Monster magnet meets plasma ball...

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    Plasma is known to react to a magnetic field because it is made up of electrically charged particles. This makes me wonder what would happen, if a large magnet is put close to a plasma globe? Let's find out!
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  • @bardfinn
    @bardfinn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +997

    "Were you too busy watching if I lost a finger?" YES, YES I WAS

    • @Purple431
      @Purple431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Don't play with giant dangerous magnets 😐

    • @brisolar
      @brisolar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I was most concernet with the power suply bursting, since it could move something inside and close a circuit

    • @chunky8038
      @chunky8038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ain't that the truth

    • @joetuktyyuktuk8635
      @joetuktyyuktuk8635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes, quite dangerous, he could have accomplished the same thing by lowering the transformer on a board and kept his fingers out of harms way.

    • @PotatoMasterYT
      @PotatoMasterYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @smileyp4535
    @smileyp4535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1042

    Lmao that black circle you put behind the large plasma ball to make it easier to see was freaking me out because it looked like a digital effect or something that responded to the magnet 😂

    • @fan1701
      @fan1701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Same here. It took me a few mintutes to figure that out.

    • @pu55yEaterr
      @pu55yEaterr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same

    • @adamhelberg9228
      @adamhelberg9228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol same

    • @BritishEngineer
      @BritishEngineer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If it was EMI it would be more analog than digital

    • @Buvard
      @Buvard ปีที่แล้ว +1

      c'est pas drôle osti de concombre

  • @elkvis
    @elkvis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    This is the same principle that is used in magnetic amplifiers, commonly found in welding machines before the 1980s. They use a DC current to bias the core of a transformer into saturation, limiting the amount of welding current that can flow, in the same way that the strong permanent magnet saturates the transformer core, and effectively turns off the plasma globe.

    • @RobertXxx-uh6lr
      @RobertXxx-uh6lr 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nice explanation then what happens with current rise on primary side doesn't it blow up ?

    • @elkvis
      @elkvis 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RobertXxx-uh6lr potentially, yes. Additional input power would have to be dissipated as heat

  • @Qui-9
    @Qui-9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    4:50 neat how they dance.

  • @mordekaiser_1312
    @mordekaiser_1312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +597

    > high UV emitting gases
    > glass that doesn't block UV
    looks as if it was made on purpose lol

    • @dhominyaugusto8649
      @dhominyaugusto8649 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Miss you ma man 😥😥😥

    • @kamilsz2336
      @kamilsz2336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dhominyaugusto8649 ??

    • @Mylok_
      @Mylok_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah we mains all miss you

    • @MisoNyah
      @MisoNyah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      but.. does it "kill" corona?

    • @izzyizzm8761
      @izzyizzm8761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      From China!

  • @spretcher
    @spretcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1616

    "Don't play with strong magnets and high voltage, unless you know what you're doing"
    Instructions unclear, generator stuck in toaster

    • @yoppindia
      @yoppindia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Forgot the kitchen sink.

    • @jdrissel
      @jdrissel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Add water? LoL

    • @spretcher
      @spretcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@jdrissel Just great, I think the toaster is pregnant now...

    • @ParallelLogic
      @ParallelLogic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You're doing it wrong
      Sent from my Griffin smart toaster

    • @yoppindia
      @yoppindia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ParallelLogic can you even make a toast🍞

  • @NeonRelaxationCorner
    @NeonRelaxationCorner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Hello Brian. I'm studying Radiology for 2 years now. While watching the video and saw that the small globe was emitting and peaking at the UVA-UVB spectrum I was impressed. You know, X-RAYS are also part of the UV spectrum. The X-RAY emission starts in the middle of the UVB-UVC spectrum and those rays can also fluorescent the matter.
    What I wanna say with all of this is that this small globe might emitting a very little dose of X-ray Radiation. It's not dangerous at all (with this dosage) but it can be dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.
    Keep bringing us those impressive videos about science.. You're the best!!!!

    • @alshayda4168
      @alshayda4168 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      do you know what kind of spectrometer Brainiac75 uses? How is it arranged?

    • @NeonRelaxationCorner
      @NeonRelaxationCorner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alshayda4168 That seems to be an electromagnetic radiation spectrum analyzer. But I'm not a radio physicist so I can't say for sure... It is arranged to count the frequency of the light, because xrays are also light the only thing is that we can't see them with our eyes.

    • @alshayda4168
      @alshayda4168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It kinda uses Toshiba linear CCD TCD1304AP intended for POS scanners. Trick is, this POS scanners CCD kinda not rated for less than 400nm and should be blind in over 1100nm.

    • @mernok2001
      @mernok2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@NeonRelaxationCorner The plasma ball cant emit X-rays for multiple reasons.The glass will block X-rays up to about 20 keV.The power supply is only about 5 kV.The gas inside becoming plasma has a voltage drop less than 5 kV.The pressure of the gas also prevent electrons to accelerate to high enough speed.So any X-rays produced are less than 5 keV which cant penetrate even thin glass.

    • @NeonRelaxationCorner
      @NeonRelaxationCorner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mernok2001 the glass won't block 20keV. I know it's a very small electron energy. The X-RAY tube is a literally a glass lamp with a vacuum inside of it.. But if we had a glass lamp and we were giving 20keV and above at it, the X-rays can actually pass through. That's why why portable xray machines, are able to emit 20keV are also having a lead case around the tube, except the area xrays must get out, just because xrays even in that low energy can pass through the glass of the tube. And the glass of those tubes is much thicker that the plasma ball glass.
      So when it comes to the plasma ball, I didn't said that emits dangerous amounts of xrays, I just said that it can emit traces of xrays because the spectrum spikes at the frequency of the UV-C radiation. It emits xray radiation but in tiny amounts.

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier7421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    3:15 You remind me of a physicist who can't resist bringing a sphere of plutonium near a neutron reflector to see what it will do.

  • @JosephRedfern
    @JosephRedfern 3 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    “I’m not doing that again”
    “YoU hAvE tO”

    • @000Krim
      @000Krim 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @Tactix_se
      @Tactix_se 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahaha

    • @ZelphTheWebmancer
      @ZelphTheWebmancer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same conversation my last two brain cells have

    • @gunter4155
      @gunter4155 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rewatch it

    • @BrianatorFTW
      @BrianatorFTW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      could he have not used a fabric sling or something similar to hold it so his finders aren't in the way

  • @anonymouskultist
    @anonymouskultist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1514

    que up styro-pyro: "man this plasma ball is kinda lame, lets make a 1.21 gigawatt version with old soviet parts!"

    • @DougSalad
      @DougSalad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I literally found this channel while looking for another like styropyro. Glad to see another fan here 😁

    • @trig5182
      @trig5182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Gigowatt

    • @Mrpurple75
      @Mrpurple75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @JDM Cody ha ha! My wife overheard me watching one of his vids and asked what is he, twelve? No he’s like 40

    • @Dogetuberyt
      @Dogetuberyt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rookie numbers

    • @kevin42
      @kevin42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      1.21 Gchigawatts!!

  • @westonforced-last-name-dis3560
    @westonforced-last-name-dis3560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you so much for this video. I had no idea how dangerous the simple plasma balls can be... out putting UVB... WOW

  • @milos_radovanovic
    @milos_radovanovic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When you saturate the core, you dramatically lower the transformer's inductance and increase the current from the socket, essentially frying the primary winding. You got lucky there! Some more powerful transformers can even suffer a primary coil explosion from the ensuing overcurrent surge.

    • @user-tz3fd8hm4q
      @user-tz3fd8hm4q 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The small ones usually have a thermal fuse in the primary coil, that will open the circuit when it gets too hot.

  • @todayonthebench
    @todayonthebench 3 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    Considering how much visible light that globe puts out, and how the measurement barely registers it compared to the UV part.
    Then this globe seems like a nice UV source....

    • @dlbattle100
      @dlbattle100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Maybe it would be enough to kill covid.

    • @todayonthebench
      @todayonthebench 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@Yea_I_Got_Nothing Yes, would surely make for an interesting greenhouse if one has a bunch of these scattered about the place.

    • @fluffyfetlocks
      @fluffyfetlocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      The range of UV it emits is on the scale of DNA damaging, so it can cause eye and skin damage.

    • @Tabu11211
      @Tabu11211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@fluffyfetlocks so thats a yes for sterilization? xD

    • @AdamWebbadamwbb
      @AdamWebbadamwbb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dlbattle100 you need UVC for sterilization.

  • @JendaLinda
    @JendaLinda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    The transformer core was saturated by the magnet, so the current through the winding was getting too high. That's why the transformer was so angry.

    • @yoppindia
      @yoppindia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Interesting

    • @johnsimun6533
      @johnsimun6533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      My speakers was going a little nuts, then my subwoofer started going nuts. That is when I knew the transformer wasn’t happy.

    • @droga_mleczna
      @droga_mleczna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was going to write the same thing.

    • @donaldarsenault3878
      @donaldarsenault3878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@droga_mleczna me too lol.

    • @unclefrogy743
      @unclefrogy743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Transformers work because the AC voltage on the primary causes the magnetic field of the core to change and thereby inducing a current to flow in the secondary. The huge magnetic field of the magnet overwhelms the ac induced magnetic field and prevents it from changing shutting off the the current in the secondary

  • @danibbailly7773
    @danibbailly7773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember watching you in my youth before I had my own youtube account and laptop... to say I am extremely happy to have stumbled upon your videos again would be an understatement :) so glad you're still making vids

  • @samohteel4393
    @samohteel4393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All these years I've been carrying an electrical field tester with my carpentry tools not knowing that a volt ohm meter can also measure electrical fields. I love your channel, It inspires thought from me. Even the comment section is wholesome.

  • @Celticelery
    @Celticelery 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    The monster magnet is essentially Godzilla: anything in its way in destroyed without care or effort. The monster magnet cannot be stopped. It will never stop.

    • @TheRadioactiveBanana32
      @TheRadioactiveBanana32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      BuT bRaInIaC cOnTrOleS It

    • @douggale5962
      @douggale5962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If an alien scanned Earth for a tactical analysis, that magnet would have a little threat square appear around it.

    • @SpencerHHO
      @SpencerHHO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      An oxy acetylene torch would kill it pretty quick lol

    • @Anthony_Matabaro_3D_360
      @Anthony_Matabaro_3D_360 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "The monster magnet cannot be stopped" 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 You summed it up nicely 👍👍👍👍

    • @jherazob
      @jherazob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      [Happy Skreeeonk noises]

  • @ccau81
    @ccau81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +911

    That UV is scary.
    Liked the little tension music in the background, fitted perfectly with what was discovered ;)

    • @maxthedog8483
      @maxthedog8483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      hahaha. agreed, i was thinking the same thing

    • @PorWik
      @PorWik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Music that’s in every SCP narration

    • @Anthony_Matabaro_3D_360
      @Anthony_Matabaro_3D_360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yep agreed, that is exactly what I was thinking at the same time too. ☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️

    • @IanCaine4728
      @IanCaine4728 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PorWik Lol, I kept picturing SCPs throughout!

    • @MihkelKukk
      @MihkelKukk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      We have quarantine in the army atm, I'm not infected but we do a lot of disinfecting of rooms here now... Some smartass thought it was a wise idea to alongside using disinfectant alcohol spray to also set up a UV lamp for a class....
      Later that night most of my group had their eyes super dried and hurting and the side of the face is pretty much like burnt from the UV... Don't mess with UV lamps guys.

  • @ZoonCrypticon
    @ZoonCrypticon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you! Finally I got the explanation, why the plasma strings are not bending in the magnetic field!

  • @KevinBFG
    @KevinBFG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    - "Were you too busy watching if I lost a finger?"
    Yes, that's exactly what I was doing 😂

  • @snowthemegaabsol6819
    @snowthemegaabsol6819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    3:10 this is the most empathetically anxious I have ever been

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Thanks, Snow. The loud noise alone told me this wasn't my best idea ever. Luckily, I am a little more experienced with such setups than the average Joe and Jane ;) Thanks for the concern and watching!

    • @karlharvymarx2650
      @karlharvymarx2650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Have you had the ElectroBOOM near death experience yet? I know he has to be being more cautious than it appears but he still gets me almost every time.

    • @delta4phoenix4
      @delta4phoenix4 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same, but at least he wore gloves. Though, hearing what I guess is the um of the transformer amplified by the big desk and magnet spooked me thoroughly.

    • @TwinShards
      @TwinShards 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brainiac75 That loud noise did sound to me your giant magnet was vibrating, lifting itself slightly as the AC current went on an actractive state (agains this magnet) then going to a repulsing state... Am i right?

    • @snowthemegaabsol6819
      @snowthemegaabsol6819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TwinShards super late but that's basically it. You can tell by the sound it makes. The adapter is rated for an input of 230v at 50hz, and the audible note of the magnet against the table is a G1, which is also 50hz [well it's more like a G half sharp 1 but close enough]. There is also an additional dominant harmonic of 100Hz, or ~G2

  • @fireandcopper
    @fireandcopper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    Your fingers in between the transformer and beast magnets made me get sweaty palms, It looks so dangerous

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      It's not exactly recommended... The trick is to not let the transformer freely accelerate towards the magnet. Otherwise it would quickly gain momentum to make some damage. The thick gloves take away the worst of the pinch, but I felt it anyway... Thanks for the concern and watching :D

    • @MeriaDuck
      @MeriaDuck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A piece of wood to keep the transformer away from the magnet could have been helpful maybe

    • @alaric_
      @alaric_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@brainiac75 Could you please not do that again? :) I really don't get scared about anything but that test.... Would really hate if you lost a finger with these monsters :(

    • @josephmazzeo9413
      @josephmazzeo9413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MeriaDuck I was thinking that too why not use a piece of wood as a safety buffer -

    • @draketungsten74
      @draketungsten74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@josephmazzeo9413 That's how he put those two magnets together.

  • @stratifacations8377
    @stratifacations8377 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It always amazes me how Content creators always manage to stretch the simplest task into a video that lasts over 10 minutes

  • @danikapa5294
    @danikapa5294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:16 this used to be our tv years back
    Nostalgia!!

  • @wsketchy
    @wsketchy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Woah, that UV! Time to screw a plasma ball to the ceiling and lie under it for a while

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      For a bad tan or germicidal reasons ;) Thanks for watching!

    • @gblargg
      @gblargg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Unity Sorry officer, I just ordered 100 plasma globes because they look neat.

    • @thomasneal9291
      @thomasneal9291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Unity no. the light output per watt is very very low.

    • @rob_olmstead
      @rob_olmstead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Countryballs STRONK!

  • @MongrelShark
    @MongrelShark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    I work with Corona Discharge Reactors for making ozone. From my experience if you plasmatize nitrogen with oxygen present (even as H2O), you get NO3 - NO4 and if water vapor present, obviously the more destructive HNO3. Its quite a problem in the swimming pool industry. Good luck finding elastomers that can survive O3, NaClO, Hcl and HNO3. Everything else is usually Ti or PTFE.
    I suspect you might be right about the Hydroxy radicals. We use them all the time when combining water, O3 and UV at 253.7nm for AOP systems. Which is a very effective commercial water sanitation system.
    If I was making cheap plasma balls I'd probably make some (cheap) effort to use dry gas, or you'd likely get condensates and crystals forming eventually.. What happens if you put the plasma ball in a cold place, Upside down so you can see if anything condenses?

    • @ga5712
      @ga5712 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Que the liquid nitrogen!

    • @tdtrecordsmusic
      @tdtrecordsmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      sounds like a cool job

    • @MongrelShark
      @MongrelShark 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ga5712 you might need significantly lower temperatures than I was thinking for that.

    • @MongrelShark
      @MongrelShark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@tdtrecordsmusic unfortunately we don't get to test the pools by swimming very much. So not as cool as it could be lol. Mostly just a boring desk job. Very occasionally get to zap stuff with angy electrons or melt stuff with acid.

    • @kasperjocker
      @kasperjocker 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tdtrecordsmusic Ny thoughts exactly, what an intresting job

  • @buddyguy4723
    @buddyguy4723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't believe you stuck your hand in between that much magnet and that much iron. Absolute mad lad

  • @guilhermetorresj
    @guilhermetorresj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gotta love the 60Hz hum of magnet/transformer interaction.

    • @james10739
      @james10739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Based on the accent I assume it's a 50hz but still

  • @Thomahawk1234
    @Thomahawk1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +669

    Hey Brainiac! As a kid I was able to"control my tv" when I put my hand over a plasma ball. I would put my flat hand over the plasma ball and point the flat side to the ir receiver on the tv. As if my hand was a mirror reflecting light. Now I know I was kind of right. The tv would respond as if I was pressing random buttons on the remote. It would change the channel, increase sound volume, change color settings etc.
    When I tell this to people I can tell they're thinking I'm bullshitting them. Is there any possibility you could try this? I don't have a plasma ball anymore and you seem to have one that emits some IR. Would love to see someone else try this!

    • @Seegalgalguntijak
      @Seegalgalguntijak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      I could be wrong, but I think modern IR remote controls transmit digital codes, not analog ones like in the olden days, so probably a modern TV wouldn't react to the plasma ball.

    • @chadhayes8310
      @chadhayes8310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      My coworker has a plasma ball that when you touch it it dials the business phone on his desk. We were messing around with it and it turned the intercom on the phone on, pretty funny.

    • @Thomahawk1234
      @Thomahawk1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@Seegalgalguntijak I wouldn't know, but you might be right. This happened about 20 years ago with a tv that was already old by then.

    • @superpsycho8982
      @superpsycho8982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yeah your dad was a joker he was pressing the buttons an lett you believe it was you! Sorry to ruïne your dream hahaha 😂 im a dad also an my son also thinks he can do great stuff

    • @Thomahawk1234
      @Thomahawk1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@superpsycho8982 Hahaha yeah I thought about that! Even when I was a kid. Needless to say, I tested it when I was alone too.

  • @bdf2718
    @bdf2718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    I have a vague memory of reading that the early plasma globes used a nitrogen-oxygen-argon mixture - approximately 78%, 21%, 1%. In other words, air. Cheap and readily available.
    Could it be that in your cheaper globe?

    • @Kanitoxx
      @Kanitoxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yeah, at most it could be deoxigenated... But that ball is filled with low pressured air :(

    • @taelim6599
      @taelim6599 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The problem isn't the gas, it's the light emitted by the gas. Specifically the UV light, which can give you some serious sunburns. As he said in the video, you NEED to wear sunscreen when around that globe.

    • @scottcarothers837
      @scottcarothers837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@taelim6599 The problem is the gas, because it emits the UV.

    • @Oz6102
      @Oz6102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@taelim6599 the ionized gas emits the UV

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@taelim6599 The gas alone isn't the problem, but it is not the gas alone - it's the gas in the presence of the electric field. So, the gas type used is important.

  • @TheFreak111
    @TheFreak111 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was literally googling yesterday what gasses were in those plasma balls. Today I was searching for helium plasma tubes and somehow got to your video, with no helium in it, but exactly what I was searching for yesterday. Thank you sir.

  • @Gabcikovo
    @Gabcikovo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7:18 I'm using the lead as an antenna to pick up the radio frequency the electric field emitted

  • @dotech4128
    @dotech4128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of the most soothing and informative channels on TH-cam, you deserve more subscribers.

  • @ComradeMario
    @ComradeMario 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Damn, next time I buy a plasma ball I need to bring some fluorescent paper

  • @Vid_Master
    @Vid_Master 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOL "the magnet's path of destruction is getting longer... and it doesnt even care" great video

  • @diontethames6218
    @diontethames6218 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how you explained the transformer , thanks for making it easy to understand

  • @amgdboi1301
    @amgdboi1301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    1:29 best way to turn off a plasma ball lol

    • @Skinflaps_Meatslapper
      @Skinflaps_Meatslapper 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Install a magnet inside the base, use a coarse threaded bolt to adjust how far away it is from the transformer, now you have a dimmer.

    • @amogus6770
      @amogus6770 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Skinflaps_Meatslapper if it goes wrong then it’s a grenade

    • @Skinflaps_Meatslapper
      @Skinflaps_Meatslapper 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amogus6770 Not a grenade, but perhaps a smoke canister if you shorted the transformer. Turning off transformers by EMI is a thing.

    • @amogus6770
      @amogus6770 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Skinflaps_Meatslapper yeah

  • @jacobkaltz1958
    @jacobkaltz1958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Finally someone has a video on this I’ve been wondering about it

  • @evan_kumar
    @evan_kumar ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:54 YES YOU ARE! DO IT AGAIN!!!

  • @dlarka_verznak
    @dlarka_verznak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Keep making "Monster Magnet vs ..." episodes!

  • @106640guy
    @106640guy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    3:23 Scary AC humming sound!

  • @HaydenLikeHey
    @HaydenLikeHey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Jeez, you'd think someone would've done some spectroscopy on those plasma balls before shipping 🥴

    • @yoppindia
      @yoppindia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its made for novelty not spectroscopy. Spectroscope is expensive equipment.

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Really? Chinese vendors have even been known to ship radioactive waste as novelty items. Without any warnings, mind you.

    • @TantalumPolytope
      @TantalumPolytope ปีที่แล้ว

      spectroscopy equipment if expensive

    • @Damidas
      @Damidas ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't like that kind of talk. it upsets me

  • @youdoyouplayer8529
    @youdoyouplayer8529 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks man, I’ve been wondering this for years.

  • @jonmarquez128
    @jonmarquez128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Braniac75! I am surprised you did a video on how magnets affected by different gases! I was expecting this video someday.

  • @erebostd
    @erebostd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Oh boy, the UV Plasma ball is scary. You should share the information about this model and where you bought it, just imagine someone gets this thing for a kid or something like that 😱

    • @dustinbrueggemann1875
      @dustinbrueggemann1875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah that would not end well. That thing is basically optimized for grilling eyes.

    • @hithere5553
      @hithere5553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That’s on the same level as lead paint on toys.

    • @JoshuaPlays99
      @JoshuaPlays99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And whats scary is it would be primarily face and hand burns from looking at it close up and touching it, but lets not forget the eye damage it would cause as well.

    • @genesis1914
      @genesis1914 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JoshuaPlays99 Listen little scientist. The UV types it emits do NOT have enough energy to cause skin cancer nor severely damage skin.

    • @genesis1914
      @genesis1914 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dustinbrueggemann1875 ^

  • @Muonium1
    @Muonium1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Interesting. Though I wouldn't really worry that much about the UVB, it doesn't look particularly intense except for at the contact point, so unless you're putting your eyeball up to it and staring down the plasma filament I doubt the irradiance is sufficient to cause any harm.

  • @MhexChix
    @MhexChix 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your enthusiastic hi in the beginning killed me

  • @Mangomesh
    @Mangomesh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautifully explained. Great video.

  • @Anckermann
    @Anckermann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    2:06 What is happening to the outline of the glass sphere?

    • @valovanonym
      @valovanonym 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I was wondering too, this black aura is really strange

    • @Phoenix88.
      @Phoenix88. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      It's just the black cardboard disc used for a background

    • @jhonbus
      @jhonbus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      A lot of these plasma globes have a black plastic hemisphere on half of the glass envelope to provide a good contrast background, that's what this is.

    • @CaseyShontz
      @CaseyShontz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jhonbus but why does it move when the magnet gets closer?

    • @gxy765
      @gxy765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@CaseyShontz Looks like it's outside of the glass and just getting pushed

  • @redsquirrelftw
    @redsquirrelftw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I never considered that magnets could affect a transformer, but it makes lot of sense! If you saturate the core then it starts to draw tons of current, since it's basically a short circuit at that point.

    • @uploadJ
      @uploadJ ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya. Not many ppl seem to get that.

  • @hashbrown777
    @hashbrown777 ปีที่แล้ว

    From the chaos to the little duo rhythmically dancing at 4:50 was interesting

  • @Arntzzen
    @Arntzzen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Can you be my siri voice?

  • @Magnymbus
    @Magnymbus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Imagine having that thing on 24/7 in a bunker and getting a sunburn despite never getting any sunlight.

    • @themanofiron785
      @themanofiron785 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You cannot get sunburns from that, since the actual power delivered by the light is small. What is worrying is that it can mutate your DNA, since it has a lot of UV-B.

    • @Magnymbus
      @Magnymbus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@themanofiron785 welp...
      Say hello to SKIN CANCER, Bunker Bennett! (☉。☉) Mwahahahahaaaaa!

  • @user-ru7im4kz2g
    @user-ru7im4kz2g 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    6:57 Measuring DC with one wire

  • @ThePower1037
    @ThePower1037 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh that is fascinating.
    10/10 on the originality and entertainment aspect

  • @alexanderquilty5705
    @alexanderquilty5705 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Am I the only person that gets the chills when he gets to any scary results and he plays the SCP music…?

  • @juststeve5542
    @juststeve5542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wooh, that's rather impressive. I've always had to build dodgy circuitry to saturate a transformer core!

  • @Oiramul
    @Oiramul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    How are you doing?
    Edit: is your life ok?

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Hi Mario. I am fine, thank you. No major troubles in my life. Just the usual, annoying, small problems everyone always faces in real life. Hope you are alright too, which isn't a given here in 2020...

    • @shaggymotionless4269
      @shaggymotionless4269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@brainiac75 Ur such a wholesome guy 👍

  • @iainburgess8577
    @iainburgess8577 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fascinating. I wonder if you could set the magnet on a stand, then slide the ball underneath for close testing while avoiding the transformer.
    Also, the magnet does seem to affect the plasma streamers before affecting the transformer - as you close, in the midrange, the streamers change distribution, but especially their density, the closest streamer/s generating more light. Similar to physical contact effect but at range.

  • @jamesbruce
    @jamesbruce ปีที่แล้ว

    When I used to sell those balls, we put a brass key on top of the ball, and when you get your finger close enough the arc will pass from the ball to the key and then to your finger. Not painful, but it does transfer a small amount of material to your finger.

  • @Nik-ny9ue
    @Nik-ny9ue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Woah this video was really cool! Keep it up!

    • @brainiac75
      @brainiac75  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much, Nik907. Much more to come!

  • @MrFatjonable
    @MrFatjonable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loving those 50Hz sounds!

  • @beatmasterbassboosts
    @beatmasterbassboosts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like how the adapter is vibrating the magnet

  • @alexvonlackvic
    @alexvonlackvic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video and that is scarry interesting that there is such a big difference between the two globes (argon /nitrogen vs neon/xenon).I'm am now rethinking getting one.

  • @BenMitro
    @BenMitro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent demo and info - as usual Brainiac75! Can you give us a link for the UV emitting plasma ball?

  • @synergy021
    @synergy021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I have the large version but I also have an old "Lightning" model that has brilliant white +greenish white lightning strikes that start at the top and streak to the bottom by the sides of the cone. It seems more powerful than even the large intense plasma ball. What gasses did they use for the lightning ball based on how I'm describing the colors and its actions?

    • @igameidoresearchtoo6511
      @igameidoresearchtoo6511 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It might be xenon, krypton and neon mixture.
      I am not 100% sure but it’s what I found after searching a little while

  • @magmadude35
    @magmadude35 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been subscribed for so long and never seen an update, just changed my settings to show all

  • @Aratastic90
    @Aratastic90 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watched this with my 8 year old along with your video on ferrofluid, she was fascinated by your observations about the UV light it was emitting. I'm still trying to think how I can explain the transformer in a slightly simpler way 😅

  • @eugene5873
    @eugene5873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    1:53 that scared the hell out of me

  • @christopherpolidore4417
    @christopherpolidore4417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I got excited seeing you use a spectrometer probe to measure the wavelengths given off by the plasma balls.. I am currently using a NIR probe to determine chemical composition of a homogeneous mixture of glass, paper, and plastic! My field of research is horticulture so it is a very neat endeavor for the research work I am doing! What kind of spectrometer are you using?

    • @lotzy6292
      @lotzy6292 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Braniac75: Search for Lasertack LR2. I believe it is made by Aseq Instruments and based on their LR1 but branded for the European market by Lasertack. Living in Denmark, the LR2 was just easier to get. Available on eBay.

  • @Microtherion
    @Microtherion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got one of these plasma balls a couple of years ago, and it's a fascinating little doodad. I naturally took it apart, and noted the three or four basic components - transformer, electrical 'transmitter' wire, wire wool 'receiver', and glass (or pyrex?) dome. Then I put it back together and tried using different or extra 'receivers': wire wool or metallic ribbons make some brilliant effects when simply held up to the glass (carefully!)... I also kept noticing the gas smell - so now we know, quite likely Argon. I wonder if I was getting lots of UV as well...

    • @doctorblue7085
      @doctorblue7085 ปีที่แล้ว

      The gas smell would have been Ozone.

  • @BAgodmode
    @BAgodmode 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lead singer from monster magnet shows up:
    “Oh wow man that is cool, what is that? A plasma ball? You can buy that? Thanks for introducing me to these fantastic lamps.”

  • @iLOLZU42
    @iLOLZU42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the sound of the resonance when you add the transformers.

    • @Damidas
      @Damidas ปีที่แล้ว

      Whoaho king of rock

  • @blzahz7633
    @blzahz7633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:26, 2:09 yea the plasma didn't bend, but apparently you almost managed to release dark matter from the globe. (Look at the opposite side of the globe, some weird stuff going on there.)

    • @ardijan706
      @ardijan706 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's probably a round piece of paper or cloth, so that the camera could pick up the plasma streamers in regular lighting conditions.

  • @rougenaxela
    @rougenaxela 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yikes, that nitrogen-argon globe should be marketed as a full on UV lamp

  • @BartdeBoisblanc
    @BartdeBoisblanc ปีที่แล้ว

    3:25 Yes it's acting like a saturable core reactor. The effect has been used to dim lights in theaters in the past.

  • @caliban2805
    @caliban2805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The magnet messes with the transformer optimum Prime can be beaten by a large enough magnet

    • @alexeycherepanov7943
      @alexeycherepanov7943 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The use of the hydro wave method for the purification of aqueous solutions and thermonuclear reactions, December 7, 2017 - cloud.mail.ru/public/27Ad/4bDGJ92rH
      Correspondence with Igor Nikolaevich Stepanov dated June 22, 2020 - cloud.mail.ru/public/1mSx/2ti91GWkP
      Correspondence with Igor Nikolaevich Stepanov dated June 22, 2020 - drive.google.com/file/d/1g2vLhzFADkW1Va1AqE24SLrq5ADwlehP/view?usp=sharing

  • @ok-do
    @ok-do 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:50
    *special containment procedures*

  • @saiyanbob666
    @saiyanbob666 ปีที่แล้ว

    when he uses the magnetic field to pull in the plasma to the center of the ball is like the tech they use in star wars to contain and adjust a lightsaber blade

  • @alybe1801
    @alybe1801 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    When the plasma ball gets low power, those little purple tentacles look really cool

  • @vvv331
    @vvv331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    that looks interesting

  • @civilisedzombie
    @civilisedzombie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    6:50 fun fact: I once tried to measure the speed of a lego motor by shining an LED through the peg holes on a gear, at first the oscilloscope gave static. Then I moved the lego motor closer to the floor and it cleared up. What I assume happened was similar to this but it was radio waves instead of electrons and also in the fact that it is invisible interference.

  • @jamie7472
    @jamie7472 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The light from the ultraviolet globe looks like it diffuses pretty rapidly.
    It should be safe to observe from a distance for long periods of time and touching it for reasonable amounts of time should be relatively safe aswell.

  • @DJG4040
    @DJG4040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Someone needs to try this with Styropyro’s ‘overclocked’ plasma globe.

  • @sealpiercing8476
    @sealpiercing8476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow, much more 308 nm UV than visible light is just the thing I want out of a plasma globe! All the interesting visual effects and none of the eye damage *eyeroll*.

  • @DisulfurGB
    @DisulfurGB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When will that damn magnet be held accountable for its crimes?

  • @Davidsavage8008
    @Davidsavage8008 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Same thing happens to the Navy hydrofoil that mysteriously failed to stay up on the foils. Turns out the captains toilet had a 460 volt solenoid to close to the electronics and each time that toilet flushed the ship would drop.

  • @DaveTheGreat48
    @DaveTheGreat48 ปีที่แล้ว

    the "Discovery Plasma Orb" was finally shipped to me today and it reacts to sound and touch which is pretty cool

  • @403902
    @403902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Did anyone else notice a deformation of the light around the globe when the magnet neared? Look at the black bulge on the right side of the globe - it deforms just like the T.V.
    The plasma is affected, just not the arcs?
    Times: 1:15 - 1:30, 2:05 - 2:33.

    • @sethbettwieser
      @sethbettwieser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's just a piece of cardboard behind the globe. He just bumps it with his hand.

    • @403902
      @403902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sethbettwieser hmm... it's plausible that that was all. Maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me, I thought cardboard doesn't normally move quite like that, even if it's ovoid and inclined and that more was happening.

    • @nw7696
      @nw7696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did, but I was waiting for the video to be over before I said anything. Looks like a strange black body effect? 🤔 I noticed the light shield, but the protruding shape appeared to be responding to the proximity of the magnetic field to the globe.

    • @motormiracles
      @motormiracles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Creepy interaction at a distance?.... Effect of the particular glass used for globe when saturated with magnetic field? Cloaking device anyone ;)

    • @nw7696
      @nw7696 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@motormiracles I hope he tries to replicate it. Most radical ideas are created by accident or random tinkering.🤔

  • @reggiep75
    @reggiep75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    5:45 - Creepy killer piano music begins to play and there's a knock at my front door. I answer and find it's a big ominous evil magnet that leans in an tries to steal the iron in my blood.
    How and why did it know that I was watching a video on killer magnets?

  • @TheLoverOfSteamLocomotives
    @TheLoverOfSteamLocomotives 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's good to hear your MAGNETIC voice again!

  • @videoartduo
    @videoartduo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ...and it doesn't even care...
    haha this is wonderful

  • @janeblogs324
    @janeblogs324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1:17 how is the black stuff escaping the sphere?

    • @username_undefined
      @username_undefined 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just about to post the same thing. WTF

    • @xenuno
      @xenuno 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @the color red It moves so smoothly as if being repulsed in a dampened, magnetic way. I thought it was a post production video effect til the enormity of preserving the foreground while erasing the background with such flawless results came to light.

  • @Basement-Science
    @Basement-Science 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:47 I was like "oh god, dont put a magnet on THAT?!"
    I was worried the thing would go up in smoke and maybe even flames or explode! (Un)fortunately these transformer are way too safe.
    Saturating the core means the primary side will draw WAY more current than it is supposed to, overheating it, and ruining the coupling between primary and secondary, leading to the drop in output voltage. With small transformers like this, the wire resistance of the primary is so high it would never trip a breaker unless it short-circuits.
    I was also surprised there was no effect on the plasma itself. The charged particles are still moving, even when it is AC, so there should be an effect. I'm guessing the effect is not noticeable because current in these plasma "arcs" is extremely low, meaning the amount of charged particles at any time is also very low, and since it is not a vacuum by any means, the ions will collide with neutral atoms constantly, randomizing their movement direction.

    • @thomasneal9291
      @thomasneal9291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yup. a large transformer very likely would have exploded from the rapid increase in current inside the coils. not good. something like a standard transformer you see on your neighborhood power pole could easily kill you if it exploded next to you.

    • @Will-kt5jk
      @Will-kt5jk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      With AC, are the ions/anions not reversing direction (like with free electrons in a wire) at 50 or 60 Hz (depending on your local electric standard) meaning they’re reversing any field giving effectively, net zero field to work with?
      Or is it different for plasma/ion current vs. electron flow?

    • @Basement-Science
      @Basement-Science 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Will-kt5jk Yes, ions will move back and forth under AC as well. They are much heavier than electrons so they dont accelerate as quickly though. Of course ions are never confined to moving inside a wire.
      These plasma balls are running at something like 30 kHz AC, not just 50/60 Hz.
      The transformer can separate enough charge to sustain its output voltage, so the ions cant neutralize the charge and therefore the electric field. So the ions can only respond to the applied field.

  • @darkwraithknyack126
    @darkwraithknyack126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Professional" *puts hand between magnet and object.*

  • @santosakowski9846
    @santosakowski9846 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting and surprising results. Well done!

  • @bpark10001
    @bpark10001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When you saturate the core of a transformer with external field, you can blow up transistor driving transformer due to overcurrent. For 60Hz transformer, you can cause it to burn up.

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks

  • @startedtech
    @startedtech 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    2:06 woah, what on earth is going on around the globe there??

    • @nielsdaemen
      @nielsdaemen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He simply put a black balloon or sheet behind the plasma ball to make the plasma look better.

    • @liquidphilosopher1816
      @liquidphilosopher1816 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nielsdaemen thanks.
      I thought that was really weird

  • @murrayshekelberg9754
    @murrayshekelberg9754 ปีที่แล้ว

    That magnet is just putting my brain to work on a subwoofer with a mega-motor.

  • @Astrobrant2
    @Astrobrant2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Try putting one of those day-glo posters next to that argon/nitrogen UV globe. Those spikes were really high. That should light up the poster pretty well.