Breaking In a Power Supply (Overloading Electronics)

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  • čas přidán 25. 01. 2015
  • With a new power supply comes the tedious responsibility to ensure it's up to the job. In this situation you could:
    1. Undertake the boring, ordinary approach to load testing it...
    or b) Ditch that and go straight to destructive testing.
    Not to the PSU, but to anything else lying around.
    The logic behind the latter option is simple. If the power supply survives where everything else is destroyed, it passes the test.
    In other words, grab a bunch of components and stick them on the output.
    (Be aware, some employers may not approve of this methodology.)
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Komentáře • 1,9K

  • @nexus1g
    @nexus1g Před 7 lety +1050

    Your dry sense of humor is godly.

  • @daylightbigboy
    @daylightbigboy Před 9 lety +3250

    Rated for 1 amp, so I'll use 5.

  • @prometheus-ii7030
    @prometheus-ii7030 Před 2 lety +28

    I love how the little rectifier diode just sags, and Dan's response is just a disappointed little "Oh."

  • @AAvfx
    @AAvfx Před 3 lety +171

    I've heard many reports about batteries just firing up with no reason, causing massive disasters at home. It must be overloaded somehow, so the only guilt is to blame the transformer, I guess, or the cheap electronic circuits. Pay attention to what you buy, people.

  • @bigclivedotcom
    @bigclivedotcom Před 6 lety +717

    Dan, be aware that those power supplies all seem to have a glitch that can cause them to crash on rare occasions, but do it in style by putting out a random voltage. If whatever you're working on starts misbehaving check out the display and whip the leads out if it's showing a high voltage. (Then video it in its crashed state.) Maplin seem to be in denial about this problem and have removed product feedback mentioning it.

    • @TheAwesomeManDan
      @TheAwesomeManDan  Před 6 lety +165

      I’ve had them flick to 36V for no apparent reason. Figured it was something like noise being coupled back as it only ever happened in smps development. Got in the habit of setting the voltage limit every time after losing some expensive silicon.

    • @Kalanchoe1
      @Kalanchoe1 Před 5 lety +50

      @@TheAwesomeManDan you gotta be careful with high-frequency stuff, I've had three 555 timers leave a dent in the ceiling because some high-frequency noise got back to the supply and it just stopped regulating voltage and current temporarily.

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom Před 5 lety +49

      @@TheAwesomeManDan I subsequently discovered that when it crashes the three voltage range LEDs will be off, but the actual range selected is the 36V range. I've got in the habit of making sure that on the rare occasion I use that range I always set it back down to about 3V. That way when the PSU crashes it just puts out 3V. Shame - it's quite a useful supply otherwise.

    • @time-lapserpro4370
      @time-lapserpro4370 Před 5 lety +5

      @@bigclivedotcom How often does the supply crash in your experience?

    • @Leekodot15
      @Leekodot15 Před 4 lety +1

      Needed more data or just another notification about the question of "how often does the thing crash"

  • @Yliannyx
    @Yliannyx Před 8 lety +757

    3:26 - *Disintegrated Circuit.

    • @TristanSpeno
      @TristanSpeno Před 6 lety +19

      2:14 me doing a test

    • @kikoarts3d503
      @kikoarts3d503 Před 6 lety +4

      Tristan Speno did you mean exam

    • @TristanSpeno
      @TristanSpeno Před 6 lety +5

      Yeah same thing

    • @tjja7321
      @tjja7321 Před 6 lety

      Tristan Speno haha I clicked it at the same time so it skipped back a little.

    • @sudo1972
      @sudo1972 Před 5 lety +1

      It´s a Degraded Circuit

  • @nicolascuellonunez812
    @nicolascuellonunez812 Před 3 lety +18

    “You’re not so precise now, are you?”
    That definitely earned my like 👍🏽

  • @WigWoo1
    @WigWoo1 Před 3 lety +1166

    Oh God imagine that smell

  • @meesguyy
    @meesguyy Před 6 lety +7

    ‘Renowned as being extremely tolerant of overloads, it’s the tantalum capacitor!’
    *BANG*
    This made me laugh too hard

  • @BladeScraper
    @BladeScraper Před 8 lety +219

    "rated for 1 amp, so I'm gonna be using 5 of those"

  • @limbaksa
    @limbaksa Před 4 lety +96

    2:52 nice model rocket engine!

  • @Goodgu3963
    @Goodgu3963 Před 5 lety +9

    1:33 That smoke ring is insanely cool. It gets launched off of the resistor then expands and flies back over the resistor it came from. That is absolutely nuts.

    • @MTN1601
      @MTN1601 Před 2 lety +2

      Imagine when that smoke ring was a resistor’s ghost

  • @ianbeilfuss7662
    @ianbeilfuss7662 Před 6 lety +920

    4:06 when I try to play minecraft on my computer.

    • @araigumakiruno
      @araigumakiruno Před 6 lety +5

      Ian Beilfuss what!? 😂😂😂

    • @duenorth9
      @duenorth9 Před 6 lety +16

      More like ping pong on mine...

    • @Povilaz
      @Povilaz Před 5 lety +29

      4:06 When I try playing GTA 5 on highest settings.

    • @laalpattharkedevata
      @laalpattharkedevata Před 5 lety +8

      more like trying to play a roblox game with over 400 players

    • @rolanddeer6212
      @rolanddeer6212 Před 5 lety +3

      get a new one

  • @xalataf3365
    @xalataf3365 Před 6 lety +2343

    I guess you could say those resistors...
    couldn't *RESIST.*

  • @mrgrimshaw
    @mrgrimshaw Před 4 lety +27

    "I've literally blown the arse out of it".. thanks for making me spit out my drink laughing

  • @thegamingbayskeletor1637
    @thegamingbayskeletor1637 Před 4 lety +15

    4:29 this is what anxiety looks like

  • @ej_tech
    @ej_tech Před 9 lety +1349

    Bi color LED
    Bye!

  • @DaffyDaffyDaffy33322
    @DaffyDaffyDaffy33322 Před 8 lety +238

    "Rectifier diode. Rated for 1 amp, so I'm going to be using 5 of those" For some reason this made me laugh :D

  • @TheRealWALLABI
    @TheRealWALLABI Před 3 lety +65

    4:07 on repeat. Oddly satisfying to watch :O

    • @balargus319
      @balargus319 Před 3 lety

      They should make all capacitors like that

  • @Jorti1boomboxvideos
    @Jorti1boomboxvideos Před 5 lety +41

    4:06 my computer before opening minesweeper

  • @ibims6710
    @ibims6710 Před 6 lety +303

    1:32 smoke ring

    • @thomas-nk7kx
      @thomas-nk7kx Před 5 lety +8

      But how does that work? There wasn't any smoke there and suddenly there is a ring with velocity going (suspiciously) down the wire

    • @Marcinixify
      @Marcinixify Před 4 lety

      still wondering how its possible

    • @Dogge444
      @Dogge444 Před 4 lety

      @@thomas-nk7kx cuz there was smoke thats why

    • @humblehostile7946
      @humblehostile7946 Před 4 lety +1

      Saw that

    • @ianmoore5502
      @ianmoore5502 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Marcinixify it melted and opened up on the side the ring moved down..

  • @FAB1150
    @FAB1150 Před 6 lety +314

    2:49 i lost it with the "oh." Lol

    • @Leekodot15
      @Leekodot15 Před 4 lety

      Yup

    • @Leekodot15
      @Leekodot15 Před 4 lety +1

      What makes that moment amazing is it's very wimpy... Pop? I dunno if it even counts as a pop at this point.

    • @eveline6273
      @eveline6273 Před 3 lety

      Oh no! Let's go look for it, did you leave it in the car?

  • @shauryatomar6625
    @shauryatomar6625 Před 3 lety +330

    POV: You get this recommended to you 6 yrs later

  • @dtorg1246
    @dtorg1246 Před 5 lety +161

    3:30 now that's how you overclock a processor

  • @spiritdox9774
    @spiritdox9774 Před 5 lety +9

    5:17 when you hear yourself talking in a recording

  • @adamgolden1802
    @adamgolden1802 Před 8 lety +280

    The noisy green LED was my favourite. BZZZBZBZBZBBBPPPTT.

  • @salahadeenfernandez1294
    @salahadeenfernandez1294 Před 3 lety +2

    finally, a channel that gets straight to the point

  • @bensfractals43
    @bensfractals43 Před 3 lety +3

    big components:*Explodes violently*
    small components:S H R I N C

  • @TheWhooo123
    @TheWhooo123 Před 9 lety +6

    Love the way you go from blowing up components to scientific principles like thermionic emission.

  • @tomp2008
    @tomp2008 Před 8 lety +53

    i dunno why i find watching this over and over again so satisfying. i must be a pyromaniac.

    • @TomBom292
      @TomBom292 Před 8 lety +3

      saame

    • @Wilbur-em1hw
      @Wilbur-em1hw Před 6 lety +1

      Tom P. Yup u r. Amigo. Same here.

    • @Leekodot15
      @Leekodot15 Před 4 lety

      Try electromaniac. Maybe. Or don't. Up to you.

    • @Greg-vb4zl
      @Greg-vb4zl Před 4 lety

      We all have one inside :) 🔥🔥🔥🔥💥

  • @OlafurArons
    @OlafurArons Před 4 lety +2

    Nice how that bulb at the end went from 'Cool white' to 'Warm white' as it was overvolted.
    The manufacturers could save so much money.

  • @cows_cowsandcows
    @cows_cowsandcows Před 5 lety +34

    1:57 Popcorns During Heating In A Nutshell

  • @AtlasReburdened
    @AtlasReburdened Před 5 lety +11

    Dude, that is hands down the coolest smoke ring I've ever seen. The way it was drawn back in by the suction cause by the heat was cool enough, but then it not only survived impacting the alligator clip, but also survived _and_ gained thermal energy from the heat column, which was converted into enough kinetic energy to expand it and give it escape velocity through the suction on the other side. That one little smoke ring displayed so much beautiful physics that I can't believe it only got a one frame mention.

  • @wtfuredead
    @wtfuredead Před 8 lety +36

    4:50 - You could say the blue LED blue. Pun jokes are one of the best :))

  • @thorthemaingod
    @thorthemaingod Před 4 lety +16

    2:57 looks like a Grenade Exploding in a second

  • @gavinstarr7172
    @gavinstarr7172 Před 4 lety +23

    4:34 "Bi-color LED *POP* Bye"
    Not sure why but I laughed at that one

  • @DetonatingD
    @DetonatingD Před 3 lety +19

    i would love to see a entire circuit board go up like the electrics here

  • @ianbuilder
    @ianbuilder Před 5 lety +60

    4:28 well it did light up...

  • @yes.0
    @yes.0 Před 4 lety +21

    4:25 when my brother eats my cake

  • @bunblue
    @bunblue Před 2 lety

    this is the best video on youtube. nothing compares.

  • @DylansLife
    @DylansLife Před 7 lety +54

    "I've literally blown the arse out of it" ~Dan 2016

    • @TheRealMMC
      @TheRealMMC Před 3 lety +1

      He said "I've literally blown the heart out of it!" Not "arse"

    • @VeiTheOne
      @VeiTheOne Před 3 lety

      @@TheRealMMC I thought he said Aux

  • @pretinhobasico6539
    @pretinhobasico6539 Před 5 lety +62

    2:06 My brain in English test.

  • @j.l1684
    @j.l1684 Před 5 lety +42

    3:37
    *When u play GTA V in your 3GB Laptop*

  • @gamingcorner107
    @gamingcorner107 Před 11 měsíci +15

    why did this channel stop posting video's?

    • @ContactDeadAhead
      @ContactDeadAhead Před měsícem

      He exploded

    • @bluezebra2759
      @bluezebra2759 Před měsícem +1

      Either
      A) life happened and other things are more important and didn't have the time
      B) couldn't make enough to support the channel
      C) was a fun thing until CZcams policy changes

    • @gamingcorner107
      @gamingcorner107 Před měsícem

      @@bluezebra2759 lol i forgot about this comment but it was fun while it lasted

    • @toastyeeter
      @toastyeeter Před 23 hodinami

      @@bluezebra2759D) He electrocuted himself

  • @Satelitko
    @Satelitko Před 8 lety +9

    "Ah, I love the smell of burning componentry in the morning!"

    • @daoutbox9884
      @daoutbox9884 Před 4 lety

      For some the magic smoke brings excitement, where as Not expecting Is not fun seeing a unscheduled light show on you freshly built kit.

  • @allthegearnoidea6752
    @allthegearnoidea6752 Před 6 lety +3

    Great fun, you are awesome Dan. Very entertaining thanks for sharing.

  • @Blandyman
    @Blandyman Před 3 lety

    This was awesome, man.

  • @voipsip00000
    @voipsip00000 Před 3 lety

    This is unique, you have my subs after so many yrs of this channel unnoticed by youtube

  • @vehicleboi5598
    @vehicleboi5598 Před 5 lety +8

    This video's content:
    50% Fire
    20% Explosions
    10% Component charred in half
    10% Fire+component halved
    10% Other

  • @nathanadams6648
    @nathanadams6648 Před 9 lety +7

    Thanks, your commentary is hilarious. Spot on

  • @Tiberiumfreek
    @Tiberiumfreek Před 4 lety

    I would have not guessed watching blowing up tiny electronic things would be so entertaining.... and the bad dry humor. thank you for that.

  • @MigotRen
    @MigotRen Před 7 lety +254

    bi color LED.
    bye.
    get it?
    I laughed hard

  • @GrulbGL
    @GrulbGL Před 9 lety +30

    "suspense leve..." HAHAHA...!!
    cryed!

  • @madhusudanmandal6575
    @madhusudanmandal6575 Před 4 lety

    The green led shock circuited so amazingly.

  • @KeyboardxDrawmer
    @KeyboardxDrawmer Před 4 lety

    I very very want to do this,someone finally took the video,thank you!

  • @GRBtutorials
    @GRBtutorials Před 5 lety +28

    3:35 That looks like an interesting way to quickly decap ICs! No nitric acid needed!

    • @windowsxpthevyonder1517
      @windowsxpthevyonder1517 Před 2 lety

      or old 8086 processers

    • @jasonperry7428
      @jasonperry7428 Před 2 lety

      I’m pretty sure it’s the die that exploded
      It probably just had enough force to tear itself out the container

  • @IllegalGamer69
    @IllegalGamer69 Před 3 lety +3

    2:54 a capacitor can be used as a smoke grenade.
    6:03 a resistor as a stun grenade

  • @katchou1337
    @katchou1337 Před 3 lety

    blowing stuff up never gets old ^^

  • @kahveciderin
    @kahveciderin Před 5 lety +1

    I like the way you connect those IC's...

  • @FIXDIY
    @FIXDIY Před 3 lety +3

    A good video to know how electronic parts burn, to anticipate how they will be damaged, and to take care of who causes them to fire

  • @reisen-5970
    @reisen-5970 Před 3 lety +6

    6:08 MY LIFE FLASHED BEFORE MY EYES!!! lol

  • @moivien
    @moivien Před 4 lety

    Love your video. Awesome

  • @joshsawesomeroom7631
    @joshsawesomeroom7631 Před 3 lety +1

    this video is the definition of "every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough"

  • @dylandethanatos5776
    @dylandethanatos5776 Před 4 lety +109

    4:06 During Nnn me on the first day

    • @EinsMalik1
      @EinsMalik1 Před 4 lety

      Bro that makes no sense u dont nut on NNN you mean after it

    • @kerai7711
      @kerai7711 Před 3 lety +8

      @@EinsMalik1 hes saying that he fails nnn on the first day

    • @PianoNBS
      @PianoNBS Před 3 lety

      @@EinsMalik1 r/wooossh

  • @nightskydawnnsd5994
    @nightskydawnnsd5994 Před 3 lety +4

    Dan: What should we do with spare electrical components?
    also Dan: how about torture

  • @doggo7567
    @doggo7567 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks bro for this

  • @riot_crossfire8454
    @riot_crossfire8454 Před 3 lety

    the voice and the video is very satisfying

  • @carterpeel625
    @carterpeel625 Před 6 lety +5

    that smoke ring was cool

  • @76mmGMC
    @76mmGMC Před 7 lety +20

    6:14
    It's only half as awesome because you put two identical resistors in parallel

    • @varuncornelio530
      @varuncornelio530 Před 4 lety +1

      Lol the voltage is same for both...try taking some science classes again

    • @cyleleghorn246
      @cyleleghorn246 Před 2 lety

      @@varuncornelio530 But the current going through each is halved?

  • @Mountineclimber24
    @Mountineclimber24 Před rokem +1

    I love your voice and this channel!

  • @_azureAutumn
    @_azureAutumn Před 3 lety

    this man's voice is really chill

  • @Shazzkid
    @Shazzkid Před 6 lety +8

    I would love to take a deep breathe of all the chemicals released that day

  • @waleedahmed4591
    @waleedahmed4591 Před 7 lety +10

    7:03 see the voilet light
    thats a dangerous ultravoilet ray with shorter wavelength but thankfully absorbed by our atmosphere

  • @johncj6068
    @johncj6068 Před 3 lety

    You are really awesome man

  • @KhurramShahzad-id7qy
    @KhurramShahzad-id7qy Před 4 lety

    this is oddly.......... satisfying.

  • @codingvio7383
    @codingvio7383 Před 4 lety +12

    3:53 finally I know what to use in my DIY electric bullet

  • @randomgamingstuff1306
    @randomgamingstuff1306 Před 3 lety +5

    This is what my class did in the circuits portion of high school engineering. Twas quite fun till we had to contribute in purchasing all the caps, resistors, lightbulbs, and other electrical components we broke.

  • @madhusudanmandal6575
    @madhusudanmandal6575 Před 4 lety

    The green led shock circuited so amazingly

  • @Aevony
    @Aevony Před 3 lety

    how much i saw this video and still rewatching it

  • @haShira_222
    @haShira_222 Před 3 lety +14

    7:14 MY BRAIN DURING EXAM 😂😂

    • @Cornnard
      @Cornnard Před 3 lety +2

      Very relatable 🤣🤣🤣

  • @rabiahmohamadisa669
    @rabiahmohamadisa669 Před 7 lety +25

    4:03 Bomb Power

  • @fxeditors
    @fxeditors Před 4 měsíci

    The sound quality is awesome

  • @NemesisXKL2
    @NemesisXKL2 Před 3 lety

    ty youtube, another thing i didnt know i have to watch all day long

  • @wefeonto2014
    @wefeonto2014 Před 4 lety +17

    4:06 my brain when its science exam

  • @theeagle4306
    @theeagle4306 Před 4 lety +140

    2:02 Thats what she said to me as well

  • @gameforge7035
    @gameforge7035 Před 5 lety

    Very therapeutic

  • @M_a_r_ke
    @M_a_r_ke Před 3 lety

    a work of art

  • @jacobslab4824
    @jacobslab4824 Před 7 lety +11

    lol paused at suspense level 100%

  • @infinitethings2413
    @infinitethings2413 Před 3 lety +6

    About 17 hours ago an electric pole exploded outside my house and another caught on fire a few days ago, I'm worried that CZcams could be stalking me.

  • @CreativeCommons277
    @CreativeCommons277 Před 2 lety

    Amazing lightning show must be there

  • @shubhamchandra5417
    @shubhamchandra5417 Před 4 lety

    weirdly satisfying, must say.

  • @shmooglevitz7281
    @shmooglevitz7281 Před 6 lety +71

    2:46 so cutee

  • @Computer-Catt
    @Computer-Catt Před 4 lety +20

    3:27
    Me after tacoBell
    When i just just make it to the bathroom

  • @falxie_
    @falxie_ Před 3 lety

    This is the correct way of testing power supplies

  • @kellymeadows353
    @kellymeadows353 Před 3 lety

    Awesome! This would have been so helpful in class yrs and yrs ago!

  • @tessafultz9828
    @tessafultz9828 Před 4 lety +57

    4:07 when my playstation starts up

  • @user-pp8xl6eg6z
    @user-pp8xl6eg6z Před 4 lety +27

    When it smoked, i smelled it!
    Then I realized my food was on fire in the microwave!

  • @Devildefish
    @Devildefish Před 2 lety +2

    You should try overclocking an LDR the result is very epic

  • @parasvarshney
    @parasvarshney Před 3 lety

    In the first 10 seconds, love your mic quality and subscribed to you !!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

  • @euX222X
    @euX222X Před 3 lety +5

    7:45 this was a 2kv transformer burning to hell and failing to smoke a simple lamp?!?!?!