Easy Marx Generator

[@williamfraser]

I like the simplicity of your spark gaps.

[@derekturner3272]

The spark gaps act as simple pulse switch to connect each of the charged capacitors in a series, increasing the voltage base by the sum of the number of spark gap connections in the series

[@jonathonhaberkorn233]

Not a mystery of physics. Just charging in parallel and discharging in a series.

[@mxcollin95]

Can you please explain why you have those gaps at each capacitor? I’d like to understand how this works but haven’t found any videos that clearly explain what’s going on. Would really appreciate some insight on exactly how Marx generators work.

[@rafayqayyum3988]

@Mathew Schau I think it's more simple. Like capacitors charge in series first and when they are all fully charged or enough charged to make current jump the air gap between they let their voltage out. So all of them shooting voltage at once

[@godparticle3833]

@@mxcollin95 it charges the capacitors in parallel which means it allows them to allow current through and charge in unison and once they are charged enough the voltage jumps the spark gap and because of the way the circuit is wired it discharges them in series adding there voltage together creating very high voltage and it does this in pulses

[@dougfoster445]

@jesha electronics he doesnt mention anythinf about whu the voltage increases in the capacitors

[@boibangz1316]

@@godparticle3833 Why cant you just use wire instead of sparkgaps at each capacitor?

[@Igoran8686]

Hello, dear friend! What is the value of your capacitors? I want to repeat it.

[@LucasWills]

Игор Могор the value shouldn't really matter, but the higher value means brighter arcs

[@Igoran8686]

I'm interested in the voltage of these capacitors. Which should be taken so that it does not break, and that the dimensions are small.

[@cullenmalachi3326]

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[@zyairemax3808]

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[@kelvinmakvana6112]

Hello, how to decide value of resistor and capacitor

[@swastikswastik3886]

From colour code

[@UltraRik]

What is the role of the resistors in this system?

[@JakeOler]

to resist

[@UltraRik]

@@JakeOler 🤯🤯

[@anwarhussainansari13]

Sir can we triggered first spark gap using iron rod ? Can we increase input voltage to triggered first spark gap?

[@rahitbiswas8929]

I am here from electroboom

[@Sufi39]

Lmao same

[@LouiesLog]

Can I power one of these safely with a dc power supply? (No ac)

[@asdqwe4468]

Marx generator must be powered with DC. It's not a voltage multipler (Greinacher).

[@Ham549]

What's the advantage disadvantage of using resistors instead of diodes?

[@lourdeslara2772]

Do not try in home

[@asdqwe4468]

This is a Marx generator and not a voltage multiplier (Greichnacher). Voltage multipliers are fed with AC and require 2 diodes per stage.

[@drrobotnik5376]

try putting 1 ohm resistors on it. (but make sure you get the wattage right.)

[@donaldclay5500]

Does the discharge current come out of the thicker (dark) blue wire? It is difficult to see it as it happens so fast. Also, what is an approximate current for this device?

[@lauramcdougal3952]

www.khanacademy.org/science/electrical-engineering/ee-circuit-analysis-topic/ee-natural-and-forced-response/v/ee-capacitor-integrates-current

[@arcielacod6580]

Id like to use that circuit as electric fence. Its not letal anyway right?

[@benjaminshields9421]

Not affordable enough to be lethal.

[@anonrider8870]

hi can i currently input 20kv to the capacitors without using flyback transformer?

[@c2n10]

As long as its dc it should work.

[@hyqhyp]

The discharge current is limited by the resistors, not the supply.

[@asdqwe4468]

The resistors are charging resistors. There are no discharge resistors in this. In real world aplications you use resistors to change the timing of the discharge.

[@imagine_laabs]

Why not build a zvs? For your flyback ? It's efficient than one transistor topology

[@techmelts7860]

Shouldn’t the neon sign transformer work if you rectify it?

[@asdqwe4468]

Yes a Marx generator needs to be fed with DC.

[@psy377]

how many Voltage can those capacitors take?

[@ClevelandStorms]

The ones I am currently using are rated for 5kv but the output voltage is about 75kv

[@psy377]

thanks!

[@deathrex6199]

Karl Marx Machine: 1000 revolutions per nano second

[@du42bz]

Based

[@XETECH]

I love flyback it is awesome. ....

[@lauramcdougal3952]

flyback is like car ignition, it gives short bursts, but is not continuous AC like a Tesla Coil

[@affantoqeer966]

Sir what are the materials that I can used as spark gape and how you used these spark gape

[@lauramcdougal3952]

use tungsten rods from tig welder ~ $1 each rod.

[@de0509]

I believe old spark plugs are economical. Theyre meant to handle high voltages without burning out too fast

[@THOMASTHESAILOR]

Nice Job, I think a Stun Gun is around 40kv. Most of them use a 9 volt battery.

[@lauramcdougal3952]

stun gun is actually an induction coil - so it's AC amplified by turns ratios of adjacent coils, not stacks of series capacitors. Try grabbing the sparkplug wire on the lawn mower if you want to smack yourself uncontrollably, it's the same thing.

[@THOMASTHESAILOR]

@@lauramcdougal3952 , LOL, I know, I've done it many times.. It won't hurt ya, It just gets your attention PDQ !.. Try getting zapped with 220 AC from baseboard heater.. That's something you'll never forget.. :)

[@affantoqeer966]

And how much value DC supply that you used here

[@kennethlandicho7900]

I think 12v

[@LGbaSS-bi2ml]

congrats on the subscribers man! you honestly deserve more! can you point me to where you found the schematic to that Joule thief please?

[@ClevelandStorms]

Thanks man! I made the schematic and put it on instructables! instructables.com/id/Make-a-SUPER-Joule-Thief-Light/step2/The-Circuit/

[@Jim5150jvc]

I want to build a Marx generator with 3.7dcv input voltage and 4kv output voltage

[@asdqwe4468]

Step up your 3,7V first. I wouldn't go much beyond 10 stages in the Marx generator so step up to around 4kV. But that's still very low for a Marx generator. You can build 4kV power supplies without that. Rectified output of neon transformers or flybacks will do easily.

[@mxcollin95]

Pretty cool.

[@dougfoster445]

I came to the video to find out the physics part of why it inceaases the spark gap increases voltage to the next capacitor..:(

[@benjaminshields9421]

Capacitors store charge in an electric field by having two plates spaced apart from one another. The wider the surface area of each plate, the more charge it can hold. If capacitors are in parallel, it acts like a capacitor with a ton of surface area on its plates. In other words, it stores a ton of charge. The important thing in a Marx generator is how the ionization of air temporarily makes a normally very high resistance gas into a very low resistance one. In other words, it acts as a short when it arcs. The spark gaps serve to be a catalyst for starting the ionization of air, and also ends up pushing enough current and charge to short the next spark gap, so on and so forth until you jump the final arc.

[@dougfoster445]

@@benjaminshields9421 yea but that doesn’t explain why it increases the voltage. Capacitors should only charge to the voltage of source right?

[@benjaminshields9421]

@@dougfoster445 I guess I forgot to explain that while writing how a Marx generator works. When a capacitor is charged, you can view it like a very quick release voltage source. So, the same principles apply. In parallel, the sources (in the real world) output the same voltage together, but in series, the voltages add up. If you connect both positive ends of two AA batteries to one another, and do the same for the negative ends, you would read 1.5 Volts across. But, connect positive to negative, and you get 3V. Let’s apply that here. The capacitors charge in parallel, all to the same voltage. If you got your gap length right, it’ll jump that first spark gap. If you look at the circuit diagram, you can see that this puts the first two capacitors in series, as the spark gap acts as a short(ionized air from earlier explanation) and the 1Megaohm resistors are effectively opens. So with these two capacitors in series, they now have double the voltage of the source, which is enough to jump the next gap. Now these three caps have three times the voltage of the source *if measured from one end of the first capacitor to the other end of the final one*. You keep doing this addition process until you hit the voltage you want.

[@capiatnCommodore]

The black wire conect in the wrong side

[@superdave54811]

I want a great explanation as to why KZbin continues to change the quality of my videos at a whim. I have only one machine on at a time and have "fast" internet. Sometimes it hangs up into a loop of buffering that never ends...........until I reboot the page or something like that.

[@NPCSN]

TF?...

[@divinedevotion9372]

Hey friend please make a video TV flyback stun gun. Used 7 peace 9 volt battery

[@rakonakgaming]

ElectroBOOM copied ur content ???

[@RotaryMarx]

Its the voltage that kills not current man.

[@combycat]

Actually it’s both!

[@RotaryMarx]

@@combycat you are right but there is more to it. Ill change it.

[@haroonsiddiquestudio2812]

Electro boom!!!

[@astro_cat030]

YOU NEED SUPER HIGH VOLTAGE

[@Lachtacho]

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