Should a Person Touch 200,000 Volts? A Van de Graaff generator experiment!

[@harry1751]

I can't believe I just voluntarily sit through an entire 8 minutes of Physics lesson. Hats off my good Sir

[@Celestial-yq6hz]

Not my first time

[@mani_rblx]

EXACTLY

[@oogaooga0000]

i thought i sayed here for 40 seconds

[@yourstrulytk12worldaffairs]

yes man

[@apples7101]

Yeah, I too.

[@chipcroswell1738]

6:00 "I'm not disappointed, I'm just confused. Why am I not dead?" I ask that question to myself on a daily basis.

[@Toolace]

Chip Croswell Lmao I feel u

[@gtrfuyen2924]

SAME MY DUDE

[@jjbackflip2874]

Same bro same

[@teamweird7987]

Underated comment...

[@Techdesk0707]

He is wearing shoes

[@edadan]

I have a degree in electrical engineering and I can tell you...I wish school was that much fun when I was learning! This guy's a great teacher!

[@devinshook3289]

True, if we had more people like this we'd have more people interested in STEM fields.

[@Helveteshit]

Yet people insist that Voltage kills. Albeit I say it is the Ampere that kills. Sure, hig hvoltage can kill if it generates enough Ampere on impact, which it can do in a Frequency network. But DC? Nah. Without ampere, you can't hurt a fly. Therefore, high voltage isn't necessarily Dangerous in the end of the day. The Ampere is.

[@sarveshgupta1323]

Is that really school

[@elliott614]

@@Helveteshit You are forgetting another very important part: Delta t. Energy is proportional to delta t. Integral of power dt = energy. Energy is what kills. Current through the body is proportional to the power via I^2R=P. If it's only a nanosecond pulse width, probably won't hurt. Now make it one second, and you multiply total energy by one billion (assuming I=constant*[u(t)-u(t-T)] where T = pulse width). One billion (1,000,000,000x as much energy) and suddenly it's dangerous.

[@elliott614]

@@Helveteshit Also, Amperes are directly related to voltages by a very simple relationship. So the killer # of DC amperes (for example) requires some killer definitive DC voltage that is directly proportional to that # of DC amperes. If amperes kill, then the voltage required to produce that many amperes also kills to exactly the same degree. I think you may be thinking of capacity of a power source to produce a sustained current at a certain level (measured in Amperes)? Rather than just comparing voltage vs. amperes as far as which is more dangerous? V and A are mathematically related by a very simple proportional relationship in DC. Even in AC, Amps * Impedance = Volts. Impedance may vary with frequency, while resistance === impedance at DC.

[@1bruce-]

"again this is not a major disappointment on my part, but why am i not dead?" me living my life every day

[@YukiBrah]

i felt that

[@thevipers1610]

completed 500 like by me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mrteacup1769]

i read that comment right as he said it and it was just a weird

[@hashtagskittle]

@@mrteacup1769 same

[@benonaru]

no

[@thegaminggirls2154]

“Should a person touch it?” Almost everyone “No!” “Wanna see it anyway” Literally everyone “YES!”

[@cruzlouisrussell3695]

Mom:That's curiosity Me:They want him dead

[@manwithnodrip9142]

@@cruzlouisrussell3695 I love this dark humor

[@boomboxblaster8742]

False. When he asked 'should a person touch it?', everyone said yes

[@_XxXRUSTxXx_]

@@boomboxblaster8742 He meant the second time , at 1:08

[@NghtHwkk]

Like “Do you want to die?” “No!” “Do you want me to kill you?” “Yes!”

[@neoo.91]

Students: *has been told throughout 1st to 12 grade not to touch anything in a lab* College Professor: so I’m going to touch 200,000 volts

[@harinimariappan7743]

True

[@muskaanslathia3939]

True

[@krishnaprasad1693]

Yep yep yeep

[@isla8844]

Man, I was thinking of becoming the flash after touching that

[@prettyboipicassoyt3557]

Lol fr

[@WWaveformCreations]

Professor: "What is a lightning rod?" Students: "gdhjsgbdhsjkgbfhdskbghfjdkgh" Professor: "Correct."

[@altidudx]

hahaha

[@djman1239856]

WWaveform Creations You made my night xDDD

[@megawattapps]

4:39 actually the correct text is "You know what a lightning rod is?" "gdhasdjoasdai" "Pointed piece of metal" He never says "Correct"

[@beanie5507]

But if he said that mega, it wouldn't be as funny you buzzkill!

[@infinitedelete]

He never says correct.

[@undefinedritesh6119]

As an electrical engineer i can understand that how wisely you teaching and entertaining the audience. Great work👍

[@JeffersonLab]

Thank you!

[@3847CAK]

I'm a mechanical and electrical engineer with my PE stamp. This explanation was excellent!

[@thegoodgamerthemovie6473]

And why you arent excuse me,dead ?​@@JeffersonLab

[@joehunt3512]

Teach: "Should I touch 200 thousand volts?" Class: "Yes" Teach: "Probably Not. No."

[@christopherargueta4639]

Yes

[@christopherargueta4639]

Yes

[@sebby4555]

If it were my devilish teacher who asked that question I would be happy to tell her yes

[@Cra3ier]

It’s actually Pikachu’s double Thunder! 😂

[@ZaySchemes]

survey says....

[@o.abdellatif]

Plot twist : electricity Is a paid actor

[@tr.deathcrusher9272]

Plot twist plot twist the electricity is a serial killer

[@loop5720]

Plot twist: Plot twist: Plot twist: this comment is about plot twists

[@hellospaghetti5754]

Plot twist:it was all a dream

[@mikelee5982]

TR.DEATHCRUSHER WOLF PACK plot twist the teacher is an outlet

[@TheFirstdjsteels]

That is. . . correct !

[@rflamez]

I would listen to this guy talk about electrons for 10 hours straight

[@kerlowkey]

Indeed, teacher got knowledge and skills for storytelling and keeping it entertained.

[@Armandosparadais69]

me too

[@tianshugao28]

nah~

[@fifapyscho5327]

Yas

[@anthonywatkins3620]

I can agree I wish I would of had a teacher like this in school I might have graduated

[@carl9976]

Learnt more about electricity in 8 minutes than I have in the past 31 years what a excellent teacher!

[@user-rf9wm3bv4f]

Proof that for a lot of people, the ability to learn something more complicated, becomes infinitely easier with a good teacher/instructor/professor. This guy rocks.

[@daydodoodle1279]

I literally just watched a video talking about voltages and enjoyed it because of him

[@majorpwner241]

Except most the kids in that class still have no idea how this is working... lol. He's a great teacher. Not everyone is a great student.

[@atlasdgen]

​@@majorpwner241a bad teacher always blames the students

[@jacobyson7629]

Ok he's a great teacher yes but one thing you have to note is that he is teaching the basic fun stuff. Eventually when you get into the actual details of this and you see the math behind it, it becomes boring. He is not teaching the boring part of physics, which is the math behind the scenes

[@opendebate]

@@jacobyson7629 The math is actually the most fun of physics because it says a lot about physics and its structures at fundamental level

[@blotmaster1]

He is a great teacher. He has charisma and makes learning the material a lot of fun.

[@patrickgracias5782]

blotmaster1 wish my physics teacher was like this

[@solar5519]

Aamn#2 you must be lucky af then.

[@whompingdomping9878]

My physics teacher was bored out of her mind just repeating things, not explaining. I hated that so much

[@gerardo007puchero4]

Love Rush.

[@Lilem-]

I wish I had a physics teacher like him my teacher gave me a detention for sneezing a lot at once I’m not even joking 😂

[@Ahzafera]

Meanwhile at every class I've ever had Teacher: "How many Volts are in a 9-volt battery?" Crickets: *Chirping*

[@anuj8825]

Reply section of this comment. Crickets : *chirping*

[@KillJoy_Since2017]

Ahzafera Ikr

[@Riotewo]

🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

[@SirMonty_]

CRICKETS : *CHIRPING*

[@kia256]

Crickets: *Chirping*

[@Frostgnaw]

I love this guy's sense of humor. "I'm not dead. I'm not disappointed; I'm just confused."

[@mho...]

gz to 69 likes!, nice

[@Nocturnes1984]

Perfect example on how to teach kids something in a very good way and something they will remember for the rest of their lifes. Well done mr. Teacher - From a colleague teacher

[@dave45032]

Indeed! I was surprised at how the kids were so engaged!

[@ianlocks2610]

Great teacher

[@LJRossPhoto]

As an aircraft electrician, he explained basic principles of power very well. What a cool job!

[@Wouter10123]

Seriously, seeing videos like this make me want to go into teaching.

[@123macbookair]

There's clearly something good about this guy since I watched the whole video without getting bored

[@OwenPrescott]

Or maybe theres just something wrong with someone who can't watch an 8min video without getting bored.

[@justinsaunders5504]

TheGreatSheikh I clicked on the video and was hoping to see someone comically fly across a room. I know, I'm horrible. (But IO wouldn't want to see someone die so I actually wouldn't want that to happen) But the video was very educational. I didn't know that's how currents and voltage went together. One time I put a plug in a socket, I felt and heard a buzz, then suddenly there was a flash, small fire, and a bright blinding light out of nowhere and it all happened in about 1.5 seconds. I got up went to the bathroom, looked in the mirror, and I was covered in black stuff. I can't remember what is was called (soot maybe?). That scared the hell out of me and I am not sure if that was a close death experience or not, or if it was common, but I know that no horror movie jump scare matched that moment. lol. Has that happened to other people a lot? Once I realized I was okay I just laughed for like 5 minutes. The whole wall within a 2-3 foot radius of that socket was also black and burnt, and that socket was no longer functional. Any idea what might have caused such an explosion? Poor wiring? Over use? Wear out overtime? That socket had been there for many 10s of years because I had that house for a while and never had that problem.

[@derppycombostyleofpvp2124]

***** Thank you someone that speaks my mind

[@VK-pk8uz]

TheGreatSheikh Even better: he made about 70 kids keep attention and answering questions throughout the whole thing.

[@darknova000]

TheGreatSheikh Now if only my college professors would speak like this man does! I'd probably have an A in all my classes!

[@zorrow7718]

"I'm not dead which is a good start" Van de Graaf

[@loraenkapnaq6660]

You do understand that Van de Graaf is the person who invented shown generator in 1929

[@nikhilkrishna8662]

Lmao. Van de Graff aint the name of the prof.

[@p1x3lFPS]

The no. of likes on this comment makes things funnier, i wonder how many assumed his name to be this

[@spongegarr6235]

@@p1x3lFPS I’m pretty sure the person knew it’s not his name, and more or less made a joke saying that may have been what Van de graff may have said when creating the generator, just my thoughts though.

[@JeffersonLab]

@@spongegarr6235 Given that the quote is from the presenter in this video argues against your point.

[@thereishere]

This is the best explanation I have ever seen in my life. I loved physics but never had a teacher that 'showed' me the physical phenomenon. As a person with ADHD, I really really appreciate and love this explanation. Thank you and best of luck!

[@satxrn_child3756]

I have ADHD too and have been searching for a video to help me because I have an exam tomorrow and I’m stressed about it but this video was so great!

[@alecsbizarrememes7862]

Try professor walter lewin's videos. 8.02.

[@hhampole]

These are the kind of teachers that will preserve humanity for the future...I'm so glad they still exist. My sincere thanks to teachers like you sir. You make your students better people and this world a better place.

[@hannesternstrand6923]

Even though that is true. This vid is 9 yrs old😢

[@rmg6884]

they always have existed what are you talking about

[@Linkario86]

These Students actualy learned (not just learned for the exam and forget) more in one lesson, than most do in a whole semester.

[@trenth4514]

harsha hampole good man.

[@thedarkmajesty1773]

Oof

[@Svmbah]

The science teacher we all wish we had..

[@sohamsdays]

We can just wish :(

[@asm_nop]

Svmbah My teachers for science(s) from grades 7-12 have all been great. It's the english teachers that I've mostly hated. There was 1 really good english teacher though. I've had a mixed bag of teachers in everything except science/chem/physics.

[@bldjln3158]

katze [^-^] u did? Not

[@hallothere7157]

Simba so true

[@traxcs2901]

Simba i have an awesome teacher we did this and every Christmas he blows up 2 painters cans man it is awesome

[@hareeshk7852]

This guy thought me more physics in 10 minutes than my school in 10 years

[@nightmareshogun6517]

I get ya

[@riteshbhartiya6155]

Now that's an exaggeration

[@michakrzyzanowski8554]

I learned 70% of my science knowleadge from internet and not school

[@dhruvavikas1632]

Ok stop it's only funny of its relatable and its not

[@gericko4931]

I didnt't understand the video

[@mrsymor]

Your students are very fortunate to have someone who can communicate such a technical topic in an easily digestible, fun manner

[@Porcay]

General Iroh would be proud

[@sfsgdjh]

Leaves from the vine :'(

[@yahelix8482]

1 like and two comments WOW

[@Kinonear]

He would've probably ;)

[@adil0028]

@@sfsgdjh :((

[@outdatedcomputer5659]

@@sfsgdjh red roses too!

[@FurryWrecker911]

7:43 _Casually explains how lightning rods work in a bonus lesson._ We need more people like this on earth.

[@stephend6321]

FW911 yes sir indeed we do

[@cloudyskiesx]

I wish I had a teacher like this guy.

[@Ytuser6378]

Zangetsu999999 ii

[@MichaelRodriguez-yq4ly]

Same!!!!

[@adriel.510]

Yeah

[@mithunpaul450]

Me to

[@Will-xl7xp]

got a lot of passion when he teaches

[@maureensurdez7841]

I am 73 years old. I am watching this lecture, and I am learning things thank you. I had a masters degree in nursing, but they didn't cover a whole lot about electricity other than jewels. JOULS thanks this was fun.

[@peanutsz321]

if i had a teacher like this in high school i would probably have invented teleportation by now

[@xxxmarmasterxxx]

+peanutsz A real teacher that likes to have fun with his students.

[@multimapping8303]

+xxxmarmasterxxx Yes exactly... I'm fed up with all those boring bad written schoolbooks :(

[@MrPicklesAndTea]

+Michael P A good teacher helps.

[@Dongdot123]

+Michael P Example?

[@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser]

xxxmarmasterxxx Yes this is true, his comment is an excuse nonetheless.

[@ijnyamato643]

Not gonna lie, when he put his right hand on it and went "boo!" I jumped out of my seat

[@ronaldslukins8537]

Me too😁

[@quarkyquasar893]

He went "Argh!" and I was like "AH!!" I thought I got the shock instead of him.

[@subratarabidas4090]

same my heart stopped there

[@someweeb633]

Me too😂😁

[@TheRealBleach]

IJN Yamato same

[@vasundhra3708]

" Did you die?" "Yes...... But I lived"

[@tinnitusxtogether]

Bruh 😔 😂

[@starman3533]

LMAOO ice age

[@justindouglas7043]

Absolutely super - really well-presented. Favourite moment when he gets unbelievably close to the grounding sphere with his nail! I thought OMG, if I did that, I'd probably touch!

[@JeffersonLab]

It actually does touch. Intentionally. It's not super obvious that it does so, but you'll see it if you look for it.

[@justindouglas7043]

​@@JeffersonLab Thanks, yes, come to think of it, I think I might have spotted it. It was such a relief when I learnt that it wouldn't matter if he did touch - such a fun way of building up tension through learning! Truly a great demo!

[@snowballdrifter5673]

Turns out 200000 volts is a good form of hair gel

[@70dume]

Tired of using gel? Use plastic shoes and a 200.000 volts electricity source

[@yarinquapi1]

Lol, true that tho

[@jbbolts]

more like a bad one

[@violet_cat.]

If you glue plastic chairs to your shoes then yes....

[@watherby29]

you just need to gt a charge in the morning and walk on high heels

[@jeffreyli7421]

"Why am I not dead?" Same.

[@raviolipie8052]

Lol relatable

[@familyfive05]

Ikr

[@dr.inkwell1070]

5:51 Lol! That way he said that.

[@rajns8643]

Same

[@douwe.1333]

underrated comment

[@Jack-ce4se]

I honestly feels like I have wasted 2 hours for my Physics teacher to explain the same thing. This is so much better!

[@TryHardCentral]

Why would a teacher explain touching 200000 volts?

[@JeffersonLab]

@@TryHardCentral Because they can.

[@TryHardCentral]

@@JeffersonLab do they do that though

[@zach237]

@@TryHardCentral mine did, we also did experiments in class.

[@ניין-י9ש]

@@TryHardCentral not the exact but related to that concept

[@shawnthibodeau189]

This guy is such a good teacher. He literally made me enjoy sitting through an 8 minutes physics lecture. If every teacher was like this nobody would fail

[@williamchen5627]

No one: KZbin: we're concerned that you might have to touch a 200,000 volt ball someday so watch this

[@blazi2396]

@Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 7

[@justsomeguywithasurprisede4059]

5

[@parkerb929]

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin i know this was from 8 months ago but i really need an explanation😂

[@labigc1450]

@@parkerb929 9?

[@bhaskardoddapaneni]

@@labigc1450 no just 4

[@joonnation4535]

Why am I not dead? I ask myself the same question.

[@harryseagrim8140]

Namjoonie's Expensive Girl Lol

[@skinnywacky]

That’s the funniest thing I have ever read

[@shinydoritos0159]

Depression ?

[@nathandavey7969]

Namjoonie's Expensive Girl lol

[@eoindonnelly3755]

Army!!

[@b.w.s.k.3894]

Should a person touch 200000 volts? Depends on the person - I have a list of people who should...

[@Jules-bass]

+B.W.S.K. 200000 amps, is what you need bud ;)

[@kirillpopov4795]

+B.W.S.K. XD, me too.... MUAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

[@Aka.G0llum]

jules leenders It COULD kill you. As in "if you've got some kind of heart problem or a pacemaker it could be lethal".

[@alexandriariley5209]

+jules leenders 200000 milliamps should do the trick

[@jeffschulte4630]

+B.W.S.K. Hahaha this is the first time in a while that a youtube comment genuinely made me laugh

[@occamraiser]

This guy was very entertaining and informative. It made me appreciate my O'level physics teachers because I got almost the same demonstration (without the comment about lightening conductors - which was a revalation) when I was 13, and remembered it all. Well done Mr Benson in 1975

[@thealmightyduck335]

I would love him as my science teacher

[@252abdulla]

connor nicholls thats what i was arguing about with my friend

[@metalheadmachines9800]

He did it for shock value.

[@The_Hunters_Lodge]

Under apriciated pun

[@daurknyte]

Stop it

[@mosquito8192]

Du dun tissss

[@Astonthepunk]

Omg just get out

[@hurakagame9195]

watt a good joke! 😏⚡️⚡️

[@SpartacusColo]

"Which is an experiment we can only do once." - flew right over everyone.

[@FoulOne]

Well he would've, and probably into everyone as well.

[@kerlowkey]

Exactly I was surprised no one laughed I did 🤣

[@bluespinarak7410]

When I was a freshman in high school, my physics teacher would strap us up to one of these for certain lessons. I always volunteered. I miss that man.

[@kevinkruger1329]

6:53 As an European I never knew you had to poke holes inside a hotdog before microwaving it. Guess you learn something new everyday.

[@Youtubehandle9001]

Happens if you microwave cold boiled eggs as well, apparently

[@sophiaclapp912]

As an American I didn't know that either

[@danx9243]

Kevin Kruger as an American I didn’t know either! And I microwave hotdogs all the time

[@agnespali6267]

Same I thought them blowing up was just a sign that they're ready

[@yeetyeetyeet3911]

If they blow up its fun

[@bayuww]

When will this bug be patched?

[@JeffersonLab]

At 4:18.

[@fckgenetracey1380]

Lol

[@GakisStylianos]

God has given up developing earth, it is no longer supported with updates. He has jumped to new projects instead.

[@alexander6998]

@@JeffersonLab you absolute legend!!!!

[@ansedev8935]

420 likes lol

[@angeloiv4965]

that class seems fun... until they take the exam

[@JeffersonLab]

Fortunately for them, this is a field trip, so there's no exam.

[@atomskreborn5740]

Jefferson Lab unfortunately for them it's a field trip, so they don't have this teacher everyday

[@christopherperez6345]

Jefferson Lab This video is like 7 years old they are currently most likely grads by now starting college

[@b_nadryl]

I would enter in NASA after having a teacher like this

[@ipmanguydude2751]

My name is Angelo. And I'm the forth. This is trippy

[@RaduP3]

I went to Polytechnica in Bucharest, no one ever explained things in this manner. You literally have an experience of these phenomena directly. wow

[@donairechristianp]

It seems that 200,000 volts turn you into a super saiyan

[@scottmantooth8785]

well...it is over 9,000

[@geeway5923]

no, he went Red Riot: Unbreakable

[@the5thgamerlegend315]

Lol

[@mikeystolenuggie9701]

Doesnt he use more volts to make his hair about the size of the Trafford centre

[@ahmed38247]

Well, if it had a small chunk of current it would probably turn u into some pokemon character

[@ijustneedaname47]

I'm 29 turning 30 and this guy just made me want to go back to school.

[@yloibx]

I'm 26 and I finished it just month ago. same thought.

[@IronwaveStudios]

Trust me, its not really this fun.

[@rexthehusky6966]

Your only 12 years late

[@GoodVibes-xq4yi]

Same

[@insitakaya1672]

@@rexthehusky6966 Pretty sure that we learn this stuff in Freshmen Year...

[@elbenezermirabuena7755]

"I'm not disappointed, I'm just confused, Why am I not dead?" *I hate to break it to you sir but the school staff is disappointed for you increasing their electricity bill.*

[@maojpatra]

Electricity bill goes up when you draw current and in this experiment the current very low. Perhaps the light bulb raises the bill much more than these domes :-)

[@albert_the_cool8092]

@@maojpatra so its 200k volts and low current?

[@KamraanMir]

@@albert_the_cool8092 it's not flowing through anything... That is what the whole lecture was all about

[@JeffersonLab]

@@KamraanMir No, current is flowing through him. He's quite explicit about this. If you think that electricity *isn't* flowing, then you've missed the point of the whole lecture.

[@azysgaming8410]

@@JeffersonLab BRUH

[@peterwithredeyes-6958]

That's crazy, I've been in one of these presentations in Jefferson lab when I was a kid in four or fifth grade, I didn't think I would come across again and the same guy who is presenting in the video is the same guy who gave us the presentation when I was a kid. IDK just give a bit of nostalgia. Congrats on them for getting 14 mil views on this vid and 300k subs.

[@PulseBox]

"Touching 200,000 volts can kill you" Him: Here let me demonstrate.

[@arandompersonontheinternet2923]

I must say That is a very smart idea

[@jaketaylor12yearsago.44]

And the flash was born

[@afrad3956]

Jake Taylor ..

[@omgitzst3033]

Lol

[@thesharkgamer7305]

lol

[@angells2865]

Lol ikr

[@sage577]

Jake Taylor that’s why I came here.

[@HalfBoiIed]

Can we jump into lava? Yes. It’ll be a once in a lifetime experience.

[@carlos_adventures9018]

HalfBoiIed a ONCE

[@masteraiex1778]

Or a crippling one

[@ashaydwivedi420]

Literally

[@blackstrand]

r/Technicallythetruth

[@darkspeed62]

How many times does a plane crash? Just once.

[@leandrorampim5344]

What an amazing teacher, I forgot how fun lessons like these were

[@1mpossa]

Nice to see smosh's Ian hecox decided to get a more professional job

[@equintrinity8678]

Haha

[@pix_d20]

lmao i thought of the same

[@benwang9574]

omg yes. Rip smosh though

[@ashazhussain5828]

True

[@scarl2t]

Lol

[@Surkee]

This guy is amazing. Only teacher I've seen in my entire life that doesn't make me sleep. I always had problems with electricity chapter in 6th grade because our teacher would never explain us stuff. Now all that mystery I had is gone because I watched an 8 minute video. Amazing.

[@eric23hendrew3]

When he touched it with his right arm, I was legit scared

[@dakarai2350]

Alex The Great me to

[@kj4ilk]

Don't be until the AMPS pass the heart he's fine

[@ricardoalves9605]

Or when he went to the ground

[@gustavoherrera2532]

Same

[@jmvr]

I actually learned in Electricity class that voltage doesn't kill you, it's the Amps.

[@kushalthapa3548]

The dedication towards the concept is at a great level. Respect ❤

[@kannankr1884]

"If you tell me I will forget, If you show me I might remember, But, if you involve me I will understand" -- .and physics requires involvement... This guy is awesome...

[@Paulyfr3sh]

I'm liking this video, not because of the subject, but because we need more good teachers in the world teaching kids with passion like this. This is artwork.

[@winneton9323]

Plot Twist: He's the son of Thor.

[@mranonymous481]

Nice one.

[@demonslayer3071]

@surya teja ODIN You Mean

[@nigganigganigga504]

so true

[@AbhishekYadav-md1ju]

Thor was God of thunder... And his son is wearing boots and standing on a chair to avoid current... Shame on Thor's son

[@gamerek4716]

Plot twist: he has godmode on

[@zeenatkhan262]

A rare species of teachers which are never found on this planet hats off

[@Randoman35]

KZbin 2010: KZbin 2019: Ooh ima recommend this to Randoman35

[@bayblademaster697]

...

[@chubbymike3372]

new one, and good

[@jpnoriegam9277]

Is this the real randoman35?

[@neverliesl]

OMG RANDOMAN35 BIG FAN

[@cionm]

randoman35

[@Beho1der]

Someone give this man a medal for his great lecture!

[@HippoTNT]

I swear someone said "A Pokemon move." When he asked what a Lightning Rod was.

[@Magmafrost13]

EruditeWho the even sadder part is, they're not even right... Its an ability, not a move. Completely different

[@BobMarley-pm2lz]

Magmafrost13 the even sadder part is that you know the difference.

[@kidmanier]

HA!.... Got em!

[@jabberwockydraco4913]

Pikachu GameNStuff no worries, lord helix will save us!

[@SirFelyne]

+Magmafrost13 Doesn't it negate all electric type attacks done to the pokemon? Also, a coincidence seeing you here.

[@satxrn_child3756]

I’m a few years late but I just wanna say I’m impressed. I have ADHD so focusing is very difficult and I loose interest in this stuff quickly, I was just looking for a video to learn from for my exam tomorrow and found this video, it’s so fun to watch and I learnt! So thank you for making this interesting and fun enough for me to study with, I hope I do well!😄

[@JeffersonLab]

Good luck with your exam!

[@trixylizard6970]

How did it go?

[@Guitarfollower22]

Why is this on my suggested list? Why did I watch it? I don't really care about the preceding questions, I enjoyed this video. Thank you KZbin

[@songsonyourmind]

3:07 Dude I fell down from my bed.

[@luvrshaq]

bruh💀😂

[@anwin4505]

I jumped in my sit i was wearing headphones Because they suspense

[@goktugblack]

I legit jumped in my chair

[@divyansh_kashyap2901]

I felt goosebumps 😂😂😂

[@yeetyeetyeet3911]

I jumped when i clicked the timestamp coz i forgot that happened

[@nishanth4048]

Professor: what is unit of power? Student:what? Professor:watt thats a right answer👍🏻 Professor:unit of resistance? Student:hmmm🤔 Professor:ohm thats a right answer. Good

[@deeptideepu1077]

Lol

[@mlsnafamilyaccount875]

?

[@who1527]

Good one

[@aadilmuhammedsyed4332]

Copied from Chunks Malayalam film

[@aju1041]

Malayali aano

[@remixrespect4490]

A perfect teaching ,it makes me understand how the lightning rod works. Thanks a lot sir

[@mohamedplayz3995]

This is such an amazing explanation by the coolest teacher with a huge sense of humor

[@fpeter01]

I have never met a physics teacher, who didn't had humor. They go hand in hand. :)

[@kewoodedge6379]

"Did you died?" This man: "Yes but actually no."

[@isaacwellsfit]

Did you died?

[@johnyoon5377]

schrodinger: that's my point

[@triplez5393]

He was in a quantum super position and in our universe he survived, we saw the version of him that lived! Lol

[@renanandre6031]

By Midorya Izuku 100% One for All

[@toanhien494]

I just realised, how many years have passed. He is still a brilliant teacher.

[@siddharthSingla]

Man this guy can make even the most monotonous topics come alive we need such teachers

[@WatercraftGames]

I wish

[@danielhoefler3830]

him pointing electrons is one of the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life

[@Methodbox]

I'll see you guys at the next KZbin Algorithm Meetup

[@chocman8630]

hi

[@8koi245]

cya

[@The-bq2ks]

Wonder what it will be

[@aknummi]

@@The-bq2ks im pretty sure it was that worlds hardest game speed run from 11 years ago

[@abskhairoun]

Bet

[@_arpheus]

It's all fun and games till the stool fails to lift him.

[@JeffersonLab]

That would be a lot of doughnuts.

[@BuffaloNickel9]

I noticed you stepped off the insulated stool and still were touching the high voltage with one hand at one point... I thought the rubber stool was the whole point that was keeping him safe... Or at the end, did he make the point that it was the current was never enough to hurt him unlike the current in something like the 120-volt outlet?

[@knseeker1524]

@@BuffaloNickel9 yes as u said even the current was flowing through his body, it was not enough to hurt him

[@ihaveagoal4665]

@@knseeker1524 so that that means the the resistance in the ball was too much that there wasn't enough current flowing through it?

[@checkthebush6500]

@@ihaveagoal4665 its because of the resistance underneath him

[@gmansgnarlyscienceshow2820]

I already knew all of this stuff, but watched anyway. That is what I call a talented presenter.

[@Sterlingjob]

This is a shocking video, I'm just totally stunned at the quality and content

[@linag622]

haha

[@gw5479]

"Shocking"

[@gw5479]

10r4everr Shocking stands out more.

[@TartarianTopG]

ha-ha

[@shaquillewilson9862]

+George Washingpun what did you search in google to get the profile pic?

[@djvelocity]

You are a phenomenal teacher, truly the gold standard of what teachers should strive to achieve 😊🙌🤩

[@jacobgetsdipped]

this guy is an awesome teacher! i already knew all this but the way he was teaching was very entertaining so I watched it anyway.

[@Nocturnes1984]

Same

[@AmorDeae]

I know everything that is going on there... and I'm 15 years old.

[@gsiros]

amadeusz antyga give this guy a medal

[@N3G4T3]

amadeusz antyga As you should, this is common knowledge for even 13 yr olds.

[@PheenieWright]

I learned more about electricity through this video and the responses in the comments than my whole schooling. This was also so well explained and entertaining to watch, incredible teacher right there, thank you for this.

[@Amacklemore02]

Professor: “What does voltage measure?” Random Student: “Hours?”

[@Onliest]

I think I learned more in this 8-minute video than I did in the entirety of my school year. You're a great teacher and I thank you for your services.

[@Whfox]

How many volts are on my left hand? 200,000. And how is my new hairstyle? _FABULOUS_

[@vatsalgandhi5089]

White Fox underrated man!

[@DonQuixotec]

I had a physics teacher just like this guy. Enthusiastic, practical and is very good at explaining things in an easy way. This was the reason physics was my favorite subject at school, even though I don't really care for math and physics that much in general. Teachers like this should earn way more than the useless boring teachers. Unfortunately, the system is not made this way...

[@AkalankaEkanayake]

amazing explanation!

[@claireashton4696]

Brilliant. I am nearly 50 and have never had a good grasp of physics.. this cleared up a few questions that I had. Thanks

[@stenstenvidz]

began my journey about 5 hours ago with some speedway. i saw a guy trying to break glass, i saw some guys shoot nails from a shotgun and now this. this has been an interesting night with youtube.

[@xXGodofTecknoXx]

"I'm lernding, Super Nintendo Chalmers!"

[@martinhaider7796]

+Tony nilsson Demolition Ranch? :) Good Channel!

[@Skill_issue_editz]

Now this is called a good and entertaining teacher. I would love to have teachers like this

[@Yeet-tc3xy]

I thought touching electricity hertz

[@JeffersonLab]

joey serenko DC has no Hertz.

[@Yeet-tc3xy]

I thought electricity running through walls are AC

[@kroolwrldd]

Ha so funny

[@kroolwrldd]

Sarcasm, obviously

[@kroolwrldd]

Good try though

[@juanvargas-qz6vd]

I have tons of respect for ppl who enjoy what they do for living, this teacher is one of those

[@RoyBrush]

This demonstration was a lot of fun for those kids, and I think it really brought the concepts home for them, but it was slightly misleading. It should be mentioned that when you put your hands on the source and the ground, the voltage across your body is *not* 200,000 V, it's far less than that, since the current is clamped from the source, the potential energy from source to ground is also clamped due to ohm's law. While the Van de Graaff generator can produce up to 200,000 volts open-circuit to provide a low current across a highly restive medium (like the air between the two terminals), it does not put that much across your body. :P It's not that current gets you and voltage doesn't, as such, the two are inextricably linked. :) And while an argument can be made that it's the physical flow of electrons (i.e current) that does the killing in the end, the more important thing is to make sure people understand that when they see a high voltage warning, that is dangerous, since voltage sources may *not* be current clamped like the Van de Graaff generator, and therefore may actually be able to maintain that voltage across your body, which is the case for the wall outlet. Similarly, kids shouldn't be scared of disconnected car batteries or bench power supplies, because even though those can provide plenty of current (power supplies can provide 3A short-circuit, which is more than enough to kill you), the car battery is clamped to 12 volts so it can only output around 12 miliamps across your body in normal conditions (since the impedance of your body is around 1000 ohms even when your skin is damp), and if the bench supply is clamped at a similarly low voltage (commonly 3.3V or 5V), it's likewise not going to be able to deliver enough current to hurt you either. So yeah, beware of high voltage and high current, because unless one of them is clamped low, either can indicate a potential hazard. A great video in any case, and thank-you for getting these kids interested in science and electrical engineering, that's totally awesome. :D

[@rishimehta4486]

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[@RebuttalRecords]

Your explanation would have put that entire auditorium to sleep.

[@classifiedlevel1047]

U r right✋👌

[@n8bolton]

Glad you posted this. I never really got a solid grasp of the full concept and methods behind electricity and its properties. This sort of thing is helpful to read.

[@Skatche]

Yeah, I called shenanigans the minute he touched the nail to the ground electrode (after clenching my butt through his demonstration holding it a centimetre away). I figured it was probably a current limiter but he made it sound like a principle of science.

[@TanayKesamReddy-q7e]

Great video, I was educated, fascinated, and tuned in, the whole 8 minutes

[@UhKimboze]

200,000 volts? 200,000 subs? Awesome coincidence.

[@user-lw5oc1tt8k]

Trivago.

[@AndTecks]

you are a tiny volt in a river of currents.

[@DustyyBoi]

Why do you have 292 likes but no reply's

[@theking-cl8ug]

I'm Juxie g

[@przemek8068]

Thanos

[@vardhanshah2810]

"Teachers who make physics boring are evil" you aren't one of them 😎

[@adonchavez3542]

Physics and similar subjects are so interesting and can be really fun but a bad teacher makes a bad experience, its unfortunate how many people lose interest in interesting subjects purely because of a bad teacher.

[@juliangeorge2026]

these high school kids still scream when the lights are turned off :P

[@JeffersonLab]

+Julian George The audience members weren't high school kids :P

[@SuperSavageBeats]

+Jefferson It was at a college which I'm assuming they held an event during school in which the kids came in and learned. (I see a lot of younger teens in the audience and he's talking to them in layman's terms making it easier for them to take it in)

[@JeffersonLab]

+Super Savage Beats This? No, this was not at a college. Jefferson Lab is not a college, and the students were not in high school.

[@matoro2917]

+Jefferson Lab ...So middle school?

[@JeffersonLab]

+TheMatoroMovement Yeppers.

[@LosingMyMind13]

The energy from this professor projected onto his students is amazing, almost makes me want to actually learn lol