Martina looks at things
Martina looks at things
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Pylons explained!
A brief history of British pylons, or electricity transmission towers to be specific. From the inception of the National Grid in the 1920s, through the supergrid upgrades from 132 kV to 275 kV and 400 kV, to the T-Pylons in the present day. Also looking at the common technical features of a high-voltage overhead power line, the power capacities of them and what is involved in calculating that.
Sources:
Transmission and Distribution Electrical Engineering (Colin Bayliss / Brian Hardy)
www.theiet.org/media/9376/electricity-transmission-costing-study.pdf
www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/document/146096/download
www.nationalgrid.com/sites/default/files/documents/Development%20near%2...
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December 2023 HS2 Birmingham construction progress update
Просмотров 12 тыс.Год назад
Had another look at HS2 to see what they've done so far in and around Birmingham, including the birmingham spur, Bromford Tunnel, delta junction but not Curzon Street Station this time because HS2 just posted a video of that and I have nothing to add. Further construction has happened, with even more large concrete things appearing all along the route, including parts of the various viaducts to...
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn - weird but it works
Просмотров 4,8 тыс.Год назад
Looking at the Wuppertal Schwebebahn - the oldest, and one of the few suspended monorails in the world. This absolutely wouldn't be built today and has had problems but provides transport for people along the Wupper valley and is a mild tourist attraction. I shot this months ago but felt it not good enough to edit. Thanks for that, brain.
Will the Stonehenge tunnel really happen?
Просмотров 39 тыс.Год назад
Looking at the off-and-on again proposals to upgrade the A303 past Stonehenge by building a dual carriageway including a 3.2km tunnel, stretching back 30 years and again approved yesterday (14th July 2023) after a legal challenge had put it on hold. Filmed late June on a very hot Saturday. I probably didn't adequately explain in the video that the whole area is covered in ancient monuments and ...
July 2023 HS2 Birmingham construction progress update
Просмотров 78 тыс.Год назад
Having another look at HS2 to see what they've done so far in and around Birmingham, with the M42 being closed again for the weekend. Looking at the Marston Box bridge, delta junction, birmingham spur, Bromford Tunnel and Curzon Street Station. Further construction has happened, with large concrete things appearing all along the route, including parts of the various viaducts to cross the M42 an...
Amsterdam built a lot of motorways
Просмотров 127 тыс.Год назад
Looking at the extensive and well-engineered motorway network around and in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This city is often cited as somewhere that just decided to not have many roads, but I don't think this is the case. Featuring the A10 ring, as well as the A1, A4, A5, A7, A8 and A9, and the new Gaasperdammertunnel and the ongoing roadbuilding happening. Uses some stock footage (labelled on screen...
The huge German coal mines that swallow autobahns and towns
Просмотров 4,6 тыс.Год назад
Looking at Tagebau Hambach and Garzweiler, the enormous open cast lignite (brown coal) mines in Germany which have eaten their way through towns, autobahns, farms and forests. These massive coal mines generate around 20% of Germany's electricity consumption, but at a huge environmental cost. The A4 was one of several autobahns which have been moved to accommodate the mines, leaving abandoned st...
Where HS2 ends for now - the northern section
Просмотров 32 тыс.Год назад
Looking by drone at the route and construction progress of the northern end of HS2 phase 1, between Birmingham and the connection with the West Coast main Line near Handsacre, Staffordshire. Includes crossings of the WCML (as well as joining it), along with the A5, A38, A51, A453 and A4091. Work building Britain's controversial high speed rail project is underway, with earthworks and other civi...
Digbeth's abandoned station and never used railway viaduct to nowhere
Просмотров 24 тыс.Год назад
Looking at the almost abandoned Bordesley Railway Station (in Digbeth? Deritend? Bordesley?) with one train per week, and the unfinished, pointless Duddeston Viaduct that aims at Curzon Street and doesn't get there. It never did connect to anything or carry a single train. Is it even 'disused' if it was never used? We look at why (Spoiler: It was railway company games). The GWR knew it was poin...
Inside an electronics factory - how PCBs are assembled
Просмотров 7 тыс.Год назад
Looking inside an electronics factory at how tiny surface mount electronic components are soldered onto PCBs in mass production, at a factory in the UK. Fairly detailed look at the whole process of SMD assembly but not much else. Looking at robotic pick and place machines from the inside as they work. Includes some indoor drone shots beacuse why not, and it's been either too windy or raining th...
How HS2 gets past Birmingham - Airport Interchange & Delta Junction
Просмотров 47 тыс.Год назад
Looking by drone at how HS2 gets past Birmingham and current construction status, including the Interchange Station linking to Birmingham Airport, various road changes on & around the A45 & A446, numerous crossings by HS2 of the M6, M42 and M6 Toll motorways, a whole load of power lines, and the delta junction where the Birmingham spur of HS2 links to the main line. Also the new link road being...
Britain's first motorway is in rural Dorset (sort-of)
Просмотров 7 тыс.Год назад
Looking by drone in 4K at the Bournemouth - Swanage Motor Road and ferry, which from the 1920s perhaps beats the M6 for the title of first motorway in Britain. Also looking at other things around Bournemouth, Poole and the isle of Purbeck. Includes Branksome Chine beach, Sandbanks, Poole harbour and quay, Studland, and Corfe castle. It's not really the B3351 (M) Toll, that's just me inventing a...
Why HS2 terminates at Curzon St
Просмотров 28 тыс.Год назад
Looking by drone at Curzon Street, where the HS2 station in Birmingham is being built- the site of the first station in the city, the first interchange station in the world and the centre of the first rail network. Construction has begun, but largely looking at the history of the site and why HS2 is terminating here and not New Street or somewhere else.
1k subs! What am I doing? Drone reveal! FAQ?
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.Год назад
Actually can't believe I have 1,000 subscribers so thank you. Some new footage, talking about plans, showing the drone, etc.
How HS2 gets in to Birmingham - route and progress
Просмотров 66 тыс.Год назад
Looking by drone at the route of HS2 in to Birmingham city centre. This is a difficult construction project with other railways, the M6 motorway, and other things to work around. It's well underway now with a lot of work evident on the route. Also looking at the many obstacles at Castle Bromwich, Fort Dunlop and Bromford Bridge, under which HS2 is tunnelling.
Britain's last coal power - Ratcliffe on Soar power station
Просмотров 26 тыс.2 года назад
Britain's last coal power - Ratcliffe on Soar power station
Why HS2 closed the M42 for two Christmases
Просмотров 29 тыс.2 года назад
Why HS2 closed the M42 for two Christmases

Комментарии

  • @joaquinclavijo7052
    @joaquinclavijo7052 4 дня назад

    why can't they just move stonehenge further away from the road? that cheaper for sure than digging a tunnel

  • @kbtred51
    @kbtred51 7 дней назад

    Choose. Music or voiceover

  • @pistolschlapper
    @pistolschlapper 9 дней назад

    Great video. subbed

  • @jdillon8360
    @jdillon8360 9 дней назад

    Interesting information there, thanks for sharing. The music is too loud though, can't hear you well.

  • @aaronw0813
    @aaronw0813 9 дней назад

    Interesting to see buildings directly underneath the power lines, here in Australia nothing is built directly underneath them.

  • @BrianHulse-l9i
    @BrianHulse-l9i 11 дней назад

    Big mistake to shut coal burning power stations, most other developed econamies are building new ones ,

  • @alicewai3987
    @alicewai3987 14 дней назад

    Amazing!

  • @dugandav1
    @dugandav1 15 дней назад

    I think we need more underground pylons which are less susceptible to terrorist attack and less of an eyesore on the environment

  • @bramcoteelectrical1088
    @bramcoteelectrical1088 26 дней назад

    My uncle was station manager and on weekends had the full oversight. I was very lucky as a kid to get a full tour as a spotty 13yr old. Very cool to see the turbine floor and see the nitrogen tanks to start the turbines incase of stoppage and needing to get things going again. Visited the towers and go to pop my.head in one and look up as was just cold water running. Also go to go see the coal trains in the shed area. Got to go upto main control room. Many years later i still lioe all things electrical 😂must run in family😊 Was a very memorable experience 😊😊

  • @noelduggan72
    @noelduggan72 2 месяца назад

    1 Year On....Why Are Uk Energy Bills So High Now?

  • @Tjalie-j6i
    @Tjalie-j6i 2 месяца назад

    Cool video

  • @MrStrepsilz
    @MrStrepsilz 2 месяца назад

    3:47 A nice example of how traffic jams are formed. Take a look at the asshole VW driver not anticipating and having a last realization that he has to take an exit. He almost stops in the middle of the highway to take the exist. This means multiple cars behind him have to hit the brakes hard to stop, which creates a traffic jam. Coincidentally this is also how you get accidents

  • @stanjenkinson4520
    @stanjenkinson4520 2 месяца назад

    🙏👍👍❣️all good

  • @ykesav7743
    @ykesav7743 2 месяца назад

    Thanks

  • @justlovelyaintit
    @justlovelyaintit 2 месяца назад

    Destroying what it used to be with roads.Sad really.

  • @1evilpie
    @1evilpie 2 месяца назад

    Seems so strange driving past there now seeing the flat land where the coal pile has stood for as long as I can remember. I wonder why they don't utilise these sites for the new small modular reactors that seem to be gaining traction? The infrastructure's already there and I can't imagine the sites being suitable for much else with the contamination there must be everywhere.

  • @lewisner
    @lewisner 2 месяца назад

    I know pylons detract from the countryside but I still find them attractive.

  • @Irsu85
    @Irsu85 2 месяца назад

    But as you can clearly see from the shot of the A10 Zuidas, there is way more room for trains than cars, and when I was there (during rush hour like last week), the trains were also way more full than the A10

  • @scottbraithwaite6054
    @scottbraithwaite6054 2 месяца назад

    I love pylons

  • @MePeterNicholls
    @MePeterNicholls 3 месяца назад

    I’ve always loved electricity transport towers. I can’t see why people are so vehemently against them

  • @dewaard3301
    @dewaard3301 3 месяца назад

    @3:44 Gray car merging last minute. These people should be jailed for a little while and be forced to show everyone at work and in the neighborhood why.

    • @martinalooksatthings
      @martinalooksatthings 3 месяца назад

      I enjoyed putting that in the edit, especially now 100k+ people have seen 😅

  • @johnj4860
    @johnj4860 3 месяца назад

    I wonder if the mention of lighter construction pylons is cause for concern? Is saving cost justified when considering exceptional wind conditions could cause the phenomenon of galloping conductors. Replacement of cables and insulators is nowhere near as difficult as repairing towers too

  • @ramwinter2622
    @ramwinter2622 3 месяца назад

    Really hope the chimney and cooling towers are saved from demolition. I live about 10 miles away from the power station and I simply cannot imagine life without those structures.

  • @rachidlamzougui1683
    @rachidlamzougui1683 3 месяца назад

    Linemen are really professional and brave men, they climb these pylons and service the insulators and repair cables and lines while they are energytized.

  • @ronnysmodelspoor9902
    @ronnysmodelspoor9902 3 месяца назад

    Ofcourse we have cars and motorways too. Our country is small but still to big to cycle to every place in it. Also, our population has grown from 14 million in the eighties to 18 million now, so more cars on the road. And then there is the number of women that have a job that is much higher today, just like wealth in general. All helping traffic growth. But still, if we Dutch did cycle or use public transport as little as, say, people in the USA, there would have been way more multiple lane highways, more traffic jams, more exhaustfumes etc.

  • @1harryrobert
    @1harryrobert 3 месяца назад

    I could see this from the Travelodge in Loughborough.

  • @grahamlane1313
    @grahamlane1313 3 месяца назад

    Its funny years ago there where trams and then someone thought they where too old so got rid of them .insteat just modernising them .but no it going to cost millions of pounds to put back all tram lines that where in first place

  • @ImBaudits
    @ImBaudits 3 месяца назад

    Went here today for a nosey about and to get some drone shots now it’s officially closed - was amazing! Will get it uploaded over the weekend 😁

  • @blink997
    @blink997 3 месяца назад

    This is fantastic, first major economy to close all coal - who’s next? Plus money saving as coal was imported and we were propping up other coal industries

  • @peterwilliamallen1063
    @peterwilliamallen1063 3 месяца назад

    This Viduct goes back to the early day's of the Railway Mania when nthe Oxford and Wolverhampton Railway/ Great Western Railway did not hve their own station in Birmingham and were trying to get permision off the London & Birmingham Railway ? LNWR to see if the GWR could run their trains over this viaduct and into the new Birmingham New Street but this fell through and the GWR built Birmingham Snow Hill Station for their trains and this vderelict viaduct has stood ever since never ever having had a train run over it and there has never been a station at Digbeth unless you mean the Midland Red Coach Station

  • @DanielDoesYouTube-ze2wp
    @DanielDoesYouTube-ze2wp 3 месяца назад

    I have the ULTIMATE IDEA! rather than demolishing this precious landmark or keep it standing because of costs, let's turn it into the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Museum, as although we want rid of fossil fuels in the UK and worldwide, we cannot let these 142 years of coal-generated energy go to waste! And it would be great to see INSIDE a coal-power station IRL! Plus it would bring tourism to the area and we'll turn the coal delivery line into a heritage railway! A great tourist attraction, and a reminder to younger generations what we used to do and how we've improved the sustainability of our electricity generation over the years!

    • @blink997
      @blink997 3 месяца назад

      Precious landmark my arse, ugly 60’s monstrosity destroying our green and pleasant land

    • @ImBaudits
      @ImBaudits 3 месяца назад

      Another great idea but they’re not going to I went down today for a look about and get some drone shots now it’s officially closed and the security guy said they’re gonna knock it down in the next couple of years 😢 Feel free to sub and I’ll upload over the weekend when I’ve worked out the editing bit haha

  • @simonsimon325
    @simonsimon325 3 месяца назад

    Where's Martina? You sound like a bloke. I only clicked cuz I thought she might be tasty.

  • @DavidSimons-ss5kn
    @DavidSimons-ss5kn 3 месяца назад

    Slightly inaccurate or misleading. Surely most domestic homes at least in the UK are 230 volts at the outset. In many commercial properties & factories the 400 v applies. In such a 3 phase supply , sometimes you'll see a sign on a wall saying 400 volts between supplies or whatever the wording. As far as I understand this is a way of splitting it into 2 domestic supplies of 230 each. Admittedly I am not sure about slight mathematical discrepancy!

  • @HOHLfmly
    @HOHLfmly 3 месяца назад

    don’t tear down the building that houses all the connections to the power grid. If you tear it down with permits and loss of time, three years would be $13 million. Clear the rest of the property for solar and wind turbines build a battery backup station in your can hook right up to the grid probably three years

  • @wailingalen
    @wailingalen 3 месяца назад

    I used to climb these things and water towers as a rebellious teen cell phone towers too

  • @Satters
    @Satters 4 месяца назад

    when the current civilisation has ended will the next find redundant pylons as mystifying as we find the pyramids of a previous dead civilisation

    • @martinalooksatthings
      @martinalooksatthings 4 месяца назад

      I think pylons will rust away by then, but I do think the remains of spaghetti junction will cause some headscratching

  • @thorley1969
    @thorley1969 4 месяца назад

    The amount of people commenting that HS2 is not needed is nothing short of staggering as they clearly have no understanding of the transport needs of this country. Would they have been just as vocal when the first motorways were proposed? Would it have been "but we already have roads, we don't need more...", no, didn't think so. The WCML is simply full and the extra capacity that HS2 would give is very much needed. No one is pretending that they haven't got things right all the time, especially the PR team who focused too much on the high speed element when they should have promoted it as the much needed capacity alleviation. The high speed element just future proofs it over its planned life span. I just wished people would take the time to do just a little bit more research before venting off. Building more roads is not the solution.

  • @airvicemarshalsirgeorgemas2083
    @airvicemarshalsirgeorgemas2083 4 месяца назад

    Get your stock of candles in.

  • @jb-if7sg
    @jb-if7sg 4 месяца назад

    These things freaked out earlier today it was ment to be raining hard and I didn't want to get shocked

  • @winniewotsit4452
    @winniewotsit4452 4 месяца назад

    Encase your legs with nylons, bestride your hills with pylons. Oh age without a soul...

  • @hhdchamara
    @hhdchamara 4 месяца назад

    End of an era. UK will shut down this coal-fired power plant end of this month. (2024 September)

    • @ImBaudits
      @ImBaudits 3 месяца назад

      Such a shame it was closed! Should’ve converted it to nuclear but instead they’re gonna knock it down ​​⁠should deffo be converted to nuclear but they’re not going to I went down today for a look about and get some drone shots now it’s officially closed and it was awesome being so close to it! Feel free to sub and I’ll upload over the weekend when I’ve worked out the editing bit haha

  • @antonchristian873
    @antonchristian873 4 месяца назад

    I think pylons are beautiful.

  • @LYoda
    @LYoda 4 месяца назад

    Song name? 0:00

    • @martinalooksatthings
      @martinalooksatthings 4 месяца назад

      It's London Elektricity - Well That's A Switch. It is in the description, in the format required by where I licensed it from. 😉

    • @LYoda
      @LYoda 4 месяца назад

      @@martinalooksatthings Ah cheers.. was trying to Shazam but your beautiful voice was in the way ;)

  • @andrewwilson6240
    @andrewwilson6240 4 месяца назад

    My office (ironically National Grid) looks over this power station. There is little coal left at RATS. It did run a couple of sets last Thursday. I dont expect it to do much more.

    • @ImBaudits
      @ImBaudits 3 месяца назад

      ⁠ I went down today for a look about and get some drone shots now it’s officially closed and the security guy said they’re gonna knock it down in the next couple of years 😢 Feel free to sub and I’ll upload over the weekend when I’ve worked out the editing bit haha

  • @edwardgrabczewski
    @edwardgrabczewski 4 месяца назад

    Ah, finally, a video that explains why some pylons use hanging loops! Great video, that answers all my questions!

  • @Nudnik1
    @Nudnik1 4 месяца назад

    There are new High voltage DC lines now being built . No skin effect or as much losses .

  • @DelilahMielczarek-k7j
    @DelilahMielczarek-k7j 4 месяца назад

    Satterfield Isle

  • @fenderbender9518
    @fenderbender9518 4 месяца назад

    Would not want to live under those People think 5G is bad?

  • @AudreyMalia
    @AudreyMalia 4 месяца назад

    76731 Benny Shores

  • @QianaVandorn-u6f
    @QianaVandorn-u6f 4 месяца назад

    Reuben Dam