Slow-Mo Experiment Disasters, ElectroBOOM VS The Slow Mo Guys

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8qp4UjLANY

Summary

TLDRIn this video, a creator travels to Texas to meet popular YouTubers, Gav and Dan from the 'Slow Mo Guys,' to capture high-speed footage of electrical arcs using a Tesla coil and a homemade Marx generator. The video is a mixed adventure of scientific exploration and humorous mishaps, as several technical issues, including equipment malfunctions and power supply failures, challenge the experiment. The creator originally aims to analyze the behavior of arcs by capturing them at millions of frames per second, but the venture turns into a comedic compilation due to constant failures in achieving a successful test. Despite the setbacks, some footage was captured, which will be analyzed in a future video. Sponsorship by Audible is included, recommending audiobooks to viewers. The highlight is both the creator's excitement and the unexpected difficulties faced during the filming process.

Takeaways

  • 🧳 Creator travels to Texas for collaboration.
  • πŸ› οΈ Technical issues with equipment occur.
  • πŸŽ₯ Aim to film electrical arcs in slow motion.
  • ⚑ Experiments involve Tesla coil and Marx generator.
  • 🀣 Humorous mishaps throughout the testing.
  • 🎬 Slow motion achieved up to 1.75 million fps.
  • πŸ”§ Frequent on-the-spot repairs required.
  • πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Educational explanations on high voltage.
  • πŸ“š Sponsored by Audible for audiobook promotions.
  • πŸ” Detailed arc footage on the "Slow Mo Guys" channel.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The narrator travels to Texas to find YouTubers Gav and Dan for a testing collaboration. They intend to film electrical arcs using slow-motion cameras. The narrator brings a Tesla coil and a homemade Marx generator despite travel concerns with the equipment. Initial experiments face issues, framing the video as a series of mishaps despite managing some results.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The team attempts to capture electrical arcs at high frame rates, starting with a Tesla coil. They discover the arcs are difficult to document due to their fast occurrence, so they increase the frame rate and frequency to improve results, aiming for better visualization in slow-motion footage. The narrator explains the science and experiment setup while encountering technical hurdles.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:50

    Further experiments involve different tools like a ZVS circuit and Marx generator, resulting in equipment failures. Although challenges persist, they manage to capture some footage amidst the chaos. The narrator concludes with advertisements and promotions, including the video sponsor, Audible, and encourages viewing the Slow Mo Guys' footage for more insights.

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Video Q&A

  • Who are the YouTubers featured in the video?

    The YouTubers featured are Gav and Dan from the "Slow Mo Guys."

  • What was the purpose of the trip to Texas?

    The trip's purpose was to collaborate with the Slow Mo Guys to capture slow-motion footage of electrical arcs using a Tesla coil and Marx generator.

  • What equipment did the creator bring for the experiments?

    The creator brought a Tesla coil and a homemade Marx generator for the experiments.

  • Why was there difficulty capturing the arcs on camera?

    There were challenges due to technical issues with the equipment and difficulties in focusing the high-speed camera on the fast and infrequent arcs.

  • How does one safely handle high-voltage equipment in these experiments?

    It is advised not to hold the output of high voltage sources without turning them off first and to use proper grounding to avoid shocks.

  • What problems occurred during the filming process?

    Several technical failures occurred, including equipment malfunction and power supply issues, leading to multiple on-the-spot repairs.

  • What did the crew do to attempt better arc captures?

    The crew increased the frequency of arcs and adjusted camera settings to extremely high frame rates up to 1.75 million frames per second.

  • Is there an educational component to the video?

    Yes, the creator explains the functionality of Tesla coils, the importance of grounding, and how high-frequency arcs can both be visible and cause sensations through demonstrations.

  • What sponsorship is included in the video?

    The video is sponsored by Audible, a platform for audiobooks and audio content.

  • Where can viewers see the detailed arc footage?

    Detailed slow-motion footage of the arcs is available on the "Slow Mo Guys" channel.

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  • 00:00:00
    hi today I'm going to Texas to find two
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    of my favorite YouTubers gav and Dan and
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    get them to do some testing for me in
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    fact I brought so many tools and
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    equipment on my carry-on luggage I was
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    sure they would stop me I mean look at
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    this but apparently it was
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    [Music]
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    fine I've heard these guys are somewhere
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    around here let's see
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    well there they are hi
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    guys it's
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    him come on where they oh my go damn it
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    where did they
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    go oh there you
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    [Music]
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    from the link in description more at the
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    end so I took my one Tesla Tesla coil
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    and my homemade Marx generator to the
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    slow-mo guys to film them at millions of
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    frames per second to see what happens to
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    the arcs and analyze them well analyzing
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    the arcs has to wait so many things went
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    wrong with my experiments I thought we
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    could never capture what we wanted one
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    time I wanted to do a proper
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    collaboration and no anyway this video
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    is is just a compilation of my
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    embarrassments and I'll make another one
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    later analyzing the arcs behaviors but
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    you can watch the arcs in slowmo now if
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    you go watch the slowmo guys video well
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    first off I placed my Marx generator in
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    my backpack hoping that it wouldn't get
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    damaged but under pressure it was all
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    mangled and I had to bend everything
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    back into shape so we started testing it
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    to make sure it works okay let me see if
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    I can turn it on first
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    [Laughter]
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    fortunately it was nothing I'm just
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    happy I finally found the source of drct
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    Zoidberg sound
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    effect the hell happened there that blue
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    there
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    yeah hope hopefully the mark generator
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    will be able to
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    run oh oh okay yeah yeah and that's it
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    did one though I wanted to do more oh
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    there you go okay okay go
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    go come on does that encourage
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    Electronics when you do this oh okay let
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    me
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    turn if you might touch ground then
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    don't hold the output of a high voltage
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    source turn it off first and yeah don't
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    hold the high voltage to start with okay
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    don't shock me I like the thing that you
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    have to touch is what yeah there's no
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    way to not do that come on loud that
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    oops oh no no did I break that that
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    sounds that seems like it's uh that's
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    the end of that yes oh no damn it I blew
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    my power supp that's power supply never
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    blew on me what's even going on oh man
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    ah that usually works especially when
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    it's been on fire like that okay let's
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    go shopping oh my
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    goodness wa did try to fix the supply
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    but there is a blown capacitor there
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    there we go that black capacitor
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    supposed to be like the blue one but
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    it's black now it still on which the the
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    thing is it still on oh yeah oh my
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    God slamming it also didn't work
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    slamming it didn't work I mean I I think
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    it's almost predictable that this would
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    happen you know well I didn't predict
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    that no my power supply never burned so
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    that was first no more testing until the
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    cameras are on yeah we have to make sure
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    we have the slow-mo first before
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    anything else blows up I was going to
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    bring the battery but I was pretty sure
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    that it wouldn't let me in the airplane
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    with the battery pushing it you're
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    supposed to take batteries on on planes
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    with you right rather than put them in
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    the check baggage Yeah by a car
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    battery there quite a lot of battery one
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    that that car just coming out just yeah
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    y yeah wo God this one right yeah oh
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    oh my God maybe you should drive
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    [Music]
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    next okay where's the car we now all
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    right so we have a battery now yeah we
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    got a
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    battery do the package of the battery it
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    was saying 119 amps so that might be a
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    problem if something shorts too many
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    that's that's too many amps hopefully
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    nothing blows up and we can get the arcs
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    first for the slow-mo and then yeah and
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    then we can blow everything up yes
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    I don't think we need to it they'll just
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    blow up on their own the circuits I made
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    are not made to last all right you just
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    m build them for one video and then
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    you're like and we're good well I mean
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    it's always a bonus if I can use it for
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    more videos yeah take a right here uh
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    not here the next one this one here this
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    one here oh this one oh no no no no no
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    no no oh my God I was going to say if
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    you didn't know this that bit is like a
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    a ramp it's like a huge ramp
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    you could have to the car if you'd go
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    fast into it let's hope the car Barry
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    Works hey you have a trampoline
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    [Music]
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    here so we decided to start with the
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    Tesla coil that we knew would work okay
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    we'll start at what 100,000 frames a
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    second that's the starting point that's
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    the starting point of this yeah uhhuh
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    all right I mean I've touched it before
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    it's not bad it's like somebody's
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    slapping you on the back of the hand at
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    1 Herz don't try the 1 KZ it's like
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    somebody's slapping you at 1,000 times a
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    second I'm encouraging Dan to get
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    shocked maybe I shouldn't encourage
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    people to get
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    shocked got you yeah got me it wasn't
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    that bad that one it so small it was it
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    wasn't very powerful that one I was
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    hoping for more hurting but the arcs
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    were too weak see the secondary of a
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    Tesla coil has a resonance frequency due
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    to its inductance and capacitance mainly
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    from the top load to the ground but with
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    the device sitting on a plastic table we
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    didn't have a proper ground so we made
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    one with that you're going to hurt me
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    now it can hurt you better yeah okay
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    let's see if that's
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    different a little fur too can you go a
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    little bit further away oh there you go
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    the arc is bigger oh that's better ah
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    it's more painful
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    the further you are from a Tesla coil
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    the more pain you get because the device
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    gets the chance to charge to a higher
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    voltage to jump over a longer distance
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    to your hand unless you're so far it
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    can't charge any further to jump that
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    far so now what I want you to do is to
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    have a screwdriver and point it to the
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    arc okay just holding the plastic side
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    of the screwdriver surely I won't feel
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    it at all
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    then ah oh you feel it ah it's scared me
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    like a little
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    bit and that's why you shouldn't rely on
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    holding a plastic handle only to keep
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    you safe if the voltage is high enough
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    it will jump to the metal first and then
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    to your hand either through air or just
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    by breaking down the plastic now hold it
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    like this but hold the metal tight so it
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    jumps to the metal and goes to your hand
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    directly right let's see how that
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    feels I feel like I don't know what's
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    going to be worse
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    you feel it not at all huh nothing now
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    although electricity runs straight from
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    the metal into your hand instead of
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    entering through a single point it
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    spreads over a larger surface area and
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    so you can barely feel it well of course
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    these arcs are low energy electricity
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    otherwise you would feel them no matter
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    what I I never thought that starting at
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    100,000 frames a second would be too
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    wimpy of a speed yeah it's going to be
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    unless we sit here and watch it frame by
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    frame it's going to be so hard there's a
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    big issue capturing f fast in frequent
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    arcs like if you're capturing 100,000
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    frames a second and you capture only 1
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    second and the arc pops only for one
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    frame how the hell are you supposed to
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    find that one frame out of a 100,000 so
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    we had to increase the frequency of the
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    arcs it's not very bright let me
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    increase the frequency so hopefully you
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    can see
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    something
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    oh you won't feel frequencies above 30
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    khz as electric shock and the resonance
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    frequency of this Tesla coil is around
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    250 khz but because we are pulsing these
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    high frequency arcs at audible frequency
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    it gives them low frequency components
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    that can
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    shock looks nice-ish but the arcs are so
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    fast the 100,000 frame rate is clearly
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    not enough so we went to 500,000 then 1
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    million and then 1.75 million R per
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    second good thing is with the Tesla coil
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    running at 1 khz pulses we have a much
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    greater chance of finding the arcs after
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    we capture them we need to bump it up to
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    a million or something yeah something
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    just straight to a
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    million million hey you guys have one of
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    [Music]
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    these there you go
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    jump
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    off I did it let me see if I can come
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    around why am I going so
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    fast you've switched to a drill bit yeah
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    I've I've switched to this sort of long
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    drill bit just because cuz my wasn't
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    wasn't much room on the screwdriver it
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    was jumping directly to my hand and try
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    and avoid that by using this long drill
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    bit
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    sure a
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    [Music]
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    ah maybe I should have mentioned that
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    the test could have been done by arcs
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    jumping to a grounded metal instead of
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    Dan I forgot well it was his fault too
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    see when you feel something is stinging
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    you you naturally loosen your grip and
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    let go which is what Dan did but in this
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    case you have to actually grip harder to
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    increase the surface area and lower the
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    resistance or just move away well there
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    are low energy arcs and Dan is a trooper
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    what we are doing is that I have what
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    he's trying to say is let's move on to
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    try the zvs circuit and the Marx
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    generator for massive arcs if you want
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    to know about these circuits you can
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    watch my old videos but let's start from
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    the zvs continuous
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    arcs we got something yeah we did oh wow
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    oh man oh that's burning there that's
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    okay it always
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    Burns oh it's fun fine it's smoking it's
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    okay what can I say it's a transistor
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    setup that arcs to itself and burns um
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    okay do we want to move on to the yeah
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    let's go the marxy marks oh that's
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    that's that's not good that's not wa oh
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    that's okay now I broke that now I'll go
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    [Laughter]
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    solder this time nothing's going to blow
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    up oh it's doing it again
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    too close too
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    powerful like look wow I'm not a man of
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    doing things properly so I couldn't tell
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    let's let's just try quickly
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    oh fully on
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    fire
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    so did something blow up something blew
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    up on that oh no now my power
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    transistors blew up such a
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    hassle if my transistors are broken then
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    I'll have to we replace them what did I
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    say we' be done by
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    today you jinxed it few on the spot
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    repairs would you like a chair rather
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    than kneeling on the floor yeah here you
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    go
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    yeah look at that I can do
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    business now I can do
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    [Music]
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    business hopefully we get some arcs
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    before it blows out it might be our last
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    chance
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    wi oh it's working um so it's off okay
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    and on wow oh man okay should it go
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    straight to
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    1,75 You're So Keen like uh should we
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    set this up
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    right5 456,000
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    now we are at 875,000
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    oh I love your your laugh of Glee jingle
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    bell jingle bell
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    jingle we spent hours trying to find the
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    one in a million frames
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    shot we are still not fast enough you
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    want to go to 1.75 again where are we at
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    175 that's ni okay
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    stop I mean I'll never find that will I
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    on here
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    no I mean
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    oh I mean oh
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    sugar okay sugar indeed it was such a
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    mess of a test setup but hey we managed
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    and now I have to sit down and review
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    those arcs frame by frame for my next
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