Bear & beer. Opening an explosive 11kv disconnector. (With bang.)

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  • By far the loudest explosion I've ever had at my bench. Fortunately the iPad has managed to save you from the volume by clipping it to normal levels instantly. But it was definitely in the category of "something I should have done outdoors". The overalls I was wearing did a stellar job of deflecting the airborne debris that resulted from this experiment.
    Update. It was pointed out that there is an explosive shell inside that is heated by the carbon rod until it detonates and blows the thing to smithereens. That's why it sounded like a gun going off in my workshop. Here's the update video:-
    • Bear, beer and bang up...
    If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and things I can blow myself up with at:-
    www.bigclive.co...

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  • @PushyPawn
    @PushyPawn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    BigClive: "One moment, please..."
    BigClive with beer: "It burnt a hole right through my fuckin' ruler!"
    We love you big bear!

    • @bikkiikun
      @bikkiikun ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's now the "Ruler of Wisdom".

  • @whollymindless
    @whollymindless 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I love that he calmly describes that as an "outdoor explosion" as if there is a reasonable definition of an "INDOOR EXPLOSION!"

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      An indoor grade explosion is one that does not make you ponder whether the windows are still intact.

  • @MrRocking145
    @MrRocking145 7 ปีที่แล้ว +592

    it burnt a hole right through my fuckin ruler

    • @nekomasteryoutube3232
      @nekomasteryoutube3232 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Maybe I haven't been around long enough but I think that's the first time I've heard buddy drop an F-Bomb on video

    • @jhensjh
      @jhensjh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Only other time I've heard him say it was after his taste testing of the methylated spirits, or denatured alcohol as we call it in the US.

    • @iagmusicandflying
      @iagmusicandflying 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      IIRC the Japanese doll with the sparkler in her bum elicited an F-bomb at some point, too.

    • @DaveCurran
      @DaveCurran 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And lo, a new catchphrase was born.

    • @muh1h1
      @muh1h1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Michael Cody sounded like Ave when he Said that :D

  • @greenaum
    @greenaum 7 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    Jesus christ! First Clive Dremels through an explosive, then tries to solder to it! "Explosive" means the same in Scottish, right?

    • @MrDegsy69
      @MrDegsy69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Greenaum it's sort of like Colin Furze meets Val Doonican? He rocks but explosively! 😂😂😂

    • @cosmicraysshotsintothelight
      @cosmicraysshotsintothelight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Remember, these are the guys who's government let Donald John Trump pay them off to get his golf course. And the folks he screwed over there feel just like the folks that got screwed over here. So despite knowing what words mean, humans have a tendency to misunderstand word meanings until they slap us upside the head all the while claiming to know said meanings.

    • @jmullentech
      @jmullentech 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Dr. M. H. lmao bro I ain't even mad either. That's fuckin impressive! 😂

    • @Shadow_of_STLKR
      @Shadow_of_STLKR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bet he has "fire extinguisher" near table like didoesgonawild xD ... hahaha yap he has xD
      Big sapper clive xd .com

    • @kc5402
      @kc5402 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ROFLMAO! :-D

  • @TheRattleSnake3145
    @TheRattleSnake3145 7 ปีที่แล้ว +554

    "By the power of beer, lets make it happen.". Big Clive 12/12/2016. 13:46.

    • @richardwayne1990
      @richardwayne1990 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      TheRattleSnake3145 maybe time to start selling a shirt with it on

    • @swytchblayd
      @swytchblayd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "This is just such a terrible experiment to try. Oh well." XD

    • @davey2k12
      @davey2k12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh fuck ye he got the Dremel out lol

    • @stephenmassey2682
      @stephenmassey2682 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The ceramic sleeve over the rod causes the explosion through intense and rapid build up of heat and resistance from the sleeve over the rod. You left out the sleeve during the open rod experiment.

    • @adamporybny
      @adamporybny 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And that splash before :D

  • @wavecreatures
    @wavecreatures 7 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Big Clive....the only man I know who would take a dremel to an explosive. Brilliant.

    • @AgtX999
      @AgtX999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Without electricity it wont explode

    • @wavecreatures
      @wavecreatures 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      AgtX999 I'm aware of that but still..

    • @wartoc3708
      @wartoc3708 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was shocked the Dremel was able to cut anything without the motor burning up.

    • @JaredBartimus
      @JaredBartimus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That isn't a guarantee. If he had hit the "22 shell that he missed" with a hot cutting wheel/sparks it is quite possible it would have exploded.

    • @LawsForever
      @LawsForever 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why he enjoyed his beer so much - it could be his last one.

  • @Gooberslot
    @Gooberslot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +746

    How many beers did it take before you thought this was a good idea?

    • @maicod
      @maicod 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      +Gooberslot I can't tell from his voice how many he's had :)

    • @girlsdrinkfeck
      @girlsdrinkfeck 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      considering its hardly beer ,carlsberg is only like 3.8%

    • @CrazySkullll
      @CrazySkullll 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      4.6%
      Majority of beer in the world averages out between 4 and 6 percent.

    • @hussssshie
      @hussssshie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Irish Viking If he's going to Brew Dog, why not Sink the Bismarck? (41%)

    • @Leroys_Stuff
      @Leroys_Stuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      One lol

  • @iedwards8172
    @iedwards8172 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My car has one of these. It's connected to the positive battery cable and tied to the airbag system. In the event of an accident it explosively disconnects the battery cable. Clever really. Changing the battery is a time consuming effort where you have to follow a specific time frame in order for the system to 'go to sleep', about 30 mins in all. Great video as ever Clive.

  • @nobodyuknow2490
    @nobodyuknow2490 7 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    Please remember Clive, many of the entrants' to the Darwin Awards final words were "hold my beer"...

    • @dj_paultuk7052
      @dj_paultuk7052 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Clive is going to be like the "Fast 'n' Loud" of the Electronic world. Where's my Beer Assistant ?.

    • @XavierAncarno
      @XavierAncarno 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Paul Taylor WoooooHooooooo

    • @adamwally3427
      @adamwally3427 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      "And watch this"

    • @michaelathens953
      @michaelathens953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Necessity is indeed the mother of invention, but "hold my beer!" Is the father.

  • @stefanejegod8644
    @stefanejegod8644 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    10:03 - Thank you for giving me another way to open a beer!
    10:47 - Clive, you're DRUNK!
    13:50 - Clive, you... oh well never mind.

  • @locutusofborg2880
    @locutusofborg2880 7 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    "...explosive disconnectors; they're /really/ loud, and they disconnect."

    • @michaeltempsch5282
      @michaeltempsch5282 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeah, given their name, who would've thought...

    • @samhouston1673
      @samhouston1673 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The reason why there was no big bang was the explosive material was A) no hit with enough current for instantaneous combustion and B) the explosive material was outside of the CAD casing which causes the compression wave that makes the big bang.

    • @pkp2413
      @pkp2413 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Did you not see the annotation where it was a .22 caliber slug he missed? It was a literal gunshot.

    • @joe125ful
      @joe125ful 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What expect??

    • @ClaudeSac
      @ClaudeSac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wanted to comment that. But since you are three years ahead of me, I won't.

  • @MrSkepticism
    @MrSkepticism 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Says good bye to expensive iPad, upset about hole in cheap ruler lol

  • @ctrlaltdel02
    @ctrlaltdel02 7 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Don't worry about ruler, the metric side is still perfectly usable =)

  • @tarassu
    @tarassu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Properties of explosive disconnect:
    1) does disconnect
    2) they are really loud
    Anything else?

  • @basileus9343
    @basileus9343 7 ปีที่แล้ว +373

    10:42 Clive tone of voice trasitioning from 18th century gentleman to texan farmer

    • @PvPhacker
      @PvPhacker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      MY FUCkING RUUULER

    • @drkastenbrot
      @drkastenbrot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      AvE

    • @TheOneRiv
      @TheOneRiv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      He got possessed by AvE

    • @Gamerz00760
      @Gamerz00760 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Crocodile dundee...lol

  • @revolution5547
    @revolution5547 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Next video: "cuting granade open with angle grinder"🤣🤣🤣😂😂

    • @jakeisjake112
      @jakeisjake112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      With no gaurd on it nonetheless.

    • @alexrosado3890
      @alexrosado3890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      While covered in gasoline

  • @masonringbinder684
    @masonringbinder684 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    "Explosive connectors, they're really loud and they disconnect."
    Beer science at its best.

  • @charliewolf7500
    @charliewolf7500 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    In High School Physics class, back in the 80s, I recall putting a wooden lead carbon pencil in series connection with a lab transformer, with similar but slightly more spectacular results, as the pencil skined itself and the carbon lead exploded. Equally as impressive was connecting a length of steel wool to the lab transformer, the steel wool almost instantaniously vapourising with a few airbourn tinkles of sparklers.

    • @stevepoling
      @stevepoling 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Steel wool is a marvelous backyard pyrotechnic improvisation

  • @bluefoxtv1566
    @bluefoxtv1566 7 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    Your desk is going to end up looking like Photonicinduction's carpet if you continue to do these things.

    • @dragonbutt
      @dragonbutt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      That carpet has seen some shit no carpet should ever see, for fear of fire hazard

    • @DockterDoom
      @DockterDoom 7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      I need a Photonicinduction + Big Clive collab.

    • @dj_paultuk7052
      @dj_paultuk7052 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Also ending up on first name terms with the chaps at the local Fire Station... lol. Ahh Mr Clive, been playing with Explosives & Beer again have we ?.

    • @faumnamara5181
      @faumnamara5181 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So long as his carpet and curtains match and don't get singed !!

    • @fikoslav007
      @fikoslav007 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That already happened in the past. It was called "Tsar bomb"

  • @surfinmuso37
    @surfinmuso37 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love that little "mm" Clive does just before he eats or drinks something.

  • @ghosttwo2
    @ghosttwo2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    This video has been released by Clives' lawyer, in accordance with his will.

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  7 ปีที่แล้ว +211

      I've already told my brother to release my final video if I do cop it.

    • @ronaldbrown9638
      @ronaldbrown9638 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@bigclivedotcom
      Lol that's a good idea 🤔

    • @TR3B99
      @TR3B99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂

    • @MattBruman
      @MattBruman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bigclivedotcom Well how else would you be able to get a PSA out of what not to do

  • @Hugatry
    @Hugatry 7 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    "By the power of beer, let's make it happen", he said as he took a sip of a beer and was beginning his experiment. Next thing he remembers, the vice wasn't where he previously left it. According to the neighbours, sound of shots being fired were heard coming from his house. What happened that night is still a mystery.
    :)

    • @tripjet999
      @tripjet999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, the alcohol drug IS a "vice."

    • @b3j8
      @b3j8 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Looks around. "Hmm, where IS the house?"

    • @LawsForever
      @LawsForever 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hugatry's HackVlog
      What adds to the mystery is, that from that night on a vise can be observed passing overhead every 60 minutes.

  • @LymiaKanokawa
    @LymiaKanokawa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    You... tried to solder onto what you thought was an explosive charge at all?

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      And not for the first time.

    • @dalem04
      @dalem04 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ...Wait, what was the first time then?

    • @Gamerdu45
      @Gamerdu45 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LOL xD iam scared of soldering batteries and you solder an explosive charge with just a beer :D

    • @pifandhercule3384
      @pifandhercule3384 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lymia Aluysia that was just a piece of metal keeping the conection on and constant

  • @jimvandamme
    @jimvandamme 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "Hold my beer and watch this", last words of many an adventurer

  • @EpicLPer
    @EpicLPer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    "Explosive Disconnectors, they're really loud and disconnect"
    - Big Clive 2016

    • @pierreuntel1970
      @pierreuntel1970 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      EpicLPer hmm.. same interests.. hmm..

    • @dca24100
      @dca24100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      EpicLPer Big Boom!

    • @hughbrackett343
      @hughbrackett343 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think we need that on a tee shirt.

  • @keefygee55
    @keefygee55 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good posting Clive, thank you.
    In my youth many years ago we as typical boys of the middle to late 60's found some unused railway detonators, in a box, they were used on the tracks to alert train drivers etc as to the danger of fog or any other type of incident ahead. Well as boys being boys some were put upon the tracks of the GWR and observed with nervous laughter as the train approached. "BANG, BANG, BANG", saw the boys running away with squeals of delight before the last explosion had stopped echoing in the factories alongside the railway. We found other ways to detonate them and one particular exercise saw some exploding in the Grand Union Canal and the deserted gravel pits which were virtually next to the canal and railway. A local metal working company 'supplied' the pipes and rods etc from their unlocked and open scrap bins. The detonators provided a couple of days of excitement in an otherwise hot and sultry summer holiday. A couple of things we learnt from these escapades was the explosions are better when the detonators were enclosed in something and never stand too close when applying the necessary force to explode them. We often looked for more boxes next to the railway but alas it seemed as if it was only a once in a lifetime event. Even so, it was much appreciated.

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nothing beats the adrenaline filled anticipation of the explosive charge going off.

  • @WaffleEggnog
    @WaffleEggnog 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    this had me at the edge of my seat the whole time

    • @SlyPearTree
      @SlyPearTree 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I was pausing the video every time I took a sip of coffee so I would not spill it.

  • @jformaldehydem
    @jformaldehydem 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pretty sure I've already seen this one, but watching you attack that thing with a dremel has me on the edge of my seat.

  • @therianet
    @therianet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    first you stunned me when you start cutting into explosive thing but then you topped yourself when you revealed that you tried to solder explosive slug which supposed to get triggered from heat. Perhaps you knew it was a very weak explosive

    • @snubbelbuff1471
      @snubbelbuff1471 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      "It's not explosive. It releases a lot of pressure!" :D

    • @atomicthumbsV2
      @atomicthumbsV2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it's a deflagrant!

    • @rx22390
      @rx22390 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Henry Herz how strong the explosive as it's what it's contained in I mean dry ice in the open doesn't explode but put it in a 2 L bottle or heaven forbid a 2" x 6" threaded riser and put end caps on it screw them on tight and you've got a Device that can take out a mailbox

    • @Zodliness
      @Zodliness 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      CO2 (Carbon dioxide), in copious amounts almost instantaneously with a heavy current flow.

    • @frosty9392
      @frosty9392 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      a non-nuclear explosion is pretty much just a more solid object turning into a less solid object, real fast
      So its not too hard to know that something the size of a tack won't blow you in half

  • @OAleathaO
    @OAleathaO 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    10:22 - "Goodbye little iPad...mu-ah!" OMG that was hilarious! Also *R.I.P.* the ruler... These videos are better than watching Comedy Central for number of laughs per minute. :)

    • @NirateGoel
      @NirateGoel 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's laughs on comedy Central? thought that was almost all friends and occasionally that stupid af 'prank' show.

  • @puntje013
    @puntje013 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "so, explosive disconnectors. They are really loud and they disconnect."
    Best conclusion ever LOL

  • @matthewwijsma9978
    @matthewwijsma9978 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    hahaha, your understated calm reaction in the face of disaster/certain death is fantastic. You had me in fits of laughter. You'd be great to have around in an apocalypse.

  • @dwDragon88
    @dwDragon88 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "I'm not sure the beer is terribly compliant" I like where this is going already..

  • @koosnaamloos4291
    @koosnaamloos4291 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    11:02 And from that moment on, the burn mark was never to be unseen again.

  • @fohdeesha
    @fohdeesha 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    might be by new favorite Clive vid, and the first time I've heard a genuine laugh out of you. "it's burning a hole right through my fuckin ruler!" - fucking hilarious

  • @wifighostcruiser9665
    @wifighostcruiser9665 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Holy crap Clive, that's the most roundabout method of quality control I'm in explosive connector I've ever seen!

  • @fawedde
    @fawedde 7 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    Um, not really sure here. But we have almost the same one i sweden, and here, i do belive that what melted you'r ruler is the primer, and in the bottom there is a .22 shell with only gunpowder in it? And thats what blows of the cable end..
    Could be wrong here and you version is different. But thats how the one i have at work functions.

    • @fawedde
      @fawedde 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      In the video at 7:34, it really looks like there is a .22 in the bottom of what Clive is holding in his left hand..

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  7 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      I think you're right! I didn't notice that.

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  7 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      I've found the unexploded one... It does contain a shell.

    • @fawedde
      @fawedde 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I'm glad i could help! Thanks for all the great videos!

    • @magicalpencil
      @magicalpencil 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      outdoor explody time? :)

  • @gertbenade3082
    @gertbenade3082 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As someone who has done extensive munitions testing right up to 250 kg, Mk. 82 Aircraft Bombs, I held my breath the entire time! A pellet of explosives this size can typically take your hand of... glove or no glove.
    Perhaps the beer helps!
    Clive! My respect for your nerves of steel! 💪

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It turned out that there was a concealed .22 blank inside.

  • @lohphat
    @lohphat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "That is officially one of the loudest bangs I've had in my in my workshop ever..."
    Oh REALLY?
    The modesty is palpable.

    • @Jacklsovakia1
      @Jacklsovakia1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      lohphat modesty? He was talking about your mom.

    • @dragonbutt
      @dragonbutt 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Slow down there, paul walker

    • @greenaum
      @greenaum 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was talking about your dad.

    • @kenziemac130
      @kenziemac130 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      The audio recording on the ipad, compressed the massive volume spike. It was very distorted

    • @kenziemac130
      @kenziemac130 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      simontay1984 ...seems reasonable enough.

  • @commonsense953
    @commonsense953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish I had a science teacher like you when I was at school. This is just brill.

  • @paultroiani255
    @paultroiani255 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    In the beginning, I was quite concerned for your hand....

  • @tomp016
    @tomp016 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    interesting stuff i probably imagine if that was in andy's (photonic inductions) hands he would find a means of setting it off with far higher voltage and i imagine what would be a much larger bang, great vid :)

  • @DavidAlanGilbert
    @DavidAlanGilbert 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    'I've completely failed to solder onto this explosive charge' is not something you hear that often. [Which fortunately it wasn't but...]

  •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can't tell if this is an ad for or against beer while working on exploding products.

  • @frac
    @frac 7 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Soooo... what's inside a hand grenade?

    • @rhkips
      @rhkips 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Sounds like my date last weekend...

    • @emmajacobs5575
      @emmajacobs5575 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I used to share an office with someone who kept what he swore was a dummy/empty hand grenade on his desk. We never pulled the pin or opened it up, just in case, though, so I can't help with your question (luckily) ...

    • @snubbelbuff1471
      @snubbelbuff1471 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ...Dremmel time?

    • @JVerschueren
      @JVerschueren 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A dummy/disabled grenade has a hole in the bottom, so even if someone puts a live delay/detonator back in, that just discharges safely through the bottom instead of putting pressure on the outer shell.

    • @calfeggs
      @calfeggs 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fracture the fists of a thousand warriors.

  • @danytoob
    @danytoob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes, still fascinating 4+ years later.
    More please!

  • @linusmcrae
    @linusmcrae 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beer, high voltage and explosives? Sounds like a recipe for AWSOME VIDEOS

  • @BritishEngineer
    @BritishEngineer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’d imagine, the explosion chamber is simply a hermetically sealed vessel, where the carbon rods would combust, there’s a rapid expansion of pressure within the sealed vessel, which the pressure would accumulate until its meant to break at a designated spot of the weakest point, this is where the plastic is specifically located on this device.

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  ปีที่แล้ว

      There turned out to be a .22 shell under the copper foil.

  • @Saxie81
    @Saxie81 7 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Here hold my beer....

    • @llloyd4
      @llloyd4 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah, when someone tells you that it's time to haul ass to a safe distance, put emergency services on speed dial, and start recording on your phone / camera so you can upload the video to TH-cam for instant fame. :D

    • @bhtooefr
      @bhtooefr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      In landscape.
      You'll still get the instant fame in portrait, but you'll be a terrible person.

    • @wupme
      @wupme 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it depends on what you film. Portrait mode is quite good for filming a standing person up close.
      Having said that. GIVE US 4:3 phone companies, for fucks sake!

    • @azazel1667
      @azazel1667 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      djteac why I like having 16:10

    • @pifandhercule3384
      @pifandhercule3384 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Azazel166 you mean 16:9

  • @AndrewNapier-vp8dt
    @AndrewNapier-vp8dt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice one Clive. You may have missed your vocation in bomb disposal! However, as a teenager, I proved that a 50 ohm resistor* from an old valve radio made an excellent detonator when connected directly across 240 V mains. *Carbon composition in a 20 x 6mm ceramic tube! I still remember the sound of the shrapnel pinging around the walls of my bedroom in Edinburgh as I hid behind a chair. Blew the 15A fuse wire at the meter & Mum said "what have you done this time?" I think she helped me become an engineer!

  • @DanielJohnHowTo
    @DanielJohnHowTo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    13:55 for mega desk destroying explosion

    • @Jaime-zw4we
      @Jaime-zw4we 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Daniel Thank. Was looking for this

    • @Purple431
      @Purple431 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I paused it at the exact time that looked amazing 😉😲

  • @Eddiecurrent2000
    @Eddiecurrent2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "find the vice" oh I'm in tears here, utterly brilliant :-)

  • @Mrbullydog66
    @Mrbullydog66 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Beer and explosives what could ever go wrong.

  • @berndp3426
    @berndp3426 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard such a thing frequently, while my commuter train was passing along an insulation point, where the driver had to temporarily disconnect the HV supply for passing. This is indeed a loud "bang", when getting released because of that strong spring inside of the switcher tube. Switching on again requires air (or hydraulic) pressure put onto the mechanism's working cylinder to stretch the spring contact again so it closes the circuit again.

  • @BlockWorker
    @BlockWorker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Explosive disconnectors - they're really loud and they disconnect" pure genius

  • @richwall6304
    @richwall6304 ปีที่แล้ว

    ‘Things that shouldn’t be exploded indoors’
    ..this reminds me of a youthful experiment where I wrapped about 30 matchheads in a copious amount of silver foil.. then hit the resulting package with a hammer in the confines of my dad’s garage/shed.
    What could happen? It was only matches..
    ..well it turned out, quite a lot. There was an enormous bang, concrete chips went flying, luckily not hitting me. I staggered out of the shed, concussed, to find all the neighbours hanging out the windows saying someone was shooting a gun. It took a week for my hearing to return to normal 😆
    Congratulations on another fantastic presentation Clive. Doing stupid dangerous things so we don’t have to.. 🙂👍

  • @seanrodden6151
    @seanrodden6151 7 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Hi, I'm Clive and welcome to Jackass: Isle of Man :-)

    • @tomsawyer8102
      @tomsawyer8102 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sean Rodden best comment so far!

    • @names9530
      @names9530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm Clive and this is the arrestor bang bang.

  • @kennethstanton5407
    @kennethstanton5407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Keep up the great work, Clive. :-) Helps us to recall our youthful days of blowing shit up just for fun! Blasting caps were usually good for a lark. Very glad that applying the dremel to an explosive charge didn't require scraping the remains of your fingers off the ceiling ;-)

  • @heyhococo
    @heyhococo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Ho ho It's burnt a hole right through my fuckin' ruler! Ha!

    • @RevJR
      @RevJR 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      SON OF A DIDDLY.

    • @ThePinkerton1776
      @ThePinkerton1776 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Josh Randolph when did AvE get here?

    • @RevJR
      @RevJR 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jo Wh I was just thinking of Flanders at the time also.

  • @MartyMacgyver
    @MartyMacgyver 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you go frame-by-frame starting at 13:57 (desktop users: via the ',' and '.' keys), you get to one perfect frame where you can clearly see the flare of the pyro charge at the shear line as well as the bit of plastic that went rocketing off. Definitely not something to try at home!

  • @SirArghPirate
    @SirArghPirate 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    R.I.P imperial units.

    • @tin2001
      @tin2001 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      SirArghPirate
      FINALLY!!!!

    • @_Piers_
      @_Piers_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It's still accurate enough for imperial units ;)

  • @neowiza360
    @neowiza360 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Using an abrasive cutoff wheel to cut a thermally triggered explosive. I couldn't help but avert my eyes during the second cut. Nice video.

  • @nekomasteryoutube3232
    @nekomasteryoutube3232 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Funny, I was just drinking some carlsberg tonight and then I come up on this. I'm going to remember this for a long time now. Thanks for the video Clive! Making electronics interesting :)
    - A random Canadian

  • @mikeparker556
    @mikeparker556 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I do shit like this all the time, I seriously do" That was great, entertaining & educational, thanks Big Clive...by the power of beer indeed!

  • @DasGrinch
    @DasGrinch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you, inanimate carbon rod!

  • @leebatt7964
    @leebatt7964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I was in college my roommate and I found a railroad torpedo that hadn’t been set off. We took it home, climbed out on the fire escape, set it on the warming element of a mr coffee coffee pot and plugged it in. After about 20 minutes we got bored and went across the street to the pub. It went off after about 30 minutes we heard it go off from in the pub. It demolished the mr. coffee, broke two windows and the cops showed up in numbers. Good fun and educational.

  • @JimBear
    @JimBear 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love blue-collar bears.

  • @RIXRADvidz
    @RIXRADvidz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Clive Brudda, go easy on yourself. We NEED you to keep making these videos. Can't do it if you blow yourself, or a part of you, up. Stay Safe Bigg Bear. Bigg Huggs !!

  • @bobthecannibal1
    @bobthecannibal1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cringing safety tip: When working with things that can potentially exert more force than you can a lot faster than you can, *do not* wrap your thumb around it. You want a place for the explode-y goodness to go that isn't your thumb. It's better to have your grip blown wide than your thumb blown *off*. Don't take a Dremel tool to it either: If that were an actual blasting cap, you could've been killed. You got away with it this time, but future teardowns may not be so forgiving to you.

  • @Jermdizzle
    @Jermdizzle 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    As an ex-EOD tech (ATO for your Brits), this is a bad idea. I'm glad you weren't hurt while filming this.

  • @graemedavidson499
    @graemedavidson499 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    BANG - instant desk tidy!

    • @TheHenirik
      @TheHenirik 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You should market these as "instant desk cleaners" =)

    • @Logic44
      @Logic44 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And put 11kV on it just for the hell of it...

  • @chrismueller8861
    @chrismueller8861 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am glad that he is conducting these experiments under the influence of beer and not a bottle of fine scotch

  • @XOIIOXOIIO
    @XOIIOXOIIO 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Lol your reaction to it burning through your ruler
    Also man that would look good in slow motion I bet.

  • @ips670
    @ips670 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was interesting your curiosity into this type of connector. Also your choice of a premium beer . Quality not quantity

  • @17hmr243
    @17hmr243 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    11:50
    new doorbell feature >:)

    • @KiwiHelpgeek
      @KiwiHelpgeek 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "Hi. Let me tell you abou J.."
      *BOOM*
      "You were saying?"

    • @godfreypoon5148
      @godfreypoon5148 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is a most excellent idea.

    • @cardboardboxification
      @cardboardboxification 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Godfrey Poon m-80 for a door bell lol, maybe put the m-80 in the porch light, you will still hear it

    • @chrispza
      @chrispza 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Belt-feed, revolver, or clip-feed?

  • @MidnightMechanic
    @MidnightMechanic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My toes were curling the whole time, just anticipating a bang and a hospital visit for a video this long.

  • @res1492
    @res1492 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i had my safety squints on all the way through this

  • @InssiAjaton
    @InssiAjaton 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sometime in my younger years I either heard or read that the huge Russian power network had backup explosive disconnects. Normal disconnects are not supposed to interrupt any current, which is done with pressurized sulfuric hexafluoride (SF6) filled breakers. We at one time tried to build a new design of the operator for such a breaker. It was to be for a two-head breaker with two hydraulic cylinders and a synchronizing 12 inch diameter pipe with 1.5 inch wall. Besides the bang, there was heavy vibration. A high speed movie (1700 frames per second) revealed that the synchronizing pipe was twisting and the levers at each end swung as much as 30 degrees rotation against each other. All that was because we had the hardest of times to match the tripping of the two solenoid valves to better than about 0.2 milliseconds.

  • @IDKOKIDK
    @IDKOKIDK 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I wonder if that's how 'explosive bolts' work on rockets when they release their boosters and stages. It's actually just carbon, not a dangerous real explosive

    • @DavidLeeKersey
      @DavidLeeKersey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well since "explosive bolts" are structural they are a bit tougher so require a bit more bang than the plastic disconnector. Google "Pyrotechnic fastener"

    • @44R0Ndin
      @44R0Ndin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Additionally, IIRC it's the nuts that are the pyrotechnic fasteners, a lot easier to contain something going radially outwards in many pieces instead of two pieces going in opposite directions quite quickly (like a gun that fires both backwards and forwards).

  • @rikardlalic7275
    @rikardlalic7275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You were lucky and we were lucky hopefully expecting to have more of your fresh and awesome videos available in the future. Live long and prosper! 🖖🙂

  • @teknoguy2002
    @teknoguy2002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    First half, "Oh god, the suspense is killing me!"
    Second half, *Spits beer out laughing at Clive*
    The bench vice was too much for me, lol. I love your videos, Clive! Not only are they hilarious, I've actually learned a lot more about electricity and whatnot from watching (Was never a lay person, per se, but still have a lot to learn). Keep up the risky behaviour!

    • @dustinsmous5413
      @dustinsmous5413 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The vice of knowledge!

  • @JeffDeWitt
    @JeffDeWitt 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Classic Big Clive, we learned something and then a big BANG followed by Clivien understatement.

  • @CorneliusSneedley
    @CorneliusSneedley 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "This thing might explode while I'm holding it in my hand and cutting on it. . . I'd better wear gloves."

  • @TerryMcKean
    @TerryMcKean 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks Clive..great video and suspenseful, too, with the Dremeling-open of the explosive dis-connector ;-)..
    Lately I've been researching the world of Power Linemen.... absolutely fascinating... and eerie, too, with all that high-voltage AC or DC sizzling and crackling around them and the things they do to bond-on with and equalize themselves with that voltage while they work on the live lines. #LinemenAreAwesome. :-)

  • @cogidubnus1953
    @cogidubnus1953 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Last stanza of the Hollow Men applied initially and then you go and do that...!
    Happy Christmas Clive...if you survive long enough to enjoy it...god only you!
    Cheers
    Dave

  • @jawbone83
    @jawbone83 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    the gas pressure from the "explosive" is sealed by the plastic (looks like bakalite) turning it into a pipe bomb. the tensile strength of the plastic i slow enough that it doesnt build serious pressure and it it designed to be about 20ft in the air so it wont hurt anyone (maybe a bird). it a rather ingenious design.

  • @KiraSlith
    @KiraSlith 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    " glad I didn't take a Dremmel to it" and one year later this video happens.

  • @nfearnley
    @nfearnley 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This has been some of the best commentary of any of your videos. You must be a joy to drink with.

  • @hmoham
    @hmoham 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would have loved to see this in slow motion, I expect it would look freaking awesome, though the highlight for me was the melting a hole right through your ruler.

  • @AsymptoteInverse
    @AsymptoteInverse 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    BigClive is better than we deserve, but I'm glad of him.

  • @bills6093
    @bills6093 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Looks a bit like a Pyrodex pellet that muzzle loaders might use, but a bit smaller. They aren't very impressive when ignited outside of the chamber of a gun. You need the pressure build up. Fascinating video. Nice companion to the earlier vid. Now I have an idea of what that bang might be during a storm.

    • @shockwavecity
      @shockwavecity 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I suspect this is actually plastic explosive inside a hard tube of some kind and cured. Much more stable than black powder through moisture. Pyrodex will go bad just being exposed to moist air long enough.

    • @bills6093
      @bills6093 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, I don't think it's actually Pyrodex. But moisture doesn't seem to be a problem as that looks totally sealed. It's most likely just as Clive said.

    • @wyattroncin941
      @wyattroncin941 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      rewtuser don't plastic explosives need a detonator? And they also don't need to be encased for an explosion.

    • @bills6093
      @bills6093 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, plastic typically needs a "kicker" charge. Of course it could be their own brew.

    • @shockwavecity
      @shockwavecity 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can set a lot of plastic explosive off with a high voltage electric charge, which would be perfect in this case. Don't quote me but i think this is actually how some shell fuses work.
      As far as being fully sealed, I think you'd want somthing very stable regardless. Even "fully sealed" up on an electrical tower isn't ever fully sealed. Moisture finds its way in there.
      I think what actually happens here is that the material, whatever it is, ofgasses enough to make the fully sealed case "explode". The material inside probably isn't explosive at all, it's pressure building in the case that makes it go bang.

  • @dindog22
    @dindog22 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the best channel to watch while being quarantined in the house. I can't get enough

  • @Papperlapappmaul
    @Papperlapappmaul 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I always thought Dremels were half-decent tools but seeing this tiny little abrasive wheel stalling out the motor just by cutting a bit of plastic is kind of pathetic. My Proxxon IBS/E puts up a real fight even on low speed settings. The torque on this thing is amazing for its size. So everyone who's less than impressed with his Dremel tool might want to look for a Proxxon.
    (And if a Proxxon official reads this, feel free to pay me for this comment ;-))

  •  7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes it is a primer compressing the vessel until catastrophic,yet controlled, failure. You had the balls to explode that inside, for you i tip my hat. There's no way that thing would have exploded on my bench.
    Keep on your good work, but be careful, we hope to keep you for many more years.

  • @LakeNipissing
    @LakeNipissing 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There is now a scorch mark on your work desktop to commemorate this experiment.

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes there is. Another "feature".

    • @LakeNipissing
      @LakeNipissing 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Crazy things need to be tried.
      A few years ago I had an escape slide from a Boeing 727 deploy in my living room which destroyed a coffee table... don't ask...

    • @juliekoolabar3275
      @juliekoolabar3275 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      LakeNipissing Don't suppose you videoed it? That I'd love to see on TH-cam.

    • @ChristopherWeaver1
      @ChristopherWeaver1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OH SHIT THE HOUSE IS GOING DOWN
      *Alarm Blaring*
      DEPLOY SLIDE
      *Slide pops out of wall and destroys window*

    • @LakeNipissing
      @LakeNipissing 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did not have a video of the deployment, because it was an accident; I was planning to record the inflation outside in the yard before using it on the lake. I got two of these slide/rafts shipped to me as surplus from when they scrap old airplanes, and I was removing the cardboard packing wrap when the red 'Jerk to Inflate' (yes, that's what it says) handle got caught in the packing tape. I had no idea the vendor was going to ship one with the cylinder *charged* with 2,500 PSI CO2. This could have killed someone in transit. It inflated to 18 feet in what seemed like a second and filled the living room with a huge cloud of dust from the talc (or something like that) used to keep the tightly-packed slide from sticking to itself when stored in the airplane door. The second slide/raft was not shipped with the CO2 cylinder, so it was safe to unpack, and can be inflated and deflated using an air mattress pump, but it takes half an hour. Same as the other slide/raft that was initially charged. I guess I could get the CO2 cylinder recharged at a SCUBA / SCBA place, but I can live with 30 minute inflation to save this cost. I do have photos of the inflated slide in the living room, and on the lake, but knowing the way TH-cam ghost-bans comments with links, I would likely need to make a TH-cam video of the stills.

  • @karloflochalsh8817
    @karloflochalsh8817 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hahahaha just what i needed to cheer me up. The ceramic tube focused the charge, we the audience just had to wait! Very amusing, keep it coming Clive...

  • @EversonBernardes
    @EversonBernardes 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This sounds just like an AvE project :D

    • @matthewfairbrother6348
      @matthewfairbrother6348 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm waiting for the AvE version of a "react" video.
      Where we get his recreation, but weirder

    • @kipgies
      @kipgies 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      and...demonitized!

    • @DavidRichfield
      @DavidRichfield 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I almost expected him to say "keyyyontact!"

  • @rbmwiv
    @rbmwiv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy that use to work for me took a sharpie and drew some palm trees and wrote Miami Vice on my vice. He is a talented artist and I clear coated it. Now everyone that sees it gets a laugh.

  • @jackking5567
    @jackking5567 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The tension was high when waiting..

    • @jort93z
      @jort93z 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      voltage does not really matter though. it would have the same reaction with 2000 or 100 volts most likely. would have been enough to set off the charge at a high enough current. pretty sure. though i have never worked with explosives, which is probably a good thing.

  • @Shazmataz
    @Shazmataz 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big Clive with beer is clearly an explosive mix!