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  • @ElectroBOOM
    @ElectroBOOM  Před 4 lety +7725

    OK BOOMers!!! I'm sure a bunch of you will be traveling these holidays. May I suggest... LEAVE YOUR $%#@ing HAIR DRIER BEHIND?!!!
    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

  • @greyfishbed8774
    @greyfishbed8774 Před 4 lety +9105

    He was so used to getting electrocuted, that he jumped once he heard spaghetti cracking.

    • @phoenixlal7428
      @phoenixlal7428 Před 4 lety +334

      That could be used during interviews to see how much experience the person has with electricals

    • @InXLsisDeo
      @InXLsisDeo Před 4 lety +98

      when PhotonicInduction stops making vids, we all wonder if he has killed himself. For example his last vid is 2 years old, but 8 months ago he posted a message saying new vids would be coming soon, but still nothing.

    • @Hexalyse
      @Hexalyse Před 4 lety +11

      Thanks for explaining the joke.

    • @joshswings3887
      @joshswings3887 Před 4 lety +7

      Let Davie504 know this 😂😂😂

    • @Hexalyse
      @Hexalyse Před 4 lety +21

      @@InXLsisDeo shit you reminded me photonic induction. I miss this guy. Didn't he make a video saying he had tons of legal problems to marry and live with his wife, becaude she is a foreigner and can't come to live in UK? He seemed depressed.
      I hope he's doing fine.

  • @Calthecool
    @Calthecool Před 4 lety +5100

    This turned into a horror movie real quick.

  • @jacobchivers7162
    @jacobchivers7162 Před 3 lety +2549

    Mehdi: stops a building from possibly burning down
    Also mehdi: gets scared by spaghetti and bangs his head really hard

  • @thehollowthadd1130
    @thehollowthadd1130 Před 3 lety +694

    7:29 he's so used to things blowing up in his face he gets scared when it actually works!

  • @9PlatinumGamer9
    @9PlatinumGamer9 Před 4 lety +4750

    Your sister is a chemical engineer? ChemicalBOOM when?

  • @SerjBassist
    @SerjBassist Před 4 lety +2755

    5:15 the first short circuit ever in this channel's history that wasn't directly Mehdi's fault.

  • @rapharl209
    @rapharl209 Před 3 lety +943

    I like how mehdi teaches electricity physics with fun and makes common mistakes (probably on purpose) to show what you should be aware of. Thats actually quality education and i love it

    • @AlexSword13ch
      @AlexSword13ch Před 2 lety +53

      probably?? do you really think he does not know what he is doing? it's all for show. in the scene in the house when he plugs in the voltmeter you dont see that he puts the to wires (black and red) in a circuit (it;s film in such a way that you dont see it) so that when he connects to the socket it will make a spark.
      He knows what he is doing. 100% all the time. so it's just a show

    • @wormhole331
      @wormhole331 Před 2 lety +40

      At 2:09 the transformer isn't really blowing up. He rigged a undervolted capacitor to the ac lines ,that couldn't be seen, and would blow up when plugged it. Seems to be one of his favorite tricks. Even tho most of the mishaps are staged it doesn't take away the entertainment value for me.

    • @elliott614
      @elliott614 Před 2 lety +6

      @@AlexSword13ch the DMM if not from centuries ago [figure of speech] would have protection built in for total dumbashz so that wouldnt happen even if you made that mistake. And yep you watch his interview with keysight hes very explicit about how its staged and how its funny to him the newer viewers who dont know yet
      ...make sure its on voltage and not current?
      The wiring is very explicitly different for V vs I on the DMM it has nothing to do with setting (different sockets). And the I input is fused with a pretty low current vs currents you might encounter in industry

    • @Xanthopteryx
      @Xanthopteryx Před 2 lety +4

      @@AlexSword13ch At least 99 percent of his time. But not 100.

    • @cancelhandles
      @cancelhandles Před 2 lety +7

      @@AlexSword13ch There is, in fact, one time where he had a genuine accident and almost died. When the Jacob's ladder fell on him.

  • @timberlock
    @timberlock Před 3 lety +481

    "I did find the perfect solution!"
    Phone: WAK WAK WAK

  • @raypenamora5419
    @raypenamora5419 Před 4 lety +3455

    A wise man once said “With great power comes great electricity bill”

  • @marklikesfood0938
    @marklikesfood0938 Před 4 lety +4931

    His last words will probably be “alright, now let’s plug it in”
    I podt meme btw

    • @datonecommieirongear2020
      @datonecommieirongear2020 Před 4 lety +183

      nah this man got 100% electric resistance. It's the explosion of the nuclear reactor powering the inlet that will do him.

    • @escapistsdream
      @escapistsdream Před 4 lety +6

      DatOneCommie IronGEAR looll

    • @farmingraptor2522
      @farmingraptor2522 Před 4 lety +42

      No it will be" if i connect this One"

    • @ruslankazimov622
      @ruslankazimov622 Před 4 lety +7

      Nah, it will be **battery status: critical**

    • @charadremur333
      @charadremur333 Před 4 lety +6

      419likes. I dave the power. I must be extremely responsible with this power. Nah mate, 420. Lol mate.

  • @VoVilliaCorp
    @VoVilliaCorp Před 3 lety +303

    Mehdi: Can you imagine if I wasn't here, this house would burn down!
    *7 Months later*
    Mehdi: I live here now!

    • @marcularis
      @marcularis Před 3 lety +7

      7 months later too: first reply

    • @alfyryan6949
      @alfyryan6949 Před 3 lety +3

      @@marcularis 2 weeks later too: your first reply

    • @marcularis
      @marcularis Před 3 lety +3

      @@alfyryan6949 2 weeks later again: YOUR first reply

    • @yeppiidev
      @yeppiidev Před 3 lety +2

      @@marcularis 1.5 weeks later: my last repli

    • @vatsal_negi6319
      @vatsal_negi6319 Před 2 lety +3

      1 month later too: your first reply

  • @TCBColinThe2GigGuy
    @TCBColinThe2GigGuy Před 2 lety +28

    9:12 wah wah wah wah

  • @shaneanderies9956
    @shaneanderies9956 Před 4 lety +2835

    He knows how to hurt himself without killing himself....this guy is smart

    • @Arya-ov3ke
      @Arya-ov3ke Před 4 lety +13

      True

    • @phillipsfilms8023
      @phillipsfilms8023 Před 4 lety +159

      He's an actual electrical engineer with a degree. He knows what he's doing.

    • @rickyvides8425
      @rickyvides8425 Před 4 lety +12

      With that logic emos a geniuses

    • @wh33l3r4tune
      @wh33l3r4tune Před 4 lety +25

      Experience *DOES* beat knowledge. I mean, how is all of that knowledge gained? By *experiencing* it for yourself.

    • @johanness6545
      @johanness6545 Před 4 lety +22

      @@wh33l3r4tune People died from expierencing, that's why today knowledge beats expierence at electronics

  • @dubious7424
    @dubious7424 Před 4 lety +2062

    Me: Mom i need 240V
    Mom: we have 240V at home
    _240V at home_

  • @isaaccunningham59
    @isaaccunningham59 Před 3 lety +36

    5:36 looks like he’s in some sort of ghost hunting video

  • @realMrHudson
    @realMrHudson Před 3 lety +65

    5:37 me escaping the mental asylum at 3 AM be like

  • @josephjoestar7456
    @josephjoestar7456 Před 4 lety +667

    6:05
    The poor man has PTSD

    • @nickmuscolino8724
      @nickmuscolino8724 Před 4 lety +35

      Jim Duncan Halpert that would of freaked me out too lmao just because of how many volts are there

    • @jaden4935
      @jaden4935 Před 4 lety +7

      I laughed so much😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @inafo5810
      @inafo5810 Před 3 lety +1

      WTF

  • @testchannel9187
    @testchannel9187 Před 4 lety +345

    "who would ever believe that it wasn't my fault the house burnt down" hahaha

  • @MrBobinater
    @MrBobinater Před 3 lety +16

    At 5:39, I half expected a ghost to walk through one of the doors and a guy to shout bismillah then charge at the door, while Mehdi films the whole thing lmfao

  • @Sandro1dd
    @Sandro1dd Před rokem +30

    5:59 i literally laughed for an hour

  • @reubenyoung9424
    @reubenyoung9424 Před 4 lety +544

    7:32 that voice break tho

    • @prod.brosgo
      @prod.brosgo Před 4 lety +12

      Reuben Young he was scared after he jumped again

    • @proxyhx2075
      @proxyhx2075 Před 4 lety +9

      *voice crack

    • @TheAntHar1
      @TheAntHar1 Před 3 lety +1

      Sounds like Surgey from Compare the Meerkat ad

  • @daviddavis4885
    @daviddavis4885 Před 4 lety +775

    I like to think that he just broke into someone’s house to play with the electronics...

    • @yasyasmarangoz3577
      @yasyasmarangoz3577 Před 4 lety +3

      lol

    • @jrdurandt
      @jrdurandt Před 4 lety +60

      Well, he did save their house from burning down so win win I guess...

    • @TechyBen
      @TechyBen Před 4 lety +22

      @@jrdurandt Someone wishing to claim on insurance fraudulently, now hates him. XD

    • @Lol5967
      @Lol5967 Před 3 lety

      He actually moved into that house.

  • @llaser1433
    @llaser1433 Před 3 lety +42

    1:16 Every dad ever when you doubt his way of fixing something in the house

  • @qpol
    @qpol Před 2 lety +5

    9:10
    “I DID FIND YOU THE PERFECT SOLUTION!”
    “quack quack quack quack”

  • @Jonnycrs
    @Jonnycrs Před 4 lety +1254

    Engg. I'm sorry but this would take too much time and money to fix. How abou-
    Relatives: What was the point of you going to College if you cant even fix a Hair Dryer?
    Yup sounds about right.

    • @allmycircuits8850
      @allmycircuits8850 Před 4 lety +54

      I can see your MIT education really pays for itself (Barney to Gordon Freeman when he was able to pull a switch)

    • @halonothing1
      @halonothing1 Před 4 lety +29

      Reminds me of that scene on King of the Hill where Khan's father inlaw is like "So, you work with computers? PUT MP3 PLAYER IN MY WATCH!" While he's wearing a rolex type watch.

    • @thedoeverything418
      @thedoeverything418 Před 4 lety +1

      touche

    • @nielsmichiels1939
      @nielsmichiels1939 Před 4 lety +6

      This is me when people want me to fix their shit.
      If i don't have the damn tools and materials to fix it, *i can't fix it!*

    • @mingchiisuen2576
      @mingchiisuen2576 Před 4 lety +11

      My parents: You study computer science? Help me build a PC ok?

  • @nzynnne
    @nzynnne Před 4 lety +1051

    3:48
    Watch Dogs 3 leaked gameplay.

  • @adarshsingh5861
    @adarshsingh5861 Před 3 lety +56

    This guy's ad placements are smoother than warm butter

  • @PeruvianTreeProductions
    @PeruvianTreeProductions Před 3 lety +18

    “This is super sketchy”
    “LETS SEE IF IT WORKS”.
    Love this guy.

  • @argentknight7557
    @argentknight7557 Před 3 lety +900

    "No, i didn't buy my degree..."
    That part always make me laugh wkwkwkwk

    • @apidas
      @apidas Před 2 lety +8

      wkwkwk fella here

    • @atheistyoda8915
      @atheistyoda8915 Před 2 lety +10

      @@n646n I think it's an Indonesian way of saying "haha".

    • @-mose191
      @-mose191 Před 2 lety +2

      @@atheistyoda8915 ohhhhh now I know thx.!

    • @satwiksahu486
      @satwiksahu486 Před 2 lety +10

      @@atheistyoda8915 still sounds suspiciously a lot like mehdi's "sister in law's" voice lmao

    • @realitygaming_
      @realitygaming_ Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@atheistyoda8915 cringe

  • @Limekingly
    @Limekingly Před 4 lety +454

    “Welcome to my laboratory were safety is the last priority”

    • @daliageorge8323
      @daliageorge8323 Před 4 lety +11

      Crazy Russian hacker

    • @Dante619fool
      @Dante619fool Před 4 lety +39

      Crazy Iranian Engineer

    • @saculx3982
      @saculx3982 Před 4 lety +6

      A friend wasnt allowed to use gloves when handling with high concentrated sulfuric acid just to learn not to spill it over.
      They where allowed to use then after a teacher almost lost her hand XD

    • @Aposn-rg1pz
      @Aposn-rg1pz Před 4 lety +1

      Where ***

    • @Limekingly
      @Limekingly Před 4 lety

      Apo.sn look you not my ela teacher and I’m on break so idc and I don’t need a lesson

  • @tristangates2797
    @tristangates2797 Před 3 lety +11

    We used to do this all the time at the entertainment lighting company I used to work at. It was super janky, but we had a box of 2x5-15 to 1xL5-20 adapters to run 220v moving lights that we used far more then should probably be admitted for home wedding or small corporate event type shows.
    Then we went to set up some lights 230V for a small show on the USS Midway museum. Despite my best tries and some then baffling multi-meter readings we never got it to work, and had to come up with some 110V lights.
    A few years later I found out that ships typically use delta power because the insulation performance of the jackets of power cables was not well trusted in marine environments, so the systems were designed to have as low of potential to ground as possible. This means that old ships like the Midway and even many new cruise ships have two hots and a ground instead of hot-ground-neutral like you'd typically see on a 110V system.

  • @oo2454
    @oo2454 Před rokem +7

    As someone who also bumps their head all the time , i really felt for you at 6:25

  • @enlightenedjuan8332
    @enlightenedjuan8332 Před 4 lety +177

    "Who would ever believe that it wasn't my fault the house burnt down" 🤣

  • @VarxenCore9
    @VarxenCore9 Před 4 lety +358

    [steps on dried spaghetti]
    [hits his head]
    [random pan fell]

  • @chaddino7601
    @chaddino7601 Před 3 lety +13

    4:00 the reason why the meter exploded: as he said his meter was on "current". His 20 A plug is directly shorted to ground with a thick copper wire. Which means, probing the 240 V socket is the same with shorting itself, yields extra power and explodes the copper wire inside. I'm pretty surprised the house's breaker didn't open after a sudden circuit short.

    • @Owen_loves_Butters
      @Owen_loves_Butters Před rokem +3

      Probably the fuse in the meter blew before the breaker could trip.

  • @phillrullzXBL
    @phillrullzXBL Před 3 lety +8

    Ive done the reverse for my American pizza cooker in the uk, used a construction site transformer which is 240v down to 110v centre tapped. Works perfect.

  • @feedmyintellect
    @feedmyintellect Před 4 lety +585

    5:45 "Who would ever believe that it was'nt my fault the house burned down?"
    You got that right bro. With all of these videos on CZcams, you are are a walking, talking liability.
    In fact when you walk into a building their insurance rates go up. 😁😁😁

    • @nareal_chutney
      @nareal_chutney Před 4 lety +19

      Cmon! He knows exactly what he's doing, these videos are demonstrations of what all could go wrong! He's the opposite of a liability!

    • @feedmyintellect
      @feedmyintellect Před 4 lety +17

      @@nareal_chutney I did not say he doesn't know what he is doing. I am a huge fan. In all of his videos only once he came close to killing himself by accident.
      One part of his genius is that he teaches us what not to do by demonstrating what will go wrong if we do the wrong thing.
      He is also a natural comedian. You and I know all of this, and we know he knows exactly what he us doing, because we are his fans and we watch his videos. Other people don't know any of this! And if an insurance agent is looking for someone to blame, he is an extremely easy target.

    • @chipklako
      @chipklako Před 4 lety

      Cgi mate

    • @mixerfistit5522
      @mixerfistit5522 Před 4 lety +2

      @@chipklako easier to use small firecrackers

    • @chipklako
      @chipklako Před 4 lety

      @@mixerfistit5522 tru

  • @quahntasy
    @quahntasy Před 4 lety +538

    *That spegheti thing was priceless lmao*

    • @Indian0Lore
      @Indian0Lore Před 4 lety +19

      I was thinking. There should not have been anything there... then he showed the spaghetti.

    • @3DRiley_
      @3DRiley_ Před 4 lety +30

      @@Indian0Lore The moment when just a sound similar to electrical arcing makes you jump...

    • @piratetv1
      @piratetv1 Před 4 lety

      Every other th l stove i fix at work

    • @sontapaa11jokulainen94
      @sontapaa11jokulainen94 Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah.

    • @-danR
      @-danR Před 4 lety +4

      This is _easily_ the scariest channel on youTube.

  • @theodorgiosan2570
    @theodorgiosan2570 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I have an entire setup in my workshop to run European tools. Schuko outlets installed over the work bench, an entire DIN rail distribution board, complete with RCBOs for the branch circuits. Line to line here is 240v but since we are served by a center tapped open delta 3 phase system, we also have a high leg available that is 208v to neutral. So we have 3 phase 240, 240v L-L, 120v L-N and 208v L-N available all in the same panel.

  • @MinecraftMarcus1
    @MinecraftMarcus1 Před 3 lety +19

    5:31 Least you got a carbon monoxide detector. Ours makes the same noise whenever we loose power

  • @alexandermilleriii499
    @alexandermilleriii499 Před 4 lety +702

    Electroboom shocking himself with 120v AC is considered normal now lol

    • @electricflixproductions
      @electricflixproductions Před 4 lety +88

      I've watched his channel for so long that I have PTSD everytime he plugs something in, or I can see it a mile away.

    • @WilliamHollinger2019
      @WilliamHollinger2019 Před 4 lety +19

      @@electricflixproductions yeah and youtube says this is not for kids.
      Electricboom: it wasn't for kids at all

    • @tekvax01
      @tekvax01 Před 4 lety +7

      oh, come one! he doesn't ACTUALLY get shocked!!! It's just a "jump-scare" act!

    • @lan2667
      @lan2667 Před 4 lety +8

      @@tekvax01 he does, and he almost died once.

    • @slipknnnot
      @slipknnnot Před 4 lety +21

      His eyebrows are grounded

  • @danielhorne6042
    @danielhorne6042 Před 4 lety +140

    2:13 - blows a 100w transformer
    3:48 - shorts out 240vac
    5:14 - wire sparks
    6:04 - spaghetti pasta crunch scare
    6:17 - frying pan falls on him
    7:28 - jump scare with a hair dryer
    8:34 - gets shocked from a wall outlet

    • @arduinoatolyem2121
      @arduinoatolyem2121 Před 2 lety +2

      Underrated.

    • @dreamcat04
      @dreamcat04 Před 9 měsíci +5

      I wonder how he made the explosion when he "shorted" 240V. The meter wouldn't explode like that without any burn marks

    • @someonez768
      @someonez768 Před 8 měsíci +1

      ​@@dreamcat04if it's in current (A) measuring port , it will do. I also accidentally while measuring 220v AC voltage I plugged in current measuring port and it just blew
      Thank God did it in flux box which had fuse and blown. My multimeter fuse too blown. Replaced and learned lesson haha..
      And I tried to measure current drawn by an soldering iron connected to 220v AC.
      But it really gone wrong..

    • @dreamcat04
      @dreamcat04 Před 8 měsíci

      @@someonez768 did it really explode like Medhi's did in the video? I didn't think such an explosion was possible at "just" 220V

    • @mattdude
      @mattdude Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@dreamcat04it looks faked to me. The spark happens at the multimeter instead of the outlet, and the cables of the multimeter fly right out which wouldn’t actually happen. My guess is that he blew up a capacitor since it also looked like there was a slight jump cut when he put the probes in.

  • @DrAdityaReddy
    @DrAdityaReddy Před 3 lety +23

    7:27
    That was scarier than any horror film jump scare I've experienced

  • @debayanhalder7858
    @debayanhalder7858 Před 3 lety +24

    4:43 FREE ENERGY DISCOVERED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Cyber_Horse_Studios87
    @Cyber_Horse_Studios87 Před 4 lety +265

    The fact that this man actually saved a house from nearly burning down is actually pretty amazing.

    • @ZioStalin
      @ZioStalin Před 2 lety +10

      Redeems him for one of the many he has surely burned down before xD

    • @dhawthorne1634
      @dhawthorne1634 Před rokem +7

      He didn't save it from burning down. He foiled their attempt to get an insurance payout so they could tear it down and start again.

    • @JohnDoeWasntTaken
      @JohnDoeWasntTaken Před rokem +2

      @@dhawthorne1634 I don't know how he wasn't more angry at the contractors for allowing that to happen. That was just pure recklesness on their part and they very well would've burnt down his house if he didn't notice that.

  • @bondannarendra1142
    @bondannarendra1142 Před 4 lety +1138

    Wok wok wok wok wok

  • @TheAntHar1
    @TheAntHar1 Před 3 lety +13

    I" learnt my skills through experience" 2:19 Ha Ha

  • @DrasticFox2004
    @DrasticFox2004 Před 10 měsíci +2

    6:04 FREAKING KILLED ME 😂😂

  • @steve42lawson
    @steve42lawson Před 4 lety +191

    The crunch of spaghetti noodles [6:04] is especially unnerving in the presence of lethal voltage -- and tight spaces!

  • @Rektonator
    @Rektonator Před 4 lety +741

    Insurance company: WHAT DID YOU DO IN THIS HOUSE, IT BURNT DOWN 1 HOUR AFTER U FILMED THERE?
    ElectroBOOM: Nothing weird, just shorted wall socket
    Insurance company: Ight imma head out

  • @SuwareiElevatorCorporation

    *3:49* *Multimeter blows up as an ■●○□•《dynamite》•□○●■.* 5:14 *Wire clicks and then sparks because of (leaking water)* 5:30 *(Disconnects [2-Pole Brkr] Main Fuse)*

  • @itsomegatech1656
    @itsomegatech1656 Před 3 lety +6

    8:18 The spelling of hair dryer is "hair drier" instead! LOL

  • @nomaila1143
    @nomaila1143 Před 4 lety +302

    I love how he knows the noise of getting shocked so well, he reacts simply to the noise instead of waiting to feel any pain

    • @astingilbert582
      @astingilbert582 Před 3 lety +17

      Well when you get electrocuted you muscles contract, so he probably just drilled in his mind to react like that to get away from the source. I mean that what I've done, thanks to some personal incidents on work.

  • @the_danksmith134
    @the_danksmith134 Před 4 lety +616

    Imagine his sister doing CZcams videos about chemistry with the same style were she intentionally does stupid things to show why you shouldn't do them like adding water into acid instead of the opposite...

    • @Tremor244
      @Tremor244 Před 4 lety +52

      or trying to put out oil fire with water

    • @Ashkenya
      @Ashkenya Před 4 lety +23

      His sister in law is different gene'd who is more Earth'd and isn't shocking but sparkling, shocking isn't it? Moreover they repel each other ending in opposite corners of the world, with one sided chemistry between them

    • @draketungsten74
      @draketungsten74 Před 4 lety +15

      I've seen someone add the water to acid. Probably Cody.

    • @coryman125
      @coryman125 Před 4 lety +26

      As a chemistry nerd who loves ElectroBOOM's humour, I would watch that channel all day.
      "What's that smell? ...Oh I know, the nitric acid I bought was too concentrated and it's started fuming. Should probably... turn a fan on or something"

    • @wuxy4169
      @wuxy4169 Před 4 lety +3

      Why is it not ok to add water to acid when we drink water every day and add it to our stomach acid question mark

  • @averagedevroblox
    @averagedevroblox Před 2 lety +8

    4:47 wth! This is haunted floor! Thanks for shutdown the power! The house is about to burn down!

  • @theaviator1152
    @theaviator1152 Před 3 lety +13

    3:42 Those are some dope Skechers Mehdi :P

    • @ravenman7876
      @ravenman7876 Před rokem

      I love skechers.... best comfort of any of my other shoes....

  • @tristanh4809
    @tristanh4809 Před 3 lety +147

    6:05 This Part is my Favorite.

  • @coolpad9111
    @coolpad9111 Před 3 lety +15

    01:15 i earned my skills from EXPERIENCE.
    Yeah we know..

  • @aofgrant
    @aofgrant Před 2 lety

    It's not often that something is informative and leaves me in stitches. This made my day, thank you!

  • @lnx7242
    @lnx7242 Před 4 lety +175

    Famous last words:
    *Let’s check*

  • @wesgriffin2801
    @wesgriffin2801 Před 4 lety +102

    “I swear I had nothing to do with the house burning down, I was just shooting a video for my CZcams channel”
    “Well what happens in the videos that you put on this channel”
    “...just take me to jail”

  • @420Chameleon
    @420Chameleon Před 3 lety +12

    Thank you for all the wonderful insightful videos over the years, Mehdi! I recently joined your patreon, and I am interested in the electrical engineering field as a career. I'm currently in college working towards my EE degree, but I will get there some day!

  • @saschawomack1163
    @saschawomack1163 Před rokem

    Dude, I cant tell you how much I enjoyed your humor while teaching. Very Very refreshing! Thank-You

  • @96Assassine
    @96Assassine Před 4 lety +511

    I saw the thumbnail and when the scene came I was like: „Let me guess, he‘s measuring current...“

    • @Lil_lit_Bruh
      @Lil_lit_Bruh Před 4 lety +6

      and he dies

    • @TheJugiChan
      @TheJugiChan Před 4 lety +9

      It was a nice effect x) Obviously he just has a small charge/firecracker on top of his multimeter, that's why it is conveniently tilted. He wouldn't risk breaking a multimeter just for the effect. Plus if you measure current like that when you are supposed to measure voltage it will only start welding the probe heads, no bangs (I've done that mistake a couple of times)

    • @vladchira521
      @vladchira521 Před 4 lety +2

      @@TheJugiChan maybe he has a capacitor thats not rated for high voltage

    • @TheJugiChan
      @TheJugiChan Před 4 lety +3

      @@vladchira521 The casings in multimeters are pretty thick. When stuff blows up inside you just hear a noise, definitively you don't see sparks shoot out. Multimeters have a fuse inside that protects the rest of the electronics and you can only hear a faint click when it blows. As fun as it would be to think he messed up, again, all of these "accidents" are for entertainment, but I do still appreciate them.

    • @Erikbarbaric
      @Erikbarbaric Před 4 lety +3

      Even though it's staged I still laugh my ass off when I see it

  • @thesinlord8695
    @thesinlord8695 Před 4 lety +35

    Mehdi worst enemies:
    3° connections
    2° excess of volts
    1° *S P A G H E T T I* 6:10

  • @KKumarIndy
    @KKumarIndy Před 2 lety

    Ohh man... you serve high degree of knowledge wrapped inside tons of laughter. It's very hard to find such a wonderful combo... 😄😄😄

  • @maw.9522
    @maw.9522 Před rokem

    You doing great stuff! Love your channel

  • @boofeater4454
    @boofeater4454 Před 4 lety +59

    3:48 when you're with the bomb squad and they ask you if you are sure about cutting the red wire...

  • @squidsquiddly5970
    @squidsquiddly5970 Před 4 lety +95

    He has somehow survived to Christmas 2019! That alone is cause for celebration! :P

  • @MrNoobed
    @MrNoobed Před 2 lety +6

    240v is pretty common to single family homes.
    You have 208v in your apartment because the building gets hi voltage to the utility room, and has their own transformer, and steps uses it for 3 phase power.

  • @joeraphi
    @joeraphi Před 3 lety +2

    He is an amazing man....He teaches us the practical aspects.He is pure GOLD.

  • @sluskafan
    @sluskafan Před 4 lety +306

    My mum called me one day and complained about how weird the vacuum cleaner sounded. She had it plugged into an outlet that she had installed herself after she took down a radiator. 400 volts made the vacuum cleaner go bananas. It still makes me laugh every time I think about it.

    • @Zycietohuj
      @Zycietohuj Před 4 lety +14

      Wait, how?
      Its impossible to plug normal device to 3 phase socket

    • @MrJJandJim
      @MrJJandJim Před 4 lety +45

      @@Zycietohuj If there's even a slim chance of something happening, it will eventually happen.

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 Před 4 lety +23

      @@Zycietohuji think its 2 240 phases not 120

    • @TheEpicLinkFreeman
      @TheEpicLinkFreeman Před 4 lety +49

      if you reread his comment... " She had it plugged into an outlet *that she had installed herself* after she took down a radiator". She took out the radiator and put on a regular outlet

    • @WilliamHollinger2019
      @WilliamHollinger2019 Před 4 lety +2

      😂😂😂

  • @ryl6023
    @ryl6023 Před 4 lety +299

    Watermelons are nice

    • @XxTWMLxX
      @XxTWMLxX Před 4 lety +31

      Colin furze also.... How... My guess is the magic of editing and knowing what they are doing to look like they screw up but still do it safely to be entertaining

    • @krebi_patty2071
      @krebi_patty2071 Před 4 lety +5

      Hes alive by his viewers

    • @shanofsabro
      @shanofsabro Před 4 lety +1

      He answered it himself at the beginning. He is an Electrical Engineer. Good one at that. Lol.

    • @mds1986ms
      @mds1986ms Před 4 lety +6

      Because hes not nearly as dumb as he has some of you thinking he is. The words controlled environment come to mind.

    • @yonkers9177
      @yonkers9177 Před 4 lety +1

      Because God decided to give him infinite lives since hes a "experienced" electric engineer

  • @schweizerd6303
    @schweizerd6303 Před 3 lety

    i brought over some UK style outlets and back boxes and installed them at my place in Canada so I can run my UK and Hong Kong bought devices, they work fine for most things but can cause issues for others due to the frequency being 60Hz instead of 50Hz. The UK sockets are so much safer than the American version so I rather install those than change the ends on the devices, so I installed those right into the wall during renovation complete with a proper consumer unit and RCD protection in every room right next to the N.American 120v outlets. The outlets are so much easier to wire too just strip, put the copper in the hole and screw tight vs. the N.American where you have to wrap the wire around the screw which is extremely messy. another good option is to use a car inverter from a 240v country with sufficient power rating and true sine wave (which needs to be researched or tested as some of the manufacturers tell bullshit on the labelling)

  • @autarchprinceps
    @autarchprinceps Před měsícem +2

    It's kind of cute, how in America when they want to have higher power they take two phases and make 205 or 240 V, while here they take 3 phases of 230 V to make a 400 V, 5 pin, with a monstrocity of a plug. How many amps does such a North American "high power" socket typically carry at maximum? I know the ones in our house at least are 32 A max, so 12800 W.

  • @adobeblobfish9967
    @adobeblobfish9967 Před 4 lety +216

    wait.
    did mehdi just go to some random house in his neighborhood that was under renovation to check the output of the outlet?
    meh
    checks out

    • @MrGTAfan93
      @MrGTAfan93 Před 4 lety +48

      he also prevented it burning down :D

    • @gideonmele1556
      @gideonmele1556 Před 4 lety +8

      Oh Canada

    • @muaries12
      @muaries12 Před 4 lety +2

      So the legend is true?
      Canadians are good people

    • @gideonmele1556
      @gideonmele1556 Před 4 lety +22

      Mu Aries of course. They distill all the evil and put it in the geese

    • @maxxiang8746
      @maxxiang8746 Před 4 lety +23

      @Kenneth Johnson nobody is a real canadian. they all moved there at some point

  • @Tri_Nitro
    @Tri_Nitro Před 4 lety +81

    6:04 is one of the best scenes in this channel so far

  • @zacklothamer9533
    @zacklothamer9533 Před 3 lety

    @electroboom I just found my way over to your channel from Linus and I love the way you present your topics I am a fifth year apprentice with the IBEW and I am constantly amazed by the sketchy things I find at work I am amazed that house you whent to hadn't caught fire yet

  • @SolusDarkcoat
    @SolusDarkcoat Před 2 lety +2

    1:16 should've been a montage full of explosions here.

  • @Cheese-xf2nj
    @Cheese-xf2nj Před 4 lety +353

    Electroboom: Don't try this at home
    Also ElectroBoom: Tries it at home

  • @TheLuxkywalker
    @TheLuxkywalker Před 4 lety +405

    Here in Brazil we have cities with 230 volts and others with 127 it's a real mess

    • @RowynOfficial
      @RowynOfficial Před 4 lety +13

      Ciro Souza wtf?

    • @renatoigmed
      @renatoigmed Před 4 lety +5

      cara eu já queimei duas TVs antigas por conta isso. eh uma merda.

    • @TheLuxkywalker
      @TheLuxkywalker Před 4 lety +34

      @@RowynOfficial older cities like capitals and such run on 127 while newer smaller cities on 230

    • @TheLuxkywalker
      @TheLuxkywalker Před 4 lety +3

      @@renatoigmed uma vez eu queimei aquelas tvzinhas portáteis de tubo que vinham com rádio junto numa viagem que ódio

    • @digitalphoton3564
      @digitalphoton3564 Před 4 lety +32

      Well, it's actually 220V and 127V. And the reason the lower voltage is 127 instead of 120 is so wiring two phases together gives you exactly 220V, which allows you to do what Mehdi did more reliably (but you probably want to wire up a proper socket instead of making this two plug monstrosity he did).

  • @Aikisbest
    @Aikisbest Před rokem

    Oh my goodness Im rewatching this and had totally forgotten about the oven shenanigans X'D

  • @masibhai339
    @masibhai339 Před 3 lety

    i feel so good while watching his videos. nice way of explaining. :-)

  • @flare9757
    @flare9757 Před 4 lety +112

    ElectroBOOM: I have experience.
    His experience: *Zap zap zap boom* Bleep! Bleep! Bleep!

    • @DirectorOfChaos9292
      @DirectorOfChaos9292 Před 4 lety +5

      9/10 times its usually done for comedic effect. 1/10 He actually gets hurt

    • @UC43HkWGGZmnZLqvZStwOPAg
      @UC43HkWGGZmnZLqvZStwOPAg Před 4 lety

      I love it its so funny when he gets shocked and things explode too

    • @noether9447
      @noether9447 Před 4 lety

      @@DirectorOfChaos9292 I think the only genuine one was Jacob's ladder

    • @Pseudynom
      @Pseudynom Před 4 lety

      Learning by burning.

  • @paulpardee
    @paulpardee Před 4 lety +132

    Seriously one of the best videos you've done. The spaghetti twist was amazing!
    Is it normal for contractors to just cut thru live wires and let water drip everywhere?? Seems like the water would be a big problem for essentially everything.

    • @OkenWS
      @OkenWS Před 4 lety +19

      Yes. Worse than that I had a landlord in Cardiff who had a flat energised and occupied by a tenant for months while his crackhead builders worked on the flat above. They took the sink off and didn't drain and cap, resulting in quite a lot of water running into the building's fire alarm system and her lights. He refused to return her even a penny's rent while she had buckets in the flat and couldn't safely live there. Absolute scumbag.

  • @thomasvlaskampiii6850
    @thomasvlaskampiii6850 Před 2 lety +2

    I love it when someone that truly knows what they're doing messes everything up in such a way that you think they're an idiot but no one gets hurt

  • @sonnydee4736
    @sonnydee4736 Před rokem

    Love your videos, you crack me up bigtime and I learn something 👍

  • @Birdman369
    @Birdman369 Před 4 lety +83

    "no I didn't buy my degree!" That killed me

  • @n3bulav876
    @n3bulav876 Před 3 lety +78

    3:50 the camera shake though

    • @vincentsolis7485
      @vincentsolis7485 Před 3 lety +2

      Put it in 0.25x and you can see the camera shake more

    • @FifaPinion
      @FifaPinion Před 3 lety +5

      The explosion was that strong it created an earthquake.

  • @alexlangevin8340
    @alexlangevin8340 Před 3 lety

    Love your videos man!

  • @Luzyfar
    @Luzyfar Před 2 lety +1

    3:50 Breaks in in rented house*
    Breaks power output*
    Him: oh sh1t! Anyway

  • @alvriel
    @alvriel Před 4 lety +523

    thanks to the stupid wall socket i can easily-
    *spaghetti cracks and terrifies medhi*
    While i just try not to die from laughter
    Edit: Omg Thank you for likes! I did not think that i would get 500+ likes

    • @edwardhuang1502
      @edwardhuang1502 Před 4 lety +7

      The best part

    • @nathanaelrodriguez5120
      @nathanaelrodriguez5120 Před 4 lety +3

      I thought something was arcing.

    • @Catto666
      @Catto666 Před 4 lety +1

      Lmao

    • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
      @jed-henrywitkowski6470 Před 4 lety +3

      I can relate.
      Right as I got comfortable in bed, I hear electrical shorting from a DC switch. I start sniffing and looking for smoke... turns out a friken moth got trapped somewhere and it's wings frantically beating against a wall, sounded like electrical shorting.

  • @probablynotabigtoe9407
    @probablynotabigtoe9407 Před 4 lety +265

    My sister is also a Duck... Small world

  • @davidchristoffersen1404
    @davidchristoffersen1404 Před 2 lety +1

    Okay Mehdi I admit I was shocked at the power coming out of the owen outlet , that shock actually grounded you for a second I hope it did not damage you to much as you propperly know the larger the plug the more power it gives :D and that is a giant plug.

  • @Dagger08
    @Dagger08 Před 8 měsíci

    You taught me about electrical terms and sht, thanks Mehdi!

    • @LaughingOrange
      @LaughingOrange Před 8 měsíci

      Most important lesson: Whenever possible, don't work on live electrical equipment. Which means unplug it or flip the breaker, and discharge any large capacitors.

  • @stevenpark9770
    @stevenpark9770 Před 4 lety +431

    I respect this guy so much he does the dumb things for us so we learn and not kill ourselves

    • @yourmum2839
      @yourmum2839 Před 4 lety +15

      He is a professional engineer so he knows what will kill him and what wont

    • @khangphamchannel016
      @khangphamchannel016 Před 2 lety +1

      @@yourmum2839 He literally has a degree about electricity and sacrificing his life for us to be safe and informed. He almost died a few times man.

    • @TheAdatto
      @TheAdatto Před 2 lety

      @@khangphamchannel016 ehm the accidents are staged

    • @keyboarddriverspecialist
      @keyboarddriverspecialist Před 2 lety +3

      @@TheAdatto some arent like his jacobs ladder

  • @Kids_Scissors
    @Kids_Scissors Před 4 lety +50

    7:32 that voice crack made him sound so uneasy

  • @arie1293
    @arie1293 Před 3 lety

    I know some or all of your accidents have to be premeditated but they are still hilarious.

  • @Gorgile1939
    @Gorgile1939 Před 2 lety +11

    2:24 watts so bad about that 😂