Making 500,000 VOLT ARC with Marx Generator

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  • You can make a Lightening Bolt with a Marx Generator! I’m ZEUS!!
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  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday Před 3 lety +6512

    Imma level with you. That's TERRIFYING.

    • @vagss7633
      @vagss7633 Před 3 lety +21

      Agree

    • @RadPotat
      @RadPotat Před 3 lety +46

      So, When are you gonna do something like this

    • @frjon7729
      @frjon7729 Před 3 lety +16

      Wow ur here??

    • @underhacker4221
      @underhacker4221 Před 3 lety +2

      U right

    • @Joel-bj8om
      @Joel-bj8om Před 3 lety +28

      This is one way of introducing horror without supernatural factors. Eventhough im only watching Mehdi, i can still feel the pressure and anxiety building up. Paranoia kicking in.

  • @icyexe860
    @icyexe860 Před 3 lety +2366

    “it can kill you”
    “Let me show you how”

  • @sayori3939
    @sayori3939 Před rokem +326

    0:56 that's the nastiest shock he's received alongside the Jacob's ladder

    • @Emirhan_331
      @Emirhan_331 Před rokem +2

      mouse.avi

    • @Emirhan_331
      @Emirhan_331 Před rokem +2

      Google feud

    • @sayori3939
      @sayori3939 Před rokem +1

      @@Emirhan_331 you're using my curiosity to kill me :0 but sadly i already know about those

    • @zypher1783
      @zypher1783 Před rokem +2

      @@sayori3939 so that's what happened to Sayori in DDLC, she saw too much.

    • @sayori3939
      @sayori3939 Před rokem

      @@zypher1783 lmao

  • @rickbailey7183
    @rickbailey7183 Před rokem +601

    There was a guy in my HS physics class that built a massive capacitor… like 3 feet (1 meter) long. It was similar to EB’s “tiny” capacitor in that it was aluminum foil rolled up with wax paper as the dielectric. He charged it up, and because in and of itself the charging doesn’t appear impressive, he decided to discharge it… himself. It threw him about 7 feet onto the floor. The class was impressed, he was… ‘ok’… and I believe he got an “A”.
    Come to think of it… that very well may have been ElectroBOOM…!

    • @ChickenSDS
      @ChickenSDS Před rokem +26

      Anything for the A

    • @Mechanarian
      @Mechanarian Před rokem

      How did an electric discharge throw him back?, did he discharge it with a pipe bomb?

    • @MrCh0o
      @MrCh0o Před rokem +19

      Thank god he didn't get an L

    • @F.R.E.D.D2986
      @F.R.E.D.D2986 Před rokem +1

      Why would it push him back though?

    • @microk7648
      @microk7648 Před rokem +4

      ElectroBOOm origins story

  • @thememegeneer5716
    @thememegeneer5716 Před 3 lety +2897

    Mehdi: *stands up super high voltage death tower*
    Everyone: *flashback to the jacob's ladder incident*

  • @JoelCreates
    @JoelCreates Před 3 lety +14628

    It's a true Marx generator only if it seizes the means of arc production

    • @GatileoGatilei
      @GatileoGatilei Před 3 lety +78

      Hey Joel.

    • @SuperAWaC
      @SuperAWaC Před 3 lety +303

      and only works in peoples imaginations?

    • @jimmycarburator2012
      @jimmycarburator2012 Před 3 lety +54

      Please make a javelin shooter that shoots capacitor charged javelins and works with high preassure

    • @eduardo6296
      @eduardo6296 Před 3 lety +48

      This... This is absolute gold

    • @Len_M.
      @Len_M. Před 3 lety +61

      Does it later claim the Male and Female ends don’t exist?

  • @grapesoda8113
    @grapesoda8113 Před 5 měsíci +30

    1:04 the way he talks after getting shocked, he doesn’t sound angry or upset at all, just disappointed with his nearly lethal accident

    • @n646n
      @n646n Před 12 dny +2

      He was angry after jacob's ladder

  • @zinova8252
    @zinova8252 Před rokem +29

    0:57 that's the fastest I've seen anyone move lmao

  • @jowilkingdelrosario3531
    @jowilkingdelrosario3531 Před 3 lety +2432

    everyone: I am surprised he is still alive
    Death: Yeah me too

    • @asitmaiti7613
      @asitmaiti7613 Před 3 lety +15

      Right

    • @bca-biciclindcuaxel7527
      @bca-biciclindcuaxel7527 Před 3 lety +24

      I am not surprised ! Electrical Engineer here :))

    • @michaeljamesreyes6792
      @michaeljamesreyes6792 Před 3 lety +10

      I'm surprised that he can handle electricity Wat a smart guy

    • @garzi93it
      @garzi93it Před 3 lety +12

      I guess she's afraid to get a shock through her scythe, when she tries to reap him.

    • @HanSolo__
      @HanSolo__ Před 3 lety +10

      DEATH SPEAKS OLNY WITH UPPERCASE LETTERS

  • @CyrisCloete
    @CyrisCloete Před 3 lety +3927

    Imagine being ElectroBOOM's wife, constantly hearing this stuff from the across the house wondering if this was it, was this the shock that killed him.

    • @Dragonrider616
      @Dragonrider616 Před 3 lety +319

      ElectroBOOM can not die, he is immortal. Even I would fear whatever is capable of taking this guy out.

    • @captaincaption
      @captaincaption Před 3 lety +51

      @@Dragonrider616 time.

    • @meatsmell8639
      @meatsmell8639 Před 3 lety +80

      @@captaincaption The endless march of time inevitably claims all things and is not something to fear or be hindered by.

    • @captaincaption
      @captaincaption Před 3 lety +18

      @@meatsmell8639 I don't know if he fears time or not, atleast I don't.

    • @Hanking-Yo-Schrader
      @Hanking-Yo-Schrader Před 3 lety +1

      😂😂lmao

  • @squirrel_killer-
    @squirrel_killer- Před 8 měsíci +4

    That big shock, reminds me when I was under my desk unplugging a UPS to move it from my old power bar that I didn't trust and wanted to replace (it was rated for 12 amps, I prefer everything matches or is higher than the 15 amps of a wall outlet due to a fire in the past). The plug was being stubborn and I was twisting my body in an uncomfortable way to access it. To brace myself for balance I grabbed my desk, a steel desk, not thinking as I pulled out the plug and as it came out my finger slipped and touched one of the prongs. I didn't feel the shock in my hand or arms. I felt it in my chest back of my neck as that was pressed against part of the desk as well and ended up getting kicked back by it.
    My roommate was a paramedic and I yelled for them to come check me, said I took current across the chest and to give me a check over to confirm that my racing heart was just panic, I was having short term vision issues as well and wasn't able to move correctly and apparently had slurred speech. They looked me over and then informed me that it wasn't my heart that had them worried, it was that my breathing and voice told them my diaphragm was still acting up and my behavior meant my brain got some electroshock therapy. Took me 15 minutes to get to normal again.
    When I went back to work they grabbed a dog chain and forced me to use it to ground myself on the same arm that I was pulling plugs with.

  • @geoffgrove565
    @geoffgrove565 Před 8 měsíci +79

    Thanks I love your experiments especially the high voltage ones. You are so funny! But also very clever. Love your channel keep up the great work!!! Geoff

  • @benedikuto_
    @benedikuto_ Před 3 lety +828

    0:56 It scared the shit out of me when he grabbed his heart. Please take care, we don’t want to loose you Mehdi.

    • @TheCodGod420_
      @TheCodGod420_ Před 3 lety +52

      Right i was like oh shit he really got got 💀

    • @zionlehnert3089
      @zionlehnert3089 Před 3 lety +62

      "the moment you realize you fucked up"...
      No serious Mehdi we love u, and don't wanna lose uuuuuuuu🥺

    • @ruby_R53
      @ruby_R53 Před 3 lety +66

      jacob's ladder flashback

    • @crazyksp8344
      @crazyksp8344 Před 3 lety +7

      @@ruby_R53 oh god

    • @RoverFlushed
      @RoverFlushed Před 3 lety +1

      @@zionlehnert3089 no

  • @nemovulture
    @nemovulture Před 3 lety +401

    7:44 "I can raise the power supply to give it more voltage..." - Marx generator starts playing drum solo

  • @miscreant67
    @miscreant67 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I used to use one of these in real life in the high voltage lab in Pirelli. We used it to lightning test underground high voltage cable samples up to 2.2 megavolts, it made quite the bang.

  • @bluerie._.3021
    @bluerie._.3021 Před rokem +70

    This guy surviving these videos is like a testament to multiverse theory combined with the infinite monkey theorem. There is no way he could survive without so many universes to have come first where he hadn't.

  • @entechcore
    @entechcore Před 3 lety +464

    Normal person: "Never do __, you could die!"
    ElectroBOOM: *proceeds to do __*
    Also ElectroBOOM: "I almost died! Here's how:"

    • @jajafeez7318
      @jajafeez7318 Před 3 lety +11

      dude "i almost died, here's how" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 i laugh so loud

    • @imbadatgames5179
      @imbadatgames5179 Před 3 lety +1

      Deserves most likes, awesome comment

    • @nevergonnagiveyouup4665
      @nevergonnagiveyouup4665 Před 3 lety

      d r u g s

    • @baronvonfritz
      @baronvonfritz Před 3 lety

      OMG SO PERFECT!! NOT ENOUGH THUMBS UP FOR THIS COMMENT!

    • @Mattlexic
      @Mattlexic Před 3 lety +1

      To the neurodivergent people like me, the joke is that Mehdi teaches people not to attempt certain dangerous electrical acts by attempting them himself while maintaining his safety.

  • @FlaminDuster3772
    @FlaminDuster3772 Před 3 lety +2877

    0:57 Okay, in comparison to other shocks on his channel, this is one of the most lethal here. He didn't even get to curse properly, which shows how lethal and painful that shock was. He could've easily suffered cardiac arrest.

    • @onerandombruh
      @onerandombruh Před 3 lety +375

      My man took a great risk just to keep us entertained.

    • @Calebb5241
      @Calebb5241 Před 3 lety +89

      Theres no way he moved that fast thoo 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀

    • @rolandcaters7258
      @rolandcaters7258 Před 3 lety +442

      @@Calebb5241 it was just his arms? You’d be surprised how much force your muscles can generate when *all* of your muscles are active instead of the standard 3-5%. You know how people can get goddamn flung back by electric shocks? All of that force is coming from our own muscles

    • @AnonHooman
      @AnonHooman Před 3 lety +82

      @@rolandcaters7258 just rewatched that and that's like light speed lmao
      I definitely believe it's possible but hoooly

    • @417Owsy
      @417Owsy Před 3 lety +51

      @@AnonHooman his arms also did that in the celebration arcs thing

  • @favesongslist
    @favesongslist Před rokem

    Love it, Happy Christmas.
    I would have loved to see a second gap sparking due to the Radio energy generated.

  • @electrify_games
    @electrify_games Před rokem +2

    Man you explain that complex circuit very easily...👏👏

  • @TheConjurersTower
    @TheConjurersTower Před 3 lety +675

    Marx Generator: **exists**
    Electrons: "We have nothing to lose but our chains!"

    • @miri8851
      @miri8851 Před 3 lety +32

      The Conjurer's Tower
      protonletariat ...

    • @emanuelxavier9923
      @emanuelxavier9923 Před 3 lety +1

      🤣🤣

    • @amare2657
      @amare2657 Před 3 lety +6

      But it does make a nice beat 7:46

    • @XXveny
      @XXveny Před 3 lety +14

      Marx Generator: up to 1000 revolutions per minute

    • @glifwsatti
      @glifwsatti Před 3 lety +5

      OUR generator

  • @mrhentai7598
    @mrhentai7598 Před 3 lety +376

    10:47. Is anyone else having Jacob's ladder flashback xD

  • @romycruz4498
    @romycruz4498 Před rokem +3

    your insanely brave man experimenting on such a high voltage . i work as electrician too though i admit i i'm afraid of electricity and even has a phobia for years after suffering from electric shock due to carelessness like you've shown.

    • @xion1629
      @xion1629 Před rokem

      Fear keeps ya alive 🤙

  • @MarkBowenPiano
    @MarkBowenPiano Před 8 měsíci +1

    We used to make these in electronics classes though we used the classic Cockroft Walton multiplier circuit where you use diodes and caps instead. The smell of ozone coming off them was pretty full on from what I remember!!

  • @clickbait7396
    @clickbait7396 Před 3 lety +961

    11:23 *Yes. It's called death.*

    • @germoadok9034
      @germoadok9034 Před 3 lety +13

      Ur called adopted

    • @TheOneWhoGames1
      @TheOneWhoGames1 Před 3 lety +7

      That means his/her parents wanted him/her

    • @germoadok9034
      @germoadok9034 Před 3 lety +1

      @@clickbait7396 yes

    • @germoadok9034
      @germoadok9034 Před 3 lety +2

      Me no how to spoll

    • @ijdtechno5980
      @ijdtechno5980 Před 3 lety +4

      @@germoadok9034 Who knew that josh stands for “Trying to insult and trying to be a Cool and popular guy because of his insult”

  • @gabrielmandel743
    @gabrielmandel743 Před 3 lety +373

    That "is for me"part killed me lmao

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku Před 3 lety

      GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! I watched this video and it is really not that good compared to my perfect videos. GAGAGAGAGA!!! This is NOT self-promotion! This is the reality! This is the world! We are the people! Don't disl****ke my vide*****s, my dear gab

    • @mensuusxd
      @mensuusxd Před 3 lety +3

      True xD

    • @mensuusxd
      @mensuusxd Před 3 lety +10

      @@AxxLAfriku dafok

    • @theimperfectgod7140
      @theimperfectgod7140 Před 3 lety +10

      @@AxxLAfriku
      Go away with your severe brain damage 🗿

    • @neodimium
      @neodimium Před 3 lety +2

      6:26

  • @yousuketanabe1207
    @yousuketanabe1207 Před měsícem

    わかりやすい解説ありがとうございます。
    感電しないように気をつけながら自分も作ってみたいと思いました。

  • @j-1176
    @j-1176 Před 8 měsíci +1

    You can tell Mehdi simply wings it with the script. He has no papers, no rehearsing, he just talks. That's a good thing, since it shows what all he knows and remembers of electricity, and it also makes the "Do not try this at home" part seem much more caring.

  • @PhilipHubbe
    @PhilipHubbe Před 3 lety +366

    Me a EE student: Cool, what can you do with it?
    Mehdi: Can't you see it's sexy?!?

    • @aestheticmizo6444
      @aestheticmizo6444 Před 3 lety +4

      True as fuck

    • @johanneslinnemann6660
      @johanneslinnemann6660 Před 3 lety +3

      And it sound like a big old engine starting 😜

    • @01Fratricide
      @01Fratricide Před 3 lety +2

      Crowd Control/Tactical Baton... a really mean cattle prod, but god forbid, if it ever taken from you and used you. Firing unit for explosive bridge wire aka "EBW Firing Unit" (used to ignite solid rock motor of all sizes... Hobby Military and NASA, they all use them

    • @voltfilms684
      @voltfilms684 Před 3 lety +1

      True 👌🏻🤣

    • @tanyafigueroa6048
      @tanyafigueroa6048 Před 3 lety

      👍

  • @Povilaz
    @Povilaz Před 3 lety +356

    When he said that he'll mount it on some plexi glass to make it vertical I immediately got flashbacks to "the Jacobs ladder incident"

    • @taunokekkonen5733
      @taunokekkonen5733 Před 3 lety +21

      That actually seemed like a dangerous accident. As most of his 'accidents' are acted and planned.

    • @troygrant5418
      @troygrant5418 Před 3 lety +2

      @@taunokekkonen5733 that must be why I...,..

    • @anunayy
      @anunayy Před 3 lety +7

      @@taunokekkonen5733 My guess is that one was actually unplanned. weirdly enough just the look of it doesn't look as dangerous as this situation to a amateur. while it is actually the opposite.

    • @Povilaz
      @Povilaz Před 3 lety +6

      @@taunokekkonen5733 yeah ofcourse it was an accident you could see his hands shaking like hell

    • @deltab9768
      @deltab9768 Před 3 lety +5

      Yeah that was scary if it happened the way it looked. Microwave Transformers have claimed a lot of lives.

  • @Bob-tz1zp
    @Bob-tz1zp Před rokem +2

    Thank you for putting your time and effort into this, never have I found myself maniacally laughing at an educational video till I delved into this channel

  • @DrBrett
    @DrBrett Před rokem +24

    9:06 the moment in the film where the experiment goes wrong and a supervillain is made

  • @firenado4295
    @firenado4295 Před 3 lety +851

    everyone in a 100 metre radius: why is there such bad cell service around here
    meanwhile:

    • @stevencarlson5422
      @stevencarlson5422 Před 3 lety +65

      This would have been fun back in the day of old tv signal or radio would be messed up in a city block lol

    • @cbccubebycube4294
      @cbccubebycube4294 Před 3 lety +4

      👍yup

    • @firenado4295
      @firenado4295 Před 3 lety +8

      @@stevencarlson5422 yeah hahaha reminds me of my dad yelling at me when i was playing with a motorised toy car when he was watching the news as it screwed the picture

    • @5roundsrapid263
      @5roundsrapid263 Před 3 lety +2

      @@firenado4295 Old analog VHF TV... I remember running a vacuum cleaner would do the same thing.

    • @Allahbkool
      @Allahbkool Před 3 lety

      @@stevencarlson5422 👍 it’s actually illegal to transmit with spark gaps now!

  • @matthewtalbot-paine7977
    @matthewtalbot-paine7977 Před 3 lety +744

    "Cleary I haven't learnt my lesson" he says electrifying himself for the 1 millionth time.

    • @knowyoshiz7525
      @knowyoshiz7525 Před 3 lety +2

      Ikr its great

    • @SPFLDAngler
      @SPFLDAngler Před 3 lety +5

      1 million is way too low of a number. 1 million is just the amount of times he's done it before creating a CZcams channel over 6 years ago or more.

    • @scotthale7857
      @scotthale7857 Před 3 lety

      @@SPFLDAngler so you should be electrified 1,000,000 every month? So thats basically 3,600,000,000 and that's only a year

    • @motazfawzi2504
      @motazfawzi2504 Před 3 lety +1

      If you don't know he isn't talking about general shocking, he is specifically talking about the incident.

    • @matthewtalbot-paine7977
      @matthewtalbot-paine7977 Před 3 lety

      @@motazfawzi2504 All right buzz killington

  • @rickgrech5577
    @rickgrech5577 Před 9 měsíci +8

    It's amazing you've made physics fun. His reactions to the output sparks is priceless .

  • @austinkotz9233
    @austinkotz9233 Před rokem

    He shows you exactly what not to do and what can happen if done the wrong way! Than explains how to do it the right way! Amazing teacher and also comedian , super awesome videos

  • @everythingok1123
    @everythingok1123 Před 3 lety +2034

    This is literally the most comfortable and fun way to learn something about electronics

    • @kavensku_baudejas
      @kavensku_baudejas Před 3 lety +78

      While watching someone almost die from electricity?

    • @andrejvukovic4224
      @andrejvukovic4224 Před 3 lety +20

      Not for him lol

    • @owenieronimo3385
      @owenieronimo3385 Před 3 lety +23

      @@kavensku_baudejas yes

    • @dirtyasswhiteboi
      @dirtyasswhiteboi Před 3 lety +42

      @@kavensku_baudejas lol he does most of those things on purpose he said its his kink in an old video

    • @beanboy9029
      @beanboy9029 Před 3 lety +2

      @@dirtyasswhiteboi yeh sometimes he does it not on purpose doe

  • @disobeysilver6460
    @disobeysilver6460 Před 3 lety +930

    Mans just restarted his heart n said “damn burnt my finger too”

  • @ernestoterrazas3480
    @ernestoterrazas3480 Před rokem

    Very interesting experiment, congratulations and that you for shearing you big knowledge

  • @texivani
    @texivani Před rokem +18

    Man, I really love this channel, my second-hand terror actually helps cement the lessons.
    When you reached for the blue capacitor, I knew right away "Wait no! You didn't discharge it! D:"

  • @snailsaredumb9412
    @snailsaredumb9412 Před 3 lety +3815

    He's so good at making electronics, that he can pretend to know nothing "safely"

    • @edma06
      @edma06 Před 3 lety +102

      Fake or not, it’s funny AF so idc

    • @TheFreak111
      @TheFreak111 Před 3 lety +84

      @@edma06 I do care, it's very good for entertainment so I like that he does it.

    • @matasmorkunas5531
      @matasmorkunas5531 Před 3 lety +5

      Yeah did he read the safety book?

    • @4rsh193
      @4rsh193 Před 3 lety +16

      I like how he's super calm at the beginning and as soon as its anything remotely interesting AAAAAA

    • @darkshadowsx5949
      @darkshadowsx5949 Před 3 lety +38

      i dont think he shocked himself on purpose in this video. High voltage at a point it gets incredibly painful and makes 120v and even 240v seem like a friendly flirt.
      i've been shocked by a capacitor circuit that felt like my arm was crushed. I could still feel it for hours as the pain slowly faded. it can cause some nerve damage as well.
      he gets squeamish in videos when he tries to shock himself on purpose. involuntarily throwing a screwdriver or striking a odd pose at break neck speed may be funny to you but its very painful and dangerous. it would be incredibly stupid to subject oneself to this kind of torture on purpose.
      if he said he's done it on purpose its likely not all true. its easy to forget a circuit is live when its doesn't do anything or while plugging it in.

  • @ashwinc3789
    @ashwinc3789 Před 3 lety +1249

    This guy is a prime example for " genius goes hand in hand with crazy".

  • @simontopley4771
    @simontopley4771 Před 6 měsíci

    I worked in a company making power supplies, when we did high voltage power supplies, they needed to be tested before they were potted, so we used flourinert this stopped all arcing, enabled us to probe for testing etc, it was truly a magical fluid, in your case, i'd have had the spark gaps just above the surface of the fluid, it looks mad, sticking high voltage electronics into what looks like water.

  • @pumpkin1998
    @pumpkin1998 Před 4 měsíci +1

    this marx generator implies that you could put many many more of these in a longer chain and get some truly massive arcs. it would probably even sound like a thunderclap too as it went off, but i imagine it would take a much longer time to charge fully. it would also probably be the super-sized equivalent of a bug zapper if you got too close, though.

  • @matthewrskinner
    @matthewrskinner Před 3 lety +1092

    Whenever the lights flicker in Vancouver I wonder what Mehdi is up to.
    Edit: He posts the videos on his Pateron before they go live here. I strongly suggest supporting him!

    • @mattblank9302
      @mattblank9302 Před 3 lety +5

      Dude best comment award

    • @yousefnashwan3366
      @yousefnashwan3366 Před 3 lety +5

      Well, its obvious that he is shocking himself.

    • @mattblank9302
      @mattblank9302 Před 3 lety +2

      @@yousefnashwan3366 that is a valid assumption whenever he makes a video

    • @germanman8065
      @germanman8065 Před 3 lety +7

      It says you commented 20 hours ago on a 12-minute old video?

    • @purpleapple4052
      @purpleapple4052 Před 3 lety +6

      @@germanman8065 patreons get early access to videos

  • @akshayvenugopalan2940
    @akshayvenugopalan2940 Před 3 lety +424

    How I want my drum solo to be like - 7:46
    When I actually do it - 8:27

  • @user-zj6pt8bw2h
    @user-zj6pt8bw2h Před 7 měsíci

    This dudes is fantastic in delivering complex information in a that make your brain feel like is desirable and you can’t stop learning! Thx

  • @nielsdewater
    @nielsdewater Před rokem +12

    In this or another video about this Marx generator you argue that the sparks in the gaps go simultaneously because the first one produces ionizing radiation. I think this can be easily tested by placing some 'walls' between the gaps so that the ionizing radiation cannot get to the second one and so on. I actually think the explanation is much easier: When the first gap jumps (which should be a little bit shorter distance than the others, the subsequent gap suddenly has almost twice the voltage it had before and is immediately bound to spark, the subsequent gaps increase even further step by step. This is why they all go `exactly` simultaneously.

    • @8546Ken
      @8546Ken Před rokem

      I would guess that the discharge progresses at the speed of light, even without light radiation.

    • @grantm.9109
      @grantm.9109 Před rokem

      I believe he said it in one of his LaTITY videos, in response to a clip in which someone was using the ionizing radiation produced by a literal radioactive substance to allow arcs to cross a small spark gap.
      There's a lot of EB videos I still haven't seen yet, so he might have also discussed it in other videos.

    • @malectric
      @malectric Před rokem +1

      Right. In fact once the first gap fires the others progressively follow suit in nanoseconds. It's called "erection" in the business.

  • @lout160
    @lout160 Před 3 lety +677

    "Don't try this at home."
    *placing my order for capacitors.*
    0:56
    *Cancelling my order*

  • @Prakhar.yaar.
    @Prakhar.yaar. Před 3 lety +195

    Mehdi: Makes a circuit with high voltage.
    His body: Is it for me👉👈

  • @joegrow9998
    @joegrow9998 Před rokem +1

    AMAZING work Mehdi!! I could be your biggest fan! I'm in the process of learning Electrical Engineering. I Have a question, (hopefully not a dumb one!) Once the spark gaps fire and all the capacitors fall in series, and if capacitors block DC, (I'm trying to understand the flow,) how do the electrons pass the dielectric between plates of the caps? In order for them to add up, and even be in series!?.

  • @coastersaga
    @coastersaga Před rokem

    I've tried to make my own using 1M resistors, 100pF capacitors, and reverse-biased 2.6-volt Zener diodes instead of spark gaps. I used Zener diodes because normal diodes would not even come close to the breakdown voltage when the circuit is running off a nine-volt block battery. Plus, the Zener diodes would have a more controlled breakdown, and I wouldn't be exposed to any high voltage sparks or arcing.

  • @yfitv
    @yfitv Před 3 lety +519

    Girls:- We live longer than boys
    This guy:- yeah let me demonstrate .

    • @MrPyrhus
      @MrPyrhus Před 3 lety

      NAH, this is just how this guy recharges his internal capacitor.

    • @yfitv
      @yfitv Před 3 lety

      @@MrPyrhus Lmfao 😆

  • @erikwoodruff5643
    @erikwoodruff5643 Před 3 lety +122

    6:27 good to see he's keeping up with trends

    • @MrHerhor67
      @MrHerhor67 Před 3 lety +10

      Lmao yeah, I kinda died when he did that xD

    • @ldohlj1
      @ldohlj1 Před 3 lety +6

      I guess he has a younger editor that is a meme God!

    • @dallagen3423
      @dallagen3423 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ldohlj1 he edits his own videos.

    • @ldohlj1
      @ldohlj1 Před 3 lety

      @@dallagen3423 Well he once said something about an "Editor reveal at .... subs"

  • @vibratingstring
    @vibratingstring Před 13 dny

    My father had a 15 kV transformer that we used to play with. I NEVER shocked myself. But we also wired it up properly, used appropriate knifeblade switches with long handles etc.

  • @malectric
    @malectric Před rokem

    Try using chokes instead of resistors as the charging elements. I made mine by winding several layers of plastic-coated wire around ferrite aerial rods. I did when I built Marx Banks years ago. But a word of warning - the arrangement generates huge EMPs. I had to repair a workshop full of damaged equipment after conducting some tests once.

  • @theemms5288
    @theemms5288 Před 3 lety +303

    Mehdi: *builds another tower-type setup*
    Me: *The Incident flashbacks*

    • @Jundas
      @Jundas Před 3 lety +3

      Yuuuuuup

    • @radioactivet-rex286
      @radioactivet-rex286 Před 3 lety +4

      Yup, he almost killed himself lol

    • @adambrosche5894
      @adambrosche5894 Před 3 lety +4

      Pretty sure flashbacks happen with him every time he gets shocked badly like that one lol

    • @Stasiek_Zabojca
      @Stasiek_Zabojca Před 3 lety +3

      @@adambrosche5894 That must be a lot of flashback each time :P

    • @logans811
      @logans811 Před 3 lety

      JACOBS LADDER oh my god, I forgot about that

  • @willlanger4291
    @willlanger4291 Před rokem +1236

    0:57 feels unsettlingly different than the other times he gets shocked in his videos.
    There's no comedic element to this. It seems like he was legitimately panicked and in pain that bordered on being lethal (not saying all the other times they weren't.)
    Absolute legend for including this, showing how terrifying electrical shocks can be for the human body.
    Thank you for what you do Electroboom.

    • @RodrigoRocha-of2xb
      @RodrigoRocha-of2xb Před rokem +81

      Shocks where the current enter by one hand and leave by the other are the worst because the current passes right truth the hearth and make it stop for a time

    • @eggrollsoup
      @eggrollsoup Před rokem +33

      @@RodrigoRocha-of2xb i mean if it goes up/down your leg and to/from an arm or your head, that’s just as lethal

    • @snoozbuster
      @snoozbuster Před rokem +35

      Also the edit where he gets hit by a car and then makes the Minecraft villager death sound cracked me up

    • @labeebfarooqi7548
      @labeebfarooqi7548 Před rokem +17

      I laughed when I played it third time and now I feel bad.

    • @DIN-GOD-OF-ARTIST
      @DIN-GOD-OF-ARTIST Před rokem +1

      Yeah first time i never seen too

  • @rishavraj7988
    @rishavraj7988 Před rokem +1

    Thanks sir.. it's cleared all my doubt.. lots of love from India.

  • @xxxftcxxx
    @xxxftcxxx Před 11 měsíci +1

    I fucking LOVE when you find a new (to you) channel and have a HUGE library to watch and binge!

  • @RamiSlicer
    @RamiSlicer Před 3 lety +368

    Mehdi: hehe this is interesting
    Capacitor: click click
    Mehdi: The charges are flying over air!
    Capacitor: *SKREEEEEEEEEE*

    • @Dragonrider616
      @Dragonrider616 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm still trying to figure out what that weird screech was lol.🤣

    • @Tikorous
      @Tikorous Před 3 lety +4

      After the years of shocks he's a few diodes short of a full-bridge rectifier

    • @DE0.01
      @DE0.01 Před 3 lety +1

      also every xenomorph in the aliens franchise: SKREEEEEEEEEE

    • @sigmasquadleader
      @sigmasquadleader Před 3 lety +1

      Audible frequency of the voltage, like a tone or note.
      If you record it on a slow-mo camera, like 1/8x on most cell phones now, and then listen to the frequency with a piano tuner or instrument tuner, you can multiply it back by 8x and find out a rough frequency.

    • @RyanIsOnYT
      @RyanIsOnYT Před 3 lety

      ElectroBOOM: WHAT DA FAAAAAA

  • @RblxFighter69420
    @RblxFighter69420 Před 3 lety +465

    Mehdi: "Corona Discharge"
    Corona: Wait what

  • @nnezdrav
    @nnezdrav Před 7 měsíci

    Great vid! What did circuit did you use to charge the capacitors?

  • @3800S1
    @3800S1 Před 5 měsíci

    I have 20x 40Kv TDK fist sized ceramic door knob capacitors that I was going to build a CW multiplier but never ended up building anything except for one single stage to test the concept. My input has sparks close to the size of the output on this video. The output on the single test stage is frighting so a 10 stage will be awesome!
    Perhaps a Marx generator might be the way to go as my road block was getting 20x 100Kv high current diodes to deal with the peak loads during discharge. There were some options but would have costed me many $1000s at the risk of still blowing the diodes up. The highest mA microwave diodes worked well but I needed like 5 in a string, so 10 per stage, 100 all up and again, prices too high to justify.
    I suppose resistors are cheap as though and could be the compromise I need to make me tinker with the project finally after 10+ years of having the caps in the box they arrived in.

  • @evertonc1448
    @evertonc1448 Před 3 lety +83

    Me seeing 00:57
    "Well, he grabbed the heart, this is it he finally transcended the phisical plain."

    • @mpo83
      @mpo83 Před měsícem

      Да всё нормально с ним,у него было столько элэктрофорезов что он самый крепкий человек в мире

  • @whiterabbit8981
    @whiterabbit8981 Před 3 lety +1489

    "Honey! The neighbor is trying to open another dimension again!" ~ Karen 2020

  • @fmdj
    @fmdj Před rokem +4

    I re-watch ElectroBOOM's videos periodically and I'm pleased to see I understand them more and more. I remember very well the first time I saw this one, I was amazed but I didn't understand shit. Now it all seems rather clear to me :)
    What would be the impact of having capacitors of lower or higher capacitance if any though?

    • @elderfrost9892
      @elderfrost9892 Před 2 měsíci

      theoretically, assuming they are rated for the same voltage, larger capacitors can hold more charge and therefore will take longer to charge. The arc will also last longer, although it's going to be a difference of a split second to a slightly longer split second. the final voltage should stay the same.
      so pretty much the frequency of the system would slow down with more capacitance and not much else would change, assuming ideal behavior, but arcs aren't exactly ideal anyway.

  • @tenaciousstudios03051
    @tenaciousstudios03051 Před 12 dny

    0:57 I believe what's happened was that when you had both hands on the circuit intended to charge the capacitor, your body wound up being the path of least resistance, which caused you to jump from your seat like that.

    • @tenaciousstudios03051
      @tenaciousstudios03051 Před 12 dny

      Excuse me for replying to my own comment, but I'd like to add that ElectroBOOM jumped from his seat due to the high voltage imparted on his body by the battery which was meant to charge the capacitor.

  • @ananthakrishnans4951
    @ananthakrishnans4951 Před 3 lety +535

    corona can be avoided by increasing distance...
    Electrical engineers: we know

  • @rednassie1101
    @rednassie1101 Před 3 lety +277

    You know a circuit is dangerous when even Electroboom takes proper precaution and doesn't hurt himself using it

    • @andreimiga8101
      @andreimiga8101 Před 3 lety +23

      He probably learned his lesson with the Jacob's ladder :))

    • @thefirstsin
      @thefirstsin Před 3 lety +8

      @@andreimiga8101 I have ptsd🙃

    • @davidtitanium22
      @davidtitanium22 Před 3 lety +9

      @@thefirstsin when he mounted the marx generator vertically i was like "o shit o shit o shit"

    • @thefirstsin
      @thefirstsin Před 3 lety +3

      @@davidtitanium22 I was nervous and sweating seeing him close to those capacitors.

  • @billrowe3350
    @billrowe3350 Před 6 měsíci

    My friend at work showed me this guy I love his content. Your fans love you electric boom

  • @STEVE_C_1369
    @STEVE_C_1369 Před rokem

    Brother,its good to know someone else beside myself knows what a high voltage DC kick feels like.
    I was working on a tesla coil I built from scratch and my primary was 15,500 vdc.
    I forgot to discharge my caps before reaching across the transformer and BOOM !
    I got hit...sent me flying backward into my couch,where the couch and I slid an additional 4 feet backward across the wood floor.
    After I got over the shakes,all I could do was laugh...I was still alive,bwahahahaha!!!
    So...now that we are brothers of the high voltage scar,I am now subscribed.

  • @gameboyjr8768
    @gameboyjr8768 Před 3 lety +260

    Electroboom: almost dies
    Right after: anyway, let’s try that again

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 Před 3 lety +4

      i was soo scared this time because i was like what if it decides to arc to his head instead if he gets a tiny bit too close??? but hes smart and probably has the proper precautions in place

    • @prasoonkumar97
      @prasoonkumar97 Před 3 lety

      Well he knows his stuff pretty good

  • @itselfbookshelfvods1472
    @itselfbookshelfvods1472 Před 3 lety +397

    7:46 dude literally just made a beat with capacitors

    • @ExtremusStupidus
      @ExtremusStupidus Před 3 lety +8

      lmfao

    • @drippinproductions1472
      @drippinproductions1472 Před 3 lety +27

      Better then my school marching band

    • @mhnoni
      @mhnoni Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah, that was one of the best electric show I've ever seen in real life. for real!

    • @SPFLDAngler
      @SPFLDAngler Před 3 lety +2

      He has a tesla coil that literally plays music through arcs... so.. yeah..

    • @khadiel
      @khadiel Před 3 lety

      9:09 I don't know if anyone can hear it too but for me it's A Thousand Miles (a least a part of it)

  • @Stickleback
    @Stickleback Před 6 měsíci

    Your videos are electrifyingly entertaining. Thank you.

  • @rule1dontgosplat
    @rule1dontgosplat Před 13 dny

    Grabbing the HV and ground reminds me of the time I was building a 600W ham radio tube amp. I thought i had unplugged it to work on it, but I had unplugged something else. I grabbed the live plate cap of the final, which was 1000v at .9 amps, while touching the metal frame. It stood me up out of my chair and knocked me loose. I wound up on the floor happy to be alive.

  • @Tsviets
    @Tsviets Před 3 lety +397

    7:46 When voltage becomes a military force and start beating the drums

  • @AndrewDotsonvideos
    @AndrewDotsonvideos Před 3 lety +1600

    *me getting a simple LED circuit to work*
    I'm something of an electrical engineer myself.

    • @vi23a
      @vi23a Před 3 lety +18

      i cant even get a led to lit up

    • @foty8679
      @foty8679 Před 3 lety +8

      @@vi23a Can we help you?

    • @Oruta563
      @Oruta563 Před 3 lety +11

      @@vi23a you literally only need to connect the LED with the battery

    • @DarkoPetreski
      @DarkoPetreski Před 3 lety +46

      @@Oruta563 Dont forget to limit the current tho.

    • @HimadriSaha99
      @HimadriSaha99 Před 3 lety +5

      smart people, @Dotson! :D

  • @zeno-7548
    @zeno-7548 Před 5 měsíci

    It would be nice to see all these arcs on a high speed camera ❤️

  • @duranduran7724
    @duranduran7724 Před rokem

    Awesome magnificent, above all don't change! keep going like that! Big thank you. 🎇

  • @atharvnaik1197
    @atharvnaik1197 Před 3 lety +428

    0:56 that was heart touching

  • @doglife6193
    @doglife6193 Před 3 lety +502

    Him: literally defibrillates his heart... aww man I burnt my finger

  • @shastrachakshu108
    @shastrachakshu108 Před 7 měsíci

    I keep coming back every now and then to check if the man's still alive.

  • @elginfans
    @elginfans Před měsícem

    great info! very well done video! thank you my friend!

  • @mecatronicsforeveryone9565
    @mecatronicsforeveryone9565 Před 2 lety +679

    0:57 that one was lethal. I felt that literally. I was an electrician and I've been shocked quite a few times before.

    • @lemarjk7663
      @lemarjk7663 Před 2 lety +50

      the second time he almost met God

    • @lemarjk7663
      @lemarjk7663 Před 2 lety +39

      he almost died to a transformer twice

    • @MisterReez17
      @MisterReez17 Před 2 lety +6

      I don't know much so correct me if I'm wrong, it's definitely super painful and can burn skin and possibly nerves, but is is lethal? As the current is only going from one finger to the the next can that affect his heart?

    • @emperorjustinanthefirstoft6320
      @emperorjustinanthefirstoft6320 Před 2 lety +21

      @@MisterReez17 ya know how nerves work

    • @xabierciavalencia2881
      @xabierciavalencia2881 Před rokem +22

      @@MisterReez17 yeah, it can be lethal unless there's someone with a defibrillator close I guess

  • @rubencarvalho230
    @rubencarvalho230 Před 3 lety +103

    Ahh, the flute sound is back at 6:54! So cool, i longed for that.

  • @Xoman08
    @Xoman08 Před 21 dnem

    Scary instructive entertainment. Thank you very much sir!!

  • @cyrusvalkonen3665
    @cyrusvalkonen3665 Před 11 měsíci

    Hey man, please build some good crank and pedal chargers from common household items for 12V batteries. Such as cordless drills or car alternators.

  • @alhakch.402
    @alhakch.402 Před 3 lety +378

    0:56 that's actually terrifying

  • @the_dead_poet7829
    @the_dead_poet7829 Před 3 lety +333

    *Man don’t hurt yourself, we all have got emotionally attached to you.*

  • @nitroboom1282
    @nitroboom1282 Před rokem

    Try coating the resistor in electric tape so the arc would need to go behind then over then back down to jump any way nice arcs ⚡️😀

  • @ShavinShavin-tj7ni
    @ShavinShavin-tj7ni Před 5 měsíci

    Your program is very superb. Good luck

  • @paulcaron7056
    @paulcaron7056 Před 3 lety +183

    -"why build a high voltage generator?"
    -"what s wrong with you? cant you see she s sexy!?"
    big lolz 🤣

    • @laurenceramos5399
      @laurenceramos5399 Před 3 lety +2

      Why are you so lazy to put an I before S

    • @paulcaron7056
      @paulcaron7056 Před 3 lety

      @@laurenceramos5399 me lazy? yes man.
      so what s your point?

  • @thinkpctive8078
    @thinkpctive8078 Před 3 lety +188

    6:27 That's it, that is all you need.

  • @davewoods177
    @davewoods177 Před 9 měsíci

    I made a super high voltage capacitor for my Tesla coil out of eight and a half by 11 picture frame glass and aluminum foil I stacked it all up and glued it together still working now.

  • @josiahcumpio
    @josiahcumpio Před rokem

    Great work! Keep it up!

  • @thecoyote5154
    @thecoyote5154 Před 3 lety +199

    0:56, Never have I seen a man move so fast

  • @HimadriSaha99
    @HimadriSaha99 Před 3 lety +27

    7:46 Now that's some high voltage music!

    • @HiHi-sw4hq
      @HiHi-sw4hq Před 3 lety

      Sounds like that guy who said Ratata I’m in alabama

    • @HassanSelim0
      @HassanSelim0 Před 3 lety

      AC/DC after the kicked out AC from the band.

  • @TediChannel23Ja
    @TediChannel23Ja Před rokem

    You can use a fluorescent tube starter to ignite dhe first capacitor

  • @erikangenete6320
    @erikangenete6320 Před 7 měsíci

    You should try submergeing the entire circuit in epoxy (not the sparkgaps ofc).