Painful Experiments with Van De Graaff Generator
Added 2018-07-27 21:22:46 +0000 UTCHappy Friday y'all! Here's the unlisted video, until I list in on Monday.
I'll be traveling to Montreal and Quebec City next week. Maybe I can get some footage from the trip and post it on Mehditation!
Have a great weekend!
Comments
Can you make an electret microphone using your generator as a source of charge? What else could you do with some static electricity buried in a thick insulator?
2019-02-14 21:10:06 +0000 UTC...and what, Kevin? AND WHAT?? I MUST KNOW!!
Chris Talbot
2018-07-31 12:00:50 +0000 UTCVery nice video, "I'll give you guys three monetized seconds" lol. I made a van de Graaff a while ago but not nearly as good as yours. (of course) It was a small desktop one, I used a rubber band and a glass tube from a fuse, fun stuff :)
2018-07-30 03:54:35 +0000 UTCFantastically educational again, thank you for your pain... damn you got hairy knuckles :) the backlit "afro" on electrocute was hilarious
2018-07-29 09:27:04 +0000 UTCMaybe you could build a huge HV capacitor bank and
Kevin Cherry
2018-07-29 00:22:00 +0000 UTCLove your videos, please keep them coming.
Kevin Cherry
2018-07-29 00:21:32 +0000 UTCDischarge through the nose....I would not survive that!
2018-07-28 20:34:17 +0000 UTCSimple explanations of static electricity might not be valid. Static Electricity Defies Simple Explanation <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/05/static-electricity-defies-simple-explanation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/05/static-electricity-defies-simple-explanation</a>
2018-07-28 13:55:12 +0000 UTCThese Van De Graaf videos have been awesome Mehdi, really funny but also educational, classic ElectroBOOM! The montage of making the VDG from the first video had me in stitches, great stuff mate. Always nice to see ElectroCute making an appearance too.
Chris Talbot
2018-07-28 12:33:50 +0000 UTCOuch:)
2018-07-28 11:35:40 +0000 UTCGlorious knuckle hair :)
2018-07-28 11:17:06 +0000 UTCWow, one of your best videos ever! Really nice experiments and lots of zappery :D
dreamer
2018-07-28 08:18:03 +0000 UTCReally educative video! Thank you
2018-07-28 04:52:49 +0000 UTCmaybe, not sure if it makes more elecricity
ElectroBOOM [Mehdi Sadaghdar]
2018-07-28 04:31:04 +0000 UTCProbably won't trip GFI, it is a nano second pulse. I think in order to trigger GFI it should last a bit longer otherwise that circuit may always false trigger.
ElectroBOOM [Mehdi Sadaghdar]
2018-07-28 04:30:05 +0000 UTCToday is also my Birthday so thank you for the wonderfull video gift!
2018-07-28 03:13:09 +0000 UTCTry standing in a rubber Matt
2018-07-28 02:50:12 +0000 UTCi always comment before watching so Hello
2018-07-28 02:48:59 +0000 UTCWhy not use a glass tube at the top roller from those Flourescent bulbs
2018-07-28 02:37:41 +0000 UTCI need to get some pvc, pantyhose, and Ikea salad bowls. Shopping list this week is looking a little odd.
Mike oliver
2018-07-28 02:27:13 +0000 UTCIf you plugged a power cord into an outlet with the 3 wires at the end of the power cord stripped and brought it close to your VdG would you be able to trip the circuit breaker? Or a GFI. Could you trip a surge protected power strip? I wonder if all 3 wires are surge protected? You would probably have to introduce the spark between the outlet and the power strip, wouldn't you? If you bought some cheap used electronics like old radios and computers could the discharge from your VdG damage them? Or maybe just some circuits on a breadboard. The VdG seems to be working better, did you do anything to 'tune' it?
2018-07-28 02:12:07 +0000 UTCWell, that's the most fun I've had all week. Now I must make one......
Chuck Kirchner
2018-07-28 00:45:31 +0000 UTCLol I love that Electro-cute earned the name by zapping you. What a pretty little girl-more than just a talented pianist and cameraman!
Jason Hoffman
2018-07-28 00:43:32 +0000 UTC
