Q&A while making a custom LED lamp. (storytime)

I knew this might be a long video, but it's possibly the longest I've ever recorded. It's definitely one where you might want to grab a nice drink and some cookies then snuggle down for story time.
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[@AndrewErwin73]

"..remember, it's really important when you get an electric shock to look around and make sure nobody saw you get it.."

[@klosskopfder1.762]

So wrong, but so true

[@new-kids-on-the-block]

Hard thing on 240😂 aa a bit of a shock is good fore the hard 🤣

[@phillyphakename1255]

​@@new-kids-on-the-blockhad a guy at work get shocked today. I noticed, but he was trying to make it subtle. About two minutes later he was shocked again. Out came the "sonuvabitch!" and "god fucking damnit!" I guess you only have the energy to attempt to hide only one shock.

[@grogsrevenge]

I just sat for an hour twenty watching a Scottish bloke solder diodes together, and somehow I have no regrets.

[@TheMagicQsGaming]

happy 100

[@ATLTraveler]

Those arent all diodes idiot, in fact there are only 4. At least fucking learn something dumbass.

[@TheMagicQsGaming]

@@ATLTraveler toxic

[@reedy_9619]

Quintin K are you really surprised Look at that name

[@TheMagicQsGaming]

@@reedy_9619 It's the internet, I'm not surprised.

[@WitoldWitkowski]

Always enjoy the longer duration videos. Looking forward to listening to your mind wander.

[@doublebulbing]

it is really very calming right very calming it is kind of like really having a friend in real life ...... well at least for me

[@Madness832]

Came in handy; I had to take a long dump! :D

[@doublebulbing]

+Madness832 you might want to add more fiber in your diet

[@Madness832]

Late night at Taco Bell.

[@weirdscix]

1hr and 20 mins of Big Clive - that is all sorts of awesome

[@MrAlpacabreeder]

Clive is a national treasure. No one is allowed to criticize him.

[@IamusTheFox]

He's an international treasure!

[@Culturedropout]

Aww- milk and cookies and story time with Uncle Clive...

[@ManofCulture]

Против Глобал HAHAHAHAHA

[@bdf2718]

Two methods of avoiding hand-to-hand electric shock: 1) Keep one hand behind your back. 2) Keep both hands behind your back and get the apprentice to do it.

[@rich1051414]

Ground the wrist you are grabbing things with, or ground them both for good measure. Caution: Shocks hurt going in AND going out, but at least you keep your life.

[@Derundurel]

I don't see as many apprentices around these days. I wonder why.

[@burtosis]

Can confirm electric shocks going from hand to hand are bad. I was working with a circuit that had a 400uF or so capacitor array charged to around 600V and accidentally touched it while the other hand completed the circuit It didn't really hurt my hands but it felt like I was kicked in the chest and I sat down hard and nearly passed out. Good thing it wasn't attached to the power circuit, or was any larger, as I probably wouldn't be writing this.

[@alankingvideo]

It took me 40 years of work and shocks to finally start using a non contact voltage indicator and wear a thick rubber glove on one hand. I have come close far too often, had a couple of days in hospital once after touching a line transformer output that burnt a hole through my finger. The shock I have had the most often is the one across the mains input terminals, after repeatedly plugging in and unplugging and getting the sequence wrong.Clive is right people are mostly lucky and survive but not always, it’s like running across the road with your eyes closed.

[@hesperhurt]

This is why woodworkers shouldn't be screwing around with l Lichtenberg fractals using microwave transformers. Because, ya know, holding both ends of 10kv at "melt your heart" amps... with gaffer tape insulated wooden handles... isn't exactly clever. 😂 Honestly... search it on here and prepare to facepalm like never before! 😂😂

[@peterzingler6221]

1 week 😁training crazy , in Germany its like 3 years ... To add a little funny story : on my work we had two people working on a 10kv station in mid summer , both wearing open shoes. One man working one man looking like always, then the guy working started shaking his feet like crazy , other guy things he is getting shocked and hits him with a showel as hard as he can to get him away .... End of story no shock , 2 broken rips , caused by gravel in his shoes ...-_-

[@arfyness]

Hahahahahha that's awesome. I'd hate to be either one of them though.

[@nicktecky55]

"1 week 😁training crazy , in Germany its like 3 years ..." It gets crazier than just that. I don't know the name for it in Germany, but the same qualification is recognised and awarded throughout the EU, electricians from all over have an established system for proving their qualifications on any site or to any householder. Only not quite. The UK refuses to recognise the qualification. My "handyman", who is from Hungary is a qualified electrician, he was 'apprenticed' for five years in total. But he can make much more money in the UK sticking tiles up. Of course he installed all my electrics as well. I just had to pay one of the "one weekers" a hundred quid to certify it. I had to tell him I did it myself. Clive is right of course, nobody tests the ring mains properly anyway. The whole ring main system should have been abandoned fifty years ago, it is especially redundant now with people having huge numbers of low current devices. The funny thing is this: everywhere else in the world we'd be looking for huge corporations who would be profiting from this nonsense. But in Britain it's just a bunch of old tossers in the EICCIICCC(?) who rule the roost. That, and not a single civil servant or politician who can wire a plug... apparently. Whilst in gripe mode... has nobody noticed that the way we wire lighting in our houses should be changed? The reason we can get away with multiple lights on one circuit is because of the tungsten bulb. When it blows, it fails safe, the filament breaks. So, if a bulb failure blows the fuse, it is a simple matter to repair the fuse, or reset the breaker. Illumination is restored, and the culprit candle is obvious. Not so with LEDs, they will keep blowing fuses or breakers, they should be properly fused internally. But nobody bothers. And another thing: WTF do I need an electrician to wire an oven? Clive will have used 10kW incandescent luminaires and bigger, using plugs and sockets. Why can't we have plugs on our cookers??? Sorry, it's been a bit hot lately, I'm going for a lie down now!

[@peterzingler6221]

nicktecky55 😂 wiring an oven is 50€ here ...so i do it myself all the time😂

[@markhowards420]

nicktecky55 we can , just don't tell anyone.

[@ConorNoakes]

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen ovens wired in on Commando sockets before just as you would find in a commercial kitchen 🤔

[@bigjd2k]

LOL best comment ever!!! “If you get an electric shock, the first thing to do is look around and make sure no-one saw you got it!” 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheManLab7]

I posted on another video about an electric shock I had years ago where I got locked on. As we're both in the same trade, when something life changing happens, for the rest of your days. You'll always be extra careful to make sure that it's dead! And if you can, twist all the cables together. So if someone tried to turn the breaker on, it just bangs out. I worked at sheerness steel once. A bloke was cutting a large cable with a hacksaw n some how, it got energized. He ended up loosing his hand and half an arm. Places like steel mills with ark reactors are amazing. The first time I went to see a melt, I was scared shitless! 😳 Love all of your work Clive. Your a cat & Tesla loving person, as am I 😊

[@bigclivedotcom]

I loved the arc welders. Such a powerful ripping electrical lightning sound.

[@repairitdontreplaceit]

we have very similar work history, im 55 and was an electrical fitter, did my apprenticeship with the leb/cegb great times there worked in power stations , then moved on to tv and audio repairs as a self-employed, now working in super-resolution microscopes :) so i get to play with lasers :), had some very bad shock from tv`s and valve audio but im still here , love your channel and your sence of humour

[@vwthings]

Best video to date. You only see it from your perspective Clive, but from ours its just as much about your voice, and the banter as the content. Really enjoyed that one. We like the rambles....

[@bengraves1854]

I have no idea how I came to watch this but I could listen to you talk all day 😊

[@NivagSwerdna]

Story time with bigclivedotcom. Perfect. Thanks!

[@DavidKirwanirl]

Love the storytime chats like this, fun listening to.

[@JerryEricsson]

Ever have one of those moments when suddenly the cause of an old problem becomes clear? Happened just now when you were explaining that Japan has 100 volts. I know I had heard that before but this time it explains why my little pride and joy, a tiny 4 inch black and white television that was AC/DC with built in AM/FM radio blew a resistor when I was using it here in the USA! The damn thing was a unit I purchased. in Japan on my way home from Vietnam in 1971. According to the TV guy I took it to on base, he could not fix it because the unit was never imported into the USA so no schematics were available. I took it home and cut a piece of commo wire, removed one steel strand and wrapped it around the leads to a blown resistor and the little TV worked just fine for several years before I sold it! It came with an AC adapter that screwed on in place of a tray that held a dozen C cells for dc operation and worked off a cigar lighter socket in cars.

[@zx8401ztv]

Ooow you are so ancient, i was born in 1966 lol :-D People keep telling me it was a good year for football, germans and all that. I bought two of those fet based screwdrivers, why.... they were novel, and after taking one apart (i just had to), i don't use it for detecting ac in wires at all, i must be related to a magpie. I look like a caveman with a full beard and long hair, i also hold solder and a component in the left hand like you do. I like bodging.... err i mean creating solutions :) The 555 timer and 4017 decade counter are my favorites too, frightning isn't it lol.

[@bigclivedotcom]

The 555 and 4017 combo had instant satisfaction of chasing LEDs at a time that it was a really special thing.

[@PsiQ]

... getting so into listening to the story, that i repeatedly tried to blow away the fumes. 😃 finished some soldering/repairing half an hour ago. Thank you very much for this fine video 😃

[@Matthew19002]

This is awesome, honestly it makes me wish I found enough videos to make a favorites - story time playlist. Might work on that if I find the time

[@nesr8786]

Gee Clive ,we are the same age ,i started building with electronics in 79 ,i managed to get our technical teacher to get the school to purchase electronic learning kits from Greenweld Electronics, i still have all my everyday electronics from 1980 to 87 ,great memories ,love the videos keep em coming buddy Regards John

[@Newokie59]

Thanks Clive! It is always fun to spend time you.

[@deejooo8213]

im here in 2021 and i just wish he had a story time podcast i could sleep to this i could eat to this ....i spent the day trading the market while watching his videos back to back soo relaxing and enjoyable

[@pifflebunk]

You just described my childhood. I am 1 year younger than you and also spent a lot of time in the arcades for the same reason.

[@zombienation68]

Also watched the dawn of video games...born in 68 and I did the same, was fascinated by the electro mechanical machines but video games were my calling. 1978...Space Invaders...so much money spent in that machine, then scramble & Lunar Lander at same local cafe, then came Defender 😁...I bought my first machine n 1985 and in 2010, had 27 Love your vids Clive, between yourself & Rich from learn Electronics repair, no need for any others...been watching for a long time

[@magic.marmot]

This is a wonderful bit of love and sharing. Thank you so very much.

[@PeterNield]

New Zealand and Australian homes typically have multiple 20A "Heating" (room power outlets) and 10A lighting circuits. 32A is for Stoves/ovens. Hotwater heating, heat pumps (air conditioning) will each have a dedicated 20A circuit. Voltage is nominally 230V.

[@pomonabill220]

cracked up when you said "full bridge rectifier" like electroboom! Love his channel too!

[@GlennBrockett]

I Love the PIC microcontrollers. Minimum support parts and easy to program. I haven't done anything with them for a few years though. My funnest project with one was a persistence of vision display for a bicycle. 5 LEDs/drop resistors, 8 pin PIC, capacitor, and 2 AA batteries. I think I had 5 or 6 messages programmed in. Change message by shorting a lead to ground.

[@gregorythomas333]

I am 50 now & have been doing electrical/electronics since 6 years old being taught by my grandpa for the 1st year or so. Worst electric shock was 240VAC @ 60A (US-AC)...it stung quite a bit but I have a low resistance to electricity. Never been electrically shocked working on a circuit that only I had access to previously. My first "internet" experience was on a 300 baud modem & dial-up to a local BBS (Bulletin Board Service)

[@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994]

Nice way to start a Saturday in Oz. Shed Coffees and a lengthy Clive ramble :) Standard Australian circuits are 10A for lighting and 16A for power but each state has there own tweaks to a set of rules (headbang) and no fuses in plugs.

[@Nono-hk3is]

Younger Americans (whose work ethic seems fine to me, btw) simply won't understand how it's *possible* to not work constantly.

[@bigclivedotcom]

I admire the American work ethic, but there's more to life than work and I think American workers should get more free time.

[@melioristicone333]

bigclivedotcom I live in Lincoln Nebraska. Heartland USA. Warms my heart to hear somebody even say that, let alone from the UK. I lost a job once for voicing an opinion of that nature. Nowadays I just try to keep my mouth shut (unless I'm online) as much as possible. Thanks for the video✌️

[@shawn_530]

I completely agree. However, I believe there is a difference between my “work” and my “job”

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

35 hours a week is more then enough. And if it isn't it's time they hire more people until it is enough again. There are loads of people without jobs that want one too.

[@nickseamus7340]

@ No no it doesn't help that in America, unless you work for someone constantly, you don't work for them at all. There's no such thing as "freelance" in the skilled trades unless you run your own shop.

[@tonygriffiths2485]

I recognised the name on your snips. Had a quick look in the kitchen draw, mine only arrived last week, same name though. £1.48 from China. Nice to see they work well, haven't used mine yet. Great episode again. Your circuit tester screwdriver, used to be exclusive to Draper with the metal end, then plastic has got me out of the s**t so many times in the field ovver the years. Very useful and much appreciated by myself.

[@phillrullzXBL]

I did a 3 year, instrumentation based apprenticeship, i still managed to get a zap or two, both preventable however unseen. One i has calibrated and instrument, went to unplug it and and whoever made off the plug had put the screw through the live, one hand on live one on ground 240v. Other kick i got was center tapped 110v hardwired with only an isolation on L1, L2 was live and had a little tingle from 55v ac. Should have checked for dead ( something old sparkys never do).

[@richbooth8948]

Great video! The OCD part of me has to mention when joining the resistors or LED leads they should be mechanically joined (twisted or crimped in a ferrule) prior to electrically joining (solder).

[@LadyLexyStarwatcher]

OH! OH! I bought a sony mavica about a year ago from a thrift store for about 5 usd! I was planning on taking it to events and doing retro photoshoots. Works pretty well, just need to figure out something with the battery. I used one back in jr high when they were new and loved it.

[@frosty9392]

Tesla was a good century ahead of everyone else already, what could go wrong with giving him a nice big boost? We'd be teleporting to/from work and zooming between galaxies by now lol

[@AverageJoe2020]

Enjoyed this Clive. Anyone else remember Chris Parnell and Brian Belston at Trowbridge Technical college in the mid 80's?

[@fazergazer]

Rewatched this yet again! Here, Big Clive shares the philosophical origin of his beard, among other gems, including the moniker of his channel BigClive, of babes, and Scottish fighters both affable and fierce…. a must watch!

[@PetergdWard]

Sausage roll? Nice and hot. Beer? Open. Comfy Chair? Lovely. Phone off? Sure is. Ready! Let storytime begin.

[@CraftQueenJr]

PetergdWard watching this on phone, but th sentiment is agreed with.

[@aaron41]

Sudden realization: Big Clive is the Bob Ross of diy electronics

[@tangerinq]

I'm mostly watching your videos for the purposes of relaxation. They work really well for that. Learning from you to build stuff is a welcome added value of course. I also enjoy your reverse engineering videos, though the pace of explanation is a little too fast for me. Basically you are my favorite KZbin channel. Will definitely donate when I get some money to spare.

[@sparkplug1018]

US branch circuits are wired with 14 AWG wire, on a 15 amp breaker. You'll find 20 amp branch circuits occasionally.

[@fazergazer]

Tim Hunkin (born Timothy Mark Trelawney Hunkin, 27 December 1950 in London). Someday I would hope to visit his arcades. Your mentioning the 1975 era reminded me of that. Being born 1960, I was 15 then.

[@soberhippie]

Someone might have written this already, but what you could do with raisin is fill in the metal bit, then heat the test tube with the heat gun to expel some air from it, and then put the test-tube into the metal bit. The air would cool down and suck the tube to the metal whatchamacallit. But there is a risk of heating it too much, so that it would suck too much epoxy into itself.

[@ArlenMoulton2]

Here's to more long Clive videos!

[@normdurkin6425]

..I was born in 1976 In the US.. I feel like I am the original Atari generation.. you are filling in the blanks.. I couldn't grow a decent beard until age 40.. Tank Abbott was exciting to watch.. thanks for the information and storytelling brother..

[@jlucasound]

You are so awesome Clive. On every level.

[@natgrant1364]

Nice to get to know you a bit better, Clive. Thank you for sharing. Like the lamp too. :)

[@MrJozza65]

I'm the same age, and it was an amazing thing to witness the massive changes in electronics and computing. If you want to see some good mechanical amusement machines, I would recommend a visit to Southwold Pier in Suffolk, or Novelty Automation in Holborn in London, where Tim Hunkin's arcade creations are on show and available to play.

[@6A8G]

A 70 minute video! Go Mr. Big! You'll put Mr. Carlson to shame! Thanks for yet another awesome video.

[@empathicallyyours4937]

What is the name for these LEDs that spread the on light rather than shoot it all forward? I found flat top LEDs on ebay but they don't have the cone intrusion that Big Clive is using in this video. By far, Big Clive is the most thoughtful and respectful gentleman on these electronic shows, as he knows showing faces all the time can be annoying l, as many KZbin videos that are supposed to be educational, focus mostly on the narcissistic person who thinks his videos are educational. But, Big Clive has the required ever so rare empathy which is why he was able to be so thoughtful to not t have anything annoying in his educational videos, and his voice is so pleasant and just blossoming with empathy at all times, which is is why I am like watching these videos for educational purposes as well as therapy 😁

[@bigclivedotcom]

The side emitting LEDs are sometimes referred to as concave lens LEDs. You may have to go to aliexpress to find them.

[@daneru]

Fell asleep in 3 mins, thanks bigC,. You are the best

[@dancoulson6579]

Regarding the USB killer circuit mentioned... I wonder if an easy protection circuit could be made for the computers? I expect the USB port might be able to handle up to 100v or so, before the diodes breakdown and allow the other components to be damaged. So maybe computer manufacturers might start attaching neon discharge lamps directly across the connections. Perhaps a new component could even be invented to combat the issue - Four pins that go into a single glass envelope filled with penning mixture at low pressure. This way all of the connections are protected against severe over voltage by the gas discharge. It might look like a resistor array, but made from glass.

[@maxsnts]

There is only one difference between internet trolls and offline ones: You get to see what the internet ones say about you.

[@bvs1q]

with the foam spacer/ cushion, you could try a thickish paper/ thin card shim tight outside it and then get that in with the foam/ tube, so you can use the paper/ card to compress the foam to get it in there, then the foam could expand a bit where its not taped close to help give it more structural -thingidity. also maybe some silica gel glued/ secured in the base, too to pull any moisture that would be in the air sealed in there that would likely evaporate cycle from the led heat (to increase the life of the leads/ leds/ plating/ wiring/ prevent corrosion etc while keeping it out of sight). (and to stick my oar in: Aneng AN8008 currently favorite beginner cheap DMM, and PICs are so great to learn with and use, especially since PICKIT2 is dirt cheap and works straight away with no faffing around, and many dev environments are free (with codesize limitations) with many IDEs/ compilers/ toolchains, so for under a tenner you can get into embedded dev instantly and learn so much that is directly transferable to many other platforms with mostly only peripheral functionality and toolchain and programmer differences to get around)

[@neiltonks]

Nice video sir. It's not often we get to see a whole project from start to finish, without the ' here's one I made earlier'. Who would of thought that a video of someone making something, at pretty much feature film length, could be so entertaining. I hope we don't have to wait so long for the next movie length build.

[@AndreasRavnestad]

Lots of solid life advice in this video :)

[@raptureboi]

Truly an enjoyable video Clive. It's nice to hear your stories again. And fun to know the details of some of them. (Your retail electrocution incident for example). Keep up the great work and thank you!

[@TheScience69]

i love electro mechanical stuff. i always had a soft spot for old pinball tables.

[@BlackEpyon]

When my dad taught me to re-wire a socket, the circuit was live. He said it was fine as long as you didn't touch anything. Of course, I was also 12 at the time, and bad parenting as that was, it taught me to always treat the circuit as if it were live, even when you know it isn't. My biggest shock was working on repairing a TV. Something else my dad showed me how to fix when I was a kid, but not how to discharge properly (not a very good parent, as you may infer...). Fortunately I only got a zap from one of the high-voltage capacitors, not from the flyback circuit itself. For anybody who's never had a CRT apart, the flyback is the main transformer that powers the sawtooth pattern within tube itself, forming the horizontal scanline. Combined with that lead-lined glass tube and the diffraction grate at the front, it forms a very high voltage capacitor, approximately 1kV per diagonal inch of tube (say, a 19" TV or monitor will have the tube charged to about 19kV when it's in operation. This is why you hear static crackling when the tube is turned off - that's the "capacitor" that is the tube discharging. Even a tube inside a TV that's been powered off may still hold a residual charge. By comparison to the CRT, a typical stun gun may deliver 30-50kV. Either way, not something you wish to have crossing your chest or spine. Needless to say, I am aware of how to properly discharge CRTs now, and have even built a probe dedicated to this purpose (so I don't have to risk an alligator clip slipping off my screwdriver). Anyways, one should take note not to be the kind of parent that my father was. He taught me how to build and fix electronics, but not to properly respect electricity - that I had to learn the hard way.

[@UKDJMessy]

Haha, Are Friends Electric is one of my favourite tunes from that era and my first ever concert was Gary Numan! To answer your question, no - Marrs came a long time after Gary, whose music career started in the 70s as a punk singer in Tubeway Army. He was one of the very first to pioneer synthesized electronic music. He was so groundbreaking that Radio 1, who were still very up themselves at the time, banned their DJs from playing him. Thankfully John Peel completely ignored the ban and played him anyway!

[@Tocsin-Bang]

Remember the first electronic arcade game I used. It was a version of Pong. Monochrome, in 1970. It was one of the first in the UK, and in the Students' Union building of Maria Grey College in Twickenham.

[@bdf2718]

The UK ring main system is why our mains plugs *must* have a fuse. It is *illegal* for a plug supposedly conforming to BS 1363 not to have a fuse. The plugs on chinesium electrical goods tend to be illegal because they don't have a fuse. And usually also illegal because the earth wire of the flex is not physically connected to the earth pin. And also usually illegal because the flex is totally incapable of handling the load, gets hot, the insulation melts, the insulation catches fire and isn't even self-extinguishing (so even if you unplug it the cable continues burning merrily). Breaker is usually 32 A. Fuse in socket is 13 A (max). Cable has to be rated at least 2/3 of breaker. So even if the ring gets broken, the max draw of 13 A is still less than the 21.3 A (min) rating of the cable. All is well. Unless you have two sockets on that part of the ring and they're both drawing 13 A. The 32 A breaker is happy with a 26 A load, the 21.3 A cable may not be. But usually the cable has a higher rating than that. At least BS1363 sockets have a nice shuttering mechanism. Which can be rendered useless if you fit popular, *totally unnecessary* "child proof" safety covers. Many of them actually facilitate the insertion of objects like pins and needles. Some of them have oversized pins which displace the socket contacts so they overheat when in use. Don't get me started on chinesium mains fuses. A real BS 1362 fuse is filled with sand of a specific grade to quench the arc if it blows. Counterfeit fuses without the sand go bang. As shown here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYeth6atgcekl6M

[@andruloni]

And you can't even stomp-extinguish the plug :D

[@InsanityPlusOne]

Imagine a metal PC case... Yeap that's me, at like 9 or 10 built my first pc from parts from the local dump and didn't remember to earth it (back when PSU earthing in pcs was controlled by a little wire with a screw hole) took the full 240 right through me when I hit the power button. Was in a great deal of pain for the next few days.

[@tiger12506]

That was the shortest 1:20 I've ever watched on youtube. I could listen to you ramble all day long. Your American accent needs lots of work, it still sounds very British. Like (from my perspective) if the queen tried to speak cockney, but couldn't manage it. Loved the length, loved the Q&A!

[@ianharvey868]

an idea to try, leave a pin out the bottom of the of the b22 holder, insert a really thin straw that would go into the lamp then fill the bottom with resin, push glass down, the air pressure will release via the straw then pull straw out and push pin in ;)

[@the1spyderryder]

In the US the electrical circuits are single ended but homes have 15 tp 20 Amp circuits but i suppose you could have 30 Amp circuits using # 10 AWG.

[@trmindustries.2549]

In Australia our power circuits are usually on 16A Breakers. Cabled with 2.5mm2. Stranded though, And the earth is insulated throughout the cable.

[@DavidHansen725]

Clive, try heating the tube with hot air before you push in to the resin. When the air in the tube cools, it should suck the bottom cap on nice and snug.

[@urbanimage]

Pong was great fun to play in pubs when it came out in 1972.

[@MrDemonchild71]

Thats a really cool lamp, loved the longer video and ur answers. Sometimes It looked like ur hands were talking, lol.🇦🇺🦘

[@CubasAutomotive]

Holy sht!! You made me do a double take when you spoke English in the American accent! That was brilliant 👏 👌 😀 I wish I could speak in a Scottish or British accent. My daughter loathes it when I try. Lol. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤣🤣

[@nicolek4076]

Life changing experience from electric shocks department. Many, many years ago I met at a Italian skiing station, a guy who worked on the ski lift equipment who was known as Scossa (shock in English) and he was right miserable old bugger - even more taciturn than the norm for that area. Apparently, he had been (relatively speaking) the life and soul of party when younger, but had survived a 22kV shock that had completely changed his personality ... and given him some pretty impressive scars.

[@greenaum]

Yeah, that can happen. Somewhere between ECT, and electrically-caused brain damage. Brain damage can turn someone's personality inside-out in a moment.

[@greenaum]

BTW you'd think 22kV would have huuuuge safety precautions. I know accidents happen, but still. I wouldn't fuck with it without full training, and if they valued their insurance, and their business, neither should the management let anyone unqualified have a play. When you go up in voltage you get problems like arcing and induced voltage, an insulator is no longer a simple insulator, just a higher value resistor.

[@Anvilshock]

Thanks for the great time!

[@Appellation]

To avoid pressure pushing the tube out of the cap, what about heating the tube, then seating the cap and cooling the tube to create a vacuum?

[@IvanVoras]

Not that flickering is that noticeable, but in general, would sticking a capacitor in parallel to the full rectifier output help significantly, and what capacity would you suggest? How does one size a capacitor for this purpose?

[@The_Geezus]

Thankfully, the USB Killer's didn't seem to become very popular in my region. We have seen 5 machines come in, all laptops, 3 being school laptops issued to students that parents were on the hook for. Luckily they were dell models that had a daughter card for the side I/O ports and that is all the had to be purchased/replaced outside of the warranty.

[@notpublic7149]

A great way to spend an afternoon at the Baboons workbench. Cheers!

[@bren106]

Eighty minutes of Bigclive. It's a full length feature film!!!!!

[@hrnekbezucha]

Chromebooks are gret. I don't have one but I very much appreciate what they're going for. Most people use the computer for access to the internet - there you go. Do everything in a browser. Genius.

[@amorphuc]

Very cool. Thanks Bigclive!

[@djayers]

You made me feel old! (Born in 1964, lol). Tuby's (?) funfair. Remember seeing your first LED?

[@sarkasaa]

Having spent 3 and 1/2 years in an apprenticeship (Germany) makes all sorts of alarm bells go off in my head when I hear "1 week apprenticeship, and you're done". That time was packed with theory in school as well as actually working together with an experienced electrician, not in a big fancy workshop with teaching equipment, but in the field. I don't think my apprenticeship could have gone any better, considering I was basically abandoned day 1 by the person who signed my contract. After half a year of doing menial tasks (changing lightbulbs and making extension chords) I got fed up and asked one of my co-workers (the electrician mentioned above) if I could tag along when he has work to do. That basically saved my ass, learnt everything from him. Couple years later, and I'm still in contact with said electrician, still getting taught things. Fun fact, growing up I also wanted to be a lift engineer

[@gonzo_the_great1675]

Comment on old thread, but here you go.... A friend did a three week electricians course, as part of a demob package from the UK forces. Knowing his stuff, but doing the course to get the bit of paper. He told me that he had to correct the instructors so often, it got to the point that every time the guys told the students something new, they would all glance over to my friend to see if he was nodding or shaking his head.

[@theeutecticpoint]

doesn't really look like it needed much smoothing, and it would have been too high a voltage for a smoothing cap, but why no smoothing inductor(s)? I suppose with such a small current the leads of the combined system works as well as an added inductor?

[@awjaaa]

Sorry I'm late. So, for the young'ns wanting to do the lengthy facial hair, there is something else to understand - the fact that Clive trims the ends often will contribute to the greater length. It seems counter-intuative, but long facial hair can act just like normal hair on your head. Split ends are the enemy to length. When the ends begin to split, they will continue this curly-cuing as they grow, thinning, breaking off, etc., instead of adding healthy length to the total. It can be imperative to trim, just like hair on your head, in order to achieve length. (Your milage may vary, grain of salt, etc.)

[@markhowards420]

I'd love to hear more of your stories, if you do more ,is there any chance you could bundle them & your longer uploads into a spanking new playlist if you get the chance?

[@gcewing]

Who doesn't like fairgrounds? Well, many years ago when I was growing up in Christchurch there was an annual event called the Industries Fair, which was half fairground and half companies showing off their latest technical wizardry. It used to be thei highlight of my year, but the fairground part wasn't what interested me the most.

[@skyem5250]

general purpose circuits are 15A in US & Canada

[@juncusbufonius]

Ah joy; Cliveanory. You just reminded me, when about 12 I became the ground for a faulty bedside lamp via the radiator. Lamp in one hand radiator in the other. Zzzzap.

[@lochinvar00465]

About tools, when you have an O-scope sitting on your bench, be warned that your addiction to electronics has progressed to a permanent state. I built my first scope back around1978. Amazingly to me, I can now use my tablet or phone as a basic audio scope or spectrometer.

[@samuelyoung1]

i think the main use for the USB killer is for making sure supposedly surge protected USB ports are actually protected

[@gazvlogs7459]

Are you very sure it will fry the entire computer and not just that specific usb port? Ports are usually fused..

[@tonysansom]

As a 12 year old boy, I decided I wanted to watch the wildlife at the bottom of our garden. This went great until my youthful impatience got the better of me at dusk and so I then began to rig up some lighting. Don't ask me where the knowledge came from (no internet 35 years ago) but I somehow knew that if I connected some old twin-core from my Dad's garage to the appropriate terminals of a mains plug and my bedroom lamp, I'd be theoretically 'good to go'. However, I knew nothing at all of the danger. I plugged it in and then went to position the lamp, picking it up and touching the inch of copper I'd left exposed on each core. I've no idea what path those pesky electrons took through my body but it locked me almost completely in place. It took me what seemed like a few seconds to figure out what was occurring and then I got frightened. The only thing I could think to do was try to throw myself to the ground to hopefully dislodge the lamp from my frozen hands. I'm writing this now because that did something that broke the circuit. Otherwise I might have been letting off all my own magic smoke. I still have a very small burn on my middle finger to remind me of what 'a little knowledge is dangerous' means. That was the first of my nine lives and I think I have 5 left.

[@ajg9821]

Thank you Clive! I have found 2 'new' music artists today! 😎

[@Mongolicious]

I think the education system we have in sweden when it comes to electricians is better. If you go to electrician highschool you go 3 years and learn to be an electrician. If you're an adult it takes 1,5 years. Then you have to do a year apprenticeship, and then you get the first certificate letting you do electical installations under a electrician company. After another two years you can take a "limited" certificate letting you make installations on a existing group (you can start your own company). After another two years you can get a certificate either on low voltage (up to 1000v) or high voltage (above 1000V).

[@bigclivedotcom]

Traditionally here it was a four year apprenticeship, working with a company and spending one day a week in technical college learning the theory. Now it's done as very short "pay to pass" type courses and in some instances just 1 day slideshows for labourers. I think some companies are still doing the proper apprenticeships though.

[@cwwCADAVER]

It must have been said. Every time you used your soldering iron I saw the smoke and I blew with my mouth like I normally do when soldering .lol

[@herauthon]

Have you seen EEVblog bjt-clamp used in fluke meters - What else to do with those ?

[@FrontSideBus]

Big Clive... The Scottish David Lightman!

[@RandyDarkshade2]

For some weird reason the electrician who wired my little one bedroom flat has put the two outlets in the lounge and the one in the hallway and the few in the kitchen on a Ring, but in my bedroom has put both outlets on their own 16amp breaker (which almost gave me a shock when I "turned off the power" to add a couple outlets in the bedroom) Always, always make sure what you are working on is dead, just glad I did.