Slow-Mo Experiment Disasters, ElectroBOOM VS The Slow Mo Guys

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By: Mehdi Sadaghdar
@theslowmoguys

[@ElectroBOOM]

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[@loupezz1710]

yeah no ty

[@ivanluca3512]

Baller

[@hackerman1752]

💀

[@protheu5]

> ways to laugh, be inspired, or be entertained I find enough of those on this channel.

[@the_player_2]

hi

[@Lord_Baphomet_]

I’m honestly very impressed that Medhi actually became a little socially awkward around other people… proving the theory that he is just a nerd with a power supply.

[@ElectroBOOM]

Hey what can I say! I don't meet people often! it's mostly me, the resistors and the capacitors. The capacitors are loud when they talk. AND IT IS MEHDI!

[@Zawadmunshi]

That was a given, he’s an engineer!

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

*_WAS_* a nerd with a power supply. Now he's just a nerd.

[@rph_redacted]

​@@ElectroBOOM you forgot FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER

[@youdontknowme5969]

Mehdi's one of us! 🙃

[@ModeratelyAmused]

One thing I learned today, is that Boom's driving is more dangerous than electricity.

[@daviddavidsonn3578]

he was barely hitting the gas 🤣🤣🤣🤣 if you want crazy driving come with me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@coryman125]

Considering he lived in Vancouver, it shouldn't be a surprise I guess. I've seen what people there are like D:

[@grizz23]

Nah that’s just Canadian or Tennessee drivers for you

[@JX02123]

Prob not used to driving in texas sun. Some snow and ice and he will be all set!

[@stereoroid]

It’s OK, it’s a rental car.

[@ThatStewGuy]

3:38 “Is this still on?” “…oh yea” How is this guy still alive 💀

[@cosmic_rem]

😂

[@bigclivedotcom]

I'd say everything that happened was perfectly normal for high voltage experimentation. It usually does involve quite a bit of smoke. Power supplies HATE driving high voltage and high frequency stuff unless the output is grounded. Even the old traditional units used to pop diodes and arc internally during "incidents".

[@TyIsI]

It was also right next to the tesla coil. Tesla coils can do some weird stuff.

[@nodowt]

This reminded me of a strange parts episode where he was having issues with a power supply arc’ing to itself due to altitude. Wonder if that was any factor also?

[@liam3284]

Power supply designer: it outputs 30 volts, surely the secondary side would never get more than 100 volts away from the chassis. Mehdi: Lets' connect a 100+kV HV generator to the secondary and leave it floating...

[@aserta]

Honestly, if there's no smoke... i'd be worried what else went wrong...

[@Geoff900]

Could you do a colab with Electroboom?

[@CrappyCanadianContent]

11:23 "It's ok, it always burns" Truly Mehdi at his finest

[@CrappyCanadianContent]

I'm persian and I still managed to misspell Mehdi's name Medhi 🤦‍♂

[@TheSingingPocket]

How did you comment so early?

[@moya9450]

@@TheSingingPocket Patron Supportes can see earlier

[@CrappyCanadianContent]

@@TheSingingPocket I support him on pattern to see his video early

[@patemathic]

Never did I think you would manage to blow up a lab power supply!

[@joveaaron-real]

How the hell have you seen this video two days before the release date?

[@guardiangusti9808]

@@joveaaron-real patreon

[@teo_king353]

yea, that is electroboom, never think something is impossible.

[@joveaaron-real]

@@guardiangusti9808 ok thakn you

[@TheLordNemesis]

I blew up mine too, ran 300A from a car battery through it, vaporized the tracks on the PCB inside. Luckily it was just a small area and I could bridge them, working fine again.

[@schlechtestergtaspielerdek3851]

no one noticed electro boom airlines at 0:20 XD. Hilarious :)

[@IcepersonYT]

I know all of the issues must have been nerve-wracking but I love the palpable, all-round excitement whenever you got something working again. It's very cool to get to see you apply your skills and problem solve in such an unfamiliar situation.

[@Trisnice]

Dan and Gav scared of average Canadian driving had me rolling 🤣

[@SeanBZA]

Think Medhi would be scared if he came to me to see driving, or has he ever driven in Delhi.

[@shawnfurness]

His driving was aweful haha

[@SeanBZA]

@@shawnfurness Not bad at all, he had on a seat belt, kept on the road and more or less kept to the rules as well. Even stopped for other traffic as well.

[@daviddavidsonn3578]

at 10mph...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@no-ld3hz]

@@daviddavidsonn3578 common driving speeds here in Vancouver 90% of this city is traffic LOL

[@snowcie]

I didn't know that I needed a footage of Mehdi enjoying himself on a trampoline I really didn't.

[@sleepyxuras91]

Shame wasn't slow mo lol

[@coryman125]

My favourite bit of that is, if you look closely, the bottom of the trampoline is still all colourful from the powder paint video they did recently. Either they cleaned the top and missed the bottom, or just flipped the thing upside down

[@notcthulhu2650]

Shame it wasn't an electric trampoline

[@GoldenRuler092]

@@notcthulhu2650 think that would literally kill him

[@tabithahiggins5075]

Interesting that he was surprised that there was a trampoline, I thought he watched their channel, lol!

[@schlechtestergtaspielerdek3851]

8:52 why does this remind me of the starwars scene where Palpatine becomes sidious, while shocking mace windu XD

[@schlechtestergtaspielerdek3851]

9:45 only the real OGs know the video of mehdi falling down on that hoverboard.

[@adityamishra8497]

This is what all engineers go through. When you make something and test it yourself it works flawlessly but when you are demonstrating to someone else things mess up.

[@victortitov1740]

yep, happens all the time to me

[@ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs]

TOO REAL!!!

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

It's the "Huh? Strange, it worked yesterday..." syndrome. Happens to a lot of people. Programmers, engineers, mechanics. Anyone who dabbles with anything more advanced than navel lint really.

[@wizewizard1840]

They never worked flawlessly when Mehdi testet them by himself. You obviously didn't watch any of his other videos.

[@PlasmaChannel]

Oh how I miss Austin! Their reaction at 2:48 is priceless - and I totally laughed the same way. Glad to see both of your powers coming together Mehdi!

[@user-uw7ui3si6y]

Hey plasma guy

[@VrantusOfficial]

Who:s austin

[@tier3rd375]

I'm an Austin resident. I know where the AutoZone is in this video!

[@Okurka.]

3:13 "That power supply never blew on me." Apr 17, 2017: "ElectroVLOG-002: Fixing my Broken Power Supply"

[@Win11FTW]

Ah yes.

[@squishybrick]

Seeing electroboom around other people, and there being an awkward but mild clash of personalities is really wholesome. He seems like such a down to earth guy.

[@GoldJerryGold]

I actually find it very uncomfortable to watch

[@WhoLover]

He's down to earth? You mean...grounded?

[@Zachafinackus]

Gav being compared to Zoidberg is something I've never seen before, but is so accurate lol

[@sgtjan5241]

The fact, that he used a non grounded screw driver so gavin gets shocked is hilarious haha Mehdi wanted it so badly.

[@RCM442]

@jschIattLive 🅥 spammer

[@smokejosh]

Dan gets shocked, not gavin

[@uzemakistyle]

Even if it was grounded with a fully covered sheath the spark might still jump off the metal screwdriver's point towards Dan's hand. Considering the high voltage.

[@Makujah_]

It's not a slowmo guys video unless Dan gets to be a lab rat

[@RandomBogey]

You smiling menacingly in the shadows while Dan prepared himself or withered in pain were kind of the best parts of these videos

[@ullasgowda8326]

10:27 I don't know y that sound reminded me of trucks on Mumbai highway....😂😂😂

[@yashrane36]

Hoo BTW, Kuthle tumhi

[@youtubeSuckssNow]

How did you not get stopped with that carry on lmao. This whole team up was gold. You finally get to shock other people!

[@JeskidoYT]

no sharp objects thats why

[@IstasPumaNevada]

@@JeskidoYT Also no bottles of fluid over 1.5 ounces or whatever.

[@RedRamDRA]

I love that there were actual issues during production... I also love how they didn't seem bothered at all!

[@moya9450]

This is life and reality of our lives. Unlike the things they show us in the fancy movies or series.

[@IstasPumaNevada]

@Olivia Banks I'm ******* tired of all this spam.

[@kaikart123]

@@IstasPumaNevada report the shit out of it

[@macmac277]

Like mehdi, slow mo guys have usually experience more than one setbacks in their recordings

[@null643]

That's why they usually edit it out.

[@blobfish.]

I enjoy the image that Gav & Dan just live in their dark studio and scatter like roaches when the outside world breaches their defences. 😂 Can't wait for your analysis video! This was a great collab! Edit: 5:36 the bottom of the trampoline is still rainbow! 😄

[@archetrico]

7:35 WOW that fact blew my mind

[@7thboss931]

2:00 Gavin: Runs away Daniel: Scared Mehdi: “Oh…”

[@Demir_-qr1it]

Clasic mehdi moment m8... Hes very different and funnier then people lol

[@goaty_the_goat]

2:38 Mehdi: *screams in pain* Dan and Gav: *LAUGH*

[@blobfish.]

Dan is just happy whenever someone else is getting hurt instead of him 😂

[@jaydee77ca]

6:25 “I was hoping for more hurting” LOL Fantastic! 😂

[@Killbayne]

not even a minute into the video and it's already amazing. Gav's expression of sheer horror when he looked at you was unbeatable.

[@ranny940]

Hey Medhi, I had actually became a fan a few weeks ago. I had been really struggling with current and voltage since although my teachers are good I have the attention span of a cockroach. I watched a few of your explanations on it and understood everything not only on current and voltage but wayyy more. Thanks Medhi!

[@LongNguyen-dh3bm]

He has a video on voltage, current and resistance

[@neoxyte]

The one thing that helped me understand voltage is the analogy that voltage is like water pressure in a pipe. Not exactly true but it's good enough for beginners to understand.

[@KianF]

for me, the definition of current is easy to grasp, it’s just a measure of the rate of charges flowing through a wire. more current = more charges moving through the wire in the same period of time (either faster movement or bigger wire that allows more current flow). this is why you need bigger wires as current increases, and you can see in mehdi’s videos when his wires burn it’s because they are too small for the current he’s pushing through them. voltage is tricky to grasp, the definition most people will tell you is “electric potential” but i like to think of it like this: charges want to move from higher potential (+ end of a battery for example) to lower potential (ground or earth for example) always. that’s why most circuits have a ground, that’s the “final destination” of the charges as they always want to flow to ground (0 volts). as voltage increases, the charges want to go to ground more and more. i think of voltage as how badly the charges want to move through the circuit and that current is just the result of the voltage across the circuit (limited by resistance, Ohm’s law relates this very simply). this is why when voltage is high enough, you get arcs through the air like you see in this video. the voltage is high enough to where the charges will jump through the highly resistive air to reach ground. if you took an open circuit and increased the voltage enough, the charges would use the air to close the circuit and move to ground. i’m just an EE undergrad but this has helped me conceptualize it a little better.

[@AurumEquus]

It's always a highlight when several curious and funny people meet. Loved the collab!

[@jakubgrzybek6181]

9:04 that's a new meme template

[@roluahzovaralte8334]

The Evil Laugh at 8:15 is.... 😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@josephschembri4811]

It's always a good day when ElectroBOOM uploads

[@martinhorner642]

Seeing Eboom on a trampoline was actually a bucketlist item. Or maybe it was a scavenger hunt item. Either way, totally worth it.

[@ltsiver]

10:38 but if Dan wasn't the guinea pig, it wouldn't be the slo-mo guys. That's their whole schtick.

[@mahmuteminseven8504]

Dan: gets shocked Mehdi: 10:55

[@Chris_Rybowski]

Now all I need in my life is an ElectroBOOM/GMM collab!

[@GamerX0]

12:21 this was so funny 😂😂😂😂

[@douggiles7647]

Love the video as per usual, and not a collaboration I expected to see but definitely a good one!! Keep up the awesome work Mehdi, and keep doing us fellow Canadians proud!! (Except maybe the driving LOL) I can't even count the amount of things your videos have taught me, or the amount of laughs you've given me, you're one of the best channels going and I always look forward to your videos

[@AulisA.O.T]

4:28 GOOD! NOW *DON'T TELL A POLICE OFFICER!*

[@ExtremeRCReviews]

Working in electronics calibration, I LOVE to see this stuff put to the test!!!

[@mahbodkaramoozian6409]

0:48 nice

[@skylerric3]

12:52 - 408k people have seen this cricket at the time of writing this 🦗

[@AjieDevCo]

0:42 BackRooms Experience :v

[@JoshuaG]

Damn mehdi crushing it with these collabs , first Linus Tech Tips , now the Slo-Mo guys 😎❤️🤟

[@Pauly421]

We need a collab with Styropyro and these 3. Imagine the CHAOS!!! Plus all the pain for Dan.

[@free4logix]

next : veritasium, kuzergazt

[@YogiTheBearMan]

1:58 love how Gav was just out of there after the pop

[@XQLOOF]

0:35 if you look on the left, it looks like shaggy's running from ghosts!

[@augustosamanamud2117]

This was definitely worth the wait. Amazing 👍

[@danwhite3224]

With my ZVS circuit I found sticking the flyback transformer in oil really helped by preventing it from flashing over from the HV output to the primary winding around the core, like what started happening around 11:58. Just a tip for anyone who plans on using a ZVS-driven flyback in a more permanent setup :P

[@IstasPumaNevada]

You mean some people _don't_ want their setup to repeatedly catch on fire? Where's the fun in that? :D

[@danieljensen2626]

If you guys ever collab on something like this again it probably wouldn't be that hard for you to make a circuit that generates a trigger signal for the camera so you can just have a very short recording that is triggered exactly when the arc happens.

[@cjwrench07]

They did plan for that, but it was literally a forgotten dongle that made it impossible in the allotted time they had together. They needed the phantom camera hooked up to their laptop, but they didn’t have their Ethernet to USB-C dongle on the day of recording. They also weren’t going to use a random part they just bought that day, without extensive testing first. As the Phantom setup they have costs over $200,000.

[@OkellaWood]

@12:44 I do the same when fixing a computer. They have to ask me like 5 times if I want to sit down. My reply....I've been sitting all day.

[@danek_hren]

Chad

[@Dank_Lulu]

No way... *It's happening!* I've been low-key hyped for *when* this collab happened, not if... can't wait to see what yall did together!

[@khatharrmalkavian3306]

I don't think I've ever seen someone blow a ceramic capacitor before.

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Mehdi is very talented. :)

[@KlabauterManiac]

I love how much fun you guys are having. Makes the fails just so much better :D

[@zachrodan7543]

first explosion: it took 8 youtube frames of pretty fireworks for Gav and Dan to visibly react. 10:43 you didn't forget. you just figured watching dan's reaction would be more fun. and you were right

[@creatormaytv1251]

7:23 😂😂😂😂

[@rhouser1280]

Man, 3 awesome KZbinrs, electrical arcs & slow mo video! Made my day!

[@sterling5052]

I absolutely loved this, you 3 are the most hilarious trio, I'd love to see more videos with you guys, you all seem like you work so well together and have so much fun. I can only imagine what kinda fun slow mo Electro things you guys would get up to. How cool would it be to have 2 people were Faraday suits with long conductive metal rods, and then stand opposing each other and imitate Fencing with ELECTRICITY. that would be awesome

[@simonowen488]

thank you for always including the bits that didn't go as planned and for telling us why - this is certainly where I learn the most! Nobody ever got better by just succeeding...

[@TheMainelson]

I just laughed so hard at the Zoidberg sound lmao Great video!

[@dotails]

You just need to let the computer run through them to remove duplicates and that would let you find your frames easier without you having to do it manually. If you need an app to do this I'll send the ones I use.

[@poiu477]

maybe just mention the apps you use in your comment, so it benefits all in the community lmao

[@hamzamehmood1976]

@@poiu477 any AI app can do

[@robinleicester]

But the file wasn't on a computer. Each 2 second shot is equivelant to several days of normal time, so just transferring the file will take hours, as will processing the frames

[@dotails]

@@robinleicester yeah thankfully its something you could plug in as an external drive and go be productive elseware while it finds it for you. It doesnt matter how long it takes as long as its not taking your life's time.

[@dotails]

@@poiu477 The app I use is Visipics but there are a ton of options.

[@GuiltyMalice]

Love both channels, very fun and informative. Also love as the build up of excitement and progression of the video so did the build of chemistry between the guys. Excellent video, thanks for sharing.

[@7head7metal7]

What an amazing collab! It’s so nice to see that you like each other’s work and appreciate the craft. I‘m hyped for the in-depth explanation!

[@VintageBlacklist]

I love how the TSA let his carry on go. Like the person behind the x-ray is like, "Well, a soldering iron and test leads are not a knife, or corkscrew." Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled the insanity hasn't gone that far, just kinda figured it already did.

[@wbody4]

The monster being unleashed... 9:30

[@danek_hren]

And also got shot by that arc

[@DoctorX17]

I’m glad that you included all the goofing around, those were the best bits

[@MuffinTM]

I am so happy that this collab is finally up! You have no idea how much slow motion and electricity work well together (despite the extreme speed of electric arcs and such)

[@prawnmikus]

So interesting at 1308. The arc on the right from the red wire has a look like one of the loops we see on the Sun! It's like the current flow is creating a magnetic field that then directs the current flow -- interacting with itself. I have no idea what I'm talking about, but it's cool to see no matter what's actually happening.

[@mixza81]

0:30 - What... No slow mo running??

[@khalidchigane3540]

The amazing thing that touches me is your patience and never giving up besides the more and more experiments until the job is done but you just make it easy and funny work. Good job guys. Can't wait to see the results of your recording.

[@Mr011i3]

Honestly one of my fav collabs! Off to go watch the slow mos guy version as well.

[@yepyep3402]

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen. Keep it up!

[@monad_tcp]

5:29 that was the most dangerous thing I've saw you do. I never crunched my teeth before watching you explode electrical things. But that trampoline was scary.

[@danek_hren]

*5:39

[@kisolar5160]

For better or worse, you’re one of a kind. Love you brother. Thanks for the entertainment!

[@MikeOrkid]

So stoked this collab happened. 2 of my favorite channels.

[@brbrmensch]

8:38 if only there was a magic way of measuring average brightness of a frame and comparing it to neighbour frames, right? sounds impossible, we'll never figure it out

[@toddmarshall7573]

14:00 Doesn't his camera have a buffered triggering mode like an oscilloscope? It could be buffering frames in a loop waiting for the trigger. The buffer could then be inspected after the trigger to find the actual event. I was assuming they were using some sort of triggering mechanism for all their videos (e.g sound for the miniature gun experiments).

[@Member3285]

Mehdi, thank you thank you for collab with Slow Mo Guys. Your channel is informative and entertaining. I love it!

[@TonysTechAndCars]

Thank you for collabing with them! Amazing videos

[@beansnrice321]

Why do I get the impression that Elecroboom watched a lot of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, lol.

[@adamwishneusky]

I'm surprised they don't use some software to look for frames that are different from the majority to find the ones with the arcs

[@tippership]

On the slow mo guys video in the comments on their own video , they mention the Phantom ACTUALLY has a function like this, but they forgot to bring the cable to use it

[@adamwishneusky]

@@tippership haha whoopsie

[@JessWLStuart]

So much fun joining The Slow Mo Guys in them working with you! I love the ElectroBOOM logo on the wing tip!

[@Stimm002]

This would be my dream job. Doing what you and the slow mo guys do. Doing experiments, while also having fun. If I ever get out of hospital, been here for 2 and a half years, I would love to do stuff like this.

[@praali]

Hi Mehdi, I noticed the arcs generated acoustic harmonics as you increased the frequency. You may know this already but those harmonics correspond to the overtone series in music, a phenomenon thought to give rise to musical harmony!

[@iamhumanOWO]

I've been binge watching this guy, first time I've been early for one of his videos! Keep it up! Edit: I see all these patreons over here in the comment section - thanks for supporting him 👍

[@pyro-millie5533]

Duuuudeeee SlowMoGuys was the first channel I was ever a fan of on KZbin, way back in Middle school!! Even though this is just the “outtakes/fails” comp, I’m sure y’all had fun and the slow mo footage/ arc analysis will be EPIC!

[@JaPls]

This video is everything I've ever wanted, I knew you guys would have a blast getting together!

[@mx2004mx]

5:45 how does it look when you jump realy high on the trampoline??

[@breezetix]

Honestly i wish you would've captured flyback arcs to see the high frequency AC (if it's an AC flyback)

[@Lunar_Leit]

"that's okay, that always burns" i love this guy

[@Kai-Made]

okay man...your ad cut aways are just getting amazing. Already have audible tho bruh...and skillshare and curiosity stream. Love them. Now, back to the video.

[@hito1988]

00:15 bomb confirmed! i fkn love you mehdi, would marry you if you were free. its the only channel here on youtube, succeeding in educating and entertaining in the same time. :D 11/10, will always watch again and im not even an electrican.

[@facility_blackmesa]

In fact, using the simple algorithms can be useful for this frames and computer, but I think it was responded with algorithm vision point and important experiments. Mehdi is very interesting with independent.

[@Bulsum]

You're spot on! Gav actually posted this comment on their video: "There is actually a very handy image search feature in the phantom software that would have helped us scan the images for significant changes in pixel values and found the arcs much quicker at 1,750,000. Just need to connect the phantom via ethernet to a laptop. Guess who forgot their usb to ethernet dongle for their USB-C only laptop? Heyoooooo."

[@UnreasonableSteve]

@@Bulsum It also really surprises me that they don't have something like audio triggering or similar that would listen for the pops from the arcs and get at least close to the frames needed.

[@dsuess]

One of my favorite mash-ups you've done.. no wait, ever! Always enjoy learning something new from your channel. Nicly done, sir

[@AceWolf456]

It baffles me that you got THAT through airport security, but I cant even bring a water bottle. Insane.

[@Ejexion]

Dan looks like he does not know what is going on when he's with Mehdi. He's enjoying himself, no doubt, but he seems legitimately disoriented hahaha 14:27 absolutely slays me.

[@sherajussalehin7881]

4:07 such a happy car!

[@Ashley.0000]

Best collaboration I've seen in a long time. Where's the main video.. I'm sure that would be just as hilarious as the outtakes.. So sorry if this was the main video.. 🤣🤣

[@frootluips7970]

Oh boy I’ve been waiting for this!