Railway power lines | The Art of keeping them STRAIGHT

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Lesics

Lesics

Жыл бұрын

Whenever you travel in a train you might have seen these hanging weights near the poles and a strange connection of wires near to them. What exactly are they? Why couldn’t they just use a simple conductive wire arrangement similar to the normal power transmission system? Let’s learn about the details of auto tensioning devices.
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@yishujia186
@yishujia186 Жыл бұрын
When I was a little boy, I always wonder why there are so many complicated components up there. Thanks for the explanation.
@osamaabdirahman6149
@osamaabdirahman6149 Жыл бұрын
How old are you now?!🙄🤔
@yishujia186
@yishujia186 Жыл бұрын
I am 43 now.
@omshah9282
@omshah9282 Жыл бұрын
@@yishujia186 and what was your age when you were little boy?!🙄🤔
@yishujia186
@yishujia186 Жыл бұрын
I was curious about this when I was about 8-10 years old. As I learned more in school as a teenager, I started to know the purpose of the weight. But I still don’t know the rest of the mechanism.
@omshah9282
@omshah9282 Жыл бұрын
@@yishujia186 thank you. i was just curious 😄
@gaurav_gandhi
@gaurav_gandhi Жыл бұрын
I have travelled 10+ years in Indian trains and i have daily seen all this mechanism and now i can really understand them, thanks a lot.
@laurisikio
@laurisikio Жыл бұрын
I think you should've learnt this already by yourself, from the roof of the train the observation should be relatively easy
@isolvechess1941
@isolvechess1941 Жыл бұрын
@@laurisikiosometimes observation itself may not spark the need to understand
@sriramravi2936
@sriramravi2936 Жыл бұрын
100 💯
@LikeAGroove
@LikeAGroove Жыл бұрын
@@laurisikio lmao
@omshah9282
@omshah9282 Жыл бұрын
@@laurisikio why would someone sit on roof of train?
@jacobpalmer9247
@jacobpalmer9247 Жыл бұрын
This guy puts a lot of time and effort into his animations
@Wetbread127
@Wetbread127 Жыл бұрын
I think it’s a whole team
@aardvark3d
@aardvark3d Жыл бұрын
A great explanation. Respect to the 3D artist for a job well done.
@shekarlakshmipathi
@shekarlakshmipathi Жыл бұрын
Tooo good an explanation. I love the way you start with a problem, suggest a solution, and improve it step by step. Also the graphics is great. Also, the way you narrate is at prefect cadence with appropriate pauses. You are doing great service. I wish I learned these when I was younger, oh well! Better late than never.
@abirajbindu3057
@abirajbindu3057 Жыл бұрын
👏
@devanarayans5131
@devanarayans5131 Жыл бұрын
Well said, I only wish schools too taught this way.. If this topic was taught in school, the teacher would just draw the entire diagram tell what the names of the components and then move on
@legitscoper3259
@legitscoper3259 Жыл бұрын
As European Train driver, i couldn't spot a mistake. Good work. Only thing that would have been lowkey important is how the Panthograph switches wires without getting tangled up ripping the overhead line down. These devices look like a sled, and are installed at the said point.
@weeardguy
@weeardguy Жыл бұрын
That depends. Those sleds are only found on section-insulations in The Netherlands. The rest just 'interceps' and 'leave' the current contact wire by raising it from the contact wire that really is in contact with the pantograph. Sometimes, composite-material drive-able insulators are used. Long, cilindrical elements between two sections to create insulation while also being able to drive under them with the pantograph while applying power. For section-insulation, we use those sleds (with a rather large type from RIBE being ever more common). But normal Dutch trains run on 1.8 kVDC only, that makes things quite a bit more easy (and complex at the same time due to the high currents involved)
@sanjayvaradharajan
@sanjayvaradharajan Жыл бұрын
Proof that u r European train driver??
@Hockeyking86
@Hockeyking86 Жыл бұрын
Jumper cables were mounted facing the wrong way. Need to be coupled in a “C” fashion facing direction of travel to help prevent the jumper from getting snagged if loose.
@weeardguy
@weeardguy Жыл бұрын
@@Hockeyking86 We just don't connect jumper wires like that in The Netherlands at all as almost all of our tracks are double and secured like single track (in professional terms: Double single-track safety). It just means that both tracks can be driven on in both directions should this be necessary. Jumper wires are made with long wires connected to the contactwire, up to the catenary wire (with a stress-loop in between to allow for movement at different temperatures) and then extend over to the newly added wire. Usually we double this wire and you'll see two loops. An even more complex situation can be seen here: www.m-voorloop.nl/modelbouw/blikopbovenleiding/bovenleiding-krul-draagkabel-rijdraad.jpg
@drnota472
@drnota472 Жыл бұрын
@@sanjayvaradharajan he has no proof. he is a martian train driver. an alien in disguise!
@1.4142
@1.4142 Жыл бұрын
Incredibly clever design just to keep wires straight.
@frizzby-x
@frizzby-x Жыл бұрын
There’s nothing extraordinary in this design. The idea is to just keep adding more supports. I’m sure a smart 10 year old would have come up with a similar thing if tasked with the right materials and tools.
@cityuser
@cityuser Жыл бұрын
@@frizzby-x Of course they can. But when done, they'd be in their 20s xD
@PikaPluff
@PikaPluff Жыл бұрын
@@frizzby-x so you can design this? Please, sit down peasant.
@-_deploy_-
@-_deploy_- 11 ай бұрын
​@@frizzby-x 🤓🤓🤓
@someolddude7076
@someolddude7076 Жыл бұрын
Not only does the wire need to maintain a constant height over the rail, it also needs to zig-zag sideways, on a horizontal plane over the rails. If the wire was like a straight line, it would quickly wear thru the pentagraphs single contact point. By zig-zagging sideways, it moves the contact point back and forth, over a bar of carbon at the top of the pentagraph. The video kind of shows this, but doesn’t explain that extra bit of complication. I’m not an engineer, but I play one on TV, so I know what I’m talking about. I also play a brain surgeon. Come see me for discounted rates.
@vadim4365
@vadim4365 Жыл бұрын
This problem was explained in another video "The Brilliant Engineering behind Pantographs!"
@jackmclane1826
@jackmclane1826 Жыл бұрын
You are correct in this point. But I don't see how playing something on TV effects you real life capabilities above a superficial insight.
@fidelabc123
@fidelabc123 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you watched the other lesics video on cable trollies
@daved3494
@daved3494 Жыл бұрын
@@jackmclane1826 Perhaps he was joking.......
@snorman1911
@snorman1911 Жыл бұрын
@@jackmclane1826 nothing gets past this guy!
@paulrandig
@paulrandig Жыл бұрын
I worked that out by myself one day when I was standing on a bridge across a railway. When I had got it, an ÖBB Railjet train passed. Imagine my surprise when I saw the exact same train in your video!
@aetmi
@aetmi Жыл бұрын
Yes and the Taurus sound!
@atg1203
@atg1203 Жыл бұрын
I loved traveling by train as a child and would stay up all night looking out the window. I used to wonder what the weights were all the time then when I learnt about thermal expansion at school I connected the dots but never knew for sure. So glad my "guess" was correct. Thank you for the video. Great explanation!
@VidAmix.1
@VidAmix.1 Жыл бұрын
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@3dplanet100
@3dplanet100 Жыл бұрын
Its so amazing how genius and clever were those people (or maybe just one person) who designed all that so the cables dont drags.
@AnupSingh-kw3ww
@AnupSingh-kw3ww Жыл бұрын
It didn't happen in a day, nor by a single person.
@joeeeee8738
@joeeeee8738 Жыл бұрын
Exactly, it's the combined effort of many many people sharing insights, experience and results. You are just seeing the end result!
@bmxscape
@bmxscape Жыл бұрын
i bet you can imagine what they had to do before they realized they needed a more advanced design
@stormtrooper9404
@stormtrooper9404 Жыл бұрын
It’s not that is nuclear fusion either! These systems were finalized in the 50’s with little newtonian physics and more medieval ingenuity… You know… 40 years after Einstein presented his theory of General Relativity!
@-._.-._.-
@-._.-._.- Жыл бұрын
Can't imagine how many times i tought of this while waiting for the train. I'm not even subbed to you, but it showed up on my recommended. Thanks a lot!!! Now i finally know.
@-._.-._.-
@-._.-._.- Жыл бұрын
@pana riello It wouldn't even surprise me at this point! Hahaha
@FreightmareFTW
@FreightmareFTW Жыл бұрын
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@michelpereira3194
@michelpereira3194 Жыл бұрын
This video should be used in every railway school!!! Schools use the same old methods since the 60s' with pictures in books with 1000+ words whose understanding depends on subjective aspects. Teaching methods have to evolute with society and also adapt to the students and not just the opposite.
@nhytg376tgyuu765gjmg
@nhytg376tgyuu765gjmg Жыл бұрын
What is a railway school?
@michelpereira3194
@michelpereira3194 Жыл бұрын
@@nhytg376tgyuu765gjmg where students get a degree to work in railways, no matter the degree level: operational, technical or university courses
@gwyneddboom2579
@gwyneddboom2579 Жыл бұрын
Well, I wouldn’t… there are a few factual issues with these videos.
@Mgameing123
@Mgameing123 Жыл бұрын
@@michelpereira3194 Everything with the railways themselves right? As the train drivers get educated via the operator
@sayamqazi
@sayamqazi Жыл бұрын
@@gwyneddboom2579 All explanations are incomplete. By your logic every description of any matter is flawed.
@sagarrawat7203
@sagarrawat7203 Жыл бұрын
How much an engineer have to think for such a system seems very easy and simple. So many concept and many techniques used.
@WaefanChang
@WaefanChang Жыл бұрын
This. This explains all the questions I've had regarding railway powerlines. I had guessed that the weights were used to tension the system, but I couldn't understand why the braces seemed to have "hinges". I also didn't understand why there seemed to be so much interwire bracing on higher-speed systems. Liked and subscribed.
@T00nime
@T00nime Жыл бұрын
Hats off to those intelligent brains who proposed these ideas to make our life easy. 🙏
@PutsOnSneakers
@PutsOnSneakers Жыл бұрын
they spend more time dealing with science instead of a church. That's the best way to ADVANCE instead of dwelling on stories written by people that sanctioned science as witchcraft
@jaye1967
@jaye1967 Жыл бұрын
It's amazing how many engineering concerns need to be taken into consideration to achieve such a simple result.
@justandy333
@justandy333 Жыл бұрын
And this is the design for a simple bit of straight track. I can imagine how quickly the complexity of the design will increase when you add multiple points and diamond crossovers. Very clever people designing these systems.
@MindTreeNexus
@MindTreeNexus Жыл бұрын
Please bring more and more topics from Electrical and Electronics background...very interesting and great art of explanation. ✋
@masternobody1896
@masternobody1896 Жыл бұрын
yes
@masternobody1896
@masternobody1896 Жыл бұрын
I want to know how generator make electricty
@neerajs1988
@neerajs1988 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the effort u made.. to understand this engineering conception 🙏🙏
@tvoommen4688
@tvoommen4688 Жыл бұрын
The contact wire, catenary and droppers assembled together reminds me the engineering of suspension bridges.
@iamdave84
@iamdave84 Жыл бұрын
Yes, very similar concept. You want both the contact wire and the road horizontal!
@anupvadnere5950
@anupvadnere5950 Жыл бұрын
Rail technology always look simple but there is always depth of engineering thanks to you we can able to understand this depth.
@danielrose1392
@danielrose1392 Жыл бұрын
It looks simple because railways where always about efficiency. 200 years of innovation trying to find the simplest working solution.
@SamratManna-zi1mo
@SamratManna-zi1mo Ай бұрын
I can assure you tht railway Engineering is tough man. 😂. Interesting but tough
@billmoran3812
@billmoran3812 Жыл бұрын
The old New Haven Railroad used a very elegant design that reduced the need for intermediate supports and did not require swing arms. It was a triangular shaped wore arrangement with two catenary wires on the top and one contact wire on the bottom. The wires were spaced by droppers designed to keep the contact wire level. Because there were two catenary wires with spacers between them, the whole wire assembly remained straight in the horizontal plane and could be installed with fewer supports. That arrangement worked well for about 80 years.
@matteopietrobelli8610
@matteopietrobelli8610 Жыл бұрын
Can you share pictures Bill? It sounds interesting.
@xiphosura413
@xiphosura413 2 ай бұрын
@@matteopietrobelli8610 If you google "New Haven Railroad electrification" and go to images, you can see a few examples of it pop up. It is a very neat and elegant design! Apparently, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway used it too.
@BritainRitten
@BritainRitten Жыл бұрын
I love Lesics incremental approach to arriving at the solution. By the time you get to the end, it's clear it couldn't be another way!
@veyrondarren1064
@veyrondarren1064 Жыл бұрын
I can't even imagine how I will become an engineer without this channel
@jackjack0
@jackjack0 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Another interesting thing: looking down from straight above, the train power line is actually not perfect straight, it 's intentionally a slight zigzag horizontally. Thus when train progress, the wear on the train pento will be evenly distributed in a range, instead of a single cut by a perfect straight line. In this way the life span of train pento will be greatly increased.
@nambam5409
@nambam5409 Жыл бұрын
that makes sense, nice!
@esupermansan7623
@esupermansan7623 Жыл бұрын
The amazing animation and the level of knowledge provided by you that too for free. God bless You. People like you make the world a smarter place.
@Frrk
@Frrk Жыл бұрын
I first thought "ah, it's just the weights and pully" but there's a lot more! Thanks!
@parzival9639
@parzival9639 Жыл бұрын
I love how your videos go hand in hand! For example, now your viewers already know how a pantograph works and the basics of power transmission with trains. This makes the current video easier to understand and really shows how much thought goes into your videos!
@bajaxbajax910
@bajaxbajax910 Жыл бұрын
good video. I like the on-camera segments, I like seeing who is behind the videos I watch. Makes it clear you're someone who enjoys the subject matter, not just a content farm. Also a good physics demo too, haha.
@justalurker66
@justalurker66 Жыл бұрын
I agree. The "practical" demonstration is better than having all animation / CGI. It offers proof that the wire will sag under its own weight and cannot be level without the additional support. Theoretically one could create animation that arched the wire up between supports. A practical demonstration shows why the wire arches down. My local electric railroad has constant tension complex catenary with each arm pulling the wire left or right from center as well as supporting the messenger wire above and contact wire below. At the transfer points between wire segments each wire rises upwards from a middle point where the wires are level. Constant contact against constant height constant tension catenary. Places where the power source changes from one substation to another are designed differently so the pan does not short the two circuits (but that is beyond the scope of this video).
@revzzrider
@revzzrider Жыл бұрын
SIMPLE YET COMPLICATED, OR COMPLICATED YET SIMPLE !! Beauty of Engineering & Technology
@jingyu_park
@jingyu_park Жыл бұрын
Again. Modern engineering is so amazing
@raTTy_auT
@raTTy_auT Жыл бұрын
That animations and the explaination was on point. Couldn't have been any more clearer.
@vitalikkouen
@vitalikkouen Жыл бұрын
What a great and informative piece - it makes it so much easier for visual learners to comprehend new information! Keep up the great job, guys!
@danyf3116
@danyf3116 Жыл бұрын
This was part of my suggestion by KZfaq. Not only did I learn something new, it also made it clear how suspended bridges stay straight leveled.
@flipvansaksen774
@flipvansaksen774 19 күн бұрын
What a great presentation. Well done. After watching i am even able to explain it to others because of the logic build up. You answered each time the question "Why" and that is what makes it so powerful.
@Arun_hog
@Arun_hog Жыл бұрын
Also the cable wires touching the pantograph is passing in a zig-zag manner to allow for uniform wear n tear on the pantograph. @3:58
@Frrk
@Frrk Жыл бұрын
That makes sense. I wonder how often the contact strip on the pantograph would have to be replaced.
@romanieo
@romanieo Жыл бұрын
Very happy I'm Subscribed and toggled the notification bell. First-class material in each video.
@Bandrik
@Bandrik Жыл бұрын
I rode a train like this today and was looking at the wiring setup and was trying to figure out why they do it the way they do. And now I know. Thank you!
@Einstine1984
@Einstine1984 Жыл бұрын
Have just noticed it for the first time, and now I am unable to unsee it. And I love it
@Underwatergoat1
@Underwatergoat1 Жыл бұрын
The OHLE is not actually straight. It runs in a zig zag pattern to spread the wear over the width of the pan carbon. If this was not done, the carbons would not last very long.
@commieSlayer69
@commieSlayer69 Жыл бұрын
Watch from 4:00 . The pantograph isn't having a single point of contact
@akushwah61
@akushwah61 Жыл бұрын
This was covered in their past video : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbCSiKxjqZnWfI0.html :)
@Ben31337l
@Ben31337l Жыл бұрын
@@commieSlayer69 yeah, you need to have a transition from the old contact wire to the new contact wire, otherwise the pantograph will catch and break
@sayamqazi
@sayamqazi Жыл бұрын
He meant straight from the side perspective.
@sayamqazi
@sayamqazi Жыл бұрын
@@commieSlayer69 Nice username :D
@Wingedmechanic
@Wingedmechanic Жыл бұрын
Also mention that the wires are not perfectly parallel to the railway lines under it, rather it moves from side to side in a zig zag manner as we travel along the line. This is done to prevent the wires from rubbing the pantograph in a straight line and cutting a groove in the sliding material.
@Kycilak
@Kycilak Жыл бұрын
I believe it is explained in another video on this channel. I believe it is the video about pantographs.
@RonaldoLapid
@RonaldoLapid Жыл бұрын
When I was driving to Winnipeg I see lots of this but I see those circular motor things I don't know whether or not moving so thank you for this combination
@WhatsInAName222
@WhatsInAName222 Жыл бұрын
I have always wondered why there are 2 wires and sometimes just a single wire, usually in train yards. This video clarified it very nicely.
@paramurowdran591
@paramurowdran591 Жыл бұрын
Very impressive and useful information I've ever learn from anyone, good going, congratulations,keep teaching more ,,
@tr911tr
@tr911tr Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the explanation! Simple and detailed!
@padix900
@padix900 Жыл бұрын
I love the fact that this shows up on my feed only 2 weeks after I return from Spain, where I rode the high speed train
@OmegaGenesisTrueEarth
@OmegaGenesisTrueEarth Жыл бұрын
Very informative animation. Great design! The ice storms must be an issue with all those wires though... Self powered trains have their advantages!
@ronb6182
@ronb6182 Жыл бұрын
And disadvantages also. Batteries don't last long and diesel is why we have trains Disney made a monorail but that requires raising the rail above the ground way above. Sky bus was a big failure in Pittsburgh no one wanted it in their neighborhood. 73
@oskarsrode2167
@oskarsrode2167 Жыл бұрын
I've actually never wondered about this, I just looked up and observed and drew my quite correct conclusions. Btw, Railjet is awesome.
@OficialDeChancelaria
@OficialDeChancelaria Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! Greetings from an Electrical Engineer in Brazil 🇧🇷
@yamantiwari1740
@yamantiwari1740 Жыл бұрын
I am extremely thankful because you made video on the topic that I requested you earlier. Your channel make people understand engineering at early age. 🙏🙏🙏
@MindTreeNexus
@MindTreeNexus Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information ❤️
@RealCadde
@RealCadde Жыл бұрын
"Keep it perfectly straight" You mean, perfectly flat... Right? A straight cable will apply friction to a small portion of the pantograph and wear it out prematurely. Cables actually zig-zag to distribute this friction and thus allow the areas that haven't touched recently to cool off.
@primelegionaries1413
@primelegionaries1413 Жыл бұрын
me working with trains knowing all this information, still found this video interesting and useful for people who dont know very well done
@boredgrass
@boredgrass Жыл бұрын
So, FINALLY learned it just in time BEFORE my 60th birthday! 🤗 From experience with ropes, it was always clear to me how difficult it is to get a rope or a cable straight for a longer time, but I couldn't imagine how one can get an adjustment mechanism that is able to deal with the wear and tear caused by the contact with the *pantograph at high speeds and to be fully functional for a long time! *II thought that pantograph would actually "grab" the wire.
@SALESENGLISH2020
@SALESENGLISH2020 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! An excellent explanation. I never thought about it in such detail. Now a lot of things make sense. The next time I travel by train, I will observe the Overhead Power Cables carefully and of course, think of Lesics. :)
@ronb6182
@ronb6182 Жыл бұрын
You cannot eliminate all the sagging because of gravity. My physics teacher tried to get rid of the dip on his clothes line and he pulled the wire so tight and the poles came out of the ground. Florida sand don't hold well and even before the poles came out of the ground there still was a dip. As for cable cars the trolley has spring action to keep the trolley on the wires and the counter weights help keep some dip out of the wires. 73
@ganapatimajhi3556
@ganapatimajhi3556 6 ай бұрын
Very good information sir thanks
@chriswong2012
@chriswong2012 Жыл бұрын
Thank you the narrator and animatior and all people involved in producing this video, this solve the problem I had since a lttile boy. You have sucessfully make people appreicate your work as well as how our railways are design!
@albertbatfinder5240
@albertbatfinder5240 Жыл бұрын
Two questions: 1. How long has this system been in use. I only noticed the weights about 30 years ago. Have they always been there? 2. I always wondered how long the wires and the pantograph last. It seem the friction between a speeding train and a cable would be huge. Are the pantographs made especially soft so that they take all the wear and tear? I mean, you don’t wanna replace the conducting cable too often.
@mif4731
@mif4731 Жыл бұрын
They explain this in their other video about pantographs
@albertocrescini2076
@albertocrescini2076 Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Could you also tell me also how electricity is provided when train is changing railway network? For example, when you're crossing international borders between Italy and Switzerland, you're switching from RFI to FFS, and therefore electricity is provided by the new railway infrastructure company (FFS) and not to the previous one (RFI) anymore.
@sw6188
@sw6188 Жыл бұрын
Between the two networks there will be a 'neutral' section (no voltage) where the supply from one country finishes and the supply from the next country starts. The locomotive driver will know that they need to coast between the two sections. If the two networks are the same voltage and type (for example 25 kV AC) then the loco just continues on. If there is a difference in voltage or supply type (maybe one is DC and the other AC) then the loco has to be a 'hybrid' type which can deal with the different systems and it will automatically switch to the different voltage or system.
@yagniksinhjadav3321
@yagniksinhjadav3321 Жыл бұрын
Literally have goosebumps, as I'm working in the 2X25 KV OHE system.
@morsine
@morsine Жыл бұрын
This video answered some questions I had as a child. Thank you.
@carlosbahia2512
@carlosbahia2512 Жыл бұрын
Muito bom, sempre olhava esse sistema da CPTM em São Paulo e me perguntava como funcionvava
@yaedo6035
@yaedo6035 Жыл бұрын
ficava vendo o contrapeso e as polias durante os congestionamentos na marginal, mas nunca parei para pensar sobre as catenárias. Ótimo vídeo.
@pozitroncz8679
@pozitroncz8679 Жыл бұрын
The simple wiring without catenary is actually used in tram systems. The sagging isn't such a huge problem for vehicles moving relatively low speed.
@weeardguy
@weeardguy Жыл бұрын
That's the funny thing ;) Amsterdam almost only has the simple wiring system, while Rotterdam and The Hague usually has the more complex systems.
@RoBoyReviews
@RoBoyReviews Жыл бұрын
Came herr because YT recommended it, stayed because of the great explanation. Tysm
@Nicolas-zw2hv
@Nicolas-zw2hv Жыл бұрын
I uses look out of the train window on the opposite track staring at the overhead line for hours and figured a lot out actually but never quit got it. now I do! thanks!
@CraftyFoxe
@CraftyFoxe Жыл бұрын
A lot of people are interested in this!
@Gert_Zomer
@Gert_Zomer Жыл бұрын
Oh hi, love your videos!
@hadri1
@hadri1 Жыл бұрын
I always love these explanations! Watch out for pronunciation, for example 2:10 it’s quite hard to make out what you’re saying. The content is still amazing though.
@laurisikio
@laurisikio Жыл бұрын
that's why the bigbrain behind these amazing videos rarely appears in the videos himself
@louw1992
@louw1992 Жыл бұрын
This was amazing! I was literally wondering about this yesterday and today it popped-up in my KZfaq feed!!
@AjayKumar-fd9mv
@AjayKumar-fd9mv Жыл бұрын
This is wounderful. Never thought a simple powercarryung line has to be this much sophisticated .
@Ruiluth
@Ruiluth Жыл бұрын
That's the thing, it's not a simple power carrying wire, it's a robust power delivery system which has to deliver to a moving target. If all it had to do was carry power, the sag wouldn't matter. I can't think of a simpler way to run a wire to a moving target though.
@uzaiyaro
@uzaiyaro Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen what happens when a weight drops. The pantograph got caught up and melted, doubling back over itself. It’s a bit chaotic.
@FleyxN
@FleyxN Жыл бұрын
I didn't know that the cable that powered electric train is this complex, i always thought they just strengthen it by making it like a bridge structure. The more you know
@timosha21
@timosha21 Жыл бұрын
I'm a tram and I approve this video! Love the footage!!!
@BTY555
@BTY555 Жыл бұрын
I thought that it is simple but it is complex . But you have make me understood how it works . Thanks a lot !!
@badboi888
@badboi888 Жыл бұрын
The narrator for the animation is speak clearly, should get him to cover the narration for the real life segment too.
@ex_pertsophia5876
@ex_pertsophia5876 Жыл бұрын
* I will forever be indebted to you, you have changed my entire life and I will continue to preach on your name for the world' to hear that you save me from huge financial debt with little investment thank you very much Expert Mrs... Clara
@nelsonlukiussambo9680
@nelsonlukiussambo9680 Жыл бұрын
I think I'm blessed because if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as expert Mrs Sophia
@nelsonlukiussambo9680
@nelsonlukiussambo9680 Жыл бұрын
I think that she is the best broker I ever seen
@salisualhassan7054
@salisualhassan7054 Жыл бұрын
She is real and trustworthy
@ruthadesina6890
@ruthadesina6890 Жыл бұрын
Yes I'm also a living testimony of expert Mrs Sophia
@usainimusa2322
@usainimusa2322 Жыл бұрын
Who's this professional everyone is talking about I always see her post on top comment on every KZfaq video I watched
@Bibibosh
@Bibibosh Жыл бұрын
It has been 33 years and now I am finally complete! I now know why I was born! It was all about trains!
@alamagordoingordo3047
@alamagordoingordo3047 Жыл бұрын
Always asked how it works, when i was a kid then a boy then an adult, and now finally i know. So ingenious! Thank you all Lesics.
@aaronbredon2948
@aaronbredon2948 Жыл бұрын
Wires can never be perfectly straight - they will always follow a catenary curve. The point of the complicated double wire arrangement is to minimize the actual sag by reducing the distance between supports.
@KurtRichterCISSP
@KurtRichterCISSP Жыл бұрын
Yep, that's what they said. Pretty cool.
@aaronbredon2948
@aaronbredon2948 Жыл бұрын
@@KurtRichterCISSP yeah. You can't put a pole every 5-8 feet, but you can put a support wire that frequently. The video does a good job of going over why each element is added step by step.
@1.4142
@1.4142 Жыл бұрын
2:10 Face reveal!
@satyam9267
@satyam9267 Жыл бұрын
this is all ready happened
@over9000713
@over9000713 Жыл бұрын
Never noticed these before, nor questioned the wires ... Though I'm always looking to further my knowledge in pretty much anything that I can take in. Really appreciate the explanation of what they are, what they're for, and their limitations
@callmesanjib0403
@callmesanjib0403 Жыл бұрын
This information came very lately...but u r first to explain this detail topic....thankyou
@respect.cr07
@respect.cr07 Жыл бұрын
One of the best thing about dude is that he never takes credit for himself when he achieves something. He always respect us, the audience and his team, and he is polite in all his videos. We congratulate ourselves on this
@stevyn9276
@stevyn9276 Жыл бұрын
But one thing that is not the best about you is that you ask for 1k without any videos
@respect.cr07
@respect.cr07 Жыл бұрын
@@stevyn9276 I like it😁
@stevyn9276
@stevyn9276 Жыл бұрын
@@respect.cr07 😌✌️
@laughingman3777
@laughingman3777 Жыл бұрын
Why am I here?
@ThePiones
@ThePiones 10 ай бұрын
These videos are great. This is how engineering should be explained, as solutions arrise, then problems, then solutions to those problems, on and on. Good stuff
@wandellpassah8086
@wandellpassah8086 Жыл бұрын
Well explained in marvel of engineering which we have just taken for granted not knowing the complexities involved. We really need such explanation with practicals Thanks you
@eros_1234
@eros_1234 Жыл бұрын
Sir, you teach these topics in step by step What is the name of this technique of teaching a topic step by step????? Please respond, I want to learn this technique in detail so that I can teach to my siblings🙏
@gigazman
@gigazman Жыл бұрын
Wow , very clever design! Thank you Lesics for this great explanation.
@Grid56
@Grid56 5 ай бұрын
In the UK, these pulleys are slowly being replaced by a circular system similar to the ones used to rewind your garden hose
@bangerbangerbro
@bangerbangerbro Жыл бұрын
I loved this, thanks. I could never figure out what was going on, and I thought the rubbery bits were electrical components but I could not think what, of course they are joints.
@marcrachmat7467
@marcrachmat7467 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the knowledge and information. Solid, simple, and to the point. I appreciate your work.
@culmalachie
@culmalachie Жыл бұрын
I didn't NEED to know, but am always interested - to see what I may learn. THanks - that was an eye opener. more compllicated than keeping a level road on a suspension bridge.
@pepsizerosugarcola
@pepsizerosugarcola 11 ай бұрын
thanks it's 4 AM and you just teached me how railways work
@ikonhero
@ikonhero Жыл бұрын
Thanks for keeping me entertained at 1am.
@philiphickman5085
@philiphickman5085 Жыл бұрын
Best explanation of catenary ever . Thank You .
@Himan7197
@Himan7197 6 ай бұрын
Nyc video explanation❤
@guven6759
@guven6759 4 ай бұрын
details are importanat, respect for narrators effort, very good job, thanks
@Rasmi_Ranjan
@Rasmi_Ranjan Жыл бұрын
You're doing an incredible job. Thank you.
@skatedd2451
@skatedd2451 Жыл бұрын
I notice those weights when I use to catch the train but never talk much notice of it wow learn something new every day
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