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  • Is it REALLY unsafe to use a charging mobile phone in bathtub or elsewhere?
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  • @dfgr6436
    @dfgr6436 Před 4 lety +3593

    “It’s much more dangerous if the current runs through your body first, then into the water”
    *lets try it*

    • @vptech9861
      @vptech9861 Před 4 lety +116

      The really most dangerous thing (probably not planned in the script) is when the GFCI falls into the bathtub. This time I was really scared! (Usually I'm familiar with short circuits and component explosions when watching these videos).

    • @NotNiekie
      @NotNiekie Před 4 lety +5

      Ben drowned

    • @flying_Night_slasher
      @flying_Night_slasher Před 4 lety +8

      @@NotNiekie I thought Ben fell in a lake or something and not in a bathtub with electrical current

    • @NotNiekie
      @NotNiekie Před 4 lety

      @@flying_Night_slasher Look at the profile picture of dfgr643

    • @flying_Night_slasher
      @flying_Night_slasher Před 4 lety +1

      @@NotNiekie I just realized yesterday but because this video has water I'm now basically building up lore

  • @D-Man_Jam
    @D-Man_Jam Před 5 lety +4894

    _Famous last words:_
    *"Let's try it"*

    • @sheenmurzo4352
      @sheenmurzo4352 Před 5 lety +19

      "awww"

    • @smartass199614
      @smartass199614 Před 5 lety +65

      Those words are why men have a higher mortality rate than women.

    • @Stiftoad
      @Stiftoad Před 5 lety +31

      @@smartass199614But at the same time you gotta consider that men also invented more things. I'd say that science is a high-risk high-reward situation.

    • @monsieur.Chipmunk
      @monsieur.Chipmunk Před 5 lety +17

      9 months later, a baby was born

    • @Carstuff111
      @Carstuff111 Před 5 lety +4

      At least he didn't have to say "Hold my beer" Or "Hey y'all, watch this!!" :P
      I see those both too often here in Arkansas......

  • @texas_laurent
    @texas_laurent Před 3 lety +3498

    Assuming Mehdi’s videos aren’t acted and he really is shocking himself, he is risking his life for our education. Thank you, Mehdi!

    • @ekeleze
      @ekeleze Před 3 lety +114

      He really is a legend.

    • @fghsgh
      @fghsgh Před 3 lety +563

      He calculates the shock he's going to get and makes sure it doesn't cross lethal values.
      EDIT 2 years later: Okay I know sometimes he does genuinely mess up. You don't have to tell me. The Jacob's ladder is a particularly famous example.

    • @philippjorda4671
      @philippjorda4671 Před 3 lety +554

      In our class of electronic engineers (aprientenceship) There was this big discussion if Mehdi is a retard or a profesional. We concluded: He Posted so many videos, which means if he was stupid, he would have already died. So every stun he makes, is on purpose (or most). So he he is actually a very profesional, because he hasnt died yet.

    • @jeffborders5526
      @jeffborders5526 Před 3 lety +217

      Fghsgh except that one with with the Jacobs ladder. He 3D printed a special stand. And it still fell over. He almost died on that one.

    • @philippjorda4671
      @philippjorda4671 Před 3 lety +139

      @@jeffborders5526 Yeah, even Professionals make Human error.

  • @Jasonlimitless
    @Jasonlimitless Před 3 lety +127

    Imagine hearing your Husband or Dad in the bathroom recording a video.. 'now I connect live cable to my big spoon and put big spoon the de water'

  • @acomputerbug
    @acomputerbug Před 4 lety +2629

    NEWS: Man dies after kissing his GFCI.

  • @BruceNJeffAreMyFlies
    @BruceNJeffAreMyFlies Před 5 lety +3238

    'Demonstrates how safe a gfci is by shocking himself through one'
    'drops the gfci in the bath'

    • @wTk3spliffy50
      @wTk3spliffy50 Před 5 lety +13

      BruceNJeffAreMyFlies lmao

    • @leoduro9798
      @leoduro9798 Před 5 lety +8

      @Liam Same

    • @GeraldMMonroe
      @GeraldMMonroe Před 5 lety +70

      I have to hope he fakes the electric shocks.

    • @singatias
      @singatias Před 5 lety +87

      honestly that scared the shit out of me lol, I swear he will die from making a youtube video at some point.

    • @minoshejaca
      @minoshejaca Před 5 lety +3

      @@BrainScramblies Same here lol

  • @vedantshetty5029
    @vedantshetty5029 Před 2 lety +29

    5:54 make sure your wife never watch this part! XD

  • @itzzbrennan
    @itzzbrennan Před 3 lety +55

    *Mehdi explaining stuff*
    Me dieing of laughter bc a man who has basically no hair is holding a hair dryer XD

    • @aimane6026
      @aimane6026 Před 2 lety +2

      LOOK AT THE CABLE OF IT THO WHY IS IT SO SHORT?!

  • @ghosttoast2825
    @ghosttoast2825 Před 5 lety +1088

    “It’s a lot more dangerous if the current goes from your body to the water, LeTS tRy iT!

    • @sandx
      @sandx Před 5 lety +3

      Werewolfzero WHY HAHAHAHA

    • @AzphrinxOfficial
      @AzphrinxOfficial Před 5 lety

      Its just a Demonstration himself. But don't do it yourself obviously...

    • @evandonovan2529
      @evandonovan2529 Před 5 lety +3

      YeOWW

    • @luisderivas6005
      @luisderivas6005 Před 5 lety +2

      Don't worry, the GFCI will protect you....Oh, wait...the whole outlet, precariously placed on the tub's rim, slips into the water....ZAAAAP!!!

    • @magisworthsnaklepass5183
      @magisworthsnaklepass5183 Před 5 lety

      @@luisderivas6005 I'm watching that box on the side of the tub and thinking 'dis gonna be good'. I was not disappointed.

  • @gonzaloalderete3256
    @gonzaloalderete3256 Před 5 lety +735

    Before knowing about this wise man I was scared of getting electrocuted, now I'm completely terrified.

    • @davemwangi05
      @davemwangi05 Před 5 lety +4

      how can Jesus be scared?

    • @davemwangi05
      @davemwangi05 Před 5 lety +2

      @torugita johnson Woah, I've been electrocuted but never unable to release. I wonder like, during that moment are you able to still think clearly and see but unable to move? One guy told me he only saw red.

    • @shahzadaslam384
      @shahzadaslam384 Před 5 lety +5

      Then he did his job properly by saving you

    • @IceFire1800
      @IceFire1800 Před 5 lety +4

      THATS THE SPIRIT!

    • @pyroslavx7922
      @pyroslavx7922 Před 5 lety +1

      It only happened once, (we have no protection but meltable fuses for overcurrent), an i remember i had time to think "shit, i cant let it go i have to throw myself back or something similar" and the device (amplifier that i forgot to unplug during repair) stayed on the table, while i fell back landing on my butt;-)In any case, it would almost certainly break the contact when hitting the floor.

  • @closed4293
    @closed4293 Před 4 lety +83

    He's my favourite type of science teacher, funny yet informative

  • @muZlimGigachad
    @muZlimGigachad Před rokem +5

    2:02
    Mehdi :- "It's deadly"
    Also Mehdi :- "Let's Try It"

  • @town-l2565
    @town-l2565 Před 4 lety +976

    1:57
    Soapy water: *fails to shock Medhi*
    Medhi: fine i'll do it myself

  • @ChillFrost
    @ChillFrost Před 5 lety +304

    "Let me demonstrate"
    -i ready myself for Mehdi to be grounded

  • @rohrichoak9740
    @rohrichoak9740 Před 3 lety +18

    Electric showers and even faucets are widely used in Brazil and they rarely are reported to be lethal, BUT you don't want to touch their plastic shielding when your hands are wet (100% guaranteed in the case of faucets).
    Edit: it tends to be more unpleasant in showers if you raise your hands and touch them than it is when you operate the faucet.
    Furthermore, grounding is not something people tend to do, except connecting ground wires to neutral.

  • @coolprodudes3758
    @coolprodudes3758 Před 3 lety +15

    0:03 preparing mega laughter moment for Neckless Steve

    • @danek_hren
      @danek_hren Před rokem +2

      Looks like we have some really high resolution minecraft shaders here... Hmmmmm....

    • @coolprodudes3758
      @coolprodudes3758 Před rokem +1

      @@danek_hren good one 😂😂

  • @Bug0221
    @Bug0221 Před 5 lety +1766

    2:03
    Man dies after dropping *_🅱️ I G S P O O N_* in his leg

  • @yuribruxel6074
    @yuribruxel6074 Před 5 lety +439

    2:03 Man dies after dropping GFCI into bath tub.

  • @randomshots
    @randomshots Před 3 lety +71

    4:09 I loved Mehdi's reaction.....quite hilarious

  • @dienand_
    @dienand_ Před 3 lety +15

    3:16 He hit his forehead so hard I could feel the pain on my side.

  • @DannyQM
    @DannyQM Před 4 lety +564

    Probably the first time i’ve heard someone say “i’m not racist but...” and say something that isn’t racist at all

    • @sbrmilitia
      @sbrmilitia Před 4 lety +7

      Zog I of Albania “I’m not racist but” this is really hard cause everything I wanted to say was extremely racist.

    • @travian821
      @travian821 Před 4 lety +30

      I'm not racist but is ok to be white

    • @mrkiky
      @mrkiky Před 4 lety +37

      I'm not gay but I'm attracted to male anatomy, sexually speaking.

    • @jonathancristal
      @jonathancristal Před 4 lety

      @@mrkiky
      Good example too. XD

    • @sweatydrxco3412
      @sweatydrxco3412 Před 4 lety +10

      "I'm not racist but blacks and Mexicans arent good"

  • @exophoric
    @exophoric Před 5 lety +582

    what does the manual says about dropping the whole GFCI unit in your bath? I hope it was plugged in another GFCI 🤣

    • @noxious_nights
      @noxious_nights Před 4 lety +19

      It was

    • @PunakiviAddikti
      @PunakiviAddikti Před 4 lety +1

      @David M It should be. One of them will open, whether it be the last one, the first one or any one in between.

    • @mikemmcmeans
      @mikemmcmeans Před 4 lety +4

      spooked my out of my chair
      he plugged it in outside the bathroom

    • @SimonBauer7
      @SimonBauer7 Před 2 lety +1

      this is the only time i was scared in this video

  • @Owen_loves_Butters
    @Owen_loves_Butters Před 2 lety +7

    4:29 *Mehdi realizes he's touching the grounded scope with his other arm*

  • @hansloyalitat9774
    @hansloyalitat9774 Před 2 lety +5

    I live in a former soviet country and in my flat the sink gives off electric shocks if you wash your hands on it for too long.

  • @literallyDH
    @literallyDH Před 5 lety +461

    5:04 is that the Spider Sound from minecraft?

  • @TheGad51
    @TheGad51 Před 4 lety +547

    ElectroBoom: talking about GFCI in bathrooms.
    Me, living in a Russia: "GFCI? Never seen one of those"

    • @asdundab5581
      @asdundab5581 Před 3 lety +31

      Outside the US RCDs are much more common, which are basically the same.

    • @asdundab5581
      @asdundab5581 Před 3 lety +25

      PuffyGamerVids Yes I know, the US uses GFCIs in just their bathrooms, almost the rest of the entire world uses RCDs for all their circuits with all sockets (and often also lamps etc.)

    • @untodesu
      @untodesu Před 3 lety +23

      Well, we have RCD but older buildings simply dont have it. Three wire virgin vs two wire chad

    • @demoniack81
      @demoniack81 Před 3 lety +24

      @@untodesu The RCD doesn't need an earth wire to function, and it costs virtually no time and less than 30€ to install one. Here in Italy they've been around since the '60s and I'm honestly astounded that there are so many countries which don't mandate protecting the whole house with one.

    • @peacefulquasar
      @peacefulquasar Před 3 lety +6

      Подтверждаю

  • @YouTubeUserCx
    @YouTubeUserCx Před 2 lety +2

    Mehdi you're amazing at making electricity and technology videos, you go the extra mile and actually risk with demonstrations.

  • @blue.light.fazbear
    @blue.light.fazbear Před 3 lety +13

    Loving your videos, Mehdi! Learning a lot yet very much entertained. Just don’t get yourself killed please lol

  • @odin_3
    @odin_3 Před 5 lety +405

    *sees girls with tight leggings*
    *”Leggings for 24 dollars..”*

    • @dickhalloran1691
      @dickhalloran1691 Před 5 lety +31

      Hahaha I died with the milkman ad

    • @imchipjames
      @imchipjames Před 5 lety +6

      2 for 24

    • @theobserver887
      @theobserver887 Před 5 lety +6

      I only looked in the comments section to see if anyone mentioned the picture ad😆

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 Před 5 lety +1

      @@theobserver887 Of course ElectroBoom mentions it first.

    • @greeneyedowl1444
      @greeneyedowl1444 Před 3 lety

      5:00 I'm confused, why is his body shorting the two outputs?

  • @Kolvarg
    @Kolvarg Před 5 lety +430

    Stages of watching Mehdi's videos after finding him for the first time:
    1) lol what an idiot
    2) Oh he actually knows his stuff. Still funny when he gets hurt lol
    3) *Doesn't even notice he got zapped because that's just normal part of the videos and the content is too interesting*

  • @tristannicoligon2304
    @tristannicoligon2304 Před 3 lety +12

    "leggings for 24$" 😂🔥🔥really got me there😂😂😂awesome video you are so brilliant

  • @bwc1976
    @bwc1976 Před 2 lety +7

    Thanks again for introducing me to Kreosan, they are amazing although in recent years they've strayed a little from their original electrical content and more into urban exploration and metal detecting instead. And also thank you for bringing up the electric shower heads, just recently on Instagram I saw a shower head in Brazil shooting out flames and I was wondering how that was possible.

    • @voidseeker4394
      @voidseeker4394 Před 2 lety +3

      Also, they used to cheat a lot in their videos. For example, in their EMP cannon video they rigged their target with explosives to make a show.

  • @Cultleader1984
    @Cultleader1984 Před 5 lety +116

    1900s: dies from tuberculosis
    2019: dies from charging phone in bath

    • @yoyobeerman1289
      @yoyobeerman1289 Před 5 lety +23

      1900: dies of Smallpox
      2010: Dies from charging phone in bath
      2030: dies of Smallpox

    • @Cultleader1984
      @Cultleader1984 Před 5 lety +3

      @João M. it's like they say "survival of the fittest" 👌

    • @Mr.Leeroy
      @Mr.Leeroy Před 5 lety

      natural selection gotta work atleast to 1% of its duty

    • @noahperez6427
      @noahperez6427 Před 5 lety

      @@Mr.Leeroy not with pornhub.

    • @evanthedabman7537
      @evanthedabman7537 Před 5 lety +1

      Arthur has tuberculoces

  • @phoenixme74
    @phoenixme74 Před 5 lety +446

    I love the "clumsy engineer" angle. You keep it comedic but still get the information across. Keep it up, sir.

  • @L3MONADE_FPV
    @L3MONADE_FPV Před 2 lety

    I like the comedy in these vids, it got me dying for minutes but actually considering that he risked his foot to test a GFCI, wow man you're a true daredevil

  • @nevertoolatenate
    @nevertoolatenate Před rokem +2

    Hi Mehdi i want to thank YOU for your'e amazing,funny and full of knowledge videos.Even during a dark time when my mom passed away you still managed to make me laugh

  • @kittyNya38
    @kittyNya38 Před 5 lety +1604

    In Mother Russia, phone charges you!

  • @yassinerizzani4600
    @yassinerizzani4600 Před 5 lety +152

    "Ugh, i melted my probe, i need more of these, i guess it's one of the reasons this video is sponsored by keysight"
    I almost died from laughter

    • @mwiz100
      @mwiz100 Před 5 lety +2

      Right as he blew it up I thought "well good thing he's got a "sponsorship with Keysight" Annnndd then he said it. haha

    • @Ahmadsyar
      @Ahmadsyar Před 5 lety +2

      this is the only time this segway is smoother than linus tech tips'

    • @user-zb6gt7og9q
      @user-zb6gt7og9q Před 5 lety +3

      @@Ahmadsyar True 😂. Also it's spelled segue, hope this helped.

  • @koohyaar.h
    @koohyaar.h Před 3 lety +3

    Hey Mehdi! Here's a thought, since you're the funniest electrical engineer that I know! Make your next videos in a comedy center!
    That would be awesome! 👍🏼😂

  • @town-l2565
    @town-l2565 Před 4 lety +58

    3:18
    What happens to men and boys now during quarantine

  • @potatoboi4872
    @potatoboi4872 Před 5 lety +132

    Darwin's theory and natural selection :
    "Wtf is this guy"

  • @codycall6513
    @codycall6513 Před 5 lety +316

    As he drops the GFI outlet and live box in the tub with him.

    • @Steamrick
      @Steamrick Před 5 lety +105

      Let's hope the GFCI outlet was plugged into a GFCI outlet^^

    • @Chuckiele
      @Chuckiele Před 5 lety +14

      @@Steamrick or waterproof :D

    • @cheeseslice9826
      @cheeseslice9826 Před 5 lety +10

      Doesnt matter cause it already tripped

    • @Chuckiele
      @Chuckiele Před 5 lety +6

      @@aFriendlyPest yeah and Im quite sure it was. He would never place the socket in that position if he wasnt sure it being safe.

    • @cheeseslice9826
      @cheeseslice9826 Před 5 lety +2

      @@aFriendlyPest doesn't the whole circuit breaker trip when that happens?

  • @brandonsmith6056
    @brandonsmith6056 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This guy really does know his stuff, super entertaining almost educating if you listen to how he speaks in his videos. Super funny and I could watch these videos all day, what a guy an absolute legend.

  • @joginder1244
    @joginder1244 Před 4 lety +11

    U can expect a jumpscare anytime from his videos 😂😂

  • @ludvercz
    @ludvercz Před 5 lety +158

    -And remember, no idea is stupid.
    -I have this idea about a free energy device.
    -Ok, almost no idea is stupid.

    • @shambuk2935
      @shambuk2935 Před 5 lety +1

      ludvercz what about the apple mouse

    • @bogass7771
      @bogass7771 Před 5 lety +2

      -no idea is stupid
      -what if I make an electric guitar where the string are live wires

    • @R0KStARR1992
      @R0KStARR1992 Před 5 lety

      Sounds like tesla before he got wacked

    • @RaptorNX01
      @RaptorNX01 Před 5 lety

      i was actually thinking about that magnet fan thingy he showed in those videos and wondered if you turned the magnets so the magnet you were holding and the magnet on the fan blade were the same pole so they repel one another. then what if there was a way to block the magnetic field (like a material) so that as the fan turned once it passed the material it would hit the full force of the repelling field and be flung away, same with the next blade and next blade.

  • @chucklotro8749
    @chucklotro8749 Před 5 lety +356

    rule #1 don't use electronics near the bathtub unless you are trying to win the Darwin Award.

    • @TheBloofyx
      @TheBloofyx Před 5 lety +2

      What can l say besides l never lose

    • @ag135i
      @ag135i Před 5 lety +1

      Don't use unnecessary things or else the lights and geysers in the bathroom are also part of electrical equipment.

    • @Quarkee
      @Quarkee Před 5 lety

      More like loose it

    • @saurabhsalunkhe2417
      @saurabhsalunkhe2417 Před 5 lety +3

      @@ag135i I think there's difference between electronic and electrical equipment

    • @ag135i
      @ag135i Před 5 lety

      @@saurabhsalunkhe2417 electronics are part of electricals only they are digital and low voltage (not always) that's why they are called as electronics and electricals IEEE also means electronics and electricals.

  • @HA05GER
    @HA05GER Před 3 lety +1

    I love how long the cord is on the hairdryer makes it very practical

  • @akuzaforever
    @akuzaforever Před 3 lety +6

    2:36 shortest hairdryer cord ever

  • @lunarlancer
    @lunarlancer Před 5 lety +333

    She probably used a Chinese knockoff charger that uses a capacitive dropper

    • @faghihimohammad
      @faghihimohammad Před 5 lety +13

      Girls should use BFCI instead of "GF" version :D

    • @vertix681
      @vertix681 Před 5 lety

      XD

    • @TheRokkis
      @TheRokkis Před 5 lety +5

      Exactly! I just watched bigclivedotcom take apart fish killing aquarium led-pump-thingy yesterday, although it's older video.

    • @ExperimentRender
      @ExperimentRender Před 5 lety +10

      The insulation is flimsy and the air gaps are too small inside the ChinaExport chargers. They should be able to withstand 3000 V AC for a minute when properly made!
      Combine that with a bathtub, a USB cord to the socket and that European service panel RCD's trigger at 30mA instead of 6mA ... Tragic!
      What is amazing is that even international supermarket chains sell them. Nobody has been fined or jailed despite plenty of callbacks!
      Also: I don't believe the girl dropped the phone into the water, she just held it in her hands. Major parts of an iPhone could become live like this depending on the model.

    • @chasmosaurus3
      @chasmosaurus3 Před 5 lety +3

      Or something with very cheap class Y capacitors connecting the ground planes of the primaries and secondaries. I have seen cheap PSUs using standard disc capacitors for this. Naughty.

  • @suvamsahoo9527
    @suvamsahoo9527 Před 4 lety +221

    4:06 "Your brilliant idea may change the world "
    Fuckkkkkkkkkkkk......$hitttttt

  • @Multi-CoderTTV
    @Multi-CoderTTV Před 2 lety +1

    In the UK we have RCD which is our version of GFCI and all of our plugs and circuits are covered by it

  • @j0ndav1s
    @j0ndav1s Před 3 lety +1

    I watch all of your ads because of how great the lead-ins are.

  • @kirkgonzalez3163
    @kirkgonzalez3163 Před 5 lety +285

    Nobody:
    Him:*" It's more dangerous when it runs first through your body. LeT's tRy iT"*

    • @leaeughfish5944
      @leaeughfish5944 Před 4 lety +1

      YEAWEOOWW!

    • @KirkHermary
      @KirkHermary Před 4 lety

      Being we share the same name I find this comment funny.

    • @gamertygonl
      @gamertygonl Před 4 lety

      @7-Minute Crafts can we get 981 milisecond life hacks?

  • @Noname-gh3sq
    @Noname-gh3sq Před 4 lety +331

    3:17 activate the Enghlish Subtitle

  • @sergiobecerra5019
    @sergiobecerra5019 Před 4 lety +10

    4:16 i love how he gets scared even when turning on a ligth

  • @omnimodofacturus
    @omnimodofacturus Před 3 lety +4

    In Germany, GFCI is absolutely standard at all newer houses and mostly before the fuses to the separate rooms, so you are protected in every room.
    Which is great. So I'm totaly with you, regulation is the most important thing.

    • @leonpano
      @leonpano Před 2 lety

      Why I didn’t see it
      My hause is built in 2014 at aargau

    • @nulian
      @nulian Před 2 lety +1

      @@leonpano Maybe it's like the netherlands in bathrooms the protection is hidden. Every item in the bathroom needs to be grounded even the floor so it will all trip the protection.

  • @MissaSinfonia
    @MissaSinfonia Před 5 lety +162

    It's funny because the "Suicide Shower Head" is very common in Mexico, there's some states where is not that common to use warm water from a heater because the high temperatures, it's even wierd not have one on certains cities.

  • @mgssmu
    @mgssmu Před 5 lety +138

    In Brazil, the electric shower is very common.
    Never Heard about any accident except once it took fire in itself, IDK why

    • @zer0b0t
      @zer0b0t Před 5 lety +19

      They have an "automatic" system that gets dusty and it gets stuck, then when you close the water the shower keeps heating the water, the water becomes steam, spits very hot water and steam, then the plastic melts and it finally catches fire. Have a nice bath :)

    • @RogerManrique
      @RogerManrique Před 5 lety +1

      And all them are GFCI compatible.

    • @eideticex
      @eideticex Před 5 lety +19

      Electric shower heaters are very different from that monstrosity Medhi showed. The electricity and water are usually very well insulated from one another. I belive bigclive had a teardown of one on his channel.

    • @JamisCasusa
      @JamisCasusa Před 5 lety +12

      John M. I never heard of anyone dying because of electric shower, but I've heard one case about gas heated shower.
      He died asphyxiated because of a gas leak.

    • @TiagoTiagoT
      @TiagoTiagoT Před 5 lety +6

      When I was a kid, I've experienced a few poorly installed ones that did provide a little bit of a buzz; but all the ones that have been properly installed and from respected brands never gave me any issues.

  • @AcheForWake
    @AcheForWake Před 3 lety +3

    The more I watch of Mehdi’s content the more I feel his videos should be used within schools and PSAs

  • @MrDubanddnb
    @MrDubanddnb Před rokem

    There is a ton of phone chargers disassembly videos by DiodGoneWild channel..
    which shows the poor insulation between HV and LV parts inside. And also how close are the windings of the switching transformer.

  • @jTempVids
    @jTempVids Před 5 lety +129

    Browsing the internet without an adblocker or NoScript. That's the most dangerous behavior I noticed in the video.

    • @WildStyle
      @WildStyle Před 5 lety +1

      Nah, those news sites just are like that. ^^

    • @bytefu
      @bytefu Před 5 lety

      s/adblocker or NoScript/uBlock origin and uMatrix/

  • @s.a.n6162
    @s.a.n6162 Před 5 lety +300

    "I connected my big spoon"

  • @mwitbrot
    @mwitbrot Před 3 lety +4

    3:00 "output of the charger is isolated from the live wires"
    or at least it should be.

  • @williamkirkland2222
    @williamkirkland2222 Před 3 lety

    i love how grounded this man is.

  • @jankkhvej434
    @jankkhvej434 Před 5 lety +71

    someone: I can't live without a phone!
    **later**
    someone: dead
    phone: lives

  • @wumarNart
    @wumarNart Před 5 lety +105

    Isn't it amazing to live in a house with no earth connection whatsoever. Makes life full of surprises.

    • @SomeRedTeapot
      @SomeRedTeapot Před 5 lety +13

      Almost entire Russia lives like this. I mean, there are sockets with ground contacts but they are often not connected

    • @Ibrag91
      @Ibrag91 Před 5 lety +5

      I live in such house. There are only two grounded sockets and they are occupied by water pump, water heater and refrigirator.

    • @MrRolnicek
      @MrRolnicek Před 5 lety +3

      As far as I know there are supposedly some remote places in the world which only get their electricity from a single wire (which of course is the live wire). So the circuit is actually closed through ground ... like actually through the Earth and its lovely dirt.
      And no, I have no idea how that would work with the massive resistance of the ground.

    • @santopino2546
      @santopino2546 Před 5 lety

      Cake7273 and why would you make such nonsense claims?

    • @NICKLASFARFAR
      @NICKLASFARFAR Před 5 lety

      @@Karim-oh5jt That is probably the stupidest claim I have yet to read on CZcams

  • @Corim75
    @Corim75 Před 3 lety +1

    Hey ElectroBOOM - i live in Czech republic and we don't have GFCI protected outlets here. At least not in the way you have. But have rules on how far can an outlet be away from running water.

  • @DB-47
    @DB-47 Před 2 lety +3

    Those electrocution from chargers are often caused by poor insulation. Some dodgy charger have only 1mm insulation distance between primary and secondary or their transformer lacks capton tape between windings. So if you use charger in humid environment and bathroom tend to be warm and humid, it can result into condensing humidity between tracks and bringing live to secondary

    • @jeffkardosjr.3825
      @jeffkardosjr.3825 Před 2 lety

      Yeah. It's common to feel something on a barrel connector.

    • @DB-47
      @DB-47 Před rokem

      @@jeffkardosjr.3825 However tingling is caused by deliberate looks on Y1 capacitor between primary and secondary to cancel HF noise and interference emission from secondary side. This is by design on almost all two prong power supplies

  • @solar901
    @solar901 Před 5 lety +661

    In Russia, you don't charge your phone. Your phone charges you.

  • @willhans7
    @willhans7 Před 5 lety +226

    It isn't a ElectroBOOM video if he doesn't shock himself... HAHAHA

    • @AtulSohan
      @AtulSohan Před 5 lety +1

      true but for some reason this time i was afraid from @1:10 i was thinking "FUCK FUCK FUCK...................... dont drop the GFCI in the water boom , then it will be really BOOM"

    • @failtolawl
      @failtolawl Před 5 lety +1

      yes that's why people watch the videos

    • @emanuelcorlat7261
      @emanuelcorlat7261 Před 5 lety

      It isn't an ElectroBOOM video without the BOOM

    • @makorek
      @makorek Před 5 lety +1

      @@SailaSobriquet prob he got another one outside view

  • @privateincognita71
    @privateincognita71 Před 2 lety +2

    Touching his leg with live wire connected to the spoon doesn’t scare my eyes but dropping a GFCI into the water with his leg in. Holy shit this scares me (even if the breaker pop, you can’t be sure sometimes faulty could happen)

  • @asdeathstalksyou2
    @asdeathstalksyou2 Před 3 lety

    I've been binging your videos all night n early morning, i love ya you crazy bastard i might just sub with my other two Accounts because this right here is gold

  • @wooferjr169
    @wooferjr169 Před 4 lety +190

    2:04 I thought that when outlet box fell in the tub, he was doomed.

    • @AtomicAlchemist
      @AtomicAlchemist Před 4 lety +5

      The video was uploaded so i guess he survived, the gsci breaker already cut the electricity so there was elecrricity only in the wire to the gfci outlet i think

    • @shawnniedetzki7548
      @shawnniedetzki7548 Před 3 lety +4

      Same! Looking through comments to see if anyone else was "shocked" by that. The wires inside that box are still live, the box is"weather resistant" not "weather proof". I think he's doing this without live wires and adding sound of gfci later or someone tripping another gfci off camera for the sound.

    • @felixbeutin9530
      @felixbeutin9530 Před 3 lety +27

      @@shawnniedetzki7548 he is doing with live wires but both electric terminals are in the water so even with the gfci closed nothing would happen since he is not in series with the live an earth

    • @equim7363
      @equim7363 Před 3 lety +2

      @@felixbeutin9530 you never know which wire hits the water first, inside the outlet box. If it is live wire, you're f*cked

    • @maukschilol
      @maukschilol Před 3 lety +6

      I'm pretty sure all his setups are wired with an extra layer of protection off camera. for this one the wire to the bxo was probably behind another breaker. pretty sure he's too aware of the danger to have the box with live wires on the bathtub without protection

  • @MohammadSherif
    @MohammadSherif Před 5 lety +519

    I went to the bathroom today without my phone
    There are 145 tiles in there
    EDIT:- OMG thank you all sooo much for all the likes

    • @NeonBeeCat
      @NeonBeeCat Před 5 lety +4

      I take a shower... nothing else

    • @mogwaisales
      @mogwaisales Před 5 lety +13

      I too went to the bathroom without my phone. I know all the ingredients in all our hygiene products.

    • @thebravegallade731
      @thebravegallade731 Před 5 lety

      @@mohyim0280
      That is actually why I need a waterproof tablet.
      For watching vids and reading

    • @IIlIlIIlIIllIIllIIIlIIllIIIlI
      @IIlIlIIlIIllIIllIIIlIIllIIIlI Před 5 lety

      @Edward James Kenway im puerto rican so
      ....
      NIGGA

  • @paco9831
    @paco9831 Před 4 lety +1

    I love how short is his hairdryer cable

  • @codegeek98
    @codegeek98 Před 2 lety

    These videos turn my stomach. Electricity is scary stuff! I'm glad you're helping people avoid injury and deaths.

  • @oafkad
    @oafkad Před 5 lety +186

    I know you are right since you clearly survived long enough to upload this but my heart still raced.

    • @purplegill10
      @purplegill10 Před 5 lety +5

      That's me on every single one of his videos

  • @its_abhiroop
    @its_abhiroop Před 5 lety +161

    I wish I had a teacher like you in my engineering days. But no worries as i keep on learning and sharing your knowledge to others. Thanks a lot Sir. Love and Respect from India.

  • @marcuswareham1
    @marcuswareham1 Před 3 lety

    Surely an RCD / GFCI doesn't limit the current you are exsposed to just the duration, they are set to operate greater than or equal to a set threshold (usually 30mA in the UK), so you can be exsposed to a much higher current but for a very short duration

  • @crelos3549
    @crelos3549 Před 3 lety +2

    I just realized that my bathroom doesn't have power outlets

  • @truthsmiles
    @truthsmiles Před 5 lety +66

    2:03 - Okay, you actually scared me there when you knocked the GFCI box into the water. I hope you had another one upstream!

    • @manickn6819
      @manickn6819 Před 5 lety +3

      I was wondering if that had gotten water into it what would have happened.

    • @herwaz
      @herwaz Před 5 lety +2

      Same here

    • @z1z2z3z4z1z2
      @z1z2z3z4z1z2 Před 5 lety +16

      @@Zearion but the live wires were still going into the gfci it just wasn't sending any power out the plug.

    • @RyanHull76
      @RyanHull76 Před 5 lety +3

      I'm guessing a staged setup, as unless he had an upstream GFCI, he would have been shocked pretty badly. Still, awesome videos.!

    • @manickn6819
      @manickn6819 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Zearion the breaker will not open. The current flow does not meet the magnetic or thermal limits.
      I think he was just lucky that the water did not get in yet and also that the current would have gone between the live and neutral / ground at the outlet instead of looping outside through him to the ground in the tub.

  • @SkinnyAnimus
    @SkinnyAnimus Před 5 lety +2362

    I can't believe he just kissed his gf on camera

  • @davidhutchinson6910
    @davidhutchinson6910 Před 4 lety +1

    Concerning the 5 volt phone charger, please watch one of BigClives videos here on CZcams on a review of a 5 volt converter from "China". It's internal circuit design allowed 120v AC through the metal outer shield of the USB connector. He traced its design & showed that the USB converter circuit board did not have good isolation between the input & output which allowed this danger to occur. Chinese products that use their own design & then manufactured in China can be quite "lethal". Good engineering is crucial. By the way, Mehdi, your CZcams site is "Awsome". Thanks for making learning fun again!

  • @MemeGenerator-official
    @MemeGenerator-official Před rokem +1

    The ads were very good in the website you visited

  • @_Agosto_
    @_Agosto_ Před 5 lety +446

    "Why is it all girls?"
    *demonetized*
    (with the "giveaway time" jingle)

    • @HiroOnYoutube
      @HiroOnYoutube Před 5 lety +8

      De-mine-tized!

    • @CoryMck
      @CoryMck Před 5 lety +2

      I don't get it.

    • @hoticeparty
      @hoticeparty Před 5 lety +6

      @@CoryMck girls dum lol

    • @CoryMck
      @CoryMck Před 5 lety +5

      @@hoticeparty no, that still makes no sense. Why would he get Demonitized for being sexist?

    • @hoticeparty
      @hoticeparty Před 5 lety +1

      @@CoryMck i wasnt talking about that i was just calling girls dum to meme

  • @evil_me
    @evil_me Před 5 lety +271

    Some cheap Chinese usb chargers have mains voltage on the usb plug!

    • @gertvanpeet3120
      @gertvanpeet3120 Před 5 lety +5

      Even my Motorola has IT, and my Acer laptop, Just because they are not really Transformers!

    • @Willam_J
      @Willam_J Před 5 lety +25

      This needs to be the top post. Perhaps, even pinned. Many cheap Chinese products have mains voltage, on the low voltage side.

    • @dzsemx
      @dzsemx Před 5 lety +16

      @@gertvanpeet3120 no, your socket is not grounded and the capacitive coupling brings voltage to the output but very low current. Known brand chargers are safe.

    • @tuxrandom
      @tuxrandom Před 5 lety +1

      There are USB chargers out there wich consist of a mains plug, a USB socket and a capacitive dropper inbetween.

    • @LiEnby
      @LiEnby Před 5 lety +2

      Wouldn't that fuck up your phone

  • @techsbyglebbagrov7470
    @techsbyglebbagrov7470 Před 3 lety

    Actually, we do have GFCI alike protection, but only in modern houses or flats, cuz i remembermy dad tried to drill into a wall and then there was a huge spark (he drilled into a wire by accident) and the entire room's electonics shut off

  • @MuzgontarAco
    @MuzgontarAco Před 3 lety +1

    I have the whole house ran trough GFCI.. there was a bug in one of the outlets and it was driving me crazy why it kept braking..

  • @pip5528
    @pip5528 Před 5 lety +407

    "Thank you, GF." *Kiss*
    Apparently the GFCI device is now Mehdi's girlfriend. XD

    • @ilmu011
      @ilmu011 Před 5 lety +2

      What? He is just kissing his gf

    • @nsg650
      @nsg650 Před 5 lety +3

      HIs wife would be very angry if she find this out LOL

    • @ubd4128
      @ubd4128 Před 5 lety

      *mistress

    • @NeonBeeCat
      @NeonBeeCat Před 5 lety +1

      Well, it did just save his life...

    • @commentfreely5443
      @commentfreely5443 Před 5 lety +1

      do your electric shit like hairdrying when you get out of the bath

  • @killianjerrr2176
    @killianjerrr2176 Před 5 lety +128

    1:16
    *B I E G S P O O N*

  • @roblox5413
    @roblox5413 Před rokem

    As for Russia, We have ground protection. It is called "U.Z.O." It looks like a basic breaker. Which does same function. Once it saved me when I turned off not right braker. I have a big breaker on three phase , it's outside and pops first. Also I don't know why but also I have 2 UZO in my house fuse box(inside). It's a bit annoying when you incidentally pop UZO outside go fix it in rain.

  • @V1RuSWasTaken
    @V1RuSWasTaken Před 2 lety

    So are all chargers sold in the US up to regulation (isloated)? Like apple sells their chargers for crazy prices but you can get some at the gas station or Amazon for fraction of the price.

  • @DiggitySlice
    @DiggitySlice Před 4 lety +101

    "It's much more dangerous if the current runs through your body first then into the water. Let's try it."
    Best channel

  • @nashkmr
    @nashkmr Před 5 lety +165

    Man, you dropped the GFCI outlet into the tub. The mains upstream GFCI could've electrocuted you. But I think you've taken precautions. Thank God, you're safe.

    • @Xenoray1
      @Xenoray1 Před 5 lety +38

      Maybe it was all planned.. i rly dont know it if i watch his videos, it is pretty hard to decide if this is planned or not XD

    • @QuantumFluxable
      @QuantumFluxable Před 5 lety +47

      In Germany we got the GFCI installed in the fuse box, couldn't happen here (: Also there's a contact for it in every outlet, not just in the bath.

    • @BloodyClash
      @BloodyClash Před 5 lety +14

      :( yes. my heart also almost stopped when i saw that. :D but i guess when he would have gotten seriously injured he won't be able to upload

    • @GeraltofRivia22
      @GeraltofRivia22 Před 5 lety +21

      @@Xenoray1 it's all planned, if you watch his Jacob's ladder video you'll see what he looks like when something actually does happen.

    • @Jordan_C_Wilde
      @Jordan_C_Wilde Před 5 lety +29

      He probably plugged the external GFCI outlet into the installed GFCI outlet in his bathroom.

  • @moneydance5990
    @moneydance5990 Před rokem

    i am at minute 1:50 and this video is actually so very very great. I watched this right after an electro boom “funny” compilation, that i got bored of after 3 minutes. I am all into this video, the way you lecture your viwers this great. And no word you spoke missed. by now you could not have had said more with lesser words and i love this video.

  • @Windows98R
    @Windows98R Před 2 lety

    I’m used to near death demonstrations he does but that bathtub one was the sketchiest lol

  • @TheDankTiel
    @TheDankTiel Před 5 lety +260

    In mother Russia, phone drains *your* life

    • @geez6666
      @geez6666 Před 5 lety +2

      u the real shocker...lol.

    • @noahperez6427
      @noahperez6427 Před 5 lety

      @@Protocol15 you don't get it?? And a charger is more counterintuitive then saying a phone because it charges. It doesn't drain!

    • @GameAce6
      @GameAce6 Před 5 lety

      In mother Russia, Earth revolve around Moon.

    • @arsenicsilitsium6773
      @arsenicsilitsium6773 Před 5 lety

      @@GameAce6 не понял?

    • @mohsenth3958
      @mohsenth3958 Před 5 lety

      best one 😁😁😁😂

  • @callmepixel4568
    @callmepixel4568 Před 5 lety +235

    Mehdi-Eyes don't look don't look........
    Eyes-Leggings for 24$😆

  • @wifighostcruiser9665
    @wifighostcruiser9665 Před 3 lety

    9:44 in addition to the first 240 illegible applications LOL