Jacob's ladder makes its way down a Montreal street - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Kryoclasm
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 01:44:42 am
content: That was super cool! Until the transformer exploded.

author: olsenn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 02:06:02 am
content: Why do I feel like this is the opening to Bioshock 3?

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 02:09:23 am
content: Quote from: Kryoclasm on November 05, 2013, 01:44:42 amIt was still pretty fucking cool, unless you're the poor dude who has to fix and/or pay for it

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 02:15:22 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on November 05, 2013, 02:09:23 amLOL, not according to the guy that taped itQuote

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 03:27:41 am
content: Wow, hope I never see that close up.

author: staxquad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 04:23:13 am
content: hope his CAM was rated cat 4

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 08:56:50 am
content: Couldn't have been Montreal, he swore in english.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 11:03:57 am
content: The exciting part only starts around halfway through at 00:29And someone needs to learn how to turn his camera 90 degrees

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 11:13:49 am
content: Quote from: amyk on November 05, 2013, 11:03:57 am

author: Alphatronique
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 04:02:13 pm
content: Hi Stonentwas in Laval ,just next to montreal ,and have lot of english in montreal areathat have covered in local newsBest regard

author: edpalmer42
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 04:24:02 pm
content: Here's another video that shows the same sort of thing.This almost looks like it was some kind of test. The cameraman reacted so quickly that it was like he was expecting it.Ed

author: XynxNet
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 04:49:49 pm
content: Quote from: edpalmer42 on November 05, 2013, 04:24:02 pmIf you look closely you see them throwing some kind of wire over the lines.

author: edpalmer42
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 11:13:42 pm
content: Quote from: XynxNet on November 05, 2013, 04:49:49 pmYes, I saw that, but I wasn't sure if they'd used a wire to initiate the arc or if that was something that got blasted off by the arc.Ed

author: Vgkid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 11:28:53 pm
content: It looks like the wire was thrown, as it appears to be coiled.

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 11:50:10 pm
content: Quote from: Vgkid on November 05, 2013, 11:28:53 pmLooks like a taser or something like that.

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2013, 11:53:19 pm
content: If you look closely in the distance you can see a spot moving... Looks like they were flying a kite. Curiously the arc travels vertically to the ground directly beneath the wires

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2013, 12:00:22 am
content: Quote from: AlfBaz on November 05, 2013, 11:53:19 pmLooks to me like they attached a wire to the ground.

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2013, 12:12:50 am
content: It's definitely a kite.In the very first frame you can see someone's hand holding the string and above the tree line you can see the kite zigzagging and moving higher until it lifts the string into the power lines... That was one lucky bastard

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2013, 12:15:29 am
content: Quote from: AlfBaz on November 06, 2013, 12:12:50 amSo what exactly is the object on the ground it just happens to arc directly to?Pretty sure they did it intentionally.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2013, 11:22:51 am
content: Quote from: Monkeh on November 06, 2013, 12:15:29 amThe ground, obviously.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2013, 04:33:13 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on November 06, 2013, 11:22:51 amThere's something sat there, though.

author: envisionelec
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 07, 2013, 03:53:41 pm
content: I asked the guy that started doing these videos a few years ago about his method. He uses a length of nylon fishing line (thus the coils) and a piece of wire tied to a stick. The wire is only 25 feet long to connect the phase to ground. They toss the stick over the line from the opposite side of the line while the stick+wire stays on the ground. Pulling the fishing line brings the stick up with the wire. You can see where it goes from there.

author: cloudscapes
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 07, 2013, 07:51:15 pm
content: Quote from: Stonent on November 05, 2013, 08:56:50 amThere's a large english speaking population here in Montreal, and a lot of francophones are perfectly billingual, too.Anyways, we had a crazy amount of wind on the 1st, the day that video was taken, with blackouts in areas.. I'm not at all surprised it fucked up the power lines like this.