"we start out at a generating plant, lets just say we start there at 69000 volts" This man passes the vibe check

As a IBEW journeyman lineman, this is so well explained for those who aren’t educated in our industry.

This should be done in high schools.

God bless all linemen thanks for everything you guys do we don’t have power without you

Props to these guys, one job that deserves some respect. Also props to the presenter very intelligent and concerned with peoples safety.

Lineman are the most under appreciated tradesman of all. Practically everything shuts down if these guy don't do their job. And then they have to deal with people who complain about losing power for 20 minutes

5:40 "It's going to try and burn that tree down". I wonder if PG&E uses the same setup in California.....

this should be sent to every residence in a dvd so they could be informed, been in the communications business for 20 plus years and i learned some stuff i didn't know

Nothing beats knowledge this is a really great thing you and your bosses decided to do joe ...a few mins on live saving hands on education...blessings

This was so educational I now know how to splice the wires and use it for my home mini particle accelerator without building a device amplifier! 🥰 Thank you

I remember having this sort of demonstration at school when I was a kid. I know that sometimes people get comfortable with jargon and acronyms but during this sort of presentation they really should spell things out. He uses several, PPE (personal protective equipment), FR (Fire Retardant)... most are easy to figure out but for the layperson they need it explained.

I served 15 years on my local volunteer fire department. I would have our local PSE&G (gas and electronic company) come and do a safety class it was so educational. I tip my hat to the men and women who work in this field.

SCI deserves some respect and credit for going out and demonstrating this. ………..Interactive and not a slideshow goes a long way when getting someone’s attention. Job well done SCI👍

Very informative. Especially, the last comment on the surge arrestor jumpers and transformer brackets. I've been dealing with small birds (sparrows, etc) tripping my cutouts. For the last 4 years, every autumn hundreds of birds all flock together and simultaneously land on my 3-phase transformer pole. During that season, every few weeks the power ends up going out, and the transformer cutouts then need to be re-fused. Thanks for sharing this, at least gives me an idea what needs to be insulated better.

Very informative and well spoken/ dumbed down so anyone can understand. I learned more in 30 minutes than the past 35 years! Thanks!!

Tough crowd. Must be hard giving presentations to young people as everyone is too busy being self-conscious to take part. Me? I'd have been wearing one of the helmets and I'd have definitely tried eating one of the sausages to see how well it was cooked. Its all about the participation. Good demonstration though. Clear and concise; and informative yet enjoyable. Good demo rig too with all the live circuits and transformers. Its cool you guys take out the big guns to show people rather than just show a video and point at pictures like a lot of safety demonstrators do. You boys actually demonstrated. Good show. :)

Grandpa was a lineman. God bless you guys 👍🏻 be safe out there & thank you for what you do!

god i love youtube!! i swear you can learn a trade as long as your mechanically inclined just by youtube!!! i got a job at the shipyard when i was 18 as a pipe fitter no education not even a diploma making $32 an hour. little did they know i knew nothing about fitting pipe. i started watching all these videos on youtube about pipefitting and stick welding and was able to start the job like i already knew terminology and techniques for fitting and stickwelding/tacking the systems together!! I'm now doing electrical work converting warehouses from HPS to LEDS. and i learned alot regarding codes and electrician techniques for doing things just from watching youtube!! im pretty sure legally im not supposed to even be doing my job considering im working on live circuits, running new circuits from the panels and wiring everything up.. but thanks to what i can learn online i have had 0 issues other than the occasional shock lol, but thats kinda hard to avoid when code says u have to leave 6 inches of wire in a box and the previous electrician left me about 2 inches and i have 6 or more wires all tied together in a single wirenutt

He paced back and forth probably 2 miles, but great presentation and I learned a great deal. Thanks.

"So who here lives in subdivisions with those big green transformer boxes?" Me: I do.

Very informative. Never heard about the bunny hop technique of retreat, but if it works its well worth knowing. Stay safe out there.

15:00 sounds like someone in the audience gagged at the fried “fingers” demonstration.

Thanks for the video. Extremely informative and THANK YOU for providing proof. Alot of school is just words, you show why which is how I learn the best.

I don't work in the field but I do work around a lot of electrical equipment. This lineman perspective is vary informative info. Thanks.

Interesting. A lot of our power failures here are caused by shorts on the poles in winter: dried road salt gets flung up onto the wooden poles by traffic, then a light rain wets it down, so you have wet, salty (very conductive) wood. You can hear the electricity sizzling through it. Eventually one (or more) poles becomes so conductive that it heats up and catches fire, then the wires come down.

This demo was awesome! Much appreciated!! Thanks for what you’re doing.

Thank you for the demonstration, I've seen some crazy things happen with electrical power lines. One time a person from my high school decided to toss his old pair of shoes up on the line, he contacted 2 wires which then caused the square block of wires to start to fry and melt the casings. Luckily everyone had cellphones and called the fire department and they followed the sparking flaming line, not sure how it stopped but it did eventually. They couldn't do anything until the electricity company cut off the power. Another time a huge small tree sized tree branch fell onto the power lines outside the house and it was hanging there, had to call electrical company which put me through to forestry which then removed the branch. I was amazed that the line was able to hold so much weight... well before the forestry people came to remove it, some numb skull idiots decided it was safe to walk right next to the fallen down branch which was pretty damn close to the side walk. Luckily the line never broke, split or cracked to let a current through or those people would be literally toasted inside.

Every one needs to see this! Utility locator here the general public needs to get a little more info on what makes their life's easy to keep them selfs safe and report issues rather than hide them and fear a financial penalty and risk the entire communities health sadly see it every week

By him saying the homeowner "hooking it up wrong" in regards to the generator, he means hooking it up correctly but not interlocking the service main breaker where it's open when using a properly installed generator connection.

I work and am learning electrical residential. And I thought this was awesome thanks for the post !

We used to have a transformer in our backyard that constantly tripped. The power company would come out and use a pole to flip a metal rectangle "switch" upward and we'd have power again, took them hours to come out and 45 seconds to "fix" it. They refused to replace it even though we lost power 3-5 times a month during the summer. Finally got to the point one of the immediate neighbors got a long pole and it stayed on the ground under the light pole so one of us could flip it back up each time, reducing the outage inconvenience to 10min or so. Finally took 11 households banding together, one of which was a lawyer, to get the power company to replace the transformer. We lived there 3yrs after and never had another power outage. Not sure any of us would have done that if we had watched this video first! I had no clue those wires were live and not insulated, crazy!

That's a neat demo. Our site requires us to use a tick tester before making contact with recently energized parts. You should add the tick tester to your demo.

I used to work for the local cable company, we had a lot of aerials in our community so I had to carry an extension ladder down ally's and then sling it up on the mid span, usually the cable company has the lowest span for fiber and coax. but when I was on top of the ladder at the coax/fiber I was very very aware of the humming wires above my head. that shit was scary when it was wet outside.

My little brother just started a linesman apprenticeship. How they can hear that hum of electricity and not **** their pants is quite impressive.

Wow, I learned a lot. Tons of respect for lineman, coming froma 4th year ECE student. Bravo!

The step potential is a bigy. Linemen all know it like second nature, but average citizens mostly have no clue. Linemen are like bomb squad guys to me, what they both work with can end life faster than you can blink. Huge respect.

I was trying to look up how electrostatic precipitators worked and found this. I'm not dissapointed and found out some new things. :D

I sat through entire presentation and a little boring but very VEERY INFORMATIVE!! I LEARNED ALLOT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW AND FOUND OUT SOME URBAN MYTHS THAT AREN'T TRUE!!! THANK YOU I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SAVED MANY MANY LIVES!!

Been in the trade over fifty years. Love everything about it.

These guys should explain everything that is unknown to us mortals , excellent demo

This was really cool to watch and VERY informative

Respect to all those that work on power lines or with electricity in general!

At the beginning of this video, I was just about to say, how stupid could somebody be to plug his generator into the mains. Then I remembered that a college of mine whom I considered to be quite knowledgeable about electricity complained to me that his generator kept tripping when he plugged it into a wall socket so that it would power the whole house. Even though that is not quite how things should be done I asked him if he turned off his mains idolator before he connected the generator, to which he answered, he hadn't. I explained to him that his little 5KVA generator was trying to power everything on the grid outside the transformer or sub station that had tripped and how to rectify it, hopefully before electrocuting a few electricians.

Wow!!!! I did residential for quite some time and knew a little, but this is like must know stuff for every homeowner

Good moment in video and the job of quality professional. Tank you very much.

Joe Banfield: Im going to go over some of the Do's & Dont's now #1 DO stay away from power lines I repeat "DO stay away from power lines" #2 Don't go near power lines Thank you everyone for coming out.

Great information.you guys are the best.

I really think this is a great thing to show people.thank you guys

I loved this! So interesting and well made. Thanks for all you do! I know y’all get paid well but also thank you lol

Woah, one minute im watching rap, then im learning about power lines. This is some electric stuff!

Interesting, thank you!

This demo could save so many.

Great live examples. Very cool!

As an equipment operator that's comes close to many wires regularly, we are trained to do what's referred to the Hydro shuffle when requiring to exit an energized machinery. Bunny hopping away leaves probability of one foot leaving the ground at a different time than the other. You don't want to be the electrical short between the rings of voltage radiating outward from a live wire contact.

Great knowledge about electric power and safety....well done.

Great video, appreciate what all linemen/women do, stay safe folks

I just put in a Generac backup generator and a new service panel. The power company guy got up on a 24' ladder and pulled new wires to my new post by himself. That's one gutsy guy because the electrician putting the ATS in said he's never do that.

That was totally time worthy, Lifesaving, and informative. Thanks...

I have been in the HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Building Operation and Maintenance industry since 1976. I was fortunate to have been through Arc - Fault / Arc - Flash training. I thought that your demonstration was very well presented. You may want to mention to tradesmen about transient voltages that may be carried along with the power lines and that their testing equipment should be Category III / IV rated and anyone who works directly with electrical infrastructure should be wearing NFPA70E clothing. BK

It's pretty cool that you guys do this free of charge. It's very informative and could save a life.

I think another super important thing is diving into the specifics as to how electricity works and why. And how. And where. the whole 9. Having a better understanding of how things work and what not to do I feel is definitely worth explaining more indepth and most definitely not a waste of time. Electricity is a mysterious thing. And it's gonna do what it wants if you let it and can be extremely complicated.

This was really good I learned a lot. They are doing this to save a life no charge... Salute

Idk why I just watched this but interesting stuff

Great presentation, guys! Well done, and very informative.

I learned a little somethin'! Thanks for sharing!

Eleven year lineman, work for William Electric Shelby NC. Contract for Duke Power 7200 volts. Did underground and overhead and even set the meter, we did it all from one pole job to eight or twenty pole whatever it took to do the job.

Microwave ovens do NOT cook from the inside out. The radio waves only penetrate about 0.4" (1 cm), so they only heat the outside. The heat from the outside conducts to the inside of the food.

Number one must have for linemen is a goatee!

Excellent vid. Not sure who the audience was or who it's for but as a fork lift mechanic I enjoyed listening to the vid and in no way did I feel as if the instructor was putting those listening down, he was telling things the way they are.

Best demo I have ever seen!

As an IBEW inside Journeyman wireman i can say i learned about step potential ratio and bunny hop.Thanks

As somebody about to become an apprentice electrician this was very informational

Great presentation. Thanks a lot.

That is the purpose of an ATS ( Automatic Transfer Switch ) when a customer buys and has an electrical company install the pad mounted generator. I personally have most experience with the Cummins generators and I have done a few of the Generac generators. When the house loses power the generator senses the lose of utility and switches the panel towards generator power, then once utility comes back the generator switches back in around 5 mins (depending on brand).

"I'm a lineman for the county!" - Glenn Campbell

VERY nice demonstration and lecture ! Congratulations to your crew for a job well done. QUESTION: Have you ever seen a failure of a pole transformer in the distribution side of your business? If so, what caused it?

It's always impressive when the demonstrator is chewing a cud throughout the demonstration.

very good!! good job!!

i live in an old subdivision with lots of trees and power lines above, this is good education with all the power lines i seen fell from trees and Storm, and didnt know u had to bunny hop out of the car!

nice i helped make the plastics for power lines so they don't burn out their is like 5-6 other ground wires in the plastic that can not melt once it is set and made .

Very enLIGHTening class !

How do you hook up the gene wrong? I’ve always had it done with the gene producing 220v. I use a double male RV plug to plug into the electric car charger port. So when power goes out. I shut the main and plug in gene. start gene and then I have power to the house while solar panels and generator are still producing without any voltage going back to service.

Well done guy's. Keep it running and safety is no accident!

I wanna see this demo at Texas Huntsville. The real deal.

I live near Chattanooga, just south in Georgia. The top power line are 3 wires (3 phase). A storm blow a tree down and it broke all 4 power lines. The 3 phases and ground. The top power lines were laying on the road. People, with bare hands moved the high voltage power lines. They may have been dead, but something could have back feed. Some people are DANGEROUS. Another time a 2 phase line was on the ground very close to a trailer park with lots of little children. I called 911 and they said a downed line was not dangerous. sometimes 911 is not what it should be.

Just another dream job my body size prevents me from doing. Love moving electrons.

Great video

I’ve always wondered..... perfectly explained I enjoyed watching

How can you scroll past that thumbnail. You can't ! Great job

a good example of why i get so nervous about branches falling on my power lines, they can do a bit of damage and i leave the line side branches to the guys that come and cut them

Great information - it can save your life. The instructor's pacing mannerism (back and forth) is described as a Tethered Elephant in the education field. He should conscientiously work on rectifying that distraction.

That was a cool demo!

Awesome thank you!

I felt the step potential once. We where standing barefoot on a Boulder on the edge of Lake George.. In the distance we saw lightning hit the lake. We could feel a little current.

Excellent presentation!!

FYI: it's Blue Heron (not Herring). Unless you're into birds/wildlife, you wouldn't necessarily know that, but it's a fairly common mistake. 😉

They need this type of demonstration for my community here in Wv. The power lines here in some spots is no higher than 20ft and that in the mountains and spots that haven’t been upgraded. I know where a pole is near me with an open wire secondary on it that’s 12 foot above your head! Power company has been called and emailed multiple times but guess it won’t be fixed till there’s a fatality.

How did Rabbit holing from food history to a Hotep Jesus podcast take me here? Any ways, great vid, and ya, prolly the best explanation of power distribution I’ve seen

Going pole to pole seems like it would be very time consuming. Could we not generate a signal along the line at each pole, each with a different value, all added together at certain points. So then when you get a fault, you could just check the values and see which one is missing to pin point the fault location? There's gotta be a more efficient way than going pole to pole... Great video. I'm not a lineman, I'm IT, but I find this very interesting.

Nice recommendations KZfaq, and question, why aren’t power line wires insulated?