16 compact fluorescents turned on in high-speed

[fireworkfreak100]

this are for? your cannabis shed?

[youbube]

I'm sorry, did no one notice the faces that are being made after they've all turned on?

[stoperos]

46 people don't like turning on CFL bulbs :)

[conceptual0theorist]

@stoperos why would they want to? they are horrible things.

[megarus3000]

its not high speed its slow motion

[skinVISIBLE]

@megarus3000 actually both. high speed video converted/conformed to a frame rate of true slow motion

[megarus3000]

@skinVISIBLE *o*

[shikateki]

3 of them on th second row look like smiley faces :D

[RokhuStar]

fuck you !

[999manman]

THAT's high speed??? Took forever!!!!

[vassagovordant]

they look like a bunch of twisted smiley faces

[sage4000]

@vassagovordant :S

[McGuywer]

They look like fuckin condoms.

[bestamerica]

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all fluor light bulbs are NOT the same switch on at once

[parkoanime]

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[ShortCircuitRu]

good video!

[daneah123]

This wasn't as interesting as it could be if you showed them lighting up at full speed first/afterward. It would give everyone an idea of the time scale that's really being seen.

[pcally1]

now thats not fair i get turned on in high speed and nobody films ME :( this sucks...5 stars

[cyborgtroy]

@pcally1 - Well we already have video of 16 compact things being turned on, we don't need 1 more.

[vigotheunholy]

I'm assuming normal speed and time is "instantly on" for all of them, to our eyes?

[windoes98se]

lol, you can see the light pulseating due to the 50/60 hz electrical current

[ballores]

i did watch the paint drying vid but had to go to bed then go to work and watched the end b4 bed the 2nd night that was stunning

[pbuttandjam]

yeah this is good. watch the one were the paint dries. stunning!

[brentbest]

so whats the deal with all the CFLs? are you growing vegetables indoors?

[kdoubble]

CFL Soft light 4 photography 4 less heat

[20339431151511]

haha, oh yeah. ill bet hes growing "vegetables"

[CAESARbonds]

"vegetables" are good for your health :D

[newtkrad]

how long did this take in real-time?

[0n3m4n4rmy]

asuming this is being played back at 30 frames a second it'll be around 0.6 seconds. No way to be certain though with out checking at what speed its being played though.

[travers114]

Less than a second.

[sajten]

4 sec

[aldexrey]

what's the point of seeing bulbs turning on?

[miraan786]

then why did you?

[xXSilverlitXx]

lol, if you look closely when their all turned on, you can see smiley faces on some of them.

[mahir100]

LOL yeah

[zantiertasa]

the bottom row is all depressed =(

[zobart53]

haha youre right

[ejami005]

I thought that too! It's funny if you think of the bulbs saying "I'm getting excited" as they turn on. The bottom row are emo.

[chancescheatz]

@ejami005

emo lightbulb? lol

[canuckscottsmen]

i must be the only one wondering if that was a high speed camera they used, and why did they do it.?

[meowsers450]

lol?

[ashomsky]

Sweet

[lilcoolchris]

God I wish I knew about how these lights work to full effect... my life would be complete...

[LookItsRiceCake]

Damnit, and I went through starting to type an explanation to it before I realized you guys were just a-bitchin'.

Regardless, nice video. Funny to think that's somewhere around a third of a second.

[lilcoolchris]

I'm not jealous and I doubt that you are smarter... but it's not like you are getting assessed by what you write on frickin youtube is it. Just because you've wrote about the bloody excitment of the electro static field does not make you bloody einstein. I'm not sure but I don't think you'll get a youtube phd for your thoughts.

[KippTheKidd]

Ah, but you misjudge my intentions. I didn't post here to get a youtube phd... wait... is that why you post?

Again, I think you're just jealous that I know what I'm talking about and you don't.

[lilcoolchris]

stop all talking shit like this, like you actually know anything...

[KippTheKidd]

Fluorescent lights use high voltage spikes to excite the gasses in the tube. It's primarily a function of electrostatic fields, which excite electrons to their next shell level; when they settle, they emit photons in the visible spectrum. Because of this large electrostatic field, adjacent tubes can also be excited. All of the bulbs seem to pulse at 60Hz, probably because they're powered from standard 60Hz household current.

It's simple science..

Don't be jealous just because we're smarter.

[lilcoolchris]

i could be your hero baby.

i could kiss away the pain

i will stand by you forever.

let me be your hero

[KippTheKidd]

That's so sweet. I love you, man.

[Fresnellie]

>when they settle, they emit photons in the visible spectrum.

Incorrect. Excited mercury vapor emits light in the ultra-violet. This UV is absorbed by phosphors in the envelope of the tube, which fluoresce, giving off visible light.

The 60 Hz pulse is cool, though.

[KippTheKidd]

Yes, true. I skipped the phosphorus conversion.

[InsanelyMan]

Is this the box you grow weed in man?

[Riceboxer]

epic, just epic

[TwoShallow]

i wonder if the fps level could be so slow that you can see all 1000 blinks of the light bulbs

[emak0222]

hey MXpsycho... high speed is slow motion, high speed means that the camera takes a HIGHER amount of frames per second, next time, do your research before calling someone you don't even know a retard... but by the way, cool user name

[MXpsycho52]

lol i think that would be called slow motion, not high speed... retards

[littleguy136]

It was filmed with a high speed camera...retard.

[MXpsycho52]

well, obviously. THANK YOU captian obvious.

[littleguy136]

Oh, obviously. I'm guessing your were trying to spell caption?

[MXpsycho52]

nope, captain is spelled, well captain.

[littleguy136]

oh, thanks for correcting me on that one.

[MXpsycho52]

sure. :)

[littleguy136]

I'm glad to see this ended with a smile :)

[lpObsession2005]

LMFAO THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!

[kabivose]

so not captian after all then?

[shyguy1684]

gee i hope none of those break XD

[zdwade]

yea for alternating current

[pballer2005]

lol yeah you can see the pulses frmo teh current switching

[Antigoblinius]

Rkey!!

[mrFOURuTOnv]

no wonder they save money they take so dam long to turn on

[maburaho26]

dude, it's turned on at 2000 frame per second. all of that was just a second in real time. the video is slowed down. an incadescent light bulb would take longer under 2000 frame per second. read description before posting plz

[tiagonofx123]

uhasuhsahusau...so true

[wilkes85]

those compact flourescent light bulbs are far inferior to real light bulbs. thats why i stalked up on real bulbs before the communist government of Canada outlaws them.

[wilkes85]

and knowing what Canada is like, they're gonna send people from door to door ramsacking people's houses looking for the old, superiour bulbs to destroy them. Yes I live in Canada, and yes, the government does things like that.

[cheeseymamma44294]

haha

[vmelkon]

Yes and they will use their damn stun gun on us and beat us up while we are down!

[crimsonphait]

fool

[slapinthefaceprod]

why would you stack up on real bulbs? To lose money?

[lilcoolchris]

stalked up, good thinking

[DEMENTEDx3]

o_o.. hmmmmmmm...

Well that WAS cool to watch but...

Thats was also 34 seconds I will NEVER get back ._.

[qwertboyo]

Hey, you clicked to watch lights coming on, it's ur own fault! hahahaha

[IM1deadMONEY]

HAHA! Yea i fell for it too , i'd probably click on a "real time butter melting at room temperature" video!!

[pieandbo]

pwned

[Thewaterofthepool]

huh i dont get it... it looks like slow... and light is supposed to be fast i think the fly's wings move faster than this lightbulb in Stupid fly behavior at 200fps.

[pieandbo]

It's slow motion.

[justinaurelius]

Yes, the other guy is correct. The pulsing you see is due to the 60Hz of the mains voltage. In other parts of the world the pulsing woulf be a bit faster at 50Hz.

[InfluxUK]

50Hz is slower than 60Hz, not faster

[justinaurelius]

That's what I meant.

Honest!

[corester123]

lol

[LucidMovement]

The 16cfl's are a FOTODIOX filming/photography lighting setup. I have three sets of them for lighting this stuff, since the frame rates are so high you need a ton of light. Each of the CFL's outputs 2000 Lumens, so multiplied by 16 then by 3 you have a ton of light. Though even with those I couldn't go much beyond 4000fps.

[r2r2r2]

I wonder what you guys are doing with 16 cfl's all packed up like that?

Is it indica or sativa you prefer? ;)

[my83merc]

those cfls make things grow great huh?

[rasco420]

most def satvia G-13 יּ۩←ЯΛڱҜ۝Ҹ௨۞→۩יּ

[cocobirdcoco]

they look like faces

[HairyPeo]

Interesting ... it could look a bit as if the light from the first ones to come on, "encourages" the other bulbs to turn on. Notice how those rythmic "dimmings" in the light output are almost in sync from one bulb to the next...

[KippTheKidd]

These definitely have a sizable static field, but I suspect the rythmic dimming is because they're using the same 60Hz alternating power-source.

[lilcoolchris]

Although the periodical membrane of the positive neurons would suggest that the rhythm would alternate due to the substantial amount of ions in the atmospheric conditions of the idiom outer frame. One could only imagine what would result in candle light to the multiplier of friction of the time space continuum in this particular occurrence of the meeting of the positive electrode! Surely there would be less conflict amongst the converters! I think 16x the 60hz catallic, What would one say one!?

[RaoulSmarterdude]

is it because of temperature rise by proximity?

[KippTheKidd]

I think the electrostatic field around one bulb helps to excite the gas in adjacent bulbs.