Just recently visited the arch for the first time... didn't see Chuck, but the thing I was most taken aback by is when I looked out the window, in that moment I realized there was nothing directly below me that was holding me above the ground. When you look straight down, there's just the ground and the north and south legs spread far apart from one-another. From an engineering standpoint, that frightened me just a little lol.
Wanna know the best part. There were absolutely no deaths in the construction. If the measurements on the arch were off just a little tiny bit on any piece the last piece at the top wouldnt have fit either. It truly is a man made marvel.
@@michaelpeters5483 Yup! No deaths in building, yet it was “projected” to be 13. Found that to be rather odd number. Rewatched the building of it yesterday and guys aren’t wearing any safety harnesses hardly at all. Surprised it didn’t collapse under the combined weight of ALL the massive balls on it during construction.
Me and my wife went there on our honeymoon in 2006 and it was a great place to go, and we rode up to the top of it and the view was great I’ll never forget it!👍
Well technically the light bulb does “blink” since we use AC electricity (at 60 hertz’s in the US) so it turn on and off 60 times each second, of course amps are measured in a different way to express how much current is flowing at a given time, /watts is what she was looking for.
@@hey_buddy_waz_up the wind could knock him down, just like that dude that parachuted and landed on the top and the wind knocked him down the north leg to his death.
I took my new Missouri wife up the arch on our honeymoon in St.Louis. A true wonder of engineering, as an engineer I marvel at how they actually built it! It is scary looking out the windows as you are stood in a 'triangle so when you look down you see NO SUPPORT and your stomach goes AAARGHHH.
an engineering marvel. great footage, that must be some expensive camera. love how chuck tugged on his line to make sure it's tight, hate to find out there's too much slack while dangling 63 stories off the ground.
I live about 3 miles from the Arch. I’ve never wondered about that light bulb before, lol. My palms were sweating just watching the video. I think I’ve been up there 5 or 6 times, mostly when I was a kid and not afraid of heights. 😂
@@MrAppltec I'm reasonably afraid of heights but that really isn't that bad, u'd almost have to be totally stupid to fall off or injure yourself in any way. That's cool, i'd volunteer to do that for free just to see how the inner machination to get em up there works and enjoy the view honestly.
I wonder if someone would keep in contact with the arch while doing that or if the speed would develop some sort of ground effect type air bubble that throws them off.
Robert Walker: me too, and most of it would go towards that yearly visit to the Proctologist's office, since they wouldn't be able to drive a sewing needle up my ass with a jackhammer. 😲
Guy: "It takes two people: one to hold the bulb, and one to turn the arch around and around." Blonde: "Oh,... so THAT's how it works! And now we know."
Stupid question here. I've been to the Arch (as countless people have). It is obviously a fixed structure, it does not rotate. The camera footage is taken from roughly the same reference point, so the drone/helicopter is not moving in a circular motion. If the camera were moving, we'd see different sides of Chuck (he's certainly not moving around the bulb). Why is the background rotating like the entire thing is on a merry go round?
I can jump out of helicopter, planes and rappel down buildings but climbing a vertical ladder, standing on a ledge or standing on something like the above is a no for me.
An LED "bulb" wouldn't put out enough light - that's the problem. And they change it whether it's bad or not - so it DOESN'T go bad when it's needed at night. Watch the video!
Nowhere near this high but I've climbed up a 150' elevated water storage tank, where you climb through a tube in the tank to get to the top. Right at the top hatch the tube is open and you can see the water in the tank. Spooky. And then you pop the top. Holy crap I was holding onto everything I could and never came fully out.
The St. Louis Gateway Arch is an engineering master piece! Which makes me wonder, why didn't they design the light so that the bulb could be changed from the inside?
@Jenny D ... kinda like that TV commercial where an astronaut steps out of the moon lander, hears the door slam behind him, then pats down his pockets to check for keys!
Try climbing a 100' grain elevator leg in the winter without any harness. hammering ice off the rungs above you. That light bulb change is a piece of cake.
One would think a smarter design would allow the lightbulb to be replaced from below the dome while inside the structure. Maybe even drop the entire fixture inside to clean the dome itself, which is commonly done on this type of lamp. (the cleaning part)
Don’t worry BIG LT, that L.E.D beacon want be there in 2024 because I will come down there and put the old-school filtered 300mm beacon back on the ST. Louis, Missouri arch.
0:42 It does not “put out” 5 amps of power. It CONSUMES power. And it’s not a “lot” of power. Her hair dryer uses more than that, typically about 12 amps.
I'm surprised they designed a man hole to get the light bulb. Most engineers design structures so they are extremely dangerous to the future maintenance workers. I would have thought there would be an outside ladder system to get the light bulb.
. Little Known Fact: They pick up that 660 watt replacement bulb down at the local Walmart (Store# 747, Camp Jackson Road, to be specific) , don't you know (used to get it at the Kmart, but they closed that one up years ago) !! ;-) .
0:43 - "amps" is not a unit of power. A bulb's power consumption is expressed in watts, and its brightness in lumens. It looks like a PS35 500 watt, 130 volt incandescent lamp.
I went up 30 years ago or so and I remember the elevator being very small. Our family of 6 was crammed together like sardines. Great view. Lot of good memories.
‘Bout the size of a headlight?!…..how big are the headlights on his car?! The bulbs they use are typically the same found in (older) traffic signals, designed for their commercial and heavy use.
I'd like to take a moment to mention how awesome this shot is, from a technical standpoint.
Helicopter traffic camera.
Keeps a safe distance away and uses ZOOM Lens.
So much parallax
Amazing the strength of the arch. Seeing how they connected each side to finish it, it’s a wonder it didn’t collapse from the weight of chucks balls
The most unoriginal comment on UA-cam. Like, that hasn't been said a thousand times before.
@@CMV314 You are just envious that you didn`t comment it first.
@@CMV314 Now you are only being jelaous of chucks balls
@@Andreas683 :)
@@Andreas683 Some people don't care about likes. Crazy, I know.
See you all in 8 years when this video is recommended again! 👋
16 years when they convert to LED
See you then bro, it's been a real emotional journey
Seee ya
Not quite 6 years.
funny me to
Just recently visited the arch for the first time... didn't see Chuck, but the thing I was most taken aback by is when I looked out the window, in that moment I realized there was nothing directly below me that was holding me above the ground. When you look straight down, there's just the ground and the north and south legs spread far apart from one-another. From an engineering standpoint, that frightened me just a little lol.
Wanna know the best part. There were absolutely no deaths in the construction. If the measurements on the arch were off just a little tiny bit on any piece the last piece at the top wouldnt have fit either. It truly is a man made marvel.
They can’t mention that part before you go up. People would psych themselves out and get too scared to go up 😆
@@michaelpeters5483 Yup! No deaths in building, yet it was “projected” to be 13. Found that to be rather odd number. Rewatched the building of it yesterday and guys aren’t wearing any safety harnesses hardly at all. Surprised it didn’t collapse under the combined weight of ALL the massive balls on it during construction.
Every year, Chuck has to climb all the way up there just to change a damn light bulb - he considers it his arch nemesis.
Take your arch puns and _gateway_ from me!
LOL
🤗
aight i actually laughed
"It does take two people to change a light bulb." 😅 the commentary is classic 👌
Me and my wife went there on our honeymoon in 2006 and it was a great place to go, and we rode up to the top of it and the view was great I’ll never forget it!👍
You watched Chuck change a light bulb for your honeymoon? Whatever floats your boat
Whatever turns you on 💡
There is an outstanding video on UA-cam that shows the construction start to finish, it is amazing
"It puts out 5 amps of power each time the bulb blinks..."
Umm, I don't think that's quite how amps work.
Yeah, I don’t think she knew what she was talking about, & even her co-anchor didn’t catch it. But then, I don’t know their job either.
5 amps lol "thats a lot of power"
@@anthonyjosephphotography8409 Yup, same amount as my Honda Accord's rear taillight. (Of course its only 12 volts)
@@kailexx1962 I have a Slot Car that sucks up more amps then that light.
Well technically the light bulb does “blink” since we use AC electricity (at 60 hertz’s in the US) so it turn on and off 60 times each second, of course amps are measured in a different way to express how much current is flowing at a given time, /watts is what she was looking for.
even though he has a harness on, he's brave as hell!
Maybe to the pedestrian but really, that ain't nothing. Look at the old clips of when they built the thing. No harnesses at all.
Why does he need a harness? Its plenty safe up there. They built that thing without them!
Thats a parachute.
@@hey_buddy_waz_up the wind could knock him down, just like that dude that parachuted and landed on the top and the wind knocked him down the north leg to his death.
@@joanna7350 but he was attatched to a parachute, wasn't he?
Kneeling on top of the St.Louis arch...thats pretty cool
We all love you chuck. What a guy
I took my new Missouri wife up the arch on our honeymoon in St.Louis. A true wonder of engineering, as an engineer I marvel at how they actually built it! It is scary looking out the windows as you are stood in a 'triangle so when you look down you see NO SUPPORT and your stomach goes AAARGHHH.
Now imagine changing that light bulb with a local news helicopter flying right next to you lol
Zoom lens.
I would have waved!!!
an engineering marvel. great footage, that must be some expensive camera. love how chuck tugged on his line to make sure it's tight, hate to find out there's too much slack while dangling 63 stories off the ground.
Just pop an LED in there.
A cluster of high-brightness LEDS would indeed be the best modern solution.
this was from 10y ago tho, so LED bulbs weren’t as mainstream as they are today
They did change to LED's about 6 years ago. Chuck no longer changes the bulb annually.
@@chrisgeddes26 The led light bulb put Chuck out of a job.
@@chrisgeddes26 Chuck is now on welfare thanks to your suggestions. Thanks guys!
With the bulb being over 4 inches in diameter, I wonder which old car headlights the news anchor was referring to?
Car headlights used to be all one unit rather than just the bulb inside. i.ytimg.com/vi/juBA18xLIGY/maxresdefault.jpg
A sealed beam headlight. I would have just said it was a bit larger then a softball
Sealed beam car headlights had the reflector and the glowing filament in one big airless unit. Examples: google "1970 MG B"
@@jonnda '56 Ford were about 6" in Diameter
Harness or not just watching this gave me anxiety & made my palms sweat. 😨
Knowing my luck I’d drop the damn bulb from up there, it’d roll and down she’d go....
Chuck may have changed his last bulb on the arch. I hear the beacon has been changed to LED and can be replaced from inside the observation level.
Another job eliminated by new technology
The harnesses are gone, but the PTSD lingers on
I'm sure Chuck misses the view 🤗
I've been in the arch a couple of times, it was nerve racking to say the least. Ain't no way I'd be on the outside.
I remember riding the elevator up and when it leveled itself I just about shit
That was cool to see. Be great to just sit up there. At the center at the top. With no strong wind of course. 😎
I live about 3 miles from the Arch. I’ve never wondered about that light bulb before, lol. My palms were sweating just watching the video. I think I’ve been up there 5 or 6 times, mostly when I was a kid and not afraid of heights. 😂
As an electrician I imagined he had to climb up on the outside.
This is absolutely a cake walk.
Cool, but not scary
The guys that go up to the top of towers to do this are nuts!
Haha we all know you wouldn’t do it...
No one is impressed by you.
@@MrAppltec I'm reasonably afraid of heights but that really isn't that bad, u'd almost have to be totally stupid to fall off or injure yourself in any way. That's cool, i'd volunteer to do that for free just to see how the inner machination to get em up there works and enjoy the view honestly.
It’s 17’ WIDE at the top. When’s the last time anyone got “knocked over” from a 15-20 mph gust of wind? Never.
When he finished he should have slid down the side
I was just thinking of putting that comment down and you have beat me to it, Well Done....
I wonder if someone would keep in contact with the arch while doing that or if the speed would develop some sort of ground effect type air bubble that throws them off.
58 dislikes are from life insurance companies
Takes 2 people, one to change the bulb and another to give him company on the long trek to the bulb ;)
They would have to pay me MLB pitchers type of money. Lol
SAME
FACTS
Robert Walker: me too, and most of it would go towards that yearly visit to the Proctologist's office, since they wouldn't be able to drive a sewing needle up my ass with a jackhammer. 😲
It pays about 20-28 an hr.
@@Bruce-Leroy That's not enough. LOL
What a brilliant piece of construction
Agreed!!
Guy: "It takes two people: one to hold the bulb, and one to turn the arch around and around."
Blonde: "Oh,... so THAT's how it works! And now we know."
this makes my stomach turn ,no way in hell i could do that job
Easiest, low-risk job in the world and people are too scared? I don’t get humans sometimes lol.
@@cerealdude890 I guess you're the only "human" with no phobias?
@@John6-40 I have fear, but I’ll overcome it no problem if you pay me right.
A toaster uses more power than this bulb and the woman is like “ohh that’s a lot of power!!” SMFH
fucking talking heads
To think the media controls our world. Lmao
@@LambeauLeeeper Controls our perception of the world.
Stupid question here. I've been to the Arch (as countless people have). It is obviously a fixed structure, it does not rotate. The camera footage is taken from roughly the same reference point, so the drone/helicopter is not moving in a circular motion. If the camera were moving, we'd see different sides of Chuck (he's certainly not moving around the bulb). Why is the background rotating like the entire thing is on a merry go round?
Thanks for posting this!
“That’s a lot of power” lmfao
Nothing a 15 amp fuse and some 14-2 can’t handle 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Fuse? Maybe in 1970. :p
I fly an Ultralight but this scares me just watching this.
I can jump out of helicopter, planes and rappel down buildings but climbing a vertical ladder, standing on a ledge or standing on something like the above is a no for me.
The red "dome" over the bulb is called the lens. Also, maybe if they used a LED bulb then they would not have to change the bulb nearly as often..
An LED "bulb" wouldn't put out enough light - that's the problem. And they change it whether it's bad or not - so it DOESN'T go bad when it's needed at night. Watch the video!
@@simplywonderful449 LED obstruction beacons exist and are very common.
Nowhere near this high but I've climbed up a 150' elevated water storage tank, where you climb through a tube in the tank to get to the top. Right at the top hatch the tube is open and you can see the water in the tank. Spooky. And then you pop the top. Holy crap I was holding onto everything I could and never came fully out.
The St. Louis Gateway Arch is an engineering master piece! Which makes me wonder, why didn't they design the light so that the bulb could be changed from the inside?
Good point, with a glass housing or something similar that's transparent.
The camera work is so amazing that it is a little bit discombobulating watching the background as the chopper sweeps around the subject.
Lmao the jokes
"It does take two people to change a light bulb", said the blond.
I know right? It's enough to make you Light headed....
How many Chuck's does it take to change a lightbulb?
I just had a thought... what if his helper closed the hatch on him?!?!
@Jenny D ... kinda like that TV commercial where an astronaut steps out of the moon lander, hears the door slam behind him, then pats down his pockets to check for keys!
Then he gets to go down the world's fastest slide!
@Jenny D I"m not stalking specifically on tv. the man has done it without the news helicopters buzzing around him before, I'm sure.
@Jenny D A title trolling during the Covid, are we?
@Jenny D I was just being stupid, no need to get all smart assed, serious, sarcastic, and defensive. that says a lot about your life. fuck off.
He says Chuck 12 times, I think he likes chucks name.
when my wife says being a stay-at-home mom is hard I show her, Chuck!....
Try climbing a 100' grain elevator leg in the winter without any harness. hammering ice off the rungs above you. That light bulb change is a piece of cake.
That is a lot easier than a 1500' transmission tower. He got lucky!
No joke!
that's one brave person, way to go Chuck! /cheers scrapbongo
Reminds me of Whack-a-Mole when their head pops out of the hatch. LOL
How many people does it take to change a lightbulb?
That would be terrifying!
That would have been great if he just tossed the old bulb over the side!!
I was thinking the same thing. We are warped
Look out belooooooooooow!
Holy shit I’d be scared I would slide off lmao
Chuck: Damn! 40 watts, and I go and bring up a 20 watt...
Shake it to make sure it’s good
I bet Chuck had a full head of hair when he started that job.
"The bulb is the same size as your headlight"🤣🤣🤣
Used to grow a plant under a 600 watt HPS bulb. MH for the first few weeks. I figured these strobe bulbs would run on more power.
If I had that job, and I peed from the top, I’d be king of the world-
Is Chuck available for kids parties??
"OH chucks got a helper...."
Try changing the bulbs on the Sears tower anttenas 1700plus feet now that's a job
general kick ass so is this
Perfect job for illegals. They are not supposed to be here anyway ....
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Bongo Fury bruh
If they make it LED, that bulb will never need replacement.
I had no idea the arch rotated!
Anyone else likes this kind of news report
Chuck is the bomb vato!
Here in #024, bulb still working great.
One would think a smarter design would allow the lightbulb to be replaced from below the dome while inside the structure. Maybe even drop the entire fixture inside to clean the dome itself, which is commonly done on this type of lamp. (the cleaning part)
Maybe in five years the other guy will figure it out before the other guy dies and the knowledge of the light bulb changing would be lost forever
Why was the background rotating but chuck and the camera stayed in the same position
Sad news, they replaced this beacon with an LED beacon so this guy can't do this anymore.
Sad
@@Jared-91 yep
may have been his idea Lol
@@theyrekrnations8990 I hope not, I hate LEDs
Don’t worry BIG LT, that L.E.D beacon want be there in 2024 because I will come down there and put the old-school filtered 300mm beacon back on the ST. Louis, Missouri arch.
How tf is the back spinning??
Thanks for the recommendation UA-cam
Why is this oddly wholesome?
Thanks Chuck!
Chuck , the all time " peekaboo " champion !
Bright idea!!
One thing to keep in mind for those that don't know is that b that by design the arch sways.
My feet tingle just watching this
0:42 It does not “put out” 5 amps of power. It CONSUMES power. And it’s not a “lot” of power. Her hair dryer uses more than that, typically about 12 amps.
A bit aggressive, but informative nonetheless. Thanks for sharing
@@notsojoerogan Not trying to be aggressive, only pointing out details. And used hair dryer for comparison as most people understand that.
I don't know if Chuck is still here with us but I know Kevin Steincross is definitely not. Freudian slip and he was gone. He got a raw deal.
I'm surprised they designed a man hole to get the light bulb. Most engineers design structures so they are extremely dangerous to the future maintenance workers. I would have thought there would be an outside ladder system to get the light bulb.
Looks like a good B.A.S.E jump
Ken thought so! www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/22/A-man-who-tried-to-parachute-onto-the-Gateway/5221343717200/
John Vincent scaled the Arch using suction cups and BASE jumped from it successfully in 1993.
ua-cam.com/video/NkpkpRBQax4/v-deo.html.
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Little Known Fact: They pick up that 660 watt replacement bulb down at the local Walmart (Store# 747, Camp Jackson Road, to be specific) , don't you know (used to get it at the Kmart, but they closed that one up years ago) !! ;-)
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Safety tip, Chuck: Don’t do an impression of Lou Brock sliding into second base. (I started to type this before I heard about the harness, but still…)
I remember watching this live
Nice mugshot at the end.
push in and turn half way counter clockwise to loosen. ps-40 620 watts top and bottom side for a grand total of 1240 watts.
Ive been in that thing. That was scary enough.
It takes two people to change the bulb. One to hold the arch, and the other to remove the old bulb and install the new bulb.
0:55 Perfect example of the parallax effect for all those UFOs quacks that think an object that is being focused on is traveling at crazy speeds.
0:43 - "amps" is not a unit of power. A bulb's power consumption is expressed in watts, and its brightness in lumens. It looks like a PS35 500 watt, 130 volt incandescent lamp.
yep, fake news again
There are 2 620watt incandescent bulbs that have a push and turn base on them
"CHUCK! DON'T DO IT!!! YOU GOT TOO MUCH...." ...... "oh, thats what your doing.."
What if he just threw the old bulb off the arch?
We went up in the arch once, the ride up was iffy and the walkway is very narrow, nice view though.
I went up 30 years ago or so and I remember the elevator being very small. Our family of 6 was crammed together like sardines. Great view. Lot of good memories.
How the background is just sweeping by like that
I have a fear of heights.
Don't look down.
‘Bout the size of a headlight?!…..how big are the headlights on his car?! The bulbs they use are typically the same found in (older) traffic signals, designed for their commercial and heavy use.
Looks like he's tapping a keg up there
LMAO!
My nads got lost somewhere on the way up seeing how high this dude was
Years later the news-talkers still sound like complete muppets.