Flames + humming electricity + crackling loads + electrical education = CLASSIC PHOTONINDUCTION The completely overloaded car stuffed with electrical gold was a total bonus.
had to watch that section several times till I saw it then I was like holy s**t yes when the fun is spoiled by an overzealous smoke detector while fire safety is important these little bastards can't handle even the shortest gouts of 3ft(1m) butane flames I WANT FLAMES NOT SCREACHES
My teacher would just throw some 3rd order differential complex equation sets at us. Sprinkled with some crazy Laplacians. And sit there on his char for an hour in complete silence waiting for an answer.
I can absolutely appreciate the fact that instead of saying "Don't try this at home" he said "Take you time, double check, be safe etc...." That might resonate with somebody that was definitely going to do this at home.
sadly too much arc not enough corona discharge to make ozone you need a cold fan of tiny little sparks most easily created around 3kv using a ceramic or glass layer between lots of nox gases though
He doesn’t seem too precious about his seats or interior trim either! Andy, I’ve got a 10kVA 3phase 415 to 50V tranny I salvaged years ago as I’m a massive magpie. Will a ballast allow me to safely step up with mains going in the 50V windings?
@@JamesUKE92 You could put mains on the 50V with an appropriate ballast without saturating the core, but you'd have to watch you don't exceed the breakdown voltage of the insulation on the primary (I'm guessing if it's 415V you're in a country with 220-240V single phase). You could also play about with different series/parallel combinations, including connecting primary and secondary as an autotransformer.
I've been watching you since the beginning. I never thought your videos could get better. But now you're taking the time to explain stuff to us and I for one, absolutely love it. It's fascinating stuff for someone with basic electrical knowledge like me. So glad you're back on RU-vid mate, you have so much to share with us lucky viewers.
@@coryz.872 would you like him to explain everything step by step? He expects that if someone has this type of equipment sitting around then they should have at least an intermediate knowledge of how to use it. If not, you shouldn't attempt it. If it requires further explanation than a wiring diagram then you don't know what you're doing.
@@Photonicinduction Don’t remember ever seeing one so apologies if you have done one. Would love to see a video where you give a little about your electrical background/experience. Clearly weren’t your typical domestic sparky 😂
Imagine the renovation to repaint this room, in ten years, when he takes all the decorations off the walls and discovers everything has left behind a silhouette from the repetitive arc flash.
I really love how your style remains genuine and candid. Lots of youtubers these days are all obnoxious and tacky with their content, meanwhile your channel has a pleasant "old web" feel to it. Really do love your work.
That special aroma. When you're having too much fun juicing up some electrical part and the room fills with the odor of burnt lacquer. Oh yah.. I call it the (Oh SHIT!) smell. Because you're quickly yelling "Oh SHIT!!" when you're bumping your favorite tunes at 3/4th volume and you suddenly start whiffing that odor in the room. Bye bye speaker...lol
I remember once years ago when he was playing with the high current transformer, his mate noticed the lights were going dim in the entire street ahahaha
Dude you would be a hell of a EE Professor. This type of stuff would really hook young people and you also have the knowledge to show them the technical side of things once they pick their jaws off the floor from seeing foot long burning arcs.
I've always wondered how does he pull that much juice through his hookup to the mains?? Or does feed into a bank of huge capacitors first then out of capacitors to transformers?
@@DanielandStuff7 100A or 150A 3phase is not uncommon here in europe, so you basically have 230V*100A*3 = 69kW of usable power, as the fuses are "slow / medium blow" you can easily spike them to 500A for short amounts of time and get in the range of half a MW for 2-3 seconds or so. If you have flow through water heaters, they are in the range of 20-35kW typically, if you have multiple of these in a house, you need that 100A/150A per phase.
@@Photonicinduction you don’t turn your neck. It’s as if it’s a single unit that is pinned at the top and bottom. If you watch in the video you turn by moving your whole body and torso but never your neck.
See , because some people want to ruin your fun - microwaves do , i do not advise you to buy few of them , use a screwdriver and use the transformers - that would be dangerous , however i am saying that if you have microwave or few they have transformers
This guy is like the secret treasure of youtube highly educational content , respect from fellow edutainers , and a small viewer base with very high engagement . This guy has it all!
This mans Knowledge is incredible. Love how he just lights 1-2ft arc is the office, casual as anything. That's a sign of knowing what one is doing and being comfortable with it. Thanks for the NON safety warning. If there is one thing that chits me to tears it's the endless safety harping as if the vid is the first one ever watched and the warning will make all the difference to what anyone does. Great vid yet again mate!
Randomly found your channel being recommended on my Home page. I'm not going to lie, I don't know very much about what is going on here, but this is the type of stuff I love, and I'm willing to learn! Thank you algorithm gods
Such a lucid exposition deserves a better understanding than I can offer, but I just love listening to people who clearly know their subject back to front, and a presentation devoid of bombast .
Dude I just found your channel recently but I absolutely love your videos! I'm American and to be honest, your outstanding accent is one of the things I love most about watching. "Cheers"!
I used to blow up electrolytic capacitors long ago... (the tiny 1uF 10-50V ones). I did that a couple times while my friend was over. He HATED that because it would scare the shit out of him. lol. Never knew when it was going to go BANG! Or if it just decided to be a smoke show. I was too chickenshit to try that with anything larger. The tiny ones already went off like a big firecracker. 😬😄
There is no way to explain how happy we are to have you back. We missed you so much bro. However we understand why you were gone and are proud of you for what you accomplished during your absence. Photon is back!
Man I really love the way you talk to your audience. You talk to us as if we’re there standing beside you. Too many other RU-vid channels treat their audience like numbers on a screen, but you manage to bridge that gap and I really feel like you’re talking directly to me. Love you and your channel man. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
I’ve got to say you are totally and utterly off your trolley and I think your fantastic and what you do and your attitude towards your hobby and work So please keep the videos coming look forward to seeing the big pops LOL stay safe my friend
Best video ever! Out walking the dog and went by someone’s house that just started barbecuing when you started the arc testing. Was like how do I smell that!
If you look up any references for electrical work or electronics, you should start catching on. Sam Goldwasser's repair FAQ is another excellent resource. This deals with electronic repair but there's still lots of interesting things to read. Also, seems like stuff is everywhere on the net these days, especially wiki. I'm a hobbyist myself but I'll try to answer you as best I can.
That oversaturation thing feels like water in the cooking pan. As long as you've got moisture left temps are keeping steady and it's fine. But when all the moisture's gone temperature quickly spikes up. Here it's the core soaking up the power but when the core is saturated, there's nothing to "ballast" the current at reasonable level so they shoot up and fry the coils
I don't even know much about electricity but your videos are just awesome. Entertaining and informative glad to see you're active again and keep up the great work.
Do you have plans for combining a huge transformer with a mercury arc rectifier for a high dc voltage experiment? Blue glow in one corner, white arcing in the other...
Been watching you for a long time, sir. You soar to heights I could only dream. I do appreciate your taking time to show and explain things, I wasn't aware you can run 3ph on single with some modifications. As for my stuff, mostly small time. I bought an old modestly sized 3-phase PSU for powering arc lamps of NdYAG lasers, but mostly it was to trace and reverse engineer. I suppose I could be bothered to try out making a rotary phase converter from 3 to 1. Problem is I would still need an outlet capable of delivering sufficient power to a device run on 208Vac delta @ 30A. I estimate since the output is 150VDC adjustable and that the solid state medium is ~1% efficient, it could probably continuously power a laser to around 25W output. You can get CO2 lasers to produce comparable optical output on, in some cases, 120VAC outlets. So from an economy standpoint, the solid state laser doesn't make quite as much sense. But it's still a case with its worth I suppose.
The insulation of that ground stick used to draw those arcs is so very important to safety. Maybe a little video about insulation resistance testing or even polarization index could be in order? As you well know, in high voltage it's easy for the conductors to conduct, what one must be careful of is making sure the insulators are truly doing their job of insulating.
I don't remember how I got to this channel years ago, but I'm glad I subscribed, and remained subscribed through the four year drought. May your return to RU-vid be prosperous & may your content "illuminate" the lives of millions.
You have the found the recipe for what I consider a one of a kind RU-vid channel. Based not only on the subject of your content but the way in which you create it and package it for all to enjoy. I have never once felt the urge to skip a single second of any video you have made for me (the viewer). I appreciate every second of every video you have made for me. If I was made to wait 10 years for another video of yours I would most definitely be waiting in anticipation. I have to say it was worth the wait and when I saw the "what happened to photonic" video notification I felt a small hole inside me begin to close. HE IS BACK. Thanks for being you and doing what you do. I can't say enough about how a 10 20 30 minute video of yours captures my complete attention from intro to outro. From 00:00:01 all the way to the "replay this video" button comes on screen.. Edit.. however, rewinding a portion to play back, I have done countless times. Enough to make a 10 minute video take 45 minutes to watch.
Love the work as always!! So good to have ya back man, I remember watching your old videos in middle school and thinking you were an insane British wizard, now that I'm older it's neat to see you delve into the nuts and volts of your demos a bit more. Keep doing your thing!! This kind of content is great for inspiring young people to study the sciences. Worked on me ⚡