This is the reworked version of a previous video that was removed. Some mistakes were corrected and new elements added.

In the Soviet Union, it was very common to have "district heating". A centralized facility would run underground pipes filled with boiling water or steam to workplaces and residential buildings for heat. It could be that this system is still in place in the zone. Someone is running one of these district heating plants, presumably to serve an inhabited area, but this system is also supplying heated water to these abandoned labs.

Well, definitely didn't expect a remake, anyway thank you for putting your time in this video.

For the steam pipes I have an idea. Perhaps there is an anomaly inside the pipes that emits some kind of steam and in some point where the pipe is damaged it comes out

What should be the reasonable conclusion is: 1. Monolith control centre, powered by anomalies, but CNPP still being powerd by normal electricity from another grid 2. Normal industries and large locations like rostok, army base, warehouses, scientific bunkers, pripyat, underground places, brain scorcher, miracle machine, agroprom underground powered by normal grid electricity because ecologists and military are being funded by govt, hence they also get electricity. some of them like elevators might also be running on backup solutions like engines. Reason is many of places in world which have been abandoned still have electricity as there is no one to monitor it so they still get power, also for the electricity company, it will be almost impossible to track where their ouput is going 3. Remote locations like in cordon, darkscape and others run on primitive methods like engines, cars, trucks, etc edit: posted from previous video

Super interesting as always. I have an idea about maybe the origin of electricity in the labs: As you said it is possible that it is a local source. If we follow this theory I have two technology which can have been used. First: RTGs (RadioThermal Generators) it is a generator who produces electricity with the heat of decaying radioactive elements (Polonium, Plutonium...). It can last for years and is usually used in space probe but maybe a larger version could have been used. It requires nobody to run and is only limited by the decaying time of the radioactive isotope (who could have been produced in the CNPP as one of is principle goal was to produce Plutonium for military usage). The 2 theory is a small scale nuclear reactor who could continue to provide electricity if it in good shape. Both of these theory could explain the presence of radiations in the underground labs and explains the presence of power. (Sorry, if it is hard to understand but my native language is French so I can explain in French if someone want more details)

There's a lot of electricity in abondoned places, that are not cut off and can be turned on, especially in places that was mass evacuated, there's a lot of houses/buildings in Fukushima, where you can just go in and turn on the lights, so that is probably what is happening in X labs, especially if we assume that those secret labs was not officially on electric bills :)

I think the fan shown at 1:50 might also be powered, if you look at the trailing edge of the fan blade, it faces to the left meaning that as a natural draft hits the fan, the air would be redirected to the right which would in effect push the fan counter clockwise. Unlike this fan which is spinning clockwise so they may still be turning just on a low power mode

So here is my theory: Anomalous activity is not a reliable power source because of the instable nature of anomalies (changing positions after each blowout or simply dissappear). Also to maintain a working NPP in the Zone would be a pain in the ass. I think The Group somehow found a way to drain energy from the noosphere with a similiar device that they tried to interact with it.Just think about it, it’s an endless resource.

I think the magnetic field theory is the most logical one. Combine that with labs generally being built to be sturdy and have a much better lifetime than your run-of-the-mill residential building? You got yourself Stalker X-labs. Though it makes me wonder, was this an intended effect by the C-Con? They would surely know how their doings would effect the Zone so would it not be in their best interest to keep the X-labs unpowered so it is impossible to access? This compromised their research in the end since it mostly helped the Stalkers. Or perhaps, they want them to be found? This just keeps raising more questions for me

I never ever even though about how lights are powered in the zone. The previous version of this video was awesome as well. Will you re-release your video about food items as well?

well, a light bulb, whether filament or flourescent, can actually remain illuminated for many years if they're turned on and left on, their life is drastically cut short when constantly turned on and off, there is a fire station in the US< that, has for the past 100+ years, had the same light bulb illuminated

-For secret labs, they are most probably powered by CNPP. When the labs are being constructed in secret, the remaining reactors in CNPP was still active, they are never shut down. Only 1 reactor exploded while the rest is still functional, and their "shut down" is merely just for public information. They are used to power the labs. Even 1 active reactor is more than enough, since the plant itself powered the majority of Ukrainian territory before the disaster -Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator could be used to power more isolated areas. This radioisotope-powered mini generators could last for several years and are very common in Russia, commonly used to power isolated areas such as lighthouses for a long time without maintenance -Periodic emission event throughout the Zone could cause an electrical storm that might be enough to send power surge throughout most of the abandoned facilities to power some systems such as lighting and ventilation. The emission simply occured in short enough interval that the power surge from previous emission still remains in the facility when the next one occured -In some places, the electrical anomaly could overlap with power lines, endlessly producing energy to flow through the lines, since electricity produced by anomalies are not limited by insulation and could spawn inside the copper wire itself -The lights on the underground areas are noticeably less bright than what it would suggest, despite these are being heavy-duty type that is designed to last for a long time, especially the one that's directly attached on walls. It wouldn't make sense to have the lights at the current level of brightness (which is very dim) when the facility is fully operational, it would've been much brighter back then, especially on underground labs. Under-powering the lights with lower electricity input could significantly extend their service life even further, while still providing enough illumination -Some group of Stalkers exploring the facilities in the Zone set up the basic necessities such as electricity, personnel accomodation and living quarters when they established a base camp in that facility

Much of the power could come from RTGs( Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators) that each of the important facilities could’ve been equipped with. The Soviets often used these reactors for sustained power generation for off the grid power needs such as deep underground facilities, deep wilderness outposts, and Siberian/arctic outposts that are in areas that infrastructure just doesn’t exist. Some examples of these are EIU-1M, Gong, Beta-M, Sentinel 100F, and SNAP-21 (which was used from Apollo 12-17). Also, those airflow fans could still be powered and running, but moving so slow due to decay and lack of motor maintenance.

Love your videos man, keep it up, they’re really informative

You brought up so man possibilities, it is really amazing. One thing we can know from the lights is that the current generated is constant (if it was changing the lighrs would flicker) so i think anomalies are unlikelly sources. Also i would guess that the current (in lights) is of quite low power since lightbulbs last longer if they are run at lower power. As for the miracle machine and such i would say they are powered by a separate generator on separate wires since then the point of failure is easier to find and fix. Also XENF 136 said some really cool stuf that sounds really possible. Great video really made me think.

Im glad you are uploading new videos while im on vacation

without electricity in Chernobyl I wouldn't be able to watch this video

I was wondering where did that video went, good to see that it's back with improvements

Nice Video... I always wondered how the lights are still running in the dead City and underground labs.. but your explanation is very good. I always searched for Solar Panels / or some technology of " Radiation to Electricity converting panels " on roof of many buildings. That could be also a possibility..

I knew this video was a remake. Well, I believe the magnetic field theory seems like the most reasonable because it's so odd that underground areas have everlasting power. Also, imagine if there wasn't any power at all down there, the tone of the game could have easily escalated into a full horror experience knowing that the underground areas are pure darkness.

Underrated channel honestly, hope you get more subs!

Many people come with canon/head-canon reasons, but it’s reasonable to assume the lights are there just for visual reasons Devs wanted players to actually see the locations they made, so instead of leaving it in pitch-dark, they added lights

Interesting, I always wondered how did these labs still remain powered on even after 2006, great clip as always, reliable information

Another great video 👍

I asked Devs about it and they said: Its one of Zone's Secrets....

I can't wait for next one 💪

Personally I think its got to have something to do with the device hidden inside the crate near the elevator in Jupiter. There's another one that the Monolith have hooked up to one of there junk towers as well

Natural gas back up generators as long as the gas flows power can be turned on. And to make sure the nat gas flows all Monolith has to do is keep the branch valves off the main pipe line open

Nice video as always

I am still proud for being noticed by Senpai Anomalous ^_^ I had no idea that my comment about the fans would actually be mentioned in a video

Good Content as always, hope you are doing well. :)

Great video

glad you fixed the mistakes you made from previous video my friend. keepy up the great work my Fellow S.t.a.l.k.e.r.

nice video man

10:20 I don't think that's the engine providing power, that's a generator mounted on that truck, it's not the keys in the ignition and the inverter powering the base, it's the dedicated generator mounted on the vehicle

Hi i am that guy from discord and this is one of the most intresting topic in the zone

My theory is they had radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) because they were used during the 80's by the Soviets for remote buildings like lighthouses and radio relay towers.

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All the underground lab give me the creep when I explore them😅, but I still like to explore underground labs🙂. Well done with the reworked anyway👍👍

or what if some places get electricity because of electro anomalies formed around power cables...you can see many electro anomalies around power cables,towers and huge generators. This can cause some places get a certain amount of power, enough to operate in emergency mode, but not enough to give enough electricity for elevators and other heavy demanding units :D

the lights that don't work might merely be broken.

maybe these lights are all connected (power grid) and they get powered by static electricity from blowouts/anomalies/noosphere influence wires are near the surface where they get powered by anomalous activity and they transfer the electricity to the underground lights and lights in general, some are cut off from the wires (understandably by the effects of fire/gravity anomalies and wear & tear over the years) and don't light up

Phillips halogen lightbulb made in ~1975 lasted till 2021 in my house

Yay!!!

Did you know, that the pripyat public swimmingpool was still in work in 1995? This means, that the portraition of this pool in call of duty mw 1 is compleatly wrong, considering the condition the building ☝

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12:00 is this footage from Stalker benchmark ? if yes, then which one ?

ayo anomalous, you got a discord server? it would be cool if you made one since you're a really cool youtuber

Why was the last one removed?

You probably have gotten this question before but any good hopes for stalker 2? I'm thinking it will be like other games once they start making loads it gets worse. However I have hope it will be good.

hmm: the alternate logo for freedom (monolith's one is atom bs,duty's a goofy circle) is actually the anarchism symbol,cause they are anarchists (if you couldnt tell by how they act).The atom bs that mono used is also used as the symbol for atheism,could this mean they dont believe in funny rock? (just some coincidence prob)

Interesting. its probably pretty hard to come up with all the different topics to talk about in these games.

hows it going??

Yes, it might. But don't call me Shirley!

Hey Anomalous Dugout, are you okay? Didn't hear from you in almost two weeks, are you all right?

13:47 i gotta ask. what's wrong with ur voice here? it sounded like an robot or that u are transforming into a mutant from stalker :))))))

The power could come the same way as in rl, through the power grid chernobly is supplied with power to keep things running so why would it not be in stalker? The military would need it surely. But i also think that anomalies could supply some sort of power aswell altough it surely has to be entierly from electrial anomalies

Tldr plot power

There seems to be unlimited power anywhere in the zone. Even in the gear and devices that stalkers use, such as lights, pda's, servo motors for exoskeletons and integral nvgs in suits, there's no need for batteries or recharging. Also, Barkeep and Borov have an electronic key for lab x-18; how does work technically? I think since the second disaster, technology took a massive leap forward in general.

Okay new same video again 😂

Hey anomaly just an idea you should play other games to gain some subscribers cuz a cs go youtuber got 100 subscribers to 70 k

In reality some reactors are still operational under Ukraine

My theory is Russia invaded Ukraine for stalker 2 early access lol

The explanation is simple: Game development. The developers put lamps into the maps so we can see where we are going. This whole video may be cool but ultimately pointless, because youre coming up with explanation that dont matter at all, because the answer is game development. What youre doing is finding a post-fact explanation that has nothing to do with the real reason.

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why did you lie about OGS evolution?

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