Plasma Bulb 900 Watts Forced Failure: Slightly-Mad Science

[lucasabadine]

how to make????

[9875ization]

I looking for a way to make a similar expermint to run the bulb its designed way do you know the parts?

[piehole1983]

@pingvinac

Refrigerators do not have air compressors. Compressors yes, but not for air. Air will destroy one in a very short time.

[pingvinac]

cool, tnx

now the rest of us should try the next step ;)

i wonder what could it be ... ideas ?

i have an idea of a small (tv driver) plasma coupled with air compressor (from refrigerator) to form a "sort of a moderately thick plasma pencil/knife" to draw on or to cut thin sheets of galvanized steel (maybe even 1mm thick)

your opinion ? someone wanna try ? it could be a market hit !

many factors straining me from making that stuff even though i have all the parts times 5.

[TaoOfPooh26]

@plasmaninjaa 15000

[TheLaughingMan0603]

wow, portable lightstorm :)

[mezooo2020]

Did he died ??

[mezooo2020]

Nuclear bomb

[TheArtonSlo]

don't try this at home?

you're doing it at home!!

i'm gonna try this now :P

[TheArtonSlo]

don't try this at home?

you're doing it at home!!

i'm gonna try this now :P

[ElectricFizzPop]

i wanna see it break

[BerndwartII]

nikola tesla ftw

[mDoThis]

how I can build something like that?

[SmashMaterFlex]

sweet!! NOW TRY TO MOTION A RIFLE INTO THAT!!pew pew

[massivemak]

good shit thats fuckin heavy

[pieznice29]

900 watts?!?! THATS OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!

[bandito771]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooo prettyyyyyyyy

[liverpoolforeveer]

i am your father - bzzzzzzzzzzzz

[falloist]

dont try this at home,try it to your garden

[Rannyfash]

ARE YOU A WIZARD?!?

[AlienScientist]

Plasmas Rule!

Always remember to use proper eye protection!

[commentdropper]

At 0:13 the left side of the bulb produces a shadow that resembles a fetus.

[kiwiman40]

@commentdropper holy shit your right!

[doodookat]

fucking take off the metal ring off your finger but what do i know?

[lilletizz]

His finger would get shocked way closer than the ring.

Yes. What DO you know?

[spinctah]

fuckall obviously - lulz

[DexterGoneWild]

OMG Where can I get a tiny rake like that?

[TiAg328ci]

thats the spliced end of the wire and the copper wires inside have just been separated and flattened

[Magic1999992]

IS THAT PURE ELECTRICITY?! OMG I really miss something here

[soylentgreenb]

"IS THAT PURE ELECTRICITY?"

That's a really strange question, but I guess the best answer is no, that's really dilute electricity.

The electrical force is immensely stronger than gravity and it takes very small deviations from neutral conditions to cause very significant effects.

Even though the electrical force is an inverse square force like gravity you never really see it in every day life because electrons and nuclei hug each other so close that you need to 'touch' things to feel it.

[soylentgreenb]

What a strange question. No it's very 'dilute electricity'.

It only takes extremely small deviations from neutral conditions to cause very significant effects because electricity is so immensely stronger than gravity.

Under normal conditions you don't notice that the electrical force is an inverse square force like gravity. It's touching things that is so very odd; nuclei hug electrons so close as to shield the electrical charge almost completely until you get within mere nanometers.

[ErAsEdDiSc]

This may be a stupid question to ask since i just started looking into the whole plasma thing.. but i noticed you werent touching the bulb the entire time, especially after what happened. But how lethal would it be if you touched the bulb with your finger, and having what happened there happen on your finger?? =o

[TaoOfPooh26]

You mean when the glass broke, it was no longer insulating, and the arc went "hot"?

If my finger had been near where the glass cracked (or worse, directly in the way of the circuit), the combination of electrical and heat energy would be kinda like sticking your finger into an open flame while zapping it with a stun gun.

[161803]

@TaoOfPooh26 can you do that next?

[TaoOfPooh26]

@161803 Sry. I prefer to not actually get burned - even if sometimes it looks like I am (see my leidenfrost video).

[161803]

@TaoOfPooh26 Come on, I give you 20 bucks. Also nice name & Chuang Tzu rocks.

[walier100]

@161803 is plasma another way of saying electricity? pardon the spelling.

[walier100]

@161803 is plasma another way of saying electricity? pardon the spelling.

[HighVoltageScience]

i think you should use GTO wire

but i did also see you turn the power

on only when the wire was touching the bulb

i know that makes it safer but come on i have

shocked my self with 10000vac at 23ma

and i don't feel good

but making Plasma Bulbs dose not draw 60ma it draws about 40ma so you have

to feel something cause that wire

is not meant for 15kvac

[lokar2000]

How do you change the color of light ?

[TaoOfPooh26]

It's purple at first because the glass is acting as an insulator limiting how much current can arc (hence a thin arc) and it's arcing through argon (which is purple when you arc electricity through it). It changes to a thick bright orange after the glass cracks, which ruins its ability to electrically insulate. The bright orange is what the arc looks like from my 60 ma neon transformer when there isn't anything reducing the current.

[lokar2000]

How do you change the color of light ?

[bigwoolleypenguin]

This would be interesting done with a clear bulb?

[TaoOfPooh26]

I plan on revisiting this demonstration once I get my hands on a high-speed camera. Thought it'd be interesting to see in slo-mo. Though I do the same demo (minus the failure) with clear bulbs in two other videos if you haven't seen them.

[voon100]

In the UK we could only get transformer rated max @ 10Kv @ 50ma. If I ever go over to America the first thing I'll buy is a 15Kv transformer and lug it home with me.

[prototype9000]

is that a oil burner ignition transformer i would never hold it by the wire like that i learned a hard lesson like that when i was younger

[TaoOfPooh26]

Nope. A neon transformer. The output is rather different and has been worked wtih several times safely.

[ajgio]

just i question how can you limit the current with 15kv etc just i thought I=v/Z

[TaoOfPooh26]

By the introduction of a resistor in the circuit prior to the transformer.

[ajgio]

so theres a volt drop across the resistor then a voltdrop in the light so its not turly 15KV in the light ?

[cunnelatio]

I've seem a similar effect with the arcing (plasma?) except in a microwave. If you stick a match in something that will hold it upright, light it, and stick it in the microwave, you'll see the same thing arcing from the match to the top of the microwave

[TheGeek1028]

Neon sign transformer?

[TaoOfPooh26]

Yep.

[IrishvimiL009]

wooooooooow

[theshadowmannikolaus]

wooow its like spiderman 2 dock ock

0:12

[drulli6]

sweet

[mirabilis]

gotta love the plasma, though :D

[filipkir]

upside down

[bestamerica]

why NO closed captioned in here video

[SmashCOBamberg]

omg, use high voltage wires, not these small ones or u will shock yourshelf

[TaoOfPooh26]

There's a reason why the wires are far apart, so they can't short - and I'm only in contact with one lead at a time. And those small ones are for electrodes only.

[SmashCOBamberg]

all right :-D

[TaoOfPooh26]

Not planning on dying any time soon. That'd make it hard to get more clips on cable television, wouldn't it? :)

[SmashCOBamberg]

yep

[dfectus]

so how far away are you from making a light saber?

[kylefer]

The last time I heard about someone making a lightsaber that involved some form of a bulb, it was flouresent bulbs. I cant believe the stupidity, but they filled em with kerosene, then emptied them, leaving them damp, and lit them on fire, they blew up, the guy and his gf were rushed to hospital or something. that was a looong time ago... thats almost dumber than the guy who broke his leg, jumping off the counter with a broomstick after seeing the harry potter movie and believeing he cud fly.

[Stevenup7004]

Imagine playing with the plasma bulb with your finger, and that happening..

[laurdy]

it looks like the glass was heated up by the spark to the point where it becomes an ionic conductor

[DeViLiN888]

WOW! I should really start doing physics or something. This is great! I wish to have such thing at home :)

[smoke489]

No don't, you'll brunt you're fucking house down.

[joselu90]

it isn't 900w, it is 900v

[TaoOfPooh26]

Nope. The transformer is rated at 900 watts. That's how much electricity it draws. It's 120 volt/7.5 amp input, and 15,000 volt/.06 amp output. The light bulb's wattage rating isn't all that relevant in this case.

[joselu90]

that's right, the most important in this case is the voltage(hi), if not electricity won't jump!

[SKarmytech]

Do you know even a little of electricity or phisics? First electricity doesn't jump, in this case in sparking and arcing over into the bulb, and it's 900W of power that are being used in this case. If you only had 900v, you could be sure you wouldn't have such big arc like that one.

[psycopyro001]

Well my computers transformer/PSU is rated @ 1200W.

[TaoOfPooh26]

If you really think that means anything, send me the video of where you hook your computers power supply up to a light-bulb and get any kind of interesting result.

[psycopyro001]

I'm not stupid you know... I do realise that i need HEAPS more voltage to get it to do anything like what ur doing in the vid.

[TaoOfPooh26]

Never said you were stupid. Take some deep cleansing breaths or do some yoga. My point, is that there's not an equal relationship - so it's not really relevant to point out the wattage of your computer.  It's like saying "I have a 500 HP ferrari (and show a video of it racing)!" and someone else replying "well, I have a 500 HP farm tractor!"

[DrassaDX]

lol

[anon32016]

Hehehe, good comparison.

[ripetomatoes]

ahaahah you owned him, no offense to either of you. lol

[Vator0]

kkkkkkkkk

[dudebot09]

im thinking: since silica is an insulator with a relatively high breakdown voltage (that is surpassed by your arc), when the special red arc is generated on the specific spot on the bulb, i wonder if you reduced the silica to pure silicon in just that area. it would definitely conduct better.

[TaoOfPooh26]

Most likely not, since the only apparent effect was cracked glass. At which point you a tiny space for the arc to go through without an insulator, and thus you have the same arc you would in air (see the jacob's ladder demos, same arc). Though your idea sounds cooler.

[Rogerdof]

Jesus christ that looked surreal

[TCDIL95]

i did that and it shattered after.lol

[joker1yahhh]

i did it! i just came back from the emergence room. my left arm is still numb.....

[cheetawolf]

PLASMA BULB

[alexholt623]

Haha that's awesome!

[dracoame]

That's a 60hz high voltage source, trust me it's a dangerous experiment. just be careful, if the current is limited (i.e a non-switch mode neon sign transformer) it most likely will not kill you but the shock is quite painfull

[TaoOfPooh26]

Yep. It is definitely the Dangerously-Stupid "do not try this at home" variety of demonstration. Thing is, this definitely is not my most dangerous demo, now, and definitely not compared to future ones. But, I am careful to the point of being extremely paranoid (it's more "stunt" than "experiment"), that still doesn't make any of this safe.

[7Row7enn7]

What happens if you touch that orange glowy trail of stuff lol?

[hiphopisntacrime]

what a nut!

[bluetorch13]

"don't try this at home"?!?!?! HELL YEAH I WILL!! you don't show cool stuff like this to people and say not to try it : P

NICEEEEEEEEE!!!

[erik88nl]

thats awesome i wish my plasmabulb did that XD

[teresahan1991]

kick ass!!!

[SuperSZ]

holy shit!!! :O

[thegoldenpenny]

That was, glowey... I think the Video would be a lot better if you said, "If I keep it on there for longer it would... Explode." Instead of "It would break open.". Anyways this is good and I don't think I will try it at home.

[jrompe]

WOW BIG RED THINGY!!!!!!

[JENSSCHLAU]

Cool but dangeres.

[moacirfj]

cara! isso e muuuito legal...

[260830107]

what happens if you tuch it and the light bulb fails? will u get shocked?

[TaoOfPooh26]

You'll likely get zapped if you touch the light bulb in any case. But you're not likely to get the whole 900 watts unless you put your digits right in the easiest path to complete the circuit, which is still through the bulb back to the transformer. Not an idea that I'd recommend you test.

[THExGOODxLIFE307]

wow, that is one of the coolest things I've ever seen!

[file1116]

where did you get such a high voltage transformers? when I went to an electroshop (professional one)and said I need a transformer for 6000V and higher with like 50ma, the sell mamager said, it will be very expencive,you need to order it I wanted it for a tesla coil..and he said that its very dangerous with 50ma.(the capacitors will take all the ampers away though but if you build your own capacitors from a soda bottles im not really sure if it works well)so its pritty frustrated

[TaoOfPooh26]

Messing with this type of high voltage is really dangerous, they're right.

But for jacob's ladders and such, they're not expensive. I figure it's not giving away much (since you can get this info from Google), but if you contact any shop that makes neon signs, and ask them for an OLD neon transformer, you can usually get them pretty cheaply. Mine was $40.

[hackmattr]

Yes I built a jacobs ladder and the transformer was about $80 about ten years ago. But it is dangerous and could kill you. At least a jacobs ladder can if you put your hand in the middle of it

[mullema]

hehe, a friend made something simulare to that, ON HIS COMPUTER.

for those of you that hawent got it, its a film tric, a friend of mine made something simulare on hes computer, using a program(i don't remembre the name)

[TaoOfPooh26]

You're funny. There's no tricks. It's really a 15,000 volt transformer pumping electrons through a light bulb. If I could fake it as well as THIS, I'd have a job with Industrial Light and Magic.

[PerVBmx]

Can you explain how to make it? like you have a hole bunch of wires atached is their a easier way to make this, i want 2 do this for science fair and i was wondering if you can explain how to create it

[TaoOfPooh26]

I plan on making a video explaining it, but it's not recommended AT ALL as a science fair project. It's very dangerous, even for someone who has a fair amount of experience making these sort of things - and they wouldn't need an explanation of how to make it.

Do some research into Van De Graaf generators or other less dangerous voltage generators.

[Abunchofnoobs]

lol nice

[000darkstar000]

WAY COOL VID*****

[atomhorst]

serious comment: use GTO high voltage wire, dude. the insulation of your wires looks like some 500V rated. when it strikes through, you might be dead.

[TaoOfPooh26]

You're quite correct. That's why I make sure the wires are kept a good distance away from each other (except when I WANT them to arc), and made sure I'm not grounded, either. And I make sure that I know the exact place that it will arc before I turn on the power. Yes, I know I'm cutting corners, that's one (of many) reasons I don't let anyone touch the rig except me - and why I have to be very deliberate in what I'm doing.

[atomhorst]

I thought of an insulation breakdown in your hand, creating a current path through your body. i saw those cheap alligator clip leads fail at ~3000v to ground, since then i only use GTO for tricks like that. usually, if you have 15kV between the transformer outputs, you still have 7500v from each output to ground, as the secondary mid-tap of your transformer is (should be) grounded. good luck :)

[TaoOfPooh26]

It is grounded. And thanks. Though sometimes I find it interesting that people seem far more concerned with my HV videos than they do with the one where I break stuff that's on fire with my bare hands. Then again, the high voltage gets more views. :)

[dude33369]

sick dude

[TaoOfPooh26]

It doesn't quite "explode" as much as "pop". The heat stress on the bulb will cause the glass to crack, and sometimes pop clear open. Wearing safety goggles (which I was) and having a clear area usually mitigates the danger of lightbulb shards.

[scotty92994]

the movie won't load 4 me but ill give it a 5

[theanvilcracks]

lol idiot

[bob10023]

Did he just set the glass on fire?

[TaoOfPooh26]

Nope. The arc creates just enough heat, however, to cause a stress fracture in the glass. The arc then changes from what can trickle through the glass (it's an insulator) which excites the argon (purple lightning) - to a really hot arc with no insulator limiting it at all. That's the same arc you see in my Jacob's Ladder video, or at the end of the Dangers Of Electricity video.

[talatsmum]

wow i have one of those plasma things. it really terrifies me. i dont know why i just dont like electricity *collapses*

[TaoOfPooh26]

I look at it this way. There are people that don't like electricity, and those of us that deliberately get zapped. It wouldn't be nearly as entertaining to people if everyone did it, eh? :)

[goldenphoenixnaruto]

I don't like getting zapped, but my worst was probably when I had wet hair, leaned down to turn off my DVD player, my hair stuck to the screen on my TV, and then my DVD player shocked me. I found it kinda funny that as soon as I heard that familar sound of static I thought, "Oh crap..." The blue light emmiting from my "On/Off" button was pretty, too. Still hurt like heck...

[scotty92994]

my worst was when i got out of the shower and my grandma told me to unplug the cpu (idky) but here i forget to turn it off and it wouldnt unplug so i put my fingers almost in the socket and ZAP!! my fingers were numb 4 like 5mins

[BallinMafia]

This guy is just asking for it. lol

[FavreMatt]

good lord, i dare you to plug that bulb in........BOOM

[deadlyskateboard1199]

make it all splodey

[TukeyPoop]

Are you using AC or DC? I guess AC??

[TaoOfPooh26]

AC is best as you don't have any resonance in the transformer coil. This is one of the reasons why Tesla/AC won the "battle of the currents" with Edison/DC. AC is much easier to "transform" than DC, making it easier to alter for different purposes. The transformer in my case is plugged directly into a house wall outlet (with a switch or resistor added, if desired).

[tall32guy]

Ummm I'm thinking that with a transformer with a voltage that high you need a high-voltage wire with a much thicker insulation next time, just to be safe. :)

[TaoOfPooh26]

I've done a number of experiments with that setup, and have yet to have any issue with the insulation failing. Mind you, I'm also taking the extra precaution of making sure there is a MUCH easier place for it to arc OTHER than through the wire insulation. It's always good to make sure you know exactly where the electricity is most likely to arc. However, the best way to be safe is to not do it. ;)

[blazerblast]

yeah me too,lets see the plasma explode

[TaoOfPooh26]

Patience, young grasshopper. I'm working on a different video now, but later I'll have one where I cheat to make SURE the bulb gets made all 'splodey. Dangerously stupid, too.

[agroblader12]

cool

[acecool79]

cool. I like your videos.

[TaoOfPooh26]

T'anks!

[acecool79]

no problem. Much props for doing something different.

[mrjay92]

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!

[romwell32]

Cooooooooooool !

[MAMMOTHMOVIES]

I want to see the lightbulb explode!

[TaoOfPooh26]

It's not quite THAT excting. It doesn't explode, but cracks spread rapidly from the pinholes burned through the glass...so it sometimes pops, sometimes it just collapses in on itself. If it blew up, I'd film it at least once (from a distance), but the current result isn't worth cleaning up the glass (again).

[Ilovehotdogs23456]

NERD!!!! How did u know that

[TaoOfPooh26]

Because I HAD to see what it did at least once, right? And again just to be sure. Nerd? Smile when you say that.

[Nekrokid88]

Woah,I liked it :)

[shaido669]

wooo