@ineedazcard To see a lightbulb's wattage (presuming it's not written on the bulb), you'd have to plug it into a socket, turn it on and measure the amperage of that circuit using a multimeter or ammeter. Once you know the amperes, multiply that by the voltage of that curcuit.
Nice video ! I always wondered if high voltages and or magnetic fields might possibly cause cancer or cell mutations. Since the body is mostly water and various chemicals and minerals the thought of MRI's and other Electro Magnetic fields just has me wondering a little. I could be totally wrong.....
I've tried this with a 555 based flyback driver I made and a couple of flybacks I salvaged from dead TVs. With one of the flybacks I can get the bulb to act like a plasma globe by just having the HV wire touching one of the bulb contacts, yet with the other flyback I get nothing, yet I know it is producing more voltage than the other flyback because I can get longer arcs from it.
"do not try this yourself." This is a very irritating to read, especially when HELLO you just did it. Say what the risks are and how to take precautions. Besides most of us into tesla stuff know the score, so a blanket unqualified "don't do this" really sounds a bit silly...
The insulation that you seem to show there is more like 110 or maximum 240 V insulation. The 110V circuits are tested at 1,700 Volts. The 240 V circuits, are tested to 2,500 Volts. That kind of insulation, I mean that thickness, we had an excellent Canadian plastic that broke down around 30kV. But that is not the safety limit. That is the extreme limit. You are not supposed to use that. Do you even understand that ? I hope you fooled me and used a 1W high frequency transformer and digital sound
Your alligator skin will help you when your boss will tell you to hurry up, one late night. That's how Tchernobyl happened. The bosses were yelling. This is Death. You have to have a very, very thick skin and use it. Even if they discharge you, your primary goal working with electricity is to stay alive. That's what an alligator skin does, and that is your best line of defense. There is no deadline in Energetics, there are only dead people. Do your best, but safety comes first. Rush is death.
If you don't have your High School very, exceptionally well understood, or if you didn not go to a specifically electrical oriented College, if you don't fit in a very tightly knit work crew, if you don't listen to the older colleagues closer that even God, if you don't have a higher than average IQ, and if you don't have a better way to live, and if you don't have an alligator's skin, stay away from electricity. Your alligator's skin is not to help you not getting electrocuted.
I've seen someone with his face burnt from 3 feet away. He was young, but no girl would have married him. It was a pain even to glance at him. I've had my glasses embedded with liquid copper from short circuits. I've seen old-style capacitors explode and shooting like a gun. I've seen so many IC's exploded. Working with current is deadly business, and there is only one way to get by alive: use the knowledge of what other people got killed and maimed over. You can't work alone.
I used to work on a 60kV DC test station. My own director nearly got killed and was saved by my own working overtime to fix the safety switch. I had two co-workers die from electrocution. One of them was 30 years into the business. He fell down and waved the Japanese crew away. His heart was already stopped when he waved them to stay away. He died before their eyes. Don't fool around. I've seen someone electrocuted at 5,000 Volts and stayed alive, I've had a school mate who died at 220V.
Stop fooling around. You may have 60kV there, and you may have more than 50mA in overload. Electricity will stop your heart if it hits you in the right millisecond of the heart cycle. You may get away with being electrocuted a few times. You have a wedding ring. 900 W is too much to fool around with. You don't seem to understand that removing a 200 Watts balast does not bring the power back to 900 W. You don't seem to understand that is plasma. Stop fooling around with things you don't know.
@RDCST Because any time I'm holding the wire, I'm staying very aware of the path of electricity. As long as I give the electrons a much easier path other than through me, the likelihood of getting zapped is greatly reduced. Even with HV insulation, it's best to keep that in mind because even the best insulation has a chance of failure.
Im assuming since it was 15kv, you were using a Neon sign transformer? Just for kicks I did somethin similar, did not have a NST avail so i used an ignition coil, connected to mains with a 100watt bulb limiting the current... Any idea on the kinda voltage somethin like that produces?
No one said 600 watts. The transformer is 900 watts (15kv/60ma). The bulb used is a 300 watt bulb (that just means it's bigger for the purposes of the demonstration). I just searched the comment page, and no one said 600 watts. You watching the wrong video, perhaps?
Just 60mA can still be dangerous however, if you do something stupid. Why its recomended that if you are new to HV, that you experiment with a flyback, they put out 12KV for newer ones with regulator diode, without, over 30KV, but a very low current of 5-10mA Which wont kill you if you make a mistake, but will hurt. Flyback drivers are simple to build, and inexpensive. And capable of making nice plasma arcs without risk of death due to the very low current.
Actually I do know the difference. But your understanding of science seems to be the same as your spelling. Maybe you should eat some more of that fish you mentioned, it's brain food, you know. :)
If you're going to dispute someone about their knowledge on something at least try to use proper spelling and grammar. Otherwise you make yourself look like an ass. Confangled internet 2.0 letting all the retards in.
Just an unmentioned fact here. If that light is like other high wattage clear-tubes and has a vacuum inside then your bombarding yourself with X-rays from the energization of the tungsten target (Filament)
1. It's not a vacuum. Partial vacuum with argon replacing most of the air.
2. The energy is mostly exciting the argon within, not the filament. The electricity arcs off of the filament as it's a conductor, little more involvement of the filament past that.
So your IF is a pretty big if, because you're making big assumptions that fundamentally change the environment used to back your "fact."
so just to clarify this is a normal 300 watt bulb that can be purchased at a local hardware store? An additional question is what is the "plasma" as opposed to the normal white or yellow light given off by a bulb? Very interesting experiment!
Yep. Bought at Lowes. Normal incandescent light is produced by the electrical resistance of the filament producing heat and light (more heat than light - very inefficient). The plasma shown is because the argon in the bulb (put there to help prevent the filament from burning up) is being excited directly by electrons - changing gas into plasma.
FYI - The wattage is stated just to indicate it's a large household bulb (though you wouldn't want to put a 300 watt bulb in your living room lamp - might melt something due to greater heat). I'd get the same plasma effect with a 60 watt bulb (if everything else stayed the same) - just the smaller bulb would likely "fail" quicker.
It's completely real. Stun guns use anywhere from 30,000 to 1,000,000 volts and are used non-lethally every day. The part you are missing is the amperage/watts. 120 volts of household electricity can kill you, but only because there is also up to 20 amps of current. In my demonstration the circuit only pulls 60 milliamps, and considerably less than that is arcing to me through the glass due to it's insulation properties.
I'm sure if put a taser on your heart you could die. It's just that it's a lot more complicated than "x volts = death" or "y amps = death" either. It's just silly when people criticize and don't have a clue. That, and it'd be a lot harder to fake than do for real. :)
@gfrggggg When you make a statement like that, it is clear that you don't understand anything either.
Amp is a unit just like mph. So when you say "amps kill", you are saying something like "mph kills" instead of "speed kills"
The correct way to say it is "Current kills not voltage". Even that doesn't make much physical sense, since you cannot have current flowing through the body without a high enough voltage.
@Gunner3210 why do you even have to post such a arrogant comment? He said the exact same thing you said except he stated the fact in a shorter much easier form than yours. I am sure he realizes that current can not flow through a body without voltage because he knows how electricity works. And he is correct it is Amps that kill because if in the rightconditions a 9v battery can kill you it only takes 50mA to kill a person.
See my "Dangers of Electricity" video. Rubber gloves wouldn't help much. The most important thing to know when working with high voltage is to always be aware of the easiest path for the electricity. And, to try to not be that path.
its to do with electrostatic capacitance, if you look up nikola teslas bulb research, he tells you why alot of this happens. all objects have a capacitance to them, you body is a much larger surface area and so it helps excite the gas in the tube and allows the sparks to follow your hands. something to that nature. great video, i would never hold the wire just with my hands with a high amperage device like that lol.
It'd be really really bright, hot, and likely make the plastic in your lamp melt a bit. But they sell them at most hardware stores, you'd just have to use it in a socket that's made for that kinda wattage.
Electric lighters put out a quick spark, and while high voltage, aren't continuous nor anywhere near the amperage. That's like saying it's the same thing to set off a small firecracker as to setting off a set of M-80's. Same basic idea (i.e. "bang"), completely different scale and visual effect. If you want to critique by saying that "you can do the same" at "cost: none" then don't back-pedal and make a video even CLOSE with piezo-electric lighter.
While it's true that our nerves send messages electrochemically, it sounds like you're getting into "woo" territory. For you, I highly recommend that you google "respectful insolence" and study up, just in case. :)
I was demonstrating how "hot" the arc was going directly from the transformers positive to negative leads. You get a much hotter and wider arc than when the light bulb plays "man (insulator) in the middle".
If I had been electrocuted, I'd be dead by definition. Given I'm still making videos, I'm either a zombie, an alien clone, or a computer simulation. All of which have their good points, so I can deal with that!
Please read the definition of "electrocuted." It means "killed by means of electricity." Electrified or shocked doesn't mean death. Electrocuted does.
Sorry, but I was initally joking around, but if you're going to take it THAT seriously, then I can say this...
If you have time to type poorly typed replies using words you don't know the meaning to and don't want to look up, should you even use those words and argue about them? Probably not.
Yo estoy vivo y me rampé con tan solo 500000Voltios jejeje lo que pasa es que como decia enel1221 me pasaron la increible cantidad de 1 microamperio. Pruébenlo en el museo de la ciencia de Barcelona
I don't remember I was 12, but the experiment was that I take a fluorescent ligthting and I brought it over to gran ball. Then fluorescent ligthting was on :). I suposed that could be a Van de Graaf generation, But I cannot confirm it
Van de Graaf generators are used a lot in science museums. They can produce a huge amount of static electricity with nearly no amps. About the safest way to demonstrate it in front of a group as you can possible get...though it'd still sting a lot if done wrong.
high voltage won't kill you, its the amps that kill you, so with that transformer it increases the volts but decreases the amps so that would hurt but wouldn't kill you
Voltage can kill you if it goes through your heart, for example. And 60 ma is potentially enough to kill you, depending on where the electricity passes through. Regardless, I still give it healthy respect - in spite of doing something Dangerously Stupid with it. :)
I do know that. And I have around 20 years of experience with varying levels of dangerous electricity. I make a point to know where the current is going to go, and have a number of safety measures in place. Yes, it's risky (just like any other stunt kinda thing), but I know and manage the risks. That's why I feel comfortable doing this myself, and say "don't try this at home" to every one else. My sanity is another matter entirely.
That's pretty cool. But I'm not sure I would recommend that, especially touching the bulb! As long as you're drawing sparks or corona across the transformer then the circuit is complete, but when you take the wire off and touch the bulb with your finger YOU might be providing a return path! Why don't you build a small Tesla Coil instead? Since it's high frequency that would be a lot safer for experiments like this. I have videos of my coil on my page.
I've actually discussed this before (on my other similar videos and on my blog). I DO recommend to others that they do this with a tesla coil, as my method is deliberately risky. There are TONS of videos online of people doing this with a tesla coil. I did this with a transformer because no one else had. And the characteristics of the plasma within the bulb are different due to the lower frequency as well.
Besides...when science is slightly-mad, it's no fun unless there's a certain amount of "dangerously-stupid and/or 'splodey". Also, I used this demo to open up discussion of how transformers work (I'll have a video for that soon).
I don't undertand what 900 Watts has to do with any of this. Is that small transformer rated for 900 Watts? Or would that be Volt-Amperes? It seems a little small for 900VA. How can a transformer "draw" wattage, anyway?
The "small" plastic box isn't the transformer. That's a conduit box I put on top of the transformer, to make it easier to swap out electrodes. The transformer is just inside the wooden box underneath. It's a bit bigger.
It doesn't draw wattage, specifically. It draws current. If the output of the neon transformer is 15,000 volts and 60ma, you know the wattage to be 900 watts. Watts = Volts x Amperes. I'm stating the 900 watts so people can make a comparison as to how much power is in the circuit.
Don't assume that the plasma bulb is drawing 60mA. Just measure it with an analog 100mA AC meter. If it did draw that much, the glass would glow orange and melt! (The 0.9 kilowatts always ends up as heat.)
That's your opinion, and you're entitled to it. However, it's not excessive confidence in the insulation, but a knowledge of how electricity travels. If you give it a much easier path to travel other than through the insulation, the insulation becomes irrellevant.
Could you please show how to measure the watts of a lightbulb? c;
ineedazcard 2 months ago
@ineedazcard To see a lightbulb's wattage (presuming it's not written on the bulb), you'd have to plug it into a socket, turn it on and measure the amperage of that circuit using a multimeter or ammeter. Once you know the amperes, multiply that by the voltage of that curcuit.
TaoOfPooh26 1 month ago
1A can stop your heart.
munchluxe63 3 months ago
Nice video ! I always wondered if high voltages and or magnetic fields might possibly cause cancer or cell mutations. Since the body is mostly water and various chemicals and minerals the thought of MRI's and other Electro Magnetic fields just has me wondering a little. I could be totally wrong.....
kahvac 5 months ago
X-RAY bomb
SuperMcBrent 7 months ago
@SuperMcBrent Not a vacuum tube.
TaoOfPooh26 6 months ago
@TaoOfPooh26 ok, have fun
SuperMcBrent 6 months ago
I've tried this with a 555 based flyback driver I made and a couple of flybacks I salvaged from dead TVs. With one of the flybacks I can get the bulb to act like a plasma globe by just having the HV wire touching one of the bulb contacts, yet with the other flyback I get nothing, yet I know it is producing more voltage than the other flyback because I can get longer arcs from it.
CoolDudeClem 7 months ago
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Y0uTube235 7 months ago
There is always drama when it comes to youtube, isn't there, @luriMedved
shield543 8 months ago
"do not try this yourself." This is a very irritating to read, especially when HELLO you just did it. Say what the risks are and how to take precautions. Besides most of us into tesla stuff know the score, so a blanket unqualified "don't do this" really sounds a bit silly...
jennyinthepark 9 months ago
@jennyinthepark why would you waist your time posting that comment? I am because i actually want to know the answer.
animationdevil1 6 months ago
@animationdevil1 Waste.
Jachra 6 months ago
The insulation that you seem to show there is more like 110 or maximum 240 V insulation. The 110V circuits are tested at 1,700 Volts. The 240 V circuits, are tested to 2,500 Volts. That kind of insulation, I mean that thickness, we had an excellent Canadian plastic that broke down around 30kV. But that is not the safety limit. That is the extreme limit. You are not supposed to use that. Do you even understand that ? I hope you fooled me and used a 1W high frequency transformer and digital sound
IuriMedved 10 months ago
Your alligator skin will help you when your boss will tell you to hurry up, one late night. That's how Tchernobyl happened. The bosses were yelling. This is Death. You have to have a very, very thick skin and use it. Even if they discharge you, your primary goal working with electricity is to stay alive. That's what an alligator skin does, and that is your best line of defense. There is no deadline in Energetics, there are only dead people. Do your best, but safety comes first. Rush is death.
IuriMedved 10 months ago
If you don't have your High School very, exceptionally well understood, or if you didn not go to a specifically electrical oriented College, if you don't fit in a very tightly knit work crew, if you don't listen to the older colleagues closer that even God, if you don't have a higher than average IQ, and if you don't have a better way to live, and if you don't have an alligator's skin, stay away from electricity. Your alligator's skin is not to help you not getting electrocuted.
IuriMedved 10 months ago
I've seen someone with his face burnt from 3 feet away. He was young, but no girl would have married him. It was a pain even to glance at him. I've had my glasses embedded with liquid copper from short circuits. I've seen old-style capacitors explode and shooting like a gun. I've seen so many IC's exploded. Working with current is deadly business, and there is only one way to get by alive: use the knowledge of what other people got killed and maimed over. You can't work alone.
IuriMedved 10 months ago
I used to work on a 60kV DC test station. My own director nearly got killed and was saved by my own working overtime to fix the safety switch. I had two co-workers die from electrocution. One of them was 30 years into the business. He fell down and waved the Japanese crew away. His heart was already stopped when he waved them to stay away. He died before their eyes. Don't fool around. I've seen someone electrocuted at 5,000 Volts and stayed alive, I've had a school mate who died at 220V.
IuriMedved 10 months ago
Stop fooling around. You may have 60kV there, and you may have more than 50mA in overload. Electricity will stop your heart if it hits you in the right millisecond of the heart cycle. You may get away with being electrocuted a few times. You have a wedding ring. 900 W is too much to fool around with. You don't seem to understand that removing a 200 Watts balast does not bring the power back to 900 W. You don't seem to understand that is plasma. Stop fooling around with things you don't know.
IuriMedved 10 months ago
Dangers man
NewVegas1992 11 months ago
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andras23 11 months ago
@andras23 You might want to do a little more research before you make similarly wrong comments elsewhere.
TaoOfPooh26 11 months ago 22
@andras23 which is a plasma. dumb fuck
ampix0 8 months ago
What gas is inside the bulb?
T0B0KKE 1 year ago
@T0B0KKE Typically the inert gas in incandescent bulbs is Argon.
TaoOfPooh26 1 year ago
Based on what goes thru the transformer, Id think that would kill
laserman55901 1 year ago
2007. this guys probably dead by now. head down to sweeden to pick up your nobel prize....and your darwin award.
TheEgg185 1 year ago
@TheEgg185 It HAS been entirely too long since I've made a new video, but it's been a lot more recent than 2007.
Not.
Dead.
Yet.
TaoOfPooh26 1 year ago 11
QUICK,MAKE A GUN THAT SHOOTS THAT STUFF
lordofgangstas 1 year ago
How many V has your HV source? About 5-10kV?
What do you use as power supply? A Flyback won't survive 900W. A NST or a OBIT?
Elektrobastler 1 year ago
@Elektrobastler NST 15kv
TaoOfPooh26 1 year ago
Das mache ich auch ")
19xkingx19 1 year ago
did your hair rose? and perhaps.... your penis?
thisisa81honda 1 year ago
So I'm guessing you're using 120v and if I did my math right that is about 7 Amps?
k2chris1983 1 year ago
how do you do that?
masterofpuppets2092 1 year ago
Almost no current, no danger
aunibbww 1 year ago
@aunibbww still hurts.
awsomehighvoltage 1 year ago
Slightly mad? Ugh, I feel like I'm paying a visit to Einstein.
TillDeathAndBack 1 year ago
Your obviously doing it at home
chandra97 1 year ago
one question TaoOfPooh26, after you touch the bulb with the plasma, do you have some funny smell on your fingers? No pun intended.
kind regards
lecem 1 year ago
Can you touch it to your tongue like a 9 volt batt to see if it is holding a full charge? Post that video and I'll subscribe :)
aardvark9100 1 year ago
YOu are a mad man sir
ladev1988 1 year ago
WTF?
You are touching that tiny wire with a almost no isolation...I mean, not for that voltage.
So, How the hell you still alive?
RDCST 1 year ago 7
@RDCST Because any time I'm holding the wire, I'm staying very aware of the path of electricity. As long as I give the electrons a much easier path other than through me, the likelihood of getting zapped is greatly reduced. Even with HV insulation, it's best to keep that in mind because even the best insulation has a chance of failure.
TaoOfPooh26 1 year ago 2
@TaoOfPooh26 So in other words, You know what your doing.
XeanoProductions 1 year ago
wtf is the 4th state of matter, the plasma, safe?
MrJustine19 1 year ago
wtf is the 4th state of matter, the plasma, safe?
MrJustine19 1 year ago
wtf is the 4th state of matter, the plasma, safe?
MrJustine19 1 year ago
Crazy guy don't kill yourself. Your wife wouldn't be happy.
primetime0104 1 year ago
very very nice :D
YTBYTBTB 1 year ago
is that an nst? (neon sighn transformer)
randommezos 1 year ago
Yep.
TaoOfPooh26 1 year ago
@TaoOfPooh26 YAY THEN I CAN TRY IT TY TY TY TY TY
randommezos 1 year ago
"Demonstration Material is Dangerously-Stupid, do not try this yourself. "
:p
TaoOfPooh26 1 year ago
@TaoOfPooh26 nah ive got some training under my belt i already play with some pretty nasty flybacks and i got an old nst so might as well
randommezos 1 year ago
No way for me to know that, so I gotta put the disclaimer out there for pretty much every one. Not bein' mean, just part of the gig.
TaoOfPooh26 1 year ago
@TaoOfPooh26 understandable
randommezos 1 year ago
no fucking way
DrLadiesMan217 2 years ago
Super schön
TAPICTURES 2 years ago
crazy freak...get a life
DerHalbeEuro 2 years ago
Yes, by viewing your channel, I can see what an exciting life you lead.
*snicker*
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
this is not the safest thing to do. but by you doing i take it you understand the risks. looks pretty cool too.
and i agree to what you typed about the guy above lol.
mackdaddy915 2 years ago
cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuul
wao
mamamuchii 2 years ago
Im assuming since it was 15kv, you were using a Neon sign transformer? Just for kicks I did somethin similar, did not have a NST avail so i used an ignition coil, connected to mains with a 100watt bulb limiting the current... Any idea on the kinda voltage somethin like that produces?
anorwood84 2 years ago
WOW - that's awsome
- how high voltage do you have there (from the transformers output)?
C20rules 2 years ago
15000 volts.
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
what kind of gasses are in the bulb? or it's a vacuum?
edv11nas 2 years ago
Most incandescent bulbs use Argon or use a combo of Argon and Nitrogen.
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
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roman6363 2 years ago
No one said 600 watts. The transformer is 900 watts (15kv/60ma). The bulb used is a 300 watt bulb (that just means it's bigger for the purposes of the demonstration). I just searched the comment page, and no one said 600 watts. You watching the wrong video, perhaps?
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
Just 60mA can still be dangerous however, if you do something stupid. Why its recomended that if you are new to HV, that you experiment with a flyback, they put out 12KV for newer ones with regulator diode, without, over 30KV, but a very low current of 5-10mA Which wont kill you if you make a mistake, but will hurt. Flyback drivers are simple to build, and inexpensive. And capable of making nice plasma arcs without risk of death due to the very low current.
forwardbias 2 years ago
So ur just using a typical NST
Ravenpulse 2 years ago
that is awsome
5LoZeRzPr0 2 years ago
i think its called shocks not plasma
cus if it was plasma ud probably be dead/have no hand
1245678987 2 years ago
Nope. It's plasma. Matter given energy beyond a gasseous state - albeit briefly. You might want to take some physics classes.
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
rong the afect is actuley the same afect as in a plasma globe and do you even no the types of plasma its not just in fish or your blood.
vorkev1 2 years ago
Actually I do know the difference. But your understanding of science seems to be the same as your spelling. Maybe you should eat some more of that fish you mentioned, it's brain food, you know. :)
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
If you're going to dispute someone about their knowledge on something at least try to use proper spelling and grammar. Otherwise you make yourself look like an ass. Confangled internet 2.0 letting all the retards in.
Krog32 2 years ago
woah, dont wanna touch that transformer!
traptindahhrkness 2 years ago
Just an unmentioned fact here. If that light is like other high wattage clear-tubes and has a vacuum inside then your bombarding yourself with X-rays from the energization of the tungsten target (Filament)
erjohnson227 2 years ago
Two facts in reference to your "supposition."
1. It's not a vacuum. Partial vacuum with argon replacing most of the air.
2. The energy is mostly exciting the argon within, not the filament. The electricity arcs off of the filament as it's a conductor, little more involvement of the filament past that.
So your IF is a pretty big if, because you're making big assumptions that fundamentally change the environment used to back your "fact."
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
so just to clarify this is a normal 300 watt bulb that can be purchased at a local hardware store? An additional question is what is the "plasma" as opposed to the normal white or yellow light given off by a bulb? Very interesting experiment!
williefortes 2 years ago
Yep. Bought at Lowes. Normal incandescent light is produced by the electrical resistance of the filament producing heat and light (more heat than light - very inefficient). The plasma shown is because the argon in the bulb (put there to help prevent the filament from burning up) is being excited directly by electrons - changing gas into plasma.
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
FYI - The wattage is stated just to indicate it's a large household bulb (though you wouldn't want to put a 300 watt bulb in your living room lamp - might melt something due to greater heat). I'd get the same plasma effect with a 60 watt bulb (if everything else stayed the same) - just the smaller bulb would likely "fail" quicker.
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
you would be dead if this is real. 200 volts can easy kill someone fo 900 volts would jump that small space and kill you
ashleyMEAH96 2 years ago
It's completely real. Stun guns use anywhere from 30,000 to 1,000,000 volts and are used non-lethally every day. The part you are missing is the amperage/watts. 120 volts of household electricity can kill you, but only because there is also up to 20 amps of current. In my demonstration the circuit only pulls 60 milliamps, and considerably less than that is arcing to me through the glass due to it's insulation properties.
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
In short: Thank you for your contribution, but please do some research next time. :)
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
yep poeple dont understand that its the amps that kill you not the volts
gfrggggg 2 years ago 19
I'm sure if put a taser on your heart you could die. It's just that it's a lot more complicated than "x volts = death" or "y amps = death" either. It's just silly when people criticize and don't have a clue. That, and it'd be a lot harder to fake than do for real. :)
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
@gfrggggg When you make a statement like that, it is clear that you don't understand anything either.
Amp is a unit just like mph. So when you say "amps kill", you are saying something like "mph kills" instead of "speed kills"
The correct way to say it is "Current kills not voltage". Even that doesn't make much physical sense, since you cannot have current flowing through the body without a high enough voltage.
Gunner3210 8 months ago
@Gunner3210 why do you even have to post such a arrogant comment? He said the exact same thing you said except he stated the fact in a shorter much easier form than yours. I am sure he realizes that current can not flow through a body without voltage because he knows how electricity works. And he is correct it is Amps that kill because if in the rightconditions a 9v battery can kill you it only takes 50mA to kill a person.
animationdevil1 6 months ago
now that is science dudes its realy great
theshadowmannikolaus 2 years ago
See my "Dangers of Electricity" video. Rubber gloves wouldn't help much. The most important thing to know when working with high voltage is to always be aware of the easiest path for the electricity. And, to try to not be that path.
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
why NO closed captioned in here video
bestamerica 2 years ago
Are you dead yet? No reply may mean yes. LOL That sounds increadably dangerous.
jeffsadowski 2 years ago
I'm not dead yet. Really! *checkes pulse*
TaoOfPooh26 2 years ago
is there a website that tells you how to make one of these babies
GeneralBerger 3 years ago 2
i want you to put the 900 watt wire on your arm and show us that
mprutherford 3 years ago 3
Power overwhelming... ar ar ar... XD
ascendrian 3 years ago
its to do with electrostatic capacitance, if you look up nikola teslas bulb research, he tells you why alot of this happens. all objects have a capacitance to them, you body is a much larger surface area and so it helps excite the gas in the tube and allows the sparks to follow your hands. something to that nature. great video, i would never hold the wire just with my hands with a high amperage device like that lol.
boxa888 3 years ago
Didn't the electrical cycles go up with the 900w or volts.
teslaandlyne 3 years ago
It'd be really really bright, hot, and likely make the plastic in your lamp melt a bit. But they sell them at most hardware stores, you'd just have to use it in a socket that's made for that kinda wattage.
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
Wow, 300 watts, wouldn't want to use that in my lamp!
TheGeek1028 3 years ago
you can do the same with ordinary lightbulb with piezo-electric switch from lighter (electric lighter). Cost: NONE.
ureq 3 years ago
Then DO it. Make a video that has the same effect. Send me the link when you're done.
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
of course effect won't be THAT spectacular, but idea is the same
ureq 3 years ago
Electric lighters put out a quick spark, and while high voltage, aren't continuous nor anywhere near the amperage. That's like saying it's the same thing to set off a small firecracker as to setting off a set of M-80's. Same basic idea (i.e. "bang"), completely different scale and visual effect. If you want to critique by saying that "you can do the same" at "cost: none" then don't back-pedal and make a video even CLOSE with piezo-electric lighter.
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
dude, you got pwnt xD
HarlequinDisease 3 years ago
While it's true that our nerves send messages electrochemically, it sounds like you're getting into "woo" territory. For you, I highly recommend that you google "respectful insolence" and study up, just in case. :)
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
WTF 0:09???
insanepro28 3 years ago
I was demonstrating how "hot" the arc was going directly from the transformers positive to negative leads. You get a much hotter and wider arc than when the light bulb plays "man (insulator) in the middle".
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
Oh, dang!
insanepro28 3 years ago
ensina a fazer churrasco
Vator0 3 years ago
I'm not getting barbecued? :/
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
you entendeu o que i falei?
eu falei brincando
haiuehaeiuh
Vator0 3 years ago
CHIDORI!
whitehiliter 3 years ago
*eye roll* What's worse, that you used the reference, or that I GOT it? lol
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
thats pretty cool.
supergangster33 3 years ago 2
Wtf?
ilpo21 3 years ago
Do not make that plasma in vaccum. Its dangerous and generate X rays that can get you ill with cancer.
Subspace4d 3 years ago
To generate x-rays you need very very very very high vacuum, any plasma ball uses vacuum
lo9765 3 years ago
Beats the fuck out of a nine volt battery to the tongue :-P
azayles 3 years ago
THAT LOOKS DANGEROUS AS HELL. im going to it try it right now :)
RapidReactionP 3 years ago 24
lol
EnemyoftheDevil 3 years ago
don't taze yourself, bro!
ivionday 3 years ago 15
that is awesome
teresahan1991 3 years ago
If I was to make that experiment, I would remove my ring.
sonnyboyz 3 years ago 2
That is kinda scary . Why didnt you ger electricuted ?
Openmypuddin 3 years ago
Gosh, you sound disappointed!
Kidding.
The main reason is being very aware of where the electricity is going to go, and luck doesn't hurt. :)
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
Well I just hoped u didnt get electricuted
Openmypuddin 3 years ago
If I had been electrocuted, I'd be dead by definition. Given I'm still making videos, I'm either a zombie, an alien clone, or a computer simulation. All of which have their good points, so I can deal with that!
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
Well exxccuusse ME 4 not making myself clear as dawn ! You would notv nessicarily die ! Many ppl can survive being electicuted
Openmypuddin 3 years ago
"clear"?
Please read the definition of "electrocuted." It means "killed by means of electricity." Electrified or shocked doesn't mean death. Electrocuted does.
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
fuck you im onley in middle school on my sisters crap trying to get her annoyed like id go on google and search that up !
Openmypuddin 3 years ago
Sorry, but I was initally joking around, but if you're going to take it THAT seriously, then I can say this...
If you have time to type poorly typed replies using words you don't know the meaning to and don't want to look up, should you even use those words and argue about them? Probably not.
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
Wow, kids tink every is out to be an asshole, don't they?
TooManySnakes 3 years ago
owned. ps. its "Only".you sure u aint still in elementary school?
NoobsAreUsh 3 years ago 2
Isn't this a tad dangerous?
death2allmuppets 3 years ago
Yep. More than a tad. Hence the "Dangerously-Stupid" part of my motto.
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
Ahh I see.
death2allmuppets 3 years ago
Iteressting wall paper in your lab. ;)
Screwhammmer 3 years ago
Yo estoy vivo y me rampé con tan solo 500000Voltios jejeje lo que pasa es que como decia enel1221 me pasaron la increible cantidad de 1 microamperio. Pruébenlo en el museo de la ciencia de Barcelona
pendiro 3 years ago
Was it a Van De Graaf generator?
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
I don't remember I was 12, but the experiment was that I take a fluorescent ligthting and I brought it over to gran ball. Then fluorescent ligthting was on :). I suposed that could be a Van de Graaf generation, But I cannot confirm it
pendiro 3 years ago
Van de Graaf generators are used a lot in science museums. They can produce a huge amount of static electricity with nearly no amps. About the safest way to demonstrate it in front of a group as you can possible get...though it'd still sting a lot if done wrong.
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
high voltage won't kill you, its the amps that kill you, so with that transformer it increases the volts but decreases the amps so that would hurt but wouldn't kill you
enel1221 3 years ago
Voltage can kill you if it goes through your heart, for example. And 60 ma is potentially enough to kill you, depending on where the electricity passes through. Regardless, I still give it healthy respect - in spite of doing something Dangerously Stupid with it. :)
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
Current increases as voltage increases.
(when resistance is ohmic and fixed and jibber and jabber)
It is the high voltage that kills you. It is also the current that kills you. 10 volts, one amp in, 100 volts, 100mA out, same amount of electricity.
HLSDK 3 years ago
Are you sure the word WATTS shouldn't be inserted in a couple places?
TaoOfPooh26 3 years ago
HOLY CRAP!
Montymio 3 years ago
how did you make that probe thing?
Kendallkip 4 years ago
A long piece of wire, where I spread the copper threads out wide, like a fan? :)
TaoOfPooh26 4 years ago
if you want that in ur room it will kill you
Danny7930 4 years ago 8
I want one like that in my room lol.
danitiwa 4 years ago 3
It's good when you put you hand on it
WeWentFree 4 years ago
oooh pretty lights....
BlackRiku 4 years ago
I hope that he really knows that there is enought volts and milliamps to injure permanently, or kill him.
If he knows these things then i would say that he's insane.
Flayron 4 years ago
I do know that. And I have around 20 years of experience with varying levels of dangerous electricity. I make a point to know where the current is going to go, and have a number of safety measures in place. Yes, it's risky (just like any other stunt kinda thing), but I know and manage the risks. That's why I feel comfortable doing this myself, and say "don't try this at home" to every one else. My sanity is another matter entirely.
TaoOfPooh26 4 years ago
yeah u are insane that sh*t is dangerous...i respect u
scotty92994 4 years ago
If you think that's dangerous, maybe you haven't seen my breakin' flamin' boards video. Heh.
TaoOfPooh26 4 years ago
wow im gonna watch it right away if it's dangerous it's for mor
scotty92994 4 years ago 2
High voltage isn't that bad when you know what your doing. Its high current transmission that can a scary b***h
Nicko1024 4 years ago 4
This Guy is just asking for it!
BallinMafia 4 years ago
ive had the mother fucker burn thru the wire and burn my fucking finger...it hurt like a bastard
FORDGTFANATIC 4 years ago
It's a pottential elevator, similar to Tv's flyback
joselu90 4 years ago
Is that really a standard transformer, or is it a high-freq neon sign driver? (Wave an oscilloscope probe around and see if you pick up some 30KHz.)
wbeaty 4 years ago
um i wouldent be messin wit that
alec246 4 years ago
And that's a perfectly reasonable decision for you to make. :)
TaoOfPooh26 4 years ago
That's pretty cool. But I'm not sure I would recommend that, especially touching the bulb! As long as you're drawing sparks or corona across the transformer then the circuit is complete, but when you take the wire off and touch the bulb with your finger YOU might be providing a return path! Why don't you build a small Tesla Coil instead? Since it's high frequency that would be a lot safer for experiments like this. I have videos of my coil on my page.
ct92404 4 years ago
I've actually discussed this before (on my other similar videos and on my blog). I DO recommend to others that they do this with a tesla coil, as my method is deliberately risky. There are TONS of videos online of people doing this with a tesla coil. I did this with a transformer because no one else had. And the characteristics of the plasma within the bulb are different due to the lower frequency as well.
TaoOfPooh26 4 years ago
Besides...when science is slightly-mad, it's no fun unless there's a certain amount of "dangerously-stupid and/or 'splodey". Also, I used this demo to open up discussion of how transformers work (I'll have a video for that soon).
TaoOfPooh26 4 years ago
ur damn skippy theres a tingle that just MY pee pee tingle
justin19822 4 years ago
lol, damn skippy
my83merc 4 years ago
I don't undertand what 900 Watts has to do with any of this. Is that small transformer rated for 900 Watts? Or would that be Volt-Amperes? It seems a little small for 900VA. How can a transformer "draw" wattage, anyway?
madamerotten 4 years ago
The "small" plastic box isn't the transformer. That's a conduit box I put on top of the transformer, to make it easier to swap out electrodes. The transformer is just inside the wooden box underneath. It's a bit bigger.
TaoOfPooh26 4 years ago
It doesn't draw wattage, specifically. It draws current. If the output of the neon transformer is 15,000 volts and 60ma, you know the wattage to be 900 watts. Watts = Volts x Amperes. I'm stating the 900 watts so people can make a comparison as to how much power is in the circuit.
TaoOfPooh26 4 years ago
Don't assume that the plasma bulb is drawing 60mA. Just measure it with an analog 100mA AC meter. If it did draw that much, the glass would glow orange and melt! (The 0.9 kilowatts always ends up as heat.)
wbeaty 4 years ago
cool
Joker1234123 4 years ago
Pretty frigging stupid getting both hands in there at once. A perhaps excessive confidence in the quality of insulation on that wire.
msbfd 4 years ago
That's your opinion, and you're entitled to it. However, it's not excessive confidence in the insulation, but a knowledge of how electricity travels. If you give it a much easier path to travel other than through the insulation, the insulation becomes irrellevant.
TaoOfPooh26 4 years ago