Electrical power is amazing and dangerous at high voltages. Electrical substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system that transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or control the flow of electrical power. Substations may be owned and operated by an electrical utility, or may be owned by a large industrial or commercial customer. Generally substations are unattended, relying on SCADA for remote supervision and control. Here is a collection of videos on electrical substations:
Electrical Grid 101 : All you need to know !
Power Substation Overview
3D Animation of 33/11KV Substation (Outdoor Section)
Electrical Substation visit. Inside an Electrical Substation.
6 Electrical Substation Bus Schemes Explained
375 MVA Transformer – A quick look and energising
500kV substation equipment – A quick look
Broken Hill Substation
132/33 kv Substation overview
132kV Circuit breaker – A brief overview
ABB 145 KV SF6 circuit breaker
354KV Disconnect Openning
500,000 volt line opened under load
Electrical Substation Tour
How to Install the TripSaver II Recloser
Substations and Switchyards [PREVIEW]
50KVA distribution transformer 20Kv-400V
Isolator vs Circuit Breaker – Difference Between Isolator and Circuit Breaker
A practical working explanation of ISOLATOR-Dissconnector switch for 220kV switchyard
Isolator opening on load. All video
Difference between Circuit breaker and Disconnector/Isolator | Explained | TheElectricalGuy
Operation of Isolator With Earth Switch in Electrical Substation
Electrical Substations
Brazil-Argentina HVDC Interconnection
110 kV transformer switching on line
Sub Station Training
20KV High Voltage Transformer – Jaycobs Ladder demo
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33kV /11kV Distribution Substation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMKjyiaeE9A
View of LTAC, DC and control panels of a substation in Auckland, New Zealand
The Main o.c.b. panels are 11 kV Reyrolle equipment.
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Zellweger Ripple Injection Plant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjtEPXQkHeM
3 Ø DOL start 1050 Hertz ripple frequency.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zellweger_off-peak
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Building evacuated, as high-voltage power lines spark fire in ivy-covered power poll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJHCMMB7Nks
Building evacuated, as high-voltage power lines spark fire in ivy-covered power poll
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What happens when a tree snaps a powerline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmqAP0UlD_g
An Eyewitness News camera was rolling when it happened in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey.
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Overhead power line
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_power_line
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Tree branch touching a 22000 Volts power line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4jZBy5DMX8
In this demo I show what could happen when a tree or tree branch touches a live overhead line.
22000 Volts 50 Hertz
Initially some current start flowing to ground, steam develops in the branch and carbon tracking occurs, which increases the current flow.
At some stage the current will get the whole lot on fire and current increases till a protective earth fault relay trips the supply.
Often power – lines will re-liven again multiple times so always stay well clear and notify the local power authority.
On a feeder line, when the tree becomes fully conductive, a massive flash-over occurs at High Voltage and several hundred or even thousands of Amps.
The risk of step potential is very significant nearby the base of the tree and up to several meters away. e.g. a Voltage of many thousands of Volts between each meter of ground away from the tree stem.
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Testing voltage transformers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEvk-A5Qb-o
Voltage transformers are used around the clock throughout the energy grid, and their life span can reach up to 40 years. During that time, the effects of aging, regular operation, network faults, or external influences may affect the integrity of a voltage transformer. Utilities perform various tests during commissioning and maintenance to find any irregularities that have been caused by transportation, installation or daily operation.
https://www.omicronenergy.com/en/products/votano-100/
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Isolating a Disconnecting Circuit Breaker using live line working
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfwpF68Di8k
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The High Voltage Buzz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCZtmibEXuU
What happens when you lose a rectifier in a HVPS.
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Electric Arc Between Powerlines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnnJp-XAZdU
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Don’t make contact with overhead power lines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uws5o3hq4Es
Using a hot dog to symbolize the human body, SMECO’s safety experts show what happens when the hot dog makes contact with power lines.
Power Line on Metal Swing Set Between Gibbons Ave and Forrest Ave, Arlington Heights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Xq3JulV1o
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Stick Thrown On Powerlines Causing Electricity Arc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGja-LzX_kY
Stick Thrown On Powerlines Causing Short Circuit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fGdZ-nu7zo
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https://www.electricaltechnology.org/2015/02/why-power-transmission-cables-lines-are-loose-on-electric-poles-transmission-towers.html
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Pre Arrival – FDNY Verbal Transformer Fire Outside Firehouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_a9ogNyK8g
we see fire and smoke on the street as we turn the corner. We immediately informed the members in the firehouse of what was happening outside. Watch as the fire starts to spread, pop, and spark, and as the members clear the area and put the fire out.
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Family monitors snapped power line all night after it sparks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkFXEnTwT-A
During Tropical Storm Irma, a Greenville family feared their home would catch fire after a power line snapped and sparked.
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Wellington Electrical Fire on Street || ViralHog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ya5O0AQXGo
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Potential Transformer (PT) | control Transformer; use
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFtGfxp_y1A
What is the electrical Potential transformer (PT) working principle? how does single-phase voltage control transformer works? and its concept is explained in this video tutorial. A potential transformer is basically an instrument transformer and it is generally a single phase electrical transformer with high voltage ratio accuracy. But it operates and designed for less power. Potential transformer (PT) types, applications, specification, tests, accuracy class, phase shift error, response time, the equivalent circuit is explained in the lecture. Voltage ratio calibration for control purpose, also called the control transformer, Capacitor type voltage transformer ( CVT ) function as PT is explained in English in transformer tutorial.
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Power line goes down onto trucks setting them on fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOcciPs26lo
two trucks on fire
Live Wire Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xoyb9M5-EA
Dominion Safety Experts travel our service area conducting live wire demonstrations for fire departments and emergency responders to alert them to the dangers of working around power lines.
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Barehanding Transmission Lines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9QJGXln1lE
A look at how Dominion does maintenance work on high voltage transmission lines without taking them out of service
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Half Million Volt Workers Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lbmis-VUW0
Half Million Volt Workers Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQLPFWxEhIc
Half Million Volt Workers Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oSDDr4uNnw
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POWER POLE ELECTRICAL FIRE (ARCING AND FLASHING)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOQEBqdCQeM
An excavator struck an underground electrical line. The over current caused arcing and flashing on the overhead line.
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Circuit Breakers 2 [PREVIEW]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcnzDM8yoVg
This training program is designed to provide the student with basic information about circuit breakers that are used in substations and switchyards. The course shows how arcs are extinguished in gas-blast and gas-puffer breakers, and covers four types of breaker operating mechanisms: solenoid, motor/spring, pneumatic, and hydraulic.
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Our tree is on fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gt0_hx9qco
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Power Line burns and arcs tree and fails. 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ-2I26fdpw
In this Video a Windy day makes a power line burn up a tree as it arcs and falls to the ground.
PSO ELECTRICITY 34 KV FAULT DONT TOUCH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecHddF1Rc84
PSO ELECTRICITY TRAINING VIDEO
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This was an amazing fault! In my 27-year professional practice, I have never seen an electrical fault lasting this long. The 34kV system seemed to be designed as an ungrounded system or grounded through an impedance. Therefore, this ground fault current would have been limited to a lower value. (I don’t believe there was a phase-to-phase short circuit as the p-p fault would result in much higher fault current which would burnt the line quickly) The low fault current didn’t blow the fuse or caused protection trip. However, this fault would result in local GPR (ground potential rise) increasing. The household electricity is a grounded system. The increased GPR hence damaged the nearby household electrical system through the grounding wire. There were design deficiencies in this 34kV system, e.g. phase-selection ground protection or other alternative protection should be equipped for this system.
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Grounding Induction on a 500KV Power Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvUc29UoYsw
Tower 16 over 5 grounding the east phase on the PGE Grizzly Malin line between two BPA 500 KV energized lines.
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Hot Sticking a 34 kV Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfAE9QDR2s
T&D How: Instruction for hot sticking with Kansas City Power & Light.
Rubber Glove Arm Install
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r-ijelJ93o
. This is just a small job, we are setting up this pole so we can change out a pole one span away. Decided to throw the go pro on and see how it turned out. Hope you enjoy!!
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How to Change Out an Overhead Transformer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNCmegE-Ejw
Kansas City Power & Light linemen show how to change out an overhead transformer.
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Electrical Safety: Crane Truck Contact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBUvYh93pQc
In this video, a crane truck operator contacts a high-voltage power line. If this happens and you are not in immediate danger, stay put until help arrives. If you are in immediate danger, shuffle at least 10 metres away from the point of contact.
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Electrical Safety: Underground Contact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiAmumuoPSI
In this video, a backhoe operator contacts an underground power line. Before any digging begins, contact BC One Call and locate all underground utilities to reduce the risk of electrical contac
Electrical Public Safety: Downed Power Line Safety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psv3ySUoF3Q
A lot of power lines are overhead, but did you know power lines can also be underground? Always call 811 before you dig in order to determine if underground power lines are in your yard.
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Control & Relay Protection Panel for substation-Practical Explanation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOJuf12P4KI
Control and Relay panel is most important equipment of the substation as it work as shield guard for all substation equipments and electrical network. Moreover, these panels are useful to control the flow of electricity as per the Voltage class and detect the faults in transmission lines.
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Electrical Safety :Electrical Accident 132kV Line Clearence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvSNF_I1R4I
This video shows the electrical accident in the procession due to non sufficient line clearance in the 132KV High tension Line .
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3M™ Standard MV Cold Shrink Joints with Taped Electrode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlHm9gMmCAA
Medium voltage cable jointing demonstration of the 3M™ Standard Cold Shrink Joints With Taped Electrode.
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Welcome to the Department of Redundancy Dept.
This protection tube doesnt protect anything, therefore another protection tube is applied. Now its time to apply another protection tube to protect the previous two protection tubes. And finally a protection tube is applied on to the previous 3 protection tubes which doesnt protect the connection very well.
What was the cost of making that splice? $1000
Mike Folgers A lot! But think about what can happen if that splice would fail in the real world. Cost of digging,troubleshooting,splicing again and repaying the damage done to whoevers property this would fail on.
That’s nothing when you’re talking about vital power distribution systems… If you wanna use a giant butt connector you can do that.. but if you want it to last and be as strong as the wire surrounding it, you gotta do it right.
Haha, “How to spend $300 plus half an hour on a single joint”. Oh, and don’t forget to join a “Training” before you use our tape… Incredible, just incredible!
Step 1: apply a layer of protective tape.
Step 2: apply a layer of protective tape over the protective tape.
Step 3: use tape to protect the last layer.
Step 4: use some tape to seal things done in step 3.
Step 4: use more tape.
Tape 5: tape.tape.tape.
3M™ Standard MV Outdoor Cold Shrink Termination – Part Integrated (QTII)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdumW7xLozg
Medium voltage cable termination demonstration of the 3M™ Standard Outdoor Cold Shrink Termination – Part Integrated (QTII)
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This is an 11kV installation. Some installers would class this as Medium voltage and others would class it as High voltage, this is influenced by what voltage / network / accessory they are used to working on.
There is no reason during an installation why there should be an excessive mechanical load (tension) applied to the braid.This method has been used by 3M for over 30 years now and no failures have occurred due to the loss of an earth on the termination due to it losing connection in this manner. If you would like any more information regarding the 3M product range please do not hesitate to ask. Thanks.
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Heat Shrink Cable Joint (HV) – 11kV Trifurcating Transition (3 Core PILC to Triplex Cables)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9eShGUUg7E
SPS heat shrink 11kV cable joints are available to joint 3 core PILC (Paper Insulated Lead Covered) to 3 single core XLPE cables – this includes 11kV cable jointing PILC onto single XLPE cables with copper tape or copper wire screen.
This type of high voltage trifurcating transition 11kV cable joint is typically used by electrical utilities and contractors to connect or joint existing 3 core PILC cables onto new type 11kV single core XLPE cables, such as Triplex BS7870 cable in the UK.
Heat Shrink Cable Termination Outdoor (HV) – 11kV 33kV 3 Core XLPE BS6622 Cables
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qssOD8BriHU
Thorne & Derrick International are UK leading suppliers and stockists of HV High Voltage Heat Shrink Cable Terminations for medium/high voltage cable networks
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Overhead line connection work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_2WfWk450
Connection work with overhead lines had been done via methods of live line work for over an decade.
Isolating a Disconnecting Circuit Breaker using live line working
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfwpF68Di8k
As it becomes more and more common with live working, performed by special trained staff, the question has been raised if it is possible to use the manual links in the DCB-design for live working.
In a plant taken into service, a test was performed, where a DCB first was linked off from the live switchgear and then reconnected. The test was documented in this video film.
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World’s Biggest Electrical Transformer [With voltage upto 1100kV]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pGH1B863oI
The world’s first transformer, which Siemens developed and manufactured for high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission systems with what is currently the highest transmission voltage of ± 1,100 kilovolts (kV). The workflows for manufacturing and testing this product were challenging due to the transformer’s extreme dimensions (LxWxH: 37.5 m x 12.0 m x 14.5 m) and shipped to China where the transformer will enable a high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission with low losses over a record distance of 3,284 kilometers with a transmission capacity of 12 gigawatts.
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The Chinese Build the Highest Power Lines in the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAnZe1Qymf0
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Power transformers and shunt reactors – Proven history for future success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0BmOaOP7JU
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Arcing Wires, Downed Power Lines Common Scene After July Storm in Arlington Heights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Nz6p3zA9Q
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Haku
115kv dragon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB5UXvMTNVo
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Power Line Down with Arcing and Fire: Threatens Home in Mount Prospect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFe8eyZJnfY
Primaries are always really scary, its not your average 240v these are 7200v lines you dont even have to touch to get killed. This one here is a MESS, super scary.
Downed Power Line: Arcing and Fire Threatens Home at Eastwood Ave and Highland St, Mount Prospect
https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2012/08/downed-power-line-arcing-and-fire-threatens-home-at-eastwood-ave-and-highland-st-mount-prospect/
Com Ed responded within 25 minutes and immediately shut off the power, which stopped the arcing.
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Electric Transmission and Generation: How the Grid Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ-eBqEnraE
Rusty Williams, Director of Business Development at AFL, talks about electric transmission and generation… how the electric grid works.
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Substation Switching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My3vknivgCQ
Greenfield Power & Light de-energizing a section of the substation for routine maintenance
375 MVA Transformer – A quick look and energising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQijX1DEp1k
Just a short video showing a large transformer at my work and the sound it makes when energised.
“Low voltage side – 132,000 volts” :)
Nice sound of the inrush current. Great video.
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Broken Hill Substation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY3FTOuemro
A bit of a look at a remote substation, out west in the outback of NSW
The voltage you get at the end of an unconnected line is caused by the Ferranti effect. Without a load or a very small one, the voltage shoots through the roof. Its cause not just by the capacitance of the line but also the inductance.
How Does It Work: Substations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu6CqiM1ANg
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500kV substation equipment – A quick look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIM5BSm7lf4
Just a quick look at a high voltage substation
Electrical Substation Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cuMH-pBeE8
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132kV Circuit breaker – A brief overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uduLmqUloU
A look at some of the functions of a high voltage circuit breaker.
Substation Circuit Breaker Testing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW2YYABJAac
Circuit Breakers are an important and critical component of the power delivery system. In this video, learn about the components of a circuit breaker, different breaker technologies, and the various breaker testing methods.
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What is a Lightning Arrester
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFCWzQxT3nE
A short and simple overview of a lightning arrester for the non-technical
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500kV substation equipment – A quick look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIM5BSm7lf4
Arco elétrico
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrY_k_pdlCs
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500kV Airblast breaker and switch opening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdiJWQmSi0k
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Busbars and Connectors in HV and EHV installations
https://www.electricaltechnology.org/2018/06/busbars-and-connectors-in-hv-and-ehv-installations.html
Busbars and Connectors in Indoor & Outdoor Installations
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20,000 Amp Breaker Switch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAhq_A4EbkE