand. The camera man never dies 😊

hope youre ok bro, that sucks that happened with all the work youve done to it. My dad messes with big generators also, its one of those risk factors. Usually when he gets one thats been sitting up for a long time, he pulls it apart to check if any dirt daubers built any nest in the windings because if one lets loose, that can do something simular to that in the generator though. Looks like when you turned the contactor you got arc flash from the control panel, possible mice chewed the insulation off the wiring maybe?, Good luck on getting it straightened out. BTW, we have a big genset with a 6-71 powering it iirc the generator is a 480kw, if I was closer you may of been interested in it too

When your generator makes a sick bass drop and then the room lights up like a night club its probably time to get out of the generator room

Quick thinking nice work.

While it sucks when equipment is damaged or destroyed it would be a Absolute Tragedy if you were *HURT!* STAY SAFE and keep haven FUN!

That was insane man. I used to work on natural gas generators up to 500kw. Always a slightly nerve wracking experience hitting that breaker. Glad you're alright. If that gen pack is toast honestly if you can find a Stamford gen pack to put on the engine those are very very solid units.

Glad your ok man

Check again how calmly this driver forced the system to shut down. very successful! you are wonderful

😳 WOW...that was close.

That could've been a lot worse! Glad your ok bud

Wooooo baby that loaded it up good!

After all the work you put into it...I'm really sorry but glad you didn't get hurt or start a fire. It could have been a lot worse

I used to do electrical work and I had to take a safety course and they showed us a video on how dangerous Arc Flash is and we got to see a dude get vaporized into literally dust. It’s quite shocking.

Built different. Mans got arc-flashed, assessed the situation and handled it swiftly all on video

What an amazing reaction time and deliberate actions. Balls the size of baseballs.

Holy hell DUDE glad you're okay bub gezzzzzzzzzzzzz

Not exactly the same, but reminds of the time they tested the new diesel generator for our ups system. The moment the generator had "synced" to the grid we heard a giant bang and the ground shook. Turns out the installers swapped two cables of the generator, letting it fight against the grid and causing so much torque the crankshaft snapped in half.

Prompt, educated response. Kudos, this video may teach others a lot.

0:34 great job on the open jerry can with sparks flying lmfao

On the plus side, the flash was up top, not in the generator itself... so either a meter went paws up, or something in the field control died... Long story short, I think the generator itself is ok, just needs some new control wiring.

FUCKING SCARY. Quick thinking there, could've been worse for sure. Glad you're okay dude.

Good reaction on the shutdown. Only a split second of panic and then you did what you needed to do.

Hope you had your safety squints activated

Sketchy as frig man, glad you're okay. Now get to putting all the sparks and smoke back into the gen head!! 🤘😆

I thought that the gas can was going to go up in flames, good thing it didn't. Glad you survived!

Props for being able to keep a level head after getting arc flash banged

That's the problem with old generators , the coatings on the windings delaminates, or cracks then it shorts out internally, then then genset burns up, seen it several times

"being a mother is the hardest job"

Must got you warm real quick 😂 jeez, that really would be scary, if I were in that situation, I’d honestly dip, nothing else, just run in the opposite direction and hope it doesn’t explode 😂 you truly handled that like a champ. **generator explodes in face** “well, that’s not going good” in the most monotone voice too.

Holy shit bud are you ok?

Oh Shit!! and you were right there. I hope you are ok my friend . That sucks. You know your stuff and that happened. that is so crazy!! My thought is that the armature delaminated and started to tear apart the generator from the inside. You are so lucky something way worse did not happen and take your arm or you. God Bless Brother!!

0:07 perfect sound byte to put into a video game weapon

Aw, holy shit dude! That container of fuel in there... Hopefully you didn't have too much $$$$ wrapped up in it. Were you by chance connecting to the grid? If so, you have to be right at 60 Hertz per second, or when you flip that switch, the rest of the grid will regulate the generator to 60 Hertz so fast that it will break stuff in the generator itself. I'll bet you can find another generator head.

Big Banda booom boss Great save too with all those sparks flying

Handled that well my man!!

incredibly quick thinking and save. i wouldve shit my pants and froze up letting the whole damn thing catch on fire 🤣🤣

Quick thinking good recovery of the situation

I know what happened ! You let the smoke out of the wires. 😂. Glad your ok 👍

Lucky to be posting

That was exciting!

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Hope you're in good health, wish you the best