Making a Pranker-BOOMer Photo-Sensor

[@ElectroBOOM]

I'm sure there are healthier ways to use the sensor circuit! Or even better other circuits suitable to blow capacitors!

[@thunderb0ltplays]

Love your videos Mehdi ❤

[@Cube-3710]

Where's the exploding capacitor alarm clock? We reached 200k likes!

[@NotoreGames]

"При съёмке данного видео ни один конденсатор не пострадал."

[@Nicmadis]

I mean... It could have made a fart noise as someone walked by. Or something out of a horror movie if you want to end up in one yourself.

[@janicecole8384]

Add a switch 😂

[@justdario5748]

I like how at the beginning he's essentially explaining how he'll create a homemade claymore.

[@a180combatbowsergamepro6]

nice coment

[@sussybaka6921]

🤣🤣

[@jakebortles8687]

"Pranking device"

[@dameera9199]

😭😭😂😂😂

[@jeffnolan7392]

🤔😂

[@TheEngieTF2]

Mehdi: **gets a well thought out video idea** His capacitors: **sweats profusely**

[@mandarbamane4268]

Inductors (also having ability to generate sparks): 👀

[@GapWim]

@imnotok5810He's probably just a spammer.

[@DerempiTheDerempi]

@@GapWim a bot*

[@funnycats6976]

Haha there is a pun proFusEly

[@patfre]

Until the fuse blows profusely

[@portal2fanreal]

the fact this man's heart still beats is astonishing

[@difashivute4183]

You know its all staged right? But even though i know all the shocks and antics are staged its still funny and doesnt take away from the show at all... since, its for his safety and for our entertainment whilst he educates us "teaching 101, be a good actor and be an even funnier comedian"

[@joe125ful]

@@difashivute4183Oh really?? I cant believe someone can pretend be that dumb:):)

[@deathsheir2035]

his heart isn't beating on its own though, he's using exploding capacitors to keep his heart pumping... XD

[@___Bruh__]

@@difashivute4183 Its definitely not all staged. there's no way this man intentionally caught a Jacobs ladder as it fell. Some of it is staged and some of it is real

[@ougazu32]

@@joe125ful you really think he's actually dumb?

[@blanana_m]

Yeah you should add a switch so the circuit triggers after you are done with the preparations. At that point you might as well just make it switch from a radio controller

[@ElectroBOOM]

that would be... professional!

[@eesti919]

@@ElectroBOOM Too professional? 😅

[@ebnertra0004]

Remotely-triggered explosions? *battering ram through door sound*

[@maikybravo6108]

@@ElectroBOOM can you try it? Make it a LATITY or another prank video

[@Gamer-nc8qp]

@@ebnertra0004 remote arming to be presice

[@weirdcreatures4985]

I am grateful that you interestingly showed the working of LDR. I used your circuit to design a magnetic particle accelerator model, and even got the first prize in a state level physics model competition. Thanks a lot.

[@VinayVarsani]

8:40 it's like a comedy sketch where the audience all know what's about to happen but it's still funny everytime

[@ethohalfslab]

Dramatic irony :3

[@arwah97]

Instant karma 😆

[@anshswaroop6849]

Husband tries to prank his wife and regrets before pranking her ~ Dhar mann

[@martinkuliza]

yes we know WHAT will happen we just don't know....................WHEN !!!!! LOL

[@carlotheatheist]

hi what language is that? a french or persian?

[@elijahbachrach6579]

I find it sweet that he “accidentally” sets it off himself. I couldn’t do this to my wife either.

[@joaodasilva4174]

Me too Man.

[@batsardcat3285]

Have some fun, gotta show her your projects somehow

[@Kai-Made]

I could, but if I did, I would be dead or single...or both.

[@jstagzsr]

You got that right. "accidentally" being the keyword. I always laugh at the people who comment stupid crap like "this dude is so dangerous, im surprised hes not dead, clearly he doesnt know what hes doing if he electrocutes himself 20x a video".. like no dude, Mehdi knows SO MUCH of what hes doing that he can be dangerous safely because hes an electronics genius. this is 100% all for show. anybody with even a small understanding of what hes doing can clearly see this. He knows EXACTLY what he's doing.

[@connerravenmodhorizon2059]

​@@iankosednarhailrussia574it worked, as you can see, medhi casted the shadow over it when it exploded.

[@yeetmanthe2nd529]

0:36 I just love how he looks at it with such anger that it can't take it and just blows up.

[@halbvoll1]

Only a real Pro can be so unprofessional, I love it

[@yakovdavidovich7943]

Only a real Pro can be so unprofessional AND STILL ALIVE, that is.

[@ChauNyan]

Dude made a green screen background of his own body.

[@jstagzsr]

hahaha. for real. he is at such an expert professional level of electronics genius that he can safely be dangerous.

[@danielclv97]

"When you want to blow up, it doesn't blow up. When you don't want it to blow up, it does blow up" Engineering in a nutshell.

[@Black_Jet5143]

Also engineer in a nutshell: makes a simple car repair 100x more complicated

[@basedokadaizo]

​@@Black_Jet5143if over-engineering is a PROBLEM, then why is it so FUNNY

[@zeendaniels5809]

Another rule of engineering: If something doesn't work, it needs tape. If it already has it, it needs more. I did learn this the hard way...

[@Debsar_editz]

Lesson learned: Luck matters in engineering.😂

[@victortitov1740]

true. For me it's always "i need it stable -> it oscillates" and "i need it to oscillate -> it doesn't".

[@Stan-811]

This guy is the only science teacher that any student needs, I've learned more from him than any of my science teachers

[@EXT0RT98]

If he was my circuits teacher, I’d probably pass better & enjoyed it more

[@matthewrichardson2467]

I love that Mehdi's wife is so used to his BS that when he says "Someone" destroyed the sofa she knows it was more than likely him!!

[@Evercreeper]

Well who else would it be

[@philipphilipson3672]

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[@Evercreeper]

@@philipphilipson3672 I have taken physics you bot, energy cannot be created or destroyed

[@wack1305]

Who else would it be

[@FamtechVideos]

What language was it? Farsi or Persian?

[@raidzor5452]

This was one of the easier to understand projects you've done, so beginners like me particularly enjoyed it. Good stuff.

[@PortableFreezer]

Mehdi 100% knows the correct way to begin with. He just is such a great teacher to show what happens when connected wrong.

[@Jennralize]

Always knew if I followed ElectroBOOM long enough, we'd be taught how to make IEDs. Cheers Mehdi! Now we can all resist the forces of inevitable future invasions, with terrifying tiny explosions!

[@AB-ld1rp]

The next remake of "mom I missed the plane"

[@atomic_bear]

This combined with Mark Rober teaching us how to build guided missiles gives us most of what we need for an army

[@Katniss218]

LED -> 😒 IED -> 😏

[@eekos]

I, for one, will welcome our robot overlords

[@KernelLeak]

Improvised ElectroBOOM Device

[@christianudorie9121]

He's basically creating his own circuits through trial and errors .. . Always has been fun to watch electroboom.. 5years and counting

[@redfive2008]

I sometimes think of it as electrical engineering via the slapstick method.

[@malikbenslimane2873]

I doubt the errors are real, His projects are well thought out, The "accident" are for educational purposes.

[@TryhardEh]

It's actually a really basic circuit. I think the trial and error is part of the comedy.

[@OgdenM]

@@malikbenslimane2873 , yeap same. All though, I think he legit accidentally triggered the trap this time. It looks like he was trying to walk far enough away from the device to not trigger the sensor... and it just wasn't far enough.

[@stevenwilliams9138]

Congrats on being out of stock on the kit! I'll keep checking back to see when it's back in stock! I love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@skinwalker3953]

The best part of this is that Mehdi *is* an electrician ... with an amazing sense of humour. :D

[@sirflamedrop6165]

Actually, he's an electrical engineer as far as I know

[@Dadnoobian]

@@sirflamedrop6165 i wanted to say the same thing. Its like calling yourself a mechanical engineer when being an automotive mechanic.

[@joewalla8438]

Electrical Engineers don't do physical work like an electrician.

[@Altair4611]

@@joewalla8438 no

[@highgroundproductions8590]

Yes they do or at least they are perfectly capable of it. But they do less of it day to day.

[@zubair6737]

Hello mehdi. Your 101 series really helped me in physics exam. I am very thankful to you for that. If u had added problems it's would be phenomenal. Also waiting for more episodes and continuation of the series

[@athelstan5794]

زبير

[@buckConverter24v5v]

Mehdi!!! Your videos are awesome, my professor used one of your videos during our lecture, you're inspiring a lot of future electrical engineers !!

[@KillerSpud]

What a great lesson on unintended consequences.

[@shawnlindow9608]

This guy is great. Normally when I get home from work after dealing with people all day I have a bad attitude and my wife don’t like it. Now when I get home I watch this guy for 10 minutes on my phone in the driveway and always walk in the house with a smile. Thank you from me and definitely a BIG thank you from my wife.

[@thecommonsteve]

2:38 welcome to electroboom,where efficiency has a higher priority than safety

[@tfrowlett8752]

Your channel inspired me to get an apprenticeship in appliance repair, which is actually very interesting learning how tv’s, microwaves and other appliances work and learning how to fix them. Thanks for the inspiration

[@zachmoberg455]

Electro boom, watching your content has inspired me to learn more about electrical circuits. I currently working on a little 100 rpm electric motor running of a 9 volt battery with a potentiometer to control the speed of the motor as a project for one of my high-school classes. Thank you for the inspiration to learn more about these circuits.

[@simonfitch1120]

One of your best yet. How I laughed at your prank backfiring, your fall into the sofa, and you forgetting a freewheeling diode across the relay coil! Hilarious, classic ElectroBoom.

[@Lithiumly]

Thank you for making my day better with these videos Mehdi! I always laugh and always learn something from them! ❤

[@ScottsSynthStuff]

We used to build those little capacitor bombs in high school electronics shop class back in the 1980s. :)

[@battra92]

We would do it in the 90s as well.

[@riveraluciano]

Yup, same here. Because each classroom had its own breaker, we'd leave the capacitors connected straight to 220v and the lights off.

[@loberd09]

Well we were dumber in early 2000s. We’d have kids put paperclips or foil gum wrappers.

[@joshdoesthingsallthetime]

You had electricity back then?

[@mrbillmacneill]

@@joshdoesthingsallthetime oh yeah! we used to electrocute each other for the sheer sport of it....

[@SpectrumRenBM]

It's honestly interesting to hear Mehdi speaking Persian, and knowing he speaks it with his family too.

[@bhinwaramjat8767]

It's so intriguing to see when Mehdi is very very coutious about something that's very safe but as soon as he gets careless something goes 💥

[@stephen6631]

Cautious? He's blowing things up next to his face without any safety glasses

[@CraftingCake]

@@stephen6631 don’t forget that these two claps are on wall power…

[@NoResearchProductions]

​@@stephen6631He's just ballin

[@DaRios_Tristan]

A brilliant way to learn and take advantage of intentionally making a mistake and explaining the cause of the malfunction and how to fix it. Wonderful Mehdi, thank you dear.

[@raven4k998]

just hit it with your finger and it will blow up with your finger

[@hatmanpat1211]

I really appreciate how he teaches things. I didn’t even think about the LED warning you when the circuit is live until he demonstrated it

[@Krono0001]

7:23 only OG’s can remember that

[@musicbeatz6201]

With the whistle 🥺

[@lonely_7891]

7:24

[@danek_hren]

Who is OG?

[@Krono0001]

@@danek_hren OG means original, like you’ve been watching someone for a really long time, like for years, that’s an OG

[@danek_hren]

@@Krono0001 ok thanks!

[@simondb1g]

8:42 bro pranked himself💀

[@Male_07_beatboxer]

Look at 8:16. 😂

[@Bass_Reaper_]

LMAO

[@ct3sibius]

That smile describes what it feels like when a DIY project works: 4:56 :D

[@wasiaronno1915]

5:39 this is when we see a glimpse of how Mehdi actually feels while making a video we die laughing to. Makes us appreciate his videos more

[@raven4k998]

like so and it takes forever so to still make it explode🤣🤣🤣

[@melvin7103]

that extension cord is one of the most durable things in the universe 0:38

[@aoyuki1409]

recently that electronic danger noodle has passed, and Mehdi had to use a new eLeKtRoNiK dAnGeR nOoDLe

[@CobaltArcher]

The circuit debugging and creative troubleshooting was so instructive!

[@ELLPCg]

I will definitely get one of those bundles from circuitspecialist, always wanted to get into electronics, love watching your videos and it always inspires me to get into it. Though i never really knew where to start, and this bundle is going to be really cool and fun.

[@ELLPCg]

and guess who just got theirs in the mail today!!!😁

[@kanjakan]

Hey I'm just curious. How has your electronics journey been going?

[@cameron1536]

More 101’s please. Also, you’ve inspired me to not live in shame of my unibrow anymore. Who cares what my wife says, I want to feel the wind in my brow fur

[@ElectroBOOM]

That's the right attitude! Let it fly its wings!

[@Foksiu998]

what how did you send this comment 14 hours ago? the video got published like 20 mins ago

[@candyman9635]

@@Foksiu998 Patreons get early access.

[@Foksiu998]

@@candyman9635 oh thanks for the info

[@williamteuthorn7413]

Unibrows unite!

[@mh6276]

I like how he hums when he is soldering.

[@DerMarkus1982]

1:45 Mehdi, you've created an IED. An Intermittently Explosive Device. 😁 8:30 Why not add an "arm" or "enable" switch while you're at it? 🤓

[@qNeilq]

5:10 Never saw Mehdi so scared after BOOM

[@TheHyponeoriteChannel]

This video has the best thumbnail I have seen in my 9 years of KZbin.

[@d7ooomymc346]

I am currently taking and electronics and microelectronics course and goddamn this is hilarious, relatable, and hella educational, you’re a legend...even my lab instructor told us about you 😂😂😂 he say watch you to learn from his mistakes

[@Tobylus]

That amazing

[@Sunnfjordingen]

We made something similar at my previous work. We took warranty-replaced but working airbags and put them in the trunk of a car. And then wired it to the ignition. Made for some interesting start-ups. Even better when we had two airbags. One wired to ignition, and one to the reverse light.

[@karyreyes4744]

Mehdi: Wants to Make a Prank Later... Gets pranked by Himself...

[@NightfallShadowFire]

0:26 I love how he just sacrificing his self for a capacitor what blows op in 10 seconds 😂

[@Lampe2020]

8:40 That moment when he set off the trap himself is just hilarious! What a nice video for my 17th birthday!

[@RussellTeapot]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAPPY BIRTHDAY

[@Lampe2020]

@@RussellTeapot Thanks!

[@jfk4229]

0:38 The reverb on that haaaah made it 100x funnier!

[@jamesferreira7743]

Man God Save Mehdi, Man's a treasure and must be protected at all costs, just the prank set-up alone was just perfect. 😂

[@NitroMelon]

But can god save Mehdi from himself

[@TudoMr]

@@NitroMelon yes, don't you see he already is? mehdi should have died at least 3 times before

[@landru8582]

When he reached down to plug the wire under the table - I was already laughing 😂

[@nikicha98]

He haven't made such videos for a long time. Now he is back in business.

[@martinkuliza]

Medhi is like adam sandler Adam sandler walks on stage at comedy night and says hi and everyone is pissing themselves laughing Medhi puts his head under a table and we are like..........LMFAO

[@sovietcountyball1983]

8:35 electroboom was too exited and got himself with his own trap

[@ziomalZparafii]

7:06 owning a box with old adapters should be a must to even access your channel ;-)

[@DoubO_]

Hey Mehdi! You are a very funny KZbinr, and you teach us in unique ways how not to make a circuit, and believe it or not, I don't think that's crazy thing to learn from! Keep it up!

[@minimalgrammar1276]

Mehdi singing Always Look On The Bright Side of Life just made my day lol

[@Dukefazon]

6:54 - I don't mean to question the God of Electronics himself, but is this really how you have to use flux?!

[@ElectroBOOM]

That's the textbook method of using flux for a video cut-scene!

[@Avidiy]

@@ElectroBOOM Agree!

[@milions_boi]

Cause of watching you for 4 whole years i learned a lot about electronics. I was able to make an animatronic for an analog horror movie. Just wana say... *THANK YOU MEHDI*

[@iphantommenace704]

Seems like a funny thing to put in an airport

[@B4dlands]

Loads of booms in this one! - brilliant watch!

[@Chocoffee_battery]

1:38 in that single moment you just explained the entirety of backwards law by alan watts

[@Chocoffee_battery]

damn bots

[@madmaxtv107gang7]

I'm from Germany and understand part of everything he says, but I still celebrate his videos so much. He's just a mix of teacher and comedian and I'll tell you one thing, it's the mix that makes it ❤😂 Very cool channel!!!

[@electricalA.K.]

mehdi sir you inspire me. im currently in my 11th nd i plan to pursue electrical engineering just because u developed my interest in that field. im currently working on my diy lithium battery using 18650 cells for my ebike. hope i survive xD

[@AtAGlimpse_UB]

same here man... what projects are you going to do/have already done

[@birchtree5884]

Good luck! EE can be painful, both physically and mentally, but it's well worth it in the end (or at least thats what I tell myself)

[@AtAGlimpse_UB]

@@birchtree5884 well it was mentally painful for me.. One day my wires were internally broken (under the rubber coat) and I went bonkers figuring out what tf the problem was..

[@birchtree5884]

@@AtAGlimpse_UB I've had similar situations in labs, where the wires seemed to be controlled by the Force. Hate it when labs drag on because they gave you broken hardware.

[@marius9429]

Same. wish you luck!!

[@jamesdaley3223]

I like how you pretty much directly showed someone how to create an ambush style auto-trigger IED while also showing how many ways they would die in the process 😅

[@ThaGamingMisfit]

Whenever I feel sad I watch this video, instantly feeling better !

[@stopcam.iso_1]

0:32 actual start ???

[@Malevolent_Icon]

That green screen bit was pretty slick

[@olafzijnbuis]

At 04:44 More like forty thousand 200 x 200 = 40000 Nice video! The best way to learn something...

[@battra92]

That breadboard power supply combo would've been a godsend to me back in Electronics shop in the 1990s. Also please wear safety glasses.

[@merlin5476]

I started playing & making cool electronic circuits from around 10 yrs until i was around 16. Then went into electrical i installation for a living, im now 58 & really want to get back into it 👍. Cheers Mendhi. My 1st project will be a real Tesla coil ( not a solid state kit) but i need to learn how to tune the 2 coils.. oh and get some high voltage caps.

[@El_Bellota]

That ending is just superb. It's like Christmas when you upload, then I go back to the dark void of normality that is everyday life. Love the content, one can tell you really put time in to the script, editing and circuit design Mehdi ❤️

[@sghost128]

0:07 so like... a land mine?

[@mariavictoriaantipolo1994]

yes but not not lethal or less lethal

[@stephenchurch9563]

I brought some fairy lights once, they flash in Different sequence depending on the switch, anyway got it home, plugged it in and it did just what you demonstrated, a capacitor blew filling the room up with a lovely aroma of burnt capacitor, I didn’t take it back to where I bought it from but just replaced the capacitor and 5 years on it’s still working 😊

[@sudzarerealz]

The delay 1:53 is so long than scares him shitless best thing ive seen this month

[@darylcastillo1439]

1:12 Mehdi sounded almost exactly like The Iron Sheik - another famous nutty Iranian!

[@ali.shafiee426]

مولایی و عالی بود (راستش نمیدونم چی بگم در وصف خفن بودنش، فقط میدونم خیلی خوبن تمام ویدئو های شما)

[@sktech7579]

I am instructor at a technical college we show your videos to our senior students and they love it. We have named the Friday lectures boom class

[@bhu1334]

I don't know but this video makes me nostalgic about your old videos. Ig it's due to things blowing up every 10s 😂

[@jabirabubakar4944]

It's so funny to see him scaring from the explosion of sparks and falling down right into the dress basket in her face😂

[@stopcam.iso_1]

0:47 ' educashnational video '

[@fiskurtjorn]

1:04 The diagram said NO, so do not close that switch.

[@mariavictoriaantipolo1994]

NO = Normally Open

[@fiskurtjorn]

@@mariavictoriaantipolo1994 ;-)

[@mariavictoriaantipolo1994]

@@fiskurtjorn 🤨

[@airtonfabian2765]

You know a lot about electronics. I find it amusing how it demonstrates the main mistakes people make. I´m from Brazil.

[@umaraziz7757]

Your content always makes my day

[@KennethHiu007]

might recommend adding remote control turning safety on and off before the sensor sense your own shadow.

[@commenter8640]

Love the idea of an electronics starter bundle. Wish it had a cool instructions booklet though with some basic experiments, tips and tricks :D

[@Em4gdn1m]

Excellent stuff as always. The way you use BJT transistors shows more practicality in 20 second than some college courses are somehow ever able to relay.

[@AB-ld1rp]

"I'm putting my life on the line in this one" - Mehdi, like the other times everything is safe

[@lucaskawa001]

I dont understand a single electronic thing, but I love this channel

[@123456wasp]

You are the best teacher, ever! 😎👍

[@domilas8975]

I like how instead of him being scared of electricity electricity can be scared of him

[@kavink4115]

His head was separate from his body while he aas explaining 😂❤❤

[@stj47]

8:13You close the sensor it must explode

[@lonely_7891]

8:17

[@unknownprofile2830]

8:16

[@tobystaggs9180]

My day always gets better when I see one of your videos. thank you

[@st0rmbreaK]

I can't imagine what it's like being Mehdi's daughter, she's probably in her room hearing all this booms and swearing and thinking "oh, dad's at it again"

[@overvieweffect9034]

I'd love to see a 101 on Mosfets next, and it should be a great follow up to the BJTs video

[@forbiddenera]

Lol 😆 I never get over this.. like I have to know that lots of the time that you have to be expecting it (esp. as you always explain after..and you'd probably be dead otherwise lol) but the way you use it to teach is awesome and it's always entertaining and I'm not sure many others would be able to get away with this let alone pull it off so well, youtube wouldn't be the same without you, keep up the explosive zapping and head smashing

[@willie9899]

You should offer the breadboard kit with or without the multimeter. Multimeters are very common (I think?) For people interested in this stuff, and people most likely already have one.

[@SlimThrull]

6:00 It's a shame there isn't an easy not gate for electric stuff.

[@Nightwatchfiles]

There is. But we don't want to go to IC levels here...

[@isaacm1929]

New title idea "Electroboom teaches how to make a claymore detonator" Have a great day Medhi!