It's hard to tell when he is pranking with the sparks, but that hotel suite only had a subpanel with no main breaker. If a dead short is big and fast enough it will trip both the branch and the main, and possibly even further up. Then he would have been forced to break into that central electrical room to hide his tracks. Or get the hotel management involved. "I dunno what happened.."
I love that his daughter is playing on her phone, not lifing one brow despite daddy messing with the outlets on his knees in a hotel. I can only wonder what this kid has seen through the years..
I booked an Airbnb once, it was a 10 storey building. So basically a Hotel only using one room as an airbnb but all the others with doors open wires hanging out concrete rubble everywhere including corridors. It was awful and i was going to spend a month there. The breathing was difficult from the dust so I just left.
Mehdi could go to establishments like Gordon Ramsey did but he instead checks the safety of electrical equipment and turns the place upside-down to knock some sense into the owners.
This is actually a very refreshing take on teaching people about electric and GFCI. You basically brought humor to the mix for a very important issue of regular checking GFCI. This is so very clever. Nicely done
@@Avicados mehdi specifically eludes to nuking "tax fraud data" in the killer usb video. If I was upset that he was writing of his vacation, and I can understand your confusing my comment for jealousy. but please explain to me why that would concern the hotel owner?
@@itainteasy correct I thought you were trying to nuke the op comment as if you were the hotel owner. To be fair your comment of the tax fraud data nuke is not really close to a deduction as the op was referring to making your joke hard to follow. You gotta be a dad ;)
Normal People: "Ah, the beach, the sand... Beautiful!" Mehdi: "The source of semi-conductors, this humidity affects the components... And where are the breakers?"
Even though I'm tall, I find I don't have to bend down to flip the switch, actually, they're usually just above height my hand naturally rests at, just takes some getting used to, not having to lift my hand right up to flip the switch. Even better, means that if anyone with a wheelchair wants to live there, they won't have to adjust anything.
I got a travel sized multimeter for my last trip well worth it. Didn’t have any trouble although it was my checked bag. On the other hand if for some reason you bring two laptops through somehow I got waived in to have extra inspection on that they had to wipe it down and run it through a chemical screening machine.
As a tip, don't buy the cheap $0.99 outlets. Pay a few bucks and get the so-called "commercial grade" outlets. They have much better contacts that last a lot longer generally.
I don't know anything about income taxes in Canada, but as an American, this looked like "How can I take the family on vacation to Hawaii, and write it off as a business expense?"
8:11 - Over here, metal flush-boxes are RARE. They were basically discontinued as standard ages ago, although, you can still use them if you want. ALL the flush-boxes in the last 30-40 years, and all new installs, use plastic ones. Mind you, grub-screw type terminals, not just 'Wrap around and screw' type flat screw connections. 240v also, and an earth line and M.E.N. connection system. Not sure if they even use M.E.N. at all in American 110v systems. Most sockets and plugs seem to be two prong, with no earth line at all. I note the SOCKETS in USA allow for an earth pin, but it seems to be very rarely used. Over here, ALL appliances and wall sockets MUST have that third earth connection UNLESS the product is 'Double-insulated' - which is indicated by a double square symbol on the product if that is the case. Very entertaining video! :)
I'm like ElectroBoom, I stayed in a place that still uses screw fuses, it was the main panel too. Such beauty, but also a bit dangerous since one of them was bypassed with a nail. Some of the outlets were so loose you could take them out of the wall when you unplugged something, and of course, no ground anywhere.
@@Carlium sounds like my house, except no fuses bridged, but there def isn't a ground anywhere, the quickest replacement for ground in such old installations is best done by shorting neutral to earth, so then you arent static shocked when touching metal appliances
@@michaelpichahchy2489 Absolutely. As someone who works with their hands, I can appreciate ANY JOB done to that level of perfection. I can only dream of wiring up that clean lol
Yep. That breaker box is 40 years old. Looks like it was wired yesterday. Then he gets the grunts to mount those baseboard outlets with no elec box. SMH
I feel like being "that guy": I don't know which beach you were at, but a lot of the sands in Hawaii are coral-based. That means they are more calcium carbonate and less silica....so no semi-conductors :-(
@@ryanmalin Just more semi then normal semi-conductors..... or it is more conductor then semi-conductor? Or like a not-so-super conductor? Wait.... where does all that calcium for the coral come from? Those things are everywhere.
@@ryanmalin well the semi conductors aren't made from sources that aren't already pretty much pure silica / quarz, so yeah no the sand with 50% calcium carbonate isn't semi-conductors
I mean the silicon in semiconductors isn't coming from sand either, it's usually mined and purified. The higher the purity of the starting material the less work you need for further purification.
@@InTimeTraveller from what I just researched on wiki & yt, either quartz or sand (silica sand obviously) is purified to metallurgical grade elemental silicon, and some of that is further purified into semiconductor or solar panel grade silicon (crystaline silicone). So yeah it doesn't come directly from sand, and it definitely doesn't come from a sand that has large amounts of calcium in it.
I imagine that the switches and handles at a low level is an accessibility feature. Imagine you _need_ a wheelchair or crutches and you want to open the door or turn the lights on?
@@umakemerandy3669 lol that wasn’t a joke. Japanese apartments have much shorter design, if you are taller you’ll have a hard time using countertops in the kitchen
For hotel rooms the primary things that make a room handicapped accessible are: switches and door handles at a lower height wider doorways grab bars in the tub area or a roll-in/walk-in shower Some hotels go above and beyond and do things like no cabinet under the sink to make it easier to reach.
That is exactly what it's for, they usually lower the switches in houses specifically designed to be wheelchair accessible. I imagine the hotel does the same thing but for all the rooms so they don't have to make a different room layout for disabled people.
I definitely appreciate the message at the end. That being said, the smoke detector was dated to 1984. I think maintenance at that specific location for safety equipment maybe had some issues even before the world economic slowdown impacted vacation rental markets. To be fair, the majority of rentals I've had in Hawaii have been similar to that one. Focus on that kind of thing seems like a lower priority there compared to the mainland.
Other possibility, the test actually sends electric signals to a control room somewhere else and the people there are just confused as to why the alarm there rings but no smoke can be seen
@@ZenoDLC you still don't leave a smoke detector in service for nearly 4 decades they usually have a service life of 10 years & even if you do they'd need cleaning & that was filthy.
That was something new I learnt about poor contacts becoming a fire hazard! I’m going to check all my outlets today. Great video Mehdi, hope you all enjoyed the holiday 🙏
@Karl with a K this is why i dont use dimmers period. even when i moved to my new apartment the first thing i did was check every outlet and find a place to put my pc where i could use more then one to power everything.
now that I think about it, poor contact is like trying to run a large current through a thin cable, because the same amount of current has to go through smaller area, it heats up faster.
Medhi, you saw how old those smoke detectors and outlets were. We've been in a pandemic for 3 years, not 3 decades. The hotel had plenty of chance to fix these items before the pandemic, an I'm sure they were broken by then. They're bad not because they can't fix them, but because they don't care
@@bubba99009 Realistically, it would take an electrician less than a day to replace all the outlets and detectors in all of the units. Outlets can be had for $1 a piece and $15 a piece for GFCI. And that's the consumer price, not even the contractor price. It would only cost a couple thousand to fix. They waste more money on shitty soap bottles.
As a maintenance technician for an apartment complex usually we are held to higher standards as we lease homes but every time someone moves out we have to go in and fix anything broken and update old apartments so we have a list of everything we need to do including testing and replacing outlets and switches.
Love how daughter is in background as you remove a hotel outlet, and she isn't even phased... 'Yeah, that's what he does...' lol Also, love that you brought a multimeter, screwdriver and thermal cam, plugs with open wires on end, potentiometers on vacation. As one does. 😆 I'd love to see the questions you'd have gotten if TSA screened your luggage, lol
I've been following this channel for a few years and watched it grow. This man is a perfect example of a fully-qualified electrical engineer who's deliberately acting like a total fool in order to show everyone precisely how and what NOT to do... ever! ❤ Anyone who leaves derogatory comments on any of his videos is clearly oblivious to the fact that he knows EXACTLY what he can do with out causing damage to himself of other people's property! I'd actually love to have a beer with this guy 😀
He's gotten distracted a few times with the camera and gone further than I think he intended to. Not sure if he meant to short out in the breaker box. I think he was too focused on making sure the camera could see the meter screen.
I love that someone is sitting on the sofa in the background looking at their phone, blithely accepting that sitting on the floor pulling out a socket without flipping the trip switch is simply what Mehdi does on holiday. That's a great view of family life right there.
9:23 observatory closed to public otherwise would have checked it out"lets". I also love that the wife and daughter are chilling on vacation (as supposed to) but Mehdi is embracing the nerd spirit :)
I'd love to hear the conversation between Mehdi and TSA trying to explain why he needs to bring a bunch of his electronics with him on his 'family vacation'
Meanwhile in South Africa: Airport security: Sir, what are these? Me: Those are Glock 19 magazines and spare recoil springs. Airport security: Ah ok. Enjoy your flight.
Do you think when he goes to have dinner at someone else’s house he brings a multimeter and asks where’s their breaker box is? He’s like “Excuse me, I have to use the restroom” and hear him blowing up an outlet in the other room.
as an electrician, I can attest that my wife hates going out to eat with me because all I will do is stare at the ceiling. If it's more than 20 years old, and has exposed ceilings, you are going to find violations. Every time.
@@SILVER_QT Wow dude. No need to be hateful. I asked if that's what he meant. I wasnt being a grammar nazi. Sometimes, one letter is important. Theres a big difference between dive and die
@@es-zw3mg He could've meant disables and just put a few too many s-es. How am I supposed to know? Y'all are crucifying me over asking one question. Stop it. I didnt correct him in a jerk way. I didnt say disassembles*. I asked if that's what he meant
Smoke detector is a year older than I am. Kinda scary. It would be neat if you or someone else were able to access the room a year later to see if the hotel owner fixed the issues that were brought up. Also rest in peace potentiometer. Your noble sacrifice may save the lives of future guests.
7:30 - I like how Electrocute briefly looks over, realizes it's just her dad playing with the electrical socket, and goes back to flipping through her phone.
@@mrpineapple3942 My favorite was Medhi getting her to help him try and jumpstart his car with his improvised battery starter. She turned the key, the jumpstarter fell off the engine and broke, Medhi smacked his head on the hood and cursed, 9-year old Electrocute didn't even blink. Like she fully expected that outcome all along.
"The source of all silicon crystals and semiconductors and diodes and transistors and everything" Yep. Exactly what I thought in my first time touching sand
Hey Mehdi, I work security at a hotel. The hotel is an absolute catastrophe. I’d be happy to supply a free room in the “Monterey bay”, in exchange for an undercover inspection! 😉🧐
I broke my feet today because I kicked my computer because someone commented that my videos are bad! I hate unjustified criticism. Please wish me a speedy recovery, dear home
As someone born and raised in Hawaii, I was not surprised by the safety features. That hotel is very old! It actually looks recently renovated haha P.S. I've never found a working smoke detector on this island. Also thanks for visiting!
9:25 "Unfortunately It's not accessible to public, otherwise I would check their outlets" If Mehdi goes to area 51, the first thing he will do is check their outlets. 🤣😂
Yeah... I remember when I satret watching Mehdi, it was in my ( European schools(poslish) ) 6'th year of primary school, he got me into all mechatronics stuff, and now there is me about to graduate high school and get my certificate for mechatronics. Ah now I see what my parents ment when they were talking about how the time passes sooo fast.
@@mikoajsowierka6365 Yeah, and even worse, it starts going by even faster the older you get. I'm 55, and a decade feels like a year to me now. Enjoy life, my friend.
In Australia, there was a perceived danger by authorities that someone may bend a knife at sufficient angle to get the handle out of the way. Then they may get that knife and potentially slide it into live pins of a power plug while it was still plugged in, without dislodging the plug. Then they may hang onto the knife long enough to get a jolt which may cause them to suddenly pull on the knife and knock the plug out. The authorities decided 1. Lets make all contacts more deeply recessed, so pins are not engaged if something the thickness of a knife is placed at the top of them. 2. Lets make all pins shorter for the same reason. 3. Lets make the thickness of the conducting pins significantly smaller, so plastic can surround the top of the pins where a knife may go. So we have gone from a perceived danger of a brief shock to people modifying knives to put across live plugs, to hundreds of fires each year from buzzing plugs with insufficient contactor size or engagement.
You are drawing a great many conclusions from fairly little evidence there. There are a total of aprox 1700 electrical related fires of any cause reported to FRNSW in any given year. Given the majority of these are appliance based the assertion of hundreds due to slightly insulated pins needs some backing.
@@youkofoxy N does look Nice. It also appears to provide mechanical support to reduce the arching which happens when appliance cables hang from Australian and US sockets. UK appears to have the most robust appliance plugs with the least variants provided by cheaper manufacturers.
I imagine Mehdi explaining to the hotel reception they need to fix their outlets whilst also explaining why he needed to break into their breaker room.
I freakin’ LOST IT when he was by the observatory and said “unfortunately it is not accessible to the public, otherwise… I would check its outlets.” :D
If he goes up here with Cub Scout or Boy Scouts he can scope the outlets then. The Air Force has given multiple tours of the telescopes over the years to our local scouts 🤘🤘
Been using a miltimeter on a daily basis for the past 6 years & not once have I ever used the "probe holders". Never even realised that's what the were for; thought they were just for keeping them in place when not in use - or maybe to turn your multimeter into an offensive weapon!
Usually you put one probe in the holder so you can hold it and the meter with one hand, and keep the other probe in the other hand - you don't usually stick both of them in the holders. Most decent quality multi meters have the holders - sure, the $3.99 special at harbor freight or princess auto meters, not so much
“That’s a giant observatoryyyy… unfortunately it is not accessible to the public.. otherwise I would check its outlets” that is the most electroBoom thing to say lmao
9:30 Knowing this channel, checking the observatories outlets will result in a massive spike which will in turn boost a signal which will trigger an alien invasion and they will kill us all.
I guess I've been skim boarding wrong this whole time, I though one was supposed to stay on the board. Silly me... On the other hand, Medhi hurting himself without electricity just seems wrong
Holly Smokes, great job breaking down such a "Hot topic", I'm going to use this in one of my classes. I teach electrical vocation classes for the Idaho Department of Correction. I've been a supporter of yours for a while now and am glad to do it. your work is invaluable to me in helping to explain very complex theory with humor, My kinda teacher. Thanks for your hard work and sacrificing your body to expand the minds of future STEM students. your my hero.
You know, what makes electroboom more than a youtuber for me, is his relationship with his family! the way he travels with them, have fun with them, It warms my heart so much! Love you electroboom!!!
Damn that is one vintage smoke detector -1984 George Orwell. I was expecting sparks when you removed it from the ceiling. Now Airbnb is going to add "ElectroBOOM!" star ratings to it's listings - this one would be a 2 star hotel! Breaking into the electrical closet - priceless!
12:46 When in a hotel and your GFCI outlet is not working, write 'broken' with a sharpie on it! The hotel will have to replace it because they dont want the next customer to see that!
@@TheGuruStud Not all combinations of them. I already had the combination of plastic and a sharpie where the main parts of the color could be wiped off with acetone, but it still had a clearly readable "shadow".
it's a hotel , it still works fine . the place looked fine so a different sink area won't make them any more money. at least the grill wasn't yellowed like the smoke detector.
70s era construction and equipment are way more common in Hawaii then you'd first think. The old hotels don't modernize unless they have to, because literally doing any kind of renovation is insanely expensive. I've worked on hotel HVAC when I was in Hawaii during the mid-2000s, and everything Medhi finds doesn't surprise me at all. The environment alone destroys everything on a routine basis.... humidity always between the 80s and 90s, salt in the air from the surrounding oceans, near year round heat catalysis a lot of decay processes. Anything even remotely sensitive, to environment get eaten alive. The knock on effect of this is that maintenance in construction and electrical gets incredibly expensive over time. Hawaii residents also don't make a lot of money, but have insane cost of living.... so you get a very frugal mind set when it comes to maintenance costs. Property owners are even worse, and its not uncommon to see much worse electrical problems in $1000/mo studio/1Bed apartments. But the Hotels..... its insane the degree of variance in maintenance quality on the GUEST FACING side of the campus; especially for the prices. The worker side.... borderline horror stories at times..... at the 4-5 Star Hotels. It helps to understand a lot of the hotels date back to the Economic boom of the 70s/80s, when Hawaii was THE tropical Tourist destination for the 1st world. A lot of those places are still around, with a surprising number having much of the original construction still in service. And because renovation is so expensive, even in the off seasons, you get a lot of the original "building code" design artifacts and safety equipment still around. Interestingly enough.... equipment from that era is also impressively robust; so its entirely possible to find old systems that still work. And if a whole system fails from age or superseded by new safety codes, they're usually kept in place with a more modern system installed along side them. Put that all together, and it creates this incredibly surreal experience if you have any kind construction or engineering background. A living time capsule of 70s/80s era construction and equipment that never got replaced. As a side comment about the shower and humidity..... its so humid in Hawaii year round (effectively being all equatorial coastal land no matter how inland you get), you may as well be sleeping in a shower. In general, any air flow sucks in MORE humidity from the outside, making mold growth a common problem in hotels. To combat this, a lot of hotels lean on their Air Conditioning units running dehumidifier duty, and the room itself being a closed loop. Its why the Hotel gets mad when you leave the windows open when you're out, and why some hotels AC systems get stupidly cold at night. Its basically the AC system trying to extract the humidity, and runs so long, it overly chills the room in the process. Some also have poorly tuned humidity thresholds, and run almost non-stop because it can't hit the 50-55 target smart systems go for. The newer ones are probably better; but the ones I worked on pretty frequently ran into issues where guests would develop sinus problems from the cold air while they sleep. I took a crack at figuring out where he went, and I'm kind of sure its The Shores At Waikoloa, or the Bay Club Hilton thats like right next door to it. Both have the same condo type buildings, and the reviews of the Shore had more then a few comments about the 70s era construction.
You can find it too if you look. You dont even have to look hard. Like where I used to work. They converted their outdoor lighting from 240V sodium (I think) to 120V LED. In the breaker box, they took out the double pole breaker and put in a single pole, which is fine, but they connected both hot wires to the same screw. And at the other end, they just put a wire nut on the end of the unused wire. So now, theres a live wire in the wall with probably nothing covering it because I'm sure the wire nut came off
It's WAY more common than you'd think. I was an electrician once and all my friends call me when they have issues. You wouldn't believe the stuff I've found. And without fail, I can legit find something wrong in any place that has power.
I am not an electrician, but I worked as maintenance lead at a location for a hotel chain that shall remain unnamed. Due to knowing an electrician who helped with a remodeling project I am aware of some of the electrical code in my area... The amount of... wonderful electrical work that I found in that hotel when I started was astounding. And I am sure if I was a fully trained electrician I would have found even more things to make my skin crawl.
It’s not really amazing, bad electric stuff is really everywhere. In my hotel in Curacao they had a splice on kids reach height with live conductors, if you had something like a small tea spoon you could toast yourself. In my own house in Belgium they didnt even bother to put in the screws in a powerpoint to clamp the wires, they just let it hang under mechanical tension..
I enjoy how he actually teaches us multiple safety tips and helpful hints while he's going about and intentionally shorting stuff and kinda injuring himself. Way to engage and still learn some
holy cow! Your daughter is so tall! I've been watching your channel since she was small, now I feel old :D Glad you continue testing on vacation. Fun fact, I live a few miles from the address on that really, REALLY old smoke detector...
1st: I think your room was set up for those in a wheelchair, 2nd: every outlet in every hotel room is loose like that and they don't care. This was a really fun video, thanks!
“That’s a massive observatory, too bad it’s not available to the public, or I’d check it’s outlets.” It feels like your part of the reason why they don’t allow the public in.
@@crilbusfumperdink3823 possessive "its" does not have an apostrophe. "It's" is reserved for "it is". "it's not available to the public" is the same as "it is not available to the public" and "I'd check its outlets" is the same as "I'd check the observatory's outlets"
@@SeamonVB Lol, and you even missed the _actual_ contraction typo in there : it should be "[...] it feels like *you're* part of the problem". FWIW though, the "it's vs. its" one can be kinda confusing, I have to look that one up myself just to be sure sometimes! I think it's because if you were to go purely by the rules, you'd think that they might _both_ be "it's", with one of the 's indicating possession, and one indicating a contraction. But since that'd be super confusing, we don't do that (and also there are often special rules for pronouns, such as "his" and "hers" instead of "he's" and "she's" to indicate possession, as that would cause the same ambiguity as before)
8:40 I recently saved my house from burning down by discovering an outlet that was so hot that it literally burned my finger with first degree burns (like a sunburn) when i touched the screw to remove the cover plate. the wires inside were completely corroded and stiff. I measured the temperature of the faceplate (the plastic covering) at 131 F. pretty scary
We had that in a JB feeding a transformer caused by a Floating neutral because the X0 point was not grounded. Only reason it didnt catch fire was because the splitter in the CSO trailer blew up and it prompted him to ask us to take a look was hot enough we could see the heat radiating off the box and we took the temp and it was 180 degrees. Not only that even with the breaker off the neutral was still live and gave a nice arc flash when we cut into it. That saved four 6 story wood frame Condos from going up in flames (again since it already burned down once from the roofers)
I noticed a buzzing sound from an outlet in our house, when I investigated the wall above it was warm! We were running a 2kw oil heater and the contact was just a tiny bit loose. Had to check all the sockets and had three of them replaced.
9:50 I have an audio mixer where the PSU has a ground wire. If The PSU is removed from the case and the ground wire is touching the PSUs shielding, there are small sparks on it. I guess that would trigger this outlet.
Do you guys don't use the electrical plastic box? Here in Brazil is rare to see one of those metal boxes in the market. If I'm not wrong we just use them when the conduits are metallic!
My guess for the smoke detector is that the Americium in it has depleted meaning it no longer works, this happens with age and is why you should replace often!
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"Please don't try this at home"
That's why I'm doing it in my vacation hotel !
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What do you people think about this?
The tinkerers loophole
Funny as hell
10/10
Imagine staying at a hotel somewhere and you just happen to see Mehdi trying to break into the electrical room lol
If he suddenly leaves I'd do the same lol
a click out of one, two is binding…
I would feel honored. Won't you?
@@formbi three is set...
would be Shocking 😃
Imagine having this guy as an electrical engineering teacher. Middle of class he just blacks out the entire university, he’d be a legend
It's hard to tell when he is pranking with the sparks, but that hotel suite only had a subpanel with no main breaker. If a dead short is big and fast enough it will trip both the branch and the main, and possibly even further up. Then he would have been forced to break into that central electrical room to hide his tracks. Or get the hotel management involved. "I dunno what happened.."
I blacked out my school using a paper clip back in the day!
@@Rageypeep did the exact same thing but in the boys bathroom lmao
every day at 12 he starts lunch break with a branch panel breaker trip
Imagine the rage of those laboratorium assistants who forgor to save their Word documents.
I love that his daughter is playing on her phone, not lifing one brow despite daddy messing with the outlets on his knees in a hotel. I can only wonder what this kid has seen through the years..
Plot twist: she's actually deaf. :P
@@geoffreyentwistle8176Well i guess they dont have to worry about her saying dirty words lol
She has one awesome dad lol
@@geoffreyentwistle8176 No she isn't
@@geoffreyentwistle8176 She plays the piano i think lol. So your joke will fly over the heads of many.
Mehdi: time for a family vacation
Hotel’s liability insurance: *sweats profusely*
Hehehe
Wot?
I doubt they would get insurance in the first place, certainly if they found out about the fire alarm it would be void.
1984 was a cherry year for smoke detectors!
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Mehdi you should do a series with the Airbnb locations, would love to see what electrical "black magic" you can find 👀
Ayo, you're the guy!
I nominate my house. The wiring screams what AvE would call "uncle granddad".
I booked an Airbnb once, it was a 10 storey building. So basically a Hotel only using one room as an airbnb but all the others with doors open wires hanging out concrete rubble everywhere including corridors. It was awful and i was going to spend a month there. The breathing was difficult from the dust so I just left.
Mehdi could go to establishments like Gordon Ramsey did but he instead checks the safety of electrical equipment and turns the place upside-down to knock some sense into the owners.
Oh, I am so with this idea! I follow several people who rate travel locations, and it would be fun to see them take Medhi with them.
"It's not accessible by the public, or I'd go check it's outlets."
You, Mehdi, are the ultimate geek. Thank you for that.
In the meantime at the observatory: "Is he gone? Why does this dude linger around? Should we call police?" 😂
When he said that I legit laughed out loud. I was expecting "... or I'd go check it out."
Good job he is not a medical practitioner.
proably one of the reasons it is not available to public too :) they KNEW
@@mechadrake Lol my thoughts exactly, they heard he was visiting and closed it off.
This is actually a very refreshing take on teaching people about electric and GFCI. You basically brought humor to the mix for a very important issue of regular checking GFCI. This is so very clever. Nicely done
Did they let you into a hotel again? I thought they have learned.
Holy crap I didn't even think about that
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@Chetan G Gokhale 21 hours rounds up
@Chetan G Gokhale It's simple. I'm in a different timezone.
@Chetan G Gokhale patreon early access probably
I like how he has turned "fucking with the wiring of hotels while on vacation" into a tax deduction
does the killer usb work on comments
@@itainteasy upset? What r u the hotel owner
@@Avicados mehdi specifically eludes to nuking "tax fraud data" in the killer usb video. If I was upset that he was writing of his vacation, and I can understand your confusing my comment for jealousy. but please explain to me why that would concern the hotel owner?
@@itainteasy correct I thought you were trying to nuke the op comment as if you were the hotel owner. To be fair your comment of the tax fraud data nuke is not really close to a deduction as the op was referring to making your joke hard to follow. You gotta be a dad ;)
@@Avicados still not sure why the hotel owner is upset about writing off a thing he got paid for. Maybe... "what are you Mehdi's CPA?".
Normal People: "Ah, the beach, the sand... Beautiful!"
Mehdi: "The source of semi-conductors, this humidity affects the components... And where are the breakers?"
No normal people go it’s sand it’s everywhere get me out of here.
Observatory closed to public
Mehdi [outside, banging on the door]: LET ME CHECK YOUR OUTLETS!
@@Mr.Sparks.173 holy moly grease donut!!
Not much silicon in Parrotfish poop, which is what that sand actually is. Mostly coral.
What about gallium
As a Hawaiian I can't believe you trusted anything about our wiring, I am surprised half the cables weren't repurposed extension cord 😂
I mean, he did discover that the hardwired smoke detector hadn't been replaced in almost four decades.... because nobody bothered to test it.
@@gastonbell108 yep. Lucky for people who may have been staying in it, that neighborhood survived the fires 2 weeks ago
Aye brah! No can truss da kine bussup stuffs!
@@Emmathelady No Can For Shua!
@@SeaforgedArtifacts
I mean the buggah gone give you lickens!
I love how everyone else is just like "mmm warm sand" and Mehdi is just like "Ah yes the raw form of semiconductors"
Lol
😂
I would say: *Ah yes, unmade glass*
@@orangelake2268 Is that a minecraft reference?
@@prabhdensingh8740 no, its a scientific fact that glass comes from sand via heating it up so much that it melts
The switches being low might be a wheelchair accessibility thing.
Correct!
off course below one meter
Or for the Menehune :DD
As a forme electrician I can confirm you're right 👍
Even though I'm tall, I find I don't have to bend down to flip the switch, actually, they're usually just above height my hand naturally rests at, just takes some getting used to, not having to lift my hand right up to flip the switch.
Even better, means that if anyone with a wheelchair wants to live there, they won't have to adjust anything.
Getting that oscilloscope through airport security would be interesting
More interesting knowing it's Mehdi
They don't even blink at electronics equipment. But they'll confiscate wire strippers if the handle is too long. Ask me how I know this...
I once took a large oscilloscope as a carry on, they didn't even ask what it was. It was pre-9/11 though.
@@phunkydroid pre 9/11 they let you take a corpse in a bag through airport security.
I got a travel sized multimeter for my last trip well worth it. Didn’t have any trouble although it was my checked bag.
On the other hand if for some reason you bring two laptops through somehow I got waived in to have extra inspection on that they had to wipe it down and run it through a chemical screening machine.
the outlet looks shocked!
but also sad :(
Underrated comment
“Shocked”
I see what you did there
I didn't know outlets with poor contacts like that were fire hazards. I'll be replacing mine in my room now after seeing this video!
As a tip, don't buy the cheap $0.99 outlets. Pay a few bucks and get the so-called "commercial grade" outlets. They have much better contacts that last a lot longer generally.
Loose outlet contacts also cause sparks which can cause even more heating.
@@JohnShalamskas and sparks cause carbon deposits which cause EVEN MORE heating.
You could in theory open the outlet and squish the contacts back together, instead of replacing it
Well i mean you could also live in a country where the plugs are smartly made
I love how this man goes on vacation just to test electrical outlets.
I prefer to test the beer.
I don't know anything about income taxes in Canada, but as an American, this looked like "How can I take the family on vacation to Hawaii, and write it off as a business expense?"
@@1mmickk Same
I tested the electrical outlets in my basement when I was a little kid, and actually discovered that they were miswired.
8:11 - Over here, metal flush-boxes are RARE. They were basically discontinued as standard ages ago, although, you can still use them if you want. ALL the flush-boxes in the last 30-40 years, and all new installs, use plastic ones. Mind you, grub-screw type terminals, not just 'Wrap around and screw' type flat screw connections. 240v also, and an earth line and M.E.N. connection system. Not sure if they even use M.E.N. at all in American 110v systems. Most sockets and plugs seem to be two prong, with no earth line at all. I note the SOCKETS in USA allow for an earth pin, but it seems to be very rarely used. Over here, ALL appliances and wall sockets MUST have that third earth connection UNLESS the product is 'Double-insulated' - which is indicated by a double square symbol on the product if that is the case. Very entertaining video! :)
Normal people getting into a new home/hotel: ”oh what a nice view and good quality house”
ElectroBoom: ”where is the electrical panel?”
Lol
Which is good, he's giving himself more safety
I'm like ElectroBoom, I stayed in a place that still uses screw fuses, it was the main panel too. Such beauty, but also a bit dangerous since one of them was bypassed with a nail.
Some of the outlets were so loose you could take them out of the wall when you unplugged something, and of course, no ground anywhere.
he ain't going on vacation unless it's a proper HVAC-ation.
@@Carlium sounds like my house, except no fuses bridged, but there def isn't a ground anywhere, the quickest replacement for ground in such old installations is best done by shorting neutral to earth, so then you arent static shocked when touching metal appliances
Observatory - "Would you like to examine the infinite wonders of the universe?"
Medhi - "Maybe later. Where do you keep your breaker box?"
6:22 can we take a second to appreciate the electrician who wired that box up? This is what pride in your work results in
Part of the reason I bought my house was because the circuit breaker looks like that, even after additions. I told them as much too.
Clean!
It does my heart so much good to see so many other people noticing things like this!! ❤
@@michaelpichahchy2489 Absolutely. As someone who works with their hands, I can appreciate ANY JOB done to that level of perfection. I can only dream of wiring up that clean lol
Yep. That breaker box is 40 years old. Looks like it was wired yesterday. Then he gets the grunts to mount those baseboard outlets with no elec box. SMH
I feel like being "that guy": I don't know which beach you were at, but a lot of the sands in Hawaii are coral-based. That means they are more calcium carbonate and less silica....so no semi-conductors :-(
but they still contain silica....so yes semi-conductors :-)
@@ryanmalin Just more semi then normal semi-conductors..... or it is more conductor then semi-conductor? Or like a not-so-super conductor? Wait.... where does all that calcium for the coral come from? Those things are everywhere.
@@ryanmalin well the semi conductors aren't made from sources that aren't already pretty much pure silica / quarz, so yeah no the sand with 50% calcium carbonate isn't semi-conductors
I mean the silicon in semiconductors isn't coming from sand either, it's usually mined and purified. The higher the purity of the starting material the less work you need for further purification.
@@InTimeTraveller from what I just researched on wiki & yt, either quartz or sand (silica sand obviously) is purified to metallurgical grade elemental silicon, and some of that is further purified into semiconductor or solar panel grade silicon (crystaline silicone). So yeah it doesn't come directly from sand, and it definitely doesn't come from a sand that has large amounts of calcium in it.
7:32 "Now that we are relatively safe, let's open this outlet.."
His daughter at the back: yea this happens everytime..
lmaooo
I imagine that the switches and handles at a low level is an accessibility feature. Imagine you _need_ a wheelchair or crutches and you want to open the door or turn the lights on?
I wonder if it’s for Japanese tourists
@@kurtbitner6675 😀
@@umakemerandy3669 lol that wasn’t a joke. Japanese apartments have much shorter design, if you are taller you’ll have a hard time using countertops in the kitchen
For hotel rooms the primary things that make a room handicapped accessible are:
switches and door handles at a lower height
wider doorways
grab bars in the tub area or a roll-in/walk-in shower
Some hotels go above and beyond and do things like no cabinet under the sink to make it easier to reach.
That is exactly what it's for, they usually lower the switches in houses specifically designed to be wheelchair accessible. I imagine the hotel does the same thing but for all the rooms so they don't have to make a different room layout for disabled people.
I definitely appreciate the message at the end. That being said, the smoke detector was dated to 1984. I think maintenance at that specific location for safety equipment maybe had some issues even before the world economic slowdown impacted vacation rental markets.
To be fair, the majority of rentals I've had in Hawaii have been similar to that one. Focus on that kind of thing seems like a lower priority there compared to the mainland.
Other possibility, the test actually sends electric signals to a control room somewhere else and the people there are just confused as to why the alarm there rings but no smoke can be seen
@@ZenoDLC you still don't leave a smoke detector in service for nearly 4 decades they usually have a service life of 10 years & even if you do they'd need cleaning & that was filthy.
@@ZenoDLC the striped Link wire isn't even connected when he pulls it down, just line and neutral.
B&R in Hawaii Things just dont get updated there. You got it. Pretty laid back in that way, though accidents do happen in paradise
youd think theyd care seeing as theyre on a tiny island with not many places to go.
That was something new I learnt about poor contacts becoming a fire hazard! I’m going to check all my outlets today. Great video Mehdi, hope you all enjoyed the holiday 🙏
Use a fork!
@Karl with a K I’ve had that happen too! It taught me not to overload dimmers again
@Karl with a K this is why i dont use dimmers period. even when i moved to my new apartment the first thing i did was check every outlet and find a place to put my pc where i could use more then one to power everything.
Surprised the home I'm renting hasnt gone up in flames yet...
now that I think about it, poor contact is like trying to run a large current through a thin cable, because the same amount of current has to go through smaller area, it heats up faster.
Medhi, you saw how old those smoke detectors and outlets were. We've been in a pandemic for 3 years, not 3 decades. The hotel had plenty of chance to fix these items before the pandemic, an I'm sure they were broken by then. They're bad not because they can't fix them, but because they don't care
I would definitely send a letter or email to the AHJ after you return home.
And one nights stay would have paid for a new smoke detector and GFCI.
@@kcgunesq The local fire marshal would have a field day for the smoke detector (maybe the outlets too.)
Medhi should test one of those $10k a night places.
@@bubba99009 Realistically, it would take an electrician less than a day to replace all the outlets and detectors in all of the units. Outlets can be had for $1 a piece and $15 a piece for GFCI. And that's the consumer price, not even the contractor price. It would only cost a couple thousand to fix. They waste more money on shitty soap bottles.
As a maintenance technician for an apartment complex usually we are held to higher standards as we lease homes but every time someone moves out we have to go in and fix anything broken and update old apartments so we have a list of everything we need to do including testing and replacing outlets and switches.
Love how daughter is in background as you remove a hotel outlet, and she isn't even phased... 'Yeah, that's what he does...' lol
Also, love that you brought a multimeter, screwdriver and thermal cam, plugs with open wires on end, potentiometers on vacation. As one does. 😆
I'd love to see the questions you'd have gotten if TSA screened your luggage, lol
"she isn't even phased"
That's an electrical pun right there, don't think I didn't notice. ha
Could you add the timestamp?
@@HermanVonPetri 😉🤓
nice of him to wait till she was gone to continue the shot and pop the breaker to kill the electricity.
@@ujjwalagnihotri2148 7:30
"Don't try this at home"
I won't, I'll try it at some random hotel room.
LOL
I've been following this channel for a few years and watched it grow. This man is a perfect example of a fully-qualified electrical engineer who's deliberately acting like a total fool in order to show everyone precisely how and what NOT to do... ever! ❤ Anyone who leaves derogatory comments on any of his videos is clearly oblivious to the fact that he knows EXACTLY what he can do with out causing damage to himself of other people's property! I'd actually love to have a beer with this guy 😀
He's gotten distracted a few times with the camera and gone further than I think he intended to. Not sure if he meant to short out in the breaker box. I think he was too focused on making sure the camera could see the meter screen.
a beer with live and nutral submerged instead of lime
The mere fact that he is still alive and not burned or scarred severely is proof that Medhi knows what he is doing!
2:36 i like how one of the first things he does is destroy something
Oof those falls on the beach looked painful haha
You gotta step onto the board lol, if you hop in slams against the sand and stops
It might for an amateur, but if you got shocked a zillion times it's actually pretty enjoyable.
@Har finally
Some bullshit i don’t fucking care
How are you 19 hours early earlier than the video
@@woody442 You beat me to it.
I love that someone is sitting on the sofa in the background looking at their phone, blithely accepting that sitting on the floor pulling out a socket without flipping the trip switch is simply what Mehdi does on holiday. That's a great view of family life right there.
Probably ElectroCUTE, she featured in his videos before and knows very well what's coming.
This man is like the Louis Slotin of home electronics
In the next shot when he actually does his magic she isn't there.
@@u1zha She's like 12, creep.
@@ruthlessluder electrocute is the name of her TH-cam channel for years. Plus it's just a pun, you're the creep.
9:23 observatory closed to public otherwise would have checked it out"lets". I also love that the wife and daughter are chilling on vacation (as supposed to) but Mehdi is embracing the nerd spirit :)
"otherwise i would check its outlets"*
That would have been a blow to astronomy. All their telescopes would have been without power for a day or two.
lol I also love how they both are unphased by him doing a video..."on vacation"
That nerd spirit paid for it all LOL
@@sheepy0125 you should have typed it as"out(lets)" that would make it more conclusive
2:50 this is a gentex smoke detector. There's a version with the fire strobe and one without it.
Ah.. the laughter of your loved ones as you fall down and hurt yourself.. all dads knows this
ahhh the love, they laugh when he falls at the beach, but when Electrocute falls on the slope you hear the "Ooompphhf" of compassion for her...
I'd love to hear the conversation between Mehdi and TSA trying to explain why he needs to bring a bunch of his electronics with him on his 'family vacation'
He actually alluded to that once, look up the video of his UK vacation 😂
Meanwhile in South Africa:
Airport security: Sir, what are these?
Me: Those are Glock 19 magazines and spare recoil springs.
Airport security: Ah ok. Enjoy your flight.
2:05 i like it how you picked the sand, and started speaking about the electric stuff.
I mean the electric stuff is made from stuff that's available in sand so technically makes sense lol
2:55 there are still ones of those smokes still working supprisingly
Do you think when he goes to have dinner at someone else’s house he brings a multimeter and asks where’s their breaker box is?
He’s like “Excuse me, I have to use the restroom” and hear him blowing up an outlet in the other room.
yeah
"why is he taking so long?"
*Bang*
*Medhi screaming*
*Lights go out*
@@lucaspetty5990 The level of confidence radiating from your comment makes me want to believe you
Lmao I love that somehow
as an electrician, I can attest that my wife hates going out to eat with me because all I will do is stare at the ceiling. If it's more than 20 years old, and has exposed ceilings, you are going to find violations. Every time.
Love how he disassebles everything as long as it contains electronics
Do you mean disassembles?
@@thomasvlaskampiii6850 yes that what he meant you knew this bruh you feel proud correcting that one letter ?
@@SILVER_QT Wow dude. No need to be hateful. I asked if that's what he meant. I wasnt being a grammar nazi.
Sometimes, one letter is important. Theres a big difference between dive and die
@@es-zw3mg He could've meant disables and just put a few too many s-es. How am I supposed to know? Y'all are crucifying me over asking one question. Stop it. I didnt correct him in a jerk way. I didnt say disassembles*. I asked if that's what he meant
guys please stop bullying it’s not fun for anyone
"I've watched enough Lockpicking Lawyer."
Ah, I see you're a man of culture, as well.
Nothing on 1
2 is binding, little click out of 2
3 is a bit loose
nothing on 4
5 seems to be buzzing, little click on 5
Oops, I popped open a breaker.
I just watched that guy talk about all the different things he'd like to stuff in his wife's Beaver! Culture indeed!
This video autoplayed for me after a lockpicking lawyer video.
@@cezarcatalin1406 And instead of the lock opening, you get a *ZAP BLEEP*
Do I hear crossover?
Smoke detector is a year older than I am. Kinda scary. It would be neat if you or someone else were able to access the room a year later to see if the hotel owner fixed the issues that were brought up.
Also rest in peace potentiometer. Your noble sacrifice may save the lives of future guests.
F in the chat
7:30 - I like how Electrocute briefly looks over, realizes it's just her dad playing with the electrical socket, and goes back to flipping through her phone.
Used to it at this point
@@mrpineapple3942 My favorite was Medhi getting her to help him try and jumpstart his car with his improvised battery starter. She turned the key, the jumpstarter fell off the engine and broke, Medhi smacked his head on the hood and cursed, 9-year old Electrocute didn't even blink. Like she fully expected that outcome all along.
@@harveywallbanger3123 xD
@@harveywallbanger3123 which video is this one lol
13:37 oh no! The 12V battery! It's broken!
Ohh nooo
"The source of all silicon crystals and semiconductors and diodes and transistors and everything"
Yep. Exactly what I thought in my first time touching sand
you knew what semiconductors was the first time you touched sand?
..... where do you live that doesnt have rivers or beaches or deserts?
@Mijc Osis
Doesn't mean the first thing you should think is "Ahh sand, the mother of semiconductors!" 😂
Let’s not forget about germanium though.
*grabs a handful of sand* you're going to be a graphics card one day!
9:25 "...otherwise, I would check its outlets."
This made me lmao
Hey Mehdi, I work security at a hotel. The hotel is an absolute catastrophe. I’d be happy to supply a free room in the “Monterey bay”, in exchange for an undercover inspection! 😉🧐
sus
IT'S A TRAP
Hotel chains all over the world have banded together to take you out fir exposing their lack of safety precautions
@@TheMonaamohammed agreed
🧢🧢🧢
@@IAmSamilRaza how come
Honestly I really do pack a multimeter and a soldering iron for holidays, to fix all the stuff I've built for the holiday
I always pack a Pinecil iron with me just in case. It's extremely handy sometimes
Do you also bring a can of WD-40, as well as a smaller can of WD-40 in case the lid on the big one gets stuck?
@@squimmysquam WD-40 is very useful in Hawaii... No problem finding it locally ;)
Seriously, stuff starts rusting in like a day.
13:17 .... Mehdi Searching for Electric eels.... 😃😜
13:14 searching for electric eel to test 😂
😂
I love these videos!😂 When will you come to europe mainlaind to inspect our system?
I broke my feet today because I kicked my computer because someone commented that my videos are bad! I hate unjustified criticism. Please wish me a speedy recovery, dear home
@@AxxLAfriku ok
Three phases for the win!
He has been to UK, check out that video
@@thefighterinhades the comment said __Mainland__ Europe
As someone born and raised in Hawaii, I was not surprised by the safety features. That hotel is very old! It actually looks recently renovated haha
P.S. I've never found a working smoke detector on this island. Also thanks for visiting!
9:25
"Unfortunately It's not accessible to public, otherwise I would check their outlets"
If Mehdi goes to area 51, the first thing he will do is check their outlets.
🤣😂
They must be hiding the FREE ENERGY DEVICE
absolutely 😂
And will instruct all personal into the mighty Full Bridge Rectifier.
Medhi goes to CERN.... outlets
@@mycosys That would be conCERNing...
I'll see myself out.
as an electrician this was too relatable. I was on the edge of my seat as you were searching for the panel.
Holy crap, Electrocute is all grown up!!! Taller than her mom! Time is flying by......
Yeah... I remember when I satret watching Mehdi, it was in my ( European schools(poslish) ) 6'th year of primary school, he got me into all mechatronics stuff, and now there is me about to graduate high school and get my certificate for mechatronics. Ah now I see what my parents ment when they were talking about how the time passes sooo fast.
@@mikoajsowierka6365 Yeah, and even worse, it starts going by even faster the older you get. I'm 55, and a decade feels like a year to me now. Enjoy life, my friend.
Hopefully her OnlyFans is coming soon
@@floorpizza8074 and this pandemic makes everything feel even faster.
@@0prahTV wtf dude...
I always love hearing/seeing your family in these, it's immediately apparent how great of a dad and husband you are
Like 100
especially when you see his daughter all grown up compared to his earlier videos
@@tr4deyy612 this is why your parents don't love you
In Australia, there was a perceived danger by authorities that someone may bend a knife at sufficient angle to get the handle out of the way. Then they may get that knife and potentially slide it into live pins of a power plug while it was still plugged in, without dislodging the plug. Then they may hang onto the knife long enough to get a jolt which may cause them to suddenly pull on the knife and knock the plug out.
The authorities decided 1. Lets make all contacts more deeply recessed, so pins are not engaged if something the thickness of a knife is placed at the top of them. 2. Lets make all pins shorter for the same reason. 3. Lets make the thickness of the conducting pins significantly smaller, so plastic can surround the top of the pins where a knife may go.
So we have gone from a perceived danger of a brief shock to people modifying knives to put across live plugs, to hundreds of fires each year from buzzing plugs with insufficient contactor size or engagement.
thats why you should become a presiden of minisitry of eletricity if there is one free space to you
You are drawing a great many conclusions from fairly little evidence there. There are a total of aprox 1700 electrical related fires of any cause reported to FRNSW in any given year. Given the majority of these are appliance based the assertion of hundreds due to slightly insulated pins needs some backing.
we solved that by recessing the plug it self.
not that our standard (Type N) is the best, however it at least supports other plugs.
@@youkofoxy N does look Nice. It also appears to provide mechanical support to reduce the arching which happens when appliance cables hang from Australian and US sockets. UK appears to have the most robust appliance plugs with the least variants provided by cheaper manufacturers.
I always thought Australian plugs were safer than most.
I imagine Mehdi explaining to the hotel reception they need to fix their outlets whilst also explaining why he needed to break into their breaker room.
I freakin’ LOST IT when he was by the observatory and said “unfortunately it is not accessible to the public, otherwise… I would check its outlets.” :D
Yes, that one should be clipped
Best part!
If he goes up here with Cub Scout or Boy Scouts he can scope the outlets then. The Air Force has given multiple tours of the telescopes over the years to our local scouts 🤘🤘
@@mauirixxx Do they have a badge for electrical safety?
That was gold and hilarious 😂
Been using a miltimeter on a daily basis for the past 6 years & not once have I ever used the "probe holders". Never even realised that's what the were for; thought they were just for keeping them in place when not in use - or maybe to turn your multimeter into an offensive weapon!
a miltimeter
some have them some don't. i have found most don't
Usually you put one probe in the holder so you can hold it and the meter with one hand, and keep the other probe in the other hand - you don't usually stick both of them in the holders. Most decent quality multi meters have the holders - sure, the $3.99 special at harbor freight or princess auto meters, not so much
Especially for higher voltages, is designed so that you wont make contact from one arm to the other through your heart.
@@official-obama it was late and I was kinda drunk lol
2:11 Even on holidays Mehdi fails with Body Board Skating. The classic ElectroBOOM curse of being hurt never fails to disappoint.
10:12, you said u brought ur trusty wire to not fail you... and it failed u. 😆
Mehdi: We're going to Hawaii!
The Hawaiian Power Station: **PANIK**
The Hawaiian power station would be more afraid if PhotonicInduction was traveling there !
I really just spent 15 minutes watching a guy check the electrical components of a rental. I am becoming my dad.
Real
Closer to 17
“That’s a giant observatoryyyy… unfortunately it is not accessible to the public.. otherwise I would check its outlets” that is the most electroBoom thing to say lmao
yeah, that had me dead.
i think we found the source of the Maui fires. It wasnt grass it was poor building codes.
9:30 Knowing this channel, checking the observatories outlets will result in a massive spike which will in turn boost a signal which will trigger an alien invasion and they will kill us all.
@Gaming ZONE GAZO a lamo
Wouldn't it be nice?
first thing the aliens see from the human race is Mehdis monobrow
Ayyy a half life reference
Imagine going like, “Oh, you found out that my dad is ElectroBoom,” that must be such an intense fever dream
You mean his daughter, ElectroCUTE? She's been in various videos over the years lol (which yes, that's the name she uses, and *not* me being creepy!)
@@DUKE_of_RAMBLE I appreciate the clarification at the end. Legitimately thought you were a creep until I read the second half ha!
@@hisfatness522 nah, man just really likes watching ElectroBoom
@@hisfatness522 same, until I realized that it sounds like electricute at which point I thought it was genius.
Why do you need the clarification? It's a name that's been used in various other videos.
I also think your hard drive should be checked
I guess I've been skim boarding wrong this whole time, I though one was supposed to stay on the board. Silly me...
On the other hand, Medhi hurting himself without electricity just seems wrong
No swears or bleeps, either. What was even happening.
@@ps.2 2:36 here you go
11:36 LOL "close enough"
Sounds safe to me LOL
@@steersfamily9736 😂
Holly Smokes, great job breaking down such a "Hot topic", I'm going to use this in one of my classes. I teach electrical vocation classes for the Idaho Department of Correction. I've been a supporter of yours for a while now and am glad to do it. your work is invaluable to me in helping to explain very complex theory with humor, My kinda teacher. Thanks for your hard work and sacrificing your body to expand the minds of future STEM students. your my hero.
5:37 LOL! Love that triumphant look when you find the fuse panel Medhi! Totally cracked me up xD
He's Canadian?
@@RaymondHng he is Iranian-Canadian.
@@jonnya6107 I meant I heard him sing "O Canada" and not the "Star-Spangled Banner".
@@RaymondHng well, he lives in Canada and loves it I believe, so why not? 🙂
@@jonnya6107 I didn't hear the familiar Canadian _ou_ vowel sound in his speech and I've never seen him speak using metric units.
You know, what makes electroboom more than a youtuber for me, is his relationship with his family! the way he travels with them, have fun with them, It warms my heart so much! Love you electroboom!!!
Damn that is one vintage smoke detector -1984 George Orwell. I was expecting sparks when you removed it from the ceiling. Now Airbnb is going to add "ElectroBOOM!" star ratings to it's listings - this one would be a 2 star hotel! Breaking into the electrical closet - priceless!
12:46 When in a hotel and your GFCI outlet is not working, write 'broken' with a sharpie on it!
The hotel will have to replace it because they dont want the next customer to see that!
alcohol wipes off permanent marker. You're goofy. Nothing will be fixed.
@@TheGuruStud Then scratch it into the plate with a knife
Good luck wiping that off
@@TheGuruStud then cut the text into the outlet or burn it
@@TheGuruStud Not all combinations of them. I already had the combination of plastic and a sharpie where the main parts of the color could be wiped off with acetone, but it still had a clearly readable "shadow".
2:37 - Wow, I never thought I'd see the 1970s-esque "strip light behind egg crate diffuser" lighting solution still in practical use.
it's a hotel , it still works fine . the place looked fine so a different sink area won't make them any more money. at least the grill wasn't yellowed like the smoke detector.
70s era construction and equipment are way more common in Hawaii then you'd first think. The old hotels don't modernize unless they have to, because literally doing any kind of renovation is insanely expensive.
I've worked on hotel HVAC when I was in Hawaii during the mid-2000s, and everything Medhi finds doesn't surprise me at all. The environment alone destroys everything on a routine basis.... humidity always between the 80s and 90s, salt in the air from the surrounding oceans, near year round heat catalysis a lot of decay processes. Anything even remotely sensitive, to environment get eaten alive. The knock on effect of this is that maintenance in construction and electrical gets incredibly expensive over time. Hawaii residents also don't make a lot of money, but have insane cost of living.... so you get a very frugal mind set when it comes to maintenance costs. Property owners are even worse, and its not uncommon to see much worse electrical problems in $1000/mo studio/1Bed apartments.
But the Hotels..... its insane the degree of variance in maintenance quality on the GUEST FACING side of the campus; especially for the prices. The worker side.... borderline horror stories at times..... at the 4-5 Star Hotels. It helps to understand a lot of the hotels date back to the Economic boom of the 70s/80s, when Hawaii was THE tropical Tourist destination for the 1st world. A lot of those places are still around, with a surprising number having much of the original construction still in service. And because renovation is so expensive, even in the off seasons, you get a lot of the original "building code" design artifacts and safety equipment still around. Interestingly enough.... equipment from that era is also impressively robust; so its entirely possible to find old systems that still work. And if a whole system fails from age or superseded by new safety codes, they're usually kept in place with a more modern system installed along side them.
Put that all together, and it creates this incredibly surreal experience if you have any kind construction or engineering background. A living time capsule of 70s/80s era construction and equipment that never got replaced.
As a side comment about the shower and humidity..... its so humid in Hawaii year round (effectively being all equatorial coastal land no matter how inland you get), you may as well be sleeping in a shower. In general, any air flow sucks in MORE humidity from the outside, making mold growth a common problem in hotels. To combat this, a lot of hotels lean on their Air Conditioning units running dehumidifier duty, and the room itself being a closed loop. Its why the Hotel gets mad when you leave the windows open when you're out, and why some hotels AC systems get stupidly cold at night. Its basically the AC system trying to extract the humidity, and runs so long, it overly chills the room in the process. Some also have poorly tuned humidity thresholds, and run almost non-stop because it can't hit the 50-55 target smart systems go for. The newer ones are probably better; but the ones I worked on pretty frequently ran into issues where guests would develop sinus problems from the cold air while they sleep.
I took a crack at figuring out where he went, and I'm kind of sure its The Shores At Waikoloa, or the Bay Club Hilton thats like right next door to it. Both have the same condo type buildings, and the reviews of the Shore had more then a few comments about the 70s era construction.
I had some in the house I bought. First thing to go... Day one!
So it seems that a lot of the hotels from my parents' honeymoon to Hawaii in the early 90s will look the same now 😂
It amazes me that you tend to find pontentially deadly electrical stuff everywhere you go
You can find it too if you look. You dont even have to look hard. Like where I used to work. They converted their outdoor lighting from 240V sodium (I think) to 120V LED. In the breaker box, they took out the double pole breaker and put in a single pole, which is fine, but they connected both hot wires to the same screw. And at the other end, they just put a wire nut on the end of the unused wire. So now, theres a live wire in the wall with probably nothing covering it because I'm sure the wire nut came off
It's WAY more common than you'd think. I was an electrician once and all my friends call me when they have issues. You wouldn't believe the stuff I've found. And without fail, I can legit find something wrong in any place that has power.
I am not an electrician, but I worked as maintenance lead at a location for a hotel chain that shall remain unnamed. Due to knowing an electrician who helped with a remodeling project I am aware of some of the electrical code in my area... The amount of... wonderful electrical work that I found in that hotel when I started was astounding. And I am sure if I was a fully trained electrician I would have found even more things to make my skin crawl.
How do we know he isn’t creating them? 😂
It’s not really amazing, bad electric stuff is really everywhere. In my hotel in Curacao they had a splice on kids reach height with live conductors, if you had something like a small tea spoon you could toast yourself. In my own house in Belgium they didnt even bother to put in the screws in a powerpoint to clamp the wires, they just let it hang under mechanical tension..
I enjoy how he actually teaches us multiple safety tips and helpful hints while he's going about and intentionally shorting stuff and kinda injuring himself. Way to engage and still learn some
holy cow! Your daughter is so tall! I've been watching your channel since she was small, now I feel old :D Glad you continue testing on vacation. Fun fact, I live a few miles from the address on that really, REALLY old smoke detector...
Fun fact, i´m just one year older than the Smoke detektor.
1st: I think your room was set up for those in a wheelchair, 2nd: every outlet in every hotel room is loose like that and they don't care. This was a really fun video, thanks!
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“That’s a massive observatory, too bad it’s not available to the public, or I’d check it’s outlets.” It feels like your part of the reason why they don’t allow the public in.
*its outlets
@@SeamonVB do you want to read it again or did you miss type
@@crilbusfumperdink3823 possessive "its" does not have an apostrophe. "It's" is reserved for "it is".
"it's not available to the public"
is the same as
"it is not available to the public"
and
"I'd check its outlets"
is the same as
"I'd check the observatory's outlets"
I don't know, I'll bet that he could've gotten a tour of the observatory with like one phone call.
@@SeamonVB Lol, and you even missed the _actual_ contraction typo in there : it should be "[...] it feels like *you're* part of the problem".
FWIW though, the "it's vs. its" one can be kinda confusing, I have to look that one up myself just to be sure sometimes! I think it's because if you were to go purely by the rules, you'd think that they might _both_ be "it's", with one of the 's indicating possession, and one indicating a contraction. But since that'd be super confusing, we don't do that (and also there are often special rules for pronouns, such as "his" and "hers" instead of "he's" and "she's" to indicate possession, as that would cause the same ambiguity as before)
7:48 Yo dude that actually jumpscared me!
7:35
I like when his daughter doesn't care what his doing
6:35 bro I thought your whole finger was burnt to a crisp for a second. def got me lol.
6:29
8:40 I recently saved my house from burning down by discovering an outlet that was so hot that it literally burned my finger with first degree burns (like a sunburn) when i touched the screw to remove the cover plate. the wires inside were completely corroded and stiff. I measured the temperature of the faceplate (the plastic covering) at 131 F. pretty scary
We had that in a JB feeding a transformer caused by a Floating neutral because the X0 point was not grounded. Only reason it didnt catch fire was because the splitter in the CSO trailer blew up and it prompted him to ask us to take a look was hot enough we could see the heat radiating off the box and we took the temp and it was 180 degrees. Not only that even with the breaker off the neutral was still live and gave a nice arc flash when we cut into it. That saved four 6 story wood frame Condos from going up in flames (again since it already burned down once from the roofers)
You don't know burns that well. Sunburn varies like any other burn.
I noticed a buzzing sound from an outlet in our house, when I investigated the wall above it was warm! We were running a 2kw oil heater and the contact was just a tiny bit loose. Had to check all the sockets and had three of them replaced.
9:50 I have an audio mixer where the PSU has a ground wire. If The PSU is removed from the case and the ground wire is touching the PSUs shielding, there are small sparks on it. I guess that would trigger this outlet.
"Dad, can we go to the beach?"
"NO, i have to find the BREAKERS!"
9:35
I like how these outlets are not happy to see mehdi
Me: "Hi, I checked your GFCI outlet and found that it is defective."
Hotel Manager: "Pack your bags and get out."
That's why you report it WHILE checking out ;)
Do you guys don't use the electrical plastic box? Here in Brazil is rare to see one of those metal boxes in the market. If I'm not wrong we just use them when the conduits are metallic!
I'm not sure about code, but it seems we're switching to plastic as well, though metal is quite common on older buildings
The US has been using plastic junction boxes since the late ‘70s/early 80’s. My house was built in 1969, so it still has metal ones.
10:42 is that the Long Long Man theme ????
My guess for the smoke detector is that the Americium in it has depleted meaning it no longer works, this happens with age and is why you should replace often!
Probably not. Americium has a half life of over 400 years. It is significantly more likely to be just a matter of component reliability
@@hayden3865 A very constructive reply, thank you!
It's a heat alarm. Not a smoke.
@@UberAlphaSirus It is a GENTEX smoke alarm. Heat detectors look different.
I believe the AC light on it is supposed to show green? Can't remember.
6:27 wouldn't be an electroBOOM video without some sparks 😂
just imagine u are walking past your hotel's electrical room and u hear "lets plug it in" from inside
"Check it outlet" 😂
He says check ITS outlets
One more reason I bring my own hotel room with me when I travel.
a very underated comment 🤣
I just bring my own outlets and plug them in...
@@mukwati yes!!
7:40 daughter in the background just chilling and knowing dad is a professional
Testing the smoke detector on vacation is the most Dad move ever.