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In Portugal, technicians risk their lives every day to repair the wind turbines that provide energy across the country. They rappel down from turbines as high as 360 feet with only climbing rope and a harness keeping them safe.
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What It's Like To Climb A 400-Feet Wind Turbine | Risky Business

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@InsiderNews Год назад

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@DestroyAllDemocrats Год назад

Do a report on how inefficient wind energy is vs the cost and how they are powered by diesel generators when the wind isn't blowing. Also discuss the dead bird graveyard at the base of windmill farms. The worst of the fake green energies

@kylear6120 Год назад

I’m a cell tower climber in upstate NY

@boohere2 Год назад

I would have like to seen how they put one of these up. Like how they are assembled

@elye3701 Год назад

Repeat this but for offshore wind turbines.

@elye3701 Год назад

The cameraman who filmed this. That's got to be a risky business.

@dariussmith9846 Год назад

Truck driver here and I'm so fascinated with the drivers who haul these windmill blades. They usually travel in groups of 3. Much respect for these guys. I love driving thru windmill farms during my daily travels 💪💪💯💯

@lrn_news9171 Год назад

I've seen that while living in Ontario canada when a wind farm was being built. Trucks transporting pieces of these massive things were going by everyday. They're bigger than they look

@lrn_news9171 Год назад

Btw being a trucker is much more dangerous than this job, even though it doesn't look like it

@TroopsofDoom666 Год назад

@@lrn_news9171 fatique is scary...

@ahmeddhere1154 Год назад

@@lrn_news9171 you’re insane

@lrn_news9171 Год назад

@@ahmeddhere1154 Why?

@CJ-kw8vc 2 года назад

Just got my contract, waiting to find out which wind farm I’ll be heading to end of this month cannot wait!!!!!

@dani.mughal2438 2 года назад

How u apply

@lukekennedy6394 2 года назад

Good luck mate you'll love it! What firm you with?

@dani.mughal2438 2 года назад

Where

@lukekennedy6394 2 года назад

@@dani.mughal2438 A lot of companies won't accept people without previous experience or the right certification. You may need to self fund these first. Many guys in the industry are self-employed

@honesty_-no9he 2 года назад

Thank you !! ABC ! Always Be Careful.

@a9s2w5 Год назад

Dang, I have climbed up various broadcast towers and things like that, but nothing like this, even in decent shape you don't realize how difficult it is. If you don't do it all the time or even if you do….your legs go. Your hands quit functioning. It's a rough go. It seems so simple and easy, it's not. Nothing but a lot of respect for people like this.

@mirandahotspring4019 13 дней назад

Easy job. I did it for years, sitting in a comfortable Petzl Podium and charging a great per hour fee.

@darel2911 Год назад

Glad we have these kind of people who risk life and limb for this kind of work, I install roof framing on houses just 5-6 meters and at times I get light-headed when I'm on the edge of the roof frame.

@m0r73n Год назад

It's just what you are used to, I was the same as you in the beginning, 5-6 meter was scary, but I eventualy ended up working up to a few hundred meters above ground.

@daveyjoseph6058 Год назад

the only people who actually risk their lives are the ones dumb enough to not ensure their safety

@lexbeltran1354 Год назад

It looks like a fun job, better than being in an office or warehouse 😅

@Ballen1182 Год назад

And these don't have edges though, which for me is super scary

@habesha6883 5 месяцев назад

Men*

@mtiedemann11 Год назад

Much respect and appreciation for tower workers!

@Grimmes12 Год назад

You mean the men who risk their lives for green technology because those strong empowered women like AOC ain't trying to do these types of jobs

@mountopia77 Год назад

screw them.

@locochang6533 Год назад

No need. They get paid.

@tommytheshimigami Год назад

turbines rarely break, yeah right there are thousands if not tens of thousands of dead broken ones. this is such media propaganda

@the.communist Год назад

You should have appreciation for cleaners n fast food restos attendants. They have really grim.

@brittenyevans1101 Год назад

I would be scared as hell to do this, much respect to these men .

@bitcoinisfreedommoney.fckt2663 Год назад

it's not a job for non-males then again neither is any job that requires bravery, intelligence or keeping civilisation ticking over. Non males are only capable of make-work jobs like HR, primary school teaching and admin

@Grimmes12 Год назад

Hey Britteny where are all those strong empowered fearless feminist women like AOC to do these jobs to keep green technology running

@brittenyevans1101 Год назад

@@Grimmes12 lol 😭😭😭

@aadixum Год назад

@@Grimmes12 i aM a sTrOnG iNdEpEnDeNt wOmAn

@Grimmes12 Год назад

@@aadixum where are you and women like you to do these kinda jobs???

@joshuabaughn3734 Год назад

They deserve respect! I don't understand their job but I do understand the amount of work they have to do. Michigan has pretty crazy wind and weather due to the Great Lakes. One moment it's a calm day and the next you're holding on to your hat for dear life. There's a lot of wind farms along the coastlines of the lakes because of this.

@CFox.7 9 месяцев назад

Respect ? for what ? I guess you dont realise how many people there are out there that love heights and risky work - especially when it pays so much. I used to rock climbing and abseiling down was my favourite part. Imagine getting paid big bucks to do something you love - there are many many many ppl like me

@goingberserker505 5 месяцев назад

@@CFox.7Respect to anyone who’s willing to take a risky job, goofy ass it went over your head.

@laurenescamilla2529 Год назад

I live in suburban illinois and rural illinois is like 1-2hrs away from where I’m at. When you drive down these 1 lane roads, you see HUNDREDS of wind turbines in the fields. So many of them were broken and I couldn’t help but worry for the people who would have to climb up there to fix them.

@pk-fb2yr 2 года назад

They don't get paid enough to be risking their lives like this .Bravo to all the brave hard working men .

@tasiociafancelli9912 2 года назад

@John Clemens The think is that this job is safer than driving your car on the street IF things are done right all the time, without never ever overlooking the safety aspects. One of those aspects also is that the company and bosses have to do everything for the safety of their workers, and in Spain and Portugal these companies take advantage of the workers: they pay less for the same job than in northern european countries, put you in distress and hurries, don't check the mandatory safety equip revisions, etc. It's a pity cause in spain for what i have seen the workers are really strong and go above and beyond in safety issues also creating a sense of community, but hey who could tell that capitalism tries to lowkey kill the workers...

@heliumfreak5364 2 года назад

They dont pay the portuegues enough thats for sure, at least when compared to say UK techs, cause portugal is actually really poor. UK blade techs earn in 3 months what they earn in a year

@nobull772 2 года назад

@@heliumfreak5364Can’t you move to another country in the EU for work?

@randomly_random_0 2 года назад

All for "safe, environmental friendly" energy source

@bigetnt 2 года назад

They aren't risking there lives..... The death rate of this job is nothing compared to a welder. Or refinery worker. Your more likely to die in your car. Then on the job here

@Fractal227 2 года назад

I could never do this, i dont even want to look over the edge from 6'th floor and feel my stomack "sink". Respect to those who can.

@fredfreddy8684 Год назад

Very scary stuff for me too. I don't mind some things that drive others bonkers, but heights are tough.

@highimshadow6367 Год назад

@@repentandbelieveinjesuschr9495Will Jesus fap with me?

@believer1056 Год назад

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Allah is one

@alasiri2275 Год назад

with time you get used, personally hated this job now am an engineer working relatively the same thing

@victorjatogetherijusthadto2701 Год назад

Same here 😅😂

@franciscoduarte1925 Год назад

Parabéns João 🎉🎉 seu trabalho é dose elevada de adrenalina, medo, atenção, controle, satisfação,....o sangue fica diferente.....Tem mesmo que ser muito bem compensado 💰💰💰

@AmandasAmazingAdventures Год назад

I do cell phone tower work, pretty similar to this. I’m curious what you’re research would bring up on this career. Top hand is my title. Thanks for the informative videos. Keep showing kids you don’t have to go to college to get great paying jobs. Instead of money you just need a lot of blood, sweat, tears and overtime.

@atlien4030 Год назад

Tower Dawgs Lead the way 💪🏾

@susiekim5728 Год назад

What is your salary? Which state are you employed at?

@b_bogg Год назад

Susie lookin for a step daddy lol

@susiekim5728 Год назад

@@b_bogg Lmao are you accepting?

@dakotaautosales9673 Год назад

What part of him saying that he is a mechanical engineer did you not catch🧁😂😂

@nicholashaindl7940 Год назад

Pretty cool job, I used to work as a commercial diver, diving in water towers/tanks. Didn't have to climb up more than 200 feet, but respect what these guys do, anything with heights involved isn't easy.

@Kylewraps Год назад

Wait commercial diver? What all did that entail and how do you get into that line of work?

@nicholashaindl7940 Год назад

@@Kylewraps I had just graduated college in 2020, probably the worst time with covid and all. Saw an ad for underwater welding on facebook and ended up taking the plunge for commercial dive school. It was a 6 month program in NJ where I got a feel for being/working underwater. Got a job a month out of dive school and it was cool for awhile. Did the tank diving because it paid a little more for green beans in the industry and it was close to home. Diving water towers/tanks is physically demanding, climbing up 175 at the most and then hauling up all your dive gear/equipment with ropes/pulleys is tough lol. I dove the tanks for cleaning sediment/other crap on bottom, Inspections of the insides, and occasionally repair work say if there was a leak or something like that.

@Kylewraps Год назад

@@nicholashaindl7940 how much was dive school? I’m a high school dropout 26 years old and trying to find something to do with my life. Thinking about wind turbine technician classes but I need to conquer my queasiness with heights which idk if it’s realistic Gonna jump out of a plane this year I think to see if that helps my fear

@nicholashaindl7940 Год назад

@@Kylewraps anywhere from 10k-35k, their usually around the same time, 4-6 months of training. Morgan city college in Louisiana is the cheapest and DIT in seattle WA is probably the most expensive. There's also a couple in Texas, Arizona, and Florida. Theres a lot of possibilities with dive work depending on your work ethic/skills, having a mechanically lined aptitude helps. A lot of guys go offshore to work in the GOM after school. There's inland work all over the place, from dams, nuclear power plants, potable diving, salvage, general construction. Lots of options.

@Kylewraps Год назад

@@nicholashaindl7940 nice I’m in Houston Texas I’m not handy or mechanical so I feel like I would get discouraged rather quickly and quit Maybe I should try electrician trade school, I thought about Tulsa Welding school but then I realized I would have to buy a diesel truck and financially it makes no sense to buy a diesel truck to make like $60k per year

@babybecz 8 месяцев назад

My brother works on wind turbines ❤ much respect to you guys this looks so difficult!! Stay safe out there.

@lisianemuttimutti4220 Год назад

Muita coragem, parabéns pelo trabalho!!

@TechFreak51 Год назад

These folks deserve a tonn of money and respect !!!

@jamesbilalourenco448 Год назад

I am from Angola and I am mechanical engineer.I am in Portugal since 2020 and don't not have residence yet.I speak English and French fluently beside portuguese. I expect to work in this area as soon as possible.I am just waiting for my residence and some courses that I have to get as BTT and BST from GWO. I wish you guys a great job.

@rodrigoteixeira4795 Год назад

nao sei se andas à procura de lugares para fazer o gwo mas 1 sitio onde fiz foi no jorge lozano em queluz quanto ao btt acho que encontras na area do porto

@ACL617 Год назад

Good luck to you! Much respect

@nareshaggarwal3230 Год назад

How much KW/MW is the output of one wind turbine and generator of this size.

@danny_racho Год назад

Maybe get yourself the same GoPro like this guy in the video and put your work on RU-vid and TikTok, you'll earn much more than 30k$ a month

@sarahs7489 11 месяцев назад

I love this mans positive attitude and passion for his work!

@NunoFlyer Год назад

Fantástico, um orgulho ver tugas nestes videos. Um sonho, um desafio esse trabalho! Parabéns, somos fortes, somos uma equipa!

@DavidBrocekArt 11 месяцев назад

This is one of those jobs that you would never even think exists, but when you see it, it makes total sense.

@sergiopolanco9073 Год назад

This is really nice Joao, I leave in chicago USA and I use this equipment to wash windows in the high rises building. Tu trabajo es muito bom, cuide-se.

@itachi1165 Год назад

Never doing that

@eligreg99 Год назад

Respect. That’s an even scarier job than this I feel. I’ve seen window washers with nothing but a scaffold to stand on.

@Miltonfrank39 Год назад

These guys are awesome and don’t get enough credit insane job👍🏼👍🏼

@smartguyray3372 Месяц назад

I just completed a Capstone course and I wrote on wind turbines/wind farms. This is great for Portugal!

@lebassdesign4850 Год назад

A couple of weeks ago I've been inside and on top of one of these. It was quite an experience and very interesting as well.

@noahc8997 Год назад

Cap

@helloimclaudio Год назад

I fixed one today actually

@redstrike88 Год назад

Oh yeah, well I troubleshot one today. Beat that 🤣

@teguharifandi3489 2 года назад

Palm sweating, heart pounding, feet tingling, this is too intense even watching this while seating on the ground

@Doodoovessel 2 года назад

It really isn’t

@Hebdomad7 2 года назад

There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti

@ChrisJohnson-db2ts 2 года назад

Hes nervous but he looks calm and ready

@climatechangedoesntbargain9140 2 года назад

agree

@huskiehuskerson5300 2 года назад

You first world over privileged parasites better appreciate this

@StaggerLee68 Год назад

Rope Access is actually quite safe and in many ways, relaxing. Ask any very good rope tech and they will tell you, every minute on the ground outside of work is far more dangerous. it's people on the ground that make this world unnerving and risky. Inspection and fiberglass repair work is pretty chill with a good team and experience. Saving turbines one blade at a time, it's good work for old big wall climbers with technical composite skills, for sure. I call it Arts & Crafts with big air under your heels. Cheers to Rope Techs around the world, Go man, go!

@jb6712 Год назад

I believe it. When one is up in the air, as long as there are no morons around to play stupid games with the ropes down below, nobody can really do much to the person up there. If I was young again, I'd love to learn how to do this job, and would willingly travel wherever I was needed in order to do it. Maybe they don't want women, though. I'm far too old now to find out.

@StaggerLee68 Год назад

@@jb6712 I've trained and do work with women although they are clearly the minority in this trade. This goes for all dangerous or blue collar (dirt collar) industrial jobs. They are normally every bit as good as their male counterparts. I've a new dear friend and workmate who was thrown into blade repair unknowingly after her 47th birthday. She's become a team lead in two years. Never underestimate your ability when inspired correctly.

@notastone4832 Год назад

@@StaggerLee68 lol... on average they cannon do the same job men can do.. thats why they are the minority in any industrial setting (the only women where i work are in the office.. they only work with documents.. yknow like paystubs)

@StaggerLee68 Год назад

@@notastone4832 In the U.S. the women ARE at least as masculine as any man! In fact, it's a;most impossible to classify them as female anymore. Haha. It is absolutely true that the vast majority of industrial jobs are performed by men. In the U.S. at least, the women are far too entitled and prefer to be paid by men to do nothing but shop and drink wine with other pampered slobs.

@m.m.m.m.4648 Год назад

I am a female working as rope access technician in London and looking forward to do my GWO soon 🙂 This is my dream job.

@zulfikaregzikutor5561 Год назад

This is fairly very safe job as a structural ironworker i erected many wind turbines , very nice work...

@someguywithamustache7235 Год назад

Respect 🙏 I'm scared of heights, Watching this just gives me anxiety

@jogmas12 Год назад

The only anxiety I feel is when they are at the top outside and I see no guard rails

@semperfi210 Год назад

I used to climb 300 ft towers but this is a whole different level much respect

@themasklessraccoon8266 Год назад

So excited to start working on wind turbines. I go to school in a couple months to become a technician

@TacSav253 4 месяца назад

Did you graduate? Hows it going? Also how old are you?

@Landmasters Год назад

I'll stick to flying my Alta drone for inspections, thanks lol Props to these brave souls

@TomTom-xp2jb 2 года назад

I knew they were tall but 35 stories! Wow. Good viddy. Thx. 👍

@cyrusol 2 года назад

Offshore ones are reaching almost 300m in height, taller than many skyscrapers. Over 100m length of the blades.

@ihtesham_emon 2 года назад

Dangerously Beautiful! ❤️

@Nikkk6969 Год назад

Awesome! Thinking of applying

@adog3129 Год назад

those drone shots of the guys on the tower are so cool, good stuff!

@aoyamaprivacc 2 года назад

Here i am in my room, watching this video on a phone in portrait mode and my hands are sweaty just from the opening scene. Even being watched in a small resolution, the idea of men dangling on a rope at that height is still intimidating.

@HalfWarrior Год назад

These guys are awesome! I worked on wind turbines for Bonus Wind turbines in Tehachapi,CA. in 1988-89. Not a good job if you’re afraid of heights;thankfully I wasn’t.

@ATLTraveler Год назад

No one is afraid of heights, they are afraid of falling.

@William971 Год назад

insane blood you have, im in the fetal position watching this vid

@henryc1000 Год назад

My question is… what kind of money did you make?

@petracollins8623 15 дней назад

Fantastic job you guys do. Safety first a priority at all times. Amazing.

@chrisbranton1290 2 года назад

I work on these and i feel his pain climbing them ladders 🙈🤣

@esevicho 2 года назад

Hell yeah brotha! Fellow wind tech here.

@tannerchew2033 2 года назад

Where do you start to get into this kind of work!? I'm graduating soon with a ME degree and I climb so this seems like a dream job!

@honesty_-no9he 2 года назад

Thank you for all you do !

@rawlvee Год назад

How do I apply

@TacSav253 4 месяца назад

How old were you guys when you got into this work?

@bushlovesska 2 года назад

Omg pay these men more money. I swear I almost threw up just watching this. If I made it to the top I'd be so scared I'd probably just launch myself off of the dam thing.

@nascarbilly2424 2 года назад

Wind techs makes quite a bit, especially blade techs like this. They can make over $50 an hour, plus a $150 ish per day perdiem. They can easily clear $4K in a 2 week period.

@kape28s 2 года назад

@@nascarbilly2424 who told you that? 😂

@lukekennedy6394 2 года назад

@@kape28s it's true especially in the US where you work on the more extensive damages or hold a higher qualified blade cert level and rope level (yes there are levels to your certification 🤣)

@kape28s 2 года назад

@@lukekennedy6394 i work as rope access technician

@lukekennedy6394 2 года назад

@@kape28s So do I and I was earning $44 an hour and $65 after 40hrs. So what William above said is more than possible....like I said a blade D, irata lvl 3 can earn £34 plus!

@nicky9589 Год назад

Respect. That is some crazy work.

@shadowfilm7980 Год назад

Nice video. Nice narration too. Well done.

@keelancrowder8946 Год назад

Brother been doing this for 4 almost 5 years. As I told him they really need to give them some type of parachute or something. Can't always trust a harness

@LiveFaustDieJung Год назад

Can’t always trust a parachute. Adds more riff raff having a pack to get caught and tangled in. In order to be safe almost putting yourself in a more risky space to “feel safe”. Nah. I could see my parachute killing me rather than saving me. That’s my luck. 😂

@RxTerps 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely AMAZING!

@aemiliadelroba4022 Год назад

Wow 🤩 Breath taking job !

@SeattlePioneer 2 года назад

I still remember an early rock climb. I was belaying someone traversing the rock below me. I was anchored into a rusty piton someone had pounded into the crack on a rock some indeterminate length of time before. My heels were on a flake of rock. Between the insteps of my boots, I could see the first place I would bounce if the climber I was belaying fell, which would pull me off and we would be hanging by that piton. It was about 500 feet to that first place we would hit below. We did that for FUN! An amusing byproduct of rock climbing skills was the ability to climb most building exterior walls. Just walk up to any old building and climb as high as you wished ----easy peasy, mostly.

@foundingtitan7 Год назад

Hats off to him and his team 🙌🙌🙌

@aaronthenorm5400 Год назад

Don't you mean: hard hats off to them!

@adrianrodriguez9569 Год назад

Awesome thanks for letting me know That was great

@noluck33 Год назад

You have to be crazy to do that work, but we thank you for doing it!

@houstoner Год назад

Rappelling down the blades looks terrifying, but I would be totally content working in/on the nacelle. I love heights, but the dangling part would be where I draw the line. I've thought about going to build them, or be one of the guys climbing towers to change bulbs and whatnot. I would love it. I just need my feet planted on something to feel safe.

@japark85 Год назад

In my experience, there is a rigging system that is specifically designed to access the blades. Either this video is really old or these guys are taking unnecessary risk by accessing them like this.

@browningchris3 Год назад

@@japark85 Nah Mate. We still use ropes to access blades when platforms and lift trucks dont make make sense to for various reasons. The two rope system is very safe. Possibly more safe than a lift truck.

@japark85 Год назад

@@browningchris3 I’m not talking about equipment. I’ve seen it done using a system involving ropes and a box platform thing to stand in. I can’t remember the name of the company we hired, but they were there specifically to touch-up the rotor paint after install. It was cool.

@japark85 Год назад

@@browningchris3 I’ve used the system shown in the video. What I’m talking about looks a whole lot more comfortable.

@browningchris3 Год назад

@@japark85 Yeah Ive worked around those types of platforms but not on one. They kinda cool I guess but I wouldnt say theyre safer. Id honestly rather be in my harness and work seat than those because Im in way more control of all the variables.

@AsaNole 2 года назад

I could've sworn I watched this yesterday 🤔

@dieterrolf 3 месяца назад

Very interesting and clearly explained. I have never seen a system like this before. One can only hope that more people are interested in building such systems

@valseyer4486 Год назад

These men have guts, my respects homies!!!

@tm9184 Год назад

They improved the landscape with 30 story windmills!

@bryanmannoia8410 Год назад

said no one ever.

@martijnvisser5164 2 года назад

Good job windmill technicians!!

@theferalfarmer6706 2 года назад

Big difference between turbines and windmills

@humanimal5527 2 года назад

It's a wind turbine.

@atomix2933 5 месяцев назад

I would LOVE this job! Doing maintenance work is awesome! I will do this when I am older. 👍 👍

@silverjay4455 Год назад

All my respect towards these guys serious. To have a job that youre not sure you can return home in one piece isnt for everyone 🤗🤗

@JohnSmith-zv8km 2 года назад

I would be too scared to do this sort of thing but as long as you are harnessed it should not be a dangerous job.

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@isaiasguerrero2047 Год назад

I used to work on wind turbines, it was a good experience the view never gets old

@Shaman196 Год назад

They're a waste of time......

@isaiasguerrero2047 Год назад

@@Shaman196 agreed

@Shaman196 Год назад

@@isaiasguerrero2047 I honestly believe that they have been put in place to satisfy the minority and their agenda. The big picture is this.......... "You Will own nothing and be happy." ~ Klaus Schwab ~ The World Economic Forum

@Shaman196 Год назад

@@isaiasguerrero2047 It's like saying..... "Let them eat cake".

@fariaemportugal8057 Год назад

Trabalho em uma fábrica de pás eolicas, já fiz reparações e hoje trabalho com as movimentações das pás. Gostava de saber como trabalhar dessa forma.

@alisandetavares2102 Год назад

Eu também vou trabalhar no mesmo e podes te inscrever no centro de formação onrope

@gkdj395 Год назад

Se você fizer o curso de irata vai te abrir muitas portas!

@user-jh1hc3vp6e Год назад

이런 높은곳에서 설치 및 공사를 하는 전문가가 전세계에 많이 있다는 것이 놀라울뿐.

@tylermathews6668 Год назад

Much respect.

@PrimitiveOs Год назад

Massive respect

@jacobdykstra8499 2 года назад

Great video, but what is 4.8 MW/Hr? We've got to finally understand the difference between energy and power as we move into electric everything. I see lots of videos still stating charge rates in KWH and battery capacity in KW.

@IvanKuckir 2 года назад

I agree, I think we should stop using Watts alltogether. For average people, it is even more confusing than a lightyear ("omg he must be a million lightyears old"). We should only use Joules (kJ, mJ, gJ) for energy (capacity), and Joules per hour for power. We already do it for distance (km, km/h) and data (MB, MB/s). Anybody will be able to compare a phone battery without a calculator.

@falsemcnuggethope 2 года назад

@@IvanKuckir Watts aren't confusing at all, they are just joules per second. What's confusing is that watts are sometimes converted to energy by integrating with time in hours. So you end up with something other than joules for energy because converting between hours and seconds is too difficult. To fix the root cause, we should get rid of seconds, minutes, and hours. Now imagine that happening.

@doujinflip 2 года назад

Batteries are usually measured in ampere-hours (Ah) or milliampere-hours (mAh). To find the total energy capacity you also have to multiply by the cell's voltage, which is often like 1.2V for NiMH, 3.7V for lithium, 12V for lead-acid, etc.

@IvanKuckir 2 года назад

@@doujinflip I undrestand how phyiscs work and how to calculate everything. I am just saying that it is too confusing for 90% of people. If the capacity was always in Joules, and the charging / consumption speed was in Joules per second, it would be so much clearer for everyone. I mean for all batteries, no matter what the size or the voltage is.

@retrogamer2503 2 года назад

Megawatt per hour i think

@Tresla 2 года назад

Only $36k for that? I'd expect at least $100k considering they're putting themselves in harms way on a daily basis.

@danielemerson6833 2 года назад

That's worth 100000 plus in local economy. Like Idaho to downtown NY city. 18.00 big mac.

@Xdarkstar07X 2 года назад

36k Euros in Portugal. Average salary in Portugal is ~17-18k. Cost of living there is cheaper.

@honesty_-no9he 2 года назад

I agree.

@louiearmstrong 2 года назад

@@danielemerson6833 Mcdonsalds app 6/13/22: Big Mac in Times Square: $5.59, Big Mac in Boise: $4.29. I'd love to know where these mythical $15+ BigMacs are that (mostly anti-min wage increase conservative) complain about

@ratadedallas1 Год назад

@@Xdarkstar07X True. They said that is the average salary for that job in Portugal, but he makes more, I am guessing 2x the $36x is still a hard NO for me. Heck NO!

@abravocl 9 месяцев назад

thank youu so muchhh dudee

@austinmoore5481 Год назад

Great respect to you my friends keep it lit 🇨🇮

@xFlyingFlip Год назад

I work for a company that manufactures the gearboxes inside the turbines. I work with some of the cats who go up in the towers to inspect & repair, they're a different breed altogether. I just work in the office doing the logistics side... much safer, much less cool.

@A_78939 Год назад

Safer? Those level of dread and stress gotta be tough though

@mrkokolore6187 2 года назад

All that risk for a few megawatts. Nuclear power plants are way safer to work in while producing gigawatts of power.

@honesty_-no9he 2 года назад

WRONG ! Wind Energy in the UK produces more than twice as much energy as nuclear for far less money and is far safer to the public.

@drefrazier4266 Год назад

That's ridiculous. You're talking one guy falling to his death vs the potential for something like Chernobyl. Not to mention all the waste these plants create.

@mrkokolore6187 Год назад

@@drefrazier4266 1. Chernobyl according to the WHO caused about 4000 deaths due to delayed action taking and poor health care in the Soviet Union. Over 60-70 years of operation nuclear energy is therefore still the safest energy source there is. 2. What about the waste? There is not a single person who has died from nuclear waste.

@lordbucketheadiii3435 Год назад

@@drefrazier4266 Think of where technology was in the 80s and where it is now… we can definitely expand nuclear energy. Look at France for example

@princessk4969 Год назад

This video is giving me chills watching it wow 😯

@WLMan Год назад

Respect ! I did some simple rock climbing in the past but nothing like 300 ft. 4.8 mW energy generated in an hour is like 385 W x 26 solar panels in 165 days for my home ! That’s a lot of energy in an hour.

@krystalstarrett6760 Год назад

Oversized unsafe garbage that kills bird, and Eagles. Hazard on the road by rude drivers getting there.

@ashotofmercury Год назад

@@krystalstarrett6760 Hazard on the road? What??.... 🤔🤨

@krystalstarrett6760 Год назад

@@ashotofmercury You drive coast to coast much? I did, 30 years, USA Canada and Mexico. The wasteful wind mills are large hazards on the roads, with rude drivers.

@krystalstarrett6760 Год назад

@@ashotofmercury Have a safe day!

@ashotofmercury Год назад

@@krystalstarrett6760 Hey, you too! As a pro tip - not every other person on the internet is from the US! 😉

@galfisk 2 года назад

That looks fun, at least in good weather.

@TheCurvedBullet Год назад

proud to be a Windmill technician!

@Millo0812 6 месяцев назад

Amazingly dangerous and risky! Respect to this workers!

@greenergrassgames Год назад

I am often surprised with having to run to the toilet in the worst situation. I always wondered how people that work in these type of jobs deal with that.

@13Gangland Год назад

You're either holding that crap and piss or it's coming straight down to your pants, nothing else to do. Maybe that was the "accident" the guy was talking about.

@TheDrumminguy 2 года назад

4,8MW per hour... come on people, thats not a thing...

@vincesmith1906 2 года назад

It’s very real. The latest in onshore plants are capable of 6MWh. Some offshore units can produce upwards of 15MWh. Of course that’s only in full production winds. Between 11-14 m/s or approximately 35-38 mph and start producing as low as 3.5 m/s or 8 mph. The ones I work on are smaller and make only 1.65MWh. They generate millions of ft lbs of torque. Truly amazing machines

@polterp 2 года назад

@@vincesmith1906 MW is a unit of power. MWh is a unit of energy. MW per hour is not a thing, that's what Robert was pointing at

@akyhne 2 года назад

@@polterp That totally doesn't make sense, as MWh (or more correctly MW/h) is the same as MW per hour.

@polterp 2 года назад

@@akyhne MWh and MW/h are very different things, I suggest you look it up

@akyhne 2 года назад

@@polterp OH really? I'm sure you can tell me what the difference is.

@ravihaninwal 4 месяца назад

Much respect 🙏

@HumanityRisingNow 10 месяцев назад

Inspiring story 💗

@farright118 2 года назад

The average wage in Portugal is €18,000? Im shocked its so low.

@MAKRON66 2 года назад

It is low, but the cost of living is a bit lower than average iirc.

@athanassioszotos1713 2 года назад

Mine is much lower..

@AlldaylongRock 2 года назад

average is actually more like 1500/month or something. Lots of minimum wagers, and a few big ones .. These dudes clearly on the higher side... While having a job that shouldnt have as high demand as it has, but Portuguese politicians are dumb

@ValentinG23 2 года назад

In mu country of Romania is 5000€ per year!!!!

@painfull16 2 года назад

I think you need to review your logic: "...risk their lives every day... with only climbing rope and a harness keeping them safe." Well I have climbed many a place or thing using rope and harness. I can tell you now, when done correctly - as these men surely do, using rope and harness is as safe as driving your car to work. Though it could be said that we risk our lives every day driving to work :) Yes. Yes we do. But due to 'safety measures' the risk is so low, it's something we don't think that much about. Which is what these men do. Setup their safety gear, and get to work.

@markb1170 2 года назад

They know that, but clickbait titles like these bring on the clicks, so they format the videos like this. :)

@KarpralisLup 2 года назад

It is one thing to be safe while simply repelling down with a rope, but another thing is to operate simultaneously with hammers, grinders, washers and painting guns. The job is unnecessarily dangerous, as there are robots like Aerones that ensure a much safer procedure.

@lg3494 2 года назад

But if you crash your car you don't always die? If something is done incorrectly here and you fall to the ground you 10/10 dead

@dannymccann1775 Месяц назад

On my final GWO blade repair course, halfway through hopefully get a start somewhere soon

@argentinoelvenciochitacumu9046 Год назад

These guys are heroes!

@zimjammin6330 2 года назад

This is my job, and we don't risk are lives lol 😆 its actually very safe if your trained properly 👍

@myhandlewasstolen2 2 года назад

our it's you're

@SeattlePioneer 2 года назад

@zimjammin6330 2 года назад

@@myhandlewasstolen2 thanks Karen!

@thepowerpuffgirls7914 2 года назад

Learn what a Karen is.

@thepowerpuffgirls7914 2 года назад

Learn some grammar and you won't have people correct you.

@PiyushAgade Год назад

Great video. Two issues: 1. 4.8 MW / hr is not an appropriate unit. You should just say "4.8 MW, sufficient to power ..... homes". The unit of Watt is 'Joules/sec'. There already is a '/hr' embedded in a unit Watt. 2. As the unit Watt is defined as 'Energy/time', you saying 4.8 MW/hr energy is absolultely wrong.

@akashlama9450 Год назад

When I saw this video I feel proud myself too😊 I love my job rope access

@xerox8080 Год назад

Not even for a million euros I would get up there. Respect for these guys 👍👍

@mrorganic13 Год назад

this man has been working for 20 years, i wonder how many homes hes been able to power in his lifetime, we trades people dont get the resepect we diserve especially the people closer to the source of everything such as wind turbine operators

@samsonsoturian6013 2 года назад

I worked making wind turbines for a week but ditched that trash. I believe the term for it is "crunch culture" where there were six 12-14 hour days and the nearest town was 30 minutes away. People were threatened with their jobs for asking time off or slacking off and Christmas was literally canceled for these guys. Work progressed at a snail's pace because everyone was as tired and cranky as you'd expect. Needless to say, they were constantly understaffed (only 8 out of 25 positions were filled when I got there) and ridiculously over budget and behind schedule. No idea if the guys in the video worked that way.

@mikecharvat4325 2 года назад

Zt,,,,,,, ,,,& Bn

@EliasProbst 2 года назад

Unlikely, as they're in Europe where most countries have decent worker protection laws.

@TomCat13461 2 года назад

@@EliasProbst And stronger unions.

@zedrhyx1788 Год назад

you must be working in the US then?

@kingshit420w Год назад

wind turbines aren't the future

@lebumser4170 3 месяца назад

Imaginge Its a beautyfull job with n nice view. But i‘ve got so much respect for you guy 👏👌

@user-sz3pm8gg1j Год назад

Мужики с большой буквы! Дай Бог вам здоровья! Берегите себя!

@superrrnova1986 14 дней назад

I have a job interview in a few weeks to become a wind turbine technician. I currently make the metal buckles you see on the safety gear of harnesses etc. I'll be measuring every bit of the buckle to make sure its safe. lol

@lepilot8329 2 года назад

If you state that the job is very dangerous even though the technician said it's save you have to show some statistics to prove the point!

@wesleyrm 2 года назад

You don't need statistics. There is a tangible risk to die.

@wesleyrm 2 года назад

He says it's safe because he's trained

@tooreal8968 2 года назад

These folks more than earn their pay. This is something only a few would be able to do. The fear is too much for me.

@Menga213 Год назад

they get paid 36k that is not a lot of money

@henryc1000 Год назад

@@Menga213 : how do you know this?

@susiekim5728 Год назад

@@henryc1000 Watch the video lol

@garethbaus5471 Год назад

@@Menga213 the average gross salary in Portugal is is less than $25,000, so in that region $36,000 is good money, roughly analogous to being paid $100,000 annually in the US.

@walterwhite4200 Год назад

@@Menga213 for Portugal that's good

@MicahBratt Месяц назад

Those are pretty amazing feats of engineering!

@jasperangel Год назад

A fan here in the Philippines 🌴

@robertf1720 2 года назад

8:21 need to work on units my friend. 4.8 MW in an hour is actually not an electricity generating rate. 4.8 MW is an electricity generating rate, 4.8 MW-hr /day is an electricity generating rate, and 4.8MW-hr per hr is... 4.8 MW. Not sure which one they meant.

@augustus331 2 года назад

Comes down to the same thing. A 4.8 MW capacity turbine produces 4.8 MWh per hour, as 4.8 MW stands for 4.8 MWsecond. Idk what the problem is?

@Ripcode2233891 2 года назад

@@augustus331 na that's not it

@thunderb00m 2 года назад

@@augustus331 Bruh, she said "4.8 MW of energy in an hour" MW is unit of power, not energy

@xnademolicious 2 года назад

@@augustus331 4.8MW works out to 4.8 megajoules per second, but MW does not have a time component - it's only an instantaneous measurement of power. The peak power of a common static electrical spark is measured in the kilowatt range but for a very short period of time. The power might be expressed as 4.8KW. It does not express 4.8 KWsecond of energy.

@honesty_-no9he 2 года назад

Yes I live in north Manchester UK, my 4.9kW Solar energy system delivers to my house energy measured in kWh that can do in Spring and Summer anywhere from 7kWh (crappy day) to 14kWh (good day) to 24kWh (exceptional day).

@chrischan001 2 года назад

To put that (4.8MWh) into perspective, I use about 7kWh of electricity per day. So 1 hour of generation would be enough for me to run my home for 1.88 years. 1 person household, faily efficient appliences, no solar panel unfortunately

@WLMan Год назад

I use 16 - 22 kWh per day. 4.8 mW can last me 220 - 290 days. How do you manage 7 kWh per day ?

@chrischan001 Год назад

@@WLMan I live by myself. How many people live in your household?

@chrischan001 Год назад

@@WLMan 16-22kwh should be the energy consumption for a 3-person household. If you live by yourself then really have to look at where the energy was being "wasted".