Selenium Carbon Arc Rectifier

[@smallenginedude71]

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[@viagra5207]

well you see....

[@123TauruZ321]

Truth be told.

[@smartereveryday]

How does a diode actually work?

[@simont3686]

Lol that's been a long time.

[@davecrupel2817]

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[@railgap]

electron fairies

[@Vinces618]

directional one way

[@wahidtrynaheghugh260]

Magic

[@banjobear3867]

I miss photon

[@wildliferescue8784]

Same here. I do hope that he is doing ok. He is going through a lot right now. Hopefully he will be back soon. We all miss you good buddy. Please come back soon.

[@gabrielvieira6529]

@@wildliferescue8784 yea same here i still hope, one day, find an 1 day ago or 4 hours ago video of him (or newer video)

[@wildliferescue8784]

@@gabrielvieira6529 he is back. There will be new videos coming very soon.

[@jamescollins6085]

@@wildliferescue8784 We can only hope.

[@Alex-uy7pc]

@Electro Mega he deleted it to, got a link for reupload?

[@_h-e-l-l-e-b-o-r-o-s_]

Never get tired of this legendary stuff.

[@Do_the_Dishes]

If you ever burn up a selenium rectifier, they smell like rotten eggs. So, don't fart when conducting your test! You won't be able to tell if a rectifier is failing or you just sharted.

[@TS-jm7jm]

@Irish Viking how did you manage that?

[@someguy4915]

@@TS-jm7jm Well it's a natural thing, gasses build up and eventually you release them in a fart.

[@akkudakkupl]

Actualy selenoorganics smell WAY WORSE than their sulfur containing analogues.

[@whatevernamegoeshere3644]

Fun fact, molecules with H-S bonds smell like farts or rotten eggs usually. Stuff with H-Se bonds smell the same but 100x stronger. Your threshold for it is already in the parts per trillion but it's 100x that now. And tellurium with H-Te bonds are even worse. At that point you are sensing a handful of molecules as a rotten egg smell. When universities do anything with the latter 2 groups of compounds they usually send out emails to warn people of the smell on the entire campus because if they don't, dozens will report gas leaks

[@akkudakkupl]

@@whatevernamegoeshere3644 We seem to have read the same articles ;-) I think this was mentioned about chlorine trifluoride ;-)

[@Dudleymiddleton]

*Shrugs with an innocent look* "I dunno why we've got a faasund paand leccy bill, missus!"

[@DJSPCS1952]

***** You guys talk funny!

[@Dudleymiddleton]

DJSPCS1952 It's my attempt at an east London accent, It's almost impossible to decipher! lol

[@JR9979]

pause at 5:10 and change to slow motion and you can see one of the wires in the back of the tap change board glowing red hot.

[@TexasRailfan2008]

JR9979 your right!

[@matthewsykes4814]

Now all he needs is a creepy castle and a butler called Igor, the prefect mad scientist, lol. Great vid as always

[@carolynmmitchell2240]

Viktor Hofer frankinstien

[@ferolcat2009]

You threw a battery at a traffic warden lol.. what a legend :)

[@Colt45hatchback]

Far more effective than my call him names and do a burnout while driving off approach haha

[@willthomsen7569]

I would totally do that too but in America you get shot for shit like that so maybe not

[@metalmoto]

I got here, researching the huge selenium rectifier in a vintage 60 AMP battery charger I am trying to fix. Then I am reminded of the old carbon arc lamps we used to burn printing plates, at the print shop many years ago. Great memories, Thank You!

[@windoes98se]

the real question is how many burns dose it take to destroy the carpet

[@Oystercaulk]

He popped it XD

[@naps1saps]

joe muncey I swear he's going to set it on fire some day. I'm sure he'll have it in one of his videos ^_^

[@TheScoutGuyYTPs]

2017.. still nope

[@StefanHalliwell]

Starving kids in Africa would eat that carpet xD

[@hexus9198]

Till it pops

[@flaplaya]

Reminds of this one time when I was much younger with the biggest love of my life, we stumbled on this old worn out electrical box that was made by Rube Goldberg himself. It had like 25 knobs and 30 switches and it was like a cattle gate or something stupid like that (cracking up typing this btw).. I was a cattle gate or something and I started messing with the contraption and made robot sounds and stuff and she loved it. Up with 10 movements of 12 different knobs in coordination with pushing timed switches relayed to limit switches.. Somehow I didn't short it out or release any cows. It was awesome. This thing reminds me of how strange history is.

[@FennecTECH]

i like transformer noises

[@bennyboyy7]

"this is full power, might be a bit disappointing"

[@chrisdowling1997]

Just thought I would leave a comment to thank you for the years of entertainment and knowledge you have given me! I have been with you since late 2009 and have loved every moment, I still have the 2 t-shirts you sent and treasure them dearly, carry on the good work, and once again, thank you!

[@Aussie50]

Amazing find man!, love the old skool ammeter and Se Rectifiers!

[@richards779]

You should have a Richard Hammond style show on TV with your humour - great stuff (:

[@stevenking2980]

Beautiful equipment there. Real stuff! Made to last and man would I love to have those. So so sweet!

[@Daaremikkel]

Watching this video I have literal flashbacks and can still smell/taste burning selenium rectifiers.

[@drakethedragon457]

How the F**k did you burn them?!!?

[@phreak761]

@@drakethedragon457 Fire.

[@blasebermea3493]

I could see you having a heart attack over the rectifier and falling on the wires like a defibrillator and coming back to life.

[@SouthwesternEagle]

Are you a Phoenican like me? :'3 You have the AZ Cardinals!

[@drakethedragon457]

Technically that would work if he fell in the correct place, it's pretty much what defibs do anyway

[@nullvoidpointer]

@@drakethedragon457 and perfect time, and was administered cpr.

[@balke7935]

awesome... i can feel your passion for electrics! im addicted to these vids

[@treymixon3618]

dude, lay a sheet of plywood down on the floor...poor carpet

[@StevesProjects]

These are, by a country mile, the most entertaining videos I've watched on KZbin (that's saying something cos I've watched me own!) Welding with a cordless drill pack? CRAZY! You're a top geezer, keep it up ;-)

[@EphemeralProductions]

Years later I still feel bad for him that his marriage didn’t work.

[@ophello]

The song that comes in at 7:50 should be your new theme music. Much more power to it.

[@majiin1]

Thanks for coming back! I just stumbled upon your new channel. Greetings from Poland!

[@riottaba]

You sir are a gold plated luny

[@grandpacocky7618]

Aren't arks normally made out of wood?

[@mozarth]

Stop playing with the electricity I can't skype to my relatives in UK because of you! Mad man!

[@HotForgeChaos]

Brave man fucking around with 18650 Li-ion cells like that with no undervolt protection

[@Nuker-jc6qo]

love that sound

[@SESES65]

I try to imagine just how high this man’s electric bill must be.

[@mixedboi]

He is a true lover of his science, a true expert. Been following since the beginning. Love it.

[@roentgen226]

It'll take that all day long, It wont even complain

[@olsmokey]

Come back home Andy, all is forgiven. You are sorely missed.

[@RODALCO2007]

An other great video. Love that power supply with the Selenium rectifiers. great score. Great fire works as usual. Thanks for being active making video's again and the timing was perfect when the misses was out shopping. LOL !

[@claymorebomb15]

miss your content man hope your life has worked out for better now

[@petethomson]

Your neighbours must love you and the constant dimming of the street lights :D

[@AdamosDad]

I think Igor used that model in the Frankenstein movie.

[@artemqubit]

Frankenstein is from London

[@Cyparagon]

That's definitely a reflection in the camera optics. You'll notice it moves when he moves the electrode.

[@Ampex196]

Ahh! The lovely T & Rs'. They were great, - though I did have one expire on me near the end of reel 5 of Get Carter (a nice 35mm print) with Mike Hodges (Director) in the audience. I had a Westalite (Westinghouse Brake & Signal) as backup. It happened so near the end of the reel that I had to make an early changeover. When selenium rectifiers fail, there's a distinct acrid smell. Many would attest that mercury arcs were more reliable. I was burning Marble Double Eagle 7mm neg/ 8mm pos carbons at 70 amps.

[@redsquirrelftw]

It's taking that dead short like a champ! Old equipment is so robust. They don't make stuff like they used to.

[@davejones4740]

@6:20 you can just imagine the neibours or somebody walking along the rood and they see a silhouett of a figure with a visor held up to his head..,person walking past thinks..what the chuck in going on in Frankenstein house. Your soh is good and keep up the work in aid of Science.

[@Blenkinsop999]

This is the stuff KZbin was invented for. Photon, you're a fucking legend. Nuff said.

[@Skracken]

That little rectifier is really a diode bridge with four diodes in it, for full wave rectification. That's why they use four of them big selenium diodes I bet, in a Greatz bridge configuration just like in the little one. But those old suckers has a much higher voltage drop, so they need way more cooling if you dont want them to pop. And when they do pop, they're supposed to smell like the most rotten fart you've ever felt. But I can't recall if the smoke is poisonous or not, but it might be.

[@H3adcrash]

WOAH! these are the biggest selenium rectifiers i have ever seen! Very cool!

[@rocketman221projects]

I love the noise those old switches make!

[@SkyNines]

Love your taste in music, too photon. Great stuff. Love the noises of that transformer under load. Could listen to that all day long.

[@PcrHV]

So happy to see you still uploading man! awesome.

[@_pld]

Please come back, we miss you!!!

[@Aussie50]

yeh, Andy is a great knowledgeable man!, even gave me some inspiration to do fun things with washing machines at one stage ;)

[@90scottyboy]

I'm still trying to figure out how your still alive!!! GREAT experiments though love the channel but your insane friend lol

[@GratedArseCheeks]

Just as long as ur safe and know what ur doing its quite easy to play with electricity and be safe The main rule of thumb for avoiding shock is that you dont want 2 different parts of your body at different voltages - follow that and ur good to go!

[@thelamb288]

I laugh and learn all the time watching your video's, and I've seen then all. This is one of my favourites though, as are may others. Keep 'em coming Chap.

[@VariacManiac]

I like that photon looks healthier & happier nowadays.

[@Fake0Name]

The transformers in welders (at least heavy-duty welders), are meant to handle the output being shorted for long periods of time. The same is true for the ignition transformers used in furnaces, and neon-sign transformers. Basically, there are a *lot* of applications for internally-current-limited transformers. Saying transformers "aren't ever" meant to survive such situations is incorrect.

[@duncsplace]

Quick note - welding to galvanized steel is not recommended in confined spaces due to hazardous fumes - love the vid tho!

[@Maveltjesplot]

So I've heard sounds like this in sound libraries, but never expected high current to actually sound like that. Really cool :)

[@mastergx1]

I hope photon, where ever you are. Your aim has improved.

[@MultiKokonutz]

What was the voltage on the DC output@100 Amps ?

[@skippy180864]

rips a hole in spacetime " i popped it ". genius.

[@AppliedCryogenics]

Arc length: 3 cm Finger clearance (both hands): 3 cm

[@MrHowieZ1973]

You need a pole barn to work in Sir . Every mad scientist has a laboratory Dr. Frankenstein .

[@123TauruZ321]

6:10 That's the nastiest electrical sound i've ever heard ^^ It sounds like the electricity is angry ^^

[@codycall6513]

Great times, glad he's back and doing well. Wish I had the knowledge I have now back when this was all I'd do with electronics, on a much much small scale

[@coyote_den]

If one of those burns up you well never get that smell out of the house.

[@MrFatboy192]

it's like christmas everytime there is a new vid photon! i would of never thought you could arc weld with a cordless battery! nice new rug upstairs btw!

[@sciencoking]

I spent an afternoon melting glass and the concrete floor with a DC arc from a bunch of solar cells last year. Got my first arc eyes that day

[@lifeoftekki]

He had Stopped making Videos, Search for "PhotonicInduction Says Goodbye" it was 9 Months ago, but now he is back again.

[@thatguyoverthization]

Got to love that angry hum.

[@jeetenzhurlollz8387]

he's been exposed to more UV rays than a boat welder without any protection suit.

[@J3n555]

Seems safe to have 100 amps running centimeters away from your fingers when switching :D

[@Kragatar]

Lobbing batteries at traffic wardens would get you a rough ride to jail here in the US, lol.

[@OMNIDON2000]

ever check out that guy who snapped 244 9V battery's in series?

[@Zodliness]

You're right. Throwing them at a traffic warden would be a waste of an otherwise good set of batteries!

[@Calthecool]

I don’t doubt the traffic warden story.

[@RobR386]

This is fantastic stuff :D

[@KernowGarage]

those parking wardens are cheeky buggers, probably not a good idea to chuck your drill battery at one lol

[@alexbarnett8541]

I didn’t know you were making spark porn for 8 years.I just saw this on my recommended videos. Good one.

[@TheZinger69]

You've just invented a very portable emergency welder, im gunna make me one of them . Good on ya mate, good to see ya back.

[@HDXFH]

Awesome stuff!

[@xRGTMx]

Dude, totally loving that new title screen.

[@NOLIMIT69NOLIMIT2000]

It was glare off of the rod you had in your hand. I replayed the video in 1080p when I seen it and it follows the path of that rod.

[@stalkersas]

I know that transformers aren;t met to be shorted, i just gave it as a way of comparing how abuse-proof things are :P Moast old transforemrs if left with no load or normal load for like 3-5 hours they stabilize at a temperature that is just warm to touch, new stuff, is flippin HOT. The transformer inside my microweave oven in 15 min of use at max power reaches 90 C, my laptop psu stabilizes at around 118 C during summer, worked like that for 4 years thow...

[@chrisdowling1997]

Your editing has come on a looonngg way!!

[@AndrewKitayev]

I guess your skin got used to heavy UV lighting, yep?

[@railgap]

IF you make one of those selenium stacks burn and manage to inhale any, you'll regret it for the rest of your life.

[@chrisdowling1997]

haha I wish, it wouldn't be the editing i'd compliment him on though, it would be the years of entertainment and knowledge he has given me!

[@stalkersas]

The best part about old electric stuff is that it was built to last.... forever... even if abused. Today thigs are built at the limit, theyr normal parameters are just a little bit under fail values. Use a microweave oven for 20 min, you can't touch the transformer, short the transformer for 1 min... it might not even survive for a min :( sad. "it ain;t like it used to be"

[@tech4pros1]

lithium batteries are used, but only in racing cars due to massive expense, also they cannot sustain high cranking amps for long. a normal lead acid battery can handle a near-short condition (400a) for a moderate amount of time and it won't complain, while a lithium will very quickly start complaining and gassing off under the same conditions!

[@DevinWatson]

I swear I could smell the ozone when you arced those wires at the beginning.

[@curtis133]

nother burn in the carpet! the rug under my work bench is actually just a mat of hard knotty plastic where carpet used to be v.v but its still warmer then the tile floors so it stays xD but "the missus" does not appreciate my love of sparks as much as she should :( anyways thanks for sharing the buzz!

[@isettech]

A magnet and the carbons end to end are how they are used in a projector. Use DC carbons instead of the AC carbons on that supply. The DC carbons have a much smaller negative carbon.

[@0Fluxor0]

From across the pond. Awesome videos.

[@curiouscat163]

You're a crazy booger--I love it!!

[@telephony]

You burnt holes in that rug; I don't think that the missus will be very impressed, hahaha!!! ;-)

[@EphemeralProductions]

telephony: the Mrs left years ago. That’s why he said “the Mrs is gone now”. Lok

[@roentgen226]

I like that noise

[@ebbcorepairs3253]

I shorted one of these out. You do not want to smell these.

[@avaelectronics]

We use big rectifires like this for electroplating

[@DanielTseng100]

OMG I can't complain how do you manipuate this power whitout getting shocked, lucky person for having this equipement :)