TEN Days of POWER OUTAGES! 

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

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...

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

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

It's a good thing you like emergency lights!

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.

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

I think your parents love the emergency lights

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

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

8:06 Nice exit sign glare!

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

THIS IS WINTER! Greetings from germany. :D

i love power outage videos!!!

Awesome video!

You almost have 10,000 subs!

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

this is very informative and entertaining

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

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

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

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

Cool video!

3:44 beautiful morning scenery

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

Your house is awesome!

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

Did your fire alarm system still work?

What did you do on christmas eve and christmas day?

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.

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

You should put up more emergency lights

I love the Colorado mountains and snow.

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.

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

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

Lights flickering: Stranger Things IRL people

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 :)

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

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

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

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

I love your house did your power turn on?

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

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.

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.

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.

So how often does this happen during the winter? I very rarely have power outages, maybe once a year.

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.

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

where did this take place?

Wow. Crazy

What county is snowing like this

I am glad I live in a relatively warm area

This was entertaining

2:01 did the fire alarms go off for a sec?

7:43 “crap!” “Oh my goshhhhhh” Lol

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.

At 0:55 Is That A Floodlight Can?

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

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

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.

i hope it comes back

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

Hope your power comes on soon

Wish I had a backup generator. We get too many storms in our area.

5:48 I have that same exact temperature thing

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.

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

Is it against electrical codes to wire a standard outdoor generator to your house or wire a generator without being a trained electrician?

Where can i get these emergency lights

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

That gas stove saved your behind, haha.

How long did u lose power for 10 days?

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

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

Recently we've bin having our power going out for a couple minutes oncel last month and one a couple days ago

Almost perfect timing

What winter storm was this

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

0:53 what makes that sort of thing happen?

Which country and province/state are you in? I asked because that's a lot of snow! That probably wasn't a good Christmas for you...

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

The funnny I like when the cat was like oh no he stole my lollipops

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

What was this made in

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

Electricity: "Gotta power it all!" The outside flood light during fluctuations: "RAVE PARTY!"