Building A Monster High Current Transformer

[@CharredSteak]

"Pulling only 100 amps", quote of the day

[@HotAxleBox]

As an engineer myself, you do the things that I wish I could do! Fantastic stuff, keep the videos coming!!

[@devinwg6777]

I absolutely love this guy! Must be fun to be around.

[@cloroxbleach1200]

I love your fire extinguisher

[@sandyleask92]

"where's my fire extinguisher" takes out a water spray bottle ~ classic!

[@ct6502c]

Very interesting! I'm generally more interested in high voltage experiments, but this is still very cool. One good thing with this experiment is that there isn't really much danger of electric shock since the secondary voltage would be so low (too low to overcome the resistance of the human body). The primary circuit could shock you of course, but no more dangerous than anything else plugged into the wall. The biggest dangers would be fire and wires exploding violently.

[@jordangallichan2490]

Hi reporting you was a mistake sorry about that

[@samsimington5563]

Spring: (Melts to death) AAAHHH I'M BURNING!! Wire: Uh. I'm on fire here. O_O Photon: (pretends not to notice that the wire is on fire while he explains what it's doing to the spring) Me: Smart indeed

[@TheRealFrankWizza]

I like the safe manner in which you practice your craft.

[@rachelvirago]

Nice transformer! Have not seen kit like that since I worked on London Underground, used as incoming for (signaling) relay rooms, although configurations varied as we ran two 100v systems (125 Hz [silver relays] and 33/3 Hz [red relays], which was the "legacy system]).

[@TheManLab7]

8:24 It's cool watching that tiny cable jump about the transformer due to the HUGE magnetic field 😂

[@johnsanchez8029]

You’ve got yourself a giant pair of stainless steel balls! So very amazing to see nature’s driving force in action. That final wire you showed sure is a beauty; and just as you said, it makes that huge transformer look small in comparison! Great stuff man. I hope all is well for you these days and I hope you have continued your studies (since this video posted) as the quest for knowledge is never ending!!! Peace, your way my friend!✌️

[@JamieKugelmann]

You are nuts, man! How did you get to know all this stuff! Welcome back to KZbin again, we all love you!

[@1127r]

clever man

[@zx8401ztv]

Ive noticed with quite low currents the connections can really restrict the flow, soldering every strand is the only way ive found to get minimum resistance. But the wires i solder are farty in comparison to your monster cables :-) Love your vids :-)

[@kontra93]

First of all, the secondary side of the transformer is not grounded at any point (though, there should be capacitive grounding). Second, the voltage is just too low to electrocute you.

[@MultiHigdon]

badass dude, very cool demo,

[@rachelvirago]

Interesting that you make reference to "railway cable" as a high spec cable, back in the day we always erred on the side of overengineering, "if in doubt, use a bigger cable" saved a LOT of time going back to the tables back then. Sadly this is not something that sits with today's accountancy led engineering :-( Also intersting that a "google" for "london transport signaling power supplies" turns up more articles about failures and policy documents than it does tecnical papers.

[@AT_Videography]

Hands and nerves of steel to not even flinch at all the slag and liquid metal flying at ya. 8:09

[@alexanderhayden96]

i have two little girls and reading the title of the video was not the intended one 😂😂

[@Sypher474]

Excellent work with all the edits and re-uploads. Just a suggestion, it might be worth sticking links to both vids mentioned at the end in the description, and/or posting them as video responses. Will save people a few clicks trying to find them once the channel gets more and more filled up. Glad to have you back, Photon.

[@chriswalker794]

thats one big high current transformer. i see these at my work all day!!

[@windoes98se]

how do you power this under full load do you hook it right up to the line side on the service disconnect on your house? 24,000 watts at 240 volts will pull 100 amps, no wonder your electric meteor popped

[@DMAN22yeah]

he has a 100 amp supply for that transformer

[@lucasforeman169]

What kind of transformer is this. I've never seen this design before.

[@peterzingler6221]

Industry transformer from 70-80s

[@marcos22571]

@@peterzingler6221 where did you get the transformer from?

[@kingkongdaddy1]

I need one of them for my doorbell.

[@gonephishing]

I love your fire extinguisher!

[@daewooparts]

i love that 400mill copper cable, i use a 8 foor piece of it for my hammer anf pop CRT's with it

[@stonerlad25]

Eh we got about, 600 amps here, lets see if we can short it out. Shorts live wire with bare hand... you have balls man balls of conductive steel!

[@achemachew]

That is nice. You have such wonderful toys!

[@drmike0936]

would this transformer work to power a railgun

[@Willeexd1337]

drmike 09 too low volts

[@reecebeck971]

You would also have to rectify it, idk how you rectify 50,000 amps

[@Dutchy1965]

love the exothermic reactor inhibitor !

[@kenstarr2009]

Nice set for home welder! :-)

[@АндрейБ-й6з]

How many kilowatts does it consume from the outlet?

[@antisocialbug9671]

The guy in video who is doing these kind of experiments is more fascinating then experiment. He looks very funny and joker kind of fellow. So I like to watch him when he comes in front of camera. He is really funny and joker

[@precisionbones]

You're f'n inspiring. Just discovered your channel a month ago and I can't stop watching and talking about the shit you do. I recently started getting into residential wiring, your afternoons blow my mind. Do you have any videos messing around with dynamos?

[@mike4ty4]

So how did you manage to learn how to do this stuff right and safe? How can I, for example, learn the same?

[@joelnaya5341]

Dude, he is an Electrical engineer.

[@CrystalAced]

I wouldnt even go near those monsters you build. But i only have one thing to say youre playing with fire.

[@anonymousanonymous5327]

wow what a tidy job... that fire extinguisher hahahahahahah

[@AllTheFasteners]

Lovely effort - do you know at what current does that transformer core saturates?

[@DanHDMusic]

Any1 else watchin every single photonvids episode? :D

[@paulmarkmoffat4638]

Wow heavy shit man with some serious amps

[@dylanm36]

Hey mate could you post a link to the site where you got that cable from (if you got it online)? I've been looking for ages but can't find anything besides that alibaba site..

[@Dingle182]

like your fire extinguisher lol. did ya get much of an electricity bill after this?

[@zx8401ztv]

Did you solder the ends on as they look untouched?

[@TheHunChem]

Have a grandfather like mine, and watch photonvids :D

[@ajs2120]

How stupid are you people to think he is actually putting out a live electrical fire with water, seriously? The power is switched off before the fire is extinguished, no hazard whatsoever. Why waste a CO2 extinguisher when a few squirts of water do the job. If you were attempting to put out a real electrical fire with water, which is still live then yes it would be dangerous probably even lethal.

[@ilikesoad]

Why do you figure putting out that particular fire with water, while live, would be dangerous or EVEN LETHAL? Is it because you once heard that water and electricity don't mix well, even though you don't have any idea how these things work, but you want to sound smart? :) Putting out fires with water is dangerous because it might arc onto you. However, in this particular case, there's no possibility of arcing, since the voltage is very VERY low. I don't see any reason why putting this particular fire, in this particular circumstance, out with water, while live, would be dangerous at all.

[@HobkinBoi]

***** Yes but the metal you are welding is grounded and the welding gun arcs to the ground.

[@HobkinBoi]

***** well it sure didn't seem like you knew due to your other comment

[@HobkinBoi]

***** I forgot that lol. I'm kinda tired so I forget some things a little bit more easily.

[@cloroxbleach1200]

+ajs2120 He can literally touch the contacts. Waters resistance will lower the voltage even more.

[@electricety]

HAY MATE I LOVE THAT EXTINGUISHER

[@ElaBueLoRocKnRoll]

You got balls...you might be pyromaniac too...

[@swapb]

please share the documentation to built such transformer .

[@ElectronPower]

20kW, maybe 24kW and it ain't gonna even complain! I really like how you say this :D

[@worldwidefreeride92]

I work for southern electric.. fancy a good deal on your electric bill.. looks like you need it!!

[@wahidtrynaheghugh260]

What is bigger 275 or 400 mil and by how much?

[@bradleyhillock7533]

What is the specific name of the transformer and where could I buy one

[@alexandremarus]

Has your power company ever complaint?

[@jabbarhadi8143]

you are crazy engineer

[@DmanduckLP]

I see how its cool but I don't see how u will put it too use so could someone explain why a consumer would need something that powerful

[@Llamarama100]

What was that transformer originally used for? Looks like an old isolation transformer maybe?

[@1walkgirl]

Do not understand it at all but it is fun to watch :D

[@Dave4000]

Cheers for explaining that. Does "ground" and "Earth" refer to the same thing?

[@t3hPoundcake]

I'm not the person to talk to about electrical things even though I can solder stuff here and there I have no idea about the science behind electrical systems. From my understanding of transformers, you can step up or step down, is there some law that prevents you from just wiring transformers together and turning a tiny amperage into a huge amperage? Or could you literally, given enough resources, turn 1 amp into 50,000 amps?

[@abyssunderground]

The more amps you get the lower the voltage. You can still only pull the same "power" (watts) from it. Volts x Amps = Watts. If you halve volts, you double amps, or double the volts and you halve the amps.

[@GratedArseCheeks]

as the other guy said, you can use a stepdown transformer to increase the amperage, 1A to 50,000A would result in the voltage being divided by 50,000:- 240v would become 5mV, and 5mV is useless for anything other than dumping loads of current through a very low resistance (as done in this video) In the real world these levels of current arent used much as the thickness of cable required goes up significantly as you use more current. Very high currents arent as useful as high voltages for transferring energy over long distances, but they are very good at generating reliable arcs and dumping heat/generating large magnetic fields, which is why very high currents are used in arc welders and mri machines :)

[@XeXWill]

Was this originally a pole distribution transformer?

[@BoomBoxDeluxe]

Yes, BoomBoxDeluxe does, especially this vid. "I wanna get a car suspension spring on that, and er....Definitely wanna short them out. Ba-Boom!" -PhotonicInduction. FUNNY TIMES! :-D Yep, I am, and do watch every PhotonVid that's loaded. -BoomBoxDeluxe.

[@snipersquad100]

nice work

[@Saelkhas]

He explained it in some video, he was just cleaning up his channel and put intros and fancy edits on his old vids.

[@octoguy646]

he completely changed the meaning of electric fire😂 8:38

[@noahd8673]

Where did u get that transformer

[@Islamic-World-Sharia-Law]

whats the input to that monster?

[@215alessio]

is that a crowbar glowing like a bulb? :o

[@fairyheli2]

that transformer's secondaries are isolated from the ground, he is only touching one side, and it is very low voltage anyway

[@CaptainCropper]

Have you considered making an induction heater? That's electric voodoo that is.

[@geometricart7851]

how many volts was that pulling on the bar? 3-5v?

[@gowayfromme]

geometric art on another video he estimated half a volt

[@KozmykJ]

Cos there's only a few volts coming off the secondary. Loads of Amps but at a low voltage.

[@user-yw8sr3uj1w]

Wondering about that cable insulation.... is it that... "Asb" material

[@intercity125]

Traction cable for railways on 3rd rail is at least 750v rated :P

[@spongebob7285]

I wish you hadn't cut the video. Did love to hear more about it. Love the channel though.

[@Hells297]

I don't think this would count as a taser! More like an... incinerator? Portable crematorium? Also just fyi, Tasers shoot two electrodes... you mean stun gun.

[@Michael_Michaels]

Dude you must be careful, you're dealing with DANGEROUS stuff here!!!!!

[@2564651jcr]

So are these old or new videos that you're reuploading?

[@TeDynef]

Yay lets play with the cable with the blank hands! :D

[@MrLince-hr4of]

is this dangerous ?

[@ErikEstrada91]

Can you show us a simple way to make an inverter?? 12v-220v plz!

[@Smartzenegger]

Couldn't you just sneeze those flames away instead of using that sneeze flacon?

[@minigunner1218]

You could build a bitchin' coilgun with that coil, a PVC pipe, and a capacitor.

[@johngrabil4209]

you insane dude

[@plzknock76]

how do you get it??

[@abyssunderground]

I'd love to see what it would do to a car battery if you connected it up!

[@bugoobiga]

i can smell the burning insulation from here.

[@ThePucko97]

Chill out, its just metal burning! Its like any lamp you got :D

[@soundseeker63]

I'm guessing you don't have a smoke alarm in that room.

[@Axisoflords]

Oh god yes! He's amazing!

[@clogalizator621]

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese! Where u got this gigantic transformer and thick wire?

[@EphemeralProductions]

That 185 looks like it's think enough for a 46,000 v transmission line or something! lol

[@clawdeenwolf2937]

Fire fire fire! ROCK ROCK ROCK!

[@iAmPwny]

4 people thought he was gunna build a robot transformer

[@TheEsseboy]

So 38$/meter?

[@Phillll]

Dude, I like your stuff - I'm into both high currents & high voltages, and a long-time Tesla coil builder. Electronics is also my career & has been for decades & I got my first Ham Radio license when I was 14 - so electronics is my life. I'm just writing to question your maths. You refer to the transformer as 20kVA or 24kVA yet then say 60V at 'about' 250A. 60V @ 250A is 15kVA, or at 200A is 12kVA. Are they rated numbers, or measured? Just because you can draw 15kVA out of a transformer does not mean it is rated at 15kVA. In fact, if 15kVA is what you can draw into a short circuit, the transformer is definitely NOT RATED at 15kVA & will certainly not supply 15kVA all day - more like 10-12kVA. It is most likely being limited by core saturation & total losses to 'settle' at 15kVA output Max. By the way, looking at those windings, & their spacing, that transformer may be designed to run under oil, which allows a higher continuous rating by aiding heat dissipation - like 'pole transformers' - or maybe they're just for air circulation, for the same reason. What limits the power the transformer can ultimately supply is the characteristics of the core material & most notably its size - its cross-sectional area. If you told me the CSA of the core I could tell you roughly what the core is designed to be rated at. With the 35mm^2 cable you're getting around 4V (at about 1V per turn) & about 630-odd amps - a mere 2.5kVA. I'm guessing this is about a 10kVA core.

[@davidclay1362]

i wanna come and play with you after scool

[@rachelvirago]

Old school rules! New school fails, often!

[@raitokun2240]

10:08 anybody could explain to me why Andy hasn't been shocked when he was holding that bar of metal ????

[@SteveMallison]

I wouldn't do that on the carpet myself.

[@phantomtech287]

Super bro