What happens when you turn on ALL of the power in abandoned psych ward?

[@drcyb3r]

If this is your place, PLEASE save this awesome piano at 10:26. I absolutely love those old self playing pianos and they are worth a lot if they work which this one does. Get it fixed, tuned and cleaned and sell it for a lot of money to a collector or museum.

[@MedicBattle901]

Song name?😳

[@Razorshot-gk3dq]

​@@MedicBattle901Darude - Sandstorm

[@LaLaLand.Germany]

Don´t give him ideas… He shall keep it. It holds tune and still works, to me that´s a keeper. I got a manual piano off the street ad it´s great. We need to encourage the fix- not the sale. Thanks

[@RadicalBlur]

@@LaLaLand.Germany Respect for you encouraging fixing than selling!

[@LaLaLand.Germany]

@@RadicalBlur Err, No. I think You got something wrong here. Some other guy gave the idea this is worth money and to sell it. I would very much wish for this to be kept where it is and seen thru to play regularily. I threw in to setup a Gofundme for this, yes. Pianos can become expensive, quick. I know, I own one. Kind Regards

[@somewowhole42]

That graffiti around 15:30 is a fairly new phrase. You have had intruders recently

[@Floppy012]

Imagine turning the power on from the breaker room and hearing a piano playing from another wing of an abandoned psych ward.

[@davechisholm9670]

Cool to see the electrically powered player piano in running order, that one is rare enough to definitely worth saving as it will be approximately 100 years old (the Aeolian ones with this generation of spoolbox vacuum motor and vacuum assisted tracker bar roll-centering system were generally made around 1920 or so) and the electric motor-driven vacuum pump variants are harder to find than the home-parlour foot pedal pump variants these days. Electrically equipped player pianos and orchestrions were often fitted with coin-op mechanism for use in halls, speakeasies and ice cream parlours etc, there seems to be a remnant of this on the left hand side above the keybed. But mostly, because it still plays and appears to be regulating its speed well, this piano is an excellent candidate for restoration - that paint will come off, and the mechanism is in apparently good serviceable condition. My assessment is that it will have had refurbishment work done on it relatively recently, (compared to its age) i.e. not too long before the facility closed, to still be in as good a working condition as this. Typically in the1960s-70s many piano technicians would remove and discard the failing player mechanisms to make them into "ordinary pianos" again, rather than have to perform the often quite difficult repairs required, which involved skills in woodwork, glue, leather, and rubberised cloth refurbishment, and the wooden structures (being many layers glued together!) needed to be cut apart with a saw, not for the faint hearted! Repairs could include replacing any of the bearing surfaces of rotating shafts, the large diameter rubber feed pipes providing vacuum to the valve chest and spoolbox motor, the hundreds of small diameter rubber pipes from the tracker bar to the keybed actuator bellows, the spool motor chain, failed leather pouch valves and springs in the tri-valve chest (the full width structure with stacks of screws just above/behind the keybed) and the folded rubberised cloth on the bellows of the spool motor, regulators, pedal actuators, main vacuum pump, and the hundreds of tiny bellows that activated the keys. Easy repairs included replacing just the large diameter hoses to restore full suction power, you can see a modern hose clamp underneath the keybed area near the pump. One word of caution - don't leave the power connected to this piano when there's nobody there! One reason for the relative rarity of the electric coin-op pianolas, was a propensity for paper-dust buildup plus switch failure and/or electric motor winding failure, to arc over and catch fire (!), burning the poor beast to ash (and often taking the parlour with it!) Cheers! Hope this piano can be restored and enjoyed for another 100 years! (I have a manual foot-pedal pumped Canadian-made Gourlay pianola way down here in New Zealand, a model "specially made for the Australian and NZ climate", whereas imported English or German pianos intended for their domestic markets often developed warped cases and keybeds, sticking keys, and/or soundboard cracks, after being shipped here).

[@FlowPools2006]

do you perhaps know the song that the piano is playing

[@lol-zp1ps]

This dude has really mastered the "probably have no clue whatsoever what I'm doing here" kind of vibe.

[@STA-3]

This video format REALLY reminds me of 2010-2012. Amazing.

[@onlywiki]

SERIOUSLY! I miss that KZbin, but glad guys like this bring back that feeling

[@nodak81]

Man, I would have a blast. I'd probably even take hours (or days) of time and map out all the electrical. Recording what did and didn't work. Ever since I was a kid I was fascinated by the physical plant operations inside large buildings. Electrical rooms, boiler rooms, etc.

[@halo64654]

The fact that piano still works with what looks like 0 issues is amazing. You need to get that thing restored.

[@DutchDukeMan]

Only a true building owner has those loud footsteps with the keys ringing with every step

[@russianfan1246]

2:30

[@RadicalBlur]

@@russianfan1246 I was right here paused on the video as you said this, thank you

[@russianfan1246]

@@RadicalBlur your welcome

[@Fluffberymoff]

The rooms without lights actually had wall lights

[@ninethetwotailedfox]

oh.

[@RightWays64]

The rooms had all of the lights to turn on! *get it?*

[@Emergencylightingcollector42]

No really I actually saw that u dumb?

[@sabrewolfe2956]

@@Emergencylightingcollector42 He asked in the video.

[@Emergencylightingcollector42]

@@sabrewolfe2956 ok and I have eyes

[@albinklein7680]

All that humming stuff uses a lot of electricity! Please be aware of that! The coil of a single 100 amp three phase contactor uses about 1kWh per day if turned on!

[@TryItAgainTomorrow]

Powering on that piano.... ghosties are like "we're back, baby!"

[@VitcentKitsune]

You know, all the urban exploration videos show people sneaking around places and keeping a low profile. Its weirdly satisfying seeing someone just march through one of these places turning on every light they can for a change...

[@crystalthewolf8945]

Well this guy OWNS the building, so he can do whatever he wants

[@connorhmmm]

@@crystalthewolf8945yea he OWNS it the demons who live there he OWNS them, yea, OWNS them orrrr PAY UP RENT TIME

[@SawyerAndStuff]

@@crystalthewolf8945exactly, the guy owns the building

[@remixcnk]

Yea...he's the owner 😂

[@LaLaLand.Germany]

That electric piano at 10:04 is the absolute kicker! I´m amazed it still holds tune and works! Please keep that, nothing says psych ward like that. If You move it: please be careful, it´s a real cool piece.

[@rocketsalad]

Yo, an Aeolian player piano is no fucking joke, especially one in playing condition. That's nuts, please take care of it.

[@realchronal]

how much do you reckon a restored one like that could go for?

[@tedbell4416]

That thing is awesome

[@HankHill-l9i]

@realchronal a cursory google search says they go for at least $5000 minimum in "working condition", not even "properly restored"

[@tomsterbg8130]

Letting some people play in this could be really amazing! Airsoft, hide and seek, escape room, swat teams, etc. Now that I say it, it would be pretty cool to see the SWAT team go through this building haha!

[@MrGreen876]

Turned into a hotel/apartment

[@Sypaka]

Sounds like the beginning of horror movie... Some random students think it's fun to have a party in an abandoned psych ward and for the lulz, they enable all the breakers. An old computer boots up, detects all doors are open and immediately locks the place down, except for ONE door malfunctioning. Guess the rest.

[@Jeag-yz5kc]

oh shut up and go write an award winning book, your creativity is actually crazy

[@LethaWolf30]

I love that idea, I’d watch that movie

[@connormason7907]

They have to outrun an electrical fire

[@MattIsTheCat]

​@@LethaWolf30An AI is going to make that movie.

[@trinity6880]

this gotta be the best recommended video i could ever get

[@DanielSayWhat]

Imagine if that piano started playing when you turned on the breakers.... I'd be OUT of there. LOL

[@sethanix3969]

I imagine what someone living in the vicinity is thinking with the whole abandoned building suddenly lighting up at a random night... :D

[@SkrixFox]

We did fire sprinkler work for an active ward in south Georgia. Everything in this place was so different, it was like stepping into another world. Everything was smooth and anything that wasn't smooth was so well guarded with thick plastic that it was mounted to the studs and could only be accessed from a crawl space above the rooms.Change a light, crawl space. Smoke detector was recessed into the ceiling with thick plastic and holes drilled into it. The same was true for the fire alarms. Heck, even the panels for light switches and alarms were recessed into the walls with extremely thick plastic that required a long key. You would think that there would be some mood lifting artwork everywhere. The only place you saw that was in the visiting rooms and reception. Otherwise, it was all white. These types of places are never fun and you often times have a lot more freedoms in prison. The screaming and wails we heard were bone chilling. I feel sorry for everyone there, especially since this place was for minors.I really hope they get the help they need to live a rich full life.

[@redline1916]

Knowing those places, it is highly unlikely they ever got any help. Most just die in there from self-infliction (especially in minor wards) or grow old and die inside the building (if it has any ward connected for adults) or after they are sent to a secondary ward and cremated and buried nearby. The families who send them there usually want absolutely nothing to do with them anymore and rescind their identification with the child. So they're either orphans or kids who have practically been forced into being that way. There's nothing really left for them at that point but to suffer and be put under experimentation by whoever owns the wards privately, as there are no longer any federal ones.

[@Bercgamer2763]

This guy is beyond fearless in the dark

[@charlesheaton7192]

If that piano randomly started playing at any point while I was in that building I would have probably shit my pants and then ran like a physco that should have been there hahahahha

[@AceTheDragon3]

This Lethal Company RTX update is looking sweet

[@koof_a_loof]

Ahh the sound of a 600+ amp electrical room. The soothing sounds that 60hz of weakly bridled pure fucking rage offer are just so soothing.

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

Would be funny if an urbexer was exploring that not knowing it was under a new owner and hearing the piano player in a distant room and then having random things turn on and off throughout the building.

[@christopherfarmer478]

lol fr

[@Bradiant]

Idk how no one has said it. Those red things with tags, those are LOCK OUT TAGS meaning DO NOT TURN ON! Please turn those off lol. They’re likely open or damaged circuits. It can and will start a fire.

[@thecooldude9999]

I didn’t see him turn any of the LOTO’d circuits on.

[@robertgrays8790]

The red devices are designed to prevent turning the breaker to ON without removing the device, if properly installed. He likely didn't flip any of those.

[@themidmemeguy]

15:48 "erm what the sigma"

[@tonib9261]

Even with all the final circuit breakers off, those loud humming transformers in the plant rooms are using electricity, and they are on the paid-for side of the meter. You’re clocking up hundreds, if not thousands of dollars a month unless you turn them off. This I’d different to a house, where the utility pays for transformer losses. Hospitals usually have an energy center, where power and heat starts off, would make a good video.

[@grandinosour]

That is not exactly the way transformers work. They may buzz due to the alternating current, there is not actual current usage unless a load is being pulled from that transformer. Just like an synchronous motor doesn't use any current while running unless there is a load connected to that motor.

[@mxslick50]

​@@grandinosourYou are 100% wrong. ALL transformers draw current even when unloaded. (Not a lot of current usually but more than enough to register on a utility meter.) Same with ALL electric motors. In fact, ALL electrical devices that do not have a power switch WILL draw power when on, or in standby.

[@albinklein7680]

​@@grandinosourof course any motor uses current when running without load!!!

[@EpicDestructionHD]

We need more videos like this bro, turning on breakers are satisfying lol

[@herculejoestar5809]

Love how you flipped locked out tagged out switches

[@JoeDCollins]

No, he didn't. He turned on the breakers on the other side of the locked ones. Lock-out-tag-out involves an actual lock, he could not flip them if he wanted to - not without cutting the lock off first.

[@herculejoestar5809]

@@JoeDCollins 1:45 you can see he flips a few of them that have the tag

[@herculejoestar5809]

@JoeDCollins sometimes they include a lock Those are definitely just tags he flips switch's on with sides went back and watched it 4 times

[@maxmouse713]

No idea why YT recommended me this, not even sure what all this is, but anytime I hear somebody wonder what would happen if all the breakers are turned on (which I sadly dont hear often enough) I am very very interested!

[@hunyesmith03]

You know, me too! Every time I see someone go to an abandoned building or even like a really abandoned or neglected, etc yacht, car, aircraft, idk anything I always just wanna know what happens if you turn on as many circuits as possible and just see what works and what doesn’t. Glad to see I’m not the only one

[@morganmend]

08:22 all that kitchen equipment coming on for the first time in years is creepy af. You’re a braver man than I, I certainly wouldn’t be standing anywhere near there 😂

[@tangofizz77]

That player piano could get a video all in itself! Amazing it's still working. Would love to see it saved ❤

[@Somerandomvlogger]

Bro be flippin them switches like he's been doin it his whole life.

[@MikeyShumy]

Thank you KZbin algorithm for suggesting this video to me today! I'm already hooked and watching all your other uploads. This is definitely like urban exploring on steroids. So far awesome video content, you remind me of the early (better) years of KZbin without influencers or clickbate garbage. Can't wait to see all your future videos.

[@TimSeatonPainting]

Hey, pour a gallon of water down every single sink, toilet, floor drain, and shower.. or perhaps antifreeze. But that will kill the sewage gas smell. Dry traps are no good.

[@isaiahash9697]

i did that alot when i worked in facility maintenance.

[@TimSeatonPainting]

@isaiahash9697 nothing like a trash room with a dry floor drain.. oof

[@TimSeatonPainting]

@Aweoe I'd guess anywhere from 80 to a couple hundo now that you mention it lol..

[@cameronwright8634]

If some of the breakers won't turn on, that's probably a good thing. It's likely that there is a fault somewhere or something important was stolen out of the walls and/or ceiling.

[@mxslick50]

Patient room lights are the bars above where the beds used to be. Breaker 18 that tripped with the pop was for a mechanical room according to the panel schedule 13:59

[@HMT_main]

10:05 A Player Piano is the last thing you want to find in an abandoned psych ward

[@ct200u]

well he found it and seems perfecly fine to me it didnt explode and the property didnt mysteriously dematerialize, dont see a big issue

[@HMT_main]

@@ct200u Abandoned Psych Ward + night + self playing piano

[@ct200u]

@ property with power + older belongings 😱

[@adamb89]

Pretty sure that title falls to a guy in a hockey mask with an idling chainsaw that still has chunks of meat hanging off it.

[@realFortyOne]

I can't imagine how old this place must look to people in their 20s. When I was a kid, these buildings were state of the art and for some reason it eerily still looks like it's supposed to be.

[@redline1916]

It just looks like a regular psych ward to me. Many of the ones built in my area look like this brand new.

[@riskiko2011]

10:10 the piano gives me some horror scare vibes, if'm in this building and piano goes on... i would run

[@OfficerNifty]

That is such a lovely place i would love to work a security gig there. The piano playing randomly would prove i have friends keeping me company 👍

[@4verageYTuser]

five nights at freddys psych ward edition

[@aprules2]

Hey just the safety tip I see you're concerned about arc flash. When you turn on power. You're supposed to have all the breakers turned off in the panels then turn on the main Breakers (the ones with the levers) the idea is to turn the main on with very little load that way it's less likely to Ark. At that point you turn on each breaker one at a time which creates a gradual increase rather than a gigantic one all at once. Also I have no idea what your plans are but I was part of a construction crew that turned an abandoned Hospital compound into multiple Apartments. The whole trick is you start with the tower that's closest to the street remodel, that then move to the next building. Then you rent the front building that's completed. The good part is your renters see you working on the other building and understand that you're going to remodel the rest of the property so they continue to rent. If you make the first building very nice Word of Mouth gets out and the second building rents even faster

[@adrianwroblewski5333]

What

[@bentheman69]

That Piano was AWESOME! Please don't throw it away. Keep it or sell it it's too good to be thrown away please!

[@sondrayork6317]

It is possible to bust those bulbs into small enough pieces that a patient could forge weaponry in order to be able to fight but yeah, I suppose they could beat the shit out of each other too.

[@grey-spark]

"What happens when you turn on ALL of the power in abandoned psych ward?" What happens is you get attacked my mannequin nurses.

[@ryanravencaller]

This is exciting!! I love abandoned buildings but to find out you bought it its yours and you’re tinkering and having fun and games to see whats intact and working and what isnt. This is a treat!

[@MonsterMin3craft]

My god you should own an arc suit for throwing all those switches 🤣

[@JadeDragon407]

Apr '05 based on the calendar in that one bathroom. Based on the look of the place, I would've guessed it was empty for more like 30 yrs, but properties do go downhill kinda fast when unused. The feller that designed this building probably doesn't WANT to remember anything about this place either. 🤣 This building would be great to model to use for a setting for some horror or post-apocolyptic game.

[@TheOneAndOnlyOuuo]

2005 was 20 years ago....

[@MattIsTheCat]

Should we use LiDAR or Photogrammetry to create a 3D model of it?

[@biggiecheese5255]

15:48 you can tell the generation of the people vandalizing the building cause it says “erm what the sigma” on the wall 😭

[@alcnahmt]

Self playing piano one is really amazing

[@FatherMcKenzie66]

10:08 omg that’s absolutely magnificent!

[@seaneduardodiaz9894]

i am amazed at what all works, and i cant wait to see you restore some things such as that amazing old elevator... true piece of work. wait WHAT !! THAT PIANO IS ELECTRIC BEEN ABANDONED AND WORKS WITHOUT A ARCHFLASH?! woah.....

[@pootispiker2866]

It's a motor.

[@ReaIHuman]

Imagine exploring the building, then all the lights randomly turn on. I'd be shitting myself.

[@andrewnoonechangethename614]

The squatters living in there are freaked out on how the lights are turning on and off the lights

[@w6_k]

this video feels like it should have been uploaded 15 years ago, and I love it.

[@hughjanis6318]

11:57 Aaandd he’s officially entered the backrooms.

[@stevencarlson5422]

ya the video at that point just has that vhs recorded video feel to it totally backrooms for sure

[@janno288]

Nice backrooms level you got there. Very cool to see a lot of stuff still working, please keep as much of the lighs as fluorescent or incandescent. You should try sleeping in that building haha

[@Warp2090]

agreed

[@minater247]

No way!! I’ve always wanted to see something like this, going into an abandoned place and just turning things on and seeing what works. I didn’t think anyone would ever actually do it. A literal dream come true - thank you!!

[@foxyfan1336]

The fact that the players piano still works. The fact that this hospital has a players piano in it.

[@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938]

Patients are not supposed to be in the rooms except at night…they’re supposed to be in therapy…or counseling… the bathroom will have a light…the lights in the hall allowed psych techs to check on patients to make sure they were where they were scheduled to be…they’d report to us…I am a neuropsychiatric nurse practitioner student…used to be a psych nurse and ED nurse before that…

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

…You were an erectile dysfunction nurse?

[@TankMaster1776]

Bro how do you buy property like that? Is it through auctions?

[@DyingReindeer]

Dude plays outlast in real life.

[@nayakacreativity3639]

10:08 imagine that piano play by it self in the abandoned building 💀

[@jimmydandy9364]

The shit is out of tune too :P Oh wait, psych ward, so it doesn't matter, yeah !

[@reaganrpm]

that was a beautiful sounding piano but man that was creepy

[@johnsims5330]

that last off-key note. wow! goosebumps!

[@4bSix86f61]

I feel like the transformer humming is already eating into your eletrical bill

[@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA]

breakers that wont stay on indicates a fault meaning FIX the electrical wiring do not keep trying to turn that breaker on

[@n646n]

Real men hold it open with an elastic band

[@redline1916]

@@n646n LOL

[@JoeDCollins]

They were not clicking at all, the internal mechanism is broken

[@Redstoneprofi01]

Restaurating that piano would be so cool, with glass instead of the walls so you can see the cool mechanism

[@emilyelfurry]

I never thought I'd watch the full thing, this is interesting, I love this! So many hidden things.

[@giovannikelly]

If I had a place like that I’d turn it into a huge escape room puzzle.

[@GothGuy885]

just watch out for Nurse Ratched! her spirit might still be floating around in there! LOL 🤣 [ one flew over the Cuckco's nest reference ]

[@georgewills-ek1gg]

you beat me to it!, gotta love that movie. Ratched, she's interesting.

[@Just_Joshing024]

So this dude just bought an old psych ward?

[@CatUnderpowered]

I would also

[@smallcheesebread6531]

Either he's just really rich or it's a company that's moving in

[@MuteObserver]

How does one buy a psych ward?

[@rjdipcord1271]

Some of those breakers might be in a 'tripped' state, which requires you push them all the way to OFF before turning them back to ON. I would question however, WHY a breaker is tripped before leaving one on for a long period. There might be a good reason!

[@Dallemations]

10:05 ok that’s a keeper

[@timc7175]

That’s what drove the patients nutz

[@jasonsummit1885]

I love the fact that there was a working player piano in the building.👍

[@arzynovak]

It’s weird how he didn’t even say a word about it

[@MarcolinoLP]

i somehow now also want to buy an old abandoned building for something, im just not sure for what yet.

[@elijahm7510]

Hide and seek!

[@Duncan_1971]

VR Palace

[@mulletbubbles9909]

Why is no one wondering why this guy owns a hospital?

[@jouleblack]

That piano was freaky

[@85Studios]

That is really cool, I subscribed because I am very curious to see what you guys do with the property, I like the whole "Urban exploration while turning on the power in the old Hospital idea. Yes be careful of the dust, "Arc Flashover is a scary prospect especially with 480 Delta Panels and induction loads, I am an electrician and we did a factory with old old breakers a few years ago, the arc flash melted the panel and we could not shut the power back off, so we threw the main and hoped for the best. About $4,000 and a new subpanel and wiring and a few fire extinguishers later finally got it working and ready for the customer to take over and set up the actual factory. Yikes!

[@DanTDMJace]

He owns the building

[@85Studios]

@@DanTDMJace I know

[@SilenceDogood76]

Why do i have a feeling he's going to learn all about "demand billing" in a month or so...

[@itsTomate]

Fingers crossed that they never took the property off the county power bill

[@MikeSpiderson]

The set of Grave Encounters 3 looks cool lol

[@trivialinsignific]

love the open air double pooper, you could hold hands with your buddy while you go to town - wooooooooooooooooooo

[@JEFPY_]

Now all you need is some staff and patients

[@somewowhole42]

Dudes just casually strolling through an old empty what is sort of like an asylum AT NIGHT like nothing. I got jumpscared when he got excited about some lights

[@carterxiong5045]

out of tuned piano made it even more scary, lmao

[@Ronnocbot]

10:28 stopped the piano at such a good part 😢

[@GothGuy885]

would be creepy if he walked in one day and the player piano just started going ...😱

[@kasumiayanami4501]

Ghosts when they have to pay the electricity bill 😱

[@Sohryu-Asuka-Langley]

Of course there's a Rei here :p

[@danielhorne6042]

13:45 breaker 17 or 18 had a dead short hence the arc flash lol

[@trapperkreeper6105]

Make this a Backrooms themed Hotel/attraction. Get it covered in wallpaper and carpet and rent those rooms by the night... I'll fly to wherever you are!

[@FBAV]

Idk where this is but maybe make some kinda Hotel California out of it

[@LaLaLand.Germany]

Heij, err- it crossed my mind we could do a gofundme to rescue that piano. At least I´d donate… It shouldn´t be too hard (famous last words) to restore it to play regular. Wouldn´t it be pretty having a shelf next to it with a song libary? It seems to me that some more people seem to like the …Psychiano. I´d love to see&hear it restored. It holds tune and works- that about holding tune would be the deal breaker. I have a piano found on the curb, I didn´t know if it would hold but I had it tuned and after a year it still holds so putting in efford is justified. If it would not have held tune I´d have thrown money into a huge paperweight. But this one is good! Kind Regards

[@LethaWolf30]

He owns the building, I’m sure the piano will be alright

[@ElevatorWasher5000]

How did my KZbin go from watching a video about Xbox 360s to this??? 💀

[@iamjames8403]

Good will shouldn't have recommended this video to me?

[@djs_projects_repairs]

Was watching a video about a race car build i been following and it recommended me this lol

[@mraiwa1000]

Super interesting video! I figured there would have been faults and glitches, but I'm glad to see none!

[@reaganrpm]

this is the least menacing abandoned psycho ward video ive ever seen, good job

[@thezogs95]

Dan you crazy bastard! Awesome to see you in your building. Greetings from Butte

[@m7machines738]

I was hoping he’d try that elevator 🤣

[@wisteela]

Absolutely awesome. That player piano is fantastic. Subscribed.

[@forever-and-a-day2043]

A working player piano is a pretty good find imo

[@LucyWoIf]

Playing with electricty in an abandoned asylum or factory or so seems like fun (and danger but danger = even more fun)