TEN Days of POWER OUTAGES!

A bunch of crazy power outages between 12/19/17 and 12/29/17. Watch to learn what we did to keep the lights on and stay warm in the snow.
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[@iranoutofusernames_1]

Bro, you perfectly timed the on and off. When you said it, you did magic. Lights flickered inside the house! Of you said it even more, it would be satisfying. Nobody is talking about that...

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

That light flickering is almost like power going out during a earthquake

[@CJP_Productions]

Or when there’s a poltergeist near by

[@212Elevators]

It's a good thing you like emergency lights!

[@notyoung]

If your lights are doing the "dance of death", so are your appliances. First turn off the main breaker to protect everything from those surges. Then watch outside lights (streetlight, neighbor's houses) for the power to become stable. We've experienced enough brief and day-long power outages to now keep flashlights in every room and have UPS units on all the electronics. For our most recent 12 hour outage (caused by 7"+ of snow), I used the solar generator I've been assembling over the past year. Still need a gas generator for central heat but the 540AH battery bank can keep fridge, a few lights, internet, etc going for about 24 hours. If it's not too cold, the gas logs in the fireplace can keep about half the main level of the house comfortable.

[@aviation1014]

Smart idea 👍👍

[@tonyeichensehr3450]

What I can guarantee was happening was either at your main/sub power station snow piled on lines causing shorts, or a tree was on the line causing it to ark

[@andrewschannel4259]

Whenever I think that Florida has the worst weather, I just watch videos like this.

[@That_2_guy2T]

Yes

[@idkanymore9590]

Tbh I would rather deal with snow than hurricanes/severe storms, heat, humidity, etc. I hate it here in Florida (in terms of weather).

[@andrewschannel4259]

@@idkanymore9590 Suit yourself

[@idkanymore9590]

@@andrewschannel4259 yeah, because us Floridians had hurricane Ian. And when I go up north for Christmas, I actually hope it snows because I can’t really experience that where I live.

[@andrewschannel4259]

@@idkanymore9590 I've only seen snow once in my life, and that happened when I was visiting my uncle in Atlanta in 2006. I've been to Boston during the winter, but I've never seen it snow there.

[@axium5631]

i remember my power outage i didnt know how important it was till its gone

[@fastcsx1412]

Wow the lights flickering on and off would have scared me a little and I’m glad you got the power back on and great video

[@seanjuth]

I think your parents love the emergency lights

[@nocoroco2383]

yep

[@Slektus]

Yep

[@kevinmeloche7683]

Yep

[@Nunya58294]

Mhm - Boomhower

[@aidan_rblx.]

Yup

[@EASsirenVids01]

8:06 Nice exit sign glare!

[@OkenWS]

That arcing/brownout thing is awful. I once had it during a briefing in an apocalyptic lightning storm at an RAF station in Yorkshire. Lights went off, then every time the OIC tried to speak, the briefing room speaker system would start pouring out deafening 50Hz hum. Not good - it's quite intimidating when the systems we rely on and know for total stability go wrong. Respect for linemen and electricians.

[@loganjoy-koer5936]

all of that flickering could be a sign of big problems at the generation side not being able to supply stable electricity, which could be caused by shorts from fallen trees due to snow.

[@Rare_thunder]

This is one of one of my favorite videos because it’s deal with weather and electrical outages.

[@american0153]

1:19 if this were to happen to me, I would’ve just cut main power to prevent possible power surges.

[@zacharybishop6595]

My grandparents had that happen during hurricane Irma, I was about to flip the breaker and just let the generator take over, considering they have thousands of dollars worth of electronics in their house.

[@themomm06]

No run ovious reasons

[@keithpierce8458]

i agree with you

[@kellyhutchinson2635]

Agreed but dangerous

[@JPMorganSuckBalls]

Turn off the main breaker...solved

[@Random_Emergency_Light]

I at least watched this video 100 times! My power longest been out for me was the 2013 Ice Storm was out for 4 days! In December! Now I have Emergency lights that came handy in 2 power outages I got a video of!

[@r.a.6459]

Perfect music that relates to situation, begins when you show the stove.

[@chronically.advocating]

That flickering and flashing, if someone hasn't already mentioned it, is phase to phase arcing on the primaries. More often than not phase to ground will trip a cutout or open a recloser due to the load which is when the power completely goes out. I'm surprised with that much arcing on the primaries that at some point you didn't have a voltage sag where you lose a phase. Now those are very interesting, and admittedly a little creepy. Don't believe me? Just try running your microwave during a voltage sag (known in the US lay terms as a brownout due to the lowered voltage causing incandescent lights to glow glow more of a brown being starved for voltage). Okay one other thing. You never want to use pine, pine needles or pine sap in a wood burning fireplace. The residues those put off are an excellent way to start a chimney fire, and the last thing you want is to have no power AND have your house burn down.

[@mstanley97]

Thanks for the pine tree warning!! Didn't know that. This is why I watch these videos to get great tips! Thanks again!

[@keithpierce8458]

wow the power outage would scare me but im glad you got the power back on and great video

[@Thunderbolt1003]

This has to be my favorite video you’ve made. It was also one of the first ones I watched.

[@stevendamavandi3482]

1:12 Honey, The House Is Having A Rave Again.

[@willpower3544]

Omg I love these blog-style videos! Please do more of these in the future

[@SERSafety]

Thanks for the feedback! :)

[@apodexse]

Will Lav this is called a vlog. I think it stands for video blog. A blog is something like a Reddit or Quora, where you can ask a question and anyone can answer

[@Bendygamer99]

I spent a week and a half home alone without power from Hurricane Laura and my brothers were at their friends house and my stepdad was at Texas and my mom was at work, leaving me in the dark.

[@andrewschannel4259]

That must've been terrifying.

[@foxer6969]

Feels bad I'm in that situation rn my power went out and I dont have anything to keep light

[@bellum128]

I've been asking for more snow where I live because we barely get any, but after seeing this, I don't think so...

[@SERSafety]

Haha.

[@ooka7705]

S.E.R. Safety lol all it does here in California is it rains really hard, and in the Sierra Nevada it snows really hard

[@Songs2MyKing]

@@SERSafety S.E.R. are you safe? Like why did you fire alarms went off?

[@gostkrl8414]

Lplolo

[@gostkrl8414]

S e

[@JoeMama-jf3zd]

I don't know why but I've watched this video like ten times. Something about power outages fascinates me

[@timothyurquidi8479]

Same thing happened in Massachusetts! A big storm came through and transformers exploded and caused a 7 day power outage! Happened on October 30th 2011 right around say 2 pm eastern time I believe! And it was a mess everywhere!

[@johnsidlauskas3838]

#Massachusetts for Life

[@connorwelsh6310]

this is very informative and entertaining

[@RossiZockt]

THIS IS WINTER! Greetings from germany. :D

[@immortalgamingyt6182]

3:44 beautiful morning scenery

[@firesecalert]

You almost have 10,000 subs!

[@coshiro1]

Awesome video!

[@nickm5911]

Nice video! Sorry about the power outage! U has chickens! Awesome!

[@djifirealarms]

i love power outage videos!!!

[@Firepanel6]

Add 0:13 did you see the iMac sitting on the kitchen counter?

[@DiamondBFIC]

Firepanel6 yes

[@travishuynh9721]

M0-in=b1ind

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

Firepanel6 yes i did but its of course not working because of power

[@friendlyneighborhoodcow8776]

Albert J. It’s a laptop lol

[@Nunya58294]

@@friendlyneighborhoodcow8776 no it's not. It's an all-in-one desktop PC, but has no power. That's why you buy a battery backup (UPS unit) to allow you to shut it fown without destroying the drive

[@flyoversirens3704]

Your house is awesome!

[@mattdude]

That’s a really cool song towards the end of the video, I’m gonna have to find a use for it at some point

[@firesecalert]

You should put up more emergency lights

[@tonybradford1719]

You might turn off the main power to prevent a surge of power coming into the house a breaking something but if the power is doing that it might be a good sign it shows that it could be a fault switch or fuse on the power lines

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

Late reply but if the switch the light is wired to is a dimmer then you can set it to middle and the surges work be able to go through the switch to the lights!

[@Loodieful]

WOW big power outage!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Afib95]

I love the Colorado mountains and snow.

[@pvh_facp4001yt]

I just had a power outage here in PA. I would cut the power because my old panel almost got fried from a surge. Luckily it’s fine to this day.

[@user-tq1bs2fj9h]

Also, tips for having gas generators running during po’er outages, make sure that you have plenty of fuel to keep it going for at least a few days, and if it’s a dual fuel system, then make sure that you have as many 20 pound propane tanks full.

[@zacharycordova5320]

Cool video!

[@SouthwestFireAlarms]

If that were to happen to me my family would crowed in my room, the only one with emergency lights.

[@evank.3249]

Well fortunately, we never get snow here in southern Arizona. Maybe once every six years (and its usually nothing above 1”).

[@pepsicolachao4537]

Grant, you should get a garage door opener with battery backup so you could still open it electrically without using the emergency release rope. Great idea for long term power outages

[@AA-777-]

or he could make his own

[@rithvikkonanur462]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮OMG¡

[@DanTDMJace]

@@AA-777-honestly garage door + UPS would be nice for short power outages

[@Dr-Random]

4:32 my heart jumped into my stomach. That would have made me poop all over the floor. It also sounds like it came right out of a horror movie. It also looks as if it is those broken lights in the untreated gas station bathrooms.

[@koppo5657]

0:53. Look at that!! The lights are on march time

[@peteraviation6867]

Grant was that your smoke alarm chirping when you were lighting your fire place

[@martyw5419]

Just curious what state was this storm New Jersey got hammered last year with a storm like that

[@GayDXer1217]

Glad I live here in florida, but still I was without power for nearly 3 days when hurricane irma came through. We just took a car battery out of one of the cars plugged it into a power inverter and used it for charging phones. I also had some of those atomic beam lanterns and flashlights. Kept lantern on all night in case anyone had to get up to go to the bathroom in the night. Individual flashlights to see anywhere else. Those atomic beams are pretty bright. Of course canned food to eat. Only entertainment is what you can get on the radio or if you have enough cell phone/tablet/ portable wifi hotspot battery which is what I was getting my internet through at the time and watching netflix/hulu on either phone or tablet.

[@drdog101schannel4]

LOL during irma all the power did was flicker a little but it was on the whole storm

[@matiaselogrealog4life875]

3 days 😂😂😂 try living 2 and half months without power in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria it was horrible.

[@Will-fight-for-sydney]

Hope your power comes on soon

[@generalpatton8468]

Same thing happened in Michigan a month ago, for 6 total days.

[@ArkhamKratos]

Nice Sync on 0:53

[@OliversElevators]

7:43 “crap!” “Oh my goshhhhhh” Lol

[@Horse_videos276]

I love your house did your power turn on?

[@8bits59]

Wow. Crazy

[@LunaReviews]

I had a power outage two days ago. It went off in the morning and came back on when I had dinner.

[@DasSkelett]

1) Turn off all electrical systems during power outage. For one to reduce the load to help it come up again, and also to avoid damage by on-off bursts as you said in the beginning. 2) Don't burn green organic material. It doesn't produce any heat, but hell of a lot of smoke. 3) Do not put a plastic bag over lights. They'll get hot and damaged, the plastic melts.

[@hamzahassan7730]

His emergency lights was all LED and do not get hot. Even if they were incandescent it wont be hot enough to melt bags

[@DanTDMJace]

@@hamzahassan7730yes they are they can melt thick tubes

[@the333ryan]

And this.... happened exactly 3.5 months before my own version, about 3 days long. Also a jinx at 0:53

[@dollsandcats1597]

Ugh! I feel so bad! It looks a-w-f-u-l-!

[@rossm.80]

5:18 COOL

[@jonathangallegos4175]

And the power flicker means that it's windy and it's making the power lines shake like a cord with a short in it. The power will come on within a few days until the streets are safe for electricians can fix the lines and so the snow on the lines can melt a little.

[@nathanielaranda8407]

wow I remember having a major ice storm in Kentucky in January of 2008! sadly the only thing we had was a gas water heater but at least we could take a hot shower :) our house had a high ceiling in the living room so we lost a lot of heat, got as low as 40°F inside! I stayed upstairs all day to stay warm LOL :)

[@duzaliteraf7373]

40°F is a lot

[@f5tornadogray]

its so funny because right when you said on and off on and off on and off they started doing it again LOL

[@Kansasavation]

Hey at least it’s fine during the day during the day it looks cool with a power outage though the only time that my power went out for a long time was one so it went out for seven hours

[@Creeperboy099]

I am glad I live in a relatively warm area

[@Lightning500]

I remember back in 2017, the power outages didn’t hit me too hard as I only got 12 hours without power 1 day. Over the days after the power would flicker a bit but it was mostly fine

[@DARTHDANSAN]

This was entertaining

[@cruisetheautisticboy994]

What did you do on christmas eve and christmas day?

[@car_tar3882]

I’m glad we have a gas fireplace we’ve never lost power for more than a few hours and that was once but if we ever do it’s an one fireplace with a thermopile so it runs without power

[@danielelise7348]

The flashing of your lights initially,is a number of pre determined attempts by a recloser,to re energise the line,if a fault is persistent,on the third attempt,it will lock the feeder out,resulting in a prolonged blackout.

[@dragonrider4253]

Looks like there is an arcing fault occurring across some power lines, shorting the system and dropping the voltage. in this position, I'd unplug/turn off all electronic devices, and just leave a light on or something.

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

It is, as usually flickering happens when something is arcing somewhere

[@spyjake1]

Can you do a no-power system test next time? Get some backup batteries for your panel! :)

[@gioplayzyt2518]

Y

[@gioplayzyt2518]

Ya

[@robertgazlay1575]

L yuh

[@sana2marachly]

Jacob Grahn u

[@ooka7705]

isn’t the panel supposed to be connected to an outlet?

[@bobHall67]

Did your fire alarm system still work?

[@apexmotors3371]

Lights flickering: Stranger Things IRL people

[@dingusRealLife]

That’s kinda what I thought

[@theabyssofmemes8538]

Called a brown-out buster

[@maheshrathod5593]

Ha ha

[@originallynamed4041]

The on and off thing reminds me of the twilight zone.

[@contentdeleted286]

Was having the gas stoves on even safe cause theh run on gas right

[@zacharybishop6595]

That gas stove saved your behind, haha.

[@jaylee6083]

Power master

[@anahimorles284]

that happened to me on Tuesday night when the tornado affected me and my family but 15 seconds ago it went out

[@jackssirensrobloxandmore111]

i like it when you turn off all the lights and have a fire in your fire pit

[@billyannwoodcock5186]

The power went out at 9:30 last night and didn't come back on until midnight! Someone hit a pole. The roadways were wet too! It was so dark. Then I told my Grammy we needed emergency lights. She with what money? I was like idk. But we do need lights that'll brighten up the room when the electricity goes out!

[@ballon5431]

4:33 the last beep i the answer from the Control Panel to the Power went out again 😂 Edit: 4:42 I think there is a ghost in your house. 5:20 Satisfying

[@WheeloveFireAlarms]

Nice

[@ElPasoTexasRailfan639]

i hope it comes back

[@gamercoolihopeyouenjoymyvi5055]

once a power out came then the electricity started sending a lot more power and that caused are whole house power to flip and we had to turn the main power breaker off then back on to fix it

[@Glocktard]

if the power flickers like that even once i turn off the breakers for things like the furnace, refrigerator or freezers, computer or internet room & rooms with TV's (expensive entertainment systems). i flip the light switches on in a few different rooms to alert me if the power comes back on and only after 5 or more minutes of continuous power do i flip the breakers back on for the rest of the house. or you can just look at your neighbors house once in a while to let you know the power is back on.

[@DancePants2012b]

What

[@tygrizzly1474]

you should do what fire security alert but buy like 200 of the emergency lights on the right board and dissemble them all and put them next to your existing every day lights so if something happens like this again you have more lighting in spaces you don't have a emergency light.

[@mstanley97]

Is anyone here watching to get prepping ideas for this winter 2023 /2024? Thanks for the educational experience!!!

[@davidgomez5116]

Not gonna lie looks like a good start to a thriller 0:45

[@alexalexveebee3727]

Almost perfect timing

[@alexalexveebee3727]

Never mind 0:53

[@OH_Elevators]

This is Exactly why I had a automatic standby generator installed 12 years ago every time during a blizzard or just because in the winter time my electric goes out

[@thamdinhthihong2254]

I learned from this video is.. you need is the backup generator, backup light bunch of more backup thing because you lived in the cold eeather and the power might just come off randomly

[@matthewgregory8218]

Interesting wow

[@beaglenation7506]

I live In Finland and it starts to get dark out side at 6.00 clock at winter and when its summer its clearly really bright even at night like you could almost see everything at summer In Finland

[@kellyhutchinson2635]

This happend at my school except the lights were mounted on the wall and they came on then went off for 3 minutes and then they came back on again awesome experience lol...

[@GamerRobYT]

0:50 what was that timing 😂😂😂

[@lumpywhitehead9623]

5:48 I have that same exact temperature thing

[@dandfgarage986]

I love having no power.

[@pepsicolachao4537]

D and F Garage why?

[@Dr-Random]

Just turn your master switch on your breaker off. There you go, no power! You can leave it like that for over a year according to the internet. I only recommend horsing around with this thing when you must, like when nothing else works. Example being faulty smoke alarms. I would know all about that. Taking the battery out did nothing because of the house electricity most likely. But the smoke alarms at least went from full on alarm mode to just the simple 1 beep low battery chirp like what they were doing when we bought the house. My room used to look like something out of a horror movie. I’m so happy that they painted it, because I would be sleeping fewer nights if they didn’t. Most of the stuff in my house is brown, never knew why and still don’t, it’s just some kind of theme I guess.

[@JEMgamingfanproductions6805]

I had those dual lights at my school