Popping a 5000A Fuse 

"Marty, I'm sorry, but the only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning. However.. there is this guy in the UK..."

Dude's backyard is like the size of a postage stamp and he's discharging 200K amps. Bravo, nice!

The best part of this is the idea that there are circuits that can handle 5000 amps, but still need protection for over currents.

I once worked in a magnesium factory (in Porsgrunn, Norway) and the ampmeter on the wall was steady on 240.000 Amps, but voltage was only around 6 v. The "wire" for all this power had a cross section of 1.2 m2 (13.5 sqft). We used the same amount of electrical power as a city of 60.000 people. The magnetic fields in that factory was quite powerful. At certain places my quartz watch would stop (the second hand) in 1.5m (5 ft) distance from the "wire". One of my work spots (for 45 minutes) regularly reached 125 degrees C (257 F), and we had to wear heavy/thick clothing and rubber boots. The working conditions were quite horrible. Wet floor all the time (due to salts). On top of that we had to wear a kind of gas"masks" due to all the chlorine gas in the air. I drank up to 8 liters of water per shift and ate salt tablets. We only worked 3 x 45 minutes per shift.

Grid management: easy day ay? *massive surge* Grid management: what was that? In the distance: "Ahhhhhh popped it" Grid management: oh no, hes back

As an EE major I am incredibly impressed that you pulled this off with zero fatalities.

50 dollars says this guy is on at least 3 government watch lists.

As a former electrician, I just have to thank you for this video. The highest fuse I’ve ever popped was a 250 amp fuse. Incredible!

Never underestimate a British chap with Scientific knowledge and a high garden fence.

A sentence you don't hear to often: "If you put 5000A though this, nothing will happen"

Reminds me of what my dad used to do. My father was lead physicist for a hypersonic wind tunnel for Lockheed back in the 60s and 70s. It was called the "hot shot wind tunnel". The way it was powered was with a large tank, (maybe 12' long, 3 or so feet in diameter with many inches thick walls) that was filled with a noncombustible gas under high pressure. The tank walls were very thick. The nozzle, at one end was directed into the wind tunnel. When they wanted to take a "shot" they powered up a room (about the size of a secondary school classroom) filled with 1 farad capacitors. I don't know how many, but the banks filled the room. From that room to the tank, there were something like 12 copper buss bars, with a cross section of 1" by 6". I think there were 12 going and 12 coming back. The coming and going bars were separated by dozens of feet, going in separate hallways. (I was told, never saw them actually). The capacitors would be charged up, overnight I guess, and when all was ready, a switch was thrown which released inside the tank, one end of a piano wire that would spring from one internal wall electrical contact to contact the other side of the tube. When it got close to the other wall, the discharge was incredible. the spark was one (huge inches across (my memory)) spark that would instantly ionize the metal piano wire, and of course instantly heat up the gas inside the tank, such that the pressure became immense and would blow out the nozzle and simulate a jet stream of air that was something like 25,000 miles an hour. (for testing models of rockets and such). Like most boys, I was suitably impressed and thought it was the coolest thing. Of course they had their share of "accidents" up there and we always were a bit worried about him, but fortunately no one was every seriously injured to my memory.

That’s a SCARY amount of power in a relatively small package! I am amazed and terrified at the same time! 👍🏻

I love how this man emanates "British man in his shed" energy which is the highest form of chaotic neutral there is.

I learned that I have no desire to be that close to anything that powerful. Thanks for the lesson. I'll stick to machining.

Y'all are crazy as hell, but as a electrician having worked on up to 600 volts, and as a 50,000 kV overhead line construction coordinator and inspector, that was freaking awesome. Well done. Even better seeing all the grounding and other safety precautions used after each hit.

This seems like a video that some hobbyist in 2009 would have uploaded and got in everyone's recommended 14 years later

Meanwhile PC people be like "hey don't build your PC near carpet you pillock" This guy: "these capacitors make great coffee tables"

When the world needed him most he came back

Very nice job mate! I've been a high voltage electrician for 40 years, everything you built to achieve your goal was of a very high standard. Only people in the electrical industry can really appreciate the immense danger and instant death that commands respect from electricity, i loved the part where you put the steel wool in the fuse just for fun i probably would have gone further and stuffed a few more items in there to see how they react...

This man is the walter white of electrical engineering

I wasn't too sure about this guy then he shows a volt meter and says, "Analog, just as it should be." Yeah this guy is top notch.

Every time this was set off the lights dimmed in Australia

We miss your amazing videos very much and we all wish you the very best in life. I was so happy to see you come back for a few episodes. My friend josh and I had way too much fun watching your videos…. Again thanks for everything and god bless you

Whenever I watch one of your videos, I take a few minutes to add more insulation to my monitor leads, as well as the main supply for the computer. This has worked, and instead of my monitor flashing into a pile of expensive burn remnants, I just get some lovely smoked insulation. Win-win!

An an electrician who works in live switchgears occasionally, videos like these always remind me to respect the invisible force

“It’s not the right tool, but it works.” My grandfather warned me about people like you xD

As a boilermaker, hearing 200,000 amps got the heart RACING

At my work we have a 126kA bus at 1000V and watching it go bang when we have a fault is a spectacular sight, shoots copper lugs metres in any direction and molten metal everywhere

Ah, yes the 5000A fuse that I remember seeing 8 years ago in a video expecting it to be blown back then, but the sequel took 8 years, no complaints though, it was worth it. 💗💗💗

for anyone who’s wondering, just ONE of these Fuses costs $2600 (USD). Extreme is one word to describe these fuses.

Man, you are the kind of "good crazy people" that we need in this world!

This guy has to have fruits of steel, unprecedented amount of knowledge and a whoooooole bunch of respect and confidence! Lol That was awesome!

This is the only man can be gone for 4 years, and come back, get 140,000 views in a few hours, and then whisper 'I popped it' in your ear.

National Grid: "oh shit, he's back"

As an EE expert I'm suprised you did this without creating a black hole in the universe

So I worked in a factory doing sandblasting and high temperature metal coatings. One of the ovens that the company was using had three fuses as safety precautions, they were rated for 200kA. Yes, 200,000 amps. These ovens were the size of rooms and could get up to a couple thousand degrees inside to bond the metals chemically at the surface and basically weld whatever coating we were applying. At one point I took a vacation, came back to everyone saying there had been a fire. Talked to the boss and turned out one of the fuses blew and started a fire, their response to the situation? Jumper the fuse and keep things going. I’m so glad I left 😭 that thing was a bomb in the making

"I paid for 5000 Amps of fuse and I'm gonna use them goddammit!"

I"VE BEEN WAITING YEARS FOR YOU TO COME BACK!

This guy is actually a genius. Please come back.

as someone who like to simulate small circuits, and doesn't like amperage over 75mA (usually not even over 3mA), this gave me a fucking heart attack. It is also really nice to see someone who actually uses caution around large supercapacitors

I'm assuming he had to warn his neighbors before this one like: "Hey, you might hear explosions tomorrow, it's alright, it's just me getting back to popping things"

You've done a great job of keeping the old feel, but with updated filming equipment and camera angles. Love it

That’s the fuse I needed for my car stereo back in the 90’s.

I used to have fun showing people how to pop a 60A fuse. That just became so mundane hahaha! Stellar video sir!

"where's ma hamma", "I've popped it", my god I was waiting to hear those phrases again, this is like the christmas present we've never expected

This man is the perfect mix of sketchy and professional i love it

Love the update video from the OG back 9 years before this video 😂 loving that you wont be burning your carpet no more.

Public 👏 service 👏! Love to see it. Thank you for building.

Gotta love this guy, dissapears for 4 years straight (some forums saying he was even dead) and comes back like he uploaded yesterday

Used to work for GE in US. Went to what they called their “high voltage test facility” to test lightning protection devices. They were trying to produce man made lightning. But of course, that is not possible. They had a high voltage generator, 2 actually. One was charged to plus 15 million volts, the other to minus 15 million. They would draw an arc across the 2. These generators were in a big building that looked like a giant airplane hanger. The spark would go,from one end of the building to,the other. But what I liked best was current generator. At max capacity it could output 250,000 amps, just a short pulse. When it went off the whole building shook. We made devices that could handle that peak current. Impressive to see.

Guy says he's going to blow up a 5000 amp fuse, I automatically hit the like button and watch😂

Come back mate we miss you, hope you’re all good 👍

I love how he’s speaking a bit hushed, like he doesn’t want his wife to find out what he’s meddling with.

You know, you really have to appreciate that even though he's doing all of this at home? There's no skimping on the fabrication, safety labeling, or procedures being used to ensure not only a success but a safe environment. Insanely professional.

Thank you for showing us this awesome experiment

This is absolutely insane, I love it.

These dudes: 5000A Meanwhile in the embedded electronics lab where I work: _5mA consumption? That's a lot, are you crazy!_

I love how he always speaks in a manner that wont spook or scare away any angry pixies.

That’s crazy amount of power you played.. a true madlad can pull this one 😱

One of youtubes greatest channels still.

As styropyro said: "If you touch this, these or any of those you will be a corpse before you hit the ground"

Man, Ive seen a lot of crazy experiments with electroboom and styropyro, but this This takes the cake

I'm just in absolute awe of the capacitors...🤤🤩

I love your channel and the awesomeness of poping stuff like a champ, pure awsomness 😂 🤘⚡🔌🇬🇧❤

"Most of the components came from authorized scrap and recycling merchants." *Most*

He’s back for real, this is what we needed. The hero has returned when we needed him

I have always wanted to see a mad scientist with his minions at work in his lair. Thank you very much.

I used to work in an IT facility for a steel maker. The large machine room got it’s power from the neighbouring rolling mill. We had these huge transformers to step down the source to our needs. I saw an electrical engineer using a huge spanner to loosen and disconnect some prime cabling. Even though he checked multiple times to make sure the power from the rolling mill was off, he hands shook as he moved the spanner towards the bolt holding down the cabling…. The 3 of us watching took a few steps back before the spanner touched the bolt.

Hearing Photon’s unique enunciation once again on the word “amp….ssss” is a shot of serotonin to my brain. Edit: he referenced my comment! (I think.) either way, made my day!

The amount of power this dude is playing with is insane lol

Is anyone other than me really appreciating what he did here? He put over >200,000 amps instantaneously through a fuse designed to handle 5000amps but be able to handle

Nice play room! Thanks a lot for your time and for the demonstration my friends! Subscribed!!

Never clicked on a video so quick, so glad to see you back!

I've been an electrician for over 40 years my work had me setting up large mining equipment with monster fault potential what you have just shown us was truly scary it should be used as an industry training aid

As an electronics engineer, I'm amazed no one died during this

Love it!! Such a satisfying video!!! Bravo 👏 👏

No wayyy dude! I watched you from when I started High School, im now a fully Qualified Electrician and project manager in New Zealand!

I love the amount of natural chaotic energy displayed by this lad

Your attitude is your dads deterministic attitude about high current work

I've seen a lot of power, But this guy has a lot of guts! He is doing some scary things.

This is what happens when electricians have nothing to do in the lockdown

"Popping a 5000 amp fuse... with 200k amps at 3,000 volts." GOOD CHRIST. My god man, it's REALLY HAPPENING. What a beast this man is. Welcome back, Andy!

In 45 years of working in heavy industry I've seen my share of sparks, explosions and puddles of molten copper. I think my favorite was the fork lift hitting the ganged buss bars at the barrel electroplating line. That shut the plating shop down for two days while we waited for all kinds of electrical equipment to come in.

Only very special buddies have I shared that “off the scale” laugh you guys shared . That shit is sacred .

Those capacitors seem like they could drive a pretty insane railgun contraption.

As a customer who knows how much all this stuff costs I think you should set up a patreon account so that some of us can contribute to your madness.

Brilliant - both figuratively and literally lol! Loved it!

You are a mad scientist, thank you, Im so excited

When you have to use suspension bridge cables to handle the power, you know you're doing it right.

Imagine how terrifying yet exciting it would be to be this guy's neighbour.

Excellent work as usual!!!

The neighbors must love you...

> "Most of the components came from authorized scrap and recycling merchants." > "Most"

For how mental this is, the quality of the workmanship and the safety taken is no joke.

The money this guy blew up on purpose, I could only hope to live such a dream in my sleep. Keep poppin em Aussies.

I bet the neighbors love this guy.

Reminds me of my Pops... He was Utlity Electric Lineman/Troubleman. 5000' elevation, important backup line from Nevada comes in over the mountains, also grids to Tahoe. Lots of excitement! Before his passing, I'd send him your videos. Everytime he'd responded "Yeah, but ask him if he's every done a 640kv at 7200',in a 115mph blizzard. Top of the mountain. We had to sleep there, couldn't get down...." Over the years, the kv fluctuated, 7200' was always 7200' and I think for a whole the blizzard was blowing up to 140mph. He would always tell me to" ask you if" as if I knew your personally, like we we're buddies. Thanks for your videos. They bring my Pops back, if just for fleeting moments. I appreciate that. And you. :)

Better believe that bell icon is on! Glad to see you back and well Andy! Long live Photonicinduction!

As the grid lights flicker. Vids are always great guy! Have fun!!

Love your collection mate