Early Morning Trolley Testing at Kilbirnie Depot (2017)

Early morning at Kilbirnie bus depot as electric trolley buses get ready to go out for the day. These safety checks help reduce the risk of passengers getting hurt when getting on or off the trolley bus. The main check shown here is an earthing check. That test that there is no short in the power flow. The voltages involved could easily kill a person if they flowed through them from the bus to the ground. This video was recorded a month before the trolley buses were scheduled to be taken out of service at the end of October 2017. This area was the first to be converted to house and charge the first EV buses (after all the trolley buses were sold. Enjoying this and want to support me https://buymeacoffee.com/wellingtonnz... MUSIC: Cylinder Six by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/