Building a Van De Graaff HIGH VOLTAGE Generator
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2018
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DIY Trying Van De Graaff Genereator: • How to Make An Easy Va...
By: Mehdi Sadaghdar
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#VanDeGraaff #Triboelectric #ElectroBOOM #HighVoltage 
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Congrats lucky winner!
I didnt win :(
we only watch you because its comedy gold
I like how you know so much about electricity
Love your video.
i’m amazed this man still has all 10 fingers the way he uses his tools
@PresstoMichal77 #Deadly Beat w a t
Wayne Whalez He was making a joke about thumbs not being fingers I believe, because technically they are opposing appendages. Irrelevant joke but technically correct 🤷🏼♂️.
I know right? Causes anxiety too.
I'm amazed he's alive.
[LAW] Cuttlefish I’m amazed he didn’t burn down his house yet
Seeing this guys using a hacksaw and a side grinder, made my anixey amp up.
@Dr. M. H. YES! He is like "it's okay it's one finger who cares"
Not to mention he's doing it on a battery...
Glad I'm not only one
Yeah same... I feel like he shouldn't be allowed to touch power tools
BrightHart I see what you did there
friends: "so what do you do?"
electroboom: "i electrocute myself in front of camera and the people in side it laugh, now where is your breaker box?"
🤣
Fix grammar pls i don't have the slightest idea of what you mean
@@Leksaboi grammar isn't needed for me as I understood 🤪
@@anantapadmanabhmyatagiri well could you explain to me the joke please
@@Leksaboi I also don't get it
I'm glad that you mentioned that it took a whole week to build this.
Watching youtubers build cool stuff can be a little disheartening sometimes, because I feel like there's no way I'd be able to build things anywhere near the speed and efficiency that they do it at.
It made the whole process seem doable.
Efficiency? In this video? Oh, you’ve got jokes. LOL!
What I like about Electroboom building things is that he uses pretty basic materials for most projects, it makes it seem that much more grounded (heh) in reality
@@totallyfrozen so your saying every single thing he makes fails?
@@quaggity_giggity he never stated that
If you turn the motor, it *turns*
His work with power tools scares me
I am the 400th person that totally agrees with you
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I was looking through the comments for this. I agree. I thought he was going to make a point that it’s stupid to saw while your finger is right under the saw, but apparently not
It actually give me anxiety
Your correct! I didnt like.. sorry but its better like that! The like ammount is 1111! so 1111 scares ppbl too
2:32 finger finger FINGER DUDE OMFG!
Never mind using a hacksaw on top of a lead-acid battery 😂
Alex Kim that part made me really anxious
Fucking funny lololol
Is it bad if I read those all in different voices?
That was epic, hahaha, he knows it.
5:25 Mehdi: I don’t want to cut the belt
Also Mehdi: *proceeds to cut everything else instead*
... everything but the belt
Well it seems to work as it makes it so he can remove the belt and use new ones as they wear out
"What time is it?"
"Took me around a week and a half"
Lmao💀
Wife: Honey we've been burgled, they've stolen all the kitchen bowls and some of my leggings!
EBoom: Never mind that, look at this Spark Machine!
grammar looks correct to me
k i dont think this really matters here lol
Admit it: you read it in his voice. Lol
@@lobstah996 both 'don't' and 'never' work in this context.
An Abandoned Robot Lobstah?
I get anxiety when I see him handle tools, like saws or drills
ElectroBOOM: come at me bro, OSHA!
How on earth does he have all his fingers. This is so close to going wrong all the time. He has angels watching over him.
The man's a trained professional. Don't question his methods 🤣
must be a queue of angels all hoping he doesn't electrocute them
13:41 when it is time for online classes.
No
I got an ad just after clicking to the time =))
8:39 "My panty hose got caught in the crack and was torn apart." 😂
It's not funny. It happend to my wife!
My legging got stuck in my drawer and got ripped
Kevin Yeoh electroBoom 2018
Kevin Yeoh Lol pantyhoses can apparently replace a timing belt in a car.
Pat C Accessories drive belt yes, timing belt, not a hope.
This is probably the safest thing you made.
Safest thing he's made, built in the most dangerous way possible.
Nahr k Exactly. I couldn’t have said it better.
Since he always hurt himself I was like : wait for it but nothing happened
Layton Pratt but isn't that a bad thing?
The mess and the way he uses the tools makes me cringe 😭
I like how he lets us know how long it actually took instead of making it look like 5 mins. Cos I always try out a project and get frustrated when I can't finish it in 15 mins like in the video
hi bro its been 2 years how are you?
I love how this guy could completely be making up everything he says and I would have no idea
13:37 *"so at the end of the video i will give away 117 inches of.. no."* i love this
TrainSpotterSGM of pp
LoL
@@mi7oplays405 hehe
LEET
Reminds me of my parents
The patreon link at the bottom makes it 50% funnier
“these two ikea bowl in the van de graff section”
lmao that made my day
BlueApp1e
ppl going to Ikea be like:doyou know where is the Van de graaff section is?
Ikea employee: *visible confusion*
@@K.dzi_ Employee: "yeah it's next to the Tesla collection. We have to keep those away from the Edison collection, however."
13:37-13:42 "So at the end of the video, I'll give away 117 inches of-- No." I don't know why, I've been repeatedly coming back to this video just for that part lol.
Same thanks lol
"Some people want large cars and I just like my arcs large."
My go to line from now on, for everything odd that I like
In some countries "Gymnasium" refers to a kind of high school.
Like in Hungary.
Over here, in Germany, as well.
No its gymnasium
Frank ILYY i was about to say 😁
Frank ILYY like in the netherlands aka where i am from and where the van de graaf machine as invented
With the way he handles those tools, it's a miracle he's still in one piece.
Seriously I cringed every time he handled a saw and pointed it directly at his fingers.
I was thinking the same. He always electrocute himself, but why did he never cut himself? LOL
Exactly
I've watched all of the 1000 episodes and this wonderfool iranian man isn't in a single one
can we get much higher
When you actually learn more at home rather than school.
0:37 Very great song, I bet the first time I listen to it, it'll be stuck in my head for weeks
This is actually the most normal video on his channel.
14:54 Mace Windu's death
unlimited power:)
Now I want someone to dub over Mace Windu getting electrocuted with “Ow! Ow! Ow!”
11:47
I like large arcs and I can not lie
You other brothers can't deny
😂 😂
My brother and I built a simple, but fairly successful, van der Graff generator while in high school nearly *fifty(!) years ago.* As I remember it, he did most of the work (he was *13* at the time!). He submitted it for a science fair at his school, and then I *re* submitted it as a senior year physics project at *my* school.
As I remember it, we mounted two large empty wooden thread spools at the top and bottom, *inside* of a 3" O.D. clear PVC tube.
We got our ideas from a Scientific American collection of science fair projects published in the early sixties. The book also contained homebrew plans for a device to demonstrate NMRI, as well as a *particle accelerator!*
3:38 its so fun to see him just have a good time
True
that laugh tho
yeah i agree
If you told me this guy has a Ph.D in electrical engineering, I wouldn't be surprised.
If you told me he had literally no idea what he was doing and was just following a wikihow, I still wouldn't be surprised.
Good thing in between. Not that it's surprising.
I thing that’s the idea
Because you are only here for the hurtings, right?
Thats why the mechanical guys say while building a machine: the problem is electrical
I can’t pick him either. But still good to watch.
The time and effort and almost finger sacrifices it took 😭 he's so precious
lmao
Finding a mate, lol 14:45
9:28 This dude is straight up sawing on top of a microwave plate. Why though?? lmao
He got it when he took the transformer out of a microwave
Cuz it’s electroboom
Because he has no regard for safety whatsoever.
b ruh i just noticed when i saw your comment
Totally safe cutting wood on lap with a jigsaw 😂😂😂 funny enough i'm not surprised anymore . Keep making awesome stuff!
I liked the jump cut just before he drilled into his finger. pmsl.
Jaishankar Iyer
At 2:30 I thought he was about to cut his finger off with that hack saw.
Dude me too... I was literally like "Oh no oh no oh no!" and then it cut away and he still had a finger XD
Its a uhhh hack saw, when I saw this I tried to find this moment because a jig saw is a big electric saw lmao
Its a hacksaw
Dear god, I’m praying you bless this man. His use of power tool sooo carelessly is either a demonstration on how skilled he is or his hate for his hands and fingers. Bless him father. Lmao 😂
Makes me appreciate the value and convenience of having a proper workshop in which to build my projects.
Electroboom, Great build. your brushes rubbing on the belt causes the belt to become more and more conductive in time. The brushes are actually optimal when a 1/4 inch away from the belt. The brushes pick up charge via electrons flying off the belt, not by physical contact.The rubbing brushes will lower performance drastically, and, shorten the lifespan of the belt. Hope this helps! Another thing that can help increase spark length, is add an internal heater at the base of the tower. Seems like a bunch of work, but just an extra hour or so to put it in. Thanks for the video (and I usually spend a full week on my episodes as well, but just dress the same every time to give appearance of a one day film)
How would the heater increase spark length?
@@victoryu6570 doesnt heat add more resistance to currents? Or does that only apply to metal
@@victoryu6570 The heat raises the average kinetic energy of the molecules which makes them move around faster. This leads to an easier ionization of the gas as some of the ionization energy required, is provided by the kinetic energy and therefore by the heater. Furthermore this makes it easier for electrons to get of the pvc pipe and onto the pantyhose (for the same reason, but this time lowering the additional energy needed for the work function not the ionization energy).
see also Thermionic emission and work function
(I am not 100% sure about this)
omg it's plasma channel!!!!
Hey, thanks for the info!
Can you tell me why adding the brush at the bottom helped so much? I was hoping he would explain that more.
How to use tools the least safe way possible (Ft. ElectroBOOM) would be a better title
Then all his videos would be titled the same
I was cringing so hard every time he used a power tool. Kids don’t do what he do.
ah so refreshing to see somebody handling power tools in that manner. We have enough goody two shoes on this stupid platform and children shouldnt be using those in the first place.
Also, I paused the video only to answer to this comment that would obviously be there. And now I shall resume.
Most of it is perfect aye okay except when he’s using the saw. That made me cringe.
glad to see your using goggles with the angle grinder Mehdi! I'm really not one for lecturing about how to use tools but it is suuuper easy to blind yourself using a grinder, particually with metal !
His wife after this video : where are my clothes
Mehdi : I forgot something at the store, let me get fast.
I love the use of "Night Begins to Shine" in this episode!! 😂❤
13:38 best giveaway ever!
Its big Indeed.
I love no
"no"
I just love the juxtaposition of a highly educated professional appearing utterly incompetent.
Dustin It makes him appeal to those who understand the actual informational content and those who just want to see him hurt himself
Sears Films it might make people accidentally learn stuff.
@@MicowMilk Either way, they are learning! :-)
Aaron Harford They either learn electronics or learn what not to do while doing stuff :D
@@matteochiesurin2365 can confirm i just keep away from any open wire
3:50, Mehdi, should make a construction channel called Mehdi Builds!
He left the builds for Mehditation, good choice, if you ask me...
When ElectroBOOM gets arrested from the FBI
FBI:
4:11
I don't care if your videos are 2 hours long, I'll watch without a problem
3:36 he's got PTSD from getting electrocuted so many times
One of the greatest songs in television history @ 0:38
B.E.R The Night Begins to Shine.
10:21 is there so much energy in the arcs, that the ground bowls get moved?!
Not in the arc, but the bowls get attracted to each other first, then the arc removes attraction and the ball falls back
ElectroBOOM wow
Magnets, how do they work?
...which in turn moves them closer together, causing the stored electricity to arc to the ground wand(?), thereby dispelling the magnetic field due to the loss of charge, but then the generator builds up charge again, causing the EMF to build up again...
Has anyone used this source of periodic motion to build a clock?
Don't you too dream sometimes about all magnets just arcing like these bowls? Oh, what a beautiful world that would be.
He has balls..he is sacrificing his wife's stuff in the name of science...huge respect 🙏...and nobody will go without saying Amen for this guy 💪🏽
Bsdk tu Jo samajh raha ye wo nahi hai 🤣
Amen
@@Anurag.Gangulyamen
amen
You are very good at what you do ElectoBOOM. It's an enjoyable mix of learning and fun.
I’ve been sitting on the menu screen of my game for hours because I can’t stop binging your stuff. Subbed for sure.
1:23 "Buthole"
13:38 Sounds like a commercial
2:32 I think his finger will get chopped
OMEGALUL
Fuck, now i cant unhear that first one. Lmaoirl
haha all vey true
AT THE END OF THE VIDEO ILL GIVE AWAY 117 INCHES OF *no*
"What time is it?, yeah took me about a week." Oh
69 likes lol
@@samane3672 0 likes lol
Jokes apart, love the way you explain things and the excitement you have in your videos....really love you
amazing you take us on your journey of failures and then success, encourages designers to keep pushing past temporary failures
2:32 You don't care very much about your *fingers* do you?
Jon you see, the finger are sharp edges, that need to be " rounded ".
yep, he almost lost his finger
you haven't worked with a hacksaw haven't you? he would have cut himselfe, yes but since this is no powertool the damage done to his fingers would be rather small.
Yeah at the very worst a bad cut probably just a scratch. A saw like that won't accidentally cut off you finger.
2:33 it looks like he's chopping his finger off!!
I almost screamed when i saw it
@@Guywhomakesthings haha "saw" it
@6:30 I always liked those Van De Graf sections in IKEA 😂. Strikingly beautiful designs with those Våndegräff bowls 😄
7:07
" Aw my ears"
Really you worried about ears
Not about your fingers getting chopped off
“Back to my wife’s drawer”
Just another day in my life when she's out... ohhh yeahhhhhhhh.
Someone is going to sleep in the couch this night
"What do you need things for my drawer for"
"I'm working on a video"
He's gonna get kicked soon.
0:37 makes me ask what I'm doing with my life rn
Its really amazing how you make this things and experiment with math and science.
Keep up the good work
Delighted you kept going with this video!! Far from forgiving you, I THANK YOU!
Did he cut that pipe on top of a battery?
It's perfectly safe, it's a SEALED lead acid battery :-P
it isn't going to be SEALED much longer
Nah, he protected the battery with his finger
I was more concerned about him cutting off his finger
holy shit how does this dude still have all his fingers 4:06...
You must be new here.
2:31
Fingers Shmingers. You should see what he does to get rid of his moustache.
He's not dumb you **********
Uvraj Ram in which part of my sentence did I call him dumb?
14:52 dedication man! finally u get your satisfactory arcs!!
The generator was one of my favorites years ago. The first one I made was just a test of materials... soup can for the collector,thread spools for pulleys ,a small motor and a wide rubber band. To my surprise (physics applied here) the spools had to be reshaped to a convex shape,as a simple parallel shape or a concave shape allowed the rubberband to roll up and off the pulleys. It worked. But,I never went to making a larger model complete. I bought 2 LARGE stainless steel mixing bowls to cut to shape for the collector and the problem arose ... soldering them together ( I had no welder to do the job) . Soldering wouldnt do it. I quit and began making a huge tesla coil, starting with a neon sign transformer of 15.5Kv It created such voltage and field that Ali that ran the small store downstairs was yelling up to my apartment window complaining that his store fluorescent were turned off but were still flashing on n off. I was amazed because I didnt have a Faraday's cage to get into for protection,and still,I created a field of that strength. And Im still alive.
Such a showcase of skills! Carpentry, plumbing, metalwork, tailoring, and ⚡️⚡️⚡️
I'm surprised he still has not lost a finger in these experiences.
*_Pantyhose Protector_* Never in my life I thought I would get to hear this phrasing.
pizza cuber never in my life i thought id get to hear this phrasing
If you heat the belt with a hair drier to reduce its moisture content the out put improves significantly !
I love how you explain all of this...its makes me not bored 😂
Triboelectric effects, not to be confused with Tribal electric effects, wherein electrons band together to form primitive societies for the purpose of hunting, agriculture, and trade.
ExaltedDuck bwahahaha
Also unrelated to tribadism, which does involve rubbing but not usually resulting in sparks
Well, not electrical sparks at least
Or tribble electric effects....
NomadSoul76 at that point, the sparks already have happened
I just watched a full 5 minute add to support the channel
You have our respect man
Wow
U deserve a like and a new sub
G.A.T GLOBAL ACTION TEAM
Why?
Him: "Ow my ears!"
Me: You're frikkin' fingers!!
“Vanddograph”
As a Dutchman, I Laughed
The music playing at 7:00 is B.E.R - The night begins to shine
Good stuff
Yes but teen titans ruined it
Certified bop
Most people respect batteries. You use a lead-acid battery as a sawhorse.
And way too many people think you can get hurt from touching the terminals of a standard 12 V car battery with your bare hands.
That battery isnt lead-acid though, its a lithium ion battery....
Hahahaha yes, he's a god xD
9v Battery You taste like chili, why??
Vayne Fox It's lead acid. It says PBS on it.
Thanks Mehdi I learned so much things from you
So much effort. I loved this video and your dedication to efficiency :D
12:00 i whould never give up till i had thunders lol.. this guy is " the man"
I love how he does all of this sitting in the same seat
The biggest air insulated Van De Graaff generator in the world is in the Boston Museum of Science. Up to 2 million volts on a good day. They don't depend on friction but they feed the bottom of the belt with a power supply. Huge double balls on the top. It stands nearly three stories high and creates extremely loud powerful arcs. Definitely worth a visit
You're absolutely amazing sir!
I swear his use of tools scares me. His fingers are lucky
omg i just commented about that evry tool he used was so close to his fingers dick and many body parts and batteries :'(
Some of that he had to have done on purpose.
I cringe every time he uses anything sharper than a beach ball.
Cutting wood on his leg using a mechanical saw what the worst could happen 😂 4:00
He would need to give up his desire of having 'long arcs' 🤭
What happened to XD LMAO got gud nub it's all emojis now :(
@Frxst dumb
Amazing work
If you want big sparks, you should throw a sheet of aluminium foil from a distance onto a powered CRT monitor's screen and try to pull it off. Make sure the sheet covers the entire screen area. My friend did this to me and it zaps quite violently as the sheet picks up the entire surface area of the TV's static electricity and concentrates it at one spot where you point your finger.
Hayya! This took a while to build, but now I can zap freely!
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oh hi mark
Yes your back😁👌👊
Yeeaahh another dose of ElectroBOOM, liking it before even watching it
ElectroBOOM great buttplug! Keep up your awesome work.
Make cyclotron please
EVERYONE PLEASE UPVOTE THIS. ElectroBOOM please stop wearing your metal ring while using high voltage. I work around high voltage all day and if you fail to remove jewellery your finger will literally burn off leaving a boney finger. I've seen it happen and it's easily preventable. Wear a rubber ring instead if you're around high voltage!!!!!!!
iwarhero I dont think he cares
you mean high current
it is indeed a very high voltage (therefore the arc) but in a very low current over a tiny bit of time.
very big voltage number multiplied by a tiny current number = very tiny power (watts)
and yet its over in a tiny instant, dropping the risk of tissue damage to very low levels.
it would be actually dangerous if it was an constantly fed current through is body (like regular AC mains power)
there is a better related explanation in this video: ruclips.net/video/8xONZcBJh5A/видео.html
Terry Saunders why not make it that story it's verry own comment instead of a simple reply? It doesn't fit the coment and I am sure a lot more people would like to easily find it. Verry cool
He knows what he is doing he is an electrical technician. Not hating just stating. (Oh that rhymes)
amazing amazing, as always your way of presenting the information is sooo fulfilling and funny, you are a genius
Thank you very much for this astonishing experiment because it is possible to perform at home.
Honest tho, I can’t describe how much fun I have when watching you. I wish I had a physics teacher like you in high school.
hi bro its been 4 years how are you? are you still alive?
I love it when he does all of this in a crampy room
It's bigger than mine.
I prefer a crampy room than a crappy room
@@leonruvalcaba1549 well you are lucky no matter what ,sir, i don't have my personal room at all.
@@KHaLeD-jv7fu same
When gluing pvc, use a primer.the primer not only cleans the surface, it makes the glue dry uniformally which gives you more time to play with getting it straight.
I’ve seen this so many times I can just watch it again it’s that entertaining and interesting
Never drill a hole in something small, you hold in your own hand.
50 SHADES OF MEDHI
Mehdi u fucking hemaaar
Respect for this guy building this for weeks
What a roller-coaster... One of the best channels on RUclips!