How to Wiretap Phone Line with DIY Circuit

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  • čas přidán 11. 06. 2018
  • Had to reupload! see comments. I like to record my phone calls directly on camera… for research purposes… so I designed some circuit to wiretap the land line directly to my camera audio input.
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  • @ElectroBOOM
    @ElectroBOOM  Před 6 lety +2433

    I drew the winner of the Keysight Scope! The lucky guy is:
    - Luis Enrique G. S.
    Thanks everyone to enter the draw. FBI pays good money for your emails, HAHAHA! Just kidding, they already have all our emails...

    • @mavos1211
      @mavos1211 Před 6 lety +16

      ElectroBOOM Loved the Sherlock Holmes impression at the end of your other video I actually lol’d! And I want that pipe! 😂
      Can you ask Snitch if he has a friend called “snatch” and see if he can get me an oscilloscope out the back door? 😂
      Keysight please look away from this comment there is nothing to see here.....*cough*

    • @mavos1211
      @mavos1211 Před 6 lety +19

      That lamp made me jump out the chair!!!

    • @alferosado775
      @alferosado775 Před 6 lety +7

      Youre really a genius @.@. Notice me senpai.

    • @mavos1211
      @mavos1211 Před 6 lety

      Cer.A4 DOTA takes one to know one.......... well played.

    • @NBelal
      @NBelal Před 5 lety

      ElectroBOOM is

  • @Smooth219
    @Smooth219 Před 6 lety +5871

    Holy shit that lamp scared me

  • @Feyzei
    @Feyzei Před 5 lety +3328

    "Why is it that i die a little everytime you call"😂😂😂

  • @HolowatyVlogs
    @HolowatyVlogs Před 3 lety +751

    I always love the free-floating circuits without a breadboard or PCB, adds an extra level of chaos.

    • @SonicBoone56
      @SonicBoone56 Před 2 lety +11

      Chaotic evil circuit design

    • @greenaum
      @greenaum Před 2 lety +29

      Back in the day they sold televisions made like that!
      A dozen valves, dozens of passive components, transformers, all made by soldering components directly to each other, and to the pins of valve sockets. Sometimes they'd have a tag strip, a strip of phenolic-impregnated paper, early PCB material, with metal tags with loops on each tag, attached along either side. The tags weren't connected to each other, unless you wired them together, but usually components just spanned between them, and each other, and the valve sockets etc, flying through the air (flappin' in the breeze!) like some sort of scifi architecture!
      Then one day somebody invented the printed circuit board and it all got a lot more boring, though probably safer, and allowing more complex circuits to be made. Imagine a PC, with it's 8-layer motherboard and hundreds of tracks, replaced by wires zooming around the place and chips hovering everywhere. Would look like a Shenzhen rat's nest!

    • @MotorcycleWrites
      @MotorcycleWrites Před 2 lety +3

      @@greenaum lol I feel like it would be literally impossible to hand wire a motherboard just from a volume/length of wire standpoint. I wonder how far back you have to go before you could do it? Could be an interesting (if incredibly difficult to impossible) project if you used a motherboard simple enough.

    • @_M_a_r_t_i_n_M
      @_M_a_r_t_i_n_M Před 2 lety

      @@MotorcycleWrites The Turing Machine is probably one of the closest examples.. Although only just barely a computer.. ENIAC or the Mk 1... Although they likely used some form of circuit board.. (Please don't fault me for not having a vivid memory from what few actual photos of any of these I have seen in my life). Or the Bomb device used to decrypt signals from German Enigma machines... Again, a computing device, not quite a 'computer'.. close enough though. These can be faithfully rebuilt for the sake of doing so.. There are existing examples in museums of exact replicas. Imagine the type of mind it took to literally script programs using binary code on such long rolls of paper... And then rudimentary assembly languages on punch cards.. Thank the Mechanical God for CRT Displays...

    • @Lwyte17
      @Lwyte17 Před 2 lety

      HOT GLUE

  • @MotorcycleWrites
    @MotorcycleWrites Před 2 lety +248

    Love how he didn’t want any electrical shenanigans to happen with his camera so he used a lamp to add some excitement instead😂😂
    I’m so glad I found this channel again.

    • @mratheimperfec1033
      @mratheimperfec1033 Před rokem +6

      Welp, if nothing band's happen, you gotta make the chaos yourselves

  • @addamcor9165
    @addamcor9165 Před 6 lety +3439

    Circuit isn't warm...Everything looks goo-
    *LAMP ATTACK*

    • @normahmansoor2888
      @normahmansoor2888 Před 5 lety +104

      "and that's for not shutting me off after you sleep idiot"

    • @klmusic9132
      @klmusic9132 Před 5 lety +64

      *Stupid f***ing lamp! Where did this come from?!*

    • @ksam2000
      @ksam2000 Před 5 lety +5

      HasPrivilege lmao

    • @autistazoeiro
      @autistazoeiro Před 4 lety +1

      @William Mulreed your profile picture is cool! Hooray for Windows

    • @Levi99130
      @Levi99130 Před 4 lety +13

      7:04

  • @justThisFool
    @justThisFool Před 6 lety +1505

    One of his personalites must've threw that lamp.

  • @aregmelkumyan1278
    @aregmelkumyan1278 Před 3 lety +54

    5:31 that was the calmest "full bridge rectifier" i've ever heard from you.

  • @LucasIsHereYT
    @LucasIsHereYT Před 3 lety +402

    Theory: When Mehdi gets shocked quite hard, he actually dies and gets replaced by one of his personalities, there is an infinite amount of Mehdi.
    Mehdi is love.
    Mehdi is life.

    • @blanana_m
      @blanana_m Před 3 lety +9

      My brain is exploding like mehdi's capacitors

    • @RhuBin02
      @RhuBin02 Před 2 lety +5

      @@blanana_m lmfao

  • @markzaikov456
    @markzaikov456 Před 6 lety +848

    I was waiting for something to blow up and then the f*cking lamp happened.

    • @ksam2000
      @ksam2000 Před 5 lety

      LOL

    • @legoivan44321
      @legoivan44321 Před 4 lety +2

      I was walking across a road with no cars than a truck happened right in front of me!

  • @coryman125
    @coryman125 Před 6 lety +1634

    "Never set a bad example" -ElectroBOOM, shortly after licking a live wire :)

    • @maurofoti526
      @maurofoti526 Před 6 lety +16

      coryman125 well, I guess we all learnt not to do it ahah

    • @daab889
      @daab889 Před 6 lety +10

      More like after every ElectroBOOM video ever

    • @lion2ger
      @lion2ger Před 6 lety +33

      If he licked a live wire and pretended not to be shocked he would set a bad example. Showing that it's somewhat safe but painfull is setting a great example

    • @monad_tcp
      @monad_tcp Před 6 lety +8

      but that's a good example, you lick phone line, you get a shock

    • @princejowerthuerta
      @princejowerthuerta Před 5 lety

      wooooosh

  • @patrickdaniel7284
    @patrickdaniel7284 Před 4 lety +366

    1:25 "NEeeYEhHh!" 🤣

  • @FoxyFox-ei6nf
    @FoxyFox-ei6nf Před 4 lety +109

    7:29
    ElektroBOOM:"change the audio input to the phone line and die..."
    Me:"you do that in every video..."

  • @darewin3847
    @darewin3847 Před 5 lety +1316

    Im already a huge fan of the 'Full Bridge Rectifier'

    • @maff909
      @maff909 Před 4 lety +6

      I really want the t shirt but ya know.. Priorities and shit

    • @manan-543
      @manan-543 Před 4 lety +2

      @@maff909 what priorities lol. It's just a shirt. Buy it if you like it. And if you can't at the moment, save up

    • @artfacef1961
      @artfacef1961 Před 3 lety +18

      Full bulge rectal fire LMAO 😁😀😂🤣

    • @juptuber6824
      @juptuber6824 Před 3 lety

      @@maff909 me too buts sadly i live in poland

    • @matheusimon7316
      @matheusimon7316 Před 3 lety

      Same but I don't even know what it is

  • @thrashmobin6235
    @thrashmobin6235 Před 5 lety +909

    7:00 I'm pretty sure everyone was waiting for something and the lamp happened

    • @technicmasters7936
      @technicmasters7936 Před 4 lety +8

      you got it XD

    • @TeakKey7
      @TeakKey7 Před 3 lety +28

      @@RaTcHeT302 legit jump-scared me. (I am always easily startled)

    • @RobBCactive
      @RobBCactive Před 3 lety +7

      Yeah, I anticipated a capacitor blowing up way earlier

    • @mopsbackupaccount5128
      @mopsbackupaccount5128 Před 3 lety

      @@TeakKey7 as a Minecraft fan I recognise the cat face.

    • @maustank5224
      @maustank5224 Před 3 lety

      *Lamp attacks ElectroBOOM Desperately!*

  • @smartz8334
    @smartz8334 Před 4 lety +152

    7:39 sounds like something you would here in a dank meme

  • @athifmuhammed8817
    @athifmuhammed8817 Před 3 lety +258

    2:53 imagine if the government wanted to wiretap mehdi's phone 🤣

  • @ElectroBOOM
    @ElectroBOOM  Před 6 lety +1447

    Jeez! Had to reupload the video. Some smart people were decoding my cellphone number from caller ID noise in the video!
    Anyways, feel free to post questions or comments in ElectroBOOM subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/ElectroBOOM/

    • @shubhampreetsingh8630
      @shubhampreetsingh8630 Před 6 lety +117

      ElectroBOOM Oh My GOD, How is this possible?!!!!😱😱

    • @minskwatcher
      @minskwatcher Před 6 lety +223

      ElectroBOOM not even mad. That’s smart!

    • @akratooos
      @akratooos Před 6 lety +35

      Hi ElectroBoom!
      Very nice videos!
      Greetings from Greece!

    • @georgibaldjiev4469
      @georgibaldjiev4469 Před 6 lety +117

      Lmao I bet they have to be pretty bored to try to decode this caller ID just to call you

    • @CamMema
      @CamMema Před 6 lety +17

      Salam medhi Jan, can you do a persian language video, Haha Merci

  • @mustafaahmed3693
    @mustafaahmed3693 Před 6 lety +385

    4:56 Circuit Designing Intensifies!

    • @WiseWik
      @WiseWik Před 6 lety +29

      Can confirm the process is depicted correctly.

  • @stevewall6811
    @stevewall6811 Před 3 lety +132

    0:48 has me dying laughing for weeks now.

    • @WilburJaywright
      @WilburJaywright Před 2 lety +1

      Just like that other video where he says “and you can see, there is no current across these wire when I touch i… *ZAP* Oh sUGAR!”

    • @satwiksahu486
      @satwiksahu486 Před 2 lety

      He literally awakened a new cat boy personality lmao

    • @rizkymau
      @rizkymau Před 2 lety +2

      7:38

    • @simplesimon8255
      @simplesimon8255 Před rokem

      Ah yes. 48 volts. Fuckin hilarious

    • @Owen_loves_Butters
      @Owen_loves_Butters Před 11 měsíci

      @@WilburJaywrightWhat video was that?

  • @demagab
    @demagab Před 4 lety +56

    7:43 I remember that! It was like the noise of a dial-up modem. How interesting analog communications filled with digital stuff are!

  • @Steets
    @Steets Před 6 lety +360

    When the electricity doesn't get him, his light fixtures do.

    • @aribeyersdorf5061
      @aribeyersdorf5061 Před 6 lety +6

      Steets or his soldering iron

    • @CNCmachiningisfun
      @CNCmachiningisfun Před 6 lety +12

      They are both electric appliances, so you could say that the electricity still got him ;) .

  • @CrucialMuzic
    @CrucialMuzic Před 6 lety +526

    LOL that slap to the face scared me [0:35], but had me in tears
    Jesus that lamp drop around 7:03 had me jump out of my chair.
    I swear he's out to get me

    • @Yelawolf269
      @Yelawolf269 Před 6 lety +1

      Crucial Muzic same

    • @garedneck04therailfanner48
      @garedneck04therailfanner48 Před 6 lety +7

      It even scared me even though I saw this comment first! Holy crap!

    • @JD86_
      @JD86_ Před 6 lety +5

      0:36

    • @wantarefund8165
      @wantarefund8165 Před 5 lety +6

      When ElectroBOOM says "Everythign is good!" its 1000% obvius that after a couple of seconds something bad will happen!

    • @mrvk699
      @mrvk699 Před 5 lety

      That fucking lamp

  • @ernestgary6812
    @ernestgary6812 Před 4 lety +384

    U ever had a jump scare that felt like a jolt of electricity... well me too thanks to that lamp at 7:07...

    • @jacobengland8963
      @jacobengland8963 Před 4 lety +7

      That lamp bombed on his ass🤣🤣🤣

    • @izakymom
      @izakymom Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/QTT5iHCHSn0/video.html

  • @JonathonPlaysGames
    @JonathonPlaysGames Před 4 lety +39

    "Pretty harmless voltage"
    0:53

  • @Taterzz
    @Taterzz Před 5 lety +105

    i love the seamless blending of actual good advice with the comedy. this man is a genius.

  • @GrowingAnswers
    @GrowingAnswers Před 6 lety +567

    When you shocked your tongue, my motion light in my house turned off above me at the exact same time. Couldn’t have been timed more perfectly. And it makes a loud click when it turns off. Talk about 4D...

    • @Sorenzo
      @Sorenzo Před 6 lety +18

      That's still just 3D unless the thing fell and hit you in the face. ;)

  • @Dominator-xi7zy
    @Dominator-xi7zy Před 4 lety +104

    4:57
    *this is quite literally how my dad plans*

  • @nottherealpaulsmith
    @nottherealpaulsmith Před 3 lety +29

    "Now let's design!"
    *[existential crisis with funk accompaniment]*

  • @alexandreperalta472
    @alexandreperalta472 Před 5 lety +1926

    Wait
    Phone line --> Free electricity?

    • @GingkaHagane43
      @GingkaHagane43 Před 5 lety +232

      Rule #1 of electroboom. . .broken

    • @karamkassem9821
      @karamkassem9821 Před 5 lety +173

      Don't forget the spooon

    • @StkyDkNMeBlz
      @StkyDkNMeBlz Před 4 lety +159

      **ELECTROBOOM WANTS YOUR LOCATION**

    • @szymongorczynski7621
      @szymongorczynski7621 Před 4 lety +76

      @Chance Plays Is it though? Your phone compabybmight think you're using the phone and thus charge you for it.

    • @TRS-Tech
      @TRS-Tech Před 4 lety +197

      Sorry. The line cards monitor current draw. You will get a visit if you do that ! I used to look into issues like that when I worked for Openreach.

  • @wormchickenwizard
    @wormchickenwizard Před 4 lety +100

    *Fun fact:* The term for the polarity of the phone line, "tip" and "ring", refers to the connectors on the switchboards operators used back before tone based switching. It doesn't mean any type of signaling, but rather it refers to the shape of the connector which is reminiscent of a quarter-inch mono channel audio jack. So it literary means the "tip" (+ side) of the audio jack and the "ring" or "sleeve" (- side) below the tip of the audio jack.

    • @fivish
      @fivish Před rokem +2

      The GPO switchboard plug was more pointy than the standard 1/4" audio stereo plug to make it capable of rapid insertion and less wear. Tip and ring went to the twisted pair and sleeve to earth.

    • @kugelblitz640
      @kugelblitz640 Před rokem +1

      To be honest, really thanks for facts, thank you guys

  • @awizardalso
    @awizardalso Před 3 lety +12

    Here in the USA, The line voltage is around 48 volts when off. Ring voltage goes from 0 to 96 volts. When you pick up the hand set, the line voltage drops to around 6 volts.

    • @DaiShuryoTechnus
      @DaiShuryoTechnus Před rokem

      What is the voltage for each key?

    • @NickyHendriks
      @NickyHendriks Před 11 měsíci

      @@DaiShuryoTechnus there isn't any difference really as far as I know. Old rotary phones work via pulse dialing so 10 short pulses (the clicking of the rotary) means a 0. With old systems you could literally fake this by pressing the button that hangs up the phone in a proper maner. Very difficult though but not impossible. The pulse is literally closing the circuit really fast, this video shows it with an LED: czcams.com/video/2JlGYetRfi0/video.html
      Modern phone lines work with tone dialing where a frequency is sent for each key instead of pulses.

  • @drakematheson3758
    @drakematheson3758 Před 4 lety +27

    Your videos are so much smoother and the effects are more complex ever since you said you were watching some SkillShare videos for video editing, it really does show progression!! Out of all of the paid promotions I see on CZcams, you portray them in a humours, fun, yet also effective way that convinces me to actually try them! Your videos are the only ones I watch on CZcams, that I don’t skip right passed them. Medhi, you are truly a daily routine for me, and I hope you NEVER stop absolutely loving what you do! You don’t know me, but YOU are an unfathomably important person to me.. Thanks for existing, and for being seamlessly prosperous doing it!

  • @Lunethzero
    @Lunethzero Před 6 lety +162

    7:40 tfw the bass drops O.o

  • @nothing5547
    @nothing5547 Před 6 lety +238

    THAT LAMP! GOT ME THE 2ND TIME!

  • @leonardomachado85
    @leonardomachado85 Před 11 měsíci +1

    You have discovered the best way to teach electronics to young people by being very funny. I have 50 years of experience in electronics and I find you very funny. This is the best way to make people love learning electronics. Trial and error. THANKS. And you are a Canadian. I am proud to be Canadian.

  • @computerlen
    @computerlen Před 4 lety +3

    Hi. Len from Ontario, Canada. I know that I am few years behind but I must say that I love your videos and especially your very generous giveaways to schools, etc. Thank you. [a thought just occurred to me- I would add a cap to the ground connection of your circuit to absolutely disconnect any DC component from the phone line to the camera or better still a transformer.]

  • @feda01
    @feda01 Před 4 lety +167

    7:06 my cat literaly jumped from my lap when this happened

  • @OrbiterElectronics
    @OrbiterElectronics Před 6 lety +466

    Sorry ElectroBOOM.. I just wasn't happy with the second mention of the full bridge rectifier at 5:30. It MUST be said with the usual gusto & feeling, so.. FOOOOL BRIIIDGE REEECTIFIER, ok ;)

    • @phs125
      @phs125 Před 6 lety +5

      John - Orbiter I agree.

    • @abidalica
      @abidalica Před 6 lety +2

      Agreed

    • @slayer5119
      @slayer5119 Před 6 lety +10

      it's RECTIIFAYAAAA

    • @thegrovetube
      @thegrovetube Před 6 lety +4

      Also, nothing blew up real good. Son, I am disappointed.

    • @Ktulu789
      @Ktulu789 Před 6 lety +9

      Nothing blew up because he used a fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
      Read more

  • @xRaffa
    @xRaffa Před 3 lety +49

    1:22 Anyways, this DC level is pretty safe on skin
    *2 seconds later*
    NYEH! ... SH*T!

  • @GhostDrops1
    @GhostDrops1 Před 3 lety +17

    “Why is it I die a little whenever you call”.. subscribed

  • @Cadwaladr
    @Cadwaladr Před 6 lety +105

    Phone lines support classics for sure. My 70 year old Western Electric Model 302 phone still works fine. I even made a recording of its bell ringing and use it for the ringtone on my mobile phone.

  • @dangerdash4393
    @dangerdash4393 Před 6 lety +129

    7:40 Dat BASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

    • @wuwuschel
      @wuwuschel Před 5 lety +5

      Someone raged on the other side of the line

    • @ghostytrickster2119
      @ghostytrickster2119 Před 5 lety

      👌

    • @bassdrumflextime1253
      @bassdrumflextime1253 Před 5 lety

      Jeez I have a 300 watt 8 inch sub it was so loud!!

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  • @howwasthatnotaheadshot2421
    @howwasthatnotaheadshot2421 Před 4 lety +68

    7:41 what mad lad was finding his phone number with that sound like wtf

    • @Silentguy_
      @Silentguy_ Před 4 lety +31

      He had to mute out the original sound. The individual tones, like when dialing on a keypad, all have their own unique sound. That’s how automated phone systems can do stuff like “Press a number to be transferred to X department”. So someone was just recording the original dialing tones and then feeding them through an online decoder

    • @AstralSnowstorm6157
      @AstralSnowstorm6157 Před 4 lety +4

      ElectroBASS BOOST

    • @nagitokomaeda3237
      @nagitokomaeda3237 Před 4 lety +2

      BRRRRRRR

    • @redpheonix1000
      @redpheonix1000 Před 4 lety +4

      After that sound you heard there were rapidly changing number tones (like the ones you hear when you press the numbers when dialing) in the muted part. That's how landline phones are able to show you who's calling. That tone sequence is the Caller ID, and people were decoding it manually.

  • @AntedianDignitary
    @AntedianDignitary Před 4 lety +3

    Residential POTS lines are normally-open 48v D.C. circuits, the “hook” is a switch that closes the circuit which allows a dial-tone. Your particular “line” is a loop referred to as a “local loop” which terminates at a telephone switch operated by your carrier. In a business, typically you would have a PSTN telephone network that connects to a PBX that directly handles internal calls to extensions, the PBX will also have either an ATA that converts analog to SIP and connects back to an IPPBX in a VoIP system in a hybrid network or to a 23 channel PRI, usually a T1 interface back to your carrier for external calls. From that point on the infrastructure will remain the same as a residential one except businesses typically have multiple lines/subsequent numbers. The infrastructure within the walls of your company will typically fed by a 25 or 50 pair whip punched down into one or several 66 block(s), or 110 block(s) depending on the architecture of the network. Those blocks can be daisy chained/piggy backed together or be fed directly into another 25 or 50 pair amphenol whip connected to a voice gateway and out to a provider. T1 PRIs are significant because they are 24 channel circuits (in North America) at 1.544mbps bandwidth that operate at a set rate (hence PRI “primary rate interface”) controlled by the DS0 or framing channel which allows the line to operate at a set and predictable rate (enabling a clear voice call)....could go on for days

  • @aurisfpv3201
    @aurisfpv3201 Před 5 lety +810

    R.I.P Electroboom
    Got killed by floor lamp
    Press "F" to pay respects

  • @LeBonkJordan
    @LeBonkJordan Před 6 lety +106

    7:40 the new XXXTENTACION song sounds great

  • @Cotronixco
    @Cotronixco Před 4 lety +3

    I always inserted a small 1:1 transformer to eliminate potential for ground faults. That way the signal can be used as in input to any device.

  • @johnnybaughman7593
    @johnnybaughman7593 Před 4 lety

    Love your talent with the eyebrow...cracks me up every time

  • @pebblelemon
    @pebblelemon Před 6 lety +174

    7:40 I'm permanently deaf now

  • @NeboscloneStudio
    @NeboscloneStudio Před 5 lety +134

    I'm pretty sure you already know that but I'm going to say it anyway: The camera outputs DC voltage, because it was designed to support electret microphones. :)

    • @AmigosOfTheTrail
      @AmigosOfTheTrail Před 4 lety +14

      phantom power?

    • @-72-17
      @-72-17 Před 4 lety +3

      Не очаквах да те намеря тук.

    • @oniruddhoalam2039
      @oniruddhoalam2039 Před 4 lety +2

      @@AmigosOfTheTrail It is not phantom power, the electret microphones have a small field effect transistor to amplify its output.

    • @alexroper5250
      @alexroper5250 Před 2 lety

      @@AmigosOfTheTrail yes

  • @Vgp-rp4iu
    @Vgp-rp4iu Před 4 lety +2

    This guy is awesome. It makes my head hurt Everytime I watch a video but the guy is a genius. Makes everything look so easy and I would have no idea where to even begin lol

  • @darwinrisdon7141
    @darwinrisdon7141 Před 4 lety +2

    I like this guy. He's funny, entertaining and knows his electronics.

  • @LukasFink1
    @LukasFink1 Před 6 lety +9

    I like your community for decoding your phone number from the recording. They not only know how caller id works, they even make the effort to download the video, cut out the important part and then decode it just for fun.

  • @ostapkurtash6359
    @ostapkurtash6359 Před 6 lety +15

    I was actually studying this this semester in my uni and we had some lab classes about this but still I find this video very educative given the way you approach this. Thank you for existing. Can't wait for more videos of yours :)

  • @DaCracky
    @DaCracky Před 4 lety +22

    6:47 The Tension was immense! Suddenly lamp

  • @TechNoLogicallyTechie
    @TechNoLogicallyTechie Před 4 lety +2

    You are doing great.👍👍😎.keep making videos .I am big fan of your informative channel.

  • @WorldOfZeroDevelopment
    @WorldOfZeroDevelopment Před 6 lety +478

    "Never set a bad example"...
    ...have you watched any of your other videos?

    • @DustInComp
      @DustInComp Před 6 lety +50

      "Never set a bad example"
      "Wiretap Phone Line DIY"

    • @kyorem474
      @kyorem474 Před 6 lety +2

      Lol

    • @thomaslax39
      @thomaslax39 Před 6 lety +4

      But he says dont try this at home 😉

    • @h37s3m
      @h37s3m Před 6 lety +13

      ....that's the joke

    • @okktok
      @okktok Před 6 lety +2

      Sherlock Holmes

  • @kaitlyn__L
    @kaitlyn__L Před 6 lety +35

    The DC output on the camera's input could be to power electret mics. I recently saw a video where someone found some of their cameras did, and some didn't, and none of them documented that being the case.

    • @SergioEduP
      @SergioEduP Před 6 lety +2

      Kit Vitae also possibly some other addons from the camera's brand

    • @russdill
      @russdill Před 6 lety +2

      In any case, I'd add a cap to both ends of the pairs. If the low side of the circuit drops down to -45V, you are in for a super good time.

    • @meowcula
      @meowcula Před 6 lety

      Probably phantom power for condenser mics. Pretty common in pro audio. it would be 48V if so.

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz Před 6 lety +1

      It's probably not for professional condenser mics which take 48V nominal (usually work from 9V or 12V and up, so much of the cheaper phantom host gear doesn't bother with full nominal voltage), but for electret capsules, which take something like 2-5V via a couple kOhm current limiting resistor. It might be conditional, i.e. they might be measuring the impedance of the microphone, but you normally expect electret mics to be directly supported by cameras.

    • @meowcula
      @meowcula Před 6 lety

      Makes sense, its been ages since i've used a camera, either way it's to power active (non-dynamic) mics. I remember there being a phantom setting on the Canon SLII but again, this was ages ago and likely things have changed a lot toward lower voltage active mics.

  • @chrisward4209
    @chrisward4209 Před 4 lety

    Very very well done for your help with school and education

  • @erika002
    @erika002 Před 4 lety +79

    Mehdi: _"How to Wiretap a Phone Line using DIY Circuit"_
    CIA: *CIAwouldliketoknowyourlocation.exe*
    Also CIA: *_manipulates floor lamp using psychic telekinesis agents to assassinate Mehdi_*

  • @samuelzucker1197
    @samuelzucker1197 Před 5 lety +705

    4:56 when your doing math homework

  • @SauROnmiKE
    @SauROnmiKE Před 6 lety +28

    Saw the reason you reuploaded the video. Really didn't know this could be done.
    Stay safe Great Rectifier!

  • @yogeshjangid4430
    @yogeshjangid4430 Před 4 lety

    Thnks for giving so much practical knowledge ....

  • @monte6amuels
    @monte6amuels Před 3 lety

    Your videos make me 10x happier

  • @rydzu5519
    @rydzu5519 Před 6 lety +59

    7:04 First time i didn't expect what happened

  • @ChillFrost
    @ChillFrost Před 6 lety +137

    @4:57 *MEHDITATION*

    • @ChadKakashi
      @ChadKakashi Před 5 lety +3

      YOUR MEHDITATION MAKES ME HIGH.

    • @ChillFrost
      @ChillFrost Před 5 lety +7

      @@ChadKakashi thanks to FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIAAAAAH

    • @funeveryday4335
      @funeveryday4335 Před 5 lety +2

      @@ChillFrost NEHDITATION.that name of his channel makes me laugh😂😂

  • @yukarifloof8267
    @yukarifloof8267 Před 3 lety +5

    electroboom: *can finally have a video where he doesnt get hurt*
    lamp: *im gonna do whats called a pro gamer move.*

  • @arubaguy2733
    @arubaguy2733 Před rokem +6

    CZcams needs more of this kind of content provider.
    Sites like TikTok, Troom Troom, and 5-Minute Crafts rot the brain.

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek Před 6 lety +331

    0:57 I T *H E R T Z*

  • @amtrak706
    @amtrak706 Před 5 lety +122

    7:30 hmm let’s turn it up a bit to hear the phone line
    *h r b l g r b l h b r l g b*
    Lmao

  • @Spoony412
    @Spoony412 Před 16 dny

    Human Antenna remote neural monitor video would be a life saver. Brain mapping remotely. Great piece of knowledge here thanks

  • @sl0ptart
    @sl0ptart Před 7 měsíci

    I used to do this by just wiring the ring and tip wire directly into a mic port on a recording device. No circuit or resistor just straight in. Always worked fine for me.

  • @andreapasca345
    @andreapasca345 Před 6 lety +30

    5:30 smoothest "full bridge rectifier" of history

  • @Eagles_Eye
    @Eagles_Eye Před 6 lety +68

    "why is it that everytime you call i die a little" ahahaha xD

    • @thomasthouin6500
      @thomasthouin6500 Před 6 lety +2

      Eagles_Eye it's "why is it I die a little every time you call"

    • @nutzboi
      @nutzboi Před 5 lety

      It's already at 69 likes, I can't like sorry!

  • @vladlisnic2730
    @vladlisnic2730 Před 5 měsíci

    bro got the same camera, nice work even after 5 years i still enjoy it

  • @whitesapphire5865
    @whitesapphire5865 Před rokem +1

    I like the look of those keysight 'scopes, but just can't afford one right now, but that said, there should be plenty of older 'scopes on eBay etc.
    I remember building a similar circuit many years ago, but never really got it to work properly. I seem to recall that it prevented anyone from making outgoing calls - Not a bad result really, considering that I was the one paying the phone bill!

  • @Topy44
    @Topy44 Před 6 lety +5

    ElectroBOOM, the DC voltage you see from the camera as soon as you start recording is the supply voltage for electret microphone capsules. It is commonly called "plug-in power" and is present on the microphone input of almost all consumer devices since the 80s, like walkmans, PC soundcards and laptops, cameras, etc.

  • @lukamilosevic8947
    @lukamilosevic8947 Před 6 lety +4

    I have very little knowledge of electronics but I love watching your videos, but in order to understand all of the components I need to rewatch the basics every ~ 6 months, so explaining each component on these small circuits can actually be veeeery good for you on a long run, your videos probably will be used in schools worldwide. Also you can just add a layer of text on the video, just copy paste each time you edit for the circuit component you are talking about, or just ELI5 all of the circuit. I am IT engineer and love your videos, I know you prepare for them but honestly they are way more entertaining to people that learned this stuff in school.

  • @Sunstriderko
    @Sunstriderko Před 4 lety

    last two days im on a marathon of your videos and in every video u giveaway those scopes. Like every keysight scope I will ever see will be from your giveaways lol

  • @myguitardidyermom212
    @myguitardidyermom212 Před rokem

    Theoretically, you could connect a speaker and a microphone to the phone line, then add a switch to connect and disconnect the load to tap out pulses to dial out like an old rotary phone (at least in the US, pulse dialing is still supported).

  • @baxter7784
    @baxter7784 Před 5 lety +48

    7:40 I WANT THAT KIND OF HOME PHONE RINGTONE

    • @doramilitiakatiemelody1875
      @doramilitiakatiemelody1875 Před 3 lety +1

      It's the Voltage to ring the Bells on a Rotary phone and early Touch Tone Phone's

    • @ore9150
      @ore9150 Před 3 měsíci

      Ring the bell rem8x with seesaw​@@doramilitiakatiemelody1875

  • @xKatjaxPurrsx
    @xKatjaxPurrsx Před 6 lety +35

    Haha! When I was a kid i wired an extension to my mom's sewing room so that we could have computer with email (mom said Internet was the devil.) Everything was fine until someone called us and I got surprised by 160 volts:P Of course I didn't realize exactly why this had happened until I went to the library the next day to search Altavista.
    My efforts were rewarded by discovering a problem with Juno's ad proxy software where there was a particular ad that gave me unrestricted Internet access at home, hence I learned being electrocuted is a good thing :)

  • @doriantech9064
    @doriantech9064 Před 4 lety +1

    0:54 Phone lines into tongue.. I don't know if it's good or not.
    Good video! Keep it up.

  • @dodge1629
    @dodge1629 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice video, but If I was about to design something that I want to make sure don't destroy my "camera", I would use a Optocoupler to separate the external source !

  • @johngrey5806
    @johngrey5806 Před 6 lety +18

    4:57 had to watch this part over and over. Brilliant!

    • @nickmandarino8234
      @nickmandarino8234 Před 5 lety

      That's what companies expect their engineers to do when they hire them haha

  • @klmusic9132
    @klmusic9132 Před 5 lety +19

    7:07 IM IN TEARS!! XD

  • @ramzi-sah
    @ramzi-sah Před 4 lety

    this chanel is gold

  • @protim9947
    @protim9947 Před 4 lety

    I really like the way you say 'FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!'

  • @ryanhillier7064
    @ryanhillier7064 Před 5 lety +105

    I using headphones at 7:40. (Earrape). Lol

  • @user-og8hz1iz8k
    @user-og8hz1iz8k Před rokem +1

    The force with which electricity hits you depends not only on the voltage, but also on the amount of current (just in case).

  • @drivethelightning
    @drivethelightning Před 4 lety

    School giveaways sound like a great idea, that's cool

  • @jasontwynn7356
    @jasontwynn7356 Před 5 lety +4

    The lamp falling was great 👍. Love your content! Keep it up ☝👍

  • @holydoggo7925
    @holydoggo7925 Před 5 lety +28

    3:01 haha remembered my child hood

  • @traofficial0015
    @traofficial0015 Před 2 lety +12

    7:52 he sounds like from a film in 80s

  • @caydengordon3146
    @caydengordon3146 Před 4 lety +1

    I wonder if electro boom could do a video on how cb works, or hooking a cb radio to something it’s not supposed to be hooked up to

  • @RamLaska
    @RamLaska Před 5 lety +43

    3:00 ROFL!! I want this for my ringtone!! 😂😂😂

  • @JohnHessGA
    @JohnHessGA Před 5 lety +4

    You always deliver the BOOM! Thanks

  • @biboKralle
    @biboKralle Před 4 lety +1

    :O Wow! In Germany we switched to complete VoIP quite a while ago already. So I think this wouldn't have been possible here to experiment like that. And I thought we were back in stoneage since we barely anywhere have fiber to the building...

  • @fenzy6433
    @fenzy6433 Před 3 lety

    Nice videos, electroboom ! I always laugh at one video.