There's a far bigger hunt coming up with more cinematic shots & badass pieces.
@VariacManiac11 күн бұрын
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@industrialintensity210111 күн бұрын
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@VariacManiac10 күн бұрын
@@industrialintensity2101 Lot's of ö to come down öö ÖÖÖ ö.
@SodiumInduction-hv12 күн бұрын
HT switching insulators
@VariacManiac11 күн бұрын
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@SodiumInduction-hv12 күн бұрын
i found a ton of those a few days ago, nice find!
@VariacManiac11 күн бұрын
They're just insulators. We throw these away by the many thousands at work lol!!
@VariacManiac11 күн бұрын
We also just toss them in the old pole holes and fill it in with dirt.
@SodiumInduction-hv11 күн бұрын
@@VariacManiac Lol sell them instead
@SodiumInduction-hv11 күн бұрын
@@VariacManiac sometimes i have to throw insulators into the junk yard lol i save as much as i can
@VariacManiac11 күн бұрын
@@SodiumInduction-hv You gotta save some, just not all the duplicates, because it takes up a lot of space.
@SodiumInduction-hv13 күн бұрын
one part of my job is i get to take off the insulators and equipment on abandoned power equipment it’s so fun
@VariacManiac13 күн бұрын
I watched some of your videos, & you sound extremely young. I'm a bit worried you're doing electrical experiments without parental supervision. The equipment you're messing with have killed many hobbyists, including experienced professionals. I would wait until you're older to be messing around with deadly power supplies.
@SodiumInduction-hv13 күн бұрын
@@VariacManiac i know what i am doing and there is a long safety protocol for de energizing and energizing equipment. (i also have experience since i’m an apprentice lineman)
@VariacManiac12 күн бұрын
@@SodiumInduction-hv I'm not trying to be mean, I just don't want ya getting hurt. By the sound of your voice in your videos, you don't sound any older than 13 years. That means you legally cannot have a full time job.
@SodiumInduction-hv12 күн бұрын
@@VariacManiac i’m a volunteer bro :]
@VariacManiac12 күн бұрын
@@SodiumInduction-hv A volunteer position is good, definitely not an apprenticeship lol, but it's a good foot in the door, plus it's still likely to be 16+ to get into a power related position. You should still be in regular school full time as well. Probably 6th or 7th grade. It's good that you want to learn the trade nonetheless. Keep on keeping on 🤙.
@SodiumInduction-hv13 күн бұрын
hey i’ve got those HT switching insulators too
@arrowen3914 күн бұрын
Wouldnt some of those poles have oil containing pcbs?
@VariacManiac14 күн бұрын
Unlikely. Some poles have nasty preservatives such as creosote.
@loggaming410615 күн бұрын
The heater sounds like a dying vacuum motor
@user-pu5ui2or1t19 күн бұрын
Quantos volts tem ai ? E amperagem
@Crazyone41924 күн бұрын
That is awesome!!
@SodiumInduction-hv25 күн бұрын
wait i recognize that dude for some reason.. i think i might know him on favebook
@VariacManiac25 күн бұрын
Hagen
@squishvr17426 күн бұрын
those arcs sound terrifying.
@user-ni7tg5fg9kАй бұрын
wtf😢
@user-ni7tg5fg9kАй бұрын
were they on high setting?
@Randomcrap-zx5ksАй бұрын
I want to touch it
@GlassGuru-mu4hnАй бұрын
I’ve seen those before and always thought they were cool! I should look along Higher voltage lines more often.
@VariacManiacАй бұрын
I collect the power shit when I can. There's a huge compilation of finds from this particular project to be formed into ome massive video with cinematic shots & music. May be a few more months as this project is ongoing.
@GlassGuru-mu4hnАй бұрын
@@VariacManiac Sounds good! It’ll probably take me a little while to edit my videos as well. (I have about 8 insulator hunts waiting to be turned into videos!) Will be looking forward to the compilation video!
@Invisus_Letum23 күн бұрын
@@VariacManiaci would like to elevate my game sir and you are an inspiration, if i may ask, aside obviously from having the right equipment, is the core fundamental concept of home projects to transform the power served to the home back up to its capacity at the hv lines? are you stepping up your home service back to what it was at say the substation?
@Gregory473422 ай бұрын
👍nice insulators
@user-tz3fd8hm4q2 ай бұрын
Fascinating how much magic smoke they were able to jam into that transformer.
@thebadhd56592 ай бұрын
Is this deadly?
@VariacManiac2 ай бұрын
Very
@industrialintensity21012 ай бұрын
Ah hell yeah mate.
@VariacManiac2 ай бұрын
Lots more is coming down. Hope to get a video out of it all with extras this summer or fall
@frommarkham4242 ай бұрын
How much current was going through the water
@luciusirving59262 ай бұрын
That goes to show you that a big enough charge can overload any insulator. That big enough charge can also overload aluminum electrodes, AC or DC.
@VariacManiac2 ай бұрын
Everything has a breakdown resistance. At a certain voltage, anything can conduct.
@ErikPAPATIE2 ай бұрын
For what is leave this on ground and never take out
@VariacManiac2 ай бұрын
These insulators are used & are being thrown away. Plus I got permission to get anything that comes down from this line.
@ErikPAPATIE2 ай бұрын
@@VariacManiac ha ok
@daviddexter54962 ай бұрын
I’ve dropped those from over 180 foot up on hard ground they didn’t shatter. Just spin them flat when you toss em. Thrown away thousands. Have one of each kind I’ve run into for a very beautiful rain chain
@VariacManiac2 ай бұрын
They're pretty Ridgid. Atleast most of them.
@leverettrailfan54142 ай бұрын
Spent some time hunting a transmission line in my area that was once equipped with some rare, early Suspension type insulators. Mostly just found pieces of them, or badly broken ones, but in a few locations I've managed to recover intact specimens. It seems like a lot of the time they were buried directly under the towers, and then got unearthed and broken when work was done in more recent history on the tower foundations. The complete examples tend to be ones that were simply tossed aside, and got lucky with their landing (very rocky out here).
@VariacManiac2 ай бұрын
That's unfortunate. Finding broken pieces are a real shame at times. The insulators on this line are not particularly rare, but I still grab them for the hell of it. There are glass suspensions that are coming down, so I'm going to grab more of those if I can. This contractor uses the old pole holes to discard the majority of them. Including polymers.
@leverettrailfan54142 ай бұрын
@@VariacManiac Been wanting to get some glass suspensions in my collection, but they historically used porcelain around here. They recently changed to glass... and then one line was upgraded again and switched back to porcelain. The biggest heartbreaker is near the site of an old substation. Scattered across a few areas are sites where they dumped various stuff, and I've found pieces of a couple rare porcelain insulators. On the side of a slope uphill of the substation is a huge pile of broken suspension insulator remains- they appeared to have never actually been put into service, and I presume they were dumped there when the substation was demolished. I was able to get a few mostly complete insulators doing some careful digging and piece matching, but due to the nature of how they were disposed of it was hard to find cases where all the pieces of any one insulator were located in the same place.
@danielallen25522 ай бұрын
So, then??
@VariacManiac2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@tyspears99972 ай бұрын
What are they good for, when the power company pulls the poles?
@VariacManiac2 ай бұрын
@@tyspears9997 They're to be discarded as new polymer insulators & steel monopoles are to replace them. Usually they're just tossed in the old pole hole.
@tyspears99972 ай бұрын
@@VariacManiac Ok, but my question is, what do you do with them? I have a lot of the old glass insulators. I make lights and things with them. But what do people typically do with the ceramic ones? Just collect, or??
@VariacManiac2 ай бұрын
@@tyspears9997 I collect the power pieces typically. If it's a brand or year make that I don't have I pick them up. I'd like to make a huge display pole or three framed up with different power pieces.
@jakeeves59353 ай бұрын
This is also a good theaching video showing what could happen if your not careful with voltage on appliances and the consequences of not doing so such as potential fire hazard
@KonnerSmith-oc5el3 ай бұрын
Not cooked A toaster
@Powerlineimages4 ай бұрын
I am also a insulator hunter.I have a collection of 52 insulators.I also have 6 20kv insulators and 1 glass insulator
@sammymoses69514 ай бұрын
The rubber and the plastic insulators are very common
@willowmoon74 ай бұрын
Nice illustration of why plants and powerlines are not friends
@dogurasblox4 ай бұрын
This video remenbers me when i was 12 years old and i took down a pole, i was taking off some glass insulators, the pole was of wood and the wood was very broke, then the pole fell and fell in other pole making like a domino effect, but none of the insulators broke
@RODALCO20075 ай бұрын
Brilliant !
@vanpenguin225 ай бұрын
Great job! Esp after switching up th the 12kv monster. Lots of drama shots😂😂😂
@liamhenderson37535 ай бұрын
That's great!
@ac60hz1205 ай бұрын
Drop those tranfirmers in oil I had one last for a while it probably had 15 hours of run time. They'll last forever if you don't overheat them and allow them to cool
@ac60hz1205 ай бұрын
But I'm sure your on to bigger and better transformers
@VariacManiac5 ай бұрын
@@ac60hz120 Yeah, mots are kind of a thing of the past, & I really only use them for current limiting, & even that's being phased out very soon. They don't have good duty.
@ac60hz1205 ай бұрын
How many watts?
@ac60hz1205 ай бұрын
Good to see those little MOT 2100v capacitors can handle 14400v howed you get yiur hands on that transformer id love to know
@ac60hz1205 ай бұрын
Dude these are the coolest videos ove ever seen. Where can i get one of your transformers ?
@VariacManiac5 ай бұрын
I got mine from a retired high voltage lab. I'd search ebay or scrap yards if possible. Certain companies sell transformers as well.
@ac60hz1205 ай бұрын
Looking foward to seeing more of these videos! @VariacManiac
@ac60hz1205 ай бұрын
Hey dude. Can you recommend me a good high voltage transformer? What do you use for your variac transformers I can only find low voltage ones?
@craigpater62785 ай бұрын
And I thought that throwing chunks of sodium metal in water in the backyard where I live and watching them explode when they come into contact with water was dangerous until I saw this but if you are being careful that's okay it looks like it was fun playing with that much electricity but as the video said what was done in this video should not be attempted by anyone else except maybe if they know what they are doing
@mikaeljiskovkristensen78615 ай бұрын
do you go for more insulator hunting.
@VariacManiac5 ай бұрын
Yessir! I got some vids I'll put together in a bit.
@mikaeljiskovkristensen78615 ай бұрын
i got a big flat cable spreader back at november. i simply got it from the grid company and i picked it up at their substation.
@maxheadroomone6 ай бұрын
you should start playing daft punk in the background
@tripljax35636 ай бұрын
The last 4 are part of big cut outs had bass and copper parts on top of them
@foureyedchick6 ай бұрын
As Photonicinduction would say: He popped it!
@kodokushi_197 ай бұрын
why cant happend forever
@foureyedchick7 ай бұрын
Variac Maniac should get a job working for UL Underwriter's Laboratories.
@Codguy4507 ай бұрын
why we don’t play with electricity
@LoganT54718 күн бұрын
Because that would be you if you touched it
@eugenering67997 ай бұрын
Admire your ingenuity! A lotta yellow-jackets were sent to their reward. So many little cadavers scattered on the ground. I imagine scavengers having a feast!