Making a Jacob's Ladder to Celebrate a Million Subs!
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- Thank you everyone for raising my channel to where it is. And DO NOT try making a Jacob’s Ladder at home! I still want to have you around. Instead commemorate the deadly arcs with Jacob's Ladder Mecrh: electroboom.creator-spring.co...
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As an electrical engineer, this video is against everything I stand for in terms of electrical safety.....Subbed
Reeves weird flex but ok
adam reece as a guy who doesn’t know what’s going on shut up both of you
Okay mister big balls we get it
adam reece good luck in life kid you won’t be better at it though I can tell
As a kid who just joined highschool I can confirm this channel is amazing
" *Luckily I only suffered some third-degree burns.* "
He didn't die
Sustained
@@Cmonbruh8549 though it's funny that being unlucky would result in death
Third degree burns are actually the least painful. The heat burns away your nerve endings so you can’t feel anything. 😂
Whew! thankfully no forth degree burns, that would be bad haha.
I’m afraid at 10 million subs he will build an electric chair. If he lives that long.
lmao😂
He basically did, with the heated chair thing
Ye if he live that long
oooooooooooooooo we're halfway there
And will survive that too, I'd bet!
I don’t think a lot of people truly understand that him grabbing the falling Jacob’s Ladder could have seriously hurt or killed him. That was honestly scary
He does stuff like it so much that everyone is desensitized
@@brysonator1826not for real, though.
@@brysonator1826 all of them are planned and specifically stunted. He took the full shock from that JLadder and if it hadn't disconnected his entire nervous system would have been fried
If you understand electrical engineering, every stunt this guy does, mistake or not, is a heart attack
@@brysonator1826this incident was not planned, he has come on the record saying as such. Most of his gags are planned, but this one was not a gag. He legit nearly died on accident and was very lucky.
“If you touch it you ascend to heaven”
Touches it.
Well he’s a god
69
Logan Lindsey2 420
Some one messed it up
Well that ended quickly
"Hey guys, follow safety rules"
Proceeds to break every safety rule in the book
like every good teacher says, "do as i say, not as i do."
LOL
Damn, I didn't know comments get likes
Good illustration of why you don't break the rules
I love how both the commenter and the one who replied first are called Mark
This man is the perfect example of the sayin "do as I say not as I do"
Ayoo your CZcamsr
7:58
Thank you
Cat: I have 9 lives.
This guy: haha, thats cute.
😂😂😂
This guy: Hold my catnip
Mehdi : I got 8 but it's laying on its side
mehdi got a million
@@Mridkmyname haha so funny he has ♾ lives ha I’m laughing so hard ha ha ha ha ha
Every time this man makes a video, he creates thousands of alternative timelines where he died in nearly every step of the video. He’s managed to come out as the unscathed one everytime
Really testing his quantum immortality
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Literal quantum immortality
Literal quantum immortality
Ah yes, the famous many-elctrobooms theory
8:08 "some 3rd degree burn"............... 'some...'
8:00 I love how his first thought was to grab it with both hands instead of moving out the way, lol
Ikr? He literally said if you touch it, you die.
reflex
@@ZombieN8YT I mean a rod of death is falling towards you. He panicked and his first response was to stop it from falling on him.
I find it funny but I know it’s dangerous as heck… I’m broken
catching a falling thing is an involuntary reflex
something very important to understand when working with dangerous material
“why do bad thing happen to good people!?”
**continues to survive high voltage shocks**
To be fair, a better thing was to not have it fall on him anyways
That God our friend here survived all these electrical accidents.. it was said that Nikolai Tesla as a teenager survived when being struck by lightning . Many think that might have rewired his brain cerebrally making him a genius. I wonder what struck Einstein to make him a genius? That Einstein got some wild hair might have stuck it in a lamp socket. So think that all this AC power and contraptions invented with this power we could thank Nikolai. Is our very smart and lovable friend on this channel is trying to achieve the same thing as Nikolai doing his near death experiences for all to watch on CZcams please be careful out there
obviously, he is not a good person
@hamstray shut up. You just are a 5 year old. *Noob*
@@Hamstray Stop being toxic
Unsurprisingly his only unplanned shock was the most dangerous one.
Uhhh, so which one was the unplanned one?
@@Rupcoris 7:55, if the wires hadn't come off, he probably would have died.
@@rikusaito8956 thank you, i guess I thought that since he immediately reached for the circuit with his hands, he was trying to shock himself.
@@Rupcoris look at how his hands were shaking after wards. He legit almost died.
@@Moonninja420 yeah he confessed that he almost died on this video
8:08 "I only sustained 3rd degree burns" ☠️💀⚰️
Mehdi, after 6 years and watching this again, I am very happy to see you still kicking. That was real and not planned, and somehow you got lucky. Hope your luck last a long long time. Love your videos! in particular the way you explains thing !
Some years later...
Electroboom: lets celebrate 10m subs by making an Electric Chair!
Electric Guitar Sequel?
He already did
Heated seat reference
maybe he builds and electric volacano, that spits some sort of plasma and electric balls
Making an electric animal like dog
Assuming he's not dead
The fact that this guy is still alive is a wonder
Most his accidents are clearly planned to eliminate to much danger he definitely knows what he's doing at all times but the jacob ladder falling on him... yikes.
Sheer luck
@@Tysonography as mehdi once said you can survive almost every shock as long as you let go early enough it's not that it's staged
@@aKingInGodsKindom dude did you just comment on everything shitting on mehdi? Go back to your cave, troll
No, it's not. The guy has a Masters's degree in electric engineering. He knows very well what he can and can't do.
7:53 felt that🤣😫
0:04 mehdi's genuine surprise here just kills me
Mehdi’s wife: “Honey the microwave isnt working”
Mehdi: *I NEED THE TRANSFORMER*
*Shocks again*
Its over nine thousaaaaaaaand
LoL
Lol😂
Just put a capacitor in it
Plot twist: He is slowly building up immunity to electricity so he doesn't die in the electric chair.
Underrated..
Wasser? Bist dus?
@@Siva-en6dt shut up meg
@@levisanchez1582 which meg kaiser theres also the dino?
For what?
9:47, you survived 5M subscribers, and will continue to survive 70 to 80 M more
I am glad to live in a timeline where he is still alive
This guy must be fun in college labs
Lol true
I’d stand at least 10 feet away from him at all times, just in case
Great guy
The type of guy nobody want to be lab partner 😭
*and deadly*
"Why do bad things happen to good people?!"
Proceeds to survive a fatal accidental which could've fried him
Tries to catch them instead of sparring
It still isn’t a “good thing” to have a fatal accident in the first place.
It’s like you joke about his death
@@Bretaxy He jokes about his chances of dying all the time.
@@xx_1dreamstanlegend_xx422 If you honestly think hes stupid enough to risk his life like that 2 seperate time's youre a moron. He's putting on a show for the viewers while teaching safety. He is literally a professional
i havent laughed like this in five years... all thanks to u lol...i forgot all my frustrations for a while
“Let’s make it fancier” the way he delivered that was hilarious
Mehdi: touch this ladder and you’ll die.
Ladder: “falls on him”
Ladder wants to be touched
Gold Byte ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
The ladder touched him so the ladder died instead
@@thecwd8919 Mehdi pulled a No u
That one was true though. He may joke at other times, but he really did almost die there.
‘’Only some third degree burns’’
30*
@@zackaryrethati7627 third is right
There 3 types of burninglevels
3 is the badliest burning
@@bioxbattle8298 there are higher levels but they are nearly 100% deadly I'm pretty sure 4th degree burns char the bones or actually burns through part of the bone
@Zachary Guay English is not my first language sry
I was wrong there are 6 levels with 6th degree charring the bone
Thank you so much mehdi. Few years ago you started a new hobby in me that will soon turn into a job!❤
I am always glad that you are still alive at the end of your videos and can laugh with you about the outtakes.👍🙏
Mehdi: the type of guy who would put his finger in the socket to check if it has current
Me too put finger in socket to check it is live or neutral
And he would live perfectly fine after that
A Man Have To Be Sure
Getting zapped is not a big deal, I use the zapping feeling to gauge the volts when the voltmeter is not found at an arm's length. 🥴
Mehdi*
Your neighbor wonders why his lights are always flickering! Lol
Am I first
@Archock Encanto N○ |_|
@@S-WProductions no
He doesn't have any he. The power kept going out because of him. 😂😂😂
Lol
you can tell how much this man has dedicated to youtube cs he has been shocked so many times his hands cant stay still 4:13
For anyone wondering, it’s at 8:00
Where he legit narrowly escaped death
"Why do bad things happen to good people? Survives a fatal incident
*Can survive 25 kilovolts out of sheer luck*
I got u to 100 likes lol
*goood
@@aKingInGodsKindom quite the opposite
@@aKingInGodsKindom you don't understand the point of this channel do you...
"Let's make it fancier" famous last words
Thankfully his house didn't burn down
@@lukezoeller7517 or, you know, him.
Lol😂
Hey im so excitet to view your Videos im from Austria!! Keep forward!! These are the best watchtime after a day of work!!
"Why do bad things happen to good people?"
Immediately gets electrocuted.
Shocking
Really Shocking
Outstanding move
Becaus there not good follow muslim and dont play pwhithtablet
@@quardzedgaming8780 fuck you bitcj!
One of the most impressive parts about his whole channel is the fact that he could probably easily build these things, but he tortures himself just to show us what NOT to do. You sir, are a legend. Long live electroBOOM!
Imagine him looking at this comment and sweating, being all like "uh..yup, thats it. Thank you." While doing fake laughs
"Long live"...
Watching these videos, I'm convinced this man is immortal!
،.
@@aKingInGodsKindom He actually states it in one of his videos doing a seminar. He believes it's better to show what happens if you do something wrong than just saying not to do it. He clearly does do his math and assures the things he "demonstrates" would not kill him, otherwise, I don't think this channel would have lasted this long.
@Stinko De mayo I mean in his most popular video he purposefully uses his “electric guitar”
i thought that him touching it with his right hand is the dangerous part of this video but him touching it with both of his hand is the most dangerous and hilarious at the same time 🤣🤣
You remind me so much of a childhood friend of mine. His name was Luciano & we went to school in Edm., Alta back in the 70's. Lovin' your vids.
Stop messing around man. Make electric cars. Ill buy one even if it shocks me when i reverse.
lol😅
You wouldn't get that far, it'd fry you the first time you touched it
Giggety goo child nupple
Itd kill the shipper
If it makes you feel better, the gear stick would probably shock you before you could switch into reverse.
The concept of safety to this man is non-existent
BrightHart my theory is that he is so smart that he can screw around and make it look like he is getting hurt without getting hurt
Yass i was the 420 th sub 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@17industries42 he has a masters in applied science, so yeah. Preety much
U stupid or playing the stupid?! He's doing this to show ppl what they should avoid to stay safe
@@N1gel You reek of STEMbro
I love you electro boom you are actually such an amazing person
Whenever the thing fell I could feel the electricity through the screen 💀
8:00 You can see the death in his eyes.
Lol
Play this at 0.25x speed then you can see it more clearly
XD
So true
Your profile pic is so cursed
It scares me everytime I rewatch this video, seeing him legitimately trembling after getting shocked is a scary sight. He knew he could have been dead right there
Yep, this was the only (or one of the very few) unscripted accident that put him in danger. They are usually scripted and when they aren’t it’s just simple things like capacitor with inverted polarity etc
It’s probably the only time where the channel could’ve ended…
@@marioghioneto1275 what happens if u connect a cap with inverted or change pos to neg i am not fm electrical field but u shd it blow up doesnt both plates the made of same material with dielectric inside or as insulator
@@DK-sg3oe With a parallel plate capacitor, you can apply any polarity to it. With an electrolytic capacitor, no. Those capacitors are called electrolytic for a reason. Not because they electrolysis during normal operation (that would be a battery), but because electrolysis was used to manufacture them. You see, for a parallel plate capacitor, the thinner the dielectric, the more capacitance you get, so you want a thin dielectric. However, thin dielectrics have troubles adhering to conductor surfaces, so engineers came up with an idea, to grow the dielectric right on the conductor. In a typical aluminum electrolytic capacitor, the dielectric is a thin layer of aluminum oxide grown on top of a piece of aluminum foil. When the capacitor was first manufactured, the foil was rolled up and soaked in the electrolyte and at this moment there are no dielectric yet. Then, they gradually apply voltage on the terminals, which oxides the anode, forming a thin film on it. This process is called forming since forms the dielectric. The higher the forming voltage is, the thicker the dielectric is, thus the less the capacitance but the higher the rated voltage are. When you apply a reverse voltage too fast, the supposed anode becomes the cathode, and electrons flows towards it, thus reducing it back to aluminum. While in the same process the supposed cathode picks up an oxide layer, because the process is too fast, the oxide layer has too much defects making it not insulating. Now you have a capacitor with no dielectric, so you are essentially boiling water in it with resistive heating. A bang is thus inevitable.
@@marioghioneto1275 I don't believe it. Probably it was low voltage / current DC for views.
@@butWhyDad If you don't believe, watch his interview: czcams.com/video/utuvmyuavbY/video.html
So glad you lived long enough to post this video, to many many more!
Wow, a short 5.1 million subscribers later and this content still describes your channel perfectly. Admittedly your generally much safer than allowing a 2K Volt Jacobs ladder to fall into your person. But still, pretty accurate. Keep being awesome!
The Grimm Reaper is literally sitting in his livingroom waiting to take him.
TURE XDDD
Justin Martin but its The LIVING room
Dylan Dammers XDDD 😂😂😂
grim reaper:*Shouts angrily* SOOO CLOSE!!!
He should stay in the LIVING room so he stays alive
"if you touch the ladder you will ascend to heaven"
But what if ladder touches you?
You get to two million subs
@@alfiegordon9013 😂😂
You go to Soviet russia
H E L L
The ladder ascends in to your mind
As an electronics student, I love watching this guy!
You are an awesome teacher for sure who always takes risks of life to teach us...
This guy probably has a machine that shocks knowledge into himself
LMAO
K n o w l e d g e
@W.D Gaster {DEMON} {NEKO} no u
@W.D Gaster {DEMON} {NEKO} boys go to college to get more knowledge, girls go to venus to suck on penus
If He Had That He Would Not Make this stuff still : P
There is something magical about watching a really smart person do really stupid things
It just proves that we are not so stupid (or smart) as we think haha
The funniest thing I've seen was a former coworker, who was probably one of the hardest working engineers I knew, fall up the stairs
Clem, anyone can fall down the stairs, but falling up is no easy task! Your coworker must be genius!
Thanks for giving the instructive video, and I cannot stop repeating this fragment 8:00
Could You build another Jacob's Ladder in a Tube filled with some Gasses maybe for some arc coloration and maybe even safety?^^
He is like the Mr Bean of electronics. I laugh and cry at the same time watching this video. 😂
You do know that mr bean has a master degree in electrical engineering in real life right? 😂😂
@@emadbarakji9839 He's also a really good race car driver!
@@emadbarakji9839 that to from MIT
@@MJWONG15 Tears of joy and tears of fear for what he is about to do. Yo know he's going to get zapped!
YES
im an electrical engineer, but im nowhere near this confident around high voltage... man has balls of steel
XD
Tru
Man you are crazy ,
man has balls of steel.
WOW.
Sure you are
@MeTheCoder Then it's more like balls of copper :P
Best celebration ever 😄. And please stay safe i love your content
Important knowledge tidbit: those alligator clip covers are quite conductive, and at high voltage they are just barely any better than touching bare metal. They also vary wildly in their conductivity between batches/manufacturers/etc.
Fun fact guys: Electroboom announced that everything was mostly fake, but when the ladder fell on him, he confirmed that was an actual mistake and it literally could've and would've killed him had he didn't rip the wires out.
Fake in what way? He actually gets shocked most of the time, but he intends for it to happen, right? I thought that was fairly obvious.
@@BlazertronGames he knows most of the things shock him
But he gets shocked intensionally for comedic purposes
@@notsunny that was never in question for most of us lol....if you needed him to confirm that for you 👀
@@LOL-dq5iw i actually recently knew about it
Yeah, 'unplanned' is more apt than 'fake'. It's just a natural reaction to grab the thing falling towards you, but it could have been seriously bad. He grabbed it with both hands, if he had grabbed each electrode without the circuit shorting or breaking, high voltage could have went through one hand, into his heart and out the other. I've heard of a student that died putting together a Jacob's ladder for science fair, so the danger is real.
Edit: just as a bonus, If you play it back at 25% speed, you can see him bare his teeth in a brace before he touches it in a last second 'I shouldn't be touching this' realization
Glaaad you dodged that cosmic bullet, the world still needs your eyebrows
Nobody:
ElectroBOOM: “thankfully I only sustained some 3rd degree burns”
The alternative was death.
@@_Kondraki_ ya in that sense he did get very lucky eh, love his videos but he truely does play with his life so that we can all learn a thing or 2 about electricity compared to most people he takes real risks doing this.
Compared to getting shocked to death, it's definitely much better.
Its atleast better then getting 2nd degree burns
@@tid5118 2nd degree burn hurts more, but heals much faster. Also, around a 3rd degree burn there is most likely a 2nd degree one.
Video got recommended again, and still thankful to the wires for saving beautiful man.
In the military we climbed jacobs ladder, each step was a log, I loved it
i have the feeling he is almost immune to electricity by now
OfficalExorter now he can bend electricity
Electros new origin
i don't want to be his neighbor :D
Oh yeah, it's like poison, or an immunization shot. Controlled exposure grants immunity.
or when you get shot with low calibers you slowing get an immunity against bigger ones! /s
This man is literally creating stairway to heaven.
But doesn't guarantee people to go to the heaven
*OOOoòh my goood*
OHHHH NOOOO
OOOOOOH MY GOOOOOD
Oooooooh its make me wonder🎵🎶
saw this channel pop up. instantly subbed. dude is so crazy with electricity I get nervous lol
The beauty of this is the music 🎶 and the commercials....nice job....
This guy knows exactly what he is doing and uses his knowledge just to bring a smile to people's faces by acting like a goofy guy. He should be the poster boy for "dont take life to serious "
Ken Trainer THE MEANING OF LIFE "SPOKEN WORD"
czcams.com/video/7d16CpWp-ok/video.html
You _know_ he's got a triac off camera 2 feet with safety and scripts figured out or he'd be long dead with these stunts, gloriously impressive.
@@ahmdabdallah2132 "Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great." - Qur'an 4:34
Not so sure - notice his hands shaking heavily meaning he got REALLY upset and probably did not plan this. Still love the video, though.
@ja da yeah, I thought he might have fake that, too, but then when you compare it to his countless other 'accidents', you can tell that this one is probably real.
Mehdi: Electronics CZcamsr
His neighbor upstairs: Construction CZcamsr
What a combo!
They should team up and build a hydroelectric dam
@@FukUNerd *smort*
🤣🤣🤣🤣
who
What's his channel name ?
8:01 you can really tell how terrifying that mistake was by how much his hands are shaking afterwards. that's how you this is a genuine mistake which almost could have killed him instead of just a planned gag
comedian + scientist + youtuber + creator = *Electro Boom*
I'd say electrician more than scientist.
Why does this remind me of the Stoned Science of ASAPScience
If his home insurance company ever finds out about his CZcams channel he’s screwed lol
Never mind medical or life.
Lmao
@@gnamewname8553 he’s Canadian which means medical is free
@@defrozendonut8715 I consider that's cheating.
@@defrozendonut8715 *is paid for by taxes
Very good and informative video for us .
Who are trying to solve the electrical problem in circuit. And playing to high ampire AC current ❤️
I keep watching this video and its amazing entertainment. i was wondering have you considered using a dead man switch when working on your electrical projects?
It's scary to see his hands shivering after that shock.
But he just rubs it off and proceeds.
My man has balls of steel.
Wow this man doesn't die
but man I died OF LAUGHTER..
Me too
@Retsuko he maybe has more lives. Maybe he ate too much 1ups
Mee too
RIP Dude.
This man can activate a light bulb with his hands, of course he doesn't die he's a walking fucking battery.
"Lets make it fancier."
ElectroBOOM 1980-2017
😂😂😂😂😂🤣 best comment
not
Fucking 2019 boi
@@vort535 the video was made in 2017
Oh sorry for cussing my bad lol
We need to respect the pain and suffering this guy has endured to make us happy.
ElectroBoom has safely passed the high voltage test. He is kind of a humanoid electron able to travel through the power grid. Loved to see him holding the sparkles.
3:01 you think the neighbour’s bad, all they hear from your house is bangs and screaming.
This guy can get struck by the most powerful lighting bolt in human history and just walk away like it's nothing.
"Ow f*. Anyways"
@PolySaken "it seems as if I have sustained some third degree burns"
"AAHHH HOLY FUCK SHIT FUCK OH MY FUCKING GOD ... so the problen is those ionised cloudes are very conductive and we need to wear chainmail"
This time he would be pissed the f*@#ng circuit breaker didn't trip.
i guess he is thor
That was great when he kept going with the sprinklers 💥 great celebration 🎉👍😁
8:05, I didn't know if I should laugh or cry in happiness thay he's alive at that moment..
1:44 He smacked that table
3:35 just let him celebrate people
8:00 that had to hurt
Lmao
Ouch
fuck
😂he hold it
His hand basically teleported to his side
It wasn’t his hand hitting the desk it was the sound barrier breaking lmao
Please take care of yourself, we want you around for a long time
tommy dang did you see the end don't expect much
wtf
You are either brave or crazy. You make the choice. I cannot speak since I reached blindly in an old TV and got tickled by the fly back transformer.
This wonder person makes my day everyday. Thank you
8:30
"How are you not dead?"
"I have no idea!"
God: how, how did you survive
Satan: I’m worried
The grim reaper: I’m not fucking with him
i like how he says wear special gear before handing it but he touches all of the dangerous experiments and isn’t dead
He's explained in other videos how his stunts are half fake. I say half because he does hurt himself in the process but the really dangerous stuff is an illusion.
@@SpencerHHO Yeah and he did said if you use fire to create plasma then you don't need high voltage, also breaker is working fine.
Yes is invicible
I FUCKING LOVE THIS GUY 😂😂👍
Crazy Russian hacker
Unknown Hacker me to
ME TOO UNKNOWN HACKER
666 likes
Ass
I love the montage of a grown man letting his inner electromaniac out in his bedroom and almost getting shocked to death
Great video, thanks for sharing.
I laughed so much just hearing him say "if I touched this wire with both my hand you would watch the last hours of my corpse cooking to perfection" 🤣
🤣
And then he did
😂😂
It happens...... czcams.com/users/shortspjItaI6LAC0?feature=share
오캐바리 굿
*Gets shocked* (1:43)
*Gets shocked and almost dies* (7:59)
*Suffers third-degree burns* (7:59)
*Sings*
GIVEAWAY TIIIIMEEEEE (9:39)
If you put the time that will be a summary
Someone should do a montage of every time he gets shocked in all his videos!
@@bouipozz someone already did but not all of his videos, still funny tho
@@theycallmezent9958 cheers ill have to find it!
@@bouipozz just search "electroboom fails"
You could also use an alpha emitting isotope like Po-210 or Am-241 to initiate the spark in your Jacob’s ladder. I could show you in a video if you like.
Lets hope he makes it to the next 1 million subs. How his heart hasn't exploded at this point is beyond science.
8:00 I don’t think I’ll be downloading the 3d model of that stand now
I love how he tried to grab it😭
@@highgaming6444 and it fried him immediately he actually edited out a section of himself screaming
@@khaliphilemoyo607 😂😂🤣
@@highgaming6444 and i hate how catching something falling is a reflex regardless of danger
seriously he keeps grabbing the electicity circuit as its falling. he should literally jump out of his chair so the electricution does not make in contact with him. worse case scenario is when his chair catches on fire.