Electricity Takes the Shortest Path (in the air), LATITY-010

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  • Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 1,6 тис.

  • @ElectroBOOM
    @ElectroBOOM  2 роки тому +901

    I MEANT SHORTEST PATH THROUGH AIR! 😂 Also "electricity takes the path of least resistance" is wrong! It goes more into the path of least resistance, but it still goes through the higher resistance too. But in the air it breaks though shortest path, then I guess it curls as the air heats up... hmmm, something to check there

    • @jerrybaker8597
      @jerrybaker8597 2 роки тому +7

      I literally screamed put them back together like i was watching a horror moive

    • @themeronz
      @themeronz 2 роки тому +16

      Not content with rectifying Veritasium’s videos, you started rectifying yours 🤣

    • @imranroy4731
      @imranroy4731 2 роки тому +12

      Yesss!!
      Finally some professional confirms my idea that electricity would take *all* available paths, but the amount of current passing through each path would depend on the resistance of that path.
      Thanks Mehdi, for reassuring that I'm not as insane as I think I am.

    • @HodgePodgeProducts
      @HodgePodgeProducts 2 роки тому +9

      When the air break down and ionizes it becomes very low resistance so electricity will flow almost entirely through that conductive plasma...which behaves like a hot gas and starts rising and spreading out. Videos of arcs in microgravity are interesting since they tend to stay more in one place.

    • @HodgePodgeProducts
      @HodgePodgeProducts 2 роки тому +8

      @@imranroy4731keep in mind that this is only true for low frequency signals. When higher frequencies are involved, resistance may no longer be the dominant factor and we must use total impedance instead.

  • @PlasmaChannel
    @PlasmaChannel 2 роки тому +1343

    Ahh yes, the connect fork. That’s how I got my start, actually. Turns out you can BREAK a breaker. 😂

    • @KeysightLabs
      @KeysightLabs 2 роки тому +65

      WhAt'S tHe WoRsT tHaT cOuLd HaPpEn?

    • @KanniPro
      @KanniPro 2 роки тому +29

      I started mine when I connected 9V DC motor holding it in my hand into the 240V Powerlines and it Exploded LOL

    • @oqocraft2661
      @oqocraft2661 2 роки тому +8

      @@KeysightLabs A ChaRgeBaCk

    • @muhammadjalal2335
      @muhammadjalal2335 2 роки тому +2

      Hi

    • @moeinsp2027
      @moeinsp2027 2 роки тому +2

      Power of Mehdi 😂 smart blewup is matter 😁

  • @zeph0shade
    @zeph0shade 2 роки тому +142

    The static making that sound when the person on that mountain moves their hand is one of those "most terrifying things in the world that would seem fine to someone who doesn't know"

    • @k.chriscaldwell4141
      @k.chriscaldwell4141 2 роки тому +5

      Ditto. Scary.

    • @YourMJK
      @YourMJK 2 роки тому +5

      What do you do in that situation? Lie down and wait for lightning to strike?

    • @zeph0shade
      @zeph0shade 2 роки тому +18

      @@YourMJK If your goal is to be struck by it, I suppose. Otherwise you get as far away as you can ASAP.

    • @victortitov1740
      @victortitov1740 2 роки тому +6

      @@YourMJK i don't know... i'm not a religious person, but i think i'd just crouch down and pray. Not lie, because if the lightning does strike and doesn't directly hit me, it can still get me through the ground.

    • @chaos.corner
      @chaos.corner 2 роки тому +6

      @@victortitov1740 Feet together presumably.

  • @bosstowndynamics5488
    @bosstowndynamics5488 2 роки тому +182

    3:50 Mehdi didn't really explain the specifics here, so for anyone interested:
    What this is depicting is step voltage - basically because the ground is relatively high resistance the point where the high voltage source contacts winds up at or near that voltage, and the voltage reduces the further away from the source, similar to a resistive voltage divider. The danger is if you take a step towards or away from the voltage source then your feet will be at 2 different voltage potentials, and your body is far more conductive than the ground so this can result in enough of a voltage difference to kill you.

    • @x--.
      @x--. 2 роки тому +19

      Ah, so that's why they showed putting your feet together (same potential) then hopping on one foot.
      Jeez, I already get enough anxiety with hopscotch. Death hopscotch would not be fun.

    • @bosstowndynamics5488
      @bosstowndynamics5488 2 роки тому +6

      @@x--. Very short steps would also work, just slightly higher risk

    • @tools.no.problem
      @tools.no.problem 2 роки тому +3

      @@x--. I feel like this is similar to being worried about quicksand.

    • @jmodified
      @jmodified 2 роки тому +2

      I've experienced this when using a 120 v rod to bring up nightcrawlers. When picking them up, you need to wear rubber-soled shoes and be careful not to brace with your other hand.

    • @Albtraum_TDDC
      @Albtraum_TDDC 2 роки тому +1

      @@bosstowndynamics5488 what about jumps from one leg to the other? Never both legs touching ground.

  • @nikolaangelovski2252
    @nikolaangelovski2252 2 роки тому +644

    I love LATITY, make more of this please, its a perfect combination of reactions and creation as well as demonstration

    • @hackerbuddy873
      @hackerbuddy873 2 роки тому +3

      Exactly

    • @gthosts
      @gthosts 2 роки тому +1

      YES

    • @gthosts
      @gthosts 2 роки тому

      @Don't read profile photo bruh

    • @gthosts
      @gthosts 2 роки тому

      @Don't read profile photo ive seen this already on another yt channel

    • @Casualweeb475
      @Casualweeb475 2 роки тому +1

      HAHA I said the first part of your comment out loud as I opened the video then read this.

  • @00kidney
    @00kidney 2 роки тому +217

    Every time he uploads I feel the same thing. WE NEED MORE ELECTROBOOM!
    Thank you for another magnificent video.

    • @Exachad
      @Exachad 2 роки тому +8

      Ur now the most annoying bot on YT

    • @wom_Bat
      @wom_Bat 2 роки тому

      @@Exachad i think there should be an award show. UA-cam has so many infamous bots.

    • @joysonbaretto3690
      @joysonbaretto3690 2 роки тому +1

      @@Exachad she is not a bot

    • @Unkn0wn1133
      @Unkn0wn1133 2 роки тому

      What is the point? Do utubers buy bots to comment for the algorithm?

  • @gaijin2162
    @gaijin2162 2 роки тому +77

    Hey finally, any day with a new electroboom video is a good day

  • @koniginator
    @koniginator 2 роки тому +232

    "What I would give to short-circuit the heavens" is my favorite thing Mehdi has ever said, and I don't say that lightly

    • @ObadiahtheSlim
      @ObadiahtheSlim 2 роки тому +10

      Also the most ominous.

    • @rapier992
      @rapier992 2 роки тому +21

      "Welcome to the world of high voltage, where everything is a wire and you are probably gonna die" - William Osman

    • @Games_and_Music
      @Games_and_Music 2 роки тому +1

      He will evolve into the Cheeky Charger, Evil Knievel's evil electric cousin, flying a rocket that's powered by a lithium-ion battery fire drive, connected to a bunch of wires that are in turn connected to power stations, putting cities in a blackout.
      EDIT: oh, i guess Mehdi's name is much closer to Evil Knievel... Mehdi Knievel, of course

    • @StuffandThings_
      @StuffandThings_ 2 роки тому +2

      Thor will never even know what hit him...
      also 100% agree, that statement was glorious

    • @ghoulbuster1
      @ghoulbuster1 2 роки тому +1

      Medhi begins his electro emperor phase.

  • @astrobot3000
    @astrobot3000 2 роки тому +8

    7:43 there is something about an old man sticking a lightbulb in his ear and it turns on that just makes me smile the same way he did

  • @stefanobongiovanni8177
    @stefanobongiovanni8177 2 роки тому +53

    6:45 You pronounced it pretty well in italian. Good job! ( 2 is pronounced "due")

    • @aoyuki1409
      @aoyuki1409 Місяць тому +1

      i believe canadians need to learn some basic french, and its also sound similar, but spelt different (deux)

  • @MindFuelMedia7347
    @MindFuelMedia7347 2 роки тому +118

    I would love to hear and see Mehdi's reservations for Derek ASAP. The Rectifier is pure gold content.

  • @marcinmorris
    @marcinmorris 2 роки тому +11

    7:26 - WAAAA - he didn't shorted the power - he's just afraid of the dark ;)

  • @matte1197
    @matte1197 2 роки тому +75

    As an italian, hearing medhi say "le prese vanno sostituite dopo 2 anni" made me laugh, im a simple italian guy.

    • @star_ms
      @star_ms 2 роки тому +5

      Mamma mia

    • @60odracciR
      @60odracciR 2 роки тому

      Same😂

    • @alicebenedetti04
      @alicebenedetti04 2 роки тому +9

      "Le prese multiple vanno sostituite dopo TWO any" fantastico medhi

    • @fonzysflight9724
      @fonzysflight9724 2 роки тому +2

      ma la vera domanda è perche' scriviamo quelle cose sulle spine!

    • @oqocraft2661
      @oqocraft2661 2 роки тому +1

      IT'S MEHDI

  • @andythekitsune
    @andythekitsune 2 роки тому +46

    That "Total Shield" looks to consist mainly of two PVC end caps and a chunk of sewer pipe.

    • @JTrewiler
      @JTrewiler 2 роки тому +5

      It's also branded with the logo for the old United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, a former component of the Army Materiel Command. (It still exists, but as the Combat Capabilities Development Command, a component of the Army Futures Command). Gotta love the BS people will make and sell.

    • @nameredacted1242
      @nameredacted1242 2 роки тому +8

      Buuuuuut the lights, man, the lights!!! They surely do something!!!

    • @SomeMorganSomewhere
      @SomeMorganSomewhere 2 роки тому +3

      @@nameredacted1242 yes, it illuminates the lights ;)

    • @tyrannicpuppy
      @tyrannicpuppy 2 роки тому

      Probably still contains some of the shit from the sewage line they cut it out of too.

    • @giovane_Diaz
      @giovane_Diaz 2 роки тому

      @JM Coulon surely they ask enough to pay for some dozens of these already not cheap knobs to free you from the insidious 5G

  • @deving9799
    @deving9799 2 роки тому +8

    2:35 "Oh, I just need to put my finger(s) back together." 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @DjaniAgain
    @DjaniAgain 2 роки тому +12

    3:25 one of the best explanations on how capacitors behave with frequency 😜

  • @NODARman
    @NODARman 2 роки тому +33

    God, how many days have passed without that intro.
    ElectroBoom - The best electroteacher

  • @glasslinger
    @glasslinger 2 роки тому +17

    "path of least resistance" which can also be extended to "path of least impedance" for rapidly rising edges.

    • @Quick_in_and_out
      @Quick_in_and_out 2 роки тому +1

      BINGO!
      I win, I had this comment on my predictable comment bingo card!

    • @lorenzo42p
      @lorenzo42p 2 роки тому

      @@Quick_in_and_out but it's true, isn't it?

  • @m.a8335
    @m.a8335 2 роки тому +10

    How I shower: water at 30 °C.
    How my wife showers: 1:44

  • @eduardososa843
    @eduardososa843 2 роки тому +8

    2:28 GET IT OFF

  • @AkomishTiddies
    @AkomishTiddies 2 роки тому +67

    3:47 I heard it's actually safer to moonwalk out of the dangerous potential zone, in many cases just keeping feet barely apart poses a lot less risk than jumping on one leg when you can lose stability and faceplant all the volts

    • @xchronox0
      @xchronox0 2 роки тому +21

      It looks like an ad for a mobile game with how uncanny it is

    • @M4RC90
      @M4RC90 2 роки тому +1

      I mean you don't have to do big jumps.

    • @shashwatsharma2596
      @shashwatsharma2596 2 роки тому +12

      I would take all the time in the world and inch my way out if my life was on the line, I don't trust myself to hop on one leg

    • @muhammadjalal2335
      @muhammadjalal2335 2 роки тому

      Ikr

    • @jarniskat
      @jarniskat 2 роки тому +5

      @Delsin "it's actually safer to moonwalk out of the dangerous potential zone" NOPE!! (facepalm) its not safe to moonwalk, the point is NOT to have two feet on the ground!! dont be stupid!!

  • @plantpropagationchannel2603
    @plantpropagationchannel2603 2 роки тому +7

    4:27 yeah, but who wouldn’t want super fast Internet speed?

    • @danek_hren
      @danek_hren 2 місяці тому

      The joke flew over your head

  • @mustajabahmed5785
    @mustajabahmed5785 2 роки тому +15

    Wish I saw this before my a-levels physics exam🙁

  • @dkhl65
    @dkhl65 2 роки тому +5

    3:20 very good!

  • @TheManLab7
    @TheManLab7 2 роки тому +4

    3:31 That is so cool

  • @trishchepish
    @trishchepish 2 роки тому +6

    When Mehdi read the Italian part, actually made me laugh my ass off. That's not because I laugh for stupidity, but I was laughing because I'm Italian and that phrase took me

  • @Firefox-rt9ev
    @Firefox-rt9ev 2 роки тому +4

    6:45 it's italian, it says: the multiple plugs must be changed after 2 years

    • @Loki-
      @Loki- 2 роки тому

      Yes. Is the joke.

  • @Owen_loves_Butters
    @Owen_loves_Butters Рік тому +3

    5:31 Was I the only one screaming in my head "GET DOWN GET DOWN GET DOWN GET DOWN GET DOWN"?

  • @techtheguy5180
    @techtheguy5180 2 роки тому +3

    6:51 I'm rolling on the floor hahaha! Ani? Ani means arse whole in italian😂😂

  • @lamuzzo5120
    @lamuzzo5120 2 роки тому +2

    6:48 I'm italian.
    I busted into pure laughs.
    That pronunciation was molten Platinum.

  • @nicksworld4610
    @nicksworld4610 2 роки тому +5

    1:36 yeahhhhhhhh!

  • @daniel-qh4zq
    @daniel-qh4zq 2 роки тому +1

    I actually talked to a employee from Keysight technology in Santa Rosa. All I had to do is mention ElectroBOOM and he started l laughing and said I love watching that guy.

  • @4Gehe2
    @4Gehe2 2 роки тому +5

    When Medhi tries to short the heavens, all hell do is trip the ground fault of the skies. So if the sun ever goes out, you know who the blame!

    • @scotty3114
      @scotty3114 2 роки тому +1

      The skies/heaven has NO ground fault interrupts, you get ELECTROBOOMed!

  • @aydar1995
    @aydar1995 2 роки тому +5

    6:12 If you watch this video in complete silence, you can hear the sound of the prop landing.

  • @Mystevious
    @Mystevious 2 роки тому +5

    I've been waiting for another episode for so long.

  • @MrMegaPussyPlayer
    @MrMegaPussyPlayer 2 роки тому +7

    2:41 To be fair here. In opposite to you, he has a layer of leather in between.

  • @TyTytheCat2004
    @TyTytheCat2004 2 роки тому +14

    Hey ElectroBOOM, have you ever seen those videos of people managing to display video signals on their oscilloscopes? It might be a good idea to experiment with, hoping you have old analog composite or component cables (the YWR, or RGB ones) and a video source. Or maybe doing it in reverse and seeing if you can just turn any old television you may have laying around into some sort of x-y oscilloscope?

  • @vbprogrammer95
    @vbprogrammer95 2 роки тому +1

    6:12 in Italy, when there is a black out, we say that "the current jumped"... well now we know why!

  • @hitnovak
    @hitnovak 2 роки тому +5

    @ElectroBOOM 2:01 That's why the glove. Although having your fingers unprotected certainly makes for a more entertaining viewing experience.

    • @Core533
      @Core533 Рік тому

      @user-nb5jn5ru5tscamer

  • @DreamhopMusic
    @DreamhopMusic 2 роки тому +55

    I still know nothing about how electricity works but i could watch these videos for hours

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 2 роки тому

      u in fact can 😀

    • @turbocpt1
      @turbocpt1 2 роки тому +1

      I can help you with that in seconds... Go grab a fork, then let me know when you're ready for the next steps.

    • @suburbanraider
      @suburbanraider 2 роки тому +3

      I've learned from these videos that electricity is blue, comes from wall socket and hurts like hell.

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 2 роки тому +3

      @@suburbanraider
      what is blue is the ionized heated gas that the charge passes through.
      It would have different color in different gases.

    • @puch2728
      @puch2728 2 роки тому

      Ok

  • @andrewparker318
    @andrewparker318 2 роки тому +3

    5:11 I can’t believe my post actually made it into a latity video! Let’s get to 10 millions subs!!

  • @AulisA.O.T
    @AulisA.O.T 2 роки тому +6

    7:29 🤸 ooAA-

  • @samquinn4095
    @samquinn4095 2 роки тому +9

    Electroboom is a genius and a madman

  • @T-C-M
    @T-C-M 2 роки тому +1

    The way you say "HI" when you start the video indicates that problems will arise🤣🤣

  • @ramoniroger
    @ramoniroger 2 роки тому +4

    6:34 oh boy... that's how Matrix started...

    • @Thaereos12
      @Thaereos12 2 місяці тому

      I honestly had something like this as an idea. A gym filled with stationary cycles that would generate electricity without any nuclear stuff.

  • @lukasbaumann9415
    @lukasbaumann9415 2 роки тому +1

    You need topics for videos? And make use of your 5GHz scope? Try this:
    - High frequency and high speed signals
    - Signal propagation
    - Impedance control
    - Signal jammer of some sort (WiFi, GNSS...)
    - Conventional parts in high frequencies
    - ...

  • @TheGodOfAllThatWas
    @TheGodOfAllThatWas 2 роки тому +6

    I don't know all the details, but I thought MOVs that they use in typical surge protectors wear out over time, and there isn't a way to test if they've failed without destroying them in the process. Hence you need to replace surge protectors with some regularity to be sure that it will function as desired. The flip side of this is if you buy good ones they have lifetime warranties and really a lightning strike isn't going to be completely stopped by almost anything so really what you're buying is the warranty, so it's not worth worrying about.

    • @nameredacted1242
      @nameredacted1242 2 роки тому

      Yep, although the new one you buy is likely even worse than the old one...

  • @simo007_d7
    @simo007_d7 2 роки тому +1

    6:45… I’m Italian and I love when foreigners try to read Italian

  • @koukouzee2923
    @koukouzee2923 2 роки тому +3

    6:18 this actually a cool mind hullucination thing
    its made so you can hear the stomping without any sound

  • @Flex200
    @Flex200 Рік тому +1

    The moment you realize you have watched more than one hour of latity and its now zero o clock

  • @IanDarley
    @IanDarley 2 роки тому +15

    It might be better to say that electricity 'prefers' the path of lowest resistance. If it 'always' chooses the 'shortest distance' a Jacobs Ladder couldn't work 😜

    • @andreimadalin6207
      @andreimadalin6207 2 роки тому

      Ok boomer

    • @Comethost
      @Comethost 2 роки тому +1

      @@andreimadalin6207 ok electroBoomer

    • @markburton5292
      @markburton5292 2 роки тому

      was going to say path of least resistance. the ionized gas has less resistance. Since it gets hot it rises, however it is still less resistance than the non-ionized air, so the arc is sustained even though the distance is longer.

  • @JB-yu1vv
    @JB-yu1vv 2 роки тому +1

    I love the picture of Mhedi on the Keysight website

  • @aircraftengineer7425
    @aircraftengineer7425 2 роки тому +3

    It's kinda sad how his video ends soon

  • @joshuasears3319
    @joshuasears3319 10 днів тому

    I absolutely love the way you explain electricity! I am currently getting my undergraduate degree in Computer Science but my passion is Electricity! You make me want to jump ship to electrical engineering so badly! It may just be how funny you are? Or maybe it's your incredible way of explaining complex principles in a simple enough way to understand, while still being able to keep my attention with all your jokes? Either way, I love YOU and your channel! Thankyou sacrificing your time and body in the name of science!

  • @timgchannel3328
    @timgchannel3328 2 роки тому +3

    Actually, power strips do you have an expiration date. Specifically, the power strips that are surge protectors. How long depends upon the strip and what quality of power you’re dealing with. Two years is a little short, but I’d replace them all after five years.

  • @rosskrt
    @rosskrt 2 роки тому +2

    6:48 That italian reading was pretty good tho
    Most english-speaking youtubers reading Italian make me have a stroke lmao

  • @cauhxmilloy7670
    @cauhxmilloy7670 2 роки тому +5

    5:59 (short circuit clouds) collaboration with xyla foxlin? 🤔

  • @tools.no.problem
    @tools.no.problem 2 роки тому

    The static in the air and the idea to create a lightning strike by shorting the earth with a key and kite makes way more sense. Not just making a tall metal object and waiting for lightning to "happen".

  • @DudokX
    @DudokX 2 роки тому +10

    Mehdi, you are better at reacting than like 95% of reacting channels!

  • @louderbackbarry
    @louderbackbarry 2 роки тому

    My favorite part is the power in the ear and light bub because he pissed off the trickster and love the power lines playing jump rope. I fell out of my chair laughing at those sneaky power lines

  • @Liberablubly
    @Liberablubly 2 роки тому +4

    4:20 , i'll be that guy , reading the description of the "total shield" , all it does , it DETECT , not PROTECT.
    (There is nothing to protect from anyway)

    • @_tophat
      @_tophat 2 роки тому +1

      wrong, you didnt read all of it. it says "... will detect, INTERRUPT and ELIMINATE ..." (but yeah it is fake)

    • @Liberablubly
      @Liberablubly 2 роки тому

      @@_tophat Oh , oops , i see it , thank you.

  • @SlimeBluKing
    @SlimeBluKing 2 роки тому +1

    6:45 Is a italian phrase.
    It’s mean: PowerStripes must be changed after 2 years

  • @patrickmcdaniel2845
    @patrickmcdaniel2845 2 роки тому +5

    When you address the new Veritasium video about power not traveling in wires, can you address why 120V/60Hz power does not electrocute you until you touch the wires?

  • @p_filippouz
    @p_filippouz 2 роки тому +1

    6:44 being Italian, I almost choked myself on my laughter

  • @marluna_x
    @marluna_x 2 роки тому +7

    1:50 Fun fact: Those "sparks" cool off so quickly, he doesn't feel anything but a tickle. You can even hold your hand in front of it without it being painful! Electric sparks are something different. They are actually very dangerous, because there are also bigger parts of metal flying off that won't cool down very fast.

    • @FineBakedPastry
      @FineBakedPastry 2 роки тому +6

      Those sparks come from the fine metal powder that is spontaneously combusting in ambient oxygen as it's being sprayed. It's not going to be painful for short durations but: 1. your skin will be covered with burned metal powder (rust) and 2. if you stay under it long enough, it will burn... like the spark spray from an angle grinder can easily ignite your clothes if you're not careful about where you aim the spray.

  • @wom_Bat
    @wom_Bat 2 роки тому +1

    Love this guy!!

  • @stensoft
    @stensoft 2 роки тому +4

    1:07 So, a Jacob's ladder with GFCI?

  • @dionislacaj3817
    @dionislacaj3817 Місяць тому +1

    0:37 best intro

  • @GerryRR
    @GerryRR 2 роки тому +4

    Maybe the question about the power-strip should have specified that they're talking about the surge protector? Or have I been lied to and the MOV in surge protectors *doesn't* wear out over time from "small" spikes?

    • @ruben_balea
      @ruben_balea 2 роки тому

      Disclaimer: This is from my experience with good and bad power strips, obviously I cannot confirm if a particular brand or model is well built or not, even the same make and model that I have may have undergone major design changes or be outsourced from a different factory.
      Always do your own research, check the reviews, google the model (use the barcode if available) to see if there was a recall, suspect if the price is too good to be true...
      It wears out very slowly unless the mains supply is really "dirt" but in a good power strip (or whatever application) design it's usually not the end of the world because each MOV will be in series with a ceramic/plastic housing thermal fuse which is mechanically clamped to the body of the MOV via heat shrink tubing or some similar method, in this way as soon as the varistor approaches the temperature at which the plastic of the strip could begin to soften, the fuse opens, interrupting the flow of current through the MOV and rendering the strip unusable.
      That is the case with any power strip manufactured or distributed by well-known manufacturers of electrical and computer equipment.
      Even if there is no thermal fuse, nothing serious should happen if the plastic casing and the other components of the power strip are made of fire retardant materials, in which case the MOV will disintegrate into dust or just explode depending on gravity of the glitch, but just making some crackling noise and releasing some magical smoke.
      If you have an unknown brand or you suspect that it may be an imitation, you may have to disassemble it to see how it is built, the good quality ones have screws, even if they have security heads and cannot be easily removed, if the case halves are welded/glued it can be assumed that it is so cheaply made that they couldn't even afford the screws and/or don't want you to see how poorly built it is.
      Some of these low quality ones can even degrade in a few months exposed to sunlight (even through a glass window) and although at first glance they appear to be in good condition and may have not discolored, when you go to pick them up in your hand the plastic will disintegrate leaving you holding the exposed live (deadly) conductors.

  • @thepsyduckgaming546
    @thepsyduckgaming546 2 роки тому +1

    Indeed my favorite UA-camr

  • @pyroteamfrankenjunior
    @pyroteamfrankenjunior 2 роки тому +3

    5:43 yesterday a neighbour's got hit by a lightning

  • @epnuzuluaga766
    @epnuzuluaga766 2 роки тому

    Oh man!!! when that kids hand buzzed with static electricity, almost fell on the damn floor... in anticipation of a lightning bolt.

  • @12kenbutsuri
    @12kenbutsuri 2 роки тому +6

    If electricity passes through the shortest path, why does it go throw both in parallel 10 Ohms and 20 Ohms instead of just the 10 Ohms?

    • @M4RC90
      @M4RC90 2 роки тому +1

      Because electricity takes every path, not just the shortest.

    • @ardag1439
      @ardag1439 2 роки тому +1

      Well they didn't say it ONLY takes the shortest path

    • @ecospider5
      @ecospider5 2 роки тому +1

      When you have unlimited current available from your power supply the 10 ohm resistor will pass all the current it can. But the power supply still has current available so the 20 ohm resistor will pass whatever current it can.
      So what if your power supply is current limited to below what the 10 ohm resistor can pass. How much will go through the 20 ohm resistor, if any. That is a really good question.

    • @12kenbutsuri
      @12kenbutsuri 2 роки тому

      @@ecospider5 cool! So it's basically because there is a limited amount of electrons? Or more like a fraction of a nano second or something the resistance goes up to balance the flow or something like that?

    • @frecio231
      @frecio231 2 роки тому +1

      He has another video where he explains that the amount of current is inversely proportional to the resistance. But yeah, a valid point against that sentence which is incorrect and misleading.

  • @cue1gonow
    @cue1gonow 2 роки тому

    Mechanical Engineer here.
    Technically not a demonstration of Bernoulli's principles, because it's viscous flow of the stream of air he's blowing that imparts flow on the surrounding air.
    Bernoulli doesn't really account for viscosity. For that, you need to add in Euler or Navier-Stokes.

  • @arnavjindal3021
    @arnavjindal3021 2 роки тому +8

    Who else's google assistant got triggered?
    0:38

  • @d4rk0v3
    @d4rk0v3 2 роки тому

    I LOVE seeing the copper vaporized and the green plasma it creates when the lightning discharge hits the wire. All of that smoke left behind is the vaporized copper.

  • @foorje
    @foorje 2 роки тому +8

    Hi

    • @patrick-mb2yc
      @patrick-mb2yc 2 роки тому +1

      sus

    • @RicyStuff
      @RicyStuff 2 роки тому +1

      Hi

    • @sumukl1697
      @sumukl1697 2 роки тому

      Bye

    • @AaronSam
      @AaronSam 2 роки тому +1

      hey

    • @RoderikvanReekum
      @RoderikvanReekum 2 роки тому +1

      You are FIRST congratulations on this amazing performance you get 🥇🏆🍾🥂👏🇨🇦 You were so fast to click!

  • @hardrays
    @hardrays 2 роки тому

    regarding that hop on one foot post. when lightning struck 50 feet away i started to hopscotch immediately. it may be a primal instinct from natural selection from some primeval time when lightning was more common

  • @tricursor2481
    @tricursor2481 2 роки тому +2

    That reminds me, does anyone know what happened to Photonic Induction? Guy came back after a long hiatus, said he was going to be back to making videos, but then suddenly stopped.
    He did something similar before so I'm not extremely worried, but has anyone in the UK been keeping an eye out in the obituaries or maybe even know his name for googling purposes? Don't post his name here if you know it, no reason to dox him. And there's no reason we need to know what happened to him, but it's hard not to be extremely curious when the guy was using electronic equipment most electricians won't even see in their lifetimes.

  • @smeeglestheringbearer
    @smeeglestheringbearer 2 роки тому +2

    You know you've been watching for a while when the UA-camrs hair turns from black to grey...

  • @donaldsmith2734
    @donaldsmith2734 2 роки тому

    Blowing up the bag is not Bernoulli. It's entrainment.

  • @zequilomogamer
    @zequilomogamer 2 роки тому +1

    Shortcut the heavens became my favorite quote

    • @HAZARDOUS88
      @HAZARDOUS88 2 роки тому

      Yeah, seriously awesome lol.

  • @DarthLenaPlant
    @DarthLenaPlant 2 роки тому

    The lightbulb thing made me think of Uncle Fester from The Addams Family LOL

  • @PowerShellWizard
    @PowerShellWizard 2 роки тому +2

    As an EE myself I love how Mehdi jokes about mechanical engineers :)

  • @prajwalgmpp
    @prajwalgmpp 2 роки тому

    You are doomed to have a superfast internet speed hit me a second late and I choked on my tea

  • @XiaolinDraconis
    @XiaolinDraconis Місяць тому +1

    Looks like you figured it out. 8 mil so far and it's only been 2 years.

  • @rynor2691
    @rynor2691 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for blessing my feed beautiful electric eyebrow man

  • @spikemannnn
    @spikemannnn 2 роки тому +1

    ¡Gracias!

  • @Abell_lledA
    @Abell_lledA 2 роки тому +1

    One doesn’t experience self transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates.🎈

  • @Flavour_Beans
    @Flavour_Beans 2 роки тому

    Electrical Christmas is my favorite day of Nuclear Winter.

  • @screwball168
    @screwball168 2 роки тому +2

    Let’s be honest you didn’t come here to learn you came here to laugh

  • @Joaqzzzz
    @Joaqzzzz 4 місяці тому

    If a Horrible accident happens, this man will become the next Electro.

  • @flory296
    @flory296 2 роки тому

    6:45 it’s in Italian and it says "Power cords must be replaced after 2 years"

  • @djfoxyredfur1440
    @djfoxyredfur1440 2 роки тому +1

    6:43 the post sayes: the powerbars need to be changed or substitute after 2 years of use.
    (It was in Italian)

  • @Davitekk
    @Davitekk 2 роки тому +1

    i love how it talks in italian

  • @Pxsdaemon
    @Pxsdaemon 2 роки тому

    You see GreatScott’s more efficient Full Bridge rectifier? Good stuff and right up your alley.

  • @Ilanvain
    @Ilanvain 2 роки тому

    You are the only youtuber that makes me happy

  • @InspectorGadget923
    @InspectorGadget923 Рік тому

    2:45
    Excellent pronunciation of Jozxyqk.

  • @biralo
    @biralo 2 роки тому

    5:59 'short circuit the heavens' damn that sounds cool

  • @davidbalderas4702
    @davidbalderas4702 4 дні тому

    Has been 2 years since this, we almost there, we're waiting Mehdi