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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Man you explain that complex circuit very easily...👏👏

Imma level with you. That's TERRIFYING.

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

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

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

That "is for me"part killed me lmao

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"

I used to use one of these in real life in the high voltage lab in Pirelli. We used it to lightning test underground high voltage cable samples up to 2.2 megavolts, it made quite the bang.

your insanely brave man experimenting on such a high voltage . i work as electrician too though i admit i i'm afraid of electricity and even has a phobia for years after suffering from electric shock due to carelessness like you've shown.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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!!

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

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

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

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

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

0:57 Okay, in comparison to other shocks on his channel, this is one of the most lethal here. He didn't even get to curse properly, which shows how lethal and painful that shock was. He could've easily suffered cardiac arrest.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Great work! Keep it up!

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

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

Your videos are electrifyingly entertaining. Thank you.

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?

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

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

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.

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

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

Mehdi: "Corona Discharge" Corona: Wait what

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。

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

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

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

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!?.

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:"

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

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.

"What's that noise honey?" "Oh the neighbour is making DIY lightning again"

You need to be a teacher

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

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

0:57 I believe what's happened was that when you had both hands on the circuit intended to charge the capacitor, your body wound up being the path of least resistance, which caused you to jump from your seat like that.

I keep coming back every now and then to check if the man's still alive.

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!

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

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

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.

0:56 that was heart touching

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

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

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.

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

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

My father had a 15 kV transformer that we used to play with. I NEVER shocked myself. But we also wired it up properly, used appropriate knifeblade switches with long handles etc.

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.

0:57 that one was lethal. I felt that literally. I was an electrician and I've been shocked quite a few times before.

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

This is indeed the absolute chaos I subscribed for

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.

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

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

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

I have 20x 40Kv TDK fist sized ceramic door knob capacitors that I was going to build a CW multiplier but never ended up building anything except for one single stage to test the concept. My input has sparks close to the size of the output on this video. The output on the single test stage is frighting so a 10 stage will be awesome! Perhaps a Marx generator might be the way to go as my road block was getting 20x 100Kv high current diodes to deal with the peak loads during discharge. There were some options but would have costed me many $1000s at the risk of still blowing the diodes up. The highest mA microwave diodes worked well but I needed like 5 in a string, so 10 per stage, 100 all up and again, prices too high to justify. I suppose resistors are cheap as though and could be the compromise I need to make me tinker with the project finally after 10+ years of having the caps in the box they arrived in.

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

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

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

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

7:46 Now that's some high voltage music!

7:46 dude literally just made a beat with capacitors

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

"Touch the circut with only one hand" *jump cut to him holding the circut with 2 hands*

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

6:27 That's it, that is all you need.

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

Seeing him do this makes me want to do it too... but I'm sure I would just end up being edible by the time the medics got to me 😂