Electrician Reacts to Photonicinduction INSANITY 🤯

[@ShookieJay]

I've been following photonicinduction for over 10 years. I love to see his madness get some recognition lol great vid m8

[@thinklist]

He seams to be a bit of a legend 💪 thanks for the support

[@goodgoodstuff]

I really like his channel.

[@thinklist]

@@goodgoodstuff really appreciate that mate!

[@josephgauthier5018]

Same here. He's a mad man and I love every bit of it. I'm so happy he's back on the internet after his hiatus!!!

[@IllgoRythm]

@@thinklist Yep watching Photonicinduction for years hes a legend.He actually came up with the brick in the washing machine video.Legend!

[@HeartOfGermany]

He surrounded the cables to increase the insulation further. The PVC tape to prevent water entering from the greens. He knows, what he is doing. He is insane, but genius.

[@thinklist]

A crazy 😜 insane, genius

[@legominimovieproductions]

I think its more of an isolation for the 3kV going through it, those cables are normally not rated for more than 1kV

[@stiggyness1976]

Andy is a fully qualified electrical engineer. I'm sure he does alot of work for hospitals and other such work. He hasn't let on too much, but has given a few snippets here and there.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

@@thinklist And a good friend, we're proud to know him.

[@phiipichut247]

@@TestGearJunkie. I hope he‘s fine - hasn‘t posted anything in a while and some of his last vids made it seem like he had been going through a rough patch or two

[@Sypher474]

Absolute OG, the GOAT, lord of the madlads, whatever language you happen to use, Photon is the KING of KZbin. Always will be. The giant rock in the unkillable washing machine is internet history. Andy deserves much better than life dealt him.

[@cwtoyota]

You have to understand some things about electrical power to appreciate how gnarly many of his "projects" really are... I think that's part of the reason he's not at the top of the fame and fortune list of internet "madlads".

[@abposrs]

Indeed, I hope he is doing better

[@gonun69]

I love how the parallel cables try to spread appart just from the huge magnetic fields

[@thinklist]

I know right

[@TheAdatto]

That didn't happen at all.

[@oliverer3]

My favorite part when spot welding batteries is the cables jumping in your hands from the shear amperage levels, and mine only does 1500A on a good day.

[@gonun69]

@@TheAdatto Yes it did, look at 12:11 in the video. Both pairs of cables are close together, but when the current flows they spread apart. That's because the current creates a magnetic field around the cable. Because the current in the two cables of each pair flows in the same direction, the magnetic fields have the same orientation and therefore repel each other.

[@science7542]

@@gonun69 if two parallel wires have the same direction of current, they actually attract each other, because surrounding magnetic loops of each wire are positioned in same direction in series as NS NS thus they attract each other instead

[@brendanmurphy9522]

Photonicinduction is an absolute legend. He is the man that inspired me to start my career in electrical engineering

[@kaliss7192]

Electroboom only PRETENDS to be crazy. He's got a wife and kids. Photonicinduction is actually crazy.

[@emiel333]

“You can’t caught COVID via KZbin. Unless you have 5G of course” 😂😂😂 You have a great sense of humor my friend!

[@-xirx-]

The man, the myth, the legend... Photonic Induction!

[@theteenageengineer]

Even through the 185mm cable is only rated for around 400amps, he is counting on the duration of the surge of current being so short that it won’t have enough time to melt and vaporize the conductors. The energy transfer here is also extremely crazy if we use the capacitor energy storage formula: E= 1/2 * C * V^2 where c is the capacitance in farads, v is the the voltage, and e is the energy the capacitor stores in Jules. And by using this formula we can determine that the capacitor bank is releasing 45,000 Jules of energy in under a second which is totally insane! Anyway excellent way of explaining what’s going on for the folks who are not sparkies or electrical engineers

[@thinklist]

This AWESOME 😎 45,000 Jules is insane 🤪 I never know how detailed to get when analysing, it’s a fine line but if the people want it I’m happy to do it 💪

[@bpomowe224]

@@thinklist Joules!!! Jules is Verne ;)

[@LFTRnow]

Another good thing to check would be to estimate the resistance of the setup. Those cables in parallel for the ~6 meters (3m there and back) is about 0.06 mohm/m or about 0.4 mohm. It's hard to be sure what the rest of the setup resistance is, but let's use 1 mohm as a guess. He said 3kV was the capacitor voltage. 3kV/1mohm = 3MA. His goal of 200kA was probably reached. It also shows the 185mm cables were more than enough to handle delivering that current without much loss. If we assume 200kA through 1 mohm, that is a V=IxR = 200V drop, leaving 2.8kV left for the fuse. It is really too bad we don't see him use tools like a mohm meter on the setup, or a scope (with divider) to see the current or voltage curve hitting this thing, but it does blow up fairly quickly, so he probably got quite close to his 200kA goal. The reason he probably needed 3 runs to fully break it was the current was applied for too short of a time.

[@ShookieJay]

Great Scott! 1.21 jigawatts 😱🤯

[@narmale]

you forgot derate for length

[@notamouse5630]

The ripples on insulators is to ensure that tracking currents on a dirty insulator are going a longer distance and maybe burn off locally instead of producing a full arc.

[@thinklist]

Nice I thought 💭 so

[@1pcfred]

Don't be silly. It's ribbed for her pleasure.

[@NSaw1]

@@thinklist It also has to do with the surface of an insulating material, I have experimented with it and also recently I saw a video about it, but I can't find it now. So basically if you have a solid insulator and two wires 2cm apart inside the insulator, it can insulate the two from each other at a given voltage. But if you where to have the same type of insulation but have a clean, dry surface between the two wires it will jump across the surface of the insulator at a much lower voltage than even that if there where just air between the wires. So the surface of an insulator has a lower resistance than a solid insulator, which is another reason why even standoff insulators that are indoors will have some ribbing. I wish I could find the video, it was very interesting.

[@Lucien86]

​@@thinklist Everything said is no doubt true but there are more basic reasons for the ribbing - disk structure. - It provides a large maximum centre to outer insulation distance for minimum material. - In insulators made of ceramic it also provides a much better more stable shape that is less likely to shatter or explode during firing. - The third reason I know is that for insulators outside in the rain the ribs create a series of air gaps that are better able to avoid continuous water surfaces forming. The gap disk structure is also good at breaking any plasma arcs that result if a water link does form. Also at resisting the shock of small explosions.

[@bpj1805]

Maybe also to drop water off the edge rather than providing a nice conductive film of moist dust.

[@insylogo]

What a legend? OH yeah man he's a total legend. He did so much of this stuff like a decade ago, and he just suddenly came back recently. He's the kind of person that you can only wonder what he does for his day job to play with this stuff at home.

[@thinklist]

I know right 🤯 I’m going to have to do more of his videos

[@-xirx-]

@@thinklist please do!

[@Translucentism]

He's actually a pretty well known electrical engineer where he lives - I recall seeing him in a commercial somewhere on YT

[@rfitzgerald2004]

@@Translucentism he did a commercial for his accountant advertising their services. He owns a company called Lasertex which I believe are involved in electrical test and measurement equipment

[@peterjohnson9438]

PI seems to get some primal and carnal satisfaction from making electrical gear pop... He's one of the few KZbinrs that genuinely scare me

[@2Cerealbox]

> Don't try this at home. I want to know the kind of person who has a 200kA power source at home, but is also not qualified to blow up a capacitor with it.

[@thinklist]

😆 this is so true mate 🤙

[@Stealth_Droid]

Me lmao

[@ANunes06]

This what is known as being as dangerously safe. ElectroBOOM is safely dangerous.

[@deeeezel]

Dude is a national treasure for real, ive been watching his videos for decades 😂

[@warrmr]

It was awesome when he came back to YT, but then he seems to have vanished a year or so ago :( Hope he comes back to YT for good man. Would love to see him do a collar with the SloMoGuys.

[@BenCos2018]

@@warrmr agreed

[@halfrhovsquared]

PI Is awesome. I used to love his videos a decade or so ago and he dropped off for some years due to some personal issues. ... Then, he returned, crazier than ever. This looks like one of his later videos. He really is something special. I always cheer when he says, "until it pops". You mention low production values - I don't think he likes to spend a lot of money on cameras because he keeps on destroying them. I love the raw feel to his videos.

[@traindrivernick]

I love his channel. His flourescent lighting video and mercury arc rectifier videos are brilliant and quite educational too!

[@audiogek]

Still sad he's disappeared again, but happy to watch you enjoy his old videos. Glad I stumbled upon his channel when he just started, because he deleted quite a few.

[@jetjazz05]

Been watching this guy for a decade; you're absolutely correct, he is a legend.

[@binaryglitch64]

5:20 "I like this guy already what a legend!" Been watching him for years, you're not wrong... he's an absolute legend!

[@mica4153]

I love that KZbin has recommended this for me! long time Photonicinduction subscriber. Andy is mental! Would love to see more of his insanity broken down

[@imark7777777]

The reason I heard for the ripples in the high-voltage insulators is also due to rain conducting across. The gaps allow the rain to break when dripping down and reduces arc over.

[@markgrassl4449]

7:15 The ribs on the insolators are there so water wouldn't form a continous film around the insulator, shorting it out. Thats als why most of the time the outline of the ribs go down-out and back in-up (umbrella shapes) so water would drip off at the lowest point and not wet the bottom surface so the bottom side of each rib would stay dry even trough rain.

[@roscomcfarland204]

Ya know I wish he’d come back to his channel. I don’t believe there is anyone else showing the amount of power he does. The man is a mad scientist and a national treasure of the U.K. His name is Andy Moir I believe

[@thinklist]

I agree ☝️ this was the first video I watch of his and I loved it.

[@cheeseburgerbeefcake]

With the price of electricity in the UK, I'm not surprised the boy is offline!

[@topduk]

The UK defecated in his mouth over his spouse's immigration. He's probably moving countries.

[@ratbag359]

not many people get thier supply upgraded to take 100amps at 230v just to do youtube videos.

[@topduk]

@@ratbag359 It's typical for even old houses in Canada to have 100A at 220V, quite often 200A.

[@zaprodk]

The ribs on the insulators are for making it harder for tracking to happen. A spark will just jump across and take the shortest path - tracking will have to follow the surface.

[@airpeguiV2]

In the UK we call this, creepage. The disks on the insulator increase this creepage distance. Creepage is especially affected by the environment. E.g. closer to a road you'd need more because the fumes from the cars can be conductive. Likewise near a coastal area due to the salt spray from the ocean.

[@kentworch]

I'd have to say photon is amazing. He's done a lot of awesome stuff. Many demonstrations and experiments. He's a very intelligent man who does all the things you should never try at home so you can see it without having to try it yourself. Don't get me when, I'm familiar with installing light switches, outlets, switched outlets ceiling fans and the like. I know what I'm doing when it comes to stuff like that. I would never mess with anything over 240 volts and definitely not capacitors charged with thousands of volts. Microwave transformers can put out 5000 volts and the charged capacitor inside is something I wouldn't play with. I know my limits and won't do something dangerous. He's an electrical engineer and knows a lot more about not making mistakes than a do it yourselfer working with basic conduit. I like in the USA so we run on split phase. We do have 240 volts between phase 1 and 2 hots, but most of the plug receptacles and light fixtures run on a single phase to neutral. Only the big appliances like the dryer, electric stove, water heater, and the central heat pump for the whole house HVAC run on the full 240 volts. Everything else run on 120. Anyway we should all appreciate photon for doing the things we should never try unless suicide is the goal.

[@FemboyEngineer]

He is not just “a very intelligent man” he possibly has qualifications in electrical engineering, I say pre graduate but somewhere around hnc - HnD level electrical engineering with a qualification in level 3 electrical installations by evidence of his craftsmanship and healthy balance concerning designing and building electrical machinery and equipment. Then again he could be self taught.

[@jclark2752]

Love photonic! Glad to see I’m not the only one that flinches when he flips the switch! 😅

[@DigBipper188]

Andy's an absolute beast. I've been watching his stuff for at least the alst decade - Never a dull moment (especially when he's shoving 20,000 watts through a giant metal halide lamp, or even just a measly 3kW through a 400w one! :) )

[@Mackaygolf]

The look on your face when he mentioned a pneumatic switch was absolutely PRICELESS. I immediately intuited the reason for this, as you did also, our reactions were the same, I couldn't resist the mischievous grin either!

[@thinklist]

I'm glad someone else got that. I mean this stuff is crazy

[@gazs7237]

This video is so dangerous he has to wear a hardhat just to watch it

[@ChristianPinnock-u5c]

Yeah like he's scared the extremely high voltage comes crashing out of the screen and gets him 😂

[@mitchbelectronics]

Would love to see an electrician reacts to Bigclive’s cooking videos...... cooking with electricity of course. Also love photon 😍

[@thinklist]

Oh nice one ☝️

[@GabrielWehrle]

Wow, that was exciting! I'd love to see you react more to this channel. It's really cool to hear your knowledge on this stuff as you react! I hope you feel better soon, covid sucks! Praying for a quick recovery

[@thinklist]

Thanks so much mate. I do love breaking down what these guys are actually up to

[@salty6pence672]

Have watched photonicinduction for many years, Glad he made a recent return. CHEERS

[@thinklist]

No worries mate 💪

[@harvey_anderson]

David: I don't think electroboom has done something this dangerous. Photonicinduction: 5000a fuse let's start at 200000a

[@Zodliness]

Photonicinduction (Andy) is one cool dude and I can't recommend his channel enough, Andy over time has uploaded hundreds of insane "will it pop" videos. 👍🏻‍

[@schrodingerscat1863]

The sheds on high voltage insulators are to increase the surface area between the conductor and what ever it is being insulated from. This is because when the insulators get wet you get high voltages creeping along the surface of the insulator and so you want a longer distance on the surface of the insulator as the insulating properties are reduced by atmospheric conditions.

[@thinklist]

Nice, thought so

[@foogod4237]

The trick with the power cables is that those ratings are assuming continuous power draw over an extended period. For this application, the current is only going to exist for a brief fraction of a second, and so the total heating of the cable will be much lower, and thus you can pump a whole lot more current through it, as long as it's only for a very short time. They still might not last forever, though, if you reuse them enough times...

[@johncoops6897]

The current rating isn't even based on that... it's related to the amount of (acceptable) voltage drop over the cable run. The amount of current is consistent at all parts of the circuit, so providing there is some voltage available, there will be the same amount of current at the load (a poppable fuse in this case) as started out at the source (capacitor bank).

[@mastergx1]

Oh yea, photonic is nuts! He does high current and high voltage experiments. Great fun to watch

[@davidcallanan6887]

One of the most amazing things about this feat is that even at 3000V he needed to keep the circuit resistance below 15 milliohms to deliver the 200,000 amps 🤯

[@lsswappedcessna]

On photonicinduction's pneumatic switch, I like the phrase "crazy but not stupid." The same could fit ElectroBOOM (considering he often electrocutes himself for comedic value and to prove a point) and Styropyro as well.

[@nobody.of.importance]

7:16 Just spent about half an hour researching this and it looks like your description is spot on. Fine details are as follows: Insulators such as those pictured can break down typically in one of two ways: a puncture arc and a flashover arc. Puncture arcs quite literally burn through the material, leaving the insulator damaged. Flashover arcs, on the other hand, are when the electricity takes a path AROUND the insulator (as demonstrated), leaving the insulator more or less unharmed. Insulators as such are designed so that flashover arcs occur at lower voltages than puncture arcs. Additionally, being out in the elements pretty much at all times, they have to be able to handle contaminants on the surface, such as dust, soot, or even water. As such, they're designed so that it maximizes the distance the electricity has to flow across the surface *through* those contaminants. Additionally, a lot of them have an upside down saucer shape to prevent said contaminants from building up on the underside, further making a complete circuit around the insulator less likely. Obviously I'm not a professional, but it's still a pretty neat topic. Never thought such a simple thing would have so much effort put into it, eh?

[@victoriaevelyn3953]

I saw the thumbnail and got really excited i thought he had uploaded again

[@MattsMadnessOfficial]

Been watching Andy for many years one of my favorite channels

[@mardo305]

another interesting channel to watch. should definitely add that to your react list.

[@thinklist]

Thanks mate

[@aelrondragonlord]

PhotonicInduction is a pure legend when it comes to destroying electronics. I love watching his videos. If I recall correctly, though I may be wrong, in one of his videos he was showing off a hydrogen reactor he has to power his equipment and capacitor bank.

[@thinklist]

WHAT a hydrogen reactor. That is mental

[@gregchambers6100]

We tested lots of circuit breakers over 3 years I worked with Brar Electrical Systems and once we tested a 5000A circuit breaker. Our test sets have digital timers with huge Frankenstein nobs, transformer and contactor. 2000mcm cables, C clamps to buss bars would jump when testing. We used to suspend a screw driver in the air in the magnetic field. The "long time" test is at three times the rating, "short time" test is at 5 times the breaker rating and the instantaneous test is at 10 times the breaker rating. Extremely fun stuff.

[@christopherleubner6633]

I remember finding similarly rated monster fuses, 3000A at 600WV. They came out of a huge induction casting machine. Got them and some 2000A 2800V hocky puck SCRs and a few large capacitors rated for high current RF duty all for free for help salvaging the copper from it. 🤓❤😁

[@alexwood020589]

I love the way you just totally got into it E joying watching him destroy stuff, then near the end said "this is insanely dangerous by the way, don't do this" like you weren't just nodding and smiling along haha.

[@5speedfatty]

ive been subbed to this guy off and on since the beginning, hes a NUT, but we love him for it. best photon quote ever is "I aint 'avin it" followed by "I popped it"

[@oscodains]

I regularly quote “ I ain’t havin’ it, wheres my hamma.”

[@5speedfatty]

@@oscodains me too!

[@TDGalea]

Photon's always been a fave of mine whenever he's managed to upload. Seeing ElectroBOOM etc. on here too, very excited to go through these. Although I think I might have spoiled the rest with this one 🤣 I'd love to see more Photon vids among the rest, if you've not already got them!

[@MilanKarakas]

For more fun, he should to use at least double the capacitance, or charging voltage. Yet, still impressive. Subbed!

[@g0fvt]

It takes a certain crazy mentality to fully enjoy his videos, great to see your reaction.

[@matthewsykes4814]

You should see his video on a breaker from a WWII submarine... it's a thing of beauty and even after contacting the maker, they didn't have any specs for it... And yes people, do not do this unless your completely aware of what your doing. Photon looks like a mad scientist type but he's supremely aware of what he's doing and how to do it safely... apart from burns in carpets and that's his back yard....

[@HotelPapa100]

Re insulator shapes: 1, as you said, to increase the creep distance. Once you have a flashover that is no longer relevant. 2. they are umbrella shaped for a reason. that way part of the insulators surface remains dry in the rain, it also accumulates less dirt that would allow for moisture to collect and allow for creep currents.

[@ehsanshahzad4971]

"Pulling power directly from the NATIONAL GIRD" if you know you know.

[@drahunter213]

One of the only if not the only KZbinr that has a plug in that has a plug that goes into the national grid lmfao

[@Ryan_Harkin]

This is the first video of yours ive watched and its about one of my old all time favourite youtuber.

[@ChainsawFPV]

That negative cable laying over the positive bus bar. Imagine if something happened and it shorted that capacitor bank?

[@papafrank7094]

All Hail Photonicinduction! There is none greater. I bet his power meter spins like a ufo. And his name is Andy.

[@SgtFvMC]

I love this video from him. The absolut madness of information at 4:24 is mind-boggling. I set this as a ringtone on my phone in the past 🤣🤣

[@user-ue1il6cx3v]

His electric company is probably like there he goes again.

[@CotyRiddle]

the ridges in the insulators are also there to help keep from arcing when raining.

[@Goabnb94]

Fair to say ElectroBOOM is "lets play with high voltage!" Photonicinduction is "lets crank up the amps!"

[@-Jethro-]

If PI goes outside instead of just burning up the carpet, you know it’s serious!

[@mitchbelectronics]

Also this is such a good explanation of current / time graphs, love the Aussie touch too of course!

[@thinklist]

Really appreciate the support mate 💪

[@daniellabunsky653]

You should do another Photoninduction video!!

[@ianlainchbury]

Miss Photonicinduction. His videos were absolutely epic.

[@Le_Jit]

Hahaha I love your videos, man. This stuff is a riot (S.O. --> Electroboom, StyroPyro!)

[@SpencerHHO]

Photon makes electroboom seem like timid child's play. The video is no longer up but he once caused his entire street to brown out temporarily...... His name is Andy BTW if you're not aware yet.

[@tommy13t]

Photonicinduction is the best KZbinr out there. I sure do miss his videos. But since you picked up his video, I may add you to my list. Love this video by the way.

[@HarrisonFrith-cr4ie]

Hi - the ribs on insulators serve two purposes - they disrupt the shape of the electrical field and they also are "umbrella shaped" so they don't collect rain

[@tysondundas1947]

In the UK we have the IET Wiring Regulations that are a British standard. Bs767. It has very similar charts to the ones you showed. For the short run and duration of use I'd not worry about the trunking/ conduit. I'd say the conduit was to protect the cable insulation as it tensed.

[@thinklist]

Agreed. Those cables were thrashing around a bit

[@PhaTs00p]

lol I like how it takes him a moment of awe before he realizes how crazy this is.

[@chilledoutpaul]

Hi I have been watching Phototonic for years, he is such a great Guy, His name is Andy and he lives in the Dartford area, he has not done very much the last few years, i have a good idea why but its none of my business. Anyway i hope things are sorting things out. even BigClive says he is ok but working hard and getting on with life!

[@LeoH3L1]

Regarding the HV line insulators, the shape of them isn't to prevent jumping, the gap does that, it's for another thing called "creepage". There's two concepts at play there, there's what's called creepage and clearance. There's two ways that current can "jump" a gap, a jump strictly speaking is via an arc through the air, which is where the clearance is the primary insulating factor, but it can also creep along a non conductive surface, this isn't so much a "jump", as it is along a surface, by having those "ribs" you increase the distance along that surface to the point where it is too far for it to creep across it. You can achieve sufficient clearance, but still have problems with creepage if you don't design it properly, and creepage can be massively effected by for example water, so by shaping those insulators like that, they act like their own little stack of umbrellas, the underside being kept dry, and keeping enough dry surface to prevent creepage even if it has been raining. So it's a clever design that both increases the surface distance between the conductor and the pylon, and provides protection from water wetting the undersides of each section. The distances invoved in creepage and clearance are very dependent on the voltage and the physical conditions, eg moisture content of the air, surface dryness, surface finish, surface contamination, which water on it would be. Also if there is a conformal coating that has an effect too, as the current could instead go through that rather than run along the now covered surface, adding a conformal coating could actually in some cases make things worse than leaving it exposed. The design of things with creepage and clearance in mind can get very very involved, and that's just what I've picked up from looking into it for work and working with people who deal with this day in day out. I wish I could post a pic on here, but if you search for "creepage and clearance" there's a great picture of such an insulator where someone has drawn on it the creepage and clearance paths (even though they've spelt creepage wrong) and it shows that the design of these drastically increases the creepage distance. I will post the link as a reply to this, but I think that thinkLIST will have to approve it for it to be visible.

[@DavidStruveDesigns]

Part of the reason for insulator design is yes to provide more surface area the current needs to defeat to complete the circuit, but it's also to push that potential arc outwards so that it is forced outside of any magnetic field created between the two attached cables which would make it easier for arcing current to flow through (sort of like it's own invisible cable made up of a magnetic field "tube") as WELL as designed that way with the flare at the bottom (along with various geometry added around the lowest lip) to try and prevent water from rainfall from dripping down in a single stream from one cable end to the other that could cause a short to flow through it. The rain is essentially pushed outwards and made to drip rather than flow, so that there's no way it flows down close to the bottom connection point. I watched a video here on YT that went through the history of insulator disc designs and how they changed over time - their overall shape, the length of the entire set of insulators, how many are used etc. It was rather a fascinating look into something almost none of us ever think about that does such an important job!

[@KarldorisLambley]

i love the way our man here leans back from the screen before every event. lol

[@michaelslee4336]

I love Photonic and have watched him since the early days and he didn’t make vids for a long time and it was nice to see him back.

[@Subgunman]

I believe Rodalco2007 in New Zealand also plays with high Voltage devices. He obviously works for a power company and has access to very high voltage equipment as well but not to the extreme as Andy's channel.

[@rfitzgerald2004]

I miss photonicinduction, have been a subscriber for many years. I hope he makes a comeback soon :)

[@86Ivar]

Time times current plays an important role. For the short time the experiment extends he could use 50mm^2 or even less. But he would then he would need a much bigger cap bank cause more energy would be lost in the wires.

[@wildweasel3001]

Electroboom is a professional doing a performance. This guy is just a nutter!

[@drstranger4407]

Started the video like a professional electrician, ended it like a giggly boy

[@combatclifton]

Photon are awesome he’s knocked the whole street out a few times. I love his knowledge

[@sgtrock68]

I remember that guy. He lit up a giant vintage tube that really freaked me out since I've never worked with tubes of any kind. Giant modern fuses, yes, but no tubes.

[@FemboyAhri]

I love this man, is is uploading all the best KZbinrs

[@ChristianPinnock-u5c]

The switch slow mo exploding is like something out of captain scarlet or Thunderbirds 😅

[@AsmodeusMictian]

Glad to see you survived the 'Rona, good sir. That shit is *no joke*. Don't know about anyone else, but I didn't WANT to know what it felt like to get hit by a semi-truck full of bricks....but COVID taught me just the same. I realize not everyone experiences it the same, and honestly I'm pretty grateful for that. Hopefully not many folks get the reaction like I had (or worse :( )

[@GreggCesaroni]

Mr. Photonicinduction is amazing. He went on a few year hiatus then he did this video and a few others. Then disappeared again for personal reasons.

[@defendukraine181]

What ya leaning back in your seat for?? Getting ready for the blast to come through your screen?

[@Pascal_Robert--Rc_Creations]

I always thought that the electric insulators on powerlines were designed that way in case of rain that would help the conductivity of the device

[@schrodingerscat1863]

100% correct, they need a longer surface distance for the high voltage to creep along when the insulators get wet.

[@StefsEngineering]

In the netherlands the default trip value is B, when requested you can get higher for for example the garage if you run higher starting current devices but it is an option not standard. I needed them as well when I bought my 2.2kw 230mm angle grinder. it has no soft start so the peak current was way too high for the fuse (schakelautomaat in dutch is translated to automatic switch I assume this is not correct?) My new workshop has 400v 35A main connection that branches out to a couple 400v outlets, a couple 230v C24 and the rest 230v B16 as is common for domestic appliances (such as my computer, audioset etc. I saw photon's video's first about 8 years ago, interesting for sure! Good to see he's back, he stopped uploading for a couple years. (now that I think of it, my last video is also more than 3 years ago, about time for something new!)

[@alaskanwolf7262]

Photon is Legend. Been following him since he started.

[@voidseeker4394]

I'm typically electronics engineer for low voltage application, but my thought on high voltage insulators is that when they get dirty, or wet in the rain, or whatever, it increases the length the current must travel to reach the other end of the insulator, therefore increasing resistance of the contaminant surface layer.

[@sea-ferring]

He is cool - completely authentic production. He has to be some kind of industrial high power electrical engineer who just loves what he does.

[@racerboyeddie]

never thought id see the day someone less experienced than photonic would make a reaction video talking like an authority

[@zerumsum1640]

I've always heard it as the ribs on insulators are there so rain/water doesn't have a chance to create a path for the power back to the pole. i can see that being a concern in power transmission, as for here it may have something to do with making sure the path that the electricity would have to take if it is following the surface of the insulator far longer than if it was just a solid piece.

[@thinklist]

I think 🤔 you’re spot on

[@dhoffnun]

I've always wondered what an actual electrician would think of that fellow's highly entertaining shenanigans :D

[@Oysteims]

The look-up table you have for cable current is already quite heavily derated - and extremely conservative. If you look at other tables such as "SAE AS50881 - Wiring Aerospace Vehicle specification" you will find that a 4/0 AWG (120mm2) cable is rated for approximately 1000 Amps continuous load (un-bundled with a PTFE/ETFE sheath & aramid jacket @ 1ATM). For a microsecond pulse like this, the cables can easily handle orders of magnitude more current that that.

[@lonnymoore2622]

i would also imagine the ribs on the insolators also keeps water from shorting the termanals sense it cant form a full path to the casing .

[@NYCMNYBW01T]

Late to the party. My career was with the big American telephone system. Among other things, I maintained the power room for the electro-mechanical switches in New York City and as an international gateway. It ran on batteries that were always floated to keep them charged. half a square block of five foot tall 2 volt lead-acid cells in strings to give 48 volts at gizallian (?) amps. They were all connected by thick copper plates that ran to more copper plate buss bars. An associate was doing something with a 1/2 inch ratchet, and you know what happened. He was stunned but the wrench disappeared. Only small pieces at the ends were still intact. The entire handle vanished. Thanks for the recollection.