Authorized Personnel Only - S2E18- Installing The Turbine
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Bravery does not equal the absence of fear, but the control of it. Having faced a few fearsome occasions and given thanks for avoiding death or dismemberment one more time, I can say that all the guys in this project are heroes. The comedic comments with subtle double entendre add a human dimension to the presentation which is quite enjoyable as well as making the point that those are human beings working on a super-human machine which could crush the life out of them with no effort. Having dog energy on site helps. Just make sure the dog does not get into anything poisonous.
He is lucky to have modern sealants, because the original would have been tar paper and some bitumen, put in nice and hot, or cork and lots of shellac as a sealant.
honestly cork and shellac wouldn't be that bad. we still use silk thread to seal up aircraft engine cases. the silicone will work well too, but its not my first go for some things.
@@syty747 i always use teflon for strength, but silk thread? ill have to look that up
“What do a walrus and tupperware have in common? They both like a tight seal” 😂😂😂😂 can’t wait to use that one at work lmao
This illustrates a part of why my minor was hydroelectric power. You get to work with some great colorful people in interesting environments. It’s a dream job for machine junkies who like to play with electricity. It saddens me to see all the plants being decommissioned. One plant I was associated with went online in 1909 and ran non stop till 1983 when a dam break destroyed it. Another plant went online in 1917 and was was destroyed by a 100 year rain storm in 1976. These plants ran virtually non stop their entire lives barring some maintenance. Small, environmentally friendly, non obstructive to the riparian zone and wildlife. And no fossil fuel consumption. These are the plants we need to bring back. Our turbines were mainly high head low flow horizontal Francis turbines and large multi nozzle pelton wheels.
YES! THANK YOU! I'm so thrilled that you're here and really understand the bigger picture. The videos here are made with the goal to Educate, Inspire, and Entertain. My hope is to help get more people into Skilled Trades, Engineering, and especially the Hydro world. :) I'm thankful you're enjoying the videos! :)
There is nothing „green“ about shutting down hydropower.
It can be done with very little impact to fish etc. by building ponds and using them to raise water when „clean“ photovoltaics is meddling with the beautiful sine wave induced by generators.
Thank you for speaking up!
8:30 Same. Trying to hold back a turbine by hand :D
Water is a brutally strong force, even in small amounts.
Looks like you have some good people down there though. Working under/on suspended loads, right above a torrent of water... Eek.
I miss working on turbines. This is a whole different type of breed. Thanks for showing this. I never got to work on a hydro. Usually, i only worked on frame 6 & 7 gas turbines on east coast with GE. I miss my road family.
Thank you for being here and finding my tiny little corner of the internet! I'm thankful you enjoyed it, and that I could help bring back some good memories for you. :) There's a LOT of other fun to explore on this channel that you might enjoy, and Season 4 of APO is *just* about to drop! :)
@Physicsduck reading some these comments is fucking hilarious 😂. People who never worked on turbines knows more than you. Even some OSHA officials here! "From my heated desk, it looks like you are doing that all wrong."
Sometimes I miss working in an environment where I can flex my swearing muscles. I’m glad you guys don’t feel the need to censor yourselves.
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This looks like a team I could vibe with.
For the couple more years they are still alive, yeah. Can't vibe with pink mist lol
@whatevernamegoeshere3644 tell me you never worked in the field without telling me you worked in the field😂. This shit not for everyone. Just stay in your ac/heated office.
@@kfeemer My man, I work in a metal fab. I spent the end of my shift fixing a cute little 30 ton machine with an axle bearing you could poke your head through. You're the type of guy that thinks ignoring safety is manly, then you're gonna leave a girl and kid behind wearing black while you're lowered 6 feet below
I grew up near the Bull Run watershed in Oregon and the hydro plant there still has the old machines run by huge belts off of a main shaft. Fascinating stuff. Of course the liberal wasteland of our state politics shut it down. There was also a massive wooden flume to transport water with little railroad tracks on top. I rode it once as a kid but would love to do it again now that I’m not quite so young and dumb.
Fuck me, that's really dangerous job. You fellas are rockstars.
I am glad that this refurbishment is going fairly well. Seems like you've got some fairly decent company in that turbine building.
That looked very dangerous lowering the turbine into flowing water 💧 😬
Commentary 10/10😂
Instant like for the power plant video.
Much appreciated!
Same here! I'm enjoying this series on Hydro power.
Epic indeed!
Thalassophobia triggering for some people I'm sure.
What would happen if one of you tripped and fell into that swirling pool of water under the turbine? Would it be goodbye forever?
That depends I guess. Down the hole is a straight shot out the back of the plant. The pipe turns a 90 degree corner and then shoots out the bottom-rear of the building. The distance is about thirty feet or so to open water.
Right now though, there isn't much flow to shoot you out, the water is just barely above freezing (there's a thick layer of ice on the canal), and it might just shoot you out under the ice.
So...could you survive? Maybe, but I wouldn't want to try it myself.
It was submechanophobia that brought me to this channel about 6-8 months ago and yeah, all these mechanical parts being submerged in flowing water... its interesting but also terrifying
It took 30 years of my life to find your comment, and understand that my stupid fear of pump impellers, submerged pipes, storage tanks and other underwater equipment actually has a name. Thank you.
Thalassophobia is the fear of the sea. Not sure what it would be for an inland waterway.
Not going to lie... The comments from and about the rigging crew had me laughing for a solid 5 mins.
Fuck I've should have been a Civic engineer now I'm just a truck driver this is absolutely awesome to watch
Why are the gates behind the screen not closed ?
There should be no water in there for this type of repair
What's your experience
The water level behind the dam must have a set level it’s supposed to be at. I’m guessing there’s no bypass valve’s, so this is the only way to dump pressure.
if the wicket gates were in the closed position the water would have no where to go but rise and flood the work chamber…by having them open the water is exhausted straight out the draft tube and flows downstream
Thanks for your sharing
Oh the banter.
Was curious. What was that round ball on the end of that pipe that has a little right angle to it? It reminded me of my work in acoustics of a ITC 1001 transducer.
Why isn't the water flow isolated?
It *is* isolated, this is just the blow-by. If we didn't have the stoplogs in and 99.9% of the water cutoff, the whole tube would be full of water.
@@Physicsduck so this is just leakage from the stop logs?
Because they dont sit to piss
If the millwrongs you're working with are anything like the millwrongs I was working with while commissioning a new production line for a client, cleanliness might be a lost cause. Gruff, little patience for bullshit, but great guys.
Not everybody might get that - millwrights vs 'millwrongs'. Heh.
I really enjoy your video's
I'm really thankful you watch them! I'm working to do better and build a bigger audience. :)
Being in there with that wicked case below me is my personal hell
Chris I got a crypto ad while watching this 😂😂😂
did you change the main bearing also? would like to see how this turbine is supported in the bellhousing...
If I'm lucky enough to get video of that phase, we'll explore it together. :)
My new favorite channel,...!!!!!!!
Those riggers would make fine pipeline welders in west Texas, it sounds like...
Chris you are a awesome person man i love your videos
Maybe it looked worse then it was, but it seems like a 800 HP turbine catching that water below with all the rigging attached would be a catastrophe.
All that rigging is lifting the turbine well clear of the water below.
Are they wearing safety harnesses attached up top so if they fall they don't hit the water and die ?
no
Not a single safety harness...
There's two actually. I own one (and wore it for the whole cleaning of the Stator), and Meat's got one. Are they wearing them when they SHOULD be? Of course not.....but I've had as much luck instilling a sense of safety into these guys as I have a concept of cleanliness. So, I wear my harness (as you've seen me do in this series a few times), and as far as their choices......ist mir egal.
@@Physicsduck Its the best thing you can do to change the culture! It is just strange to watch, as not obeying safety regulations in Denmark, is more likely to net you the loss of the job, than a thank you. Everyone should get home safe from work. There is no work in the world, that is worth dying for.
The more I learn from you, the more I like you. Thank you sir! btw, I love your videos! :)
@@Physicsduck Thank you Chris! Your new concept with the beautiful work shop in the basement is great. It has some good back to the roots feeling about it, compared to all the million projects in TGG :)
Those blades need a little more Belzona
I told that to the boss and he says he's more a Pastrami guy.
Great information
Damn thats scary. Oh its called a head cover .
5:12 You're tearin' up my heart, cap'n
i have a really good guestion so if theres no turbine and u fall in the stop log hole could sucked true the wicked gates and go out the back of the powerhouse and survive and also if u jump into the whirlpool can u survive the ride out the back of the power house?
Is this even moderately safe? Working just above this flowing water stream?
Are those guys secured?
Are those Yale or OZ chainfalls? Just curious, don't see to many in yellow other than those.
Who doesn't love a shop dog?!
Ok, so these hydro plants you are at are both run of river plants, a Kaplan and a small Francis unit. No Pelton units on this project not even the house set? What type of system are you using for work authorization? There is no by-pass for the draft tube?
Super cool vid right in the thick of things; curious tho, why install with the wicket gates open?
the gates are as closed as they get...they just leak a bit...
Hello sir, I’m currently researching for the DWR apprenticeship exam, do you have any tips or good sources to learn more about hydroelectric dams?
Sadly, I don't know anything about it. I got draughted into this gig. I showed up to make videos and at some point they made me start doing real work. But perhaps some of the other guys on here can help you with some online resources?
... One day I hope to buy you a beer.
That's why I have a Patreon. ;) Thank you!
This guy would love the game Infra
I really gotta check that out. People keep telling me about it. Can I get it on Steam?
@@Physicsduck it is on steam
lots of parts in a water turbine.
You dudes kill me with 'yer antics...Although you all know this is serious business....
We take what we do seriously, without taking ourselves too seriously. ;)
Happy everything is going well. Saw your post about your phone I was unaware of everything going on also I am a fellow michigander.
Thank you! Greetings from Coopersville! :) This was shoot a week before the phone incident. Everything happens this week, so we'll see how it goes.
Is there any kind of seal around the turbine shaft or is it just a hole
There is a packing glad. If you go back and watch the episodes about Quad Blocks it shows that in detail. :)
Chris, I'm assuming the guys working on the turbine/bell housing are contracted union millwrights? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Hey was this in Cartersville ga if so I scuba dive on that damn found were it had broken wall
What is a rigging company
AND WHERE DOES THAT WHIRLPOOL GO
that's going on the internet lol
How long did it take to get the hydraulics sealed up? I know in this kind of application even the tiniest amount of leakage could get you a CWA citation.
ok...this is F***ING COOL
Cute pupper!!!
What's the reason, you are doing this " in wet"? And not in dry action, with some intake beams whatever?
Some other reason, than to save a lot of time? I'm just asking??
We have to keep a tiny amount of water moving to prevent things from freezing.
@@Physicsduck So you are acting really cold blooded? Dame hard MF 😁😁😁👍‼️
What Real Bad Asses look like. To be down in that kind of area, yah.
OSHA is having a heart attack
Kaplan turbine. Cool!
Goto Site4.... At Nevada😁
Safety is not high on the list of important things to worry about there, is it?
All things in moderation.
Easy to preach saftey when your the one not doing the work. Ever worked in a harness in a confined space? Lanyards are always getting hung up and wrapped around your feet.
Where is this
Submechanophobia people losing their minds rn watching this
i know dogs to have eaten a full tub of grease
Don't disparage the Millbillies like that, they enjoy their lunch.
Viewer discretion is advised.
looks similar to an open heart surgery!! LOL...
No Bud Light drinkers here.
Absolutely can not believe they are working with that much flow. Unsafe as hell . How you keep the turbine from spinning . I worked hydro for years . That would never happen . Remember this. All safety rules was written with someone’s blood.
Why are they not tied off?