Fluorescent Tube Burnout Extreme! Total Meltdown!

Fluorescent tube literally melting with flames at 12,000 volts!
Music: • Fluorescent tube burno...
At about 2:00 the tube loses vacuum but at 12kv the arc can still be maintained and this causes the power going through the lamp to rise significantly and heat it up a lot. This begins heating the glass to the point that it becomes conductive which then allows the current to flow through it like a resistor thus melting the glass! ( 2:24 )

[@josipandresic881]

you nailed the music background

[@johnofe]

i've always wanted to see a tube subjected to massive overload, thanks for sharing! great video

[@FrontSideBus]

At 2 minutes it almost looks like a high pressure sodium sparking up...

[@skyman2002]

Remember Kids: Never Plug your Micky Mouse Lamp Into A 12,000 Volt Outlet!

[@BoomBoxDeluxe]

WHAAATT?!! You melted it!! :-D ROFL & LMAO !! That's nuts! A tube being over-powered so much, it melts! :-D I think I partly achieved that when I tried to wire one filament of a 2D 28w lamp straight to the mains, restricted by a 2kw fan heater, switched to 1 kW, as the tube glowed-up real good, went into an arc-up inside, & then at the source of the arc-up, it got hot enough to make the tube vent-off...Somthing which I wasn't quite expecting! Thanks for showing this, -BoomBoxDeluxe.

[@redbarron1]

WOW! Very nice kill! I love how the 'tube' turned to a puddle of glass LOL This is very impressive! Have you ever done anything like this before?

[@jonathanmlang]

@suzukir123 Actually it was pretty safe because I was always more than 3 feet from the lamp and 12000v cannot arc further than that and my camera was on a tripod 5 feet away for safety (just zoomed in).

[@biglightbt]

Great music choice lol.

[@jonathanmlang]

@XmasLightsGuy I used a transformer designed to convert the 12,000v from a substation to 240v for a home. They can be used in reverse so I got 12,000v from 240v mains! It had to be ballasted to 7kw instead of running at the full 16kw because the load would have overloaded the mains wiring in the building and caused serious problems.

[@Nimrood33]

Músic is good and R.I.P. the neon

[@ihatemockingbirds]

wow is all i can say... how much current did you run thru the tube? it must be quite a bit (more than a NST can do) to heat the glass to where it's conductive...

[@mattburrows2615]

What did you use to drive it? Neon transformer?

[@HDXFH]

Nice experiment!

[@Jono6671]

Amazing! Nice experiment

[@Techmatt167Official]

@jonathanmlang what vaccuum can u explain to me please

[@XmasLightsGuy]

LOL that was awesome! Total meltdown! What did you use to do it?

[@souviksantra8805]

The glass was already melted. But how was the discharge till then? The electrodes were already disconnected. But how was the discharge till now?

[@user-gz1pf9fc1q]

What kind of music do you are playing?

[@mr.dahliaking.202]

I want you to do this with germicidal lamp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ingussilins6330]

Glass like a ceramic in Nernest lamp... Normaly temperature not conduct, but in hight temperatures starts conduct and glow...

[@Barti_Op]

Nice video! What is name of the music of your clip? I can't find it anywhere... :-/

[@TinchoX]

This was interesting to watch.

[@teravolt1195]

Pretty sweet music track! Are you able to give us a download link or PM it? Thanks mate, appreciated

[@FalconAlpaca]

now we need 600 and we've got a RAVE.

[@jonathanmlang]

Smelled like fireworks and ozone actually

[@bigkitty1779]

Ew

[@Skracken]

When glass get hot enough, I've heard it goes conductive. :)

[@AltyBolt]

I watch this when I was 7

[@NukeDragon44]

Whats the name of the song?

[@TheDieselNut]

That is freakin awesome!!!!!!!!

[@suzukir123]

@jonathanmlang, but geezzz.... lol you literally melted the bulb!

[@teravolt1195]

I'd say the high voltage along with the phosphor played part in keeping it lit

[@lasergeak]

@Photonicinduction you're gonna try it right?

[@jonathanmlang]

@Photonicinduction Thank you so much! I knew you would like it! :D

[@NPCdude01]

New experiment-fluorescent tube VS a MOT lol

[@jonathanmlang]

It has no name! The link is in the description.

[@Medaniel_AndHis_friends.]

This will happen if there's no ballast.

[@willd9122]

What did you do to it to get it to melt?

[@soundspark]

Blast with HV until the resulting heat started melting the glass.

[@jonathanmlang]

@7ReyZor Well that's what high voltage does! Higher voltage = longer arcs.

[@bigkitty1779]

It’s swirling

[@suzukir123]

geez... jonathanmlang... ummm... yeah that is as far from safe as you can get. LOL

[@crusherbarny]

Wow never seen anything like it!!, erm also whats the song xD

[@jonathanmlang]

Next door was chainsawing so that was all you could hear.

[@karmakazi219]

This video would be so much better with sound.

[@fadyfourneau9497]

Nice songs

[@dennismanbook]

Wow!

[@jonathanmlang]

yes

[@Fenrir414]

whats the melting point of glass again? lol. wow

[@XmasLightsGuy]

@jonathanmlang How cool!!! I figured it had to be something more powerful than a neon transformer which'll do high voltage but very low current LOL

[@jonathanmlang]

@BowlingMania14 Nope, didn't know what to expect actually!

[@thebluescience9337]

LOL. Make this with a 20kV power supply.

[@jamesdemoruelle6021]

Interesting

[@driftability]

That must have been an awful smell.

[@ihatemockingbirds]

wow 540! my 12 kv supply (NST) only puts out 3mA

[@Qualasi]

2:22 fluorescent lamp turned into low pressure sodium

[@jonathanmlang]

@cumesoftware I thought that was the air leaking in through a cracked seal.

[@ThunderRoadDreams]

Get rid if the fairground music

[@thedavid7100]

oh my god

[@jonathanmlang]

@suzukir123 That was the point! :)

[@ThunderRoadDreams]

Add the sound

[@egold555]

stop drop and roll light

[@jonathanmlang]

12kv at 540mA!!!

[@stewe400]

insta kill!!!

[@sirakanmalalai101]

wow 18w 12000v 1000w !?

[@jonathanmlang]

Mot will just burn!

[@jonathanmlang]

Where's the fun in that? We want to see it suffer not pop!

[@linuxguy1199]

i tried it i got arcs and fire and smoke

[@jonathanmlang]

Lens flare

[@shavonnamccullough7380]

I thought it will just burn out

[@vakieshacosta5319]

?

[@jonathanmlang]

@Santaarnpaal Actually I did do this at home lol.

[@alexmandal]

Waaaaw

[@stewe400]

insra kill!!!

[@jonathanmlang]

lol

[@Barti_Op]

Check your message box on KZbin. :-)

[@jonathanmlang]

You wont! I made it XD

[@jonathanmlang]

Cheap camera :D

[@bigkitty1779]

ThEn cAn I hAve iT