In USSR you had these very commonly, and there was also the bigger version at 1750 or even 2000 or 3000w. They were 30 cm long and you used those to heat tubs of water at a time. My grandma when she was young in 1950s she didn't have hot water heater in her house so before bath time she would fill the tub and immerse one or two of these huge heaters for 10 minutes and water would be nice and toasty.. God old times.. well, not so good.
My father had one of those back in the 80's. He would use it to make coffee when we went to the basement to get away from the rest of the family. They work really well.
A few days (maybe a week ago) I had this high current transformer I made and I used a bit of steel wire (maybe 1-1.5mm?) to make a heating element to light some pieces of wood on fire. A butane lighter wouldn't keep them alight, but the heating element worked so well.
I have to get another and do more tests of the insulation :). My one now has mains in the metal tube, but I thought that this only happens when you overheat it by running it in the air.
DiodeGoneWild - John Ward used a 500V / 1000V insulation tester (not that it managed to get to those test voltages, as the insulation was not good enough).
Don't be a dickhead...I doubt you speak English properly and I doubt even more you speak multiple languages......can't stand when people make fun of others at least trying and absolutely more so speaking proper English ....you sir are a fuckhead...plz post a video of yourself so we can properly criticize you....
I've seen 2 versions of those immersion heaters. One version has a thermal cut off fuse, that will open if you leave it plugged in without water. The other version has no thermal protection and will glow orange if left plugged in without water.
I just remembered, when i was a child didn't have any soldering iron. But there was this water heater in our shower. And i used this water heater to solder some wire with a speaker. It was the 1st soldering in my life... probably in 2001-2002... And Nobody noticed 🙂
Power does not have to be exaggerated. Resistance might drop with temperature depending on alloy or heating element. Ideally you would need to measure resistance at heating element operating temperature, which can be due to insulation well above 100°C.
The measured current was slightly higher than the calculated one, because the nominal voltage of the heater is 220V, but EU has 230V nominal and sometimes 240V actual voltage.
@@DiodeGoneWild Maybe they give you 800W due to the resistor tolerance and the maximum nominal voltage (250V) (considering the worst case possible). If you do the maths the resistance is a little bit less than 80 ohms (the current is 3.2A); this is the case if they're using a 100 ohms resistor (nominal value) with a tolerance +/- 20% and that is a possible explanation, considering that they try everything to sell making ridiculous prices.
it looks like whatever metallic coating is on it dissolved into the water; the water isn't very clear any more and the element isn't so shiny either. You might get a side order of heavy metal with your drink
Cool. So is that little "6" almost "B" symbol always the cyrillic character for voltage? I wonder if this little guy would be an ideal element for a small reflow oven. It could probably work as a preheating device for crude SMD reworks too. The plastic and wire would obviously need to go. -Jake
B stands for volts in cyrillic. The B symbol is actually pronounced "V" in russian. I think this element is going to fail quite soon. It's very poor quality and it's not designed to run in free air. I also forgot to say that after the experiment, the tube has mains in it! You probably should use something of a higher quality and also designed for free air operation.
Hi i have a question i have a mini Kentiger amplifier i got off ebay it says use a 12v 5 amp power supply i used a 12v 2 amp and i noticed when enhancing the volume it cuts out bad.. Is it because of the 12v 2amp power supply? Thanks!
With those flat pronged plugs both those heaters seem to be intended for an American market and use on 115 volt current, not 220-240v! At 97 ohms and 115v the wattage would around a much safer 140 watts. Still, nothing I would dare leave operating unattended.
Yes the lack of earth jumped to my mind as well. The thing is it can be safe if used carefully, not by morons. My dad used to have a mini one for use in a cup, keep his tea warm. Silly idea really. Did the microwave camera show any oddness, or the memory card?
Yes it's a worry, no insulation is perfect. Thats why i like an earth on everything that has a metal case. Those metal body touch lamps are a really bad idea, yes they work but metal without an earth :-(
John Ward tested it, and it seems to short to the metal tube. I have to check this as well :). My one also has a short circuit to the tube, but I thought that this only happens when it overheats.
for 2.27 amp that thing works for me, but that's 220v and we have 118v 120v in the US so this device would use 4.16amp, right? There isn't such things as a standard in all reality, they may call it 110 or 120, but it's all over the place. We have the same receptacles for 110~120v normal utilities as that water heater.
If you have a water heater that draws 2,27A from ~120 volts it needs 272W. If you plugged this heater into 240 volts, it would draw 1,09kW; so 4 times the nominal power, because the voltage and the current are double, so quadruple power
Nice soviet, ane czechoslavakian heter, we also produced it in poland, but now we dont produce anything. I belive that soviet, and other older are better, and safer, and i have old one, bigger polish 1kw, it works great, and it has got ground if i remember goodly.
Theres a thin heating wire that runs through the middle, then there is fine sand that us packed around it between the heater coil and the steel tubing.
@@jerryspann8713 I know that, it's filled with magnesium oxide which spreads the heat onto the metal case by the heating element (coil inside), but sometimes the resistive wire can get in contact with the case.
I had one too, when I was younger and a student with very little money available. It had a power consumption of 1KW and I always loved how quick the water was boiling.
With how red hot that gets reminds me of the three electric charcoal starters my grandpa had😂😂😂. First one he bought in 76, second one 84 third one 1991. One of them melted open and burnt out left it in charcoal for 25 minutes 😂😅😂
Photonicinduction is the kind of person who would do this experiment right on his carpet inside his house.
R.I.P photoninduction
Ghosty Cake he died
I hope he is ok!
What happened to him?
I know he's making experiments with high voltage, if 10MW shocked him to death, he won't make any videos.
5:45 "It Glowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwsssssssssssss"
Two uses of this device:
1)Heats water
2)Ignites fire
... Nice!
congrats for 69 likes
It's a "brilliant" (as in glowing) multi tool... a hammer, heater, and a fire-starter... tsk-tsk :D
naaaiiiiis XDD
It's soldering iron and water heater in one device
and glowstick 3in1
And firestarter 4 in 1
I'm out if ideas... 5 in 1
@@GrulbGL
torturing device 6 in 1
electric etcher 7 in 1
"It can very easily set you on fire. THAT'S NIIIIICE"
In USSR you had these very commonly, and there was also the bigger version at 1750 or even 2000 or 3000w. They were 30 cm long and you used those to heat tubs of water at a time. My grandma when she was young in 1950s she didn't have hot water heater in her house so before bath time she would fill the tub and immerse one or two of these huge heaters for 10 minutes and water would be nice and toasty.. God old times.. well, not so good.
Multipurpose device. Heats water, starts fire. Definitelly must have :-D
And soldering iron
It's a MultiTool.
My father had one of those back in the 80's. He would use it to make coffee when we went to the basement to get away from the rest of the family. They work really well.
A few days (maybe a week ago) I had this high current transformer I made and I used a bit of steel wire (maybe 1-1.5mm?) to make a heating element to light some pieces of wood on fire. A butane lighter wouldn't keep them alight, but the heating element worked so well.
6:24 It can very easily set you on fireee
*THATS'S NICEEEE*
That's amazing!!
5:44 It GLOOOWWWWWWWWWSSS! 😄
In fact, this sucker could be a perfect ignition device for Mythbusters! :D
John Ward has just done a similar video. On his the insulation broke down after first use so it's quite dodgy.
tmo72 dogee*
Ha ha ha... I was going to write it the same way !!!
I have to get another and do more tests of the insulation :). My one now has mains in the metal tube, but I thought that this only happens when you overheat it by running it in the air.
DiodeGoneWild - John Ward used a 500V / 1000V insulation tester (not that it managed to get to those test voltages, as the insulation was not good enough).
@@DiodeGoneWild their insulation just is hopeless. if was earthed it would trip rcd
I love your english ;-)
Don't be a dickhead...I doubt you speak English properly and I doubt even more you speak multiple languages......can't stand when people make fun of others at least trying and absolutely more so speaking proper English ....you sir are a fuckhead...plz post a video of yourself so we can properly criticize you....
ShinerBock2007,
Dude, chill, we're not hating on him. We love his particular accent!
Benjamin Esposti i think its a copy paste xD
@@ShinerBockGirlz - the only dickhead here is *YOU*
ShinerBock2007 stfu douchebag
I've seen 2 versions of those immersion heaters. One version has a thermal cut off fuse, that will open if you leave it plugged in without water. The other version has no thermal protection and will glow orange if left plugged in without water.
6:57 best moment
I just remembered, when i was a child didn't have any soldering iron. But there was this water heater in our shower. And i used this water heater to solder some wire with a speaker. It was the 1st soldering in my life... probably in 2001-2002...
And Nobody noticed 🙂
Wow! How did the solder joint turn out?
Haha, that ending. Probably you had fun writing with the water boiler :D
The rascal boy wrote it with his soldering iron !!!
Of course I had :)
The only problem is holding it with bare hands because it gets way to hot
@@DiodeGoneWild ❤️ DiodeGoneWild ❤️
Doctor : I have some bad news... You have AIDS
Him: THATS NICE
Him again: Let's measure how long i can live without medication
Philip Turner 6:24
I think Diode said that in an ironic way
I love Chinese products. They roughly do what you expect and are simplified to the max. So much so, they can be deliciously dangerous.
I love how he wrote his name on the piece of wood using the red hot dodgy water heater!
Home Alone door knob trap China Edition
Lol
I was just thinking that
Grampa’s red hot electric charcoal fire 🔥 sticks 🔥 😂😂😂
You should send a picture with the fire and the heater glowing to the seller :)
some soviet heaters had bakelite cover where cable goes inside, so its not so bad.
Brilliant demo.
To je docela dobrý. Dá se s tím uvařit káva a rozdělat oheň. 😃
Power does not have to be exaggerated. Resistance might drop with temperature depending on alloy or heating element. Ideally you would need to measure resistance at heating element operating temperature, which can be due to insulation well above 100°C.
He did measure current at the end and it was only slightly different.
The power of heating elements generally doesn't go up as they heat up. Most metals increase their resistance when hot, so the power goes down a bit.
The measured current was slightly higher than the calculated one, because the nominal voltage of the heater is 220V, but EU has 230V nominal and sometimes 240V actual voltage.
@@DiodeGoneWild Maybe they give you 800W due to the resistor tolerance and the maximum nominal voltage (250V) (considering the worst case possible). If you do the maths the resistance is a little bit less than 80 ohms (the current is 3.2A); this is the case if they're using a 100 ohms resistor (nominal value) with a tolerance +/- 20% and that is a possible explanation, considering that they try everything to sell making ridiculous prices.
They probably got that 800 Watts figure by using the peak mains voltage instead of RMS.
This device is perfect to turn on the barbecue !
it looks like whatever metallic coating is on it dissolved into the water; the water isn't very clear any more and the element isn't so shiny either. You might get a side order of heavy metal with your drink
Of course there is a fiiiiiire because you put it on wooooooooooodddd
He is a moron
This thing would be great as an electric bbq coal starter!
Amazing English, keep up the good work!
It's informative but I can't stop laughing at the presentation. Good stuff, dude
Just discovered your channel. You're crazy. I'm subscribed!!
I've seen them in the U.S. My parent's had one in the 70's. I don't know if it had protection or not.
Between 4:32 and 4:33 I saw a spark from the plug.
Me too!
so what
That happens everytime you unplug power intensive device like iron or space heater
So?
@@zUltra3D hahahah lol
@@zUltra3D what
Cool. So is that little "6" almost "B" symbol always the cyrillic character for voltage?
I wonder if this little guy would be an ideal element for a small reflow oven. It could probably work as a preheating device for crude SMD reworks too. The plastic and wire would obviously need to go.
-Jake
В in cyrillic is equal to V in latin, so i actually just means Volts :) The latin B in cyrillic looks like this Б or this б (upper vs. lowercase)
You would need to control the temperature or it will burn out.
B stands for volts in cyrillic. The B symbol is actually pronounced "V" in russian.
I think this element is going to fail quite soon. It's very poor quality and it's not designed to run in free air. I also forgot to say that after the experiment, the tube has mains in it! You probably should use something of a higher quality and also designed for free air operation.
Isnt there a version of these products (travel water heater) that is actually "NOT dodgy"?
Hi i have a question i have a mini Kentiger amplifier i got off ebay it says use a 12v 5 amp power supply i used a 12v 2 amp and i noticed when enhancing the volume it cuts out bad.. Is it because of the 12v 2amp power supply? Thanks!
Tá angličtina ma v počiatkoch odradila, ale už som ju vstrebal. Vynahradil ste to vedomosťami :-). Subscribed
Where is the "fire extinguisher" when you need it? Chilling in the cooler? 😜
3:34
In my county(Japan)
500W means AC100V 5A 50/60Hz.
I just noticed that the plug pins on this look like they're zinc plated (steel underneath?). Can you confirm (if you still have it)?
4:32 did you see that?
With those flat pronged plugs both those heaters seem to be intended for an American market and use on 115 volt current, not 220-240v! At 97 ohms and 115v the wattage would around a much safer 140 watts. Still, nothing I would dare leave operating unattended.
Use with 5 others to melt metal? No? Or wouldn't it work ?
Watching again I'm surprised it didn't burn out running dry.
Is this the new runforthecube?
Yes the lack of earth jumped to my mind as well.
The thing is it can be safe if used carefully, not by morons.
My dad used to have a mini one for use in a cup, keep his tea warm.
Silly idea really.
Did the microwave camera show any oddness, or the memory card?
they get low resistance to the metal too.
Yes it's a worry, no insulation is perfect.
Thats why i like an earth on everything that has a metal case.
Those metal body touch lamps are a really bad idea, yes they work but metal without an earth :-(
John Ward tested it, and it seems to short to the metal tube. I have to check this as well :). My one also has a short circuit to the tube, but I thought that this only happens when it overheats.
The microwaved camera didn't show any damage...
Im so supprised, all that r.f hitting coils in the camera, and generating voltages, ooow lol.
Did the insulation fail after it's been overheated?
Of course it did :). Now there's mains in the outer tube....
The Soviet Immersion Boiler probably was used as Torture Device in Gulags! 😂
That makes a great electric charcoal grill starter
It is very dodgy. -my favourite sentence.
Can you make a homemade battery using coins, aluminum and wet paper and test it?
Dávám like za tu čengličtinu! Taky mám výslovnost naprd :)
The resistance depends on the temperature.
Ty jsi čech ne? Jinak máš super videa
If I use it , could I drink the water
Or it used only for wash water
for 2.27 amp that thing works for me, but that's 220v and we have 118v 120v in the US so this device would use 4.16amp, right? There isn't such things as a standard in all reality, they may call it 110 or 120, but it's all over the place. We have the same receptacles for 110~120v normal utilities as that water heater.
www.rapidtables.com/calc/electric/ohms-law-calculator.html The wattage should be 1/4 of the video if plugged to 110V
If you have a water heater that draws 2,27A from ~120 volts it needs 272W. If you plugged this heater into 240 volts, it would draw 1,09kW; so 4 times the nominal power, because the voltage and the current are double, so quadruple power
And earthing is where?
Nice soviet, ane czechoslavakian heter, we also produced it in poland, but now we dont produce anything.
I belive that soviet, and other older are better, and safer, and i have old one, bigger polish 1kw, it works great, and it has got ground if i remember goodly.
This is the legendary Czechoslovak heater:
aukro.cz/ponorny-ohrivac-na-kavu-6931519292
It's grounded.
I'm not sure but wouldn't the resistance increase as it heats up, therefore use more power?
Less power.
Imagine someone drinking with non isolated one will being grounded.
6:00 can it solder 😁
It's not just a water heater, it's also a infrared heater! (as we can see in the video)
Resistance increases with increase in temperature you should have just measured current.
But why current is same when it's heated.
- he should have just measured current.... like he measured the current EVERY fucking time? DOH.
"It's can make fire! IT's nice! it's amazing" especially at your house when u go to sleep :P
This device is responsible for many dormitory fires.
More salt !!
That device seems scary to use at home
your English so good to hear.
I have a suggestion to create content to know the contents and how the Oppo vooc charger works
Water do not conduct current but ions in it conduct well.
I love you narrative and reviews! I became really paranoic after watching few 😱
to je prodlužka se zapíchnutým kusem železa
mnohem lepší než ten heater rovnou 240v do vody
every Soviet person had such a heater ( boiler)
Kvůli vám lituji času stráveného zbavováním se přízvuku
adapter probably was meant to be like "survival"
survival tools or something :D idk
When it is on water, it have minor resistance
Nice it has water heater and fire starter I love it
electric fire starter?
You plugged a water heater to a travel adapter
Your video is always interesting I learned a lot thank you sir
Nice vid bro!
Could I ask what sort of plug that is because I bought an FM transmitter from eBay and it has that sort of plug
Type A.
Great video that glowing travel water heater (immersion water boiler) burning a Wood.
Why is count chocula making these kinds of videos?
Who's crazy that it will leave that kind of device without unplugging after use.
Your pencils seem to write very well
I once found one of these at my aunt's house and plugged it in to see if it worked and the device literally exploded in my face.
That heating element with a metal case, doesn't have a ground wire, wtf?
Theres a thin heating wire that runs through the middle, then there is fine sand that us packed around it between the heater coil and the steel tubing.
@@jerryspann8713 I know that, it's filled with magnesium oxide which spreads the heat onto the metal case by the heating element (coil inside), but sometimes the resistive wire can get in contact with the case.
Poundland special clive?
No more 1000 degree knife
Only 9999 travel heater element boiler hot water coffee immersion 500w 220v adapter tool
This video is better with Firestarter by The Prodigy in the background :D
I have one, but it is grounded :)
I had one too, when I was younger and a student with very little money available. It had a power consumption of 1KW and I always loved how quick the water was boiling.
*groooooouuuuuunded
This heater is very popular in Mexico
Great video once again
When I saw the thumbnail i thought that it was a lightbulb
It kind of turned into a light bulb :).
@@DiodeGoneWild It also has a lighter function :D
Useful video 👍
Its not a dc to calculate like u times I. Where ir power factor?
The power factor is 1 for resistive loads like a heater.
With how red hot that gets reminds me of the three electric charcoal starters my grandpa had😂😂😂. First one he bought in 76, second one 84 third one 1991. One of them melted open and burnt out left it in charcoal for 25 minutes 😂😅😂
That cable is still ok for 2 amps