Fun with Static Electricity! - A Prequel to "Should a Person Touch 200,000 Volts?"

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

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  • @JeffersonLab
    @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +160

    Please Note: This was recorded before the onset of the current pandemic.

    • @a-rex1.5gb10
      @a-rex1.5gb10 3 года назад +4

      Wow. Sir u r still here!! I pove the way u teach. 11 yrs ago sir 🙂🙂🤗

    • @eforeverything6482
      @eforeverything6482 2 года назад

      I also just watched the 12 years old

    • @wizzman
      @wizzman Год назад +1

      why being apologetic about not wearing masks

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  Год назад +2

      If anyone has a sense of history and they look at the publication date, they will ask "Why did they hold this during the middle of a pandemic?" The obvious answer - that it was held before the pandemic - won't be obvious to some. So, you post the clarifying comment to avoid needing to do something like this...

  • @santeebandit3246
    @santeebandit3246 3 года назад +130

    Such an awesome teacher. Breaks things down so they’re easier to grasp, and understand.

  • @thetechrealms7824
    @thetechrealms7824 3 года назад +137

    The 2021 episode of everyone’s favourite yearly series!

  • @JDotOnPoint
    @JDotOnPoint 3 года назад +93

    This man is still going after 12 years, wow... You're amazing!

  • @azuhawl
    @azuhawl 3 года назад +49

    What I learn :
    -Negative meets Negative they don't stick
    -Opposite charges stick
    -Lightning is more hot that the surface of the sun
    -It takes to second for a sound to travel 1 mile
    -I failed basic science & math
    -I need to go back to school

  • @Zeeshan_2312
    @Zeeshan_2312 3 года назад +136

    You are here after the 10 years later recommended video 💢

  • @sloth6070
    @sloth6070 3 года назад +24

    3:57 teacher: "plastic makes good-"
    student: "plastic!"

  • @sambashiva2510
    @sambashiva2510 3 года назад +28

    Very expensive piece of scientific equipment
    (Two pieces of plastic and a clip)

  • @guy_does_nothing_productive
    @guy_does_nothing_productive 3 года назад +60

    14:31
    Teacher: "if it's negative and it's attracted to this what's this?"
    Student: "positive"
    Teacher: "how could this be positive?"
    Student: "because it is"

    • @GeremiaGerosa
      @GeremiaGerosa 2 года назад +5

      "protons."

    • @analog_guy
      @analog_guy 2 года назад +1

      One atom says to another, "Hey! I have lost an electron." The second atom says, "Are you sure?" The first atom says, "Yes. I'm positive." (My apologies: old physics joke.)

  • @spectrumspectre
    @spectrumspectre 3 года назад +6

    This guy explained it better in 15 minutes than my tech teacher did over the course of 9 months
    (also that little "fly, be free, go!" with the packing peanuts was peak comedy)

  • @vinijoncrafts2882
    @vinijoncrafts2882 3 года назад +5

    "What's the largest thing around?"
    -YOU!
    "Uuhhh not me 🙄 what's the largest thing around?"
    -THE EARTH!
    "YES! I'm not larger than the planet thank you very much"
    Wow that got me omg 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Turp1n
    @Turp1n Год назад +1

    Dude.. i love you! If everyone gets teacher like you, students interest in physics will be increased exponentially!

  • @eros_1234
    @eros_1234 3 года назад +30

    You are a awesome teacher.
    We need more teachers like you😍😍😍

  • @michaelschwartz9485
    @michaelschwartz9485 Год назад

    I'm 54 years old and I'm finally understanding electricity! I can't wait to see your other videos!
    Great job, thank you for your hard work!!

  • @frenchtanking4287
    @frenchtanking4287 3 года назад +2

    My favorite teacher ever

  • @cheeselesspizza
    @cheeselesspizza 2 года назад +2

    14:33
    +How'd this get to be positive?
    -'Cause it is.
    And we called that "The Science"

  • @RawBaconEnjoyer
    @RawBaconEnjoyer Год назад +2

    this man is gonna help me not fail electricity.

  • @charlesbeck633
    @charlesbeck633 3 года назад +2

    This dude is sutch a good teacher tho.

  • @ankitsingh458
    @ankitsingh458 3 года назад +4

    I’m in 10th grade from india , all my portions make sense with such explanation. It’s genius ❤️

  • @anilchauisms
    @anilchauisms 3 года назад +1

    The best session of physics teaching I ever attended. So impressed and happy!

  • @satyamkumar4367
    @satyamkumar4367 Год назад

    Plastics makes good "plastics (from behind)" 😂😂

  • @taketwo6110
    @taketwo6110 3 года назад +12

    I love this hahahaha, I wish more teachers made explaining all concepts more entertaining!

  • @h7opolo
    @h7opolo Год назад

    such a refreshing style of lecture presentation

  • @fitman7461
    @fitman7461 3 года назад +5

    Wow... i just saw your 10 year old video and came here to find this new video! Sir, please keep up the good work

  • @syntaxusdogmata3333
    @syntaxusdogmata3333 3 года назад +7

    Not to be TOO fanboyish, but your enthusiasm in teaching does Carl Sagan proud. 👍

  • @kilimli8824
    @kilimli8824 3 года назад +5

    10:41 "not space we all would be dead" :)

  • @SpaceXplorer13
    @SpaceXplorer13 3 года назад +8

    Wow. This person uploaded a prequel to a 10 year old video today. (21 Hours ago when I'm viewing it)
    “Swiggy delivery service has left the chat”

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +8

      Worked for Star Wars... sort of.

    • @SpaceXplorer13
      @SpaceXplorer13 3 года назад +3

      @@JeffersonLab Lol, yes, yes it did 😂
      I see a fan right here

  • @tanagranack327
    @tanagranack327 3 года назад +2

    The great and mighty, Steve!

  • @mellowyellow5152
    @mellowyellow5152 2 года назад

    How fast can a jet make it around the world?
    GlobalFlyer landed at Salina at 19:50 UTC (13:50 CST) on 3 March 2005, having completed its circumnavigation in 2 days, 19 hours, 1 minute and 46 seconds. As of 2019, this is the fastest world trip in its class at a speed of 550.78 km/h.
    The light takes roughly 130 ms to travel around the earth - that is seven and a half times round per second.

  • @moonshot18
    @moonshot18 3 года назад +1

    Loved the way you teach

  • @SpiritSlayer1
    @SpiritSlayer1 2 года назад +2

    11 years later and still teaching students. What a legend

  • @ovijitchandrow
    @ovijitchandrow Год назад

    well, My fav. online teacher is getting older. thank you Jefferson for making our study so easy🙂

  • @jakkuwolfinsomnia8058
    @jakkuwolfinsomnia8058 Год назад

    Love watching your videos they’re so helpful in learning some pretty tricky concepts

  • @philippaachen1684
    @philippaachen1684 3 года назад +4

    At the end he is like: "Should a person touch it?"
    But touched it several times before in the video.

    • @dripcat5940
      @dripcat5940 3 года назад +2

      yeah but he only touched it when the other dome was in contact with the first dome, so electrons from the main dome travelled to the earth thru the second dome and didnt affect him. if he wouldve just touched the dome directly he wouldve been electrocuted.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +4

      @@dripcat5940 He touches it directly here: ruclips.net/video/ubZuSZYVBng/видео.html

  • @trithai9582
    @trithai9582 3 года назад +4

    Love these lessons

  • @silvory7021
    @silvory7021 2 года назад

    4:01
    Teacher: "Plastics make good..."
    One kid: "Plastics!"

  • @jaysartori9032
    @jaysartori9032 2 года назад +1

    I wonder what if you would try this experiment out in space with the same tools?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  2 года назад +1

      In space? Like, in vacuum? Well, for starters, with the same tools, it would be a very quick presentation as the presenter would quickly die. And, the Van de Graaff wouldn't do nearly as much as it depends on the resistivity of the air to allow charges to collect on its dome.

  • @vinijoncrafts2882
    @vinijoncrafts2882 3 года назад +1

    "Plastic makes..?
    *P L A S T I C*

  • @BeeChriss
    @BeeChriss 3 года назад

    I watched you 10 years ago....here you are still very passionate.....#proudtobeateacher

  • @typerightseesight
    @typerightseesight Год назад +1

    cewl stuff.

  • @prasungupta
    @prasungupta 2 года назад

    Simply wonderful 🥰

  • @yanissushansky
    @yanissushansky 3 года назад +1

    "Plastics make good...PLASTICS"
    The kid who said that is a genius

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +1

      He's channeling his inner Mr. McGuire.

  • @aumshukla9905
    @aumshukla9905 3 года назад +1

    would that spark burn your finger if touched (as it is hotter than the suns surface)?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +1

      One spark? No. But, if you had a constant arc going for long enough, you'd start to run into trouble.

  • @rd9910
    @rd9910 2 года назад

    4:03
    teacher: plastics make good?
    Student: plastics....
    😆

  • @tobster762
    @tobster762 2 года назад +1

    This is how all science teachers should be.

  • @dymytryruban4324
    @dymytryruban4324 2 года назад

    Electricity doesn't pick the easier way. Instead the least resistance draws the highest current. And the purpose of ground is to draw high current so the circuit breaker kicks in when the safety of conductive casing is compromised.

  • @samit5650
    @samit5650 3 года назад +1

    Yo it's been 10 years woah

  • @OooEeOooAhAh
    @OooEeOooAhAh 3 года назад +1

    ahh yes, plastic makes good plastic
    4:00

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад

      We've found that plastic is the best substitute for plastic.

  • @mindcraftkids
    @mindcraftkids 2 года назад

    OMG! It's two pieces of plastic! They really saved no expenses lol ☺

  • @kaholeung9443
    @kaholeung9443 2 года назад

    Funny demostration

  • @chrissavage1449
    @chrissavage1449 3 года назад +1

    4:01 Plastics make good...
    Random genius: p l a s t i c

  • @ihaveagoal4665
    @ihaveagoal4665 3 года назад +2

    Alright ladies and gentlemen today we learned
    *Plastic makes good......plastic*

  • @SapphiR3_
    @SapphiR3_ 2 года назад

    Nice to see this guy 11 years later

  • @jacobzupet8406
    @jacobzupet8406 3 года назад

    This dude is just AWESOME

  • @danielash1704
    @danielash1704 3 года назад

    Electricity and statically driven charges wonderful.

  • @microwaverice732
    @microwaverice732 3 года назад

    I love the guy in the backround saying random stuff

  • @classyamerican1776
    @classyamerican1776 3 года назад

    You are a Great real teacher. Hope you are doing well.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +1

      So far, so good. Hope you're doing well as well.

  • @Realfndragon
    @Realfndragon 2 года назад +1

    Wow this is a bit of an shocking experience lol

  • @Ash-yw6kz
    @Ash-yw6kz 3 года назад +1

    Lol i like how he is acting and making students paniiiikkk whenever he tries something new🤣

  • @ahmednadeem1660
    @ahmednadeem1660 2 года назад

    Very good explanation 👏

  • @Suryanrnn66
    @Suryanrnn66 2 года назад

    Teacher: Plastic make good....?
    Student: Plastic
    4:00
    Teacher: What's the largest thing around?
    Student: You!!
    7:05
    Teacher: Why is that called that ground?
    Student: Because it's the ground!!
    7:55
    So many Genius Moments!!

  • @uxleumas
    @uxleumas 3 года назад +3

    what kind of plastic is that?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +3

      It's a piece of overhead projector transparency film.

  • @rrowhe4d
    @rrowhe4d 2 года назад +1

    Today I learned that plastics make good plastics. And something about insulator.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  2 года назад +1

      Insulators make good insulators.

  • @JustinTR1990
    @JustinTR1990 3 года назад

    Yes, student in the back. Plastic does make pretty good plastic!

  • @jakkuwolfinsomnia8058
    @jakkuwolfinsomnia8058 Год назад

    How come the plastic pieces still repelled each other after putting the nail between them? The nail is a conductor and so are you so how come they didn’t lose their negative charge when you did that? Was the current too slow to discharge the static electricity?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  Год назад

      The nail is a conductor, but the plastic isn't. Touching the nail to the plastic doesn't allow for the bulk of the charge to move to ground. If a charge happens to be somewhere other than where the nail is touching, it's difficult for it to move through the plastic to get to the nail. So, the plastic remains charged, even when the nail is placed between them.

  • @tonyduong61
    @tonyduong61 3 года назад

    teacher: plastics make good...
    student:plastics
    dying rn
    4:01

  • @robsilfvast7079
    @robsilfvast7079 Год назад

    After some poking around on Google, I think his name is Steve Gagnon. He is just awesome!

  • @geraldcollins7103
    @geraldcollins7103 2 года назад +1

    Did your watch work afterwards?

  • @Yash1331
    @Yash1331 3 года назад +1

    Damn video ended on the main cliffhanger, I wanted to see someone touch the dome with the belt in it.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +3

      There's a reason why the title includes "A Prequel to 'Should a Person Touch 200,000 Volts?'" The resolution to the cliffhanger already exists in an older video called... Should a Person Touch 200,000 Volts? Links are in the description, or right here: ruclips.net/video/ubZuSZYVBng/видео.html

  • @danielash1704
    @danielash1704 3 года назад

    Timing it right is the key .

  • @radiweldu1052
    @radiweldu1052 Год назад +1

    Can someone tell me his full name?

  • @DayZSnob
    @DayZSnob 3 года назад

    I learned more in this one video than I did in a whole year of high school.

  • @muhammadafnan2321
    @muhammadafnan2321 3 года назад

    sir I have a question that why opposite charge attract and same charge repel each other???

  • @shivammadeafilm
    @shivammadeafilm 3 года назад +2

    Hey Jeff , you got old man....!!!

  • @sanjanavasavipasumarty6864
    @sanjanavasavipasumarty6864 2 года назад

    He should get best teacher award 🥇

  • @tgregory
    @tgregory 2 года назад

    May be 12 years ago but this dude sure still knows his stuff

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  2 года назад +2

      This isn't from 12 years ago (yet). This was early 2020.

  • @jmsssx
    @jmsssx Год назад

    Thank you teacher

  • @ryskysinaga8158
    @ryskysinaga8158 3 года назад +2

    I'm Always Waiting:")

  • @eforeverything6482
    @eforeverything6482 2 года назад

    2:08 i also thought same when I heard charge accelerator

  • @liangu105
    @liangu105 3 года назад +1

    thanks

  • @aquilesriffo
    @aquilesriffo 2 года назад +1

    same watch ?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  2 года назад

      Yep. Might be a different battery, though.

  • @mlooky1221
    @mlooky1221 3 года назад

    Here before it gets recommended to everyone 10 years later

  • @dr.sheelagangwar5112
    @dr.sheelagangwar5112 3 года назад +1

    Name of Professor?

  • @dirkvenezuela7387
    @dirkvenezuela7387 Год назад

    "Fly! Be free! Go! 😂😂😂

  • @ayushpandey939
    @ayushpandey939 3 года назад +1

    Why he is so underated

  • @NoLadder
    @NoLadder 3 года назад

    So let's say there was no air/insulators. Would it bust a spark 5 times bigger?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад

      No. The opposite. Removing the air/insulators makes it easier for the charges to leave the dome. They would more or less depart in a constant stream rather than building up and discharging as a single spark.

    • @arjujannaka9807
      @arjujannaka9807 3 года назад

      @@JeffersonLab oh, like a plasma globe??

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад

      @@arjujannaka9807 Yeah, more or less.

  • @humanperson8903
    @humanperson8903 3 года назад

    its been 10 years and NOW you show us the prequel?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +2

      Yeah. There were some issues with the original footage that prevented us from using it for this. And it's also kind of a pain to record these things (lots of permission slips/release forms that we don't typically need to deal with, etc...). So... yeah. 10 years. Still a better pace than what they did with Star Wars. We have less CGI, though. Maybe we'll add some background creatures if we ever release a Special Edition.

  • @BGGamesOfficial
    @BGGamesOfficial 3 года назад +1

    What if that spark is touched?

  • @tejuni4017
    @tejuni4017 3 года назад

    What happends if these 2 balls are connected with metal wire with no rubber or any insolator on it. And we touch it. Would electricity go trough us to earth or keep on going to metal because its better conductor.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +1

      Most of it would flow from one dome to the other through the wire, although a little of it would flow through you to the ground.

    • @tejuni4017
      @tejuni4017 3 года назад

      @@JeffersonLab ok ty

  • @darkpenink6730
    @darkpenink6730 3 года назад

    Hail Legend 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌.. true hercules..

  • @TheRealChurch
    @TheRealChurch 3 года назад

    "Two pieces of plastic 🤤"
    sounded like Ryan Reynolds on DeadPool.

  • @sunnyoutside5288
    @sunnyoutside5288 Год назад

    If you reversed the polarity of a static electricity generator would it not suck electricity from the air?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  Год назад

      No... It would reverse the direction of the current, but it isn't sucking electricity from anything, no matter what its polarity is.

    • @sunnyoutside5288
      @sunnyoutside5288 Год назад

      @@JeffersonLab what about negative and positive ions can you charge one and attract the other

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  Год назад +1

      You can repel one and attract the other. If the main dome is negatively charged, it will attract positively charged things and repel negatively charged things. The opposite will happen if the main dome is positively changed.

    • @sunnyoutside5288
      @sunnyoutside5288 Год назад

      @@JeffersonLab last question can you charge a nickel plated panel with negative ions and use the attraction to generate electricity

    • @sunnyoutside5288
      @sunnyoutside5288 Год назад

      This comes from a video I saw years ago using circuitry and ions to generate 1500 kw from a brief case

  • @thesamsharmashow8489
    @thesamsharmashow8489 2 года назад

    #good_one👌🏻

  • @knndyskful
    @knndyskful 2 года назад +1

    Lot more grey hair 12 yrs later :D; just for reference I have a grey hair 12 years later too

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  2 года назад +1

      True. At least the hair is still there.
      Mostly.

  • @whirledpeas3477
    @whirledpeas3477 2 года назад

    Please explain why this matters, what part of GR, SR, are we missing. Seems like Einstein is still 100 years ahead of us

  • @kembocapelsii
    @kembocapelsii 3 года назад

    Thank you very much.
    At 3:05 when you swipped on the plastic , did you become positively charged ?
    4:30 if you are positively charged , why don't the plastic become neutral , once you have been connected to the plastic? Normally the plastic should have become neutrale , since the electron can come back to you through the nail ?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +1

      1) Probably a bit. His shoes insulate some, so he was probably slightly positively charged.
      2) The charges on the plastic really can't move around all that well. The charges can't 'walk' along the plastic to get to the nail. You'll neutralize the parts of the plastic that are in direct contact with the nail, but the parts that are further away will retain their charge.

  • @thesamsharmashow8489
    @thesamsharmashow8489 2 года назад

    hats off to science sir❤

  • @retalahmed7116
    @retalahmed7116 3 года назад

    Amazing

  • @danielhughes441
    @danielhughes441 3 года назад

    What is this instructor’s name? He is a terrific

  • @MeowcatBissy
    @MeowcatBissy Год назад

    So, how does the microphone stay functioning while you're touching the VDG? I have a job where I do a science show and I have a talk box on me.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  Год назад +1

      I assume it's because the microphone is behaving like a boat in the ocean. While a boat rises and falls with the tide, internally, though, nothing changes. So, if the microphone's ground is allowed to float, it doesn't matter if the surrounding 'ocean' is at a high tide or a low tide. Internally, a five volt drop is still a five volt drop.

    • @amimulhaque1754
      @amimulhaque1754 Год назад

      @@JeffersonLab But in your previous video when you were touching the VDG while standing on the stool...why the electrons were getting stored in you but not passing through the microphone's ground connection..i mean shouldn't it behave as a ground connection in your body.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  Год назад

      The microphone doesn't have a ground connection.