Homemade plasma ball from a lightbulb cool!!!

[UncleFexxer]

People who work on chemical tanks use a tool called a "leak detector"; a super high voltage transformer that outputs up to 40,000 volts at less than a milliamp of current; it will turn a light bulb into a plasma ball too. It detects a leak in the lining of the tank that can get past your naked eye... when it comes accross a pinhole leak in the liner, it arcs to the metal wall of the tank. I think neon workers use them too, not sure for what though.

[jefsphone01]

Amps are a measure of current. Current is a product of voltage. No voltage means no current. keep everything else equal and current will raise with voltage. So why do we say that these are high voltage low current. That is because of the transformer, it does not keep everything equal. It increases voltage withing the circuit at the expense of current. However, that is with that particular circuit. If you get your hands on that high voltage and complete a new circuit you are toast.

[Lebaron1987]

@jefsphone01 should review your electricity classes, there can be voltage without current.. on a light switch you will read 120V 0A when light is closed and 120V 1A(approximate) when it's on. Read wikipedia about it, i'm not a fucking teacher but I work in electricity and mechanics.

[Pirovolt]

At least you didn't reacg the dielectric breakdown of the glass like I did. :( i-m using a ignition coil

[USBvolume]

cant aford a plasma ball eh?

[vegito129]

someone tellme how to make dat

[phineas763]

Did you notice the blue flash of lightning at 0:09

[XZOMEvideos]

FINALLY ONE THAT YOU CAN TOUCH AND NOT DIE

[aurelcta]

sorry i think is high voltage ,low ampers .......................don t hurt .like 10.000 v,0.003 amp

you can buy this from a store

[Alex1M6]

It is a combination of voltage and resistance that determines the amount of current that flows. I can touch both terminals of a car battery that can deliver 100's of amps but nothing will happen to me as @ 12v my skin resistance is too high to allow all but micro-amps to flow through me. I=V/R.

[SittingMooseShaman]

@Alex1M6 ...no. You'll kill yourself...or be badly burned.

[Alex1M6]

@SittingMooseShaman From touching a car battery? No, nothing would happen. As I said, skin resistance is too high to allow anything more than a few tens of micro-amps to flow @12v.

[upcycle]

this is very interesting. I wonder how it would look to do that to a string of clear christmas lights.

[TaskTriikz]

teach us how to make it

[Theonlyuj]

@thehelac.

He probobly used a balast from a flourecsent bulb. Sorry dont know how to spell things like that

[davethehunter2]

@Theonlyuj i havnt tried it with a ballast but if i would have used a ballast in this video, it would have killed me if i would have gotten shocked by it like i did at the end of the vid

[TheVinegaroon]

this is really cool exept that it could probably kill you

[andycflbulb]

dumd question, but if you took the light bulb out of the plasma globe setup and hooked it up in a light socket, would it still work normally?

[ggjoe723]

how did you make this?

[davethehunter2]

@ggjoe723 high voltage at a high frequency

[TheHelac]

hey, how much volts source must be? what did you used as source? tanks.

[davethehunter2]

@TheHelac lots of volts but low current. 1-3000 volts but you can do it with 10000v. iv done it. dont remember the set up but i had a transistor and a transformer. iv done it with a flyback also

[teC5]

@davethehunter2 damn, if that glass breaks ur a dead man, 3000 volts? D:

[DCDUO]

@teC5 Volts don't matter much, it's the amps that kill you. 0.8A through the heart is too much for most people.

[uglymud100]

@teC5 Its not the volts that gill you its the amps.

[teC5]

@uglymud100 i see, so if you put 10.000 volts on it, but 1mA ,and get hit by it, you wont get hurt as much?

[jockyi]

@teC5 volts dont kill people, amps do.

[PortalAnim]

@jockyi so if i had 100Million volts.... at 1 amp it wouldnt kill me?

[SittingMooseShaman]

@PortalAnim ...1A will kill you. 60mA can cause heart-failure...

[PortalAnim]

@SittingMooseShaman Then how the fuck can i touch a car battery and be okay????

[SittingMooseShaman]

@PortalAnim ...please...keep the bullshit from burying yourself.

[kmncztms]

@PortalAnim You wouldn't even notice that, it kills so fast, hehe.

A normally driver flyback transformer gives 15000 V and 0.005 A, which is not deadly by itself.

[Navigator777777]

@jockyi

LOL...So does Faith Hope and Change....

[hardstyle905]

@jockyi Amps increase with volts proportionally.

[AustrailianIchigo]

okay, can you explain your power source. i see that this bulb is totally normal, so the only thing i need is the power supply.

[5PYZ3R]

@AustrailianIchigo

The bulb couldn't be totally normal as the chamber as to be filled with gas.

[blackend00]

whats the gas used !?is it carbon and how about the energy source what did you use!?.......o_0 you are luky man to make somthing like this

[jennyinthepark]

Ooh! Shiney! 

[MegaAlfies]

cool vids, watched a few. you really like physics huh?

[davethehunter2]

@MegaAlfies love them, any type of science and math

[firebomber39]

some king of argon gas bulb?

[rockman378]

did you get electrucuted at the end?

[davethehunter2]

@rockman378 lol yea it got me, thats funny you caught that

[chungsan1]

Would you make a videos series for "How to make the plasma bulb at home" ?

Thanks.

[jennyinthepark]

@chungsan1

This.