Authorized Personnel Only - S2E15 - Made Of Nope! Tempting Death For A Gasket

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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025

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  • @starwolf621
    @starwolf621 10 месяцев назад +25

    Your comments about the oil hole in the gasket brought back a memory. We were investigating stuck valves on the engine of one of our old tractors. When we took the valve train apart, we discovered that two of the supports had been swapped, blocking off the passage that supplied oil to the rockers...

  • @chrism4621
    @chrism4621 3 года назад +95

    The only comfort I can offer is, that if it falls it won't hurt for very long.

    • @3RaccoonsInATank
      @3RaccoonsInATank 17 дней назад

      ya but it will hurt like hell for that not vary long

  • @reverseffect
    @reverseffect 2 месяца назад +12

    "i got my light so i can see how fucked i am" is the realest thing ever

  • @rleeAZ
    @rleeAZ 3 года назад +69

    "Sorry you didn't get to see much" That's ok Chris... we heard plenty :)

  • @TechnoW1zard
    @TechnoW1zard 3 года назад +39

    You win the scary-ass huge weight overhead prize dude. Worst I had was a 1500 pound power grid rated current transformer over my head supported by a forklift, also fastened to our 5 ton crane in case the forklift let go. And it was not an enclosed space but gravity works faster than I can duck. But we also have a ladder down into a 16 foot deep pit that has plenty of room to walk around the scaffolding supporting steel tank holding 5 tons of transformer oil. We put power transformer bushings in there for electrical tests, walking around 4 huge steep plates that if they ever do let go it's a sudden drop and it's not the fall that hurts, its the landing. Love my job!

  • @mattfleming86
    @mattfleming86 9 месяцев назад +14

    Lol.. chemistry major here who somehow ended up going into arboriculture.
    You being under the turbine reminds me of when i'm waay too far up in a dead tree and rigging off of it.
    You're smart. You trust your gear. But no matter what the pucker factor is still waaaay high.

  • @thetransformatorium7980
    @thetransformatorium7980 2 года назад +48

    Turbine of Damocles. That was fucking hilarious!

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier7421 2 года назад +45

    You: "I thought we weren't supposed to work beneath suspended loads"
    Boss: (belly laugh)

  • @MrTommyboy68
    @MrTommyboy68 Год назад +17

    Hey. at least Pennywise didn't pop up holding a fist full of balloons in one hand and a sharp knife in the other reaching for one of the straps.

    • @jimharris9394
      @jimharris9394 Месяц назад

      And a bag of spare diapers in the other?
      IMHO, doing something like that in a situation like this would be justifiable homicide. Seriously! A prank like that can get people killed!

  • @Reman1975
    @Reman1975 29 дней назад +2

    For some reason this gave me flashbacks to when I worked as a moble IT guy. Our company had contracts all over the place, and one day I got sent to a ship yard to swap a CRT monitor. I found the place, got sent to the right building, and found the contact. He said "It's up in the office", then proceeded to lead me back outside. By "Up in the office" he was referring to a wooden mezzanine floor type structure that was hanging in the rafters about 70ish feet up !!!!!
    To get there you had to go up a long metal spiral staircase that ran up the entire outside the building........ I'm not good with heights. As I'm dead lifting the heavy monitor and walking up the stairs he RAN off ahead. The staircase was only attached at the bottom and the top, so. By the time I got a third of the way up he was about two thirds to the top. At that point his weight swinging around that single centre support hit some kind of resonating frequency, and the whole staircase started lurching in circles by what felt like 6" !!!!!!! I'm not good with heights. I'm having to hold onto the monitor box with both hands so I couldn't grab the centre support or the banister. In blind panic, I just dropped the box onto the next step and brace it with my leg because the only thing going through my mind at that point was how much I needed to I hug that vertical support for dear life !!! It was at this point that I realised that I'm really REALLY bad with heights.
    Eventually he got to the office, so the staircase stops swinging, but just when I'd managed to pluck up enough courage to carry on up, he'd realised that I'd stopped, so decided to RUN back down to find out what was wrong. By the time he got to me I was back to hugging the support. He asked what was wrong, so I told him about my problem with heights. He just laughed, grabbed the box, and said "It's OK. I'll go swap the monitor. I'll meet you back at the bottom". With that he grabbed the box and RAN back up.
    I'd only just got back to ground level by the time he came running back down carrying the broken monitor. So I filled out the paperwork, got a signature, and left.
    Now, Just for the record, My fight or flight reflex is properly messed up. Once when a customers obviously aggressive Pitbull came running at me as I walked through their garden, my instant reaction wasn't to try to run, it was to nearly break my knuckles punching the dog in the side of the head when it leapt for me, but that staircase freaked me out enough that I only got about half a mile from that shipyard before I had to pull over because I was shaking so hard and felt so close to throwing up that I didn't feel safe to drive.

  • @____________________________.x
    @____________________________.x 8 месяцев назад +6

    This looks like the intro to one of those “In China, a mechanic’s first day using the four post car lift, which was made in China…”

  • @jameslaidler2152
    @jameslaidler2152 8 месяцев назад +4

    "The turbine kf fucking Damocles!" Lol. You can tell how scared a guy is by how much he swears.

  • @DrewMarold
    @DrewMarold 11 месяцев назад +16

    I've been bingeing this series and one of my favorite aspects is how unfiltered it is.

    • @Physicsduck
      @Physicsduck  11 месяцев назад +16

      THANK YOU! I cannot express how much I appreciate that you like it this way. This is what it's really like, and how the guys really talk. SO MANY PEOPLE get butthurt over the language and such. I'm really thankful you like it to reflect reality.

    • @pacificcoastpiper3949
      @pacificcoastpiper3949 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@Physicsduckthe marble mouthed nature of your crew is almost… ALMOST as bad as sailors

    • @havidgekoochek
      @havidgekoochek 7 месяцев назад

      I love your channel and identify with you on so many levels. There is a Pelton wheel generator called the Silversmith Power & Light Generating station. It has been operating since 1897 continuously. 110 kW. The operator is Uber fascinating just like you. ​@@Physicsduck

    • @jimharris9394
      @jimharris9394 Месяц назад

      I'm surprised that RUclips hasn't squashed it yet - it's definitely not intended for "younger" ears.
      You remind me of an ex-navy guy I worked for doing TV repairs while I was in high-school. He could cuss fluently in several languages and when he got to cussing in Russian, you knew things were going down hill fast!

  • @Physicsduck
    @Physicsduck  2 года назад +3

    Check out my other Hydro Dam videos here: ruclips.net/p/PL-3Y2XexL9dRz9zskedt9vejSoNFmAESQ
    If you like what you see here, I'd appreciate your help to continue making free, educational videos for all: ko-fi.com/captainboden

  • @chrism4008
    @chrism4008 2 года назад +36

    Its funny how fear works. I can swim but id MUCH rather take a lunch break under that turbine before wanting to mess around in the intake

    • @darthrevan2063
      @darthrevan2063 2 года назад +5

      Yep I can swin ok but I would much rather be under heavy stuff than in fast moving water.

    • @Groupedup-ne2kk
      @Groupedup-ne2kk 11 месяцев назад +8

      I'm with you on that one. It would only take one slip-up for the intake to take me, but three things have to fail for the load to drop on my head.

  • @noneofyourbusiness7600
    @noneofyourbusiness7600 5 месяцев назад +3

    suspended load, confined space, fall protection lol.. A man on a mission OSHA be damned.. lol

  • @chris76-01
    @chris76-01 Месяц назад +3

    Industrial tea bagging😂

  • @vtforester1382
    @vtforester1382 Год назад +5

    Love the videos! And certainly no lack of humor and what not. Just got into full time hydro about a year ago. We’ve got 4 horizontal Francis turbines at 2mw each and a vertical Francis at about 4mw. Picking up some pointer from ya. Good stuff!

  • @scottmarshall6766
    @scottmarshall6766 3 года назад +5

    I used to do this sort of work. Never enjoyed the confined space thing, tank mixers, distributers and stuff like you have there. Not fun, but I always figured, 2 tons or 200 tons, it's all pretty disconcerting. I frequently put my own safety gear on, and rarely had any of my customers object, in fact, they usually would do the backup rigging any I wanted.
    Kudos for filming it. The install will have you in there for a while. After the 1st hour or so, you start to forget where you are.

  • @Carstuff111
    @Carstuff111 2 года назад +1

    I have a new reason to love this channel: He says what is on my mind as he climbs into the potential pit of doom. I am claustrophobic as fuck, and you are a braver man than I! But this has been awesome to watch you guys working on that dam. My hat off to you guys that have to climb into places like that with a generator swinging above you.

  • @kevinwhite9919
    @kevinwhite9919 2 года назад +9

    the width of the gasket between the oil tube hole and the outer circumference seems unreasonably narrow. at least hopefully that oil tube hole gets filled with a copper or brass press fit nipple so there's not a lot of oil pressure there. hopefully you maximized the surface area of the gasket. love the view of the access!

    • @spec_opsgaming
      @spec_opsgaming 8 месяцев назад

      It's just to have enough oil drip through to keep things down there lubricated

  • @TheScottyboyee
    @TheScottyboyee 8 месяцев назад +4

    Avoided death.... and THATS pretty cool

  • @lukasyelle4708
    @lukasyelle4708 Год назад +6

    God the //&&DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE comment in the disclaimer was fuckin gold

    • @Physicsduck
      @Physicsduck  Год назад +1

      There's a slowed-down version of the Disclaimer as its own video. If you dig a little on this channel you'll find it.

  • @JonSenior
    @JonSenior 18 дней назад

    I used to rig lighting equipment for concerts. Most days I was working off a scaffold tower with outriggers which could be wheeled around and rigging off the existing lighting rig, but one time the touring engineer really needed the front truss over the front of the stage and high. Which meant getting up to the rafters (steel beams). On an A-Frame ladder! One of the crew called me out for swearing so much while I was up there. This video reminds me of why, while swaying gently about 15cm each way and reaching up to the beam above my head, the only words that came to mind were obscene!

  • @michael-sherwood
    @michael-sherwood 5 месяцев назад +1

    Hahaha the turbine of damocles

  • @jimharris9394
    @jimharris9394 Месяц назад

    "You guys sit tight, I'll be right back. . . . *OH SHIT!!!*"
    I almost lost it right there. . . .
    They had to rig that bastid an extra three feet higher just to fit the gigantic set of balls you have to have, to even think about thinking about a job like that!

  • @SuperSquart
    @SuperSquart 3 года назад +8

    I fucking love you dude! I honestly died watching this! Made my day in fact had to watch it twice! Thanks

  • @conradconstantine8549
    @conradconstantine8549 2 года назад +1

    This was hilarious mate, I've watched all your videos regarding this Hydro Plant, I maintain a set of bells in the local church here, i feel your pain when it comes to being under heavy suspended objects! Biggest bell i go under is 20 CWT lol! Watching from Britain! Cheers!

  • @kylehenline3245
    @kylehenline3245 7 месяцев назад +1

    Turbine of damacles made me spit my drink out

  • @jerahmysmith4459
    @jerahmysmith4459 6 месяцев назад +1

    Is that a space heater? 😂

    • @RNMSC
      @RNMSC 5 месяцев назад

      Yep, the edie currents off the dirty generator coils ain't warming the place up while the generator is in pieces.

  • @A.R.77
    @A.R.77 2 месяца назад

    14:15 ~ Damn great fit! Yeah, I'd have to muster the courage to get in there for about 2 hours of just staring and slowly moving down there. I'd probably have to get out several time too. Man, that's scary.

  • @psychoaftershok
    @psychoaftershok 2 года назад +1

    "turbine of damocles" XD

  • @Pip45
    @Pip45 3 года назад +6

    should have said "i love my job so much i do it twice!"

  • @SeanBZA
    @SeanBZA 3 года назад +1

    Could be worse, you could have been like me, swinging up attached to a crane, driven by GI Joe, and holding in the one hand the air drill, in the other the pack of safety signs, and with one pocket filled with pop rivets, the drill chuck key and 5 spare 5mm drill bits. The other pocket with the rivet gun in it. going to to replace safety signs, and yes I was doing it safely, I brought in my safety harness (actually my fathers, seeing as he was the one who used to do inspection up top of structures) to use, instead of what GI Joe wanted, which was to use a sling alone.
    You can bet that as soon as i was up there by the old signage, I attached myself to the steel frame fast, then started to do the drill, drop the remains down, and replace the signs with new intact ones. Good thing the wind was not blowing too much, and the breeze did help a lot with the heat.

  • @nolanwillis1131
    @nolanwillis1131 7 месяцев назад

    This reminds me of a time when my dad and I had to tear apart the back end of a Komatsu engine on a fishing vessel and remove the bell housing just because the mechanic who overhauled it forgot one of the oil galley plugs. There was not much room to work in that hole.

  • @talusranch990
    @talusranch990 2 года назад +1

    The turbine has an annoyance detector

  • @TankR
    @TankR 24 дня назад

    Already subscribed but thumbs up for naughty no good word within first 2 minutes of video. Keep up the good work!

  • @joshuavanmeerveld7230
    @joshuavanmeerveld7230 3 года назад +7

    Thanks for showing stuff like this! Not much millwright type stuff on RUclips. What's the reason for not cribbing/supporting that load? Pucker factor for sure.

  • @kristiansolstad9068
    @kristiansolstad9068 Год назад +1

    Man I envy your pure job satisfaction, never seen passion like that before. Theres a man happy about his work tasks for sure.... ;) Also quite the disclaimer , apparently you are just a figment of my imagination.... Looks soo easy too , yank out turbine, stuff it back and try to not drop it on your foot I guess.... ? What could go wrong ?

  • @justlookin20101
    @justlookin20101 2 года назад +1

    So that working platform is just above the chute then ? An awesome and eerie location tho.

  • @Feldoom
    @Feldoom 9 месяцев назад +2

    "Well if you see this Micky Mouse bullshit.." and Subscribed.

    • @Physicsduck
      @Physicsduck  9 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you! :)

    • @meskes4059
      @meskes4059 4 месяца назад

      I’ve said this one more than one occasion as well.
      The life of a rigger

  • @MaskinJunior
    @MaskinJunior 17 дней назад

    You need to put a 1/4" screw throug a weders magnet so you get a magnetig camera-foot to bring places like this.

  • @DanBowkley
    @DanBowkley 2 года назад +3

    No danger of it falling but my confined space fun time was hella fun...back when I was like 70 pounds lighter and in the Navy, my job was to wiggle my skinny ass into the maybe 8 inch gap between the bottom of one of the ship's generators and the big oil sump beneath it and mop up the oil. Big mofo Detroit 16V149TIB engine and I think a 1MW generator on the spinny end of it. Being a Detroit there was always oil.
    Would you believe I actually miss that shit?

  • @drewcagno
    @drewcagno 11 дней назад

    I work in the power generation industry, there is only 1 crane operator that i ever trusted to pass a load over the top of me during extreme situations. Its fuckin terrifying, but some times you gotta just accept that you might be getting cleaned up with a mop!

  • @littleshopofelectrons4014
    @littleshopofelectrons4014 3 года назад +3

    Can you disclose the estimated cost for this turbine/generator overhaul?

    • @Physicsduck
      @Physicsduck  3 года назад +24

      Based on what they're paying me...must be damn near free.

    • @crakkbone
      @crakkbone 11 месяцев назад +1

      AHAHAHAHA😂😂😂

  • @v3700
    @v3700 11 месяцев назад

    Getting the plastic under the bottom of a steam generator to shrink wrap it while hanging in the air always made my butt pucker, just a cool 300t rolling pin of death

  • @charadremur333
    @charadremur333 2 года назад +3

    I was praying that you wouldn't drop the template

  • @nodrogdivad
    @nodrogdivad 2 года назад +2

    t 1st I thought you were kinda over acting for the camera... maybe a bit... but upon bringing the camera down into the pit... I'd have to say, for any amt of money and training, I'd still be adding my own personal stink to the pit. Speaking of which, what kind of alarms do you have in that area or above? Methane alarms? CO?

  • @HappyDiscoDeath
    @HappyDiscoDeath 3 года назад +1

    2:23 cue muppet scream

  • @rhadden8976
    @rhadden8976 2 года назад +1

    Real funny thing is if there was a "safety inspector" around he would be giving you shit about not wearing a hard hat. Like if that thing fell that hat would make a difference. Oh and I feel ya and understand, I was responsible for testing aerial man lifts, one was 125 ft. High.

    • @RNMSC
      @RNMSC 5 месяцев назад

      I wasn't aware Nike made Steel toe trainers either. And no, ieven if they did, it wouldn't save your toes. 😞

  • @ocsrc
    @ocsrc 7 месяцев назад

    Rubber is the best material for a seal. I made seals and used the Ultra Copper RTV on both sides of the 1/4 inch thick rubber gasket and it never leaked

  • @Cragified
    @Cragified 2 года назад +1

    Honestly I'm surprised they had this just hanging on rigging for all the work instead of being cribbed up.

  • @christopherleubner6633
    @christopherleubner6633 2 года назад

    You win the confined space very scary can die at any time balls of steel award. 😅❤

  • @Buddyman1225
    @Buddyman1225 2 года назад +1

    What's below nose cone ?

    • @RNMSC
      @RNMSC 5 месяцев назад

      A vertical drop into a bend to a 10 foot tall horizontal pipe filled with water headed to the tailrun. I forget what the vertical drop is, but the bottom of that bend is at least 10 feet below the nose cone. It's more of a tail cone for the turbine of course.

  • @mikeybhoutex
    @mikeybhoutex 3 года назад +4

    Braver man than most, even with yer bitchin'. :) I'm with you, don't wanna be under that at all.
    I'm curious, what material was the gasket, and if different what is the new gasket gonna be made of?

  • @Keefus4822
    @Keefus4822 9 месяцев назад +1

    You'd be terminated so quick at my mill lol
    Crazy how some places operate.
    Do they not require any PPE, LOTO, or Confined Space program? Its kinda staggering to see this in a utility.

  • @p1rmcbacon463
    @p1rmcbacon463 6 месяцев назад

    I couldnt do this job im to clumsy, id bump the giant blade or fall into the water below. Hopefully if i took the water slide i wouldn't die to some grate at the end

  • @JoelleTheAbsurdist
    @JoelleTheAbsurdist 2 года назад

    Reads another entire disclaimer, curious if they differ... finally understands the futility of life...

  • @sbdragoo4463
    @sbdragoo4463 7 месяцев назад

    Just keep telling yourself "I will not die today."

    • @RNMSC
      @RNMSC 5 месяцев назад

      "If I die today, at least it won't be posted on RUclips. But man, RUclips needs to see this, so I will not die today!"

  • @iainburgess8577
    @iainburgess8577 13 дней назад

    ROFL!!! aah, man. i know that feeling, but not danger overhead. it falls, it'll be over before i can react, so there's jack all for it. no reason for fear.
    decent heights? i get to watch that shit in high def ultra slomo for 3 hours if it happens. Noooo THANK YOU!

  • @jovanristicBGD
    @jovanristicBGD Месяц назад

    Anyone read the disclaimer at the end? This is the funniest shit i read in a long time....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jaredkennedy6576
    @jaredkennedy6576 5 месяцев назад

    I totally get the fear, but I'd probably be swaying the thing and chuckling about it.
    On a side note, I have a 3 ton Budgit chainfall with a 30' chain that needs a new home. Know anyone who needs one?

  • @aetherguy881
    @aetherguy881 5 месяцев назад

    Hey man, I bet you're as understaffed as the next crew, but confined spaces are no joke.

  • @Anvilshock
    @Anvilshock 2 года назад

    Strangely, my aperture kept puckering less because of you being under the overhead load but because of that template, or your phone, or the light, constantly threatening to drop down the hole, or anywhere else at the slightest slip or bump.

  • @twwtb
    @twwtb 5 месяцев назад

    Well, you know, um, don't die, I guess.

  • @JRRott-mj5jq
    @JRRott-mj5jq Год назад +1

    Thought you were an electrician? Your job doesn’t have gasket making in it so why wouldn’t you just have one of your buddies do it

    • @Physicsduck
      @Physicsduck  Год назад +4

      I asked to, bonus pay yo. Besides, I like learning new skills.

  • @p.r.574
    @p.r.574 2 года назад

    The turbine of Damocles 8-/

  • @SamSitar
    @SamSitar 3 года назад

    that place is scary to me as well.

  • @Sir_Uncle_Ned
    @Sir_Uncle_Ned 3 года назад

    Your relief once you got those photos was so tangible you could cut it with a knife. Things dangling over your head are never fun, especially when they are exceptionally heavy and swaying.

  • @roybiv7018
    @roybiv7018 8 месяцев назад

    Hell to the nah nah...

  • @what6306
    @what6306 5 месяцев назад

    Dear god bro please buy a headlamp.

  • @user-wm4rj5jw6s
    @user-wm4rj5jw6s Месяц назад

    good lord, how high were you when you wrote the disclaimer? I'm five minutes in, it's not fun anymore, but now I feel obligated to finish it.

    • @user-wm4rj5jw6s
      @user-wm4rj5jw6s Месяц назад

      You said may be too intense for some viewers multiple times.

    • @user-wm4rj5jw6s
      @user-wm4rj5jw6s Месяц назад

      You could really use an oxford comma between microwave ovens and mobile phones, or it looks like it's a totally separate item from the radiation from nuclear blasts. Unless you are just saying that microwaves and phones aren't covered by the warranty.

    • @user-wm4rj5jw6s
      @user-wm4rj5jw6s Месяц назад

      You could use some more projectiles, air to air missiles and harpoons (the missile and the wailing tool) come to mind.

    • @user-wm4rj5jw6s
      @user-wm4rj5jw6s Месяц назад

      Why can't I watch while sleeping?

    • @user-wm4rj5jw6s
      @user-wm4rj5jw6s Месяц назад

      I seriously doubt that you are kosher.

  • @scottfields9214
    @scottfields9214 3 месяца назад

    Probably the sweariest video you've ever made 😂😂😂😂

  • @citystrollerrentals
    @citystrollerrentals 2 года назад

    THe real deal!!! Love it

  • @polarvortex6496
    @polarvortex6496 3 года назад +1

    I think he likes it.

  • @anger9984
    @anger9984 7 месяцев назад

    I've seen how yall store your straps... welp

  • @sybergoosejr
    @sybergoosejr 3 года назад

    yeah that scary shit.

  • @OverKillPlusOne
    @OverKillPlusOne 3 года назад +1

    S2E15 mebbe :)

  • @fabulousfabrications1985
    @fabulousfabrications1985 19 дней назад

    That is some disclaimer did anyone else read it?? Holy cow man but I thought you are an electrician disclaimer says you are not an electrician etc., etc. and so on and so forth,,,

  • @johnstreet797
    @johnstreet797 Год назад +2

    Chris, your technical knowledge is impressive, and your ability to communicate that knowledge is admirable. My wish would be that you clean up your vocabulary. I don't appreciate your foul profane language and you taking my Lord's name in vain. It detracts from an otherwise excellent channel.

  • @hodwooker5584
    @hodwooker5584 10 месяцев назад +1

    Is this a educational video about profanity? No subscription from me.

    • @RNMSC
      @RNMSC 5 месяцев назад

      Nope. It's an educational channel on the physical and psychological effects of working trades jobs in the real world. Have fun.