If it's not much more current than a TV flyback you're going to be fine. I did it on purpose to see what it's like. It gives you a nice jolt, but nothing more than annoying and maybe a bit painful.
@@techalyzer Yeah a lot of people just hear high voltage and think "DANGER!!!!!!!!!!!" it's a combination of high enough voltage, high enough current, and low frequency that's dangerous
@@techalyzer saying this or that HV source is fine to be shocked from is incredibly irresponsible. you shouldnt be putting comments out there that could get some person ignorant of the risk injured or killed. you sound like a total clown saying its harmless and then going on to say you did it on purpose... like come on dude kids probably watch this and read these comments and could get hurt
Watching some other random video where your parents plugged your channel- made me smile, so here I am. New subscriber- and just flew home from Hamburg, Germany✨
Great vid! Also, thanks for the interesting info about the ZVS circuit - that 1959 paper really sheds some light onto its history. Could you give a link to those Aliexpress HV modules shown at 13:16?
Yeah! It was fun for me to get to the history of LC switched oscillators too. As per usual it all started with wikipedia loll. Here’s the HV AC module I use now, a good one. Half bridge that locks onto Fres by sweeping the drive frequency iirc www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806829424563.html?spm=a2g0n.productlist.0.0.6e854e21snuGIU&browser_id=721b9a5bb43b451b922dc74804314f44&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=oybiklqaekcaabhy19439abfd7980e00318f7041f3&gclid=&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%215.27%214.53%21%21%2138.49%2133.10%21%402101ef7017361343604214404e06de%2112000039079808280%21sea%21US%213350657973%21X&algo_pvid=6975d333-3007-48b1-808b-e76a1c8410ef&search_p4p_id=202501051932401865685814146000004480486_1
What would probably be cool is mount a couple slide-able magnets on a variable speed motor to have run under tubes, etc. (Enclosed for safety). Happy New Year!
Plasma phenomena experimenters have much to discover. Look at what happened with the Safire project. They ran into one of those, "What the heck is that?" moments. They reported some unexpected phenomena towards the end of their experiments. They observed what appeared to be over-unity results, which means they were seeing more energy output than input, a concept that challenges conventional thinking. This led them to diverge from their original goals and pursue further investigation into these anomalies. The team has been exploring these unexpected results to understand the underlying mechanisms. They have focused on the potential for new energy technologies and their implications for our understanding of plasma physics and stellar phenomena. The findings are still under review and require further validation, but they have sparked significant interest in the scientific community.
A great showcase of work- I like the plasma driver circuit - some new devices to play with. I recently converted a HFSSTC Plasma Flame circuit to run your plasma toroid design. I had it running at 8.7 MHz and had amazing effects Perl’s and intermittent quasi stable toroid - I altered the primary and now get a solid, stationary doughnut / torus - I have played with the inductor values a bit -!to keep the mosfet from premature over heat I noticed a curious thing on minimum on voltage I get a thin ribbon torus and it screams - more voltage - then with a small increase its like a water drop / echo. Too much voltage it sounds like a Moog oscillator with a high pitch shouting whistle -(Turn the input down ) - So some clearly defined parameters - I use a piezo lighter unit with 2 wires just exposed touching the glass - It works like very well - but got my first RF burn in weeks because of kick back from the primary - black plastic is conductive at HV potential.😂 Finally my glass bulb is giant - and gets noticeably warm after a few minutes of operation - (normal???) Keep up the excellent work 🙏🙏🙏🙏👌👍 ***Tesla would be proud to bear witness to the tribute being paid in his name, for a legacy he could never realise or be justly awarded for, whilst he was alive. *** Money may talk # but Nikola was certainly a man of wisdom, integrity, knowledge to kind for the society of his time, even though he made some famous connections - he was ultimately a lone spirit in a harsh world….
plasma toobs :) also, you should probably actually connect the "ground" to ground. Your "tingling" when touching it is due to it being a floating ground. If somehow the polarity of the windings changed and the ground becomes HV, that would not be pleasant. Will also improve the transformer's longevity. Happy New year and stay safe, don't use Sicfets as firecrackers like I do.
What would happen if a vacuum jacketed tube was used, with the gas in the outer layer where it would be somewhat constrained? The center tube could have a second gas.
Cool video! I was curious, does your friend sell plasma tubes like the larger ones he sent you? (Also are there any forums or other resources you use to find others interested in plasma and fun stuff like this?)
@ Thank you! I need to do a deeper dive, but all the artists I’ve found so far are retired / inactive. I’m half tempted to just bite the $1000 bullet and get some ‘cheap’ gear to make my own tubes- but I figured trying to find someone that has some ‘been there, done that’ would be a lot simpler than ‘reinventing the wheel’ for myself. (Aside from the fire and burn hazards of blowing glass and pulling relatively high vacuums on it haha)
😅 merci beaucoup moi j'ai une lampe plasma j'adore ça ça fonctionnait avec des piles et ça fait plein de petites arcs bleu violet et en fait lorsqu'on touche ça va crier une accroissement de la couplage capacitive et ça va baisser le niveau de l'impédance et c'est pour ça que je l'électricité est attiré par le doigt est-ce que vous pouvez faire un plasma furtif😅😅😅
6:30 Nothing has made me pucker up faster than you doing this.
When working with electricity, one hand only. You can *never* be too safe 💀
If it's not much more current than a TV flyback you're going to be fine. I did it on purpose to see what it's like. It gives you a nice jolt, but nothing more than annoying and maybe a bit painful.
@@techalyzer Yeah a lot of people just hear high voltage and think "DANGER!!!!!!!!!!!"
it's a combination of high enough voltage, high enough current, and low frequency that's dangerous
@@techalyzer saying this or that HV source is fine to be shocked from is incredibly irresponsible. you shouldnt be putting comments out there that could get some person ignorant of the risk injured or killed. you sound like a total clown saying its harmless and then going on to say you did it on purpose... like come on dude kids probably watch this and read these comments and could get hurt
@@penguiin12 Snowflakes like you is what's wrong with this world of today and I'm tired of clowns like you.
@@penguiin12 You are over reacting. Electric fences, tasers, etc exist solely because of the safety of small HV pulses.
Watching some other random video where your parents plugged your channel- made me smile, so here I am. New subscriber- and just flew home from Hamburg, Germany✨
Beautiful!
Thanks!
You're probably just bending space-time with that giant magnet lol
ありがとうございます！
Thank you so much for the donation!
Your work is so simple and beautiful! cool. Plasma discharge is very beautiful. How beautiful! Thank you for the wonderful time.
Great vid! Also, thanks for the interesting info about the ZVS circuit - that 1959 paper really sheds some light onto its history.
Could you give a link to those Aliexpress HV modules shown at 13:16?
Yeah! It was fun for me to get to the history of LC switched oscillators too. As per usual it all started with wikipedia loll. Here’s the HV AC module I use now, a good one. Half bridge that locks onto Fres by sweeping the drive frequency iirc
www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806829424563.html?spm=a2g0n.productlist.0.0.6e854e21snuGIU&browser_id=721b9a5bb43b451b922dc74804314f44&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=oybiklqaekcaabhy19439abfd7980e00318f7041f3&gclid=&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%215.27%214.53%21%21%2138.49%2133.10%21%402101ef7017361343604214404e06de%2112000039079808280%21sea%21US%213350657973%21X&algo_pvid=6975d333-3007-48b1-808b-e76a1c8410ef&search_p4p_id=202501051932401865685814146000004480486_1
@BackMacSci thank you!
Another great video mate 👍 👌 👏
Let’s gooo thank you Seb
It would be very cool if you had a spectrometer to measure what wavelengths the plasma is outputting
Yo youtube algorithm 🗣
Another fantasic video BackMacSci! Love your work!
Thank you Don, it’s my pleasure!
I wish I had those pasma tubes!!!
What would probably be cool is mount a couple slide-able magnets on a variable speed motor to have run under tubes, etc. (Enclosed for safety). Happy New Year!
Cool idea! Happy New Year!
🤘🤘
Plasma phenomena experimenters have much to discover. Look at what happened with the Safire project. They ran into one of those, "What the heck is that?" moments.
They reported some unexpected phenomena towards the end of their experiments. They observed what appeared to be over-unity results, which means they were seeing more energy output than input, a concept that challenges conventional thinking. This led them to diverge from their original goals and pursue further investigation into these anomalies.
The team has been exploring these unexpected results to understand the underlying mechanisms. They have focused on the potential for new energy technologies and their implications for our understanding of plasma physics and stellar phenomena. The findings are still under review and require further validation, but they have sparked significant interest in the scientific community.
A great showcase of work- I like the plasma driver circuit - some new devices to play with.
I recently converted a HFSSTC Plasma Flame circuit to run your plasma toroid design.
I had it running at 8.7 MHz and had amazing effects Perl’s and intermittent quasi stable toroid -
I altered the primary and now get a solid, stationary doughnut / torus - I have played with the inductor values a bit -!to keep the mosfet from premature over heat
I noticed a curious thing on minimum on voltage I get a thin ribbon torus and it screams - more voltage -
then with a small increase its like a water drop / echo. Too much voltage it sounds like a Moog oscillator with a high pitch shouting whistle -(Turn the input down )
- So some clearly defined parameters - I use a piezo lighter unit with 2 wires just exposed touching the glass - It works like very well - but got my first RF burn in weeks because of kick back from the primary - black plastic is conductive at HV potential.😂
Finally my glass bulb is giant - and gets noticeably warm after a few minutes of operation - (normal???) Keep up the excellent work 🙏🙏🙏🙏👌👍
***Tesla would be proud to bear witness to the tribute being paid in his name, for a legacy he could never realise or be justly awarded for, whilst he was alive. ***
Money may talk # but Nikola was certainly a man of wisdom, integrity, knowledge to kind for the society of his time, even though he made some famous connections - he was ultimately a lone spirit in a harsh world….
Yeah my bulb gets warm after a while too. And I noticed those plasma behaviors as I changed the bias too
Beautiful collection of tubes. Thanks for the demo. Must be way more cool to see and play with them in real life :D
Thank you, they are beautiful in person too! Glad to show you
🙏 may the force be with you dude
I need to make a techno song: the primary is spitting corona
Another great video and great inventions
Everybody needs a German friend.
I'm available. I still have about 2,73 of my allotment of international friends left. But we are picky ;)
plasma toobs :)
also, you should probably actually connect the "ground" to ground. Your "tingling" when touching it is due to it being a floating ground. If somehow the polarity of the windings changed and the ground becomes HV, that would not be pleasant. Will also improve the transformer's longevity.
Happy New year and stay safe, don't use Sicfets as firecrackers like I do.
Yeah, eeep! He really ought to be referencing the HV to ground.
Yeah I could! Though I did connected ground to the negative side of the DC supply in the final enclosure, forgot to mention that
@@BackMacSci that negative rail better not be floating either :)
Thank you
nice, good job!
I have quite a few memories of tiny pin-prick sized RF burns.. ..none of them pleasant, but thankfully none terribly painful, either..
Ones from my plasma toroid are quite painful! Glad someone knows my pain haha
What would happen if a vacuum jacketed tube was used, with the gas in the outer layer where it would be somewhat constrained? The center tube could have a second gas.
Good job! Very cool Project.
Awesome Amazing video. Well done on all counts 👏 music choice gave me heavy feels but I'll be ok 😅
Consider disabling youtub's horrendous auto dubbing 🙏💀 I beg u
Where do you have the indictor bulb from? And does your friend from germany sell those tubes anywhere or could I contact him?
Awesome 👌, do you have a link to the RUclips channel or Instagram from your friend Tristan ? I am really interested in getting some tubes!
Cool video!
I was curious, does your friend sell plasma tubes like the larger ones he sent you?
(Also are there any forums or other resources you use to find others interested in plasma and fun stuff like this?)
I’ll ask him
@ Thank you! I need to do a deeper dive, but all the artists I’ve found so far are retired / inactive. I’m half tempted to just bite the $1000 bullet and get some ‘cheap’ gear to make my own tubes- but I figured trying to find someone that has some ‘been there, done that’ would be a lot simpler than ‘reinventing the wheel’ for myself. (Aside from the fire and burn hazards of blowing glass and pulling relatively high vacuums on it haha)
😅 merci beaucoup moi j'ai une lampe plasma j'adore ça ça fonctionnait avec des piles et ça fait plein de petites arcs bleu violet et en fait lorsqu'on touche ça va crier une accroissement de la couplage capacitive et ça va baisser le niveau de l'impédance et c'est pour ça que je l'électricité est attiré par le doigt est-ce que vous pouvez faire un plasma furtif😅😅😅
u could use plasma to make an alternator more efficient, perhaps a 100 phase ac alternator and use it as dc
You're kinda turning into Conan with your hair lol. Perhaps something financially good could happen for you there...
Lol!
Bro my name is also TRISTAN an i live in Germany to
LOL