Very cool! Didn't even cross my mind that this was possible but it makes sense given the massive amount of energy lightning has. Now we know before the thunder.
Thanks Jake! What kicked off this project, was a massive lightning storm Seattle had three weeks ago. It was the largest electrical storm my area had ever seen - some 2000 ground strikes throughout the night. Usually we get a single bolt every two years. But anyways, yeah, lightning even puts off gamma radiation we recently found out. Insane stuff brother.
Wow it appears Jake started watching a channel that actually knows how to present a project without it looking like a four year old made it!!! Finally bro wtf
That is because of Crystal Resonance Spark Gap that people don't understand. However I do... I think it's time to end this holographic journey. ❤ you guys.
Dude honestly the quality of your builds is PRIME. I don't know how you even come up with such smart ideas and designs, it actually mind blowing. Good job, i could never think up such an in-depth thought-out design. Well done!
TRE, thank you so much! Honestly, i'm a perfectionist. I dont like building something that isnt both strong, functional, and beautiful. I have a huge dislike of glue, and prefer nuts and bolts because then the project is as strong as steel. I also love plexiglass.
@@PlasmaChannel Wow thats great! Most tutorials are not very good quality (hot glue, not very original, and sometimes not functional) and thats why i like this channel. Im very surprised you arent up at the top like TKOR.
I'm so glad I found your channel. Finally another person that's into electricity like myself. You have the focus capabilities that I do not have thus you provide excellent knowledge with explanations of these processes and how they work. Myself I just build trinkets without explanation...it just makes sense to me.
This is such a under rated channel. These kind of channels are why I started to work with electronics. I started 5 years ago when I was 13. My first project was a car that droves on air by propellers. Now 5 years later I am building teslacoils en all kind of high or low voltage projects. And I never get bored. My first tesla coil was your mini desktop teslacoil design😂 Great job Jay. Keep it up.👌
I really appreciate hearing from subscribers like you. Thank you for such kind words, and I'm really glad to hear i've helped inspire a love of physics.
I have received a large number of requests, actually. It just comes down to a time issue. I work a full time job, and film 5 nights a week, sometimes 6 for TH-cam. So, assembling kits / figuring out how to sell them has been delayed longer than i'd like! I definitely plan on it.
Another great video! Your Content is super interesting and your production quality is just insane. You got everything right. Please stay that way. You are awesome!
@@PlasmaChannel Great! Even more quality. I am really glad that there are people like you who actually take effort in making their videos. You may not upload too often, but that is absolutely no problem when you have just so insane quality. That is the reason why you are a favourite TH-camr. Please stay that way. Quality over quantity.
I built a storm detector. Almost identical. In addition to the LED for the visible effect, I added a buzzer for the hearing effect. Detects lightning from a distance some of 5 km/3miles. Frequency around 150-170kHz. I think in kHz. I confirm the beeps with a map showing lightning in the Internet and the sound of thunder outside the window. Works fine. :)
Thank you for this idea. I am a ham radio operator (LB5JG), and i need this device to warn me about close storms, so I have time to disconnect my antennas. I will definately build one or more of these. 73, Asle
Hi Asle, im honored you enjoyed my video. Seriously, this little device is incredible. It sits just off camera, on my little shelf of things i've built for this channel. It goes off every single time I experiment and make sparks. It is reliable. And battery lasts months / years.
Hey Jay, Congrats in advance for hitting 50k subs. I hope it turns 50millions. Those people who hasn't subscribed yet have no idea what they're missing out. Wish you all the good luck :) . . . That was an really AWESOME build as always :) I was quite surprised to see that it can detect those miniscule static discharges. I'm gonna build one for sure. . . . All the best wishes. And you stay classy :)
Tarun! As always, pleasure seeing you stop by. Can you recall....when did you start following my channel again? It was near the beginning right? Thanks for all your support, and I cant wait to hit 100k! (still a WAYS out)
@@PlasmaChannel I started following your channel near the end of 2017. That's what my TH-cam history tells me. LOL. I missed a whole year :( I'm glad I found your channel :)
This project is awesome, recently I have built a detector for electrostatic charges, I called it "Electrostatic Polarity Detector" - Polarity because thanks a CD4011 IC is able to distinguish positive charges from negative charges. Greetings from Italy!
Thank you so much! And, that is amazing. Do you mind sharing a video in this comment thread of it? I'd love to take a look. Greetings from Seattle, Washington!
Plasma Channel Yes, here the first vedeo: th-cam.com/video/eN964Dpc3hw/w-d-xo.html - and here a second video with the PCB: th-cam.com/video/4nS8xujHZT8/w-d-xo.html
@Plasma Channel...Your videos are aesthetically perfect. Sometimes they are very little explanatory and not everyone who watch your videos knows electronics. The materials you use, for your projects, are new. A major challenge and thinking about the environment, is to use recycled things. But I think, that will not be your case. But I like your channel, it have interesting things. Thanks for sharing.
I really appreciate you leaving such a detailed compliment. Thank you! My flaw is that I demand beauty out of anything I build. A messy build, a non- symmetrical build, or a build that is physically weak.... drives me mad. So I tend to use lots of nuts and bolts, acrylic, plastics, and use symmetry. Using recycled materials certainly would be worth investigating, as I too care about the environment. Cheers!
You can also do this with an am radio. Go to anywhere from 1-560 khz or as low as you can. You should hear a buzzing, popping noise every once and a while. Not all radios have this frequency range though. (also works best if the storm is right on top of your area or you can hear distant thunder)
Wouldnt work as good, a.m. has a lot of problems you can hear pretty much any crackling from nearby stations, which is why VLF radios are used they work on the same frequencies as your ear, but they listen to electromagnetic waves and not physical waves
I tried yesterday during a really bad storm, but with an old AM radio, similar to with the 3v Tesla cool experiment video, the sounds in the radios matched with the visible lightning in the clouds
Thanks for sharing this cool device ^.^ it can be used for statistical analysis of lightning occurrence of regions, relation between amount of lightnings and rain, it can be upgraded to show intensity of lightnings too. There are so many fields this device can be worked even for ghost detecting :D
A string of dollar tree blue LED lights left in the on position that have a drained battery will glow faintly when a severe storm is approaching. Found this out by accident while living in Missouri having some dead decorations from a holiday in our kitchen. The string became a bit of a storm detector for us.
I ran across the circuit you're using a few years ago and used it as the basis for an msp430 opto-isolated shutter release to take photos of lightening strikes. However, all of the storms I've been in since have been far too close (a few hundred feet - absolutely terrifying - to only 2 - 4 miles) which would be unsafe condions for me and my camera. So, still a work in progress.
Great video. I would like to see the triggering connected to a data recording instrument of some kind. On pc or external. Lightning apps for the phone do well to show strikes, how far, when and even a expanding ring like a shock wave showing about when you should expect to hear it if close enough in the first place.
You can't say how far away the lightning is because its power is a gaussian probability, time is also not possible because you don't have the time of discharge
You'd probably have to have multiple stations scattered wide and far to triangulate a lightning strike. Probably could be handled with a Raspberry Pi and one of these lightning detectors tied to the GPIO pin, then multiple detectors could cooperate on a strike, or at least that's the idea
made this kind of circuit in my bachelor thesis but with a 4 antenna-array for localization of partial discharges which are in a way equal to lightnings
A cool project would be to have 4 cameras looking into 4 directions on the roof. They would film everything all the time, and when the detector detects a lighting they would save last 2 seconds of the video on say like a raspberry pi. Then you can theoretically have awsome shots of lighting. Also could add some machine learning to delete any video without one and mabey email you the ones that have got them.
Go for it! Glad you enjoyed! All that I ask is that if you release the exact 3D printed version of this to the public, please make it slightly different.
I’m honored to have as many views as I already get. More, would indeed be nicer though! Feel free to share this video online if you think it is shareworthy!
Thanks for the informative video. I have an earthing wire going from lightning arrestor on my roof to ground where earthing plate is placed. How can I build a simple circuit to detect the lightning strikes that have been attracted on the lightning arrestor on my roof. I do not want to see the other nearby lightning strikes. Appreciate something cool on this please.
Here's an idea of how to do it, very similar to what is shown in the video: You can build a simple circuit that safely monitors the current flowing through the earthing wire. This method involves using an inductive pickup coil wrapped around the earthing wire to detect the high current pulse generated during a lightning strike. The sensing coil, made by tightly winding about 20 turns of insulated copper wire around the earthing wire, detects the magnetic field generated by the surge of current when lightning strikes your arrestor. It is crucial that the coil has no direct electrical contact with the earthing wire for safety and to prevent interference. The induced voltage across the coil due to electromagnetic induction during a lightning strike can be harnessed for detection. To protect subsequent electronic components from the high voltage that may be induced in the coil, a protection circuit is necessary. This circuit includes resistors forming a voltage divider to reduce the induced voltage, a transient voltage suppression (TVS) diode or a Zener diode to clamp voltage spikes to a safe level (such as 5.1V), and a capacitor to filter out high-frequency noise and smooth the signal. This protection circuit ensures that the voltage reaching the detection components is within safe operating limits. For signal conditioning and detection, a comparator or Schmitt trigger integrated circuit (such as an LM393) can be used. The comparator detects when the conditioned signal exceeds a predefined threshold, which is set slightly above the normal noise level but below the expected induced voltage during a lightning strike. When the induced voltage surpasses this threshold, the comparator outputs a digital high signal, indicating a lightning strike has been detected. An indicator circuit can be connected to the output of the comparator to provide immediate visual feedback. This can be as simple as an LED connected through a current-limiting resistor, which lights up when a lightning strike is detected. To maintain the indication until it can be manually reset, an optional storage element like a flip-flop or latching relay can be included in the circuit. To build this circuit, you will need materials such as insulated copper wire for the coil, resistors, a capacitor, a TVS diode or Zener diode, a comparator IC, an LED, a power supply (e.g., 5V DC), and optionally a flip-flop IC for latching the indicator state. Begin by constructing the sensing coil, winding about 20 turns of insulated copper wire around the earthing wire and securing it without allowing any direct electrical contact. Assemble the protection circuit by connecting one end of the coil to a resistor and the other end to ground, placing the TVS diode and capacitor across the coil ends to clamp voltage spikes and filter the signal. Next, set up the signal conditioning and detection by connecting the output from the protection circuit to the non-inverting input of the comparator, setting a reference voltage on the inverting input, and powering the IC with a 5V supply. Connect the indicator circuit by attaching the output of the comparator to the LED through a current-limiting resistor, and include a flip-flop if latching functionality is desired. Test and calibrate the circuit by simulating a pulse and adjusting the threshold voltage to prevent false triggers, ensuring that the LED lights up only when the induced voltage exceeds the set threshold. Finally, install the circuit in a non-conductive, weatherproof enclosure mounted near the earthing wire but at a safe distance. Consult with a pro if unsure about something. Good luck!
Hi Kian! You certainly can build one on your channel. I only request that if you 3D print it, that you do not release the exact 3D file public. Cheers!
Auhauhauh good one Mister Russell I think that he uses sacred geometry and one caduceus to do The arch of alliance should be power of it. Im kinda kidding and kinda believe in sacred geometry Pyramidal form heals me. Just works. I believe it
Thank you. Thats a great question. Honestly, I have too many! My mini Van De Graff generator build, lightning tower build, my large voltage multiplier, and my large tesla coil (featured in many videos) are at the top of the list!
I am in love! I am so going to build this after I am done with my Tesla Coil projects! Can it detect Tesla Coil discharges. Can you install a car antenna to increase the distance that it can detect lightning?
Very niceee And what about one ozone tracker Or ions tracker? They can show how can be efficient your hand sanitizer or how many ozone or ions have in the room Something like that should be useful to don't make lungs damage or i don't know if alot of anions are dangerous hauhauh Minions are funny, but anions i don't know uhauhauh I know that they are good to healt And they are created in storms too
Woah cool. I also try something like this but with loop antenna to test magnetic direction finding method. I do not really into this on knowledge but I have to try for my project. I try some random multi turn loop of wire and I pick some signal from the spark (air gap impulse breakdown). But the thing is, it's not like from the theory where the antenna should give maximum output from a specific angle to the spark. but rather the angle give me no relation to the output.. it's just random. I can't check the directivity of my loop. Why do you think this happen? Is it because "near field"? Or maybe because the signal reflection due to small room? Or maybe the loop is just not a 'good enough' designed to see 'loop antenna directivity' Sry for bad English. But anyway. Great video!
I know that it is a little crazy and tricky but I actually tried that and was able to shoot plasma for 2 inches and thought you are really better than me that is why you can do it in a more professional way
I know that it is basically a ionic thruster but I used electromagnet to push the plasma away and unlike ionic thruster which only moves away air,the design I used shoots real plasma
FIne, fine video! Where can I get schematics/parts sources/kits(?? maybe??) for the other four goodies you showed towards the end of the video?? Definitely keep up the good work!
Thank you Ed! I plan to produce kits for all the DIY builds on my channel, in time. My only problem is time. I dont have much time to individually sell and assemble the kits - so if I could find a third-party entity to store the parts, assemble the kits, and I sell them, that would be amazing.
this seems a bit to sensitive to be a "lightning" detector but it could still be interesting to use it to find sources of static all over the place - who knows amber is known to be a bit staticy so perhaps it's possible to use it to find amber in a forest or magnetic rocks on a mountaintop using this or even better it could help stop gas station fires caused by static though once again it would need to be a bit less sensitive.
@@PlasmaChannel yeah I don't know a thing about electricity and lack materials so I don't dare attempt any of these but I do wonder with the fact plasma ionizes air despite strong bonds if it could be used to break not only nitrogen bonds but also vaporized silicon dioxide bonds or heat resistant prions? if so plasma has a lot more use than I thought though right now Im spending most of my time researching the time distorting effects of gravitational feilds like those of a black hole to see if theoretically waste energy we don't use (like from distant stars) could be transported to the future via light reflecting from mirrors to deal with the inevitable loss of heat from the universe over time
Hey Michael, always great seeing your comments! Yeah man, this little circuit is so cool. I didn't film HALF the stuff that triggers it. I took my clothes out of the drier, and that static set it off. It's currently pouring here in Seattle - i'm hoping for some lightning tonight so I can test the thing.
@@PlasmaChannel I may take a look at it making one. I really want to do some of these insulated Rod experiments. But really have no super safe way of knowing if charge is dangerous. In the meantime I've just been doing silly little electostatic stuff. Posted this on my Instagram with no commentary, beard and comb bending water instagram.com/p/B1nCdHgAfxK/
Very nice video. I wish more youtube videos were as professionally done! However I notice the circuit you built is different from the referenced schematic. Any comment?
Very cool! Didn't even cross my mind that this was possible but it makes sense given the massive amount of energy lightning has. Now we know before the thunder.
Thanks Jake! What kicked off this project, was a massive lightning storm Seattle had three weeks ago. It was the largest electrical storm my area had ever seen - some 2000 ground strikes throughout the night. Usually we get a single bolt every two years. But anyways, yeah, lightning even puts off gamma radiation we recently found out. Insane stuff brother.
Wow it appears Jake started watching a channel that actually knows how to present a project without it looking like a four year old made it!!! Finally bro wtf
Awesome 👏 video! Sleepless in Seattle.
@@PlasmaChannel lightning= arc mode plasma
That is because of Crystal Resonance Spark Gap that people don't understand. However I do... I think it's time to end this holographic journey. ❤ you guys.
Thank you Johnathon.
Thank you Jay.
Gareth, I am honored you enjoyed my content.
@@PlasmaChannel Its deserved.
@@PlasmaChannel what you bring to the world Jay is light. I applaud You.
Thank you both.
I just noticed, it's relaxing to watch your videos; you have very tight editing!
Hey Dayton, Thanks! Editing is more fun that the shooting in my opinion!
I agree with you Dayton.
Dude honestly the quality of your builds is PRIME. I don't know how you even come up with such smart ideas and designs, it actually mind blowing. Good job, i could never think up such an in-depth thought-out design. Well done!
TRE, thank you so much! Honestly, i'm a perfectionist. I dont like building something that isnt both strong, functional, and beautiful. I have a huge dislike of glue, and prefer nuts and bolts because then the project is as strong as steel. I also love plexiglass.
@@PlasmaChannel Wow thats great! Most tutorials are not very good quality (hot glue, not very original, and sometimes not functional) and thats why i like this channel. Im very surprised you arent up at the top like TKOR.
I'm so glad I found your channel. Finally another person that's into electricity like myself. You have the focus capabilities that I do not have thus you provide excellent knowledge with explanations of these processes and how they work. Myself I just build trinkets without explanation...it just makes sense to me.
Cheers, Derek!
Would love love love to see a part 2 for this!
This is such a under rated channel. These kind of channels are why I started to work with electronics.
I started 5 years ago when I was 13. My first project was a car that droves on air by propellers. Now 5 years later I am building teslacoils en all kind of high or low voltage projects. And I never get bored. My first tesla coil was your mini desktop teslacoil design😂
Great job Jay. Keep it up.👌
car with a propeller on it is legend
I really appreciate hearing from subscribers like you. Thank you for such kind words, and I'm really glad to hear i've helped inspire a love of physics.
I am sure I’m not the only one who would love to buy some parts-kits to assemble those builts of yours.
I have received a large number of requests, actually. It just comes down to a time issue. I work a full time job, and film 5 nights a week, sometimes 6 for TH-cam. So, assembling kits / figuring out how to sell them has been delayed longer than i'd like! I definitely plan on it.
@@PlasmaChannel I'm really curious what your full time job is. Can you tell us?
@@nigel-matthews He puts the labels on cans of slug poison. My best friend, growing up, also had that job for awhile.
This is the best video I have ever seen
I guess all of my videos are the best you’ve ever seen? Thanks!
Another great video! Your Content is super interesting and your production quality is just insane. You got everything right. Please stay that way. You are awesome!
Aw, thanks man! I'm getting a new camera soon, so hopefully the video quality will go up, too
@@PlasmaChannel Great! Even more quality. I am really glad that there are people like you who actually take effort in making their videos. You may not upload too often, but that is absolutely no problem when you have just so insane quality. That is the reason why you are a favourite TH-camr. Please stay that way. Quality over quantity.
I built a storm detector. Almost identical. In addition to the LED for the visible effect, I added a buzzer for the hearing effect. Detects lightning from a distance some of 5 km/3miles. Frequency around 150-170kHz. I think in kHz. I confirm the beeps with a map showing lightning in the Internet and the sound of thunder outside the window. Works fine. :)
Thank you for this idea. I am a ham radio operator (LB5JG), and i need this device to warn me about close storms, so I have time to disconnect my antennas. I will definately build one or more of these. 73, Asle
Hi Asle, im honored you enjoyed my video. Seriously, this little device is incredible. It sits just off camera, on my little shelf of things i've built for this channel. It goes off every single time I experiment and make sparks. It is reliable. And battery lasts months / years.
The lightning is like: And I would've gotten away with it too if not for those meddling kids
Those meddling kids!
Great video as usual Jay! Really blew my mind when flashed upon leaving your seat!
I brought it to work, and accidentally discovered that. I had so much fun shooting that little scene!
Hey Jay, Congrats in advance for hitting 50k subs. I hope it turns 50millions. Those people who hasn't subscribed yet have no idea what they're missing out. Wish you all the good luck :)
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That was an really AWESOME build as always :)
I was quite surprised to see that it can detect those miniscule static discharges. I'm gonna build one for sure.
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All the best wishes.
And you stay classy :)
Tarun! As always, pleasure seeing you stop by. Can you recall....when did you start following my channel again? It was near the beginning right? Thanks for all your support, and I cant wait to hit 100k! (still a WAYS out)
@@PlasmaChannel I started following your channel near the end of 2017. That's what my TH-cam history tells me. LOL.
I missed a whole year :(
I'm glad I found your channel :)
This project is awesome, recently I have built a detector for electrostatic charges, I called it "Electrostatic Polarity Detector" - Polarity because thanks a CD4011 IC is able to distinguish positive charges from negative charges. Greetings from Italy!
Thank you so much! And, that is amazing. Do you mind sharing a video in this comment thread of it? I'd love to take a look.
Greetings from Seattle, Washington!
Plasma Channel Yes, here the first vedeo: th-cam.com/video/eN964Dpc3hw/w-d-xo.html - and here a second video with the PCB: th-cam.com/video/4nS8xujHZT8/w-d-xo.html
Awesome bro !!!
Thanks ✌️
Thank you, I want to make one now. Thank you Jay and Johnathan!
I am honored you enjoyed my video! If the video is shareworthy, share away.
Awesome as usual! Thanks Johnathon!
Cheers, Rob. Thanks for watching.
@Plasma Channel...Your videos are aesthetically perfect. Sometimes they are very little explanatory and not everyone who watch your videos knows electronics. The materials you use, for your projects, are new. A major challenge and thinking about the environment, is to use recycled things. But I think, that will not be your case. But I like your channel, it have interesting things. Thanks for sharing.
I really appreciate you leaving such a detailed compliment. Thank you! My flaw is that I demand beauty out of anything I build. A messy build, a non- symmetrical build, or a build that is physically weak.... drives me mad. So I tend to use lots of nuts and bolts, acrylic, plastics, and use symmetry. Using recycled materials certainly would be worth investigating, as I too care about the environment. Cheers!
Awesome work as always.
Thanks Fred!
Plasma Channel Truly love your explanation. Very simple, broken down and very clear straightforward.
Cool Build 👍👍😊
I appreciate it, thanks
His creations are classy
I appreciate that!
You can also do this with an am radio. Go to anywhere from 1-560 khz or as low as you can. You should hear a buzzing, popping noise every once and a while. Not all radios have this frequency range though. (also works best if the storm is right on top of your area or you can hear distant thunder)
Wouldnt work as good, a.m. has a lot of problems you can hear pretty much any crackling from nearby stations, which is why VLF radios are used they work on the same frequencies as your ear, but they listen to electromagnetic waves and not physical waves
Good to see a new video from you.
It took a while, as I was beginning to film my next video at the same time.
Works like Heinrich Hertz from your last show about Hertz, great video Jay!
Thanks Jeff!
So he never followed up on this..... Awesome! 5 years and buried!
Absolutely amazing
Love your videos ♥️
Thank you
Awesome video J and thank you John
Hi Jordan, thanks for the compliments.
Can't wait for the next video
Comments like that are what I love to hear. Hint: I've already begun filming the next viddy!
Loved the Video! Can't wait to build one.
The man himself! If you read through the comments, viewers are happy to thank you for your video selection. Job well done, Celgara.
@@PlasmaChannel Thanks Jay, I'm Glad the video was a huge Success. Thank you everyone for Supporting Jay and growing his channel
Nice job! As always .
Thanks Carlos. I appreciate that sentiment!
@@PlasmaChannel ✌✌
Hello Jay, I can’t wait to see upgraded version , Please made another powerful version
Super knowledge bro I love it☺👌👍👍👍👍👍👌
Thanks!
I tried yesterday during a really bad storm, but with an old AM radio, similar to with the 3v Tesla cool experiment video, the sounds in the radios matched with the visible lightning in the clouds
Thats awesome. I love hearing science working as expected. Super cool.
Thanks for sharing this cool device ^.^ it can be used for statistical analysis of lightning occurrence of regions, relation between amount of lightnings and rain, it can be upgraded to show intensity of lightnings too. There are so many fields this device can be worked even for ghost detecting :D
While i'm skeptical about the last part - spot on for the rest! I'm honored you enjoyed my viddy - if it's shareworthy, share away!
such a great quality!!
Thank you!
Nice & simple !! Thank you Jay !
I can only hope that my videos are simple enough to follow, yet have enough information in them that you walk away learning something. Cheers!
Nice! Add a way for it to send an SMS or email when it detects valid lightening (not local static triggers) and I would love to build one!
Nice 👍
Thank you David
A piezo igniter will set it off too. With a long piece of wire connected to it, 3-4m can be achieved.
A string of dollar tree blue LED lights left in the on position that have a drained battery will glow faintly when a severe storm is approaching. Found this out by accident while living in Missouri having some dead decorations from a holiday in our kitchen. The string became a bit of a storm detector for us.
awesome vedio.. very informative
thank you johnathon
thank you jay
I appreciate you commenting, and watching.
I ran across the circuit you're using a few years ago and used it as the basis for an msp430 opto-isolated shutter release to take photos of lightening strikes. However, all of the storms I've been in since have been far too close (a few hundred feet - absolutely terrifying - to only 2 - 4 miles) which would be unsafe condions for me and my camera. So, still a work in progress.
Hi Robert. I am glad to hear you've had such success with this circuit. Pretty cool to hear about your encounter.
It is very sensitive, Thanks Jay !
I'm honored you enjoyed my content.
Damn this is super cool, thanks for the video :)
I'm honored you enjoyed! If this viddy is shareworthy, share away.
good very interesting
Glad you think so!
Great video. I would like to see the triggering connected to a data recording instrument of some kind. On pc or external. Lightning apps for the phone do well to show strikes, how far, when and even a expanding ring like a shock wave showing about when you should expect to hear it if close enough in the first place.
Thanks Ramius. I plan to connect this up to something much cooler in my opinion!
You can't say how far away the lightning is because its power is a gaussian probability, time is also not possible because you don't have the time of discharge
You'd probably have to have multiple stations scattered wide and far to triangulate a lightning strike. Probably could be handled with a Raspberry Pi and one of these lightning detectors tied to the GPIO pin, then multiple detectors could cooperate on a strike, or at least that's the idea
Such good quality content
I love hearing that. Thanks!
made this kind of circuit in my bachelor thesis but with a 4 antenna-array for localization of partial discharges which are in a way equal to lightnings
Thats pretty cool. How sensitive was it?
A cool project would be to have 4 cameras looking into 4 directions on the roof. They would film everything all the time, and when the detector detects a lighting they would save last 2 seconds of the video on say like a raspberry pi. Then you can theoretically have awsome shots of lighting. Also could add some machine learning to delete any video without one and mabey email you the ones that have got them.
That sounds 1) awesome 2)potentially out of my expertise. I do not specialize in computer programming. One heck of an idea though!
That's so cool! I should try to built it soon!
It took me the better part of a day, but its really cool! Parts are in the description.
Another great video Jay... well done.... I'm looking forward to the follow-up...
Thank you so much!
That's Awesome 😯👍👍👍
Cheers! glad you enjoyed
Jay, the parts list is nice but you should consider selling this as a kit with a PCB.
im gonna bring it to the whole home lights circuit :D
Haha, this little circuit only powers a small LED
Nice and interesting! Thank you both!
I'm really glad you enjoyed!
Really enjoy this to the point where I'm going to make one myself and 3D printer case for it. I also will be designing the case as well.
Go for it! Glad you enjoyed! All that I ask is that if you release the exact 3D printed version of this to the public, please make it slightly different.
Can you make a video with the detector and the spark gap transmitter and sending morse code?
Amazing video, I love plasma, I love your work❤️❤️❤️...
Thanks! Always be safe, but always, explore, create, and build.
Honestly as a kid, I just used an AM radio. Any kind of lightning for hundreds of miles would cause pops. Closer would = louder.
Thank u Jonathan
Thank u "J".
We may never know. Is it J, Jae, Jay, Jai, Jaye?
Damn I love your videos, and I always wonder why do they have only few views?
I’m honored to have as many views as I already get. More, would indeed be nicer though! Feel free to share this video online if you think it is shareworthy!
Surely it is! Masterpiece!
I am a big fan of Charles Wenzel who designed the circuit! ♥️♥️♥️
Thanks Johnathan
Thanks for the informative video. I have an earthing wire going from lightning arrestor on my roof to ground where earthing plate is placed. How can I build a simple circuit to detect the lightning strikes that have been attracted on the lightning arrestor on my roof. I do not want to see the other nearby lightning strikes. Appreciate something cool on this please.
Here's an idea of how to do it, very similar to what is shown in the video:
You can build a simple circuit that safely monitors the current flowing through the earthing wire. This method involves using an inductive pickup coil wrapped around the earthing wire to detect the high current pulse generated during a lightning strike. The sensing coil, made by tightly winding about 20 turns of insulated copper wire around the earthing wire, detects the magnetic field generated by the surge of current when lightning strikes your arrestor. It is crucial that the coil has no direct electrical contact with the earthing wire for safety and to prevent interference.
The induced voltage across the coil due to electromagnetic induction during a lightning strike can be harnessed for detection. To protect subsequent electronic components from the high voltage that may be induced in the coil, a protection circuit is necessary. This circuit includes resistors forming a voltage divider to reduce the induced voltage, a transient voltage suppression (TVS) diode or a Zener diode to clamp voltage spikes to a safe level (such as 5.1V), and a capacitor to filter out high-frequency noise and smooth the signal. This protection circuit ensures that the voltage reaching the detection components is within safe operating limits.
For signal conditioning and detection, a comparator or Schmitt trigger integrated circuit (such as an LM393) can be used. The comparator detects when the conditioned signal exceeds a predefined threshold, which is set slightly above the normal noise level but below the expected induced voltage during a lightning strike. When the induced voltage surpasses this threshold, the comparator outputs a digital high signal, indicating a lightning strike has been detected.
An indicator circuit can be connected to the output of the comparator to provide immediate visual feedback. This can be as simple as an LED connected through a current-limiting resistor, which lights up when a lightning strike is detected. To maintain the indication until it can be manually reset, an optional storage element like a flip-flop or latching relay can be included in the circuit.
To build this circuit, you will need materials such as insulated copper wire for the coil, resistors, a capacitor, a TVS diode or Zener diode, a comparator IC, an LED, a power supply (e.g., 5V DC), and optionally a flip-flop IC for latching the indicator state. Begin by constructing the sensing coil, winding about 20 turns of insulated copper wire around the earthing wire and securing it without allowing any direct electrical contact. Assemble the protection circuit by connecting one end of the coil to a resistor and the other end to ground, placing the TVS diode and capacitor across the coil ends to clamp voltage spikes and filter the signal.
Next, set up the signal conditioning and detection by connecting the output from the protection circuit to the non-inverting input of the comparator, setting a reference voltage on the inverting input, and powering the IC with a 5V supply. Connect the indicator circuit by attaching the output of the comparator to the LED through a current-limiting resistor, and include a flip-flop if latching functionality is desired. Test and calibrate the circuit by simulating a pulse and adjusting the threshold voltage to prevent false triggers, ensuring that the LED lights up only when the induced voltage exceeds the set threshold.
Finally, install the circuit in a non-conductive, weatherproof enclosure mounted near the earthing wire but at a safe distance.
Consult with a pro if unsure about something. Good luck!
@@drhxamany thanks for your detailed response. Much appreciated. It will surely help me to build what I wanted.
Now I want to see your video on telleric waves.
Any chance for updated parts lists? Not that I couldn't find alternatives, just like to support by buying through your links.
Nice video sir
Thank you
I need this :o
Also, where's the follow up vid?
And are there any other ways to detect storms?
Nice video jay... Greetings from an old subscriber 🥳
Hey Franci. Cheers!
Interesting video. Did you ever do the followup enhanced version or video?
Amazing!
This is nice one! is it okay if I build one on my channel? I will put credits in place !
Thank you and Jonathan for sharing this!
Hi Kian! You certainly can build one on your channel. I only request that if you 3D print it, that you do not release the exact 3D file public. Cheers!
@@PlasmaChannel No problem!
Thanks Jonathan!! I was wondering is there a way to build up enough negative energy to part a small lake like mosses did with his rod from the gods?
In fact, I aim to shoot a video about just that. I is likely impossible with a full lake. A small puddle - possible.
Auhauhauh good one Mister Russell
I think that he uses sacred geometry and one caduceus to do
The arch of alliance should be power of it.
Im kinda kidding and kinda believe in sacred geometry
Pyramidal form heals me. Just works. I believe it
Awesome video as always. What is your favorite project you have done over the years and what are you excited about doing in the future?
Thank you. Thats a great question. Honestly, I have too many! My mini Van De Graff generator build, lightning tower build, my large voltage multiplier, and my large tesla coil (featured in many videos) are at the top of the list!
I am in love! I am so going to build this after I am done with my Tesla Coil projects! Can it detect Tesla Coil discharges. Can you install a car antenna to increase the distance that it can detect lightning?
Very niceee
And what about one ozone tracker
Or ions tracker?
They can show how can be efficient your hand sanitizer or how many ozone or ions have in the room
Something like that should be useful to don't make lungs damage or i don't know if alot of anions are dangerous hauhauh
Minions are funny, but anions i don't know uhauhauh
I know that they are good to healt
And they are created in storms too
No big deal, but the film of 1894 Russia is actually 1906 San Francisco - about a month before the earthquake (if memory serves).
Hey, good on you. I think you're right. I tried to find historic film that was close to my timeframe, and was legal to use in my video.
Woah cool. I also try something like this but with loop antenna to test magnetic direction finding method. I do not really into this on knowledge but I have to try for my project.
I try some random multi turn loop of wire and I pick some signal from the spark (air gap impulse breakdown). But the thing is, it's not like from the theory where the antenna should give maximum output from a specific angle to the spark.
but rather the angle give me no relation to the output.. it's just random. I can't check the directivity of my loop.
Why do you think this happen? Is it because "near field"? Or maybe because the signal reflection due to small room? Or maybe the loop is just not a 'good enough' designed to see 'loop antenna directivity'
Sry for bad English. But anyway. Great video!
Monster energy 😎
Every. Day.
I don't understand why do your channel don't have 1 m sub
Hey danish, you can help by sharing these videos on Reddit or other social media. Cheers!
@@PlasmaChannel I am sharing your videos
Hey J sorry for disturbing but I think that you should try to make a plasma shooter which can shoot plasma to at least 6 inches long
I know that it is a little crazy and tricky but I actually tried that and was able to shoot plasma for 2 inches and thought you are really better than me that is why you can do it in a more professional way
I know that it is basically a ionic thruster but I used electromagnet to push the plasma away and unlike ionic thruster which only moves away air,the design I used shoots real plasma
But I like using a cheep AM radio, I like to *hear* the crashes. Also you can use an LM386 op-amp and a few parts to make a basic AM radio.
FIne, fine video! Where can I get schematics/parts sources/kits(?? maybe??) for the other four goodies you showed towards the end of the video?? Definitely keep up the good work!
Thank you Ed! I plan to produce kits for all the DIY builds on my channel, in time. My only problem is time. I dont have much time to individually sell and assemble the kits - so if I could find a third-party entity to store the parts, assemble the kits, and I sell them, that would be amazing.
Very cool
Cheers, honored you enjoyed
Would you please teach us how you get the items to build up such diy projects
go to digikey
this seems a bit to sensitive to be a "lightning" detector but it could still be interesting to use it to find sources of static all over the place - who knows amber is known to be a bit staticy so perhaps it's possible to use it to find amber in a forest or magnetic rocks on a mountaintop using this or even better it could help stop gas station fires caused by static though once again it would need to be a bit less sensitive.
For small static shocks, this is perfect actually. You can also tune it's sensitivity using the potentiometer on the circuit board.
@@PlasmaChannel yeah I don't know a thing about electricity and lack materials so I don't dare attempt any of these but I do wonder with the fact plasma ionizes air despite strong bonds if it could be used to break not only nitrogen bonds but also vaporized silicon dioxide bonds or heat resistant prions? if so plasma has a lot more use than I thought though right now Im spending most of my time researching the time distorting effects of gravitational feilds like those of a black hole to see if theoretically waste energy we don't use
(like from distant stars) could be transported to the future via light reflecting from mirrors to deal with the inevitable loss of heat from the universe over time
Wow awesome bro
Always 1 question
Can it attrack the lighting of sky ..? If can then what will happen to that circuit 😢?
It will not attract lightning, at all. This is a detector.
You can just do the same using a longwave radio. Of course, then you have to creatively interpret the audio crackling.
This guy is obsessed with Enclosers 😌
Man, you bet I am!
That is fantastic to see you'v made a long-range electrostatic detector.
Hey Michael, always great seeing your comments! Yeah man, this little circuit is so cool. I didn't film HALF the stuff that triggers it. I took my clothes out of the drier, and that static set it off. It's currently pouring here in Seattle - i'm hoping for some lightning tonight so I can test the thing.
@@PlasmaChannel I may take a look at it making one. I really want to do some of these insulated Rod experiments. But really have no super safe way of knowing if charge is dangerous. In the meantime I've just been doing silly little electostatic stuff. Posted this on my Instagram with no commentary, beard and comb bending water instagram.com/p/B1nCdHgAfxK/
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss do a DIY video on your big tesla coil
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes If that’s not enough “yes” I don’t know what is.
he did go to his videos
Study Charles Proteus Steinmet, Oliver Heaviside, and J.J. Thomson before you build a "Tesla coil" and learn what it's purpose is.
Hi, i've done one tesla coil build viddy - my larger tesla coil is built the exact same, just larger!
Very nice video. I wish more youtube videos were as professionally done! However I notice the circuit you built is different from the referenced schematic. Any comment?
Can I buy this from plasma channel Mr j , isn't it
amazing
First time it lit up, I lost my head. This stuff is so cool to me.
1:17 is this vid low key sponsored by monster energy? lol
Awesome it is cool..... 👏✊👍
Crazy stuff huh?
maybe the LED could be replaced with a piezo speaker so it buzzes whenever there is a lightning strike
Very very cool!! Don't have the board design? thanksssssssssssss!!!
Thanks! So glad you enjoyed