Abandoned Psych Ward Mechanical Room: Exploring and Having Fun Behind the Scenes

[@Bee_Tea_Sea]

I liked the ticka tack noise that phone box was making after you plugged it in

[@manitoba-op4jx]

whole lot of good hardware. it's a shame we live in such a vapid and wasteful society, it would make a cool hotel they don't build stuff like this anymore

[@FI-TECH-250]

In case you have not heard, THEY BOUGHT THE WHOLE PLACE :D

[@PilsCureMyDepression]

I would NAWT stay in that place even if it was free

[@manitoba-op4jx]

@FI-TECH-250 yeah i figured it out. i thought he was an urban explorer but now i've seen more of his content.

[@manitoba-op4jx]

@@PilsCureMyDepression i think some floral wallpaper and wood trim would make it one hella nice office building / hotel / spaces for rent it just needs to be cleaned and furnished and the creepyness goes away

[@ACRPC-dot-NET]

That PBX is amazing, I really hope that can be saved, i know collectors (including myself) and maybe some museums that would love it.

[@stvpls]

Especially that telephone exchange would be cool to have working again, I love these

[@redsquirrelftw]

So much cool stuff to play around with that you'd never get to in a residential home. Fun stuff to figure out and learn. That phone switch is awesome, that's super old mechanical stuff, don't see lot of that anymore.

[@SCP_Gate-Guardian]

Unfortunately I doubt the phone switch still works

[@derpydog1008]

You need to get ahold of Chris Boden he would have a field day checking out all the electrical/mechanical infrastructure of that place.

[@levicrawfish]

He would absolutely love it there

[@PR0XYL1NK]

lmao nice 😊

[@don1857]

Glad I found this. I worked in building engineering for 42 years and am familiar with all the cool equipment still in operation. I was always more comfortable in the basements, power houses and tunnels with my team, than the public areas!

[@DanburyDK]

Cool place. And thank you for showing this stuff. Especially the phone system. Most explorers record and move around too fast to see anything good like this 👍

[@tullyryan4053]

Man that has to be some of the coolest stuff I have seen in a long time the fact that the aircon just turned on with no issue is just so cool

[@sleepless3y3s]

10:08 - with that transformer humming that loud indicates there is still some pretty alot of load there

[@TheToastPeople]

Or its just old and the windings have become loose and are vibrating

[@Darrell1981]

Imagine this thing full till be insanely loud

[@BritishEngineer]

You sure about that? How do you know it’s not the natural impedance of the primary winding?

[@BritishEngineer]

⁠@@TheToastPeopleLikely not. As you know, if these winding were vibrating “loose”, the lacquer would’ve rubbed off of them a long time ago and it would be history. Same goes with the laminates, if they were vibrating due to failure of inter-lamination resistance, it wouldn’t last long before significant core loss occurs succeeding a gradual loss of efficiency as the laminates come into electrical contact with each other (they’re insulated on purpose to avoid eddy current and hysteresis based losses)

[@yakupovamusic]

dude i would shit myself in a place like that and bro is just casually chilling in this basement...

[@SchindlerGamer]

😂

[@Mantis_Toboggan]

To run one of the boilers for 1 year straight would cost $104,832.

[@tjmbv8680]

that's some old school gear with all those relay clicks.

[@wisteela]

That old telephone system is fantastic. I'd imagine you should be able to still call an extension. I noticed what appeared to be a rather modern TV towards the end on a bench.

[@manitoba-op4jx]

it's a PBX so yes. no external line necessary

[@KeritechElectronics]

"It's a flea! Flee!" Lots of interesting tech there even if a bit discombobulated. I like the crossbar switches.

[@danlevesque5437]

1 pump for heat and 1 for air-conditioning alternate each per season

[@lukedavis436]

Man I'd love my own abandoned building, I'm thinking of a cinema myself, with hopefully a couple of projectors left behind

[@pn102]

Get with the connection’s museum in Seattle on youtube to see if they might want that PBX!

[@korneliusfrik9545]

you know what you could make this a film studio. with all these rooms, you could just tear down a few walls, and have lots of place to set up great movies. i have no idea how i cane on this but you have to make at least 1 room or so for that.

[@Kartoffelliebhaber]

This channel is an absolute KZbin gem!

[@Ronnocbot]

You got an instant subscribe from me. This is so interesting to me

[@DravenAutoDIY]

I've always wanted to buy one of the many abandoned school buildings here in my area of West Virginia and convert them it into small, cheap rental units. One for myself, plenty of room for extended family if they need a place, rent out the others. I wouldn't know where to start buying up an abandoned school though!

[@manitoba-op4jx]

do it!!!! the internet can teach you everything as long as you can filter out the AI slop

[@zepplin839]

i'll donate 20 dollars to see the boiler run for an hour. I wanna see the whole HVAC cooling loop run.

[@MrMrdavis98]

I second this.

[@fernandooliver2324]

Here’s $20 more

[@mixerdude]

Idk why but this seems all very interesting to me.

[@MrCinimod93]

I just found this Channel and man it's right up my alley. What's the plans with the 60,000 square foot building?

[@brendakoldyk1647]

It's funny that I can understand How all this works. I love video's like this. I love to be there to look at this in person.

[@ssslimey]

I'm in telecom and am a network admin I can tell you how 😂

[@austinreeves5221]

@@ssslimey im in telecom and have no idea how that works lol

[@ashthewolfdog1380]

gotta love the electrical hum from the equipment. what a unique sound.

[@Shutup_please2007]

to me that just sounds like something's shorting out really bad

[@seangriffon6502]

Nothing shorting out. What you are hearing hum is the lighting transformers. I work with this ki d of equipment all the time.

[@Shutup_please2007]

@@seangriffon6502 ah, good to know

[@ashthewolfdog1380]

@@seangriffon6502 exactly. I know this kinda equipment pretty well too. I'm into the IT industry and often find myself working with or around these very often.

[@MIW_Renegade]

@@Shutup_please2007that great big transformer that steps from 480/277 to 120/208 is what’s buzzing so loud, just a transformer buzz, nothing too serious

[@scott7305]

Pretty fricking awesome

[@85Studios]

Wouldn't it be interesting if someone picked up the other end, and said hello in a spooky voice?

[@charlie_nolan]

Wow, electric boilers??? Gotta be an insane amount of power

[@Fluffberymoff]

I like exploring electrical rooms and HVAC too!

[@j.michealbrownmusic]

Whole Lotta 120 Hz humming

[@ZT_1234]

Is that because of the harmony between each phase?

[@FI-TECH-250]

Hiya! Great vid and keep it going! just wanted to say that the thing you called fire alarm dialer, was not a dialer. It is accually a single zone fire alarm control panel with an inbuild dialer. And seing as it was not in serbice, and also not upkept properly, this build would be accually illiegal to occupy lol. Take care, and keep it up! Your vids are definetly my type :)

[@WevOppy]

I’d take that telephone exchange rack any day.

[@ZRock7771]

4:13 WSHP or Water Source Heat Pump is the correct term.

[@mattd5757]

Phone system! love it!!

[@burningdust]

The mechanical / electrical doesn’t appear to be in horrible condition. Seems wasteful considering how many people needing psychiatric treatment are living in the streets right now.

[@ronwade5646]

Bwaaaahhaaa

[@rancherodave]

J Haaaabwaaahh

[@Uhhhhtheuhhhhmewhentheuhh]

They bought the whole building so it’s probably not gonna be removed

[@TjStammen]

Asbestos all over those pipes

[@peterfolchi1032]

*crunch* yummy! lol

[@manitoba-op4jx]

if you respect it and don't disturb it it's harmless

[@DanceingDragon]

That looks like fun!

[@HuliMAKAflip808]

Does anyone else notice how only when he went to the room, the video lagged? Hmmm. I would never be in a building like that alone. Ever. 😂

[@71sd39]

i'd be far more concerned with one of those dinosaur ancient breakers exploding in my face more than i'd ever be worried about ghosts or crackheads

[@ArgaTheRexouium]

If you need telephone circuit protectors i have 50 of them i just pulled from a upgrade you can have

[@DanburyDK]

I love telephone stuff 🥸

[@mixerdude]

If that building and room were in full operation, how loud would that room be?

[@MyNikolaas]

I think that might be a 701PBX- it’s basically a little crossbar switch

[@thecooldude9999]

Definitely not a 701, and definitely not Western Electric. Maybe a Leich of some sort? Not crossbar either, I’m trying to remember the name of that switching mechanism but I can’t put my finger on it.

[@igz7123]

Leich 25M

[@MyNikolaas]

Thanks for clearing this up guys!

[@thomashardin911]

That is a cute old building ⚡️📡👻

[@MrJohnnyDIY]

Just a suggestion, you can press the "Acknowledge" button on the Fire Panel to silence the trouble.

[@branhicks]

I enjoyed every second of this

[@johncantwell8216]

6:48 outdoor temp changeover

[@theericfreeze1493]

This place is awesome.

[@DemocracyV3]

That transformer is working hard..

[@jarredri]

It's just dirty needs blown out and connections tightened up

[@GothGuy885]

wonder if they key telephone system was 1A2

[@XeroZenith]

It was! The 25 pair is still in the ceiling

[@GothGuy885]

@@XeroZenith Thanks I recognized the cabling 😀

[@ThomasKGaming1]

3:08 what was that loud crash or bang noise

[@danielhorne6042]

he probably dropped the cord on the floor or onto something

[@jmd1743]

So it costs 100,000 a year to operate.

[@danlevesque5437]

Hit the building intercom blue light special to ground arc flash⚡️do we have touch down⚡️

[@JMWtrainsnstuff]

Shit I would totally buy that building

[@HolyCommissar]

One of my favorite things to do in Urbex is to fuck around in mechanical rooms and switchgear rooms.

[@mxslick50]

And you keep it up you will eventually end up "unalived". Playing with electrical/mechanical equipment in abandoned buildings is extremely dangerous, you can get electrocuted, shocked, start a fire, cause explosions, and so on. Always ok to look and document, but never a good idea to play around with that stuff. There are videos on here where Urbex people have caused a few fires, suffered from arc flash burns, and damaged equipment from playing around with stuff. As a retired electrician I have seen first hand the aftermath of these types of issues. Please, stop before you get hurt.

[@HolyCommissar]

@@mxslick50 As a current electrician, I appreciate the concern but the thirst for ancient knowledge is unquenchable.

[@mxslick50]

@@HolyCommissar At least you are aware of the risks involved. Most Urbex guys (and girls) are not, and they are the ones whose videos I spoke of.

[@HolyCommissar]

@@mxslick50 Yeah, most of the stuff I do is experimenting with stuff I’m not allowed to do under my contractors’ license

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Here in the UK we go boating on the canal system. Built in the 18th century it's industrial technology, it's a fantastic holiday, we love it. However it is still industrial technology designed for industry not fun and well kill you as soon as look at you, the locks (these raise and lower boats with water pressure) are theoretically terrifying. 80,000 gallons of water is no joke.

[@tpcdude]

what is the future use of this building? where is the building and what was it origanal use?

[@loganharlor5365]

Please turn the boilers on. Also is the backup generator still there?

[@teslapower220]

Why use electric boilers when gas is available?

[@qar_ty7732]

why use a gas boiler when electric boilers are available? gas is still a fossil fuel ateotd and will be less clean than electric as well as being less efficient

[@harshbarj]

@@qar_ty7732 Actually wrong. While electric boilers are near 100% efficient, electric power generation using gas is only around 40% efficient (coal is typically around 33%). whereas a gas boiler can easily get 90% or more of the energy out. When not using a heat pump it is ALWAYS better to burn the fuel on location than to generate electricity.

[@teslapower220]

​@@qar_ty7732 That's only true if the electricity involved is not generated using fossil fuels. Otherwise, what @harshbarj says is correct.

[@MassiveGarbage]

​@@qar_ty7732 Because gas is way cheaper.

[@manitoba-op4jx]

@@harshbarjresistive heat is only as efficient as the power generation. a heat pump with gas secondaries is ideal

[@Gage-z5j]

Live line!!?

[@hahajajaxaxax]

i remember that place.

[@pollotech5251]

The sing on Door???

[@charlie_nolan]

What a waste, it’s a shame it’s just abandoned. Would be cool if they could fix up some of these old buildings at least superficially, could at least make a nice TV set for a hospital or something

[@Jeff-ss6qt]

Many buildings that are abandoned have simply decayed and are no longer safe to be in.

[@Jeff-ss6qt]

Though, luckily it looks like he was able to buy this one.

[@Colortiniz]

Wonder who is paying the light bill

[@arctic6405]

he is he owns the place

[@Colortiniz]

@@arctic6405 Oh wow cool

[@BeefSnot]

literally such a waste! So many people are needing psychiatric help that live on the streets right now!

[@ronwade5646]

Bwaaaahhaaa

[@1marcelfilms]

yeah if you like pissing money away.

[@Youtuber69428]

​@@1marcelfilms studies have shown that the mentally ill take up more resources in the long run when theres not specialized facilities to take care of them. Not to mention, its kinda morally right to take care of the weaker people in a community

[@Uhhhhtheuhhhhmewhentheuhh]

These guys bought the place, it was going to be demolished

[@betadev4264]

Are those mercury light switches in the rooms or am i just seeing things

[@redsquirrelftw]

Mercury thermostats, The bimetal strip in a spiral will cause the bulb to move as temp changes and for the mercury inside to make contact to call for heat or cooling. Super old, but ingenious design.

[@appealingpit]

I’d love to buy buy a psych hospital and turn into apartments and temporary housing to.

[@hotsauce2446]

Will you ever heat or cool all or most of the building? Even just for demonstration purposes?

[@jameslawrie7517]

That don't look like a creepy old basement...

[@GrymsArchive]

Want Creepy check out where I worked for over a Decade: Harlem Valley Psych. Center. The Tunnels underneath all the buildings 🤣

[@DavidBerquist334]

Are you a maintenance person there what are they going to put in the building

[@DumbassDouchebags]

He bought it

[@jeremiahraley1494]

what is the humming noise?

[@conradcasciato5477]

That would be electrical transformers! Bolts that connect the wires inside gradually loosen over time, and as the transformer gets old the magnetic field from the alternating current causes them to vibrate and make that loud humming noise

[@28mayhem]

@@conradcasciato5477 Plus the transformer coils themselves actually vibrating. I've stood next to a brand new live 11kV transformer and it's really only slightly quieter. Neat stuff.

[@michaelh12231]

What about the fire alarm system, are you gutting it i would be interested in buying some of the devices

[@JMWtrainsnstuff]

had same question as well

[@michaelh12231]

Yeah I saw some interesting devices that would be with collecting

[@432HZ_official]

Tip: turn off HDR!

[@the555timer]

this building would be a perfect fit for the last of us series

[@ConnerPlaysROBLOX]

Are you the new owner of that building

[@Kebonster]

Yes he owns the building as shown in previous videos

[@ConnerPlaysROBLOX]

@@Kebonster oh i didn't know that oops

[@charlie_nolan]

Using a heat pump? When was that installed? I thought nobody really did that over here in the US until very recently

[@grandinosour]

I worked in a plant that used a system like that in 1982

[@charlie_nolan]

@@grandinosour cool! I had no idea.

[@ZRock7771]

I do hvac and one of the buildings I service has water source heat pumps from the 80s. Air source heat pump are becoming popular in the US recently, but on the commercial side, we've been using them for decades. This is a building in Boston, MA btw.

[@zzoinks]

I didn't know about heat pumps before. It's neat to hear that it's an alternative to air conditioning and furnace

[@charlie_nolan]

@ basically, it is air conditioning running backwards. AC takes heat from indoors and pumps it outside. Heat pumps just do the opposite. Effectively AC with a valve that reverses the flow of refrigerant. Exact same technology.

[@Bernardgaming2.0]

Nice

[@lucprovencher9411]

cool

[@PR0XYL1NK]

😊

[@ocsrc]

Reset the fault

[@fendyboi404]

That's a lot of views for 0 likes or dislikes Odd

[@belverdemotorsports2410]

The likes are hidden…

[@amtrakpepsiproduct1605]

Did you get permission to film there?

[@thewarhogclan171]

he owns the building

[@amtrakpepsiproduct1605]

@@thewarhogclan171 is that true?

[@E.V.999]

​@@amtrakpepsiproduct1605 why do you care? If it mattered so much to Waste your time writing a comment, Why not do your own due diligence, the info is in the very video and if you were to look at the channel or video description, you'd have your answers.

[@amtrakpepsiproduct1605]

​@E.V.999 Ok, you didn't have to be so rude.

[@gamingballsgaming]

​@@E.V.999 dw train fans are a bit acoustic

[@A83-A83]

Video seems alright, but I can't tolerate all the buzzing and beeping sounds, it just gets to me. 😑🤷.

[@nodak81]

So you click on a video about a "mechanical room" and then complain about all the mechanical room noises? lol

[@connormason7907]

Love the sounds

[@manitoba-op4jx]

@@connormason7907 same

[@ronwade5646]

Hint: building with power on is not abandoned, you are trespassing!

[@foxykero]

Hint: maybe watch their previous videos…it’s not trespassing if they own the place lmao

[@Ecovictorian]

Dude, I would guess that for trespassing it doesn't matter if power is on or off

[@LethaWolf30]

First of all, a building can be abandoned and still have power. Second, this guy owns the building

[@pootispiker2866]

Braindead commenter

[@SCP_Gate-Guardian]

Hint: it isn't trespassing when he owns the building.