Insane 500,000v from rubber (Van De Graaff BUILD)
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
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The voltage this generator makes, is absurd. This is my journey, circling back after 17 years, to build a potent museum quality Van De Graaff Generator. Thank you to Museum of Science Boston for letting me use footage of their generators (largest in the world)! See their full video here: • What’s inside the Van ...
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The quality of your products is always astonishing! Puts my quick low quality doohickeys to shame!
My man, thanks a ton. Your builds look more fun to watch though, and I enjoy every one of them. I mean, that wand was legit.
I think it is not his quality, but his safety
But... your builds have such character!
Same for me!
my two fav plasma/electrical channel who inspired me to take electrical engineering course interacting with each other. much love
Audience retention love the honesty lol.
I told her that she'd be needed for both an experiment, AND to literally boost my video haha. She's not one to be on camera and is shy...so it took some convincing.
I literally was going to say the same thing in a comment when he said that in the video, lol
Audience retention could have been boosted 96% if the camera angle was elevated -15°. 🧐🤔😎😁
@@djcbanks stfu
@@PlasmaChannel i would be happy with 1 inch sparks, even with 1 cm sparks! bcus i tried to build this 2 times and the fist time i got sparks of half a centimeter, and when i try a new one now, i get nothing at all...
When I was a mad scientist teenager I wanted to build a van de Graaf generator, but I couldn't source all the needed stuff - this was in the mid 1970s. But I built a Tesla coil instead and managed to jam TV and radio in every direction for about a mile. Mission accomplished! Actually I liked to just watch and play with the discharge... I ended up as a theoretical physicist.
I remember when the channel had only 10k subs, now it's already at 200k.
Great job, love your videos and projects !
Thanks Ryan. Really appreciate you for sticking with me like this!
Wow this was super well done. The garden gazing ball was brilliant. Back when I was first getting started with science the stupid top load was always the thing preventing me from building a van de graff generator myself. The hang spun balls sold specifically for this just cost too much. But those gazing balls are dirt cheap! Suddenly the idea of building that particle accelerator isn't so far fetched.
Hey T.E., thanks for the compliments. Yeah, the gazing ball is a great option. Just be prepared for hours of dremel work to get the right fit at the base. It took me nearly 2-3 hours to get the right fit. I honestly love Van De Graaff generators now. I had the same issue growing up!
@@PlasmaChannel isn't that stainless steel?
Wouldn't it be better to use aluminum on the top load because its more conductive?
@@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 they can always electroplate it with copper
I'm also using garden gazing balls. Cheap but almost perfect for the job, although a toroidal shape is better.
@@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 No, any metal is a good enough conductor.
Built one about 3 foot tall back in the 80's and used aluminium for the bottom roller and Teflon for the top and a black 2" wide rubber belt. It easily produced 12" sparks and still runs 30+ years later.
So its 32+ years later now.
Care to show it off? :D
All of your builds are really great, I always find them astonishingly good. I built most of your projects and your channel was actually the thing that got me into these electric builds. Keep up the good work!
I am soooooo excited finding your channel last night. I work as a technician in a university physics department so have access to what’s needed to build this… our students will love future projects now. You, sir are an Angel ✨💕
Cool as always, what I love about high voltage is to see electrokinetic phenomena.
That's what i have waiting for ! 🙌
This is great. Can't wait to get one built!
Awesome build Jay as always.
A bit late to the video, but I was lurking/following the progress on Patreon.
Well worth the wait! And cool that you included the 3d print files for Patrons.
Now another project to build, such problems... Sometimes life is awesome, lol.
Keep it up man!
Hey justin! Thanks for stopping by, and glad you enjoyed the build. I’m actually adding to it, it found it can be much more powerful.
Great video mate. I remember a Van De Graaff of about this size when I was in High school. Lots of fun back then with it.
When psychics experiment are done by an artist you get these types of master pieces which do physics and are beautiful to look at.
Wonderful experiment as always.
Incredible video as always jay! Totally worth the wait. Great job!
Oh thanks! Yeah, bit of a wait since I took a week off, and, the build ITSELF took two weeks. Glad you enjoyed!
I love your channel and your projects. Keep it up!
Red goes faster.... WAAAAAAAAAAGHHH!
Flash gits are real.
All Mekboyz know that...
Shockingly superb !
After long gap Jay back with a bang🔥
5:15
It's super cool how it raises then flattens your arm hairs as it gains and discharges voltage!
Absolutely incredible Jay, nicely done!
Thanks a ton, glad you enjoyed the effort I put into it.
Turned out beautiful! I agree, I don't like to glue things either. Tapping the acrylic to accept screws is working well for me. Thanks for making the 3D printer files available for patreons, that's a nice perk.
Tomorrow, i'll post the files to Patreon, for the top two tiers, plus you of course :P
Beautiful build Jay, and spot on with the audience retention 😉😁👍
Thanks Grandad. It was fun to build- they really are fun to play with. Glad you liked her :P
Definitely wanna build this!
Whoosh, 💥 the video we’ve been anticipating. Absolutely fantastic piece of equipment that we all have fond memories of from school. Wow you’ve gone all out on this one, it’s not only functional but a work of art. Thanks also to Jasper for the 3D print. Hey, maybe your nephew might even be the new Jay one day. A brilliant job, thanks for creating and sharing this. 👍 from Wales 🏴.
Roger, thanks for being so supportive. You'd be amazed - i'm at 200k subs, and get a lot of comments every single day of the week. But it's really nice comments like this that really boost my motivation as a creator. Thanks for being here to enjoy what I have to share.
Love the generator would definitely like to try to build one
Definitely going to be building that one Jay...... Supercool and fits exactly with my research.... Thank you
Hey Matthew! Thanks, these are now my favorite form of high voltage. Safe, touchable, and very useful. All the other forms of HV are generally unsafe - too much current.
That was the first explanation of how it actually works I understood well enough that I've a chance of remembering it. Nice machine, dude.
I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Awesome video yet again! Keep the sparks flying!
Thanks!
Amazing! I want to sometime build one of those
I finished mine today,but need some adjustment .
Thank you Jay,you are my inspiration.
Hi Julio, i'm honored to be an inspiration of yours.
This is the most difficult project I have ever attempted. I have been building mine for over a year primarily because the belt keeps drifting. Every time I make a change to keep it centered something else goes wrong. The two times it has worked consistently produced great sparks so that keeps me motivated. Hopefully your video will help solve some of my problems.
Hi Michael. Take a look at my rollers. You need to chamber the ends. That keeps the belt always centered. This will solve all your issues.
Nice!!!! Gotta go... and build me one of those! Thanks for the inspiration!
Go for it, seriously! One of the most fun things you can mess with.
be careful to not blow your brains out ;)
I always wanted to build this 🤩
Your acrylic disk designs are just so fancy, wish I could build things as elegant as you do, haha.
😊 thank you
You are from Boston! Wicked Big Storm coming. Pahk your Cah!
Sorry for such a long wait time for me to see your video. I've had 312 videos in my watch later because I've been working. So I just barely got to your video.
This was an amazing build and I love it I just love it. I love the comedy you put in the videos you make. And I also love that you show the headaches on making this kind of stuff.
There isn't much more to say about this. Other than it was amazing! Keep it up Jay! :)
Thanks SA! I’m literally obsessed with this thing. I’m using to make a REALLY cool product for my next video. Stay tuned... it’s really cool.
@@PlasmaChannel Oooo! I can't wait!!! :)
So nice Jay. This Van De Graaff, would really make a nice giveaway!!!
Stay classy!!
Excellent video as always
Why thank you sir.
Thanks for the information really enjoy your videos
Thanks for watching, seriously. I appreciate you comment.
Grew up visiting the one in Boston. Never got old.
Biggest one on the planet!
@@PlasmaChannel So far...😁
I need to build one too, I absolutely love them 😅👍
Really nice project.
I tried using a pulse width modulator for speed control on mine and once it built up a charge the PWM was toast. I finally got an old fashioned wire wound ceramic rheostat and it worked great. I love Van De Graaff generators. I gave up on hall effect sensors and transistors around HV if I want it to work. Very nice build Jay. I wish you had spent more time showing it off. Besides acrylic is so cool.
Yeah, JUST killed the speed controller at the end of the video, when I showed the last sparks on my arm before the end. There are ways to electrically isolate the board though, and im working on that. Thanks!
Looking forward to make my own!
Dope
Sweet video Jay
Thanks paul
I unpacked a new fridge last week, after pulling of the top styrofoam on top I came close and got zapped hard. Amazing how you can keep getting shocked without getting really nervous around that contraption.
You always go beyond the minimum standards whenever it comes to building DIY projects... That's what makes you stand out from others!
More power to you, sir👍💪
Thanks! I’m naturally a perfectionist, so comes with the territory.
@@PlasmaChannel wow what you say is what I really see in your performance, sir. You're definitely the real deal😄
I like the garden globe idea. My build from a few years back used the standard IKEA bowls and there is leakage from the (taped) seam. One thing I used that really made a huge difference was the brush. I had some nickel metal cloth that had unbelievably fine metal fibers. The change in the output from screen to the cloth was very significant.
Cheers.
I am looking for that cloth? any link?
Look up metal gauze, you can get many different thicknesses and materiels @@izzyizzm8761
I got to play with a van de graaff a while back in physics...was awesome :)
This is some museum quality build
Got a love bite from your dream machine! Way to go! 🤖😘💥👍
When I was a kid I had a plastic model generator. It was about 12 inches tall, was hand cranked and gave 3 inch sparks.
I never thought of you as a Warhammer 40k Fan. but I love the hint.
Good work!
Awesome, thank you!
While rubbing specific materials charging them is possible, the van de graff generator works on the principle of charging by induction and not by friction. The genrator you built is fantastic.
When I was a kid, I worked out exactly how to make a static generator with a vinyl record. The only motor I had access to though, was a hard drive motor, which it turns out is some kind of stepper motor, which I didn't know how to drive. So I never ended up making it, but I had a record, the motor, and some other components sitting in my closet waiting for me to figure out how to make that motor work for almost a decade.
I don't have that stuff anymore, but I'm sure I can find a vinyl record, and I have some engineering knowledge as well. I also have access to motors that are easier to use, _and_ I've learned how to control stepper motors. Maybe I'll do this project I wanted to do as a kid with my own kids!
Nice work!
Way better than the one they showed in my school (physics class) a long time ago, haha
Very cool as always. As a child I went to the Toronto Museum of Science a few different times One time they selected me to go up and put my hand on the large meatal ball. I had long hair at the time and I got a big laugh from everyone. I never got a picture that day. At least I know now what it was called. Thanks for sharing. This one I should try to build myself looks fun...
Hi Marc, thanks for sharing that story. That's really cool. Try making one, they really are some of the coolest things you can build
I knew you would do this when i saw on your Instagram. Awesome project!
Yea, indeed, all those little teasers on Instagram. 😀
Haha, glad you guys enjoy my teasers. You'll LOVE what i'm cooking up next.
@@PlasmaChannel - ha, looking forward to it Jay! 🤔
Super! Thank you very much!
The spark hit your face because its reciprocating all the love you are showing for high intensity sparks....(jokes apart, I haven't seen such a neat ,precise, meticulous and impressive van de graf generator before. This is just great)
Thank you so much. I put way too much effort into the build lol. (Starts crying softly)
Very great work.thank you
I bought one of these, it is fascinating
Excellent explanation!
Thanks!
Beautiful design! ❤️
I love these things 😂
Thank you! 😊
Woof! Great presentation style.
Thank you
Outstanding video!
Thank you very much
Nice job man!
Thanks!
Watched this video when It came out, and now again that Hackaday featured it. Hope it boosts your views and subs. Great content!
Ah thanks Steve. For some reason the video flopped. Wasn’t a topic people cared for I guess.
Watching you gush over Plasma Physics makes me really happy inside ⚡⚛️💠 😸
Amazing everything you do. I'm curious what applications come to mind when it comes to the ball bearings linking up and which direction excites you the most? Also how much would you charge for for 30min of your time would appreciate being able to discuss few of your experiments and possible directions you would like to help see the planet go with use of such knowledge which us thinkers do hold? Have a smashing day and thank you for being you.😎
So cool Jay! I made a similar Van de Graaff generator but it was made of Lego and some cheaper materials and I won first place on an international experimental physics competition, so now they have called me to write a paper on it and it will be published soon. Also I was called on another European competition and I will be making the Genesis Tesla Coil! Also I am a great fan of you!
This is really cool. Do you have any pictures to share? Please feel free to email me (under the "about" tab, on my channel page)
You have a great site and I love your builds. Now you have to get back to the weight room!
Ahhhh, yeah I do. I need to get back to lifting.
Van se Graff sparked you for plasma and you sparked me for plasma.
THANKS A LOT JAY
Audience retention FTW! Another great project Jay. Love the videos.
Hahaha thanks!
As always, love the video. leaving this comment to algorithm to pick this channel up.
Thanks Chamara.
Another good video, wish more kids would watch this channel. Nice work.
Thanks Micheal. You can help by sharing my video - so more kiddos could see physics.
Very Beautiful project❤❤
Very Nice! I somehow wished your previous hair style (uncut hair, pandemic style :D) to be tested with this device, however your guest assistant' s hair did a good job there.
and thanks for keeping the acrylic industry alive ;) :D
That's me, just keeping the acrylic industry aloft!
Plasma Channel is the bset acryl Channel on all of CZcams!!!
Amazing content bro
Glad you enjoyed, thanks.
Great experiment 👍👍👍
*@Plasma Channel*
0:52 You should put rounded metal-things (tubes?) along the 3 edges of that net, to reduce the energy loss that is bleeding off into the air from all those pointy edges that the wires make.
Hmmm I'm not familiar with this technique. I'll look into it. Thank you.
Well done! Can you do a comparison of plasma creation in explosions vs a laser vs static discharge? Some slow-motion videos of each would be sweet!
Hey Adam. Thanks for the idea - Ill give it some thought.
Nice job! If you wrap wool around the bottom roller it increases surface area which enhances charge rate. For the sphere, I always had trouble with bleed-off around the cut edges. Electrical tape didn’t really work as well as I hoped. The best way I found to increase the voltage potential is to take a silicone air tube for fish tanks and cut a slit lengthwise and slip it over the cut edge of the sphere. I tried just resting it on a ring like you did, but It didn’t really help. With the edges better covered, the sparks were much more powerful in my case.
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed my take on the video. As for the tubing...whoa...cool idea. I have a corona ring that is 1/2" diameter steel, but, have not had the time to fit it on yet. I'll try both your idea and the ring.
Great video, better and better, could you do a video aith a High Voltage Jacob Ladder ?
Made my day to see your video show up. Great video and as always, super interesting project. Sadly, we have to start waiting all over again for the next one but videos of this quality do not grow on trees..... : )
Hey Ramius, thanks a ton man. Yeah, next video will be out in about 3 weeks though, so, not as long as a wait as this one! Btw, sorry about those scope taking forever. When KeySight and I first starting talking, they made it sound like those would ship immediately. Hang in there!
Great project. Look ls very professionally! Where did you find such roller? Can you give simd advise. It is really tough to find it
Now those are some sparks ;D
Great build! (as usual... hehe)
You've got me interesting in building one, but I've got an oscilloscope and tesla coil already on the list o.o
Using that metal screen idea for my Whimshurst!
For a physical contact style of device (Wimschurst), it may not be a good idea. Since those machines rely on physical scraping, it would wear your machine down realllll fast.
@@PlasmaChannel I was thinking about using the screen for the collectors instead of the brushes. Would that work?
I always learn from and enjoy watching your videos.
It’d be great to see the Wolf as a kit. Hint, hint, nudge, nudge.
Haha, trust me, I am building a website with the goal of selling kits. WORKING ON IT.
Beautiful!
Thank you!
I'm really happy you become more open in front of the camera and gives good vibes. And I always learn something new from you. If those weren't so much expensive lol.
Thank you. I'm working to be more comfortable and less formal in front of camera. Glad you enjoy my videos!
Nice! very helpful to inspire kids to think for themselves ... a "new way" ... learn by doing
Thanks, glad you agree
Cool and I did the build on those things a lot reaching in the millions of volts.
Astonishing build, with nice, clean explanation. Too bad the acrilic is limited to 0.4mm sheets in my area.
Either way, it is strange that I did not receive notification. I found this video by browsing the channels that I'm subscribed to.
You are the second person who has written this. Not receiving a note. Can you please email me? I need to get to the bottom of this. My email is in the ‘about’ two under my channel page. Thank you.
Another epic build mate, sadly my big beast of a van de graff ais a little under the weather and struggling to produce much output, so i may need some tips from you on getting it back to its best
Thanks Noel! Try replacing the belt, that always seems to work.
I was waiting for this video for a long time, please add the parts list and links to buy them too.
Parts added at the bottom of my video description. Thanks for the prompt!