Ahhh, the raw power of discharging HV caps... and you're rising it to a whole new level! I can feel the madness in the air :D Excellent and inspiring video, thanks!
If I was ever lucky or unlucky enough to set foot in his shed [I haven't yet decided] and saw his hard voltage wiring, power line style insulators, not only would I make for the door, leave his premises, run out into the street and even stay away from the powerlines! This guy is me as a kid [and a big kid] as I still am, only supercharged...just where I wish I still was, sometimes.
Last slow mo looked like that 1960's Outer Limits special effects, except in color. It looked like it was alive! Good one Andy; ever the innovator that you are!
Not even close you ignorant clown... Tesla worked with many megavolts not kilovolts. What photonic is doing here was absolutely child's play for the greatest electrical genius of human history, Nikola Tesla. Best get your teeth straight boy...
Magnificent!, its amazing what a little al-foil and a dielectric layer can do!, this would probably work in miniture with a few layers of polycarb and aluminum foil!
Dude you've lost your f'n mind but you're also an f'n genius. I don't know what you do but you can easily become famous and a freakin millionaire. Total mad scientist...
I use a triggerable spark gap for my capacitor bank. It's just 2 bolt heads very close together and a small trigger electrode between them. I use a voltage multiplier to charge a 1nf cap to 7.5kv and discharge that to the trigger electrode and it causes the power from the main caps to arc between the 2 bolts. They will melt over time and need to be adjusted, but it costs almost nothing to make.
5:50 to 6:02 is in that area between absolutely beautiful and the stuff nightmares are made of. Imagine just coming across something like that in your house. I can't think of anything more frightening. 6:03 onward is voltage painted on an easel. Photon you're an artist mate.
So, when are you going to get in touch with the guys over at SlowMoGuys with their Phantom Flex and get some wicked high speed footage of your lightning? THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN!
I Love your High Voltage Setup. It certainly puts my neon sign transformer to shame, with its measly 11kv and 30mA. Those slow motion shots were amazing. Would have been even better with an ultra slow motion camera, at like 1000fps or so!! But I know, they are damn expensive. Keep up the awesome vids Andy!! From an Australian viewer, learning electrical engineer (currently studying at RMIT, Melbourne).
Hey Andy, another top rated video thanks and keep up these little morsels of new stuff coming, all of us die hard REAL photon fans really do enjoy the wait to see what excellent piece of classic photon nuttiness is coming next!!!! Thanks again Clive (A.K.A halesworth01)
Good work on the safety warnings. They don't promote fear, and instead promote respect and share knowledge. "Short out caps before touching them." instead of "Never touch a capacitor!"
Crazy to think, if you touched even one of those arcs, you're brown bread good and proper, yet photon has bollocks big enough to stand just feet away, brave man indeed
Oh yessss...Mr Photon is back in full-swing. Arcs, sparks, crackles, fizzes, and a fantastic light show. I'm really glad that you've returned. It's things like this that I've missed. That time when you stuffed a few hundred Kv in the back of a powered-on telly had me rolling all over the floor. "Mmmm, it's fizzing a bit at the back there!" LMAO!! I'd still love to know what you're going to get upto with that huge Gould Shawmut fuse. Would 7kW at 1 volt be able to pop that fuse? :-) -BBD.
We all know who love's the smell of OZONE in morning. It's the best smell ever invented since.. erm? Until I retired recently, I worked as a projectionist in 10 Plex Cinema, in the morning after striking up the 10 projector's lamphouses, 6 x 3K Xenon Bulbs and 4 x 5K bulbs the smell 10 minutes later was wonderful. Phonton's place must smell like that most of the time!
Imagine walking by photons house at night (not knowing who he his) and seeing bright blue light flickering and shining out of the attic window. You’d really think there’s a mad scientist up there!
you can easily repair that. not as good but it works... but then again i always enjoy watching you overpowering things you built specifically so you could not easily over power it!
Sure. I don't know If I'm 100% correct on this, but I've considered the thickness of wire to determine the amperage capabilities, and the thickness of the insulation to determine the voltage capabilities.
It sounds like a battlefield on the slow motion parts. All I hear is machine gun rattles and explosions. Love your vids tho! Makin my way through them steadily! :-)
Late to the party as usual, but... Now, coming from a background in electronic music I'd like to say, when you slow down the audio you can hear the frequency and it's rhythmic. Think of it like tempo or beats per minute. That's no oscillator but it's sounding like one, as in synthesis, plus 100% analogue effects, and dare I say it, melody. You could literally run that experiment for half an hour, record the audiovisual, slow it down, add some compression, and upload the results onto Spotify or Soundcloud, as electronic music. Ambient, yes. Techno, possibly. Better than a lot of ambient techno, definitely. You don't need an engineer or a producer or musicians or do anything whatsoever with synchronisation or networks. It's very very nice just as it is. 👍👌
AWESOME VID! I only found your channel recently and it's definitely a daily checker! Photon - have you ever thought about getting a Geiger counter / Radiation detector? They're not very expensive - I think X-rays can both bounce around and go through objects/walls in case you're sheltering behind something - better safe than sorry! Might make a cool addition to the vids checking what the radiation count is on the experiments!
Had to be over 800KV since it was discharging to the floor of the house on a couple of frames and it takes about that voltage to jump to a wooden floor.
All the neighbors must wonder why their TV reception keeps going bad, and their computer is always going wrong.
gabaunion i think he's my neighbor cause my tv is going crazy
The craziest thing about this video is that YOU WERE IN THE ROOM, Were you wearing a Faraday shield?
Oh hey funny to see you here 8 years ago!
howdy
The SlowMo Guys should visit you and get a nice slowmo of that. it would be amazing!
All that FHV would definitely meddle with their expensive cameras though lol
2:18 sounds like a war
DanielTseng100 it really did.
battle field 4
*VIETNAM FLASHBACKS*
Beaches or normandy
In slow motion it sounds like gun fire in the distance
It does. It's a strangely soothing sound.
Daniel, may I ask, do you play a lot of first person shooters like BF, CoD, Arma, or similar? Or have you played them a lot in the past?
Exactly
The slow-mo sounds like a battlefield from miles off.
The slow mo sounded like nam flashbacks
I bet this guy's power company sends him fruit baskets every month! :)
The thing I love about his high voltage transformers is that they can create huge storms of electricity at the mere turn of a dial.
that room must smell like Ozone
you sir are a master at testing the limits and showing the flaws of videos cameras
Ahhh, the raw power of discharging HV caps... and you're rising it to a whole new level! I can feel the madness in the air :D
Excellent and inspiring video, thanks!
Those pop sounds you are hearing is thunder. Miniaturised thunder.
Get this man a high speed camera!
If I was ever lucky or unlucky enough to set foot in his shed [I haven't yet decided] and saw his hard voltage wiring, power line style insulators, not only would I make for the door, leave his premises, run out into the street and even stay away from the powerlines! This guy is me as a kid [and a big kid] as I still am, only supercharged...just where I wish I still was, sometimes.
+Anthony Carter yeah, me too.
This video is the most visually pleasing you've done!
Vietnam vet watching at normal speed: neat that pretty cool!
Vietnam vet watching at slow motion: 0_0 *fortunate son plays in background *
Last slow mo looked like that 1960's Outer Limits special effects, except in color. It looked like it was alive! Good one Andy; ever the innovator that you are!
I took the Transformer outside last night and had some fun in the dark :D, vids on its way
Aussie50 i watch your videos as well love them all thanks for all your work. I've watch this over and over the last bit is cool when its cranked up
Insane and epic sparks !
Now you destroyed the HV bushing of that nice TX.
Love it.
I think Photon is the reincarnation of Nikola Tesla :)
Not even close you ignorant clown... Tesla worked with many megavolts not kilovolts. What photonic is doing here was absolutely child's play for the greatest electrical genius of human history, Nikola Tesla.
Best get your teeth straight boy...
ew toxic
@@nazgullinux6601 cry about it
Magnificent!, its amazing what a little al-foil and a dielectric layer can do!, this would probably work in miniture with a few layers of polycarb and aluminum foil!
The slow motion replays sound like a warzone. Very nice!
Dude you've lost your f'n mind but you're also an f'n genius. I don't know what you do but you can easily become famous and a freakin millionaire. Total mad scientist...
Instant replay with half the screen covered... good job.
The sound from the slow replay made me realize where some War movies must get their background battlefield sounds haha!
Wish you were here. I miss watching your videos. A true "Mad Scientist"!
just love the way electricity goes for all the edges - makes for a much better light show!
That's the best photon vid I've ever seen. Now I'm excited.
OMFGGGGGGG, those are dam huge capacitors! Together they are bigger than that one you had before! :O
Superb :-)
The slow motion really shows the discharges, and the one at the end was amazing.
Loverly job, keep safe mate :-)
Superb demonstration, to the max as usual, thanks for uploading
you+slo-mo guys=kickass vids
2 Photon keep up the good work. I think Tia might b my favorite vid
Thanks 4 what u do from USA
0:17......the best expression
I use a triggerable spark gap for my capacitor bank. It's just 2 bolt heads very close together and a small trigger electrode between them. I use a voltage multiplier to charge a 1nf cap to 7.5kv and discharge that to the trigger electrode and it causes the power from the main caps to arc between the 2 bolts. They will melt over time and need to be adjusted, but it costs almost nothing to make.
Great seeing you use these old RFT-Capacitors, as well. They're from the GDR and- like many other gadgets- very tough and long lasting :D
Stress relief................
love your videos, you need to make more again.
Another superb video from the man who has tamed the god electron. Keep em coming, educational and funny the best way to make science interesting
5:50 to 6:02 is in that area between absolutely beautiful and the stuff nightmares are made of. Imagine just coming across something like that in your house. I can't think of anything more frightening. 6:03 onward is voltage painted on an easel. Photon you're an artist mate.
So, when are you going to get in touch with the guys over at SlowMoGuys with their Phantom Flex and get some wicked high speed footage of your lightning? THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN!
nice job here mate.. your a madman as usual and i love it!
awesome video as always! That was some kick ass lightening
That is freaking awesome man, enjoy the hell out of these vids!
another awesome video ! thanks Photon !
Haven't Seen this video before.. but man ITS BAD ASS!!!!
The slow mo sounds like a gun fight :)
outstanding light show!
Damn photon this must be one of the best videos u ever made :D atleast i really like it !
I can only imagine, I will eagerly await the megavolt, thats going to be a big arc :-)
Photonicinduction, please create big tesla Coil, your experiments are the best experiments on TH-cam.
RODALCO2007 & Photonicinduction... the awesomeness wouldn't be able to be described!
I Love your High Voltage Setup. It certainly puts my neon sign transformer to shame, with its measly 11kv and 30mA. Those slow motion shots were amazing. Would have been even better with an ultra slow motion camera, at like 1000fps or so!! But I know, they are damn expensive. Keep up the awesome vids Andy!! From an Australian viewer, learning electrical engineer (currently studying at RMIT, Melbourne).
Hey Andy, another top rated video thanks and keep up these little morsels of new stuff coming, all of us die hard REAL photon fans really do enjoy the wait to see what excellent piece of classic photon nuttiness is coming next!!!! Thanks again Clive (A.K.A halesworth01)
Bloody hell you killed that transformer big style :)
Good work on the safety warnings. They don't promote fear, and instead promote respect and share knowledge. "Short out caps before touching them." instead of "Never touch a capacitor!"
Crazy to think, if you touched even one of those arcs, you're brown bread good and proper, yet photon has bollocks big enough to stand just feet away, brave man indeed
That was one of the most stupidly awesome thing I've ever seen!!!
Oh yessss...Mr Photon is back in full-swing. Arcs, sparks, crackles, fizzes, and a fantastic light show.
I'm really glad that you've returned. It's things like this that I've missed. That time when you stuffed a few hundred Kv in the back of a powered-on telly had me rolling all over the floor.
"Mmmm, it's fizzing a bit at the back there!" LMAO!!
I'd still love to know what you're going to get upto with that huge Gould Shawmut fuse. Would 7kW at 1 volt be able to pop that fuse? :-)
-BBD.
I've been laughing for about 2 minutes now, can't stop!!! Keep up the great work!!!!!
Fantastic Show!
Spectacula as always. Can only imagine how much ozone was in that room
jesus - no discharge resistor on that then - you popped iiiiiittttt - love itttttttttttt
Oh, you are right. But here, in my country, not all outlets are grounded, and that can be a problem ;). I do love your videos, keep going!
Now that my good man, was fricken awesome.
Cheers!
That's not a thunderstorm capacitor, that's a total chaos capacitor!
*_CHAOS, CHAOS!_*
Awesome vid as ever. Can only imagine what happens to the neighbours telly when you fire up that monster. Digital terrestrial ain't got a chance! :)
most epic photon video ever
I'm glad that I am not paying your energy bill!
We all know who love's the smell of OZONE in morning.
It's the best smell ever invented since.. erm?
Until I retired recently, I worked as a projectionist in 10 Plex Cinema, in the morning after striking up the 10 projector's lamphouses, 6 x 3K Xenon Bulbs and 4 x 5K bulbs the smell 10 minutes later was wonderful. Phonton's place must smell like that most of the time!
amazing vid as always
Imagine walking by photons house at night (not knowing who he his) and seeing bright blue light flickering and shining out of the attic window. You’d really think there’s a mad scientist up there!
Dude you would make an awesome paper boy in the 1920's. Don't take that the wrong way.
Holy fuck that last one was absolutely amazing!
good one! especially, when plasma hold still in one place.
you can easily repair that. not as good but it works... but then again i always enjoy watching you overpowering things you built specifically so you could not easily over power it!
How the hell did I miss this vid ? :)))
Sure. I don't know If I'm 100% correct on this, but I've considered the thickness of wire to determine the amperage capabilities, and the thickness of the insulation to determine the voltage capabilities.
Sweet stuff Photon
I thought you had had enough of You Tube? ;) Your farewell message seemed very final... Regardless, it is fantastic to see you back here again. :)
Cool, this will be my next tv!
It sounds like a battlefield on the slow motion parts. All I hear is machine gun rattles and explosions.
Love your vids tho!
Makin my way through them steadily! :-)
Late to the party as usual, but...
Now, coming from a background in electronic music I'd like to say, when you slow down the audio you can hear the frequency and it's rhythmic.
Think of it like tempo or beats per minute.
That's no oscillator but it's sounding like one, as in synthesis, plus 100% analogue effects, and dare I say it, melody.
You could literally run that experiment for half an hour, record the audiovisual, slow it down, add some compression, and upload the results onto Spotify or Soundcloud, as electronic music.
Ambient, yes.
Techno, possibly.
Better than a lot of ambient techno, definitely.
You don't need an engineer or a producer or musicians or do anything whatsoever with synchronisation or networks.
It's very very nice just as it is.
👍👌
Slow mo video sounds like a friggin war
I would love for you to make more videos in which you tell us how to make stuff.
Cheers.
That was just awsome :) very similar to tesla coil arcs. Imagine the arc lenth of that transformer with a big reasonant transformer:)
SOUNDS LIKE WAR
You ROCK! I laugh my ass off every time I what the crazy shit you do. Keep Safe Brother!
Russell Campbell agree 100 %
You are my hero
Brilliant video
Another great vid. Cheers Mate
AWESOME VID! I only found your channel recently and it's definitely a daily checker! Photon - have you ever thought about getting a Geiger counter / Radiation detector? They're not very expensive - I think X-rays can both bounce around and go through objects/walls in case you're sheltering behind something - better safe than sorry! Might make a cool addition to the vids checking what the radiation count is on the experiments!
i love how crasy you are :D
"I'm going to push this one to stupid volts."
Had to be over 800KV since it was discharging to the floor of the house on a couple of frames and it takes about that voltage to jump to a wooden floor.
It looks cool a bunch of lightings
Omg this is the best deterrent against burglars! In slow motion it sounds like a distant battlefield.
that was good fun doing that mate see you soon
i miss you