3 Phase Motor Startup #2 Compilation No Soft Start

[@russpeck1320]

As an organbuilder for decades, I have always enjoyed the sound of the blowers starting up. One of the my favorite and most impressive ones is in the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in San Diego, the world's largest outdoor pipe organ. It's a 25 horsepower 3-phase that we just had rebuilt, and it makes a wonderful sound when it starts. I take great pleasure in assembling a group around it and throwing the switch, then watching the awestruck expressions on the faces of the spectators around it. My other favorite is no longer in service. It was in a Wurlitzer organ in an old theater in downtown San Diego. A 1920s five horse open frame with centrifugal start. When that switch opened, the blue spark it threw was really fun!

[@NickSilcox3]

@@russpeck1320 pipe organs is impressive by its self, going back in history, design and the powerful sound they produce is amazing. Wow 25hp for a pipe organ?? I’d have to take a trip out there and love to see the behind the scenes of that pipe organ. I can imagine that organ has over 30,000 individual pipes.

[@olipas2775]

Greetings from another organ builder! I understand the fascination too well.

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

That was ABSOLUTELY 👍 EPIC!! The startup of the 35 HP motor at 0:59!! Wish ya could come 🆙 with more like 👍 that!! Your friend, Jeff!!

[@passacaglia28]

Agreed. I loved that one as well!

[@symboly1042]

3 Phase motors have such a nice sound

[@dregenius]

So sad how the third world country of America has some of the weakest, crappiest residential power, but truly developed countries in Europe run 3-phase to pretty much every home.

[@kraəb]

​@@dregeniuslmao yeah, we norwegians always have three phase power in our homes, usually left untouches in the breaker panel not connected though

[@MenzelMotors]

Feels like a trip around the world into the world of the most beautiful electric motor startups.

[@professionalineverything]

5:16 is much better.

[@davef.2329]

First time I ever see gasoline automotive engines running a building's a/c chillers!

[@Retroman1852]

Same

[@GryphonSmith-mk6dv]

Hot to cold

[@Retroman1852]

Yea

[@rewernan]

Yeah this field is hugeee, you always keep seeing new things

[@Retroman1852]

Ikr

[@3ffrige]

Family: “What are you watching on KZbin making all that noise?” Me: “…oh…um…it’s videos of electric motors starting up…” Family: 🙄

[@Avalanche_Ride_92]

😂

[@mikesmechanical1102]

Same here. I have three girls. They understand not the musical hum of hard starts

[@Retroman1852]

V8 engines in a chiller that’s crazy 😅

[@jaedenspider877]

6:03 those bearings like one way but not the other 0:38 I love that sound

[@fluffymacaw933]

1:15 lol it scared him

[@TexasRailfan2008]

First time I’ve seen a 2 phase motor still in service!

[@PappaLitto]

why is this shit so satisfying

[@TheMASDrummer]

Why is it satisfying?? Because as men, as astonishment of the highest levels of what's mechanically possible is innate for our being. We are fascinated by technology, the cutting edge and speed, because our future existential selfs can only flourish through being better and more capable, as to continue our bloodlines. Understanding and participating in the cutting edge is thus crucial for us, and it's only not suprising to find a community of men looking at 3 phase motors. Beware the man who is not interested in the cutting edge, since he is not a man.

[@Tigerman1138]

I asked Chatbot GPT that very question. The AI has some great thoughts: Essentially it was saying the anticipation of seeing the start, the power, the sound of intensity growing, and overall satisfaction of seeing a machine in motion.

[@cheetawolf]

5:47 is my favorite. I could totally fall asleep to that.

[@NickSilcox3]

Surprisingly, this is in a residential house, a mansion lol , it’s a 30 ton reciprocating chiller.

[@cheetawolf]

@@NickSilcox3 if you ever return, see if you can get like a minute of audio that can be looped. I really like it.

[@blendpinexus1416]

oooo, seeing a car v8 powering a buildings chiller units was cool. and no soft starting on an electric motor sounds so wierd (used to hearing them a lot at work)

[@grovecitysirens_GCS]

I'm so confused why they choose 2 big blocks for a chiller And also were did you get all this amazing footage from?

[@NickSilcox3]

Are you talking about the GM 454 big blocks? In cities (Philadelphia PA) natural gas is cheaper in the summer and electricity is more expensive during summer as well. So some buildings went with a natural gas powered chiller, since not only cheaper then electric powered, it made Air conditioning for a high rise building, but also domestic Hot water at the same time (engine coolant goes through a heat exchanger)

[@f-j-Services]

@@NickSilcox3 Wonder why they wont grid tie and sell power?

[@NickSilcox3]

@@f-j-Services some places we have accounts do have that, they are called Cogen, where it produces domestic hot water and also electricity for the condos but instead of selling the power, they reduce their electric requirement by generating partial of the power they need

[@dnkmmr69420]

who else loves the sound of machines starting up?

[@noxious_nights]

That second one was glorious.

[@PERFEKT_VARIO]

6:35 scary how you can work there knowing that there are many motors and the sensation of suddenly getting sucked by a large fan

[@nightblood9462]

Truck/Toyota/ Honda/ Camaro start up engine 4:53/ 5:08 300T chiller

[@NickSilcox3]

They’re GM 454 big blocks 5th gen so I guess Camaro? Lol

[@ag6371]

4:54 Compressor powered by a Corvette/Camaro engine

[@UberPodfan]

The sound is so satisfying

[@michaelwalterselevatorsrob5009]

You can probably do the same thing but incorporate dry power (Belt Driven) hydraulic elevators

[@elladomisteriosodelaislawoodoo]

When i was on my schools welding shop we had this 16 inch metal cut off chop saw made by everett industries it had a 7 hp motor and it was super powerful everytime it was activated it made a initial hum then as it gained rpm there was a loud screeching from the belt and could be heard from out side the shop

[@pepsicolachao4537]

6:07 it made me laugh

[@frommarkham424]

I hope that becomes a meme

[@tommays56]

Had a Teco Chill 100 ton outdoor natural gas water chiller that was just a never ending maintenance nightmare

[@NickSilcox3]

Yeah those were endless maintenance and leaky r22 nightmares. That Teco Chill was 300 tons from (2) compressors. It was ripped out and replaced with (2) Turbocor chillers.

[@Turbocharge1000]

strange buzzing or moaning noise in that space at 25 seconds before the blower fan starts

[@NickSilcox3]

That sound is a vacuum transfer system of plastic pellets from a railcar hopper cars to pallet sized boxes for distribution

[@professionalineverything]

​@@NickSilcox3 no, it's humming of magnetic ballasts for fluorescent lights on a day the grid frequency is a little higher than 60Hz.

[@NickSilcox3]

@@professionalineverything lmfao! You know my accounts more than me? Lol you maybe right in some cases but that sound is a centrifugal pneumatic conveyor vacuum pump for transferring nylon pellets from rail cars to boxes on pallets then loaded on trucks to be sent to manufacturing plants with injection molding machines

[@professionalineverything]

​@@NickSilcox3 you sure, I know what magnetic ballasts sound like as I genuinely grew up with them in every single room in the UK however there is 1 of 6 remaining sadly.

[@NickSilcox3]

@@professionalineverything yes… because I lubricate that equipment. it’s the centrifugal blower they do not have fluorescent lamps, its a warehouse and distributor. mercury lamps or LEDs office has electronic ballasts

[@digitexstudios5634]

Most motors: BRRRVRVRVRVRRRURURURUURUURRRRRRRRRRRRR 90% of the motors in this video: *twah*

[@crowblunt536]

what is that harmonizing hum at 0:24

[@frommarkham424]

I am really curious to know more about some of the electric motors in this video, particularly further details about the purposes of those devices. It'd also be useful for me to know more about the specs.

[@NickSilcox3]

Just about all of these motors are used for either a fan for an exhaust, or a supply fan for buildings. Others for circulating either hot or chilled water, but for the most part, it’s HVAC related

[@rafa_br34]

Most of them seem to be used as air input for air conditioning systems, and some(very few) seem to be supplying air for mines.

[@russelD9]

6:25 is that belt slip?

[@NickSilcox3]

Yeah this was the belt slipping and grabbing the motor pulley, belt was about 2 years old and stretched out, I only replace it when it needs to since the belt alone cost about$550

[@PERFEKT_VARIO]

0:24 doenst give you some kind of weird fear of not seeing if the fan is big or small? For example knowing theris a big amount of airflow but you dont know how the fan is...

[@Official.aundrey]

6:03 should be in a Episode of Mechanical Problems.

[@VoidsDemise5443]

This is a horror movie scream 🤣

[@SquishyZoran]

Do you have more/the full video of the setup at 4:50? It fascinates me the most!

[@NickSilcox3]

Unfortunately we lost the contract that has them (new owners from New York and stopped paying our bills) and the second place had them recently replaced with Turbocor chillers. I do have video of that which will be on the third motor startups, once I get enough videos for a third episode lol

[@SquishyZoran]

@@NickSilcox3 Aw that’s a shame but you gotta do what you gotta do! I look forward to seeing another video since while I’m not sure how I found them I love them!

[@henrydoesstuff213]

0:59 what is this motor powering?

[@NickSilcox3]

It was powering a fan wheel that was 4 feet diameter, weighed over 500 pounds so it took effort to get up to 900rpm

[@ILoveViaLRC]

Where is the the 3 phase induction fan moter it has a beautiful hum at 0:24

[@NickSilcox3]

That sound prior to the Fan starting up is a large vacuum that is used to empty Rail hopper cars of plastic pellets. Unfortunately I don’t have access to that area.

[@ILoveViaLRC]

Oh OK but where's the location

[@Kudlaty771]

1:32 that looks like a roof near me in Rochester...

[@NickSilcox3]

That was on a roof about 20 miles from Philadelphia PA, those apartments and offices were just built 3 years ago

[@Kudlaty771]

@@NickSilcox3 that's crazy. Shows how similarly some cities are planned out... cheers

[@panagiotispsomas5611]

@5:27 that is a screw compressor on a automotive engine???

[@NickSilcox3]

Yessir, manufactured by Tecochill, it uses the 454 big blocks made by GM but modified to adapt to the chiller. They’re cheaper to run in the summertime VS electric when demand is very high

[@cosbadx]

Remember: Its not about horsepower, its about torque, hence how some *seemingly* gutless 7hp motors move a 20kg fan blade to 600rpm INSTANTLY.

[@Zeddify]

didn’t know you were an hvac tech.

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Holy no way! What sort of place is it that uses internal combustion for its chillers just because they want to run on natural gas? And why would they run chillers on natural gas instead of electricity even though it's not even portable (not an RV, etc.)? And even then, RV gas fridges don't use engines, so why are these using them?

[@NickSilcox3]

Commercial buildings get charged for electrical peak demand. Since natural gas is commonly cheaper in the summer/winter, some high rise buildings opted for natural gas powered screw chillers vs electrically driven to save thousands on their electric bill. Another benefit to natural gas chillers is the engine coolant is also producing domestic hot water (ran through a heat exchanger)

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

​@@NickSilcox3: So during the spring and autumn (or at least the most mild parts of those two seasons) they use electric chillers, but then they switch over to these combustion ones during the two extreme seasons (and maybe the extreme ends of the other two)? Also, why does it have to work in this way instead of just the kind of silent gas-powered fridges that you can switch some RV fridges into running on? Heh, permanently installed, stationary engines running a main service instead of as just a backup are so freaky!

[@lightingkid2010]

6:07 door open and close.mp3

[@UberPodfan]

And if you have heard of war of the worlds it sounds similar and a game based on it used it for the alien machines start up sound

[@ILoveViaLRC]

At 0:24 its a beautiful hum

[@Mely232-e2i]

Air compressor sound like engine

[@dd16v71]

Ploy phase,also wood water pipes in phil pa acme ware house

[@darylcheshire1618]

My friend had a military surplus generator-motor which acted like a transformer for DC, when turned on it went (graduly) zzzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEE. It took something like 30s to reach full revs.

[@DreStyle]

300T chiller???????? tfck its cooling ???????????????

[@SupraTompan]

@4:06 GE Prime mover compressor, anyone?

[@robertojuarez959]

What is that supposed to be for😅❓

[@abelromero8603]

New belt

[@Official.aundrey]

this should be in a mechanical problems episode

[@FransHedrickDeGuzman]

sounds like my pc starting

[@elijahscreationsinc5952]

2 phase?

[@NickSilcox3]

Yessir, 2 phase power is a 4 wire power feed with (2) separate phases that are 90 degrees out of phase of each other. It was primarily developed to make it easier and add power for single phase motors to start without needing assistance like a capacitor. This was quickly phased out due to 3 phase however some parts in old cities still has 2 phase equipment and 2 phase power feed.

[@UQRXD]

6:29 poor thing.

[@DreStyle]

purn for my YT ear

[@Randall20coursolle]

5:58 veyr loud

[@theendernightmaregamer]

clean them

[@Thedonsmoney25823]

3:25/3:33

[@Thedonsmoney25823]

2:44