Taking The Emergency Exit From A Wind Turbine

Drone camera: Tom Francone

Thanks very much to all the team at Octopus Energy and EWT!

(you can find contact details and social links there too)

[TomScottGo]

I couldn't find a way to fit this into the video, but rather wonderfully, this turbine is called Octopus Energy's "#1 Fan". Thanks to all the team there, and the rope access team at EWT. This wasn't sponsored, and Octopus had no control over the final video, but obviously they did let me go up their conveniently-branded wind turbine in an effort to boost their brand. (If any other companies would like to show me around their conveniently-branded spectacular facilities, they should definitely get in touch...!)

[IgorRyltsev]

If you didn't have a heart attack, use the emergency exit to get one.

[DanielFernandez]

To this day Tom is still whispering to himself “I’ve got two wires”

[cody]

shout out that turbine worker who was an absolute DUDE the whole time, made me want to work on turbines

[ast]

Leaning back on that two rope system 50 meters in the air is probably one of the hardest things to watch, can’t imagine how you did that in person.

[BrntToaster]

Fun fact: Tom Scott has never taken the ladder down a wind turbine.

[ericmcalexander]

“I’ve got two wires on me” is the politest way Tom could keep himself from soiling his trousers lmao

[jacobr]

One thing I really appreciate about you, Tom, is that you get to the point. You don’t add loads of nonsense or uninteresting fluff to your videos just to get them to the 10 minute mark. You actually value quality over quantity.

[sixstanger]

Worker: "I think I've twisted my ankle! I can't get down!"

Emergency Services: "Better use the emergency exit, then."

Worker: "Actually, my ankle isn't too bad. In fact, the pain is gone already. Hey, who's up for a game of football when I get down?"

[dangehret]

Tom Scott is going for the platinum trophy in the game of life. Every quest, every minigame, full map exploration.

[beretperson]

"It will break."

Wait...that's bad.

"It's a braking system."

Oh, that's good.

[lukehewings]

When they say the emergency services won't climb a wind turbine, that isn't completely true. In most cases because of these systems we don't need to. However in the event it is needed we have specialised teams, the Hazardous Area Response Team, who are trained in accessing these kinds of areas and rescuing patients from similar awkward locations.

[gabrielaolivares]

What I always love about toms videos about different fields is that the people in them always seem so genuine and happy with their jobs and overall just so eager to talk about it and help Tom understand it better

[Nomystery]

The 2 things I learned from this video :
1- The view at the top is amazing
2- He's got two wires on him

[sebassanchez]

"And if you fall down, itll break"
*Double checks what guy said*
"itll brake"
oh thank god

[revolver]

Tom is officially an adrenaline junkie, if the last 30 times didn't prove it.

[Todomo]

i really love that there are exit signs within the climbing tube

[bigscarysteve]

"If you fall, it will brake." Gee--that's a LOT clearer in writing than in speech!

[CK_]

Tom is taking us on a tour of literally everything there is in every country

[AdamGaffney]

I gotta say my favourite thing about all these types of videos are finding out about the cool intelligent people doing a job so well you don't even need to know it exists. Like logically you know there must be people to repair turbines, but you don't think of all the extra technicalities involved and you don't need to thanks to these fantastic people on the ground doing the invisible jobs.