Your channel is brilliant, my grandson (7) and I watch it all the time, and we do some of them. My only (minor) complaint is that I wish you showed the circuit diagram, even if briefly (as ElectroBOOM does), so we can more easily copy it.

As always, a fantastic job. I love the way you present your builds and experiments. I forsee many school science projects inspired by your work. Well done Jay, your are a champion.

Cuts and bruises on your hand shows your hard work and dedication to such experiments. 👏👏

I just found your channel, but man. I absolutely LOVE what you do. Keep it up, man. You're a standout, brilliant dude.

I got my voltage multiplier built and it works very good. I keep it at work where it generates a lot of questions. Thanks for sharing it with us.

I feel like your channel is extremely underrated and you should have like 100,000 subscribers after all of these high quality and informative videos.

Hooked up the tower properly and it works beautifully. You saved my lighter and no more shocks. Your assistance is most appreciated.

How do you only have 22k subs for this high quality content?? Subbed! :)

Most well dressed man in Plasma today...keep up the great video's :)

I building a small 8 stage one with my 5ma diodes and gonna build the full 12stage with the 100ma, i’m using paraffin wax to seal the bottom to prevent leaks

That's pretty groovy! I may put one together. Thanks.

I found this channel last night, and truly this channel is amazing.

“Carefully remove the lighter” *procedes to rip the lighter out of the case* cArEfUlLy

Class explaining class man class creation and you're good in soldering man

This is the best one i have seen ever before- I appreciate your way to teach or explain the project its really simple & easily understandable thanks for it . Three thumbs-up for you👍👍👍 & three thumbs-up for this project👍👍👍

How am I just now finding you channel?! Awesome video... and may I add that you have a great sense of style too!

Hi Jay. planning to make it can I use city power (220V) instead of an arc lighter? (ofc with a power button on the cable) And if I do that , the discharge must be connected to the ground?

can you tell which electrical ground the wire should connect to? The multiplier doesn't have a ground

MY SCIENCE TEACHER WAS SOOOO WOW WHEN I MADE THIS LIGHTNING THING,THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOULL GET A 4 MILLION SUBSCRIBER'S,I Hope for it but really thank you

Hey there! Just finished making the Lightning Tower and the 3V Tesla Coil! Just posted my videos of me showing them off (I gave you credit in my description don’t worry!) Super fun projects that I had a blast making! Thank you so much for posting stuff like this that get me excited to be an EE student!

"How to make free energy" Well all this free energy comes from a powerplant, you still have to pay for it

Another question, when you have a moment: It's about frequency of the power supply vs recovery time of the diodes. Everywhere I look, the 2cl2j diodes are insanely expensive... but I have many different alternatives rated at up to 20kv. I was assuming that the 2CL2J diodes had a fast recovery time, but when I looked at the data sheet it isn't even quoted. What I have collected with limited funds: R5000 rated at 5kV and 2MHz recovery frequency. PRHVP2A-20 - rated at 20kV, unknown recovery time CL04-12 (MO diodes) rated at 12kv, 450mA - unknown recovery time I want to avoid wasting time and solder using components that will not work together. Do you think any of these rectifiers will be up to the task of an arc lighter, or should I make an inverter based on a 555-driven circuit limited to 2Mhz?

First of all I want to apologize that I forgot to turn on the notification because of which I missed this video. I'm here watching this after a long time it was uploaded. If I ever had to make a list of my top 10 favourite KZfaq channels, your channel will be in top 5. The simplicity of the instructions and the elaborate understanding of the steps u provide is the best thing I like about Plasma Channel. I don't know why your channel has only 12k subs. You deserve 12 million subs.

love watching your channel and made a few of your projects

Agent Jay' 👍 Gute' Danke für die Kommentare,Und Danke für die Schamatic...From KANSAS the land of Oz'ah's

Im going to ask a dumb question here.... Where precisely did you hook up to the ground? I'd rather not burn up lighters if I dont have to.

My goodness....why doesn't this channel has a million subscribers already ?? You are awesome....

Hey Jay, Love your channel!!! I made your voltage multiplier with 2 towers, 1 positive and the other negative and it works Awesome!! Keep up the great videos!! I hope you get that KZfaq play button!

Again a nice build! Will it zap you badly when the arc hits your finger?

Can you rexplain the procedure of fixing capacitors to board , It was hard to see

This is such a great project. I could not tell inbbthe build where the ground lead you talked about was built in though. Where should that be? And does the copper pipe at the top need to be a closed loop like that or can it be a cylinder extending up? Thanks for help and thanks for all the awesome videos!

You have such an awesome channel...Thanks for it!

Where did you get the figure of x2.8 from? A voltage multiplier adds 1x the input-voltage at ever stage. The lighter seems to give a higher output than you stated too.

Can I use a fly swatter circuit?

Thanks for the video. I'm new to this stuff. Once all my capacitors and diodes came in I went to work right away building my own model. I was expecting it to explode but IT WORKED !! My arc is only about two inches but it's awesome. Thank you very much !!

Hope you have a great 4th of July weekend Jay, I really enjoy your series and would like to build your multiper

I would like to build a voltage multiplier using one of those ebay musical tesla coil kits as the power source. Could you please do a tutorial video on how to do it? It will be such an awesome build to see if it would amplify the music as well as the spark. Thank you for your consideration. I've subscribed and followed, hope to see it someday, as I don't wanna injure myself trying to figure it out. ( ; D)

Okay so it says "do it yourself" but it looks more like "don't try this at home" or is it just me?

ty for all the info and trouble you go thru doing this and teaching others i had a question i wanted to know if you can connect multiple of these to increase he voltage even more? or is there a limit ? ty for your time mike

I subscribed and liked this video, BECAUSE it's awesome! Keep doing more of such great things!

My apologies for the messed up audio levels people. Somehow I messed up on normalizing the sound levels? Please comment on this pinned comment, if it bothered you enough that it merits a reupload. I need a poll. Yes, No?

scared in Current not in Volts 😊😊

Really Awesome Plasma Channel...Design is so nice...i hope i will make it in future and also give cradit of you💓

Awesome to hear from you again

fuel, electric y, and Chinese technology. what could go wrong? :D

Hey sir, I'm 16 and my school is closed for some days and I don't want to waste my holidays I'm thinking to do some experiment like you .but i think all u do will harm and danger can you make a science video for students if you don't mind ....

Plasma channel rocks.👍

Great build! I have electronics background and plan on building this with my sons, possibly building a 16 stage multiplier!

Why doesn’t this guy have more subscribers, I like this stuff.

Hi there great video! I am using this idea in a current project and would like to know what high voltage wire did you use? Or recommend for me, I have it set up with 20kv 1nf 20kv 10ma diodes, ?

Hey j, I'm building a version of the lightning tower I had a question the the top bolt is that connected to the copper on top Or does the proximity serve as a type of spark gap? thanks again keep up the good work love the videos

I'm just glad I found another person who chews their knuckles.

Hi! Do you think that it would be possible to use an electric fly swatter circuit as the original HV voltage source instead of the lighter? Kind-of like in your museum mini tesla coil video.

AWESOME!! Thank you! Can I use double volt multiplier set of capacitors/diodes for more distance of the arc?

What you built was a Walton-Cockroft voltage multiplier. Multiplier is a misnomer, it's actually a voltage adder - it increases the offset of the AC waveform by the voltage of the primary source at each stage.

This quality deserves at least a million subs...

wonderful DIY video, great explanation THANK YOU!!

I love your projects

Nicely done! I built a 14 foot tall version a few years ago for a big contract.

Your efforts are valuable , the result is top quality videos. . Many thanks

This is the best channel on youtube!

Great build.

You made the video very neatly... 👌 nice and clean.

great to see you after few weeks.

indeed this is a most interesting thing. but i have a question: could this be adapted for use in the burkland-eyde process for producing nitric acid?

@plasma channel Hi Jay! What is the electrical ground in the arc lighter?

Just discovered your channel and so far, so good :-) For educational purposes it would be great to see a DIY PSU in place of the lighter with its hidden internals, or at least a discussion on how the lighter is amplifying the battery voltage. Is this something you have covered? Thanks and keep up the great work.

Being a (sometimes between jobs?) actor really does have some benefits. As an Electronics/IT R&D Engineer, I just don't have the time to do all the fun High Voltage ⚡⚡⚡ things that I used to do as a teen.

@plasmachannel How do you custom cut your acrylic? Laser cutter or do you have a cheaper method?

Hello again! I have a question for you sirr! with the Hz of the outputs set aside here, If you took this voltage multiplier you've made here- dismantled it, and used every one of the capacitors in a marx generator, with the same power source, Which would generate the higher HV arcs? :) Hope all is well!!

A Plasma Channel.............! The gods are generous!

exactly what i need to build an arc starter to welding .

Awesome and Clean Build !

Hey man I love it what is that blue like battery

Wow this is awesome. I'm quite young and am not really sure what I want to do with my life but I am starting a few new hobbies. I'm really glad I found your channel because it inspires me to make things like this. Problem is I'm torn between the spark gap coil or this lol

Love this guy.

Awesome vid, one question tho, during the construction it looked like some of the angled diodes were backward, shouldn’t they all be leading the power toward the next capacitor closest to the topload?

was considered adding a resistor on top of multiplier to limit output current?

This is the best toy to have on desk and fry some usb drives. lol

I have built one of these lightning towers and powered it from an arc lighter DIY module which outputs 3-5 kV from 3-5 VDC input. The DIY module seems to be able to accept up to about 12 VDC for an even higher output to feed to the tower. I won't go much higher because the secondary windings of the small transformer might not be able to take much higher potential across them. Now, I'm planning to build a second one of these lightning towers. If you draw out the schematic to the lightning tower you will notice that you can mount the diodes in one of two ways. My first tower has the diode polarity such that it conducts negative voltage up the diode ladder resulting in a large negative DC voltage at the top load. I plan to build my second one with the diodes mounted in the opposite direction up the ladder to create a large positive DC voltage at the top load. Then if I common the ground points of the two towers I should end up with -60 kV at the top of one tower and +60 kV at the top of the other for a net potential difference of 120 kV between the two top loads. It should be possible to generate some pretty good sparks between the two top loads of the two towers. Not quite the 400 kV of the giant tower in the other Plasma Channel video but pretty good. Oh, by the way, I dripped some paraffin wax on the solder joints on the back of my first lightning tower to reduce corona losses from those. It's hard to eliminate all sharp points from the leads of the components. The paraffin insulates those and helps reduce losses. I considered using hot melt glue, it's easier and cleaner to apply, but I wasn't sure about the high voltage properties of it. Also if I ever had to replace a diode or capacitor I'd have to burn through that hot melt glue and it would be messy. I can scrape most of the wax away first if I ever need to make a component change.

Building the desktop lighting tower. I could use some clarity on the diode polarity. Also what connection is ground to attach the spark gap lead. Is a schematic available?

Where does the electrical ground attach to? Inside the lighter or one of the wires coming from the top of the lighter? Great build,Thanks

@Plasma Channel, is this arc power supply working as DC or AC voltage supply?

Hey @Plasma Channel is there any other alternate Diode for this project?

Awesome tutorial have to build one of these.

Hey jay I’m only able to get these will they work I’m using a fly back from a tv as the power source can u suggest the suitable capacitors and diodes I’m going to do a twenty 20 capacitors on each side

hi, good day! Is there any power point or pdf that we can used as a reference?? and another question, that last 1 bolt at the top of perf board, is it directly connected to the copper pipe or there was a wire at the center thats connected to the bolt and copper pipe.

how do the charges not run away from sharp points and also what did you do to your fingers!

Very good Jay!

Where did you purchase the 15KV 1nf Capacitors and the 15kv 100 amp diodes? I found some on Amazon but I'm sure there is a better place somewhere on the internet.

hello, could you use a 2CL01-12 12kV 350mA diode instead of the one used, with flyback source?

Hi , Do I need to use specific nominal of diodes? Can I use 5mA instead 100mA? And also of caps 20kV instead 15kV? Thanks

is the current be increased by this device or is it the same as the arc lighter provides?

I built everything except the top load. I can't see how to attach the copper tubing to the wire. Do you wrap the wire around the tube or do you solder it?

This is awesome! I must build this! 🤘🏻😃

Another awesome Vid. Thanks Jay! You’re the Don man. I was You was my science teacher when I was at school, I’d have learned so much more. Jay, question.... could you also use a similar system of diodes and capacitors to up a very low voltage (about 500-750mw) to something useable?

Great content as always! Love it! Definitely gonna build one of these! One tiny question, read all the comments first to see if this was mentioned, but when you press the lighters button, do you press to charge the capacitors then discharge and repeat? Or do you hold the button down while discharging? (Sorry, I know this is probably a very dumb or obvious question, but as I haven't got to build one yet 'silly stores closed at night, lol', I must rely on asking.) Again, always love seeing new content from you!

Hi Jay, did the arc lighter specify which of the 2 hv wires was positive? Or did you need to figure that one out. Thanks

This video was really helpful... I will recommend my friends to watch your videos and subscribe your channel... I have one question.... Can I use a flyback transformer instead of the arc lighter?

I have build a flyback transformer power supply and I'm gonna use to recreate this amazing project of yours. I'm blow all the kids mind in the neighborhood haha