“it can kill you” “Let me show you how”

Mehdi: *stands up super high voltage death tower* Everyone: *flashback to the jacob's ladder incident*

1:04 the way he talks after getting shocked, he doesn’t sound angry or upset at all, just disappointed with his nearly lethal accident

0:56 that's the nastiest shock he's received alongside the Jacob's ladder

0:56 It scared the shit out of me when he grabbed his heart. Please take care, we don’t want to loose you Mehdi.

everyone: I am surprised he is still alive Death: Yeah me too

There was a guy in my HS physics class that built a massive capacitor… like 3 feet (1 meter) long. It was similar to EB’s “tiny” capacitor in that it was aluminum foil rolled up with wax paper as the dielectric. He charged it up, and because in and of itself the charging doesn’t appear impressive, he decided to discharge it… himself. It threw him about 7 feet onto the floor. The class was impressed, he was… ‘ok’… and I believe he got an “A”. Come to think of it… that very well may have been ElectroBOOM…!

0:57 that's the fastest I've seen anyone move lmao

Imagine being ElectroBOOM's wife, constantly hearing this stuff from the across the house wondering if this was it, was this the shock that killed him.

7:44 "I can raise the power supply to give it more voltage..." - Marx generator starts playing drum solo

Thanks I love your experiments especially the high voltage ones. You are so funny! But also very clever. Love your channel keep up the great work!!! Geoff

That big shock, reminds me when I was under my desk unplugging a UPS to move it from my old power bar that I didn't trust and wanted to replace (it was rated for 12 amps, I prefer everything matches or is higher than the 15 amps of a wall outlet due to a fire in the past). The plug was being stubborn and I was twisting my body in an uncomfortable way to access it. To brace myself for balance I grabbed my desk, a steel desk, not thinking as I pulled out the plug and as it came out my finger slipped and touched one of the prongs. I didn't feel the shock in my hand or arms. I felt it in my chest back of my neck as that was pressed against part of the desk as well and ended up getting kicked back by it. My roommate was a paramedic and I yelled for them to come check me, said I took current across the chest and to give me a check over to confirm that my racing heart was just panic, I was having short term vision issues as well and wasn't able to move correctly and apparently had slurred speech. They looked me over and then informed me that it wasn't my heart that had them worried, it was that my breathing and voice told them my diaphragm was still acting up and my behavior meant my brain got some electroshock therapy. Took me 15 minutes to get to normal again. When I went back to work they grabbed a dog chain and forced me to use it to ground myself on the same arm that I was pulling plugs with.

Marx Generator: **exists** Electrons: "We have nothing to lose but our chains!"

That "is for me"part killed me lmao

Thank you for putting your time and effort into this, never have I found myself maniacally laughing at an educational video till I delved into this channel

9:06 the moment in the film where the experiment goes wrong and a supervillain is made

Normal person: "Never do __, you could die!" ElectroBOOM: *proceeds to do __* Also ElectroBOOM: "I almost died! Here's how:"

Me a EE student: Cool, what can you do with it? Mehdi: Can't you see it's sexy?!?

わかりやすい解説ありがとうございます。 感電しないように気をつけながら自分も作ってみたいと思いました。

Love it, Happy Christmas. I would have loved to see a second gap sparking due to the Radio energy generated.

When he said that he'll mount it on some plexi glass to make it vertical I immediately got flashbacks to "the Jacobs ladder incident"

everyone in a 100 metre radius: why is there such bad cell service around here meanwhile:

This guy surviving these videos is like a testament to multiverse theory combined with the infinite monkey theorem. There is no way he could survive without so many universes to have come first where he hadn't.

We used to make these in electronics classes though we used the classic Cockroft Walton multiplier circuit where you use diodes and caps instead. The smell of ozone coming off them was pretty full on from what I remember!!

It's a true Marx generator only if it seizes the means of arc production

10:47. Is anyone else having Jacob's ladder flashback xD

It's amazing you've made physics fun. His reactions to the output sparks is priceless .

AMAZING work Mehdi!! I could be your biggest fan! I'm in the process of learning Electrical Engineering. I Have a question, (hopefully not a dumb one!) Once the spark gaps fire and all the capacitors fall in series, and if capacitors block DC, (I'm trying to understand the flow,) how do the electrons pass the dielectric between plates of the caps? In order for them to add up, and even be in series!?.

"Cleary I haven't learnt my lesson" he says electrifying himself for the 1 millionth time.

Imma level with you. That's TERRIFYING.

great info! very well done video! thank you my friend!

Very interesting experiment, congratulations and that you for shearing you big knowledge

Mans just restarted his heart n said “damn burnt my finger too”

He's so good at making electronics, that he can pretend to know nothing "safely"

You can tell Mehdi simply wings it with the script. He has no papers, no rehearsing, he just talks. That's a good thing, since it shows what all he knows and remembers of electricity, and it also makes the "Do not try this at home" part seem much more caring.

Your videos are electrifyingly entertaining. Thank you.

Girls:- We live longer than boys This guy:- yeah let me demonstrate .

Mehdi: Makes a circuit with high voltage. His body: Is it for me👉👈

I fucking LOVE when you find a new (to you) channel and have a HUGE library to watch and binge!

He shows you exactly what not to do and what can happen if done the wrong way! Than explains how to do it the right way! Amazing teacher and also comedian , super awesome videos

11:23 *Yes. It's called death.*

This is literally the most comfortable and fun way to learn something about electronics

Thanks sir.. it's cleared all my doubt.. lots of love from India.

Man, I really love this channel, my second-hand terror actually helps cement the lessons. When you reached for the blue capacitor, I knew right away "Wait no! You didn't discharge it! D:"

How I want my drum solo to be like - 7:46 When I actually do it - 8:27

corona can be avoided by increasing distance... Electrical engineers: we know

You need to be a teacher

In this or another video about this Marx generator you argue that the sparks in the gaps go simultaneously because the first one produces ionizing radiation. I think this can be easily tested by placing some 'walls' between the gaps so that the ionizing radiation cannot get to the second one and so on. I actually think the explanation is much easier: When the first gap jumps (which should be a little bit shorter distance than the others, the subsequent gap suddenly has almost twice the voltage it had before and is immediately bound to spark, the subsequent gaps increase even further step by step. This is why they all go `exactly` simultaneously.

Mehdi: "Corona Discharge" Corona: Wait what

Mehdi: hehe this is interesting Capacitor: click click Mehdi: The charges are flying over air! Capacitor: *SKREEEEEEEEEE*

Brother,its good to know someone else beside myself knows what a high voltage DC kick feels like. I was working on a tesla coil I built from scratch and my primary was 15,500 vdc. I forgot to discharge my caps before reaching across the transformer and BOOM ! I got hit...sent me flying backward into my couch,where the couch and I slid an additional 4 feet backward across the wood floor. After I got over the shakes,all I could do was laugh...I was still alive,bwahahahaha!!! So...now that we are brothers of the high voltage scar,I am now subscribed.

My friend at work showed me this guy I love his content. Your fans love you electric boom

"Don't try this at home." *placing my order for capacitors.* 0:56 *Cancelling my order*

This guy is a prime example for " genius goes hand in hand with crazy".

I re-watch ElectroBOOM's videos periodically and I'm pleased to see I understand them more and more. I remember very well the first time I saw this one, I was amazed but I didn't understand shit. Now it all seems rather clear to me :) What would be the impact of having capacitors of lower or higher capacitance if any though?

This dudes is fantastic in delivering complex information in a that make your brain feel like is desirable and you can’t stop learning! Thx

Mehdi: *builds another tower-type setup* Me: *The Incident flashbacks*

6:27 good to see he's keeping up with trends

this marx generator implies that you could put many many more of these in a longer chain and get some truly massive arcs. it would probably even sound like a thunderclap too as it went off, but i imagine it would take a much longer time to charge fully. it would also probably be the super-sized equivalent of a bug zapper if you got too close, though.

Scary instructive entertainment. Thank you very much sir!!

Whenever the lights flicker in Vancouver I wonder what Mehdi is up to. Edit: He posts the videos on his Pateron before they go live here. I strongly suggest supporting him!

-"why build a high voltage generator?" -"what s wrong with you? cant you see she s sexy!?" big lolz 🤣

I worked in a company making power supplies, when we did high voltage power supplies, they needed to be tested before they were potted, so we used flourinert this stopped all arcing, enabled us to probe for testing etc, it was truly a magical fluid, in your case, i'd have had the spark gaps just above the surface of the fluid, it looks mad, sticking high voltage electronics into what looks like water.

That electric shock have shaken my soul to it's very core. Please Medhi, be careful. This world cant lose such a beatiful person as you.

Electroboom: almost dies Right after: anyway, let’s try that again

"Honey! The neighbor is trying to open another dimension again!" ~ Karen 2020

It would be nice to see all these arcs on a high speed camera ❤️

0:57 is it bad i kept laughing for 30+ minutes my god this guy is the best

Me seeing 00:57 "Well, he grabbed the heart, this is it he finally transcended the phisical plain."

You know a circuit is dangerous when even Electroboom takes proper precaution and doesn't hurt himself using it

I am new to this channel and i love this mad genius

Great vid! What did circuit did you use to charge the capacitors?

*Man don’t hurt yourself, we all have got emotionally attached to you.*

I like the way he grabbed his heart on the first shock....

Is there a way to use this marx generator as a way of propulsion? Great content again.

I love the humor in this one, the jokes just worked for me

Him: literally defibrillates his heart... aww man I burnt my finger

0:56, Never have I seen a man move so fast

I was drinking a sip of coffee when your face did the "its for me" circle. I laughed so hard coffee flew out my nose.

0:02 I just through of Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb 🤣🤣 Bro this guy is just like him lol

0:57 feels unsettlingly different than the other times he gets shocked in his videos. There's no comedic element to this. It seems like he was legitimately panicked and in pain that bordered on being lethal (not saying all the other times they weren't.) Absolute legend for including this, showing how terrifying electrical shocks can be for the human body. Thank you for what you do Electroboom.

Mehdi:"Handling high voltage is dangerous and can easily kill you!" Also mehdi: touching it with bare hand

I love your work and videos man. Very intelligent and funny too 🤗✊

0:55 at one quarter speed. You are welcome haha. 😅😅😂

0:57 Mehdi's Nervous system : THAT SCARED THE SH*T OUT OF ME

I know what his last words are gonna be. "This should hopefully..."

It's like a fancy metronome 😂 this one can actually kick you and make you FEEL the rhythm 😂😂

4:12 🤣 At work long ago we put charged capacitors everywhere to shock our collegeas 😂 Boy that was fun...

His unibrow is the largest arc.

I'm glad he's embracing the memes a hell of a lot more than he's embracing death.

Awesome magnificent, above all don't change! keep going like that! Big thank you. 🎇

Mehdi can start an electric band. With his high voltage equipments.

7:46 When voltage becomes a military force and start beating the drums

0:56 that was heart touching

I've tried to make my own using 1M resistors, 100pF capacitors, and reverse-biased 2.6-volt Zener diodes instead of spark gaps. I used Zener diodes because normal diodes would not even come close to the breakdown voltage when the circuit is running off a nine-volt block battery. Plus, the Zener diodes would have a more controlled breakdown, and I wouldn't be exposed to any high voltage sparks or arcing.

Your program is very superb. Good luck

“Is for me?” The funniest part of the video video.

Ahh, the flute sound is back at 6:54! So cool, i longed for that.

Try using chokes instead of resistors as the charging elements. I made mine by winding several layers of plastic-coated wire around ferrite aerial rods. I did when I built Marx Banks years ago. But a word of warning - the arrangement generates huge EMPs. I had to repair a workshop full of damaged equipment after conducting some tests once.

I love the energy this guy brings to teaching (pun not intended, ok kind of)