Your channel is brilliant, my grandson (7) and I watch it all the time, and we do some of them. My only (minor) complaint is that I wish you showed the circuit diagram, even if briefly (as ElectroBOOM does), so we can more easily copy it.
Just by glancing at it i'm pretty sure this is a Cockroft-Walton voltage multiplier : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockcroft-Walton_generator Here's an excellent explanation of the circuit, courtesy of EEV blog : th-cam.com/video/ep3D_LC2UzU/w-d-xo.html
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I finally built one of these. Using 12 20kV capacitors and diodes. My power source is one of those mini 20kV transformers and boy oh boy does this thing put on one hell of a show. I will most likely build a fusor around it.
they will come dude. i have been observing the progress of these kinds of channels since the beginning of youtube and i predict you will see a slow steady trickle of new subs that over the long run will prove to be a very loyal audience.
One thing: to ensure longevity of the lighter, don’t use it for more than 10 seconds at a time. Those lighters are not designed for continuous use or their internals fry.
I building a small 8 stage one with my 5ma diodes and gonna build the full 12stage with the 100ma, i’m using paraffin wax to seal the bottom to prevent leaks
What you built was a Walton-Cockroft voltage multiplier. Multiplier is a misnomer, it's actually a voltage adder - it increases the offset of the AC waveform by the voltage of the primary source at each stage.
As always, a fantastic job. I love the way you present your builds and experiments. I forsee many school science projects inspired by your work. Well done Jay, your are a champion.
Being a (sometimes between jobs?) actor really does have some benefits. As an Electronics/IT R&D Engineer, I just don't have the time to do all the fun High Voltage ⚡⚡⚡ things that I used to do as a teen.
Every voltage multiplier has a dedicated ground. It’s one of the input wires. I’d recommend googling voltage multiplier schematic to reference which wire will be your ground.
@@OriginalXfyre instead of sparkgap you can also use GDT's (Gas Discharge Tubes) they are more predicable+safer and can be put in series. for the ground question en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_multiplier
I have built one of these lightning towers and powered it from an arc lighter DIY module which outputs 3-5 kV from 3-5 VDC input. The DIY module seems to be able to accept up to about 12 VDC for an even higher output to feed to the tower. I won't go much higher because the secondary windings of the small transformer might not be able to take much higher potential across them. Now, I'm planning to build a second one of these lightning towers. If you draw out the schematic to the lightning tower you will notice that you can mount the diodes in one of two ways. My first tower has the diode polarity such that it conducts negative voltage up the diode ladder resulting in a large negative DC voltage at the top load. I plan to build my second one with the diodes mounted in the opposite direction up the ladder to create a large positive DC voltage at the top load. Then if I common the ground points of the two towers I should end up with -60 kV at the top of one tower and +60 kV at the top of the other for a net potential difference of 120 kV between the two top loads. It should be possible to generate some pretty good sparks between the two top loads of the two towers. Not quite the 400 kV of the giant tower in the other Plasma Channel video but pretty good. Oh, by the way, I dripped some paraffin wax on the solder joints on the back of my first lightning tower to reduce corona losses from those. It's hard to eliminate all sharp points from the leads of the components. The paraffin insulates those and helps reduce losses. I considered using hot melt glue, it's easier and cleaner to apply, but I wasn't sure about the high voltage properties of it. Also if I ever had to replace a diode or capacitor I'd have to burn through that hot melt glue and it would be messy. I can scrape most of the wax away first if I ever need to make a component change.
Last post on this. I finished my second "positive" tower and have now played them between each other. Man it starts to get scary. The sparks that jump between the top loads of the two towers are between 5 and 6 inches long and quite loud and "angry". I added a green banana jack at the bottom that connects to the ground point of the capacitor/diode ladder so I can plug and unplug the discharge wire easily and interchange it for the commoning wire for both towers running in tandem. I put a banana plug onto a piece of silicone insulated high voltage wire to plug into this jack for the discharge wire. Just nice to be able to plug/unplug that wire rather than capturing it under the terminal behind the acrylic plastic. Great well thought out design for this lightning tower!
Thank you for that sentiment. It’s hard to break into the TH-cam science niche... but I’m trying my best. You can certainly help by sharing any videos you find fascinating!
Hi Jay, Again, a bit late to the party, Only one suggestion..... Ok, 2. 1 a circuit digram for those that don't know what multiplier you are using, and 2 where the circuits ground should be, I did not see you show it. Other than that a perfect delivery, Thank you for your hard work in making these videos.
Certainly. The circuit diagram is the same for every voltage multiplier. You may search voltage multiplier schematic on google, and you can choose which way your diodes face, to determine (+) or (-) output. The ground is one of the input wires.
I appreciate such a compliment. I too wish I had grown more, but have been fortunate to have some loyal subscribers. Mostly. Welcome to the plasmanaut family! Sharing my videos is the best way to help Plasma Channel grow, so feel free! Cheers.
Another question, when you have a moment: It's about frequency of the power supply vs recovery time of the diodes. Everywhere I look, the 2cl2j diodes are insanely expensive... but I have many different alternatives rated at up to 20kv. I was assuming that the 2CL2J diodes had a fast recovery time, but when I looked at the data sheet it isn't even quoted. What I have collected with limited funds: R5000 rated at 5kV and 2MHz recovery frequency. PRHVP2A-20 - rated at 20kV, unknown recovery time CL04-12 (MO diodes) rated at 12kv, 450mA - unknown recovery time I want to avoid wasting time and solder using components that will not work together. Do you think any of these rectifiers will be up to the task of an arc lighter, or should I make an inverter based on a 555-driven circuit limited to 2Mhz?
You can get high voltage diodes for free from old microwave ovens. They are usually rated at 12Kv. Post an ad online that you are looking to recycle old microwave ovens and include free pick-up. You'll get diodes, 2Kv capacitors, 2000v transformers, turn table motors, blower fan motors or fans with spools of magnet wire, large ring magnets from the magnetrons, lots of switches, wire, and sometimes simple LCDs and small LED strips. Offer to pick up TVs and other electronics for recycling and you'll have a boatload of parts. I did it for a year and now have thousands of free high voltage components.
Hi Jay. planning to make it can I use city power (220V) instead of an arc lighter? (ofc with a power button on the cable) And if I do that , the discharge must be connected to the ground?
This will only produce a few thousand, and, you will need current limiters in place from the wall socket. This is so your components do not burn out, and, so that your device is safer for you. Yes it would arc to ground, but could still arc to its own ground.
Did it works with a bubble aquarium on the top and your body connected to the exit wire without injuries ? This remembers me the plasma bowl that are sold
I used to work in a TV shop. A flyback transformer does the same thing and produces 30kv to charge a picture tube on an older tv but only milliamps of current so it's not lethal. If you accidently get popped by a picture tube discharging I guess its like being hit by the difibulator in the ER
Thanks! It is not lethal, but extremely painful. Partly why I put the big disclaimer in the video. But one should not be drawing sparks to their finger from this device anyways. If you do, and you’re touching the lighter, it will give a nasty shock through your body and also blow up the lighter circuitry (I did it twice). Also why in the video I mentioned to only draw sparks with the grounded wire.
IamKian I am happy you enjoyed the video, and thank you for the credit and link. You’d be amazed how many things of mine have been ‘stolen’ so to speak on TH-cam. I recommend buying the saber light x model, and putting the two internal transformers in series. It gives the absolute best performance, and the 3” sparks in video. Be safe, and never let the spark jump anywhere but the grounded wire (hv ground)
First of all I want to apologize that I forgot to turn on the notification because of which I missed this video. I'm here watching this after a long time it was uploaded. If I ever had to make a list of my top 10 favourite TH-cam channels, your channel will be in top 5. The simplicity of the instructions and the elaborate understanding of the steps u provide is the best thing I like about Plasma Channel. I don't know why your channel has only 12k subs. You deserve 12 million subs.
Tarun, you rock. Thank you. Top five is an honor. I aim to be top five of youtube science over time for all. I'm really trying to improve with every video! I too would like to have achieved more than 12,000 at this time!
Hi, I've enjoyed building this voltage multiplier but rather than use a cigarette arc lighter, I decided to use a barbeque arc lighter because the HV transformer already has long leads, is also USB chargable and has versatile positioning...
I just burnt out the arc lighter by arcing to the wrong ground. I drew my arc to the ground of the arc lighter when I think I should have used the multiplier ground… would that be right? New BBQ arc lighter circuit installed and everything is working fine.... for now.... ground taken from the multiplier section instead of the lighter ground
@@jacklewis1 I guess you could technically remove the multiplier circuitry in the flyswatter, then it would just be AC. Just a bit of desoldering (now I'm curious what a dual flyswatter arc would look like without the HV cap and multiplier circuitry).
I would like to build a voltage multiplier using one of those ebay musical tesla coil kits as the power source. Could you please do a tutorial video on how to do it? It will be such an awesome build to see if it would amplify the music as well as the spark. Thank you for your consideration. I've subscribed and followed, hope to see it someday, as I don't wanna injure myself trying to figure it out. ( ; D)
Where did you get the figure of x2.8 from? A voltage multiplier adds 1x the input-voltage at ever stage. The lighter seems to give a higher output than you stated too.
So, Multipliers do not add 1x per layer. A 5000 volt source, is 5000 volts RMS. Peak voltage of any AC is 1.414 times the listed RMS. Then, when a multiplier discharges, it has two capacitors for each stage. That’s 2.828 times the input.
that still only adds exactly 1x the input per stage - and if you have a way to measure the output (use some resistive dividers) you would note that this is exactly what is happening - at stage N you get 'N' x 'Input voltage' As output. It doesn't matter if you measure RMS or Peak voltage as long as you stay consistent. There is ample literature on voltage multipliers and i kinda suspect that the millions of people that have built them and the thousands that use them in professional environments on a daily basis know what they are doing.
There are 2 charged capacitors in a stage, each charged to 1.414 input RMS. How again are two of those in series (2.8) equal to only 1X input? It has 16 capacitors total, all charged to peak RMS. Equation is 2NVmax, or, (2* number of stages * 1.414RMS voltage)......... As per literature: 1)"The total output voltage will be 2nVmax where n is the number of stages" - www.academicjournals.org/article/article1379584824_Dwived%20and%20Daigvane.pdf 2)"Therefore, the maximum value of output voltage is 2nVmax in which n is the number of multiplier stages" www.hindawi.com/journals/jece/2017/4805268/ 3)"2nVpeak = Vout + Vdrop" www.irjet.net/archives/V3/i2/IRJET-V3I2114.pdf SECTION 3.1 The difference in design is the difference in equation. Some are built with capacitors diagonally from each other, with one capacitor per given length. In that case, my device has 16 stages. So 1.414(3kv)*16. 67,000. Or, multipliers can be rearranged visually into two capacitors per visual stage, with them both in line with one another, like mine. In that case, I have 8 stages, or 2(1.414)(3kv) * 8. 67,000. There is indeed ample literature, which, i've been reading for 12 years now.
Plasma Channel I found some caps that work ok, but at most I can only get arcs around an inch, I tripled up the caps with 10 stages. What caps did you use?
The current on the sparks unfortunately is quite high. A shock from this is very painful. But the duration of the spark is so short that it poses no immediate health threat. But is very painful.
the current has nothing to do with it, the only factor that's dangerous is the voltage. the current is the voltage divided by the resistance :/ also those sparks can only deliver probably about 500uA (probably) so, not enough to harm you. but 60kV wouldn't be nice to touch :/
I have build a flyback transformer power supply and I'm gonna use to recreate this amazing project of yours. I'm blow all the kids mind in the neighborhood haha
Hey sir, I'm 16 and my school is closed for some days and I don't want to waste my holidays I'm thinking to do some experiment like you .but i think all u do will harm and danger can you make a science video for students if you don't mind ....
My apologies for the messed up audio levels people. Somehow I messed up on normalizing the sound levels? Please comment on this pinned comment, if it bothered you enough that it merits a reupload. I need a poll. Yes, No?
Wow this is awesome. I'm quite young and am not really sure what I want to do with my life but I am starting a few new hobbies. I'm really glad I found your channel because it inspires me to make things like this. Problem is I'm torn between the spark gap coil or this lol
Hi Cameron. I would highly recommend the mini spark gap coil first. It is much safer. I do not recommend building this if you are totally new to High votlage. Cheers, and welcome to the Plasma Fam!
I'm not too worried about the safety. It's more getting the materials and for that I think it's far easier for the spark gap tesla coil. Either way they're both awesome. Thanks so much
Hello Jatinder, I’m honored you enjoy plasma physics as well! yes, Plasma is amazing. May I kindly request you change your user icon image? It appears to be stolen from one of my videos. Thank you in advance.
I showed a few pictures at 1:30 mark in my mini lab tour video I released yesterday. It was amazing, the diodes and capacitors I had to use were over $200 each. I found a retired engineer from Fermilab to make the corona rings for me. I designed everything myself, including the drive circuit and a large potted transformer for the start of the stack.
This is the best one i have seen ever before- I appreciate your way to teach or explain the project its really simple & easily understandable thanks for it . Three thumbs-up for you👍👍👍 & three thumbs-up for this project👍👍👍
Hey there! Just finished making the Lightning Tower and the 3V Tesla Coil! Just posted my videos of me showing them off (I gave you credit in my description don’t worry!) Super fun projects that I had a blast making! Thank you so much for posting stuff like this that get me excited to be an EE student!
Thanks for the video. I'm new to this stuff. Once all my capacitors and diodes came in I went to work right away building my own model. I was expecting it to explode but IT WORKED !! My arc is only about two inches but it's awesome. Thank you very much !!
Hello, this project looks amazing! I'm collecting the parts to make this project. But I don't understand where the electrical ground is for the lighter. I can't see on the video where you connect the wire too. Many thanks!@@PlasmaChannel
I built one similar in design to yours. I used a piece of thin luan plywood since bare perf board is hard to find. Just drilled holes for the capacitors and then spray painted the board black to highlight the light blue capacitors. Looks nice through the plexiglass. I'm using an arc lighter module DIY kit to power it. I do get small sparks and a lot of corona off the top load but not really satisfying POPs off of it like you do. Not sure what I might be missing. Edit: Reading through the comments it could be that my nice black spray painted board I've mounted my components on is leaking much of my high voltage away. Bare unplated perf board is HARD to find. Just about everyone plates the thru holes which won't work.
A followup. I rebuilt my capacitor/diode ladder onto a piece of Kydex plastic. I found a sheet of that in black. Though it's more used for thermal molding it has good electrical properties as well. I cut it to the same size as the piece of luan plywood I had been using. The new setup will give me sparks about an inch long or so IF I add something pointy to the smooth copper pipe top load. Off just the copper pipe top load I get a lot of corona and less satisfying discharges. I don't know of any way to increase the output. The small arc lighter circuit I'm using to drive this ladder says 3-5 VDC input and I'm already using 4 D-cells or 6 volts. I could add another cell or two, I don't know what I'd hurt in my input circuit except perhaps stress the transistor a bit. But it's on a good heat sink and it's not getting very warm even with 6 volts. I can't put 2 of these circuits in series because the output is A/C. The two circuits will not be in phase and so the outputs will not simply add. The little DIY AC arc lighter module kits I'm using are only about $3.50 off of Amazon so if I damage one by using too high of a DC input it's not a huge loss. Worth trying a higher input DC level. Edit: Holy crap! With 12VDC input this thing makes huge sparks! Over 2 inches long! And the transistor isn't getting more than slightly warm! If anyone needs a good input power supply for their lightning tower, go to Amazon and search for "15KV High Voltage Generator Boost Step-up High Power Module Inverter". Vendor is Walfront. You get two build it yourself circuits for $6.99. Cheaper than a lighter!
For anybody building this, if you could, buy 18650s from a trusted place like Illumn and IMRBatteries, and then connect them using 18650 holders, with the same charging circuit. You will get much better battery life that way.
With : 4x 18650 lithium batteries, 4x tp4056 modules , 40x diodes, 40x capacitors, a 15KV High Frequency DC High Voltage Arc Ignition Generator Inverter one bc547, one bc557, one 1M ohm resistor one yellow led, one toggle switch, one push button, a 5V 4Amps charger and epoxy resin i made a powerful stun gun.
Well done video. I would like to have seen where the wire was connected to, and how the copper top part is connected. I know these should be as simple as running a wire and soldering, but I feel unsure.
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen on TH-cam!!! This so amazing!!! I am not understanding where to connect the positive supply from the lighter and where to connect the other lose wire to get spark from the copper tube... can you please explain this... please
Hi, there is no positive supply from the lighter. The lighter is AC. It goes in at the base and connects to both sides of the ladder. The copper tube up top connects to the final stage, the end, of the multiplier. Thank you for the compliments. Remember, only allow the device to discharge to its OWN electrical ground.
I've been struck by lightning and I shocked myself with a plasma lighter before. Would you rather get struck by lightning or shocked by the plasma lighter for 5 seconds?
There are a few discrepencies in your video that I have followed and now I am a little confused. I was following along and then the diode polarity switched around.
One little thing that is never mentioned in all these arcs n sparks electrical channels is that any type of electrical discharge apparatus, including this, will mess up intricate electronic devices. So watches, phones, pacemakers, TVs, etc (ANY kind of electronic device or anything with a circuit board really), should be left out of whatever room these are discharging in, preferably as far away as possible
True to a certain extent. Full metal watches are fine. Smartphone with a metal case are fine. Anything inside a faraday cage is fine basically. Otherwise, yup, it will destroy sensitive equipment. I have never destroyed anything though, in 15 years of this. But, it IS possible.
Plasma Channel I used to live van de graaf generators and had one. And noticed that after just a few "spark sessions" my watch got entirely malfunctioned, and I seem to recall a few other things in the room did also. That's why I made the comment I made. But I guess it's not always a given.
I’m going to put an apoxy resin on the base of my lightning tower to help insulate the edges i might have because my not so round soldering skills. My caps are rated at 20kv 1nF, and my diodes are rated for 20kv 5milliamps(couldn’t find any with high current rating with my budget) i’m considering a 10-15stage, the AC input power is going to produce 15-20kv high frequency power with a small circuit i built. I’m hoping this will give around 5-7” spark
Cheers! Let me know if you have any questions. Just know, those diodes may not last long. A 5ma diode cannot handle the high currents involved with the discharge of a spark.
This is amazing! I would really like to see a electrical circuit of that, I tried to understand in which way you connected the capacitors to the diode’s and I had no idea how you made it, I by myself want to build this so please upload a diagram or make a new video and try to explain a little more because some of the information was missed, thank you very much, i send it to improve!
This is a great tutorial but I feel like you should have given more information about the capacitors (like how they can still hold a charge after the button is released) and the name of the voltage multiplier circuit Other than that great tutorial
I guess one way to describe what's happening is like if you had a faucet hooked up to a bunch of reservoirs and then to top something to push out all at once cuz even though the faucet at the bottom output is very little the reservoirs hold the water and allow it all to blast out at once
Hey you said safety but you don't have any safety 😅😅 but that's all right I still have good time watching your electronic tower do more good things 🙂🙂👍
Hey Jay, Love your channel!!! I made your voltage multiplier with 2 towers, 1 positive and the other negative and it works Awesome!! Keep up the great videos!! I hope you get that TH-cam play button!
I really enjoy of watching this video (I watch it 20 time) ,👏🏽👏🏽 You really professional , But Can you Learn how we can wire this circuit for beginners like me 👋🏽Thank you Jay
Thank you, CW multipliers do not get any simpler than this. If you're new to electronics, I do not recommend building this, as it can be very, very painful if you shock yourself with it.
This is such a great project. I could not tell inbbthe build where the ground lead you talked about was built in though. Where should that be? And does the copper pipe at the top need to be a closed loop like that or can it be a cylinder extending up? Thanks for help and thanks for all the awesome videos!
Your channel is brilliant, my grandson (7) and I watch it all the time, and we do some of them. My only (minor) complaint is that I wish you showed the circuit diagram, even if briefly (as ElectroBOOM does), so we can more easily copy it.
Just by glancing at it i'm pretty sure this is a Cockroft-Walton voltage multiplier : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockcroft-Walton_generator
Here's an excellent explanation of the circuit, courtesy of EEV blog : th-cam.com/video/ep3D_LC2UzU/w-d-xo.html
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I got my voltage multiplier built and it works very good. I keep it at work where it generates a lot of questions. Thanks for sharing it with us.
That is awesomeness
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Excellent job. Can you upload a video to youtube and share the video here? I'd love to see your build.
I just found your channel, but man. I absolutely LOVE what you do. Keep it up, man. You're a standout, brilliant dude.
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I finally built one of these. Using 12 20kV capacitors and diodes. My power source is one of those mini 20kV transformers and boy oh boy does this thing put on one hell of a show. I will most likely build a fusor around it.
I feel like your channel is extremely underrated and you should have like 100,000 subscribers after all of these high quality and informative videos.
Hey that’s very nice. Thank you. While I’m happy with 8,000 subs..... I too am surprised we don’t have more.
they will come dude.
i have been observing the progress of these kinds of channels since the beginning of youtube and
i predict you will see a slow steady trickle of new subs that over the long run will prove to be a very loyal audience.
Davey Jones he sure does have loyal subs! I’m one of them!
Just grass, I’m happy to have you on the plasmanaut family tree!
Just subscribed. Very nice build. I have a bunch of ceramic capacitors, I had a feeling they'd come in handy someday. Thanks.
Hooked up the tower properly and it works beautifully. You saved my lighter and no more shocks. Your assistance is most appreciated.
Excellent to hear! Feel free to email me pictures of your final build. Is eventually like to do a video of my viewers’ accomplishments.
One thing: to ensure longevity of the lighter, don’t use it for more than 10 seconds at a time. Those lighters are not designed for continuous use or their internals fry.
I building a small 8 stage one with my 5ma diodes and gonna build the full 12stage with the 100ma, i’m using paraffin wax to seal the bottom to prevent leaks
What you built was a Walton-Cockroft voltage multiplier. Multiplier is a misnomer, it's actually a voltage adder - it increases the offset of the AC waveform by the voltage of the primary source at each stage.
As always, a fantastic job. I love the way you present your builds and experiments. I forsee many school science projects inspired by your work. Well done Jay, your are a champion.
Hey thanks! I do hope to inspire a love for science and making
Being a (sometimes between jobs?) actor really does have some benefits. As an Electronics/IT R&D Engineer, I just don't have the time to do all the fun High Voltage ⚡⚡⚡ things that I used to do as a teen.
“Carefully remove the lighter” *procedes to rip the lighter out of the case* cArEfUlLy
haha. You caught me
Your soldering is great, whenever i make multipliers the ends are a bit edgy and so i have leakage, but your solder joints are like completely round
Soldering skills are a must with high voltage. Sharp points will leak power into the air!
Im going to ask a dumb question here.... Where precisely did you hook up to the ground? I'd rather not burn up lighters if I dont have to.
Every voltage multiplier has a dedicated ground. It’s one of the input wires. I’d recommend googling voltage multiplier schematic to reference which wire will be your ground.
Ok thank you for the fast reply.
You are certainly welcome!
I rebuilt it with a tazer module... Forgot the spark gap... and blew a capacitor. But, I did find the ground as you indicated. Thanks again :)
@@OriginalXfyre instead of sparkgap you can also use GDT's (Gas Discharge Tubes) they are more predicable+safer and can be put in series.
for the ground question en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_multiplier
Clearly somebody that actually works with their hands daily.
I'm a maker. Love using my hands. Also martial artist.
"How to make free energy"
Well all this free energy comes from a powerplant, you still have to pay for it
Very true. Many people do not conceptualize that point. Energy always has to come from somewhere.
I have built one of these lightning towers and powered it from an arc lighter DIY module which outputs 3-5 kV from 3-5 VDC input. The DIY module seems to be able to accept up to about 12 VDC for an even higher output to feed to the tower. I won't go much higher because the secondary windings of the small transformer might not be able to take much higher potential across them. Now, I'm planning to build a second one of these lightning towers. If you draw out the schematic to the lightning tower you will notice that you can mount the diodes in one of two ways. My first tower has the diode polarity such that it conducts negative voltage up the diode ladder resulting in a large negative DC voltage at the top load. I plan to build my second one with the diodes mounted in the opposite direction up the ladder to create a large positive DC voltage at the top load. Then if I common the ground points of the two towers I should end up with -60 kV at the top of one tower and +60 kV at the top of the other for a net potential difference of 120 kV between the two top loads. It should be possible to generate some pretty good sparks between the two top loads of the two towers. Not quite the 400 kV of the giant tower in the other Plasma Channel video but pretty good. Oh, by the way, I dripped some paraffin wax on the solder joints on the back of my first lightning tower to reduce corona losses from those. It's hard to eliminate all sharp points from the leads of the components. The paraffin insulates those and helps reduce losses. I considered using hot melt glue, it's easier and cleaner to apply, but I wasn't sure about the high voltage properties of it. Also if I ever had to replace a diode or capacitor I'd have to burn through that hot melt glue and it would be messy. I can scrape most of the wax away first if I ever need to make a component change.
Last post on this. I finished my second "positive" tower and have now played them between each other. Man it starts to get scary. The sparks that jump between the top loads of the two towers are between 5 and 6 inches long and quite loud and "angry". I added a green banana jack at the bottom that connects to the ground point of the capacitor/diode ladder so I can plug and unplug the discharge wire easily and interchange it for the commoning wire for both towers running in tandem. I put a banana plug onto a piece of silicone insulated high voltage wire to plug into this jack for the discharge wire. Just nice to be able to plug/unplug that wire rather than capturing it under the terminal behind the acrylic plastic. Great well thought out design for this lightning tower!
can you tell which electrical ground the wire should connect to? The multiplier doesn't have a ground
Yeah no one ever mentions this part. I assume it’s the negative side of the battery or before the diode at the start of the multiplier, who knows.
@@justinx256 okay thanks 😃
This quality deserves at least a million subs...
Thank you for that sentiment. It’s hard to break into the TH-cam science niche... but I’m trying my best. You can certainly help by sharing any videos you find fascinating!
Sure Imma go ahead and share :)
Most well dressed man in Plasma today...keep up the great video's :)
Hahaha awesome compliment
Why doesn’t this guy have more subscribers, I like this stuff.
Thanks a bunch. I'm honored you enjoy my content. It really helps if you share on social media!
Class explaining class man class creation and you're good in soldering man
Haha thank you. Soldering is a fun thing to do
Yes sir respect ya!
Hi Jay, Again, a bit late to the party, Only one suggestion..... Ok, 2. 1 a circuit digram for those that don't know what multiplier you are using, and 2 where the circuits ground should be, I did not see you show it. Other than that a perfect delivery, Thank you for your hard work in making these videos.
Certainly. The circuit diagram is the same for every voltage multiplier. You may search voltage multiplier schematic on google, and you can choose which way your diodes face, to determine (+) or (-) output. The ground is one of the input wires.
How do you only have 22k subs for this high quality content?? Subbed! :)
I appreciate such a compliment. I too wish I had grown more, but have been fortunate to have some loyal subscribers. Mostly. Welcome to the plasmanaut family! Sharing my videos is the best way to help Plasma Channel grow, so feel free! Cheers.
I found this channel last night, and truly this channel is amazing.
Wow thank you so much. I really appreciate the feedback. Subscribed?
Another question, when you have a moment: It's about frequency of the power supply vs recovery time of the diodes.
Everywhere I look, the 2cl2j diodes are insanely expensive... but I have many different alternatives rated at up to 20kv.
I was assuming that the 2CL2J diodes had a fast recovery time, but when I looked at the data sheet it isn't even quoted.
What I have collected with limited funds:
R5000 rated at 5kV and 2MHz recovery frequency.
PRHVP2A-20 - rated at 20kV, unknown recovery time
CL04-12 (MO diodes) rated at 12kv, 450mA - unknown recovery time
I want to avoid wasting time and solder using components that will not work together. Do you think any of these rectifiers will be up to the task of an arc lighter, or should I make an inverter based on a 555-driven circuit limited to 2Mhz?
You can get high voltage diodes for free from old microwave ovens. They are usually rated at 12Kv. Post an ad online that you are looking to recycle old microwave ovens and include free pick-up. You'll get diodes, 2Kv capacitors, 2000v transformers, turn table motors, blower fan motors or fans with spools of magnet wire, large ring magnets from the magnetrons, lots of switches, wire, and sometimes simple LCDs and small LED strips. Offer to pick up TVs and other electronics for recycling and you'll have a boatload of parts. I did it for a year and now have thousands of free high voltage components.
My goodness....why doesn't this channel has a million subscribers already ?? You are awesome....
Scarlet what a compliment. Thanks! I do wish we had more subs. But by next month we’ll be at 10k which is nice
Yes it is ! Best Wishes 👍👍
Hi Jay.
planning to make it can I use city power (220V) instead of an arc lighter? (ofc with a power button on the cable)
And if I do that , the discharge must be connected to the ground?
i think you will get only 1660 v
i ment 4000v
This will only produce a few thousand, and, you will need current limiters in place from the wall socket. This is so your components do not burn out, and, so that your device is safer for you. Yes it would arc to ground, but could still arc to its own ground.
Did it works with a bubble aquarium on the top and your body connected to the exit wire without injuries ?
This remembers me the plasma bowl that are sold
Agent Jay' 👍 Gute' Danke für die Kommentare,Und Danke für die Schamatic...From KANSAS the land of Oz'ah's
I used to work in a TV shop. A flyback transformer does the same thing and produces 30kv to charge a picture tube on an older tv but only milliamps of current so it's not lethal. If you accidently get popped by a picture tube discharging I guess its like being hit by the difibulator in the ER
Which depending on what part of your heartbeat cycle it hits, can still stop your heart, or put it in fibrillation.
But Flybacks produce DC don’t they?
@@Coyote0874 Asymmetrical AC. They are generally used to feed a diode, or vacuum tube (electron gun), that rectifies the output.
Okay so it says "do it yourself" but it looks more like "don't try this at home"
or is it just me?
It a bit of a combination of the two. Is it too much to ask for both?
@@PlasmaChannel oh don't mind me. It's a neat project!
This is the best channel on youtube!
Thank you so much! You can help the channel out by sharing any videos you find shareworthy!
@@PlasmaChannel :D
@@PlasmaChannel Sure!
Again a nice build!
Will it zap you badly when the arc hits your finger?
YES IT WILL.
Thanks! It is not lethal, but extremely painful. Partly why I put the big disclaimer in the video. But one should not be drawing sparks to their finger from this device anyways. If you do, and you’re touching the lighter, it will give a nasty shock through your body and also blow up the lighter circuitry (I did it twice). Also why in the video I mentioned to only draw sparks with the grounded wire.
Thank you Jay. I'm going to build one for my channel!
I will link the build o your channel 👍
IamKian I am happy you enjoyed the video, and thank you for the credit and link. You’d be amazed how many things of mine have been ‘stolen’ so to speak on TH-cam. I recommend buying the saber light x model, and putting the two internal transformers in series. It gives the absolute best performance, and the 3” sparks in video. Be safe, and never let the spark jump anywhere but the grounded wire (hv ground)
Hey, some time ago I watched your video about the 3kV tesla coil, and I tried to make a similar one. well...It works! Thanks for that video!!
First of all I want to apologize that I forgot to turn on the notification because of which I missed this video. I'm here watching this after a long time it was uploaded. If I ever had to make a list of my top 10 favourite TH-cam channels, your channel will be in top 5. The simplicity of the instructions and the elaborate understanding of the steps u provide is the best thing I like about Plasma Channel. I don't know why your channel has only 12k subs. You deserve 12 million subs.
Tarun, you rock. Thank you. Top five is an honor. I aim to be top five of youtube science over time for all. I'm really trying to improve with every video! I too would like to have achieved more than 12,000 at this time!
Can you rexplain the procedure of fixing capacitors to board ,
It was hard to see
The capacitors are inserted through the spaced holes, then soldered on back side to the appropriate contacts
Hi, I've enjoyed building this voltage multiplier but rather than use a cigarette arc lighter, I decided to use a barbeque arc lighter because the HV transformer already has long leads, is also USB chargable and has versatile positioning...
I just burnt out the arc lighter by arcing to the wrong ground. I drew my arc to the ground of the arc lighter when I think I should have used the multiplier ground… would that be right? New BBQ arc lighter circuit installed and everything is working fine.... for now.... ground taken from the multiplier section instead of the lighter ground
Can I use a fly swatter circuit?
No it outputs DC and the voltage multiplier needs an ac input.
@@jacklewis1 I guess you could technically remove the multiplier circuitry in the flyswatter, then it would just be AC. Just a bit of desoldering (now I'm curious what a dual flyswatter arc would look like without the HV cap and multiplier circuitry).
I'm creating multiplier while watching this video, I shocked myself 3 times
I would like to build a voltage multiplier using one of those ebay musical tesla coil kits as the power source. Could you please do a tutorial video on how to do it? It will be such an awesome build to see if it would amplify the music as well as the spark. Thank you for your consideration. I've subscribed and followed, hope to see it someday, as I don't wanna injure myself trying to figure it out. ( ; D)
Welcome to the family! And great idea.
How do get the high voltage for your equipment ? As I want to build a small arc generater thanks Ben
You didn't show the connections on the top head which the copper pipes are located. Btw thanks for sharing this 😊
Where did you get the figure of x2.8 from?
A voltage multiplier adds 1x the input-voltage at ever stage. The lighter seems to give a higher output than you stated too.
So, Multipliers do not add 1x per layer. A 5000 volt source, is 5000 volts RMS. Peak voltage of any AC is 1.414 times the listed RMS. Then, when a multiplier discharges, it has two capacitors for each stage. That’s 2.828 times the input.
Great question by the way 👍
that still only adds exactly 1x the input per stage - and if you have a way to measure the output (use some resistive dividers) you would note that this is exactly what is happening - at stage N you get
'N' x 'Input voltage'
As output. It doesn't matter if you measure RMS or Peak voltage as long as you stay consistent.
There is ample literature on voltage multipliers and i kinda suspect that the millions of people that have built them and the thousands that use them in professional environments on a daily basis know what they are doing.
There are 2 charged capacitors in a stage, each charged to 1.414 input RMS. How again are two of those in series (2.8) equal to only 1X input? It has 16 capacitors total, all charged to peak RMS.
Equation is 2NVmax, or, (2* number of stages * 1.414RMS voltage).........
As per literature:
1)"The total output voltage will be 2nVmax where n is the number of stages" - www.academicjournals.org/article/article1379584824_Dwived%20and%20Daigvane.pdf
2)"Therefore, the maximum value of output voltage is 2nVmax in which n is the number of multiplier stages"
www.hindawi.com/journals/jece/2017/4805268/
3)"2nVpeak = Vout + Vdrop"
www.irjet.net/archives/V3/i2/IRJET-V3I2114.pdf SECTION 3.1
The difference in design is the difference in equation. Some are built with capacitors diagonally from each other, with one capacitor per given length. In that case, my device has 16 stages. So 1.414(3kv)*16. 67,000. Or, multipliers can be rearranged visually into two capacitors per visual stage, with them both in line with one another, like mine. In that case, I have 8 stages, or 2(1.414)(3kv) * 8. 67,000.
There is indeed ample literature, which, i've been reading for 12 years now.
Plasma Channel I found some caps that work ok, but at most I can only get arcs around an inch, I tripled up the caps with 10 stages. What caps did you use?
Really Awesome Plasma Channel...Design is so nice...i hope i will make it in future and also give cradit of you💓
scared in Current not in Volts 😊😊
The current on the sparks unfortunately is quite high. A shock from this is very painful. But the duration of the spark is so short that it poses no immediate health threat. But is very painful.
the current has nothing to do with it, the only factor that's dangerous is the voltage. the current is the voltage divided by the resistance :/
also those sparks can only deliver probably about 500uA (probably) so, not enough to harm you. but 60kV wouldn't be nice to touch :/
Great build! I have electronics background and plan on building this with my sons, possibly building a 16 stage multiplier!
then you need to put it under oil
fuel, electric y, and Chinese technology. what could go wrong? :D
I have build a flyback transformer power supply and I'm gonna use to recreate this amazing project of yours.
I'm blow all the kids mind in the neighborhood haha
considering you are using a flyback i hope you dont blow minds literally...
make the kids' heads fly back
Hey sir, I'm 16 and my school is closed for some days and I don't want to waste my holidays I'm thinking to do some experiment like you .but i think all u do will harm and danger can you make a science video for students if you don't mind ....
The whole fun of experiments is the danger
fun=dangerous
save=boring
If you observe standard HV safety practices while using this you won't get shocked. And even if you do get shocked you probably won't die.
Ngl wanna make a 6ft one that's layered so it can output dramatically different voltages but it looks like it's from the same unit.
My apologies for the messed up audio levels people. Somehow I messed up on normalizing the sound levels? Please comment on this pinned comment, if it bothered you enough that it merits a reupload. I need a poll. Yes, No?
no, it's perfect 😉
Thanks for feedback
Good for me also.
WTF you do to your knuckles bro?
I'd Pay for Someone to make me one.
You Should Make a website and sell diy kits with everything included
Wow this is awesome. I'm quite young and am not really sure what I want to do with my life but I am starting a few new hobbies. I'm really glad I found your channel because it inspires me to make things like this. Problem is I'm torn between the spark gap coil or this lol
Hi Cameron. I would highly recommend the mini spark gap coil first. It is much safer. I do not recommend building this if you are totally new to High votlage. Cheers, and welcome to the Plasma Fam!
I'm not too worried about the safety. It's more getting the materials and for that I think it's far easier for the spark gap tesla coil. Either way they're both awesome. Thanks so much
@@PlasmaChannel also may I ask how long it usually takes to wind up with copper wire for a coil?
Very nice. To make it safer one could add a high value series resistor with the output terminal and top
This is correct. The output current is higher than I would like
@@PlasmaChannel The resistor would perhaps make it operate better as well given the current draw on the HV will be limited.
I am in love with plasma physics.........sir plzz can you upload some mathematical aspect of plasma physics 🙏🙏
Hello Jatinder, I’m honored you enjoy plasma physics as well! yes, Plasma is amazing. May I kindly request you change your user icon image? It appears to be stolen from one of my videos. Thank you in advance.
@@PlasmaChannel ok sir apologies...💙
The bass following the spark explains the blasting thunder in large scale
Nicely done! I built a 14 foot tall version a few years ago for a big contract.
Thanks! Whoa... I’d love to see pictures of that. You should send a picture to my email in the ‘about’ section
I showed a few pictures at 1:30 mark in my mini lab tour video I released yesterday. It was amazing, the diodes and capacitors I had to use were over $200 each. I found a retired engineer from Fermilab to make the corona rings for me. I designed everything myself, including the drive circuit and a large potted transformer for the start of the stack.
What voltage, .....what application.?
This is the best one i have seen ever before- I appreciate your way to teach or explain the project its really simple & easily understandable thanks for it . Three thumbs-up for you👍👍👍 & three thumbs-up for this project👍👍👍
Hey there!
Just finished making the Lightning Tower and the 3V Tesla Coil! Just posted my videos of me showing them off (I gave you credit in my description don’t worry!) Super fun projects that I had a blast making! Thank you so much for posting stuff like this that get me excited to be an EE student!
I saw them, good work. Thank you for the credit.
Thanks for the video. I'm new to this stuff. Once all my capacitors and diodes came in I went to work right away building my own model. I was expecting it to explode but IT WORKED !! My arc is only about two inches but it's awesome. Thank you very much !!
Hi John! Im really happy you got it working. Just remember, only let it discharge to it's own electrical ground. Be safe, have fun!
Hello, this project looks amazing! I'm collecting the parts to make this project. But I don't understand where the electrical ground is for the lighter. I can't see on the video where you connect the wire too. Many thanks!@@PlasmaChannel
Forgot I was subscribed to this channel along with keystone science
Well, welcome back! Every 2-3 weeks I upload a new video.
I built one similar in design to yours. I used a piece of thin luan plywood since bare perf board is hard to find. Just drilled holes for the capacitors and then spray painted the board black to highlight the light blue capacitors. Looks nice through the plexiglass. I'm using an arc lighter module DIY kit to power it. I do get small sparks and a lot of corona off the top load but not really satisfying POPs off of it like you do. Not sure what I might be missing.
Edit: Reading through the comments it could be that my nice black spray painted board I've mounted my components on is leaking much of my high voltage away. Bare unplated perf board is HARD to find. Just about everyone plates the thru holes which won't work.
You are correct on your edit. I should have a link in the video descrpition for the perf board
A followup. I rebuilt my capacitor/diode ladder onto a piece of Kydex plastic. I found a sheet of that in black. Though it's more used for thermal molding it has good electrical properties as well. I cut it to the same size as the piece of luan plywood I had been using. The new setup will give me sparks about an inch long or so IF I add something pointy to the smooth copper pipe top load. Off just the copper pipe top load I get a lot of corona and less satisfying discharges. I don't know of any way to increase the output. The small arc lighter circuit I'm using to drive this ladder says 3-5 VDC input and I'm already using 4 D-cells or 6 volts. I could add another cell or two, I don't know what I'd hurt in my input circuit except perhaps stress the transistor a bit. But it's on a good heat sink and it's not getting very warm even with 6 volts. I can't put 2 of these circuits in series because the output is A/C. The two circuits will not be in phase and so the outputs will not simply add. The little DIY AC arc lighter module kits I'm using are only about $3.50 off of Amazon so if I damage one by using too high of a DC input it's not a huge loss. Worth trying a higher input DC level.
Edit: Holy crap! With 12VDC input this thing makes huge sparks! Over 2 inches long! And the transistor isn't getting more than slightly warm! If anyone needs a good input power supply for their lightning tower, go to Amazon and search for "15KV High Voltage Generator Boost Step-up High Power Module Inverter". Vendor is Walfront. You get two build it yourself circuits for $6.99. Cheaper than a lighter!
Sir Jay I say your all videos . I love your all videos 😮😇😇
Thank you!
Plasma Channel please can u send me circuit diagram
For anybody building this, if you could, buy 18650s from a trusted place like Illumn and IMRBatteries, and then connect them using 18650 holders, with the same charging circuit.
You will get much better battery life that way.
use a hv ignition kit then? with the 18650 batteries and then a push button switch or what did you do? wioll it work is it cheaper?
With : 4x 18650 lithium batteries, 4x tp4056 modules , 40x diodes, 40x capacitors, a 15KV High Frequency DC High Voltage Arc Ignition Generator Inverter one bc547, one bc557, one 1M ohm resistor one yellow led, one toggle switch, one push button, a 5V 4Amps charger and epoxy resin i made a powerful stun gun.
I'm just glad I found another person who chews their knuckles.
Is it okay to do it with 20 diodes and 20 capacitros and how do i know where is the ground of the multiplier
I know these comments are old but still wondering if a stainless ball (similar to small van de graaf ) would work as top load ? awesome project
It would indeed work. Thanks for the compliments.
Well done video. I would like to have seen where the wire was connected to, and how the copper top part is connected. I know these should be as simple as running a wire and soldering, but I feel unsure.
Certainly good points. Thanks for the compliments. By the way, did you find the video's volume levels to be off or unsteady?
The capacitor(Vmax) and diodes(Vrrm) only need to be voltage rated at 2x the input voltage btw.
2x the rms voltage for safety. So 2X 1.414 ac voltage
Yes indeed, should always be based on peak).
Great video! Im just having a hard time figuring out how you hooked up the copper pipe
you already found out?
@@indyvermeerschen1924 no not yet
I'm surprised there was no arcing - people usually drop this configuration in mineral oil or parafin wax!
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen on TH-cam!!! This so amazing!!! I am not understanding where to connect the positive supply from the lighter and where to connect the other lose wire to get spark from the copper tube... can you please explain this... please
Hi, there is no positive supply from the lighter. The lighter is AC. It goes in at the base and connects to both sides of the ladder. The copper tube up top connects to the final stage, the end, of the multiplier. Thank you for the compliments. Remember, only allow the device to discharge to its OWN electrical ground.
@@PlasmaChannel when you say the electrical ground of the multiplier, this means one of the terminals of the arc lighter's output, right?
Busted knuckles and fun with electricity! I'll subscribe.
haha. Welcome to the family, Plasmanaut
The way it zig-zags down from above...Brother.....is that a man made mini "Tree of Life"? 😄😊🙏🏽🙏🏽
It's a pretty cool design isnt it?!
Plasma channel rocks.👍
A Plasma Channel.............! The gods are generous!
Welcome to the team plasmateer!
love watching your channel and made a few of your projects
Excellent work. Very impressive. Can you please explain how the copper tube is connected to the structure?
The copper tube is electrically connected with a wire that wraps around the top high voltage bolt on the board. It is glued in place.
I've been struck by lightning and I shocked myself with a plasma lighter before. Would you rather get struck by lightning or shocked by the plasma lighter for 5 seconds?
mmmmmm Lighter. Legit
how do the charges not run away from sharp points and also what did you do to your fingers!
There are a few discrepencies in your video that I have followed and now I am a little confused. I was following along and then the diode polarity switched around.
One little thing that is never mentioned in all these arcs n sparks electrical channels is that any type of electrical discharge apparatus, including this, will mess up intricate electronic devices. So watches, phones, pacemakers, TVs, etc (ANY kind of electronic device or anything with a circuit board really), should be left out of whatever room these are discharging in, preferably as far away as possible
True to a certain extent. Full metal watches are fine. Smartphone with a metal case are fine. Anything inside a faraday cage is fine basically. Otherwise, yup, it will destroy sensitive equipment. I have never destroyed anything though, in 15 years of this. But, it IS possible.
Plasma Channel I used to live van de graaf generators and had one. And noticed that after just a few "spark sessions" my watch got entirely malfunctioned, and I seem to recall a few other things in the room did also. That's why I made the comment I made. But I guess it's not always a given.
You made the video very neatly... 👌 nice and clean.
Thanks! Really happy you enjoyed it.
This is the best toy to have on desk and fry some usb drives. lol
great to see you after few weeks.
It’s great bring back
+NEY Industries yep.
its so creative and damn awesome.
good things take time.
I’m going to put an apoxy resin on the base of my lightning tower to help insulate the edges i might have because my not so round soldering skills. My caps are rated at 20kv 1nF, and my diodes are rated for 20kv 5milliamps(couldn’t find any with high current rating with my budget) i’m considering a 10-15stage, the AC input power is going to produce 15-20kv high frequency power with a small circuit i built. I’m hoping this will give around 5-7” spark
Cheers! Let me know if you have any questions. Just know, those diodes may not last long. A 5ma diode cannot handle the high currents involved with the discharge of a spark.
This is amazing! I would really like to see a electrical circuit of that, I tried to understand in which way you connected the capacitors to the diode’s and I had no idea how you made it, I by myself want to build this so please upload a diagram or make a new video and try to explain a little more because some of the information was missed, thank you very much, i send it to improve!
Hi NirNana, This is a standard voltage multiplier schematic. You can search the schematic on google. I'm glad you enjoyed the video
This is a great tutorial but I feel like you should have given more information about the capacitors (like how they can still hold a charge after the button is released) and the name of the voltage multiplier circuit
Other than that great tutorial
Hey Jay my arc lighter has four high voltage wires how do I make that work?
It's a Cockcroft-Walton multiplier, but I thought those require AC input, not DC from a battery, unless the lighter converts DC to AC.
The lighter pumps out high voltage AC
I guess one way to describe what's happening is like if you had a faucet hooked up to a bunch of reservoirs and then to top something to push out all at once cuz even though the faucet at the bottom output is very little the reservoirs hold the water and allow it all to blast out at once
Hope you have a great 4th of July weekend Jay, I really enjoy your series and would like to build your multiper
Can't just believe that you are a marine biologist but how do you don't these stuff are you educated in this field too????
Use a high voltage high amperage ballast for neon and cfl bulbs to create plasma
That certainly is fun. High current, constant current supplies are much more dangerous though, than this project.
Hey you said safety but you don't have any safety 😅😅 but that's all right I still have good time watching your electronic tower do more good things 🙂🙂👍
Yeah, the safety has always been a second thought.... SHOULD be the first thought!
Hey Jay, Love your channel!!! I made your voltage multiplier with 2 towers, 1 positive and the other negative and it works Awesome!! Keep up the great videos!! I hope you get that TH-cam play button!
That is awesome! What is your max spark length?
Plasma Channel 13” is the longest so far before the capacitors start arcing across each other.
I really enjoy of watching this video (I watch it 20 time) ,👏🏽👏🏽 You really professional , But Can you Learn how we can wire this circuit for beginners like me 👋🏽Thank you Jay
Thank you, CW multipliers do not get any simpler than this. If you're new to electronics, I do not recommend building this, as it can be very, very painful if you shock yourself with it.
That's pretty groovy! I may put one together. Thanks.
This is such a great project. I could not tell inbbthe build where the ground lead you talked about was built in though. Where should that be? And does the copper pipe at the top need to be a closed loop like that or can it be a cylinder extending up? Thanks for help and thanks for all the awesome videos!
hello can u try and make a electrical generator that can power ur house or a small scale version that can power ur phone