I hope he has that as a sticker on his shop, cause that's gold. I would slap a sticker like that on my hard hat (along with his "stop yappin start zappin" sticker)
Good lord, He actually the whole thing! Please raise your hand if you legitimately laughed out loud more than five times while being taken off guard by one of the disclaimers
Nope, in part because I've worked on things way too big for any forklift to consider budging. And who doesn't have access to a megawatt generator? They've got one at TMI they're not currently using... ;)
Never have your work checked by 3 pairs of eyes that know about eachother: the first will assume there's still two coming after them, the second will think it's already checked and then there's the backup, and the third won't bother because it was already checked twice. Always assume you will be the only one who will check things worth checking, because "it is insanity not to try to avoid your own mistakes, which you can do, but instead try to stop others from making mistakes, which is not in your power." (M. Aurelius)
I wish more things were tested beyond fail because most crap barely works as designed. I spent several stints working in software testing. I don't come at it to check to see if it works. That's the price of admission for the developer to hand it to me. I come at it like UL fire testing an elevator. I'm the bigger idiot that they world is trying to create. Murphy and I are poker buddies. I beat, break, and smash the code into little bits, sweep it into a box, tie a bow around it, hand it back to them with a note. Please fix. XXOO ---Tester.
I'm a software tester by trade and the bosses always love/hate it when you find irredeemable bugs that have been "tested" by no fewer than a dozen people, and missed by all the customers. It's still a bad bug, if the answer is all wrong and in all the reports.
I will never forget they day our high school chemistry teacher gave us a 10 page lab with *just* enough time to complete if you made zero mistakes. OR if you read all the instructions, the last page read "you may choose to skip all previous instructions and do the folliwing: 1. Set up all equipment designated in steps X-Y. 2. Dissolve Xg or more of potassium sulfate to a beaker of water. 3. Quietly keep instruction book open while reading and/or doodling until 20min before class end. 4. Label beaker from step 2 with your lab group number. 5. Place beaker on front desk and leave class early." Life changing lesson.
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We had this as well, though it was just an on-paper assignment with a bunch of questions you could skip if you read them through first.
We made a Jacobs Ladder out of a flyback transformer and some switching FETs in grade 10 electronics. Almost killed a classmate, but still got an A. Now I'm a ham radio nerd and RF Engineer.
Did my first construction gopher job under a family friend who was missing digits in the exact progression a handheld circular saw would remove them while free-cutting a 2x4 under the influence. Been that ATGATT safety Nazi ever since.
Seen someone get smoked like a Sunday brisket off of 45kv from an ancient coherent everlases.rectified filtered 45kv at the ends of the lasing tubes with some large transmitter tetrodes limiting the current to ground... thing is the tube ends were at full potential with whatever the big transformer could source. 3x cores off a 3 phase supply wired for 200A per phase. He didn't make it 💀💀💀
I met an electrical engineer at my previous job. He's the kind of guy who does everything from foundation dirt work to final trim and has built dozens of homes over the last 3+ decades and, for some reason, saw me worthy to take on as an apprentice. I've done loads of weekend mechanic and basic carpentry personal projects and fixed my own hvac system a couple of times but this was a whole other world to dive into. I finished my first solo job a few weeks ago and can confirm that you are absolutely correct about the "first light" experience. My mentor helped walk me through some things and answered a few questions but I did the absolute most of it on my own and it was surreal. I thought surely I messed up somewhere but everything checked out once service was pulled. I know it's child's play compared to some of the insane industrial setups some of you guys do, but it was definitely an experience I won't forget.
This will be an interesting series. Can't wait to see the grief he will have when he tries to go above 50KV where things you thought were minor all of a sudden become a big deal.
Working at a power station, when we were introduced to the high voltage side, we were shown a dust pan. "This is a first aid you would receive if you make a mistake at 400kV at 2000 amps"
The most scary thing that sometimes people survive this but end up missing a few limbs or all facial features including eyes. And I've met one guy who got his thumb popped like a fuse.
Our safety briefing at a classified establishment included a map. This covered several hundred square metres and showed where they found the widely-distributed parts of two people who really screwed up one sunny summer's day. As the lecturer said, "They only found one head. That's unusual, the skull is a very robust part of human anatomy and it usually survives this sort of incident mostly intact."
yeah, he really did try to dissuade me from taking up engineering, but the joke's on him, I'm 20 years into this career it's too late to turn back now, lol. 😅
As a high school senior who is wanting to go into electrical engineering, this is absolutely something that I needed. I can’t wait to see the rest of this series as it comes out because it’ll make preparing for college so much more fun! Thanks Chris!!!
In my undergrad electrical engineer degree we had power lab. We were on the three phase chapter and IIRC it was 608V. My lab partner was following all safety rules and somehow produced an arc that went at least three feet and smelled like ozone . For the rest of the semester you could hear the the master bench switches getting flipped because no one wanted to make lightning again. Electricity can kill you but so can a lot of fun things.
I believe that's how a fragment of a CD got embedded in my garage door, and another piece of the CD landed on the roof of the house across the street one time... there's nothing more dangerous than a couple of engineers f'ing around on a Saturday afternoon
The Frankenstein moment where the system comes alive for the first time is hard to beat. Never, ever, yell "It's alive!" in front of customers. The apex of my career was being able to tell a customer, "I can't break the laws of physics. We don't have the power", with a straight face and with in being the correct response to the circumstances. Although, explaining to colleagues that, yes, even at our level, there are things that make someone have a bad day, things that make someone have a final day, and things that make you have your day in court in front of people with more wigs than brains, is important.
I hear dangerous and my ears perk up. Learning from mistakes, seeing things happen in front of me, and things can go sideways really, really, really fast? In "fun" and "exciting" ways? And seeing how things work together and how they are built? This is my jam and what I strive for. Yes please, I want to learn more of this!
you definitely know how to keep the ADHD at bay, fire Station, church, cemetery, the nice flight over the tall grass. I enjoy the way you provide knowledge. Found the disclaimer turned on text to speech: He actually the whole thing!
Where did you find it? I'm about a third of the way through, but all the stopping and starting of the scrolling text is making me feel dizzy, so a plain text version would be awesome.
I'd like to comment on how excellent the editing of your videos is, and how much extra work you create for yourself by having so many segments shot in different locations. Do you do the entire script in each location, I wonder? Either way, this is really 'bumping the lamp' and I very much appreciate it!
Thank you SO MUCH! :) I'm glad someone noticed, understands, and appreciates the back-end side of all this. That may be the kindest comment I've ever read. Thank you :)
This is gold! I am an electrician from overseas, where we work with 230-400V AC. I am looking forward to you finally using my 32A 400V 3-phase CEE socket ( 22kw ). I hope it's enough for some fun!
That final "Hey, you wanna see something cool?" touched me. (Not in a free candy van kind of way, but close enough where I would gladly walk through that door with you) Been watching for years and cant wait to see more! I miss the Abuse of Power series...
I’m an electrician working as a project manager in renewables, I’m all for DIY and learning new cool stuff, cars, fabrication, electronics, programming etc, also used to work for an electricity distributor network. I watched your video and I say, let’s go!!! I’m strapped in for this ride! Can’t wait for the rest of the series! I’m keen to build some stuff. Subscribed!
I'm really glad you started this series, one of my favorite parts of your videos is getting to see things i don't have access to like $20,000 capacitors or a megawatt generator.
My path was set when i walked into the 50mw air-cooled transformer room. Your whole body vibrated and you were one with The Grid. I realized i wanted this power, the ability to make electrons my bitch.
Chris, i can't begin to express the smile i had for hearing, and reading the disclaimer at the end, it felt nostalgic, and the interruptions are great. "He actually the whole thing."
That's one hell of a disclaimer at the end I'm definitely looking forward to more vids in this series, though I don't plan to play with high voltages it will be a cool look none the less.
Biologist here; years ago when I was first in college, I started learning about water-borne diseases, wastewater management, and touched on the incredibly nuanced civil engineering that goes into managing sanitation. It was then I realized that everyone from wastewater engineers to garbage throwers save more lives every day than the police could ever match. (seriously, the sheer number of human beings who died by shitting themselves to death before the age of sanitation is ludicrous [fucking cholera]) The same is true for electrical engineers. Just look at how many people die when there's a power outage during a heat wave, or how insanely dangerous it is if a hospital loses power. It's crazy how often our lives are saved by people, and we don't even realize they've done it.
To be a /little/ fair... a big part of the reason people die during the heat wave is that buildings aren't made for hot weather, because AC is an option. In places where AC isn't affordable, homes are made accordingly - windows facing away from the sun, thick walls with a high heat capacity to average out day and night temperatures, shutters and awnings where needed, light shades of cladding or paint on the outside. But then AC comes along, and suddenly every company wants their office to be the TEMPLE OF GLASS! And home-owners want the view and illumination of a huge sun-facing window. And so what if you've accidentally built a solar oven? Turn up the AC, problem solved. Nothing that can't be fixed with moah powah.
And yes, stupid hurts. I can vouch for this. Only alive today because my legs collapsed and i fell off the steps breaking the circuit that was right between my 2 hands :) I now learned to prove things to be dead, so I don't become dead
Forgot to shut off the 480v supply to a panel when I was done testing. Getting buzzed while undoing the feed cable was not a fun way of finding that out. Lesson was definitely learned
I do low voltage audio work, building cables and messing around with cranking speakers WAAAAAAAY past what they are rated for. I’m an Audio Engineer and Sound designer by trade but love getting into the nitty gritty of power. Everything from microvolts of microphone-level signal, to 9000w generators to power multiple speaker stacks loud enough to blow your socks off in any NFL stadium across the country. I love what you do and am very excited for what I can pick up from this. I understand that things ARE what they are in what I do, but not always HOW or HOW DO I MAKE THAT HAPPEN at an electrical level without the aid of a fancy computer interface. I am currently trying to learn enough to eventually be able to make a 1000W+ integrated power amp to drive a pair of line array speakers I’m building from scratch. I am ready and willing to put my osha card into a small box and bury it for this knowledge. Thanks fellow turbo nerd! Keep up the great work!
Took me an hour to read the disclaimer. I find it quite funny that you worked so diligantly on something maybe 5 people will read and 2 will enjoy. It encapsulates the entirety of what you are trying to do. Well done.
“He actually the whole thing!” Chris I’ve been in school for this sort of thing for the past number of months and i just want you to know that your videos inspire me and keep me motivated to finish school Cheers! Stay safe out there!
Came for the chaotic good, stayed for the disclaimer! Looking forward to thoughtlessly copying your experiments and being painfully lectured to by physics herself.
In the eighties at Universal Electric we built M/G sets for people who had three phase equipment but no three phase service. Nowadays my brother runs the lathe and mill off of a variable inverter for both three phase and speed control. Times have changed. Often we would set them up similar to the relay box on submersible water pump. Some people just put single phase motors in their place when they burnt up. It would be a lot simpler if homes all came with three phase high voltage service.
Can’t wait to move from the “unconscious incompetence” stage to the “conscious incompetence” one! 🎉 I love learning about things that I know absolutely nothing about - it gives me such an appreciation for the work others do!
as a mechanic, I already have enough responsibility I shouldn't have signed myself up for fixing heavy duty fleet vehicles that cruise down the highway like a 10+ ton cruise missile However, I'd love to learn how to wire 240 volt circuits for the inevitability I start building my own shop, I'd like to be able to buy and use "high" voltage equipment for fabrication and welding, but I don't think I trust myself any higher stakes then that. Still, this will be an excellent watch.
25 Year career in industrial environments here. That feeling of learning what keeps the world ticking while everyone you encounter outside of work is utterly oblivious, I know that one. Btw, skilled trades and engineering jobs? 10/10 would recommend. You have to do your homework though, not all career paths carry the same opportunities.
Wow… This was the best disclaimer ever, and the words you’re saying reflect the work I’ve been doing in my Universal Intelligence Framework. I’ve been working in IT since before finishing high school, I started working in a school and learning about Active Directory, I then went through customer service, technician, engineering and now architecture. I’ve been fascinated by everything my whole life, and this reflects everything I’ve been doing in a weird profound way.
As a retired industrial electrician/instrumentation tech for over 20 years, I really enjoy subject matter I used to do to make a living. Thank you from 1 another sparky wing nut. The most frustrating thing about my career was going behind some asshat know-it-all who didnt. Three phase reversing drum switches are one of the things that catch out these morons-if you know you know.
@@ChaoticGoodChrisI read an article about Netflix or some of those platforms payed him to make another series. And I think I put money in his didn't reach funding kickstarter attempt at a wikipedia like version of his connections perspective.
James Burke is fantastic. I think i saw the same PBS reruns as a small nerdling and was massively inspired by him. So much so, I am a history teacher today !
Hi Chris, I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for the impact your content has had for me. Over the past year, your videos have become a part of my daily routine, providing both inspiration and valuable insights into the world of electronics and engineering. Returning to college to study manufacturing technologies has given me the opportunity to revisit a field I adopted as an 18-year-old, now from a more developed and personally engaging perspective. Your honesty, curiosity, and integrity in exploring these subjects have deepened my understanding and reignited my passion for the field. It’s been a gift to see someone who shares the same experimental and exploratory perspective for the field of technology. Thank you for being a genuine and competent content creator. Your dedication and enthusiasm are making a significant difference, and I am grateful for the influence you have had on my educational and professional journey - regardless of the dangers that lie ahead. The world doesn't progress without a heaping helping of "don't do this", "ouch", and "fuck" ; keep doing what you're doing and we'll try our best not to burn our houses down. ('He actually the whole thing')
He actually the whole thing! Chris, thanks. Thank you for setting a spark to my love of electricity. I always wee something cool when I watch you, and you've helped me accept my life with autism. I now myself work at a megawatt generation plant, and you have no idea how much lunchtime with Mr. Bodon is for me. I love your videos, and YOU'RE pretty darn cool.
He actually the whole thing There are somethings in life that I fast forward through and wish I could get my time back: this was frequently paused and watch multiple times. Thank you.
So the first episode is... A disclaimer about the perils of modern infrastructure and how it utilizes forces beyond our control or scale that will kill us instantaneously if we stop respecting them for even a moment. This is such an important topic, I really respect the decision to make the first episode entirely about that. Its where you start, or choose not to. that choice is not allowed as much thought in a 90 second youtube short, nor does it hold the gravity and weight that it should. Boy this 11 minute disclaimer was fun cant wait for the next episode!
Looking forward to it! I’m looking forward to seeing how you do all this safely. So many TH-camrs either aren’t safe or they keep all the safety off-camera for the sake of entertainment
"All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged" Somehow TH-cam did me a favor and recommended your new channel to me. Love your stuff man. Can't wait to see where this goes!
He actually the whole thing! And “UNIX” is all caps. Love all your work - you are certainly a deep well of quips, quotes, and anachronisms - and that’s pretty cool!
The Disclaimer seems a bit short.
Didn't expect you to see here Dave.
It's always been long enough to make me happy. ;) Hi Dave! Good to see you sir.
@@ChaoticGoodChris Good to see you back creating content, this is super funny!
Thank you sir :) Please feel free to DM me sometime on my Discord. I'd love to chat. :) discord.gg/5vRJ7JTpHn
@@DrakkarCalethiel Been subscribed since the early days and it just popped up in my recommended feed.
6:22 - Possibly my favourite ever quote, "Science doesn't care about your feelings, and physics wants to make you cry".
Biology wants to give you some nasty skin disease.
Math wants to break your brain.
Chemistry wants you dead.
I hope he has that as a sticker on his shop, cause that's gold. I would slap a sticker like that on my hard hat (along with his "stop yappin start zappin" sticker)
Good lord, He actually the whole thing!
Please raise your hand if you legitimately laughed out loud more than five times while being taken off guard by one of the disclaimers
Nope, in part because I've worked on things way too big for any forklift to consider budging.
And who doesn't have access to a megawatt generator? They've got one at TMI they're not currently using... ;)
That disclaimer was way to good xD
F*ckem if they can't take a joke 😂
Yes. He actually the whole thing! Hard to believe, but it must be. Safety squints on.
✋😂
@@spvillanoI keep one in my pants 🗿🏴☠️👑😹
The chapter 11 joke was so good I had to get dressed on my day off to recover
Never have your work checked by 3 pairs of eyes that know about eachother: the first will assume there's still two coming after them, the second will think it's already checked and then there's the backup, and the third won't bother because it was already checked twice. Always assume you will be the only one who will check things worth checking, because "it is insanity not to try to avoid your own mistakes, which you can do, but instead try to stop others from making mistakes, which is not in your power." (M. Aurelius)
I wish more things were tested beyond fail because most crap barely works as designed. I spent several stints working in software testing. I don't come at it to check to see if it works. That's the price of admission for the developer to hand it to me. I come at it like UL fire testing an elevator. I'm the bigger idiot that they world is trying to create. Murphy and I are poker buddies. I beat, break, and smash the code into little bits, sweep it into a box, tie a bow around it, hand it back to them with a note. Please fix. XXOO ---Tester.
Like one IBM tech instructor once said "Assume nothing, because that will just make an _4SS_ out of _YOU_ and _ME_ "
This is a great tip
I'm a software tester by trade and the bosses always love/hate it when you find irredeemable bugs that have been "tested" by no fewer than a dozen people, and missed by all the customers. It's still a bad bug, if the answer is all wrong and in all the reports.
I recently came upon the realization that the best way to do it right, is to not fuck it up
I will never forget they day our high school chemistry teacher gave us a 10 page lab with *just* enough time to complete if you made zero mistakes. OR if you read all the instructions, the last page read "you may choose to skip all previous instructions and do the folliwing:
1. Set up all equipment designated in steps X-Y.
2. Dissolve Xg or more of potassium sulfate to a beaker of water.
3. Quietly keep instruction book open while reading and/or doodling until 20min before class end.
4. Label beaker from step 2 with your lab group number.
5. Place beaker on front desk and leave class early."
Life changing lesson.
We had this as well, though it was just an on-paper assignment with a bunch of questions you could skip if you read them through first.
Oh damn, can't believe he actually the whole thing
We made a Jacobs Ladder out of a flyback transformer and some switching FETs in grade 10 electronics. Almost killed a classmate, but still got an A. Now I'm a ham radio nerd and RF Engineer.
Would actually killing him have gotten you an Aminus or an A plus?
I have been flung back flyback and trust me it's not *_FUN_*
@@stephenalexander6721 depends on how annoying a student they were
@@stephenalexander6721 Either way would certainly get Animus focused on all those involved for a long time.
And your classmate might get off life support by 2026!
Bro.... I just watched an 11 minute legal disclaimer and loved every minute of it!
"He actually the whole thing" And it was beautiful.
took way too long but worth it
He actually the whole thing! I literally laughed out loud at "DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE - make depends on it" followed by a fork bomb.
Sublimated arms? Count me in.
There's a reason god gave you a spare
@@travismason2811 That's what I'm saying, safety truly is overrated. Most people I know are at the very least missing a couple digits.
Did my first construction gopher job under a family friend who was missing digits in the exact progression a handheld circular saw would remove them while free-cutting a 2x4 under the influence.
Been that ATGATT safety Nazi ever since.
@@NullHand How many influences was he under, because I never freesaw less than 2.
Seen someone get smoked like a Sunday brisket off of 45kv from an ancient coherent everlases.rectified filtered 45kv at the ends of the lasing tubes with some large transmitter tetrodes limiting the current to ground... thing is the tube ends were at full potential with whatever the big transformer could source. 3x cores off a 3 phase supply wired for 200A per phase. He didn't make it 💀💀💀
I met an electrical engineer at my previous job. He's the kind of guy who does everything from foundation dirt work to final trim and has built dozens of homes over the last 3+ decades and, for some reason, saw me worthy to take on as an apprentice. I've done loads of weekend mechanic and basic carpentry personal projects and fixed my own hvac system a couple of times but this was a whole other world to dive into. I finished my first solo job a few weeks ago and can confirm that you are absolutely correct about the "first light" experience. My mentor helped walk me through some things and answered a few questions but I did the absolute most of it on my own and it was surreal. I thought surely I messed up somewhere but everything checked out once service was pulled. I know it's child's play compared to some of the insane industrial setups some of you guys do, but it was definitely an experience I won't forget.
This will be an interesting series. Can't wait to see the grief he will have when he tries to go above 50KV where things you thought were minor all of a sudden become a big deal.
he wont ever cross into the voodoo of magnetrons though
@@VIKEHV Do we really want a "Hey want to see a cool thing" end scarily? :o
HA! Someone speaks from experience!
Leapin' 'Lectrics :-0)
Ahh magnetrons no thanks@@VIKEHV
Love the fact there is a Vac-U-lock adapter just casually on the robot in the background.
Those videos don't go on TH-cam. ;)
@@ChaoticGoodChris????????? what did he mean by this
Oh…. Thats what he meant…
How did I miss that?!?!? omg that's top-shelf, right there 🤣
@@monkeyanimationandgaming Don't Google it, stay innocent 😂
Working at a power station, when we were introduced to the high voltage side, we were shown a dust pan.
"This is a first aid you would receive if you make a mistake at 400kV at 2000 amps"
OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'm using that! Thank you! :)
Neat. Better than "Electricity makes you small, black and ugly"
The most scary thing that sometimes people survive this but end up missing a few limbs or all facial features including eyes. And I've met one guy who got his thumb popped like a fuse.
Ex competent person here. Can confirm!
Our safety briefing at a classified establishment included a map. This covered several hundred square metres and showed where they found the widely-distributed parts of two people who really screwed up one sunny summer's day. As the lecturer said, "They only found one head. That's unusual, the skull is a very robust part of human anatomy and it usually survives this sort of incident mostly intact."
Last time a screen roll made this excited, I was watching Star Wars as a kid. Excited to see what magic this leads to.
“He actually the whole thing!”
Ok, ok, you had me at "Don't do this" - and I will link to this video for my engineering students!
I'm honoured, thank you! :)
yeah, he really did try to dissuade me from taking up engineering, but the joke's on him, I'm 20 years into this career it's too late to turn back now, lol. 😅
As a high school senior who is wanting to go into electrical engineering, this is absolutely something that I needed.
I can’t wait to see the rest of this series as it comes out because it’ll make preparing for college so much more fun! Thanks Chris!!!
In my undergrad electrical engineer degree we had power lab. We were on the three phase chapter and IIRC it was 608V. My lab partner was following all safety rules and somehow produced an arc that went at least three feet and smelled like ozone . For the rest of the semester you could hear the the master bench switches getting flipped because no one wanted to make lightning again. Electricity can kill you but so can a lot of fun things.
He actually the whole thing!
I really appreciate all your jokes you slip into absolutely everything. Please never stop!
Very few things are as dangerous as a casual ‘hey, wanna see something cool?’
I believe that's how a fragment of a CD got embedded in my garage door, and another piece of the CD landed on the roof of the house across the street one time... there's nothing more dangerous than a couple of engineers f'ing around on a Saturday afternoon
@@gorak9000 Maybe a couple of experimental physicists f'ing around on a Saturday afternoon? 🤔
The Frankenstein moment where the system comes alive for the first time is hard to beat. Never, ever, yell "It's alive!" in front of customers.
The apex of my career was being able to tell a customer, "I can't break the laws of physics. We don't have the power", with a straight face and with in being the correct response to the circumstances.
Although, explaining to colleagues that, yes, even at our level, there are things that make someone have a bad day, things that make someone have a final day, and things that make you have your day in court in front of people with more wigs than brains, is important.
He actually the whole thing!
And enjoyed the CAPS LOCK clause the most 😂
I hear dangerous and my ears perk up. Learning from mistakes, seeing things happen in front of me, and things can go sideways really, really, really fast? In "fun" and "exciting" ways? And seeing how things work together and how they are built? This is my jam and what I strive for.
Yes please, I want to learn more of this!
you definitely know how to keep the ADHD at bay, fire Station, church, cemetery, the nice flight over the tall grass. I enjoy the way you provide knowledge. Found the disclaimer turned on text to speech: He actually the whole thing!
Where did you find it? I'm about a third of the way through, but all the stopping and starting of the scrolling text is making me feel dizzy, so a plain text version would be awesome.
I'd like to comment on how excellent the editing of your videos is, and how much extra work you create for yourself by having so many segments shot in different locations. Do you do the entire script in each location, I wonder? Either way, this is really 'bumping the lamp' and I very much appreciate it!
Thank you SO MUCH! :) I'm glad someone noticed, understands, and appreciates the back-end side of all this. That may be the kindest comment I've ever read. Thank you :)
He actually the whole thing!
Simply sublime 😂
I'll second that...😮😂
This is gold! I am an electrician from overseas, where we work with 230-400V AC. I am looking forward to you finally using my 32A 400V 3-phase CEE socket ( 22kw ). I hope it's enough for some fun!
"He actually the whole thing!"
That final "Hey, you wanna see something cool?" touched me. (Not in a free candy van kind of way, but close enough where I would gladly walk through that door with you)
Been watching for years and cant wait to see more! I miss the Abuse of Power series...
If I didn't have a mental illness before watching this (I do), I definitely will afterwards. Thank you for putting the 'mental' in 'mental illness'.
I’m an electrician working as a project manager in renewables, I’m all for DIY and learning new cool stuff, cars, fabrication, electronics, programming etc, also used to work for an electricity distributor network. I watched your video and I say, let’s go!!! I’m strapped in for this ride! Can’t wait for the rest of the series! I’m keen to build some stuff. Subscribed!
I'm really glad you started this series, one of my favorite parts of your videos is getting to see things i don't have access to like $20,000 capacitors or a megawatt generator.
Lol, "If you can read this, you have voided your warranty"
My path was set when i walked into the 50mw air-cooled transformer room. Your whole body vibrated and you were one with The Grid. I realized i wanted this power, the ability to make electrons my bitch.
Chris, i can't begin to express the smile i had for hearing, and reading the disclaimer at the end, it felt nostalgic, and the interruptions are great.
"He actually the whole thing."
That's one hell of a disclaimer at the end
I'm definitely looking forward to more vids in this series, though I don't plan to play with high voltages it will be a cool look none the less.
I plan to copy as much of it as my electricity supply allows! This is gonna be brilliant.
Do we know if there is a copy to read? I'd love to spend more time going through it,
wdym at the end? the whole episode feels like a disclaimer with a "DON'T" colored casing
EDIT but yeah, it's great writing
Sauce for the music over the disclaimer??
Biologist here; years ago when I was first in college, I started learning about water-borne diseases, wastewater management, and touched on the incredibly nuanced civil engineering that goes into managing sanitation. It was then I realized that everyone from wastewater engineers to garbage throwers save more lives every day than the police could ever match. (seriously, the sheer number of human beings who died by shitting themselves to death before the age of sanitation is ludicrous [fucking cholera])
The same is true for electrical engineers. Just look at how many people die when there's a power outage during a heat wave, or how insanely dangerous it is if a hospital loses power.
It's crazy how often our lives are saved by people, and we don't even realize they've done it.
To be a /little/ fair... a big part of the reason people die during the heat wave is that buildings aren't made for hot weather, because AC is an option. In places where AC isn't affordable, homes are made accordingly - windows facing away from the sun, thick walls with a high heat capacity to average out day and night temperatures, shutters and awnings where needed, light shades of cladding or paint on the outside.
But then AC comes along, and suddenly every company wants their office to be the TEMPLE OF GLASS! And home-owners want the view and illumination of a huge sun-facing window. And so what if you've accidentally built a solar oven? Turn up the AC, problem solved. Nothing that can't be fixed with moah powah.
And yes, stupid hurts. I can vouch for this. Only alive today because my legs collapsed and i fell off the steps breaking the circuit that was right between my 2 hands :) I now learned to prove things to be dead, so I don't become dead
Forgot to shut off the 480v supply to a panel when I was done testing. Getting buzzed while undoing the feed cable was not a fun way of finding that out. Lesson was definitely learned
@@mishicusmoshicus99 ouch.. Mine was 240 but getting locked on was scary AF. Glad you made it
Noted, balance awkwardly as a physical disconnect fuse.
My sleep-deprived dumbass tried installing a breaker on a live circuit. My internship attendant made sure to never let me forget the buzz 😭😭
700v dc across my hand. Vaporized a bb sized hole on the end of my index finger and lots of tiny black spots on my pinky. Sooo lucky that day!
I do low voltage audio work, building cables and messing around with cranking speakers WAAAAAAAY past what they are rated for. I’m an Audio Engineer and Sound designer by trade but love getting into the nitty gritty of power. Everything from microvolts of microphone-level signal, to 9000w generators to power multiple speaker stacks loud enough to blow your socks off in any NFL stadium across the country.
I love what you do and am very excited for what I can pick up from this. I understand that things ARE what they are in what I do, but not always HOW or HOW DO I MAKE THAT HAPPEN at an electrical level without the aid of a fancy computer interface.
I am currently trying to learn enough to eventually be able to make a 1000W+ integrated power amp to drive a pair of line array speakers I’m building from scratch. I am ready and willing to put my osha card into a small box and bury it for this knowledge.
Thanks fellow turbo nerd!
Keep up the great work!
this may be the first patreon i support. HELL YEAH
Thank you! :) I sincerely appreciate the help and support!
Took me an hour to read the disclaimer. I find it quite funny that you worked so diligantly on something maybe 5 people will read and 2 will enjoy. It encapsulates the entirety of what you are trying to do. Well done.
This is pure awesome! Adding a seatbelt to my couch so I can safely watch 😂😂😂
Better to watch while standing up so you can sprint to safety when things start fizzling and arcing. 😁
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Chris I’ve been in school for this sort of thing for the past number of months and i just want you to know that your videos inspire me and keep me motivated to finish school
Cheers! Stay safe out there!
Came for the chaotic good, stayed for the disclaimer!
Looking forward to thoughtlessly copying your experiments and being painfully lectured to by physics herself.
In the eighties at Universal Electric we built M/G sets for people who had three phase equipment but no three phase service. Nowadays my brother runs the lathe and mill off of a variable inverter for both three phase and speed control. Times have changed. Often we would set them up similar to the relay box on submersible water pump. Some people just put single phase motors in their place when they burnt up. It would be a lot simpler if homes all came with three phase high voltage service.
You should not be watching this.... *settles down with beer*
Can’t wait to move from the “unconscious incompetence” stage to the “conscious incompetence” one! 🎉 I love learning about things that I know absolutely nothing about - it gives me such an appreciation for the work others do!
as a mechanic, I already have enough responsibility I shouldn't have signed myself up for fixing heavy duty fleet vehicles that cruise down the highway like a 10+ ton cruise missile
However, I'd love to learn how to wire 240 volt circuits for the inevitability I start building my own shop, I'd like to be able to buy and use "high" voltage equipment for fabrication and welding, but I don't think I trust myself any higher stakes then that.
Still, this will be an excellent watch.
25 Year career in industrial environments here. That feeling of learning what keeps the world ticking while everyone you encounter outside of work is utterly oblivious, I know that one. Btw, skilled trades and engineering jobs? 10/10 would recommend. You have to do your homework though, not all career paths carry the same opportunities.
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Just took me an extra 20 minutes to read the whole disclaimer
we built a tesla coil in high-school, on a 4 inch diameter plastic pipe, we got Sparks around 2 foot, lit flouecnt tubes . It was very cool.
Love it Chris. Excited to follow along on this adventure and potentially learn something new. Definitely want to see something cool!
Wow… This was the best disclaimer ever, and the words you’re saying reflect the work I’ve been doing in my Universal Intelligence Framework.
I’ve been working in IT since before finishing high school, I started working in a school and learning about Active Directory, I then went through customer service, technician, engineering and now architecture.
I’ve been fascinated by everything my whole life, and this reflects everything I’ve been doing in a weird profound way.
As a retired industrial electrician/instrumentation tech for over 20 years, I really enjoy subject matter I used to do to make a living. Thank you from 1 another sparky wing nut.
The most frustrating thing about my career was going behind some asshat know-it-all who didnt. Three phase reversing drum switches are one of the things that catch out these morons-if you know you know.
as a mechatronics ing mayor people like you around me when I was growing helped nurtured my love on how the world works. This is golden
Man, that James Burke mention. I used to sit and watch Connections over and over when they were re-ran on TV in the 80/90s as a kid.
Mr. Burke is a hero of mine and a massive inspiration to why I make these videos today :)
@@ChaoticGoodChrisI read an article about Netflix or some of those platforms payed him to make another series. And I think I put money in his didn't reach funding kickstarter attempt at a wikipedia like version of his connections perspective.
James Burke is fantastic. I think i saw the same PBS reruns as a small nerdling and was massively inspired by him. So much so, I am a history teacher today !
Hi Chris,
I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for the impact your content has had for me. Over the past year, your videos have become a part of my daily routine, providing both inspiration and valuable insights into the world of electronics and engineering.
Returning to college to study manufacturing technologies has given me the opportunity to revisit a field I adopted as an 18-year-old, now from a more developed and personally engaging perspective. Your honesty, curiosity, and integrity in exploring these subjects have deepened my understanding and reignited my passion for the field. It’s been a gift to see someone who shares the same experimental and exploratory perspective for the field of technology.
Thank you for being a genuine and competent content creator. Your dedication and enthusiasm are making a significant difference, and I am grateful for the influence you have had on my educational and professional journey - regardless of the dangers that lie ahead.
The world doesn't progress without a heaping helping of "don't do this", "ouch", and "fuck" ; keep doing what you're doing and we'll try our best not to burn our houses down.
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That's a fantastic suit and tie!! Beautiful!
Thank you! It fits a little differently now, but looks better, lol.
@@ChaoticGoodChris I'm new to your channel, but truly enjoying it!
He actually the whole thing! Chris, thanks. Thank you for setting a spark to my love of electricity. I always wee something cool when I watch you, and you've helped me accept my life with autism. I now myself work at a megawatt generation plant, and you have no idea how much lunchtime with Mr. Bodon is for me. I love your videos, and YOU'RE pretty darn cool.
I didn’t realize how much I missed that song until I heard the whole thing. Glad to have you back teaching as only a plastic god can 😂
Yes! Looking forward to this series. Your monologue is pure genius. Thank you for your words of wisdom!
2:34 A graveyard? i think you got the danger point at sublimated arms HAHA
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these videos have been some of the funniest I've seen all year, and I'm excited for the rest of the series!
He actually the whole thing! 11:11
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There are somethings in life that I fast forward through and wish I could get my time back: this was frequently paused and watch multiple times. Thank you.
That disclaimer was definitely worth reading
He actually the whole thing. That was the most brilliant disclaimer ever! Can't wait for episode 2.
7:43 i should've listened, prions are scary
Hey this is great! Didn't know this site was here! Retired EE, really enjoyed this, SO TRUE!
epic moment
this has old school Discovery Channel vibes fr
so happy to see you back on this channel too! keep going man you’re doing great
Mate you are what TH-cam needed
Heck the world needs
Dangerous
Informatie
And unapolegeticly
I love playing with Mains power
Don't worry, it's only 240v I'm not insane
@@haruhisuzumiya6650
Hah! Dunning-Kruger, anyone?
So the first episode is... A disclaimer about the perils of modern infrastructure and how it utilizes forces beyond our control or scale that will kill us instantaneously if we stop respecting them for even a moment.
This is such an important topic, I really respect the decision to make the first episode entirely about that. Its where you start, or choose not to. that choice is not allowed as much thought in a 90 second youtube short, nor does it hold the gravity and weight that it should. Boy this 11 minute disclaimer was fun cant wait for the next episode!
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Ok I'm out of the loop.. why are there dozens of comments with this phrase?
@@aarrodriyou have to watch the video. _all of it._
This video: Don't do any of this.
Also this video: It's better than drugs and sex.
I like the dumpster on fire bit.
The outro is perfect!
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0:16 it already has since i was born
Looking forward to it! I’m looking forward to seeing how you do all this safely. So many TH-camrs either aren’t safe or they keep all the safety off-camera for the sake of entertainment
He actually the whole thing! Looking forward to the series!
"Here, take these, eyes don't grow back. Wanna see something cool?"
Darn right we do!
I suspect this may become one of my top five favorite channels for the puns and humour alone. The risk to life and limb comes in a close second.
Leather jacket in graveyard scene... do you have a motorcycle? If so, which? Thanks for all the great vids on all of your channels!
At present I ride an acoustic motorbike (ebike that I made), but I spent a lot of years on my 1975 CB-550-Four.
@@ChaoticGoodChris sweet! Thanks for taking the time to reply, and please keep up the great work!
Best real real of electronics and High Voltage ever done😅😅😅😂😂
9:24 "now with new plastic applicator." Count me in.
"All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged"
Somehow TH-cam did me a favor and recommended your new channel to me. Love your stuff man. Can't wait to see where this goes!
I'm scarecited
I will be intently watching this series. looking forward to all the episodes to come
This is definitely going to be an interesting series
Im so pumped for this series. Your videos inspired me to finish my apprenticeship and join the IBEW!
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He actually the whole thing I'm so exited for this
I'm not even going to start mimicing what I see on this channel, but I have a feeling I will enjoy learning about it. :)
Looking forward to this series,
Thank you !
Love the channel name and the disclaimer.
and here are: " the best intro ever"
He actually the whole thing! And “UNIX” is all caps. Love all your work - you are certainly a deep well of quips, quotes, and anachronisms - and that’s pretty cool!
We're so back!
Let’s goooooo. Been loving your content and have learned a lot from it and am so ready to dive in deep.
10:36 Wanna play a game?
You found the Bowden Research Capture The Flag division too.
I found the path but not a destination.
I'm I just ... unlucky... or doesn't it exist?
Excellent video and should be shown at the start of every engineering course.