DIY Steel Melter (HIGH CURRENT ELECTRICITY HACK)
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
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The perfect evening project, this DIY will provide you with a portable 250 amp source capable melting even the thickest of steel. Discover a whole new side to electricity!
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DIY steel melter
Why is this channel so underrated???
Haha I appreciate that. You can help by sharing on social media or Reddit.
It’s getting much better. Now he is adding more specs and explanation about the projects. I believe most people wants to know how it’s done and how they can reproduce the same project. That’s why we need more info.
Beautiful *
It really is! Thank
I like that sound 2:33
Its really loud in person. Can feel it in your chest!
Wow! Nice! I had one of those before and it was awesome!
Thanks! Yeah they are fun
I love those high current power supplies. I've built a few in the past.
Fun aren't they?
I love the efford you put in your videos... it's a shame that it has not as many clicks at is deserves.
Thank you. I indeed put.... most my free time into the video creation process. Please feel free to share on social media or other forms. Helps us out s lot!
Plasmachannel you are so good to learn things and have so good Ambitions , greetings from Germany :)
Greetings from across the big blue pond!
Make a second video on rewinding the MOT......lots of viewers would love to see that.
There are a lot already. Easiest to cut the welds and knock the "I" side off and just pry it out
Hey jay
This was a really entertaining video. Looking forward to see more of this basic sort
Thank you! I’ll be doing more high voltage, some metal casting using an arc furnace, and more DIY builds like this!
You should explain the safety around everything, like how you use your hands and why you can touch etc
This is amazing, Definitely a series of electrical experiments I will save for adulthood.
great video! Thanks for sharing this. Now, if only someone would do a "high current" high frequency plasma generator! :)
Melting steel in 8 seconds... truly fascinating
Hey Jason, I recently found your channel, and fell in love.
Your background story reminds me of my own, except I built Van De Graaff generators in lieu of Tesla Coils. (I found it much easier to scrap parts for ESD at a very young age lol)
I was curious if you might be interested in doing a video about these generators. I know it's a bit elementary for you, but just a fun idea!
Keep it up, man. I really admire what you're doing.
I actually have some really cool van der graff videos planned. They were some of the first things I built too! Thanks for the compliments, i really appreciate the feedback!
More people should see this
Thank you.
Wow this is really cool
Your videos are too short! I want to see more!
I'd love to make longer videos too. But, need more subscribers or more supporters on Patreon first.
Totally awesome content ...
Loved it....
and little dangerous to play around
And always stay classy:):)
Glad you enjoyed it! The background music was a little too quiet
What about building a DRSSTC? I can only recommend building one because the results are spectacular. It might seem complicated to build one, but it is easier than you might think. I have just finished building my DRSSTC and the longest spark i have captured so far is over 3m long! It can also play music using MIDI-Files.
I always wanted to build a drsstc but don’t have the know how at this time
Keep it up ☺️
Thank you
I guess the predictable comment would be "That was HOT" :-) great video Jay
haha thanks Grandad!
Could you make an induction heater with that MOT? I'm a mechanic, and there is a really expensive handheld induction heater with the open end of the coil pointed out the business end available for heating stuck nuts on rusted vehicles to aid in their removal. Would be cool if I could build one. I know a bit, but it's probably just enough to get me in trouble.
by the way, 1000W isn't the max, a hundred watts or so is idle. when short circuited it goes up to around 1500W, more or less. therefore, with 4V it would go up to 350-400 amps. heck it could go up to 450-500 if it reaches 2000W, way to tell it's past 1700-1800W is if your 15A breaker trips.
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very nice, thanks for the upload
You are welcome. Thank you very much.
Amazing video sir
Thank you, it was just a fun little episode
Hey love your channel it’s amazing I had a burning question to ask you I have a an electric arc lighter I’ve noticed when I turn it on there’s a glowing orange tent ball around the arc I was curious what is that strange glowing ball around electric arc is it plasma, fire, hot air, magic? I was wondering if you can help me out thanks... stay classy😉
It may be residue in the electrodes burning in the plasma. As, the plasma should only be purple colored. Thanks for the compliments!
Plasma Channel That’s very strange because it’s a perfect sphere,never loses its shape and size , and it never seems to go away. It only goes away when I lightly blow on the arc.
The Perfection.
Oh I Love it ❤️
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It took several videos, but I just noticed it looks like he has a mjolnir necklace on... Probably does. Also, this is great.
Nice spot!
love all your videos!!!
Thank you!
I soon will try to build the 3 volt Tesla coil. dose it hurt/shock you?
Melting metal is what electric arc furnaces do for a living at steel mills!
Dude thank you so much for this video. It’s totally changed my understanding of electricity and helped me solve an issue with one of my inventions. One question though. In this video you said it will heat up anything more resistive then the copper wire? So can I use a copper wires coil to make a strong electromagnet connected to the transformers output? So it would be high amps low voltage. Which I believed produces a strong electromagnet?
I’d love to show you what I’m working on but it’s not for the public. So it’s have to be a private message. Also if you wouldn’t mind parting ways with that transformer that would certainly save me some time and money.;D
Nevermind! the Electric Gods have spoken and my magnetron broke in the microwave today and i was able to salvage a transformer! lol
Dear, the coil furnace melting steel is the same idea ? Thanks for your answer.
Can you combine high current with high voltage? I want a high current plasma arc. I was wondering if a Marx generator could produce a spark across a gap and that gap is the two leads from your transformer. I know capacitors allow AC to pass and block DC. So maybe, if the two leads from the transformer were connected to AC capacitors and the arc would be past the capacitors, then the DC Marx Generator would be on the other side of the capacitors combining high voltage with high current.
Induction forge tutorial for creating molten steel please!
I did the same thing with a much thicker wire. More current and still lower voltage. It works great but I would like more voltage. At some point I will have to get a slightly thinner wire.
Yeah I originally did 2 gauge and only two turns. It put out 2.2 volts and almost 500 amps. Crazy. But when voltage is that low, an load drops the voltage like crazy, and, you dont get a full melting effect.
Now get some 1/4" thick copper bar and do a single turn
Missed you mate😉
I never went anywhere!
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Can this be used as an induction melter furnace?
Nice video. Do you think this will be strong enough to make a knife hot red so i can quench it?
Actually, yes it will be! Not a giant knife though..
Thank you for the answer. I was not thinking of a sword, but smaller knives, the biggest maybe a Bowieknife 30-35 cm long. Then i will try this with a microwave transformer, i have plenty of them. 73 de LB5JG
Yeah a small knife definitely! The Bowie.... hard to tell. Give it a try but I’d place some waste metal in contact with the knife first, then touch the wires to the waste metal. Because the wires will vaporize metal on contact. It will protect your knife.
I will try that. Thank you for your advice. Greeting from Norway
Happy to help! Norway? I have wanted to visit norway for many years now. My last name traces back to Norway, though it was spelt differently back then.
Cool!!
Nice vid again. Could you please make tutorial to your bigest voltage multiplier the 400kv one
Thank you! The 400kv multiplier is similar to the DIY lightning tower build
Plasma Channel does it use arc ligher or flyback transformer whit zvs drive
Plasma Channel And hey i find a way to use those dc hv modules you have to have full bridge rectifier to convert the battery power voltage to ac then run it to the hv module some of those cheap ones are ac modules
I'm not sure but if the Joule effect is proportional to the amperage squared, I assume that it would be better to have juste one turn to the secondary winding. In that way, your transformer will be able to produce 1V and 1000A . Thereby, you will get more power to melt metals. What do you think about ?
Ohm's law plays a role here.Reducing the voltage we will not be able to overcome the resistance of the material and as a result to pass a large current through it
Just remember to make very good contact with the bar of metal, or no current will flow, and it won't heat up.
Hey quick question , would a small Tesla or a wimshurst deliver enough power for a small ion lifter?
A winshurst could power a lifter. But it would need to be a medium to large size to do so
nice
thanks
Is it safe to put car batteries charge wire?
Do you have to connect it to anything ?
did you plug this into 120V or 240V?
so is it the number of turns or thickness of the wire in the primary and secondary coils that determine the voltage change?
It is the number of turns, or in other words, the inductance and resistance in the respective circuits
oh ok, I always thought it was the gauge of the wire, but I supposed that's just so it can handle the current and not overheat
Please make a diy on a dual mot static spark gap tesla coil or how to properly coat your secondary coil
I can certainly put that in the que for videos. Thats.....a dangerous one for sure
Plasma Channel thank you jay just keep doing what you are doing im sure your channel should start exploding soon would be awesome to see you recieving the credit you deserve
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Will do!
Please remember people don’t not use a microwave transformer as it is and play around with it. It will kill you and this is no joke at all. So if your going to do this and do it as he tells you in this video. Please don’t play around with this transformer before breaking it down with 4 turns of wire. It will kill you if you touch it. Also do not ever touch the big capacitor in a broken microwave that you might use. It will do the same if it still got charge in it. Play safe and stay alive.
What would happen if you hooked 2 of them together
The world would potentially... explode
I have two transformers we’re going to find out
By together do you mean in series, or parallel?
People actually hook 2 or more microwave transformers up all the time, you just gotta make sure they are in phase with eachother.. Either make sure your wall is rated for the amps drawn by 2+ microwave transformers or ballast it to where it will only put out a certain amount that's under your wall load amount.
My buddy made an arc welder like this. We had to drop 2 extension cables to connect each one to its own circuit breaker
I want to make one of these but i dont like to play with high power ac. Its just kinda scary to me, since ac is able to discjarge in your body with only one lead.(capacitance. It charges your body with the negative half of the wave while discharging it with the positive half.) And its kinda sketchy to me.
I personally prefer DC. Its cleaner, more predictable, and more fun to make sparks with.
did you just connect it to your home socket ?
I did. a standard plug in was wired into the transformer. The MOT's in USA are designed to input 120v from wall. If you're doing so, please be careful
Can a high current low voltage travel through a low current high voltage arc?
It really is a great question. May I use this as next week’s episode idea?
Plasma Channel That would be cool, I think TIG welding machines do it to start an arc, I'm not sure though.
mh i cannot short my MOT :/ Fuse coming first.
But with a half meter of 35mm² as resistor i measured over 1000 Amps :D
1,5 windings of 95mm² was maybe a bit too much xD
@G E T R E K T 905 95mm² Sekundärspule ;-)
No need, I already have a 1214A transformer :D
Im probably making voltage multiplier to electric bug zapper whit external power suply and run the vm in my back whit strips and run a cable to the bug zapper
Can you show me how the mini high voltage transformer works
which one?
Plasma Channel m.ua-cam.com/video/O1ik7Tuqh0s/v-deo.html
Do u plug it strait in to mains
What happens if you put one of the modded mots in series with a normal mot? Will it just burn up the secondary coil?
Likely burn out the secondary from too much current. Then again, that secondary has so much resistance, it would prevent most current from flowing. I can find out for you.
Plasma Channel That would be cool to know, I would do it but I rent and don't feel like burning a coil and house up
Hi, missed the part where you attach a plug for power...
Oh, its just a standard plug to go into a wall socket, and the two input wires on the transformer have leads that the wire from wall can be attached to. Be careful if doing so
its almost like he is talking to us when he is talking to the camera
Anyone knows how to find out how much Joule is being produced?
What kind of power supply you use ?
Power supply was just wall power. 120 volts, here in USA
You didn’t show the connections with power source and did not said how much energy it drags from the source.
What temp does steel melt at?
Sir what is the input voltage and current please sir reply as I am also making
Input current is 10 amps, 120 volts.
@@PlasmaChannel sir any other power supply that I can use instead of AC mains
I would like to know how to wire the transformer
To wire it you simply thread the thicker wire in circles.
@@PlasmaChannel I mean how to wire the power line of the transformer. Because there are three connectors on the primary coil
You will probably want to mention up front it is extremely dangerous, like you do in the middle!
how can you touch the circuit with 250Amp? clearly the current finds the easiest way to ground through the circuit... but still... id be chickenized!
250 amps will do nothing, if there is not enough voltage to push that current through a body. Voltage is an essential component to cause danger.
Совковые трансформаторы из печей лучше, они не в таком жестком насыщении работают
I am not familiar with shovel transformers
Dangerous to touch?
Not dangerous to touch, with voltages below 5volts.
I understand that the output voltage, 4 VAC is too low to strike an arc. But I am wondering, if you strike an arc by using another power source (like the plasma candle you built: ua-cam.com/video/SyZuel2iaBk/v-deo.html), do you think that this transformer could inject its high current inside the electric arc despite its low voltage, and thus make the plasma even hotter and brighter ? I know that plasma torches and TIG welders are using something very similar: they use an HV circuit to start a pilot arc, then another circuit with a lower voltage inject hughe amount of amps to make the plasma hotter. What do you think?
it is so scary seeing you using baring to touch the cables
I still don't trust touching that. 4V sure. But man is you calculation where off a little. 250 Amps !!!! Touching 250 amps 2:48.
You can definitely touch these wires, Ohm's law is U=R*I. So if you want to know how much current could flow through your body, knowing body's resistance is about 100 000 Ohm, you would have 0.00004 Amps, which is simply not dangerous. Furthermore, you will get this amount of current inside your body only if you touch the two wires with your hands, if you short the wires with a piece of metal, the current across your body will be 0A. There is no danger here :)
A car battery outputs 12 volts and 580 cold crank amps. Car batteries can be touched. Huge myth that they will shock you........actually that gives me an episode idea! Thanks!
Are you not scared of these sparks
Not really. They only mildly hurt it they actually hit you.
I thought it was the amps that killed you?
It’s the amps - experienced - by your body that kills you. Which, is dependent on voltage applied. If voltage is really low, virtually no current (amps) flows through you. So you can touch hundreds of amps at super low voltage, and feel nothing. Super low voltage = a couple volts.
Hey Jay, why not build the Tesla Hairpin Circuit? There are many cool effects that can be shown from this. I built it myself a few years back. Here is a link to building a good functioning one. www.transformacomm.com/en/tech/tesla-hairpin-circuit.htm Thanks for all your videos, please consider building this circuit.
Not familiar with that. I’ll have to look it up!
Also, you may want to look into the concept Tesla refers to as his "extra coil" he placed in series to the top terminal of the secondary coil on a Tesla Coil. If you have his Colorado Springs Notes book he covers this topic starting on page 78. I mention this because in the notes he state "It is notable observation that these "extra coils" with one of the terminals free, enable the obtainment of practically ANY voltage potential (emf)"
Here is a link to a pdf of the book. The pages referenced are actually #73/74 in this pdf format.
www.shamanicengineering.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Nikola-Tesla-Colorado-Springs-Notes-1899-1900.pdf
I don't know if this extra coil info will help with future goals/videos, but thought I would mention it.
I love the videos, and look forward to more!
Nothing here about the input power source, if it's 110V then we could have some junior scientists getting fried by this experiment, some safety warnings would be appreciated.
Fundamentally, 110 is safer than 220 or 240 volt aways. Yes, it's US standard, 120. My safety warnings could be stronger in these older videos.
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Not a great idea using this thick insulated wire, you should be using copper sheet or thick copper bar insulated with some heat resistant material for the winding instead...
That would certainly be fun to experiment with
I do it with 95mm² Insulated Wire...
The Transformator is even to weak to handle the 1,5-2 volts out of the 1 / 1/2 windings.
At 600A+ The wire are cold :D
And Wires Like this are very expensive... Copper bars even more.
2:55 metal 3D printer !
This show is so hot...!. .,, ZaP!
Weirdest guy
I like him though, just Wall St for a hacker
Bro you need some shit original. Try doing this same setup but instead of using thick wire use epoxy insulated copper tubing
You can run saltwater through the copper tubing and cool it
In case you missed it, I stated that I was not the first to do this. 👍. For more original content, i recommend you view the other 75% of Plasma Channel’s videos. I built a high current transformer, decided to share the adventure.
Plasma Channel sorry I didn't mean to come off as offensive, I wish to help you I have watched alot of your videos
Plasma Channel I understand you also have to come up with filler content because of the gay UA-cam algorithm that will stop promoting you if you stop putting out content
Plasma Channel writing can come off with different tones then speaking. Was not trying to sound like an ass, I read it again and it does sound angry haha sorry. Yeah bro I have been trying to support your channel by watching most your videos I see, but alot of them seem to be repeats of other channels I have seen.
You know with the knowledge you have you can make much more longer videos because it's educating now for that reason I'm not going to subscribe to your channel. Sorry Broer maar dis maar kak om kort video's te kyk.
Stop talking with your hands!
Guilty as charged!
You could use this to melt your way through a safe.
These explanations...