Repairing Faulty Ground Fault Failure

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  • @nortyfiner
    @nortyfiner Місяць тому +3220

    I was a US Navy mechanic for 20 years. I very often found that when something was malfunctioning, and I took it apart, didn't find anything obviously wrong, and put it back together, it was magically fixed. I think it's because in the process, I accidentally cleaned out whatever bit of debris or tightened whatever loose thing was causing the original problem. Gremlins broke it, gremlins fixed it.

    • @FineBakedPastry
      @FineBakedPastry Місяць тому +146

      Yeah, sometimes a little bit of dust in the wrong place can make all the difference.

    • @amorpilo9666
      @amorpilo9666 Місяць тому +87

      The Omnissiah wills it.

    • @herzogsbuick
      @herzogsbuick Місяць тому +50

      i learned the same thing as a kid working on million dollar machines at a newspaper. the head maintenance guy told me just un-seat and re-seat all the connections, that fixes most problems

    • @AlvinYorkII
      @AlvinYorkII Місяць тому +46

      As someone who spent over 10 years in the Navy who was allowed to assemble/disassemble a few more electrical components than I probably should've due to my electrical background, can confirm. "Mechanical agitation" is a real troubleshooting step, even if the SOPs don't explicitly say so

    • @Coowwan
      @Coowwan Місяць тому +18

      Appliance repair here. Yeah that’s happened for me too. Just unhooked everything, looked at the connections, and put them back. Magically fixed.

  • @SamMurphyHSV
    @SamMurphyHSV Місяць тому +1100

    Mehdi is so selfless. He goes around the world to test electrical systems in tourist areas to make it safer for all while letting his own home become neglected with failing outlets. He is the true hero we need!

    • @MrDevianceh
      @MrDevianceh Місяць тому +42

      cobbler's kids have no shoes

    • @Youarenotme01374
      @Youarenotme01374 Місяць тому +3

      @@MrDevianceh we dont give a fk

    • @xyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyz
      @xyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyz Місяць тому +29

      We have a saying in my language:
      _"The horse of the smith and the kids of the cobbler, they always walk barefoot."_
      Of couse, it rhymes in my language. The meaning is that what you do as your work, you are less likely to do in private.

    • @Noxedwin
      @Noxedwin Місяць тому +34

      ​@@Youarenotme01374 That's the proverb.
      _"The cobbler's children have no shoes."_
      You can be stupid if you like, but you don't have to be a dick to other people about it.

    • @lizekamtombe2223
      @lizekamtombe2223 Місяць тому

      @@Youarenotme01374 Speak for yourself, we care. That you don't care is your own loss. Enjoy your pitiful existence, or not, now we do not care..

  • @Lampe2020
    @Lampe2020 Місяць тому +224

    14:25 The noticeable delay between "Click!" and "Hijau!" made that shock even funnier XD

    • @kanter1598
      @kanter1598 Місяць тому +20

      No, no, it wasn't "Hijau!", it was definitely "THE DUCK'S SHIET"

    • @KangJangkrik
      @KangJangkrik Місяць тому +10

      Lol hijau is green

    • @wowgggearing
      @wowgggearing Місяць тому +4

      ​@@KangJangkrikhooh bang

    • @BenieTheDragon
      @BenieTheDragon Місяць тому +5

      I heard "PIECE OF ..SHI--"

    • @abdullahk0405
      @abdullahk0405 Місяць тому +8

      Seems human pain reflexes are slower than circuit breakers

  • @mohamedabdallah7497
    @mohamedabdallah7497 23 дні тому +41

    Hi ElectroBOOM
    I just wanted to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude for all the incredible content you create. Your videos are not only informative but also highly entertaining, making the often intimidating world of electronics accessible and fun for everyone.
    From your detailed explanations of basic principles to your adventurous experiments, you have a unique way of making complex concepts understandable and enjoyable. Your approach to teaching is refreshing, blending humor with serious education, which keeps your audience engaged and eager to learn more. The way you demystify electronics, breaking down intricate ideas into simple, digestible pieces, is truly a gift.
    Your dedication to safety and your relentless emphasis on the potential dangers of working with electricity is something that sets you apart. You manage to balance the thrill of experimentation with the essential reminders of safety, ensuring that your viewers are well-informed and cautious. Your personal experiences, often humorously painful, serve as valuable lessons to us all, and they certainly make your points unforgettable.
    On top of your educational content, your creativity and willingness to take risks are incredibly inspiring. Whether you're building elaborate circuits, testing the limits of various components, or demonstrating electrical phenomena, your enthusiasm is infectious. You've inspired countless people to pick up a soldering iron, experiment with circuits, and dive into the fascinating world of electronics.
    Thank you for all the hard work, dedication, and passion you put into your videos. You have a remarkable talent for turning what could be a dry subject into an exciting adventure. Your ability to educate and entertain simultaneously is unmatched, and it's clear that you truly care about your audience and their learning experience.
    Please keep up the fantastic work. We are all eagerly looking forward to your future projects and the unique way you will present them. You are not just a great educator but also a fantastic entertainer who makes learning an enjoyable journey.

  • @LolKillization
    @LolKillization Місяць тому +1000

    Gloves?! My god, that's the first time i see Mehdi wearing protective gear on his hands.

    • @tomholroyd7519
      @tomholroyd7519 Місяць тому +30

      GLOVES!

    • @Yezpahr
      @Yezpahr Місяць тому +54

      If he made one mistake and it caught a glowing wire or caught fire somehow he would need to get skin grafts.
      That stuff he used as "protective" gear, well that's literally liquid fire when it ignites, dripping, oozing, splashing is guaranteed. Especially if you handwave in a panic.
      I still shiver at every move he makes even without overthinking it the way I just demonstrated, it's a miracle (oh and a lot of skill) he still has all his digits and original skin.

    • @Ali____m_a007
      @Ali____m_a007 Місяць тому +2

      🥊

    • @theodoros_1234
      @theodoros_1234 Місяць тому +20

      He did wear gardening gloves waaayyy back in the Graphite video (I think that's from 2017), but that didn't end very well for him😂 I'd recommend going back and watching that.

    • @edwardhugus2772
      @edwardhugus2772 Місяць тому +2

      He should consider protective HEADGEAR..........Zap/ Shock/ Bang Head......Repeat.

  • @carl67lp
    @carl67lp Місяць тому +744

    For as often as Mehdi performs his GFCI tests, he ought to 3D print some sort of enclosure that would let him put his probes and resistor all in place ahead of time. Sure, wouldn't make as much of visual spectacle, but it'd be easier!

    • @paisleyprince5280
      @paisleyprince5280 Місяць тому +53

      It's all part of the pagentry

    • @victormateus7026
      @victormateus7026 Місяць тому +60

      as long as the enclosure features a ton of live exposed wire i agree

    • @Deletirium
      @Deletirium Місяць тому

      I strongly suspect most of the shocks/pops are added in post. 🫠 He's got a good schtick worked out, but he's intelligent- he wouldn't actually allow himself to be shocked by say, house current for example.

    • @saiv46
      @saiv46 Місяць тому +10

      I bought a cheap tester which also happen to test GFCI.
      I didn't have any protection besides sketchy grounding and GFCI in bathroom.

    • @dhpz
      @dhpz Місяць тому +3

      Bold of you to assume he know how to make 3d model and use 3d printer

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 Місяць тому +215

    9:31 "warranty terminated if opened"
    🤣

  • @TheBigV_008
    @TheBigV_008 Місяць тому +56

    8:46 - 10:53 Pretending to understand ElectroBoom's explanations makes me feel smarter

    • @saadnaseer9815
      @saadnaseer9815 Місяць тому

      My dumbass was waiting for him to show the fake input.

  • @samedman1
    @samedman1 Місяць тому +517

    8:08
    Electrical engineers when they have to work on the most simple valve ever

    • @SafetyLucas
      @SafetyLucas Місяць тому +64

      Lol I never understood how people have trouble with mechanical devices. You can just look and see how it works, whereas electrical circuits are the ones with invisible operation.

    • @ErrorTH
      @ErrorTH Місяць тому +34

      and vice versa. I can understand a comple madness of springs and levers, but even a simple circuit requires me to engage 100% jf my brain...

    • @0Blueaura
      @0Blueaura Місяць тому +3

      @@ErrorTH and here too, I haven't finished any school, yet I can understand the overall mechanism and circuit when it is shown to me, but to think about it from a new project perspective and i wouldnt be able to differentiate an open gate and polarities most likely lol

    • @alexturnbackthearmy1907
      @alexturnbackthearmy1907 Місяць тому +4

      @@0Blueaura Especially if they are different from what you are used to. Why we cant agree on which is + and which is - exactly?

    • @mangamaster03
      @mangamaster03 Місяць тому +9

      ​@@alexturnbackthearmy1907conventional VS electron flow notation. Picking one would require engineers and physicists to compromise. We don't get along.

  • @alumaven
    @alumaven Місяць тому +300

    disassembly then assembly often fixes stuff for me to. great achievement to have.

    • @ghostbiker7391
      @ghostbiker7391 Місяць тому +20

      yeah especially when it doesn't need the parts that were not put back

    • @anj000
      @anj000 Місяць тому +5

      It seems he also burned a little bit the small coil inside. You can see smoke 8:21. Not sure if that makes the difference.

    • @Akotski-ys9rr
      @Akotski-ys9rr Місяць тому +3

      No it’s often frustrating because you’re like why isn’t this piece of shit working so you take it apart, find nothing wrong, put it back together and it suddenly starts working again

    • @Revived4U
      @Revived4U Місяць тому +6

      @TeodoraTacderen part 2 of waiting your father returning.

    • @FineBakedPastry
      @FineBakedPastry Місяць тому

      When you disassemble stuff you inadvertently remove dust and debris that might have accumulated on the device that was most likely causing the malfunction. It's pretty common.

  • @NYR14477
    @NYR14477 Місяць тому +38

    9:33 never heard “thingy”’so many times in a span of a min and half LOL

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 Місяць тому +51

    13:48 ah yes, the good old sniff test to see if your electronics are working 🤣

    • @ijtsuken
      @ijtsuken Місяць тому +7

      this is actually a very strong test of electronics - you can understand whether the white smoke on which it works has escaped
      However, surprisingly, the protector works even after the smoke has escaped

    • @justinbanks2380
      @justinbanks2380 Місяць тому +3

      @@ijtsuken oh, I know it's a very valuable test as often it will tell something is wrong even before sparks/or smoke. Just funny that (at least on the cut he released) he started with that test, when often that is a second or third test after you've done tests before making power live, lol

  • @rpercifieldjr
    @rpercifieldjr Місяць тому +125

    Unfortunately, I have extensive experience with AFCI's and GFCI's. Nuisance tripping of GFCI's is sometimes associated with inductively coupled noise onto the feed lines, such as a compressor starting for an AC or Refrigerator. Another source is that the GFCI is very sensitive to high frequency conducted emissions and will trip. While your Tesla Gun does have very high voltages, they may not be at a frequency that is worst case for the breaker you have.

    • @mb-3faze
      @mb-3faze Місяць тому +11

      Although tempting to put a GFCI socket on a refrigerator it's usually better not to because that last thing you want is for the refrigerator to de-power (and de-ice) without you knowing. Also, invariably the socket is right behind the refrigerator making it a PIA to reset it.

    • @sadlerbw9
      @sadlerbw9 Місяць тому

      So, what can be done in the case of noise on the feed lines? Do you just have to try different outlets until you find one that is less sensitive, or can you stick something on the input lines to suppress the noise?

    • @rpercifieldjr
      @rpercifieldjr Місяць тому

      @@sadlerbw9 Currently there are multiple efforts to define at Agency Level (i.e. UL, IEC, NEC, etc) a way to improve performance of these systems in the real world. One example was when the compressor on a refrigerator started, and the inrush current occurred, this inrush would impress a current in an adjacent wire for the bathroom, and the GFCI would trip. Not the GFCI for the Kitchen but the bathroom. In evaluation it was shown that the feed cable for the bathroom ran in the same holes in the studs that the kitchen did. it was over 12ft of running in parallel. The solution was to replace the breaker panel GFCI breaker with the outlet version in the bathroom. This stopped the impression of a differential current in the wire. This issue affected about 60% of a 600 unit apartment complex. It is very complicated and technically challenging to resolve. Also each case is different.
      You can look for the offending signal source, but may never find it. Many times it requires changing the outlet GFCI and or AFCI to another manufacturer to get a better noise immunity.

    • @filips7158
      @filips7158 Місяць тому +1

      Why unfortunately? You hated your GFCI job?

    • @filips7158
      @filips7158 Місяць тому +4

      ​@@sadlerbw9install a higher quality device. Radiated emission susceptibility means insufficient design quality.

  • @mu11668B
    @mu11668B Місяць тому +80

    You know the thing is going to be a real shocker when Mehdi pulls out insulation gloves.

    • @ashl4848
      @ashl4848 Місяць тому +4

      Yes. It was really shocking

    • @farhanrejwan
      @farhanrejwan Місяць тому +1

      @@ashl4848 i see what you did there

    • @ashl4848
      @ashl4848 Місяць тому +3

      @@farhanrejwan yes, there was no resistance.

  • @jmhuene
    @jmhuene Місяць тому +60

    "I forgot to fix it!" - BUSTED out laughing 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

  • @TechforMusicAI
    @TechforMusicAI Місяць тому +21

    Here in Uruguay we have a saying: "En casa de herrero, cuchillo de palo" (in a Blacksmith's house, a wooden knife), so you get where I go with this. I always found that the greatest of professionals (specially the most creative) usually tend to be pretty careless about their own workplaces... Maybe because they know exactly when each plug in the house is gonna burst into flames, who knows.

    • @EmuAGR
      @EmuAGR Місяць тому +3

      Nice to learn it's said in Uruguay too. It's a very popular saying in Spain actually! It might be as old as time.

    • @Toca_waffle843
      @Toca_waffle843 Місяць тому +4

      in UK, "a plumbers tap (faucet) always drip"
      and "a cobblers child is poorest shod"

    • @EduardoRohdeEras
      @EduardoRohdeEras Місяць тому +1

      In Brazil "Casa de ferreiro, espeto de pau" means the same! 😂

    • @Hoeech
      @Hoeech 9 днів тому

      To be fair, he makes those "mistakes" on purpose for comedic effect

  • @letMeSayThatInIrish
    @letMeSayThatInIrish Місяць тому +206

    2:31 Was that head bump even planned? I love this channel.

    • @gabbonoo
      @gabbonoo Місяць тому +12

      i hope all those shocks dont contribute to early onset dementia >_>

    • @___Bruh__
      @___Bruh__ Місяць тому +6

      I have a feeling that most things he does aren't planned. One wrong move and you're literally dead.

    • @beastnighttv
      @beastnighttv Місяць тому +8

      @@___Bruh__ am I tripping or that doesnt makes sense....

    • @TheXxthedamagedxX
      @TheXxthedamagedxX Місяць тому +1

      ​@@___Bruh__ ​come on bruh, you really don't think he meant to shock himself when he took the glove off then immediately picked up the outlet?... did you know that wwe is real too?

    • @___Bruh__
      @___Bruh__ Місяць тому +2

      @@TheXxthedamagedxX WWE is proven fake. If you’re gonna make a claim that he fakes all of this, then back it up with something.

  • @HighMansx
    @HighMansx Місяць тому +77

    That's such a smart way of detecting leakage voltage by running Live & Neutral through the coil! Love the video!

    • @Revived4U
      @Revived4U Місяць тому +3

      "19 hours ago" 💀

    • @Star_mango
      @Star_mango Місяць тому

      WTF

    • @bruh6000.
      @bruh6000. Місяць тому +4

      Maybe a member

    • @wc4538
      @wc4538 Місяць тому +1

      20 HOURS AGO?!💀☠

    • @bladeoflucatiel
      @bladeoflucatiel Місяць тому

      The better way to measure ground leakeage is to actually disconnect the ground/earth on the pannel and put an ampmeter between the connection 💀💀💀 PLS dont do it.

  • @P0551bl3
    @P0551bl3 16 днів тому +8

    One electroboom dies in each video. There is an electroboom factory somewhere producing clones of him every month or so.

  • @velvix
    @velvix Місяць тому +11

    3:32 the noctua edition screwdriwer is a w

  • @xTerminatorAndy
    @xTerminatorAndy Місяць тому +158

    HELLO MEHDI!!!! You should ask Big Clive to analyse the circuit

  • @kujalavanimalini4199
    @kujalavanimalini4199 Місяць тому +10

    2:32
    W got mehdi hinting his head to cupboard before gta 6

  • @CzarnobylPL
    @CzarnobylPL Місяць тому +24

    Mehdi: remember to keep yourself save
    Also Mehdi: uses all metal pliers while checking GFCI

    • @Okurka.
      @Okurka. Місяць тому

      Not to mention that LTT screwdriver.

    • @Simon_Denmark
      @Simon_Denmark Місяць тому

      I mean pliers are usually metal but they need to be voltage tools that have insulation on the grips/handles and screwdrivers need to be insulated until the actual tip.

  • @yashrajshinde1085
    @yashrajshinde1085 Місяць тому +8

    14:13 This happens to me too..., And my family thinks I repaired it...

  • @DudokX
    @DudokX Місяць тому +36

    You are my favourite hotel electric grid reviewer

  • @thedoctor2880
    @thedoctor2880 Місяць тому +34

    "Oh... I forgot to fix it"
    KILLED ME EVERYTIME

  • @isaacbrewer5616
    @isaacbrewer5616 Місяць тому +12

    I have the same problem with an outlet in my kitchen!!! I also now finally understand how GFCI works and not just what they do! Thanks! Great video!

    • @div0007
      @div0007 Місяць тому +3

      Make sure you wear gloves before you start playing with that GFCI puppy😅

  • @GamingGenius777
    @GamingGenius777 Місяць тому +3

    OMG I was looking at my ice cream as I was eating it at 9:29 LOL

    • @XX-et9se
      @XX-et9se 8 днів тому

      PAY ATTENTION! LOL

  • @Bobikilla2
    @Bobikilla2 Місяць тому +13

    Mehdi never disappointed us. He explains everything so good and clean that even my 10 yo brother understands it. Keep up the great work!!!!

  • @khaitomretro
    @khaitomretro Місяць тому +6

    4:24 Obviously that's not how we check it. Always use the back of your hand to check the live before grabbing it.

    • @saadnaseer9815
      @saadnaseer9815 Місяць тому

      Oh god didn't even realize what he did 💀

  • @MichanaAlerting
    @MichanaAlerting Місяць тому +3

    This video is giving me dad vibes. Mehdi is just so loveable and seeing him work while explaining things is just like my dad when I help him with stuff.

  • @LMitchellAnimation
    @LMitchellAnimation Місяць тому

    Taking something apart and learning from scratch is always so fun love seeing others do it as well it feels the most authentic and most constructive way to learn for myself at least

  • @flyviawall4053
    @flyviawall4053 Місяць тому +37

    That basically means the test button does not simulate the ground fault but only provide energy to the tiny rail gun inside. No worry Mehdi you will be safe🥰

    • @thebaker8637
      @thebaker8637 Місяць тому +11

      Yeah that’s super weird. In Europe RCD test buttons literally close a circuit between live and neutral outside the sensing coil (through a resistor) thereby directly simulating a fault.

    • @killingtimeitself
      @killingtimeitself Місяць тому +2

      i suppose its more likely that the closing mechanism will fail rather than the current sensing circuitry.

    • @thebaker8637
      @thebaker8637 Місяць тому +6

      @@killingtimeitself but simulating a current imbalance will also cause the whole closing mechanism to activate as it would in a real ground fault, and it will also catch issues with the current sensing system itself

    • @killingtimeitself
      @killingtimeitself Місяць тому +2

      @@thebaker8637 yeah, obviously, either code demands that it only insure the closing mechanism work, or it's simply just not that big of a deal.
      Using a test load would be more reliable though.

    • @Mostlyharmless1985
      @Mostlyharmless1985 Місяць тому +3

      Most of the idiot light inspection tools have a GFCI test button that does an actual ground fault.

  • @Khantia
    @Khantia Місяць тому +8

    Knowing how it works is the first step you need to take before you can even attempt to fix it. But I generally agree, that sometimes disassembling something and then reassembling it can fix the problem.

  • @BMack37
    @BMack37 Місяць тому

    Thank you for this, I often get asked about these in my line of work and haven't really had an opportunity to take a working one apart. I work in this weird little niche bridging electrical and electronics, specifically dealing with high voltage surges that blow up electrical and electronics in people's homes, mostly from lightning strikes and damage from the electrical grid.
    These fail are many ways and you let me understand how they basically all work. One is obviously catastrophic where plastic blows out and electronics are burnt. But they also will sometimes not reset, sometimes they will not hold a reset, sometimes the button is permanently and firmly depressed down, and sometimes the button will be press-able but it won't do anything.

  • @coin777
    @coin777 Місяць тому +17

    14:35 Why are You greenscreened at the last scene? 😂😂

    • @theodoros_1234
      @theodoros_1234 Місяць тому +6

      Notice on the sponsor ad (a few seconds later) how he zooms himself out into a tiny little man to make space for the sponsor graphics? I'm guessing that's why he used a greenscreen.

    • @Delibro
      @Delibro Місяць тому +4

      rofl, I just now noticed that, he put himself smaller on his seat to let the other things have space :DD

  • @Ali107
    @Ali107 Місяць тому +7

    13:07 *THE ONE PIEECE!!!*

    • @Jim_100
      @Jim_100 Місяць тому +2

      THE ONE PIECE IS REAAAAALLLL

  • @cannack
    @cannack Місяць тому +5

    7:16
    me 4 hours into a ``simple 30 minute`` head-light bulb change on my car

  • @MisterPlanePilot
    @MisterPlanePilot 13 днів тому

    This is the really cool stuff I also come here for. Mehdi is a pro as disassembling and learning things, only to put it all back and teach us something, especially with everyday household items like a GFCI outlet. I absolutely love it

  • @sypernova6969
    @sypernova6969 Місяць тому +1

    Mehdi, that was reallly cool. very well explained, and the mechanical nature makes it very easy to understand, congratz on putting it back together, btw. thanks!

  • @janvesely1938
    @janvesely1938 Місяць тому +5

    4:30 Buy yourself a headlamp.

  • @JoePlaysYT67
    @JoePlaysYT67 Місяць тому +3

    1:32 great plushie btw

  • @anthonyshiels9273
    @anthonyshiels9273 Місяць тому +2

    I just LOVE Electrocute's piano playing.

  • @danbsj
    @danbsj Місяць тому +1

    It's nice to see you have so many subscribers.
    We live in a very extrovert world, but this just tells me that we have a ton of introvert nerds out there, and it's nothing to be ashamed about.

  • @honeybadger2371
    @honeybadger2371 Місяць тому +3

    8:13 "it's so mechanical" every electrical engineers worse nightmare, like when i tried to fix my fans button, those 4 buttons off/1/2/3, so i opened it up but i didn't know how to put it back, i literally need to watch a video on how they work, i need to open it up 3x because i put the "THINGIES wrong💀💀

  • @mohamedmergueb2180
    @mohamedmergueb2180 Місяць тому +8

    IF TONY STARK HAD MEHDI IN HIS CAVE BOTH OF THEM WOULD BE DEAD

  • @docsnavely1010
    @docsnavely1010 Місяць тому

    This is the best explanation/demonstration of a GFI outlet that I've ever seen or heard.

  • @nazmulhassan3370
    @nazmulhassan3370 Місяць тому +2

    "FIXED IT! Oh... I FORGOT TO FIX IT!"
    Mehdi hall of fame 😂

  • @BeAwareOfElectricalHazard
    @BeAwareOfElectricalHazard Місяць тому +7

    He is the most interesting science UA-camr I've seen

  • @geraldalexander8093
    @geraldalexander8093 Місяць тому +3

    Fantastic video! I was literally dealing with this same exact issue last week. I removed the faulty GFCI and pulled it apart (unfortunately I had to destroy the casing to disassemble it) and I saw basically the exact same hardware you saw. I figured out the solenoid coil, and disconnecting contacts, but I couldn't understand what was going on between the line terminals. Thanks to your video, now I know!

    • @memejeff
      @memejeff Місяць тому +1

      Was it riveted shut?

    • @geraldalexander8093
      @geraldalexander8093 Місяць тому +2

      @@memejeff Strangely, the case was all plastic. There were 8 plastic tabs that kept it together, but unlike normal plastic tabs that can be pushed aside with a small screwdriver, they had been heated and formed after insertion to make it impossible to disassemble non-destructively. The only way to get past the tabs was to cut either the tabs (which didn't work very well) or cut open the holes they were threaded through (which was much easier, but way more destructive).

    • @memejeff
      @memejeff Місяць тому +1

      @@geraldalexander8093 wow. I have never seen something like that before. Shame that they made it like that. Sounds like a shockingly complex way of sealing it.

  • @civildisorder
    @civildisorder Місяць тому

    This scratched the itch I had as a kid to take things apart and (pretend to) understand how they work. Also appreciated the realization of not fixing the original problem after going through the effort of putting the whole thing back together again.

  • @Andyman9279
    @Andyman9279 Місяць тому

    Yes! I finally understand how gfci switches work. Thanks Mehdi

  • @ShamblerDK
    @ShamblerDK Місяць тому +5

    As a European, I find your plugs insanely needlessly over-complicated.

  • @jamesapsg
    @jamesapsg Місяць тому +5

    pov: your house is haunted but you are an engineer 1:20

  • @Akdk-rj6kt
    @Akdk-rj6kt Місяць тому

    Found your channel by accident, haven't watched you in years glad your still making videos subbed

  • @BillyBoy7380
    @BillyBoy7380 Місяць тому +1

    Had similar experience with outside receptacles on brick house during high humidity. After much research and testing found that the bare ground wire when folded into box with receptacle was very close to neutral screw. Pushed ground wire neatly away from neutral. Fixed! The ground wire on your test rig is insulated.

  • @MaxCarponera
    @MaxCarponera Місяць тому +4

    Suggestion: The tripping solenoid composes a tank circuit with some spurious capacitance on the circuit, making it resonate in a certain RF frequency that coincides with some thing around your house. Might be some radio station or a neighbour using a blender. Alternively, the current sensor can be the one who picks de RF.

  • @LordShehzi
    @LordShehzi Місяць тому +4

    I was waiting for him to realize he did not fix anything, just disassemble and then reassemble😂😂😂 14:05

  • @thecompguy
    @thecompguy День тому

    Another great one! Love it!

  • @BoyInTheVoid
    @BoyInTheVoid Місяць тому

    I love the way Mehdi's reaction always changes and switches everytime he got hurt or shocked😂

  • @VidaDigital
    @VidaDigital Місяць тому +7

    Who else wants a Technology Connections / ElectroBoom crossover?

  • @Awais....
    @Awais.... Місяць тому +4

    2:00 😮
    😮

  • @johnwiley8417
    @johnwiley8417 Місяць тому +2

    7:07 Like opening a box of grasshoppers.

  • @johnfrian
    @johnfrian Місяць тому +1

    Impressive, going from 100% confusion to explaining how it works in an understandable way!

  • @mikethor009
    @mikethor009 Місяць тому +6

    A bit light on ZAPs this time. But i always love watching your videos.

  • @mr.villager_minecraft_noob
    @mr.villager_minecraft_noob Місяць тому +8

    11:15 Dont you think that loos sus lol.

  • @tolerancija
    @tolerancija Місяць тому

    I couldn't believe you actually put it back together. You the man! 😂

  • @kirilkirov2451
    @kirilkirov2451 Місяць тому

    Amazing design, that is extremely simple and effective

  • @jackleeyoung24
    @jackleeyoung24 Місяць тому +5

    I love you Mehdi! ❤

  • @MuhammadabdurrehmanJami-vz8do
    @MuhammadabdurrehmanJami-vz8do Місяць тому +3

    8:00 found an insulating material after 10 years !

  • @alexelliott9733
    @alexelliott9733 Місяць тому +1

    Loved how you reversed the music and video when you had to reopen the outlet again haha

  • @bylandleo
    @bylandleo Місяць тому

    Electroboom is awesome! Thank you so much!

  • @lollermann
    @lollermann Місяць тому +5

    10:53
    Nah dude I gotta buy you a dinner first

  • @officer_baitlyn
    @officer_baitlyn Місяць тому +3

    3:00 idk man thats a metal tool hes using to grab the resistor he is shoving into an outlet

  • @Konrad_K.
    @Konrad_K. Місяць тому

    Super interesting, thank you

  • @mooncowtube
    @mooncowtube 11 днів тому

    Shout out to some really fab piano -- main reason to watch these videos is to see how amazingly talented your incidental music assistant is becoming!

  • @wigglesfourthree3390
    @wigglesfourthree3390 Місяць тому +7

    14:28 way to test the GFCI, made my arm jump. Mostly due to muscle memory and feeling your pain as you jump. I hope to meet you someday so you can hit me with your wand.
    Remember kids, you don't need to FEAR electricity but simply respect it.

  • @xyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyz
    @xyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyz Місяць тому +6

    1) _Laughs in europonese_
    2) Remembers, that if we would shock ourselves like Mehdi, we would probably be dead.
    3) Say, shall we call it even?

    • @Okurka.
      @Okurka. Місяць тому

      If you shock yourself like Mehdi you do also survive; he isn't immune to electricity.

    • @xyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyz
      @xyzxyzxyzxyzxyzxyz Місяць тому

      @@Okurka. As a general rule of thumb: No, we don't. The long answer is that it depends on your particular local distribution grid and your particular house. I have 15 A 240 VAC. Getting shocked by that will absolutely kill you if the current happens to pass through your heart. I have a friend who lost his dad from electrocution by simply cutting a live cord he assumed was not plugged in, without GFC.

  • @somebodythatiusedtoknoooooooow
    @somebodythatiusedtoknoooooooow Місяць тому +1

    DIY Vibrator from a power socket!!! Very nice!

  • @xnaaloh4437
    @xnaaloh4437 Місяць тому

    Hi Mehdi I remember your video from a while back on peltier devices when you said you didn’t understand the reason for how they work, I think I finally understand it.
    I think that the peltier effect ( cooling effect upon application of electricity) is due to the conduction bands of 2 different materials being slightly different from each other,
    We can try thinking it through with the example of an electron(e-) moving from a lower conduction band to a higher one.
    So if an e- is trying to move from 1 material to another, it will need to jump to a higher energy level,
    Total energy = Kinetic + Potential energy.
    The Potential energy gained by the e- has to come from the previous material’s particles.
    But since the inner shells of the previous atom should already be filled, none of them should be giving out energy by decreasing their energy level, thus only kinetic energy is loss.
    Meaning a very small temperature drop would be measured per e-.
    This is just from what I managed to read online, I do not have much knowledge about conduction bands, but hopefully this helps :)

  • @elvara872
    @elvara872 Місяць тому +4

    From an EU perspective, it's actually crazy to see that only on the outlet in the wall and the size of the circuit just to protect 2 plugs. What I have in the fuse box here works both as a circuit breaker and a GFCI to protect all the outlet in my place and people at the same time. It's crazy how different it is in NA compare to here.
    I would be so lost trying to work in canada or US.

    • @kratz9
      @kratz9 Місяць тому +1

      GFCI breakers are a thing in the US. Code specifies what needs protection, but both methods are acceptable. Typically only 'wet' (bathroom/laundry/kitchen/garage/basement/outside) locations. One main advantage of the wall plug GFCI is that the state is visible and it can be reset from the point of use.

    • @RonParker
      @RonParker Місяць тому +1

      @@kratz9 Current code requires AFCI in most living spaces, so a lot of new construction puts all of the protection devices in the panel. Personally, I prefer it that way, because with circuits shared between multiple rooms, the receptacle with the AFCI/GFCI might not even be in the same room as the point of use, and which room it's in is entirely up to what substances the electrician who installed it was on that day.

    • @mernokallat645
      @mernokallat645 Місяць тому +1

      Actually, in many european countries it is no longer accepted to use asingle RCD for the whole house. You must use more to avoid loss of power everywhere and several minutes or hours of profanity if a ground fault happens.

  • @suspense_comix3237
    @suspense_comix3237 Місяць тому +5

    Damn, I didn’t know Mehdi was specialized in Mechanical Engineering as well.

  • @FuzzyPuddingGamer
    @FuzzyPuddingGamer Місяць тому

    Thars fascinating! I've always wanted to know the inner mechanisms of GFCI

  • @TylerVogel
    @TylerVogel 5 днів тому

    Man, I love bouncing back to this channel

  • @blacksmeim8791
    @blacksmeim8791 Місяць тому +4

    3:45 Is there a reason you don't have a central RCD? Seems dangerous

  • @ashwalker1
    @ashwalker1 Місяць тому +4

    Your outlet looks really Sad 😧

  • @O.Salah1
    @O.Salah1 Місяць тому

    Liked how you used the clamp ameter to explain how gfci works 👍

  • @Tech_Logix
    @Tech_Logix Місяць тому

    It was great season... enjoyed learning Thanks Boom brother 😂

  • @seanb3516
    @seanb3516 Місяць тому +8

    I have observed a Strange Failure mode on my household GFCI Socket (just one).
    The socket is receiving power from a light which has a dimmer on it. Stupid, I know.
    I noticed the GFCI Failed to Activate when the Socket Voltage was down to 87V rather than the expected 110V.
    I don't know if I am correct in this however if I am it would seem to be a very dangerous fail mode.

    • @compzac
      @compzac Місяць тому

      Ive never seen that before, A GFCI wired after a dimmer switch. my guess would be that either the triac in the dimmer which is trying to reduce the voltage is playing havoc on the sensing. or perhaps the sensing circuit inside wouldnt activate at voltage that low. or even maybe it was active and trying to break the circuit, but the 87 volts instead of 120 was making the coil too weak. knowing what i do about dimmers. Which admittedly isnt too much but i do know that not only do they reduce the voltage but they also reduce the Hertz. so instead of 120 at 60Hz it would have been 87 at like 35Hz and maybe that was causing issues. who knows, thats an odd quirk and probably should be addressed. but I doubt anyone ever would since your never supposed to wire dimmers to anything other than inbuilt lights, as far as i know your not even allowed by code to wire dimmers to non GFCI outlets or at least have to make it plain that that particular outlet is on a dimmer since most dimmers can only handle like 150 to 300 watts of power and if someone say tried to bung a space heater at 1500 watts into the outlet it would absolutely burn out the dimmer circuit and potentially risk a fire in the wall.

    • @sootikins
      @sootikins Місяць тому

      @@compzac Lamp dimmers do not alter the frequency (hertz).
      Agreed that feeding any outlet from a dimmer is stupid and probably illegal.

    • @leybraith3561
      @leybraith3561 Місяць тому

      ... Some GFCIs don't cope well when connected to appliances that halfwave rectify the mains. The DC offset component (current only drawn on one side of sine wave) creates a semi saturated state in sensing transformer and messes with tripping. Possibly your dimmer only uses half the sinewave at certain voltages?

    • @eDoc2020
      @eDoc2020 Місяць тому

      Your example with a dimmer is unreasonable (it's a code violation) but a related situation is a loose neutral connection. That would lead to the GFCI's circuitry being unpowered even though the hot leg of its output is still connected. Touch hot and ground and you'll get shocked but it will never trip. All standard GFCIs share this issue. Some specialty GFCIs require power to activate their output and thus are immune to this problem.

    • @eDoc2020
      @eDoc2020 Місяць тому

      @@leybraith3561 Half-wave rectification of the output doesn't affect the sensing coil. If there's no ground fault there's no magnetic field and thus no saturation. The issue comes when a fault current is _purely_ DC. Even if the _fault_ is half-wave rectified there is a major AC component and it will trip.

  • @lioncraft4142
    @lioncraft4142 Місяць тому +9

    1:50 🤣🤣🤣

  • @calebfleckenstein4825
    @calebfleckenstein4825 Місяць тому +1

    Medhi, thank you for making the videos you do! Four year ago, as an aspiring college student, I wasn’t sure which path to take. Your videos helped me significantly in making that crucial choice. I am graduating with my Bachelors in Electrical Engineering in a week and I tell everyone you made the choice pretty easy! Keep doing what you do sir!

    • @saadnaseer9815
      @saadnaseer9815 Місяць тому

      Congrats man. Wishing you all the best and hope u become as good if not better than medhi in electrical stuff.

  • @xuesco2210
    @xuesco2210 Місяць тому +1

    Was watching some ghost hunters recently and thought I'd love to see Electroboom take apart the ghost hunting equipment and do tests on what sets it off.

  • @advanceringnewholder
    @advanceringnewholder Місяць тому +3

    3:25 ah, the linus screw driver is getting a good use

  • @mohammedaghz1518
    @mohammedaghz1518 Місяць тому +4

    Congratulations for 7+M

  • @373323
    @373323 Місяць тому

    very good stuff, i really learned something today

  • @yotypicalgamer2727
    @yotypicalgamer2727 Місяць тому

    Very nice to see your still posting!

  • @mahmoudmohammad2220
    @mahmoudmohammad2220 Місяць тому +3

    The green screen is obvious at the end 14:40

  • @andrewparker318
    @andrewparker318 Місяць тому +3

    Mehdi, we in the community have so many ideas for projects we can do! Just give us a heads up you will be making a LATITY video and then we will repost all of the ideas we have been submitting on the subreddit over the last few years! Otherwise if you just react to it without warning, you might only see terrible memes or things of that nature

  • @ethandandu
    @ethandandu Місяць тому +2

    aha, that thingie goes on the other thingie; got it 👍
    i can't believe you put that contraption back together !!!🤯

  • @sambishara9300
    @sambishara9300 Місяць тому +7

    6:16 great Mr.Bean impression