$2 travel water heater (immersion boiler) test & some fire

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5 жыл бұрын

Today I tested a cheap travel water heater element (immersion boiler) from China from Ebay for just 2 USD. Does it work? Is it safe or dangerous? Is it idiot-proof? Let's do some experiments and see.
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@deoryisnoob 5 жыл бұрын

5:45 "It Glowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwsssssssssssss"

@Isolierter_Hazim 5 жыл бұрын

Two uses of this device: 1)Heats water 2)Ignites fire

@user-nl3sl2to2m 5 жыл бұрын

... Nice!

@nutzboi 5 жыл бұрын

congrats for 69 likes

@BillAnt 5 жыл бұрын

It's a "brilliant" (as in glowing) multi tool... a hammer, heater, and a fire-starter... tsk-tsk :D

@DarmiGames 5 жыл бұрын

naaaiiiiis XDD

@Asu01 5 жыл бұрын

Photonicinduction is the kind of person who would do this experiment right on his carpet inside his house.

@kakeergodt4609 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P photoninduction

@ezzbuttheyshouldntleavethe5529 5 жыл бұрын

Ghosty Cake he died

@adnanmlivo5885 5 жыл бұрын

I hope he is ok!

@Jeremy_Moro 5 жыл бұрын

What happened to him?

@Jeremy_Moro 5 жыл бұрын

I know he's making experiments with high voltage, if 10MW shocked him to death, he won't make any videos.

@poptartmallshart5323 4 жыл бұрын

"It can very easily set you on fire. THAT'S NIIIIICE"

@CEzikMaj 5 жыл бұрын

It's soldering iron and water heater in one device

@Krisztian5HUN 5 жыл бұрын

and glowstick 3in1

@TheFanUniverse 5 жыл бұрын

And firestarter 4 in 1

@GrulbGL 5 жыл бұрын

I'm out if ideas... 5 in 1

@Krisztian5HUN 5 жыл бұрын

@@GrulbGL torturing device 6 in 1

@ausintune9014 5 жыл бұрын

electric etcher 7 in 1

@mr.dahliaking.202 4 жыл бұрын

In USSR you had these very commonly, and there was also the bigger version at 1750 or even 2000 or 3000w. They were 30 cm long and you used those to heat tubs of water at a time. My grandma when she was young in 1950s she didn't have hot water heater in her house so before bath time she would fill the tub and immerse one or two of these huge heaters for 10 minutes and water would be nice and toasty.. God old times.. well, not so good.

@sourekpetr 5 жыл бұрын

Multipurpose device. Heats water, starts fire. Definitelly must have :-D

@alichank 4 жыл бұрын

And soldering iron

@saalkz.a.9715 Ай бұрын

It's a MultiTool.

@guerrillaradio9953 5 жыл бұрын

My father had one of those back in the 80's. He would use it to make coffee when we went to the basement to get away from the rest of the family. They work really well.

@suchar6777 5 жыл бұрын

6:24 It can very easily set you on fireee *THATS'S NICEEEE*

@lukmly013 4 жыл бұрын

That's amazing!!

@Greg74948 5 жыл бұрын

5:44 It GLOOOWWWWWWWWWSSS! 😄 In fact, this sucker could be a perfect ignition device for Mythbusters! :D

@matyhovidea8537 5 жыл бұрын

I love your english ;-)

@ShinerBockGirlz 5 жыл бұрын

Don't be a dickhead...I doubt you speak English properly and I doubt even more you speak multiple languages......can't stand when people make fun of others at least trying and absolutely more so speaking proper English ....you sir are a fuckhead...plz post a video of yourself so we can properly criticize you....

@BenjaminEsposti 5 жыл бұрын

ShinerBock2007, Dude, chill, we're not hating on him. We love his particular accent!

@mairacristian54 5 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Esposti i think its a copy paste xD

@johncoops6897 5 жыл бұрын

@@ShinerBockGirlz - the only dickhead here is *YOU*

@Your_username_ 5 жыл бұрын

ShinerBock2007 stfu douchebag

@maxthewincat 5 жыл бұрын

6:57 best moment

@Spaceman1011 5 жыл бұрын

Doctor : I have some bad news... You have AIDS Him: THATS NICE

@user-vm1hi7bo5s 4 жыл бұрын

Him again: Let's measure how long i can live without medication

@vdekjEE 4 жыл бұрын

Philip Turner 6:24

@ebtv445 Жыл бұрын

I think Diode said that in an ironic way

@fungusenthusiast8249 3 жыл бұрын

A few days (maybe a week ago) I had this high current transformer I made and I used a bit of steel wire (maybe 1-1.5mm?) to make a heating element to light some pieces of wood on fire. A butane lighter wouldn't keep them alight, but the heating element worked so well.

@FaysalKhalashi 5 жыл бұрын

I just remembered, when i was a child didn't have any soldering iron. But there was this water heater in our shower. And i used this water heater to solder some wire with a speaker. It was the 1st soldering in my life... probably in 2001-2002... And Nobody noticed 🙂

@deepfriedcircuit Жыл бұрын

Wow! How did the solder joint turn out?

@DrHouse-zs9eb 5 жыл бұрын

Haha, that ending. Probably you had fun writing with the water boiler :D

@BPantherPink 5 жыл бұрын

The rascal boy wrote it with his soldering iron !!!

@DiodeGoneWild 5 жыл бұрын

Of course I had :)

@e1woqf 5 жыл бұрын

The only problem is holding it with bare hands because it gets way to hot

@neotheapplefan332 5 жыл бұрын

@@DiodeGoneWild ❤️ DiodeGoneWild ❤️

@sebastienmonette6659 5 жыл бұрын

Home Alone door knob trap China Edition

@leondre6884 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@jimmybrad156 3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that

@hyperion8008 5 жыл бұрын

John Ward has just done a similar video. On his the insulation broke down after first use so it's quite dodgy.

@berys76 5 жыл бұрын

tmo72 dogee*

@BPantherPink 5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha... I was going to write it the same way !!!

@DiodeGoneWild 5 жыл бұрын

I have to get another and do more tests of the insulation :). My one now has mains in the metal tube, but I thought that this only happens when you overheat it by running it in the air.

@Mark1024MAK 5 жыл бұрын

DiodeGoneWild - John Ward used a 500V / 1000V insulation tester (not that it managed to get to those test voltages, as the insulation was not good enough).

@ratbag359 5 жыл бұрын

@@DiodeGoneWild their insulation just is hopeless. if was earthed it would trip rcd

@jerryspann8713 5 жыл бұрын

I've seen 2 versions of those immersion heaters. One version has a thermal cut off fuse, that will open if you leave it plugged in without water. The other version has no thermal protection and will glow orange if left plugged in without water.

@RODALCO2007 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant demo.

@SumeragiMinami 4 жыл бұрын

It's informative but I can't stop laughing at the presentation. Good stuff, dude

@Zebra_Paw 3 жыл бұрын

I love how he wrote his name on the piece of wood using the red hot dodgy water heater!

@Clement-xy9iv 5 жыл бұрын

This device is perfect to turn on the barbecue !

@jackking5567 5 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel. You're crazy. I'm subscribed!!

@danijel124 5 жыл бұрын

You should send a picture with the fire and the heater glowing to the seller :)

@NotSoCrazyNinja 5 жыл бұрын

I love Chinese products. They roughly do what you expect and are simplified to the max. So much so, they can be deliciously dangerous.

@Isolierter_Hazim 5 жыл бұрын

Between 4:32 and 4:33 I saw a spark from the plug.

@TS_69420 5 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@vampy625 5 жыл бұрын

so what That happens everytime you unplug power intensive device like iron or space heater

@zUltraXO 5 жыл бұрын

So?

@vampy625 5 жыл бұрын

@@zUltraXO hahahah lol

@vampy625 5 жыл бұрын

@@zUltraXO what

@steveazusa 5 жыл бұрын

Hi i have a question i have a mini Kentiger amplifier i got off ebay it says use a 12v 5 amp power supply i used a 12v 2 amp and i noticed when enhancing the volume it cuts out bad.. Is it because of the 12v 2amp power supply? Thanks!

@longrunner258 5 жыл бұрын

I just noticed that the plug pins on this look like they're zinc plated (steel underneath?). Can you confirm (if you still have it)?

@paytonlafon6084 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing English, keep up the good work!

@mixme8655 3 жыл бұрын

Your video is always interesting I learned a lot thank you sir

@kevtris 5 жыл бұрын

it looks like whatever metallic coating is on it dissolved into the water; the water isn't very clear any more and the element isn't so shiny either. You might get a side order of heavy metal with your drink

@Cheese_1337 5 жыл бұрын

some soviet heaters had bakelite cover where cable goes inside, so its not so bad.

@newnewmee44 Жыл бұрын

i kind of hate people complain about safety for articles which are dangerous no matter what. Soon people will complain about shaving blades that they are sharp, or that needles that they are pointy or that fire that it burns.

@fernandogamdev 5 жыл бұрын

I love you narrative and reviews! I became really paranoic after watching few 😱

@stanislavhilgartner9694 5 жыл бұрын

To je docela dobrý. Dá se s tím uvařit káva a rozdělat oheň. 😃

@technikfreak9859 5 жыл бұрын

This thing would be great as an electric bbq coal starter!

@oniruddhoalam2039 5 жыл бұрын

It is very dodgy. -my favourite sentence.

@Grozniy-lj7zh 5 жыл бұрын

3:34 In my county(Japan) 500W means AC100V 5A 50/60Hz.

@earlybird3651 4 жыл бұрын

If I use it , could I drink the water Or it used only for wash water

@creativekristan8386 3 жыл бұрын

Nice it has water heater and fire starter I love it

@UpcycleElectronics 5 жыл бұрын

Cool. So is that little "6" almost "B" symbol always the cyrillic character for voltage? I wonder if this little guy would be an ideal element for a small reflow oven. It could probably work as a preheating device for crude SMD reworks too. The plastic and wire would obviously need to go. -Jake

@JaMoBo265 5 жыл бұрын

В in cyrillic is equal to V in latin, so i actually just means Volts :) The latin B in cyrillic looks like this Б or this б (upper vs. lowercase)

@simontay4851 5 жыл бұрын

You would need to control the temperature or it will burn out.

@DiodeGoneWild 5 жыл бұрын

B stands for volts in cyrillic. The B symbol is actually pronounced "V" in russian. I think this element is going to fail quite soon. It's very poor quality and it's not designed to run in free air. I also forgot to say that after the experiment, the tube has mains in it! You probably should use something of a higher quality and also designed for free air operation.

@ronnieris1191 5 жыл бұрын

your English so good to hear.

@scratchdog2216 3 жыл бұрын

Watching again I'm surprised it didn't burn out running dry.

@jerppu4054 5 жыл бұрын

Nice vid bro!

@GMCLabs 4 жыл бұрын

That makes a great electric charcoal grill starter

@vke6077 5 жыл бұрын

Great video once again

@electricblue8196 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure but wouldn't the resistance increase as it heats up, therefore use more power?

@LMB222 8 ай бұрын

Less power.

@jean4756 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations.Good vídeo example and speak very good pratical experiment i like your vídeos alls good to me ok.

@hightttech 5 жыл бұрын

Where is the "fire extinguisher" when you need it? Chilling in the cooler? 😜

@Lemon_PL 5 жыл бұрын

More salt !!

@Flandernify 4 ай бұрын

Isnt there a version of these products (travel water heater) that is actually "NOT dodgy"?

@wdavem Жыл бұрын

I've seen them in the U.S. My parent's had one in the 70's. I don't know if it had protection or not.

@mrRamzes2002 5 жыл бұрын

"It's can make fire! IT's nice! it's amazing" especially at your house when u go to sleep :P

@syamsularifin5584 5 жыл бұрын

Great video that glowing travel water heater (immersion water boiler) burning a Wood.

@TC_Connection 5 жыл бұрын

The Soviet Immersion Boiler probably was used as Torture Device in Gulags! 😂

@lanaslay2163 5 жыл бұрын

Yay I have been searching for a fire starter and now I can use this 🤣😅

@Inflec 4 жыл бұрын

With those flat pronged plugs both those heaters seem to be intended for an American market and use on 115 volt current, not 220-240v! At 97 ohms and 115v the wattage would around a much safer 140 watts. Still, nothing I would dare leave operating unattended.

@markboldyrev8321 5 жыл бұрын

Did the insulation fail after it's been overheated?

@DiodeGoneWild 5 жыл бұрын

Of course it did :). Now there's mains in the outer tube....

@failblazer2004 5 жыл бұрын

Could I ask what sort of plug that is because I bought an FM transmitter from eBay and it has that sort of plug

@LMB222 8 ай бұрын

Type A.

@eddiejrbation5095 5 жыл бұрын

I think that is a light bulb rather than a water heater 😏😏😏

@Sakamoto196 5 жыл бұрын

This heater is very popular in Mexico

@lionheart1321 3 жыл бұрын

thank you very much

@PaulOvery001 5 жыл бұрын

Purpose made mood lighting.

@marcinmarcin1276 5 жыл бұрын

It woorks and that nice starts to boild ;)

@leontumandao2721 5 жыл бұрын

No more 1000 degree knife Only 9999 travel heater element boiler hot water coffee immersion 500w 220v adapter tool

@SupFromCz 5 жыл бұрын

Dávám like za tu čengličtinu! Taky mám výslovnost naprd :)

@electronic7979 5 жыл бұрын

Useful video 👍

@mabul513 3 жыл бұрын

Use with 5 others to melt metal? No? Or wouldn't it work ?

@abdessamadelbasri2825 5 жыл бұрын

Of course there is a fiiiiiire because you put it on wooooooooooodddd

@chhuck 3 жыл бұрын

He is a moron

@publicmail2 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine someone drinking with non isolated one will being grounded.

@ondrejmager 5 жыл бұрын

Tá angličtina ma v počiatkoch odradila, ale už som ju vstrebal. Vynahradil ste to vedomosťami :-). Subscribed

@michalcz123 7 ай бұрын

It's not just a water heater, it's also a infrared heater! (as we can see in the video)

@aszi77 8 ай бұрын

The resistance depends on the temperature.

@chrisparussin5359 5 жыл бұрын

When it is on water, it have minor resistance

@ShroomLab 5 жыл бұрын

Power does not have to be exaggerated. Resistance might drop with temperature depending on alloy or heating element. Ideally you would need to measure resistance at heating element operating temperature, which can be due to insulation well above 100°C.

@Xackus 5 жыл бұрын

He did measure current at the end and it was only slightly different.

@DiodeGoneWild 5 жыл бұрын

The power of heating elements generally doesn't go up as they heat up. Most metals increase their resistance when hot, so the power goes down a bit.

@DiodeGoneWild 5 жыл бұрын

The measured current was slightly higher than the calculated one, because the nominal voltage of the heater is 220V, but EU has 230V nominal and sometimes 240V actual voltage.

@9712teo 5 жыл бұрын

@@DiodeGoneWild Maybe they give you 800W due to the resistor tolerance and the maximum nominal voltage (250V) (considering the worst case possible). If you do the maths the resistance is a little bit less than 80 ohms (the current is 3.2A); this is the case if they're using a 100 ohms resistor (nominal value) with a tolerance +/- 20% and that is a possible explanation, considering that they try everything to sell making ridiculous prices.

@Agent24Electronics 5 жыл бұрын

They probably got that 800 Watts figure by using the peak mains voltage instead of RMS.

@andiyladdie3188 5 жыл бұрын

This video is better with Firestarter by The Prodigy in the background :D

@felipehcraftgamer4193 5 жыл бұрын

Can you make a homemade battery using coins, aluminum and wet paper and test it?

@PiratCarribean 5 жыл бұрын

I have one, but it is grounded :)

@e1woqf 5 жыл бұрын

I had one too, when I was younger and a student with very little money available. It had a power consumption of 1KW and I always loved how quick the water was boiling.

@westelaudio943 5 жыл бұрын

*groooooouuuuuunded

@DemoxTM 5 жыл бұрын

Is this the new runforthecube?

@JanKowalski-ic6np 5 жыл бұрын

Nice soviet, ane czechoslavakian heter, we also produced it in poland, but now we dont produce anything. I belive that soviet, and other older are better, and safer, and i have old one, bigger polish 1kw, it works great, and it has got ground if i remember goodly.

@DiodeGoneWild 5 жыл бұрын

This is the legendary Czechoslovak heater: aukro.cz/ponorny-ohrivac-na-kavu-6931519292 It's grounded.

@williama29 5 жыл бұрын

That device seems scary to use at home

@plutonhostinternetbilisimt3195 4 жыл бұрын

6:00 can it solder 😁

@AmitabhAnkur 5 жыл бұрын

Resistance increases with increase in temperature you should have just measured current.

@AmitabhAnkur 5 жыл бұрын

But why current is same when it's heated.

@johncoops6897 5 жыл бұрын

- he should have just measured current.... like he measured the current EVERY fucking time? DOH.

@superiorgaming6448 5 жыл бұрын

4:32 did you see that?

@fikrinurrohman8228 5 жыл бұрын

I have a suggestion to create content to know the contents and how the Oppo vooc charger works

@toledomerendo 5 жыл бұрын

Nice. Conveniently lights your barbecue.

@Dad_a_Monk 4 жыл бұрын

4:48 ...great, only heats up when in water. However, it will also shock the shit out of you if you touch the water and are grounded in any way.

@tiguymondou 5 жыл бұрын

Your pencils seem to write very well

@cleaneraz09 5 жыл бұрын

Its not a dc to calculate like u times I. Where ir power factor?

@DiodeGoneWild 5 жыл бұрын

The power factor is 1 for resistive loads like a heater.

@robson6285 5 жыл бұрын

Hahaa, just the accent makes someone wild! But no, not wild if you are not a diode because i always love watchting those video's

@franciscojunior8810 4 жыл бұрын

I once found one of these at my aunt's house and plugged it in to see if it worked and the device literally exploded in my face.

@Jeremy_Moro 5 жыл бұрын

Anyways it can make hot water and it can be used for making unerasable words on most materials.

@toiletgaming2005 6 ай бұрын

adapter probably was meant to be like "survival" survival tools or something :D idk

@demm7777 5 жыл бұрын

That's nice!

@MrBrymstond 5 жыл бұрын

for 2.27 amp that thing works for me, but that's 220v and we have 118v 120v in the US so this device would use 4.16amp, right? There isn't such things as a standard in all reality, they may call it 110 or 120, but it's all over the place. We have the same receptacles for 110~120v normal utilities as that water heater.

@ChungshanStory 5 жыл бұрын

www.rapidtables.com/calc/electric/ohms-law-calculator.html The wattage should be 1/4 of the video if plugged to 110V

@Sam-ob4of Жыл бұрын

If you have a water heater that draws 2,27A from ~120 volts it needs 272W. If you plugged this heater into 240 volts, it would draw 1,09kW; so 4 times the nominal power, because the voltage and the current are double, so quadruple power

@CallOfPhoenix 5 жыл бұрын

Hahaa I love that accent: "Let's gooou", "it worrrks", "it's niiice" :D

@user-ke9rw2pi2g 5 жыл бұрын

every Soviet person had such a heater ( boiler)

@a.lithia5664 5 жыл бұрын

This device is responsible for many dormitory fires.

@zx8401ztv 5 жыл бұрын

Yes the lack of earth jumped to my mind as well. The thing is it can be safe if used carefully, not by morons. My dad used to have a mini one for use in a cup, keep his tea warm. Silly idea really. Did the microwave camera show any oddness, or the memory card?

@ratbag359 5 жыл бұрын

they get low resistance to the metal too.

@zx8401ztv 5 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a worry, no insulation is perfect. Thats why i like an earth on everything that has a metal case. Those metal body touch lamps are a really bad idea, yes they work but metal without an earth :-(

@DiodeGoneWild 5 жыл бұрын

John Ward tested it, and it seems to short to the metal tube. I have to check this as well :). My one also has a short circuit to the tube, but I thought that this only happens when it overheats.

@DiodeGoneWild 5 жыл бұрын

The microwaved camera didn't show any damage...

@zx8401ztv 5 жыл бұрын

Im so supprised, all that r.f hitting coils in the camera, and generating voltages, ooow lol.