Blowing up Capacitors at 187,000FPS

[@ElectroBOOM]

Oh hey! Thanks for the shoutout guys!!! 😄 Although I would say I think it is more like the capacitors are out to get me! 😂 I am also highly AMPed about doing a collab, there are stuff I need to figure out in slowmo, like how fast you will jump at different voltages!

[@vixguy]

Hi electroboom! I really enjoy your videos. I hope you see this comment :)

[@UberNerdStudios]

My life would be complete if you guys did a collab.

[@sackywacky]

Do the collab!!

[@jonathanwhite3507]

Hey, it's Mehndi!

[@SteveJB]

I saw this video's thumb nail and thought this was an electroboom video at first.

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

It baffles me every time how beautiful and fascinating the most obscure and tiny events can be in slow motion.

[@Flixitouvu]

Hehe your profile ewe

[@ankitmitra2383]

@se10💖 Hey, youtube! remove this link now!Its malicious!full of malware!Just checked it with VirusTotal

[@FezCaliph]

Like death

[@TheMattg345]

The more you learn from looking at something the more reward juice your brain poops out so it makes sense that slow motion is something humans love because it sugar coats our everyday experiences with a sweet-blasted candy shell of delicious delicious information

[@videogamerNattie98]

@@ankitmitra2383 A bot link having malware? Who here is surprised... Still I get the sentiment but your better off just reporting the comment m8.

[@bigclivedotcom]

Great video. I didn't realise it was so exciting in slow motion. I just get the adrenaline rush, the bang and the fog of electrolyte vapour.

[@hansg5875]

You’re the first one I thought of with exploding capacitors Clive :-) many a capacitor has reached an untimely end at your hands.

[@jamesrush5367]

I saw this and thought "Hey wait a second, are they copying Clive??"

[@KlausDieFuchs]

I just saw your video the other day where you popped a cap, and the comments on that video echoed my sentiments that these guys would be a great next video on this, and lo and behold! I was so amped to see this video, and I see it sparked some joy with you too, and it's so good to see various content creators on this platform jumping gaps to explore some shockingly simple, but awesome topics, inspiring one another and whatnot.

[@jacquesb5248]

@@jamesrush5367 i made a comment on clive vid that the slomo guys should get involved! and few days later wow!

[@bigclivedotcom]

@@jamesrush5367 Not copying. Just doing it properly.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

It's amazing how dense the universe is. Everything has so many things going on.

[@AimForMyHead81]

That's how redditors describe a random frame of a marvel movie.

[@Mister_Clean]

@@AimForMyHead81 accurate

[@aarondavis8943]

Some of these shots were as beautiful as nebula or galaxies through a powerful telescope. It's just one frame from the mundane to the extraordinary.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

@@aarondavis8943 Even just looking at the Moon from a standard tabletop telescope reveals a lot going on.

[@xiharramolotovo190]

Some of these shots seem like microcosm of a big-bang type event... scale is different (in between is nova perhaps) but at least as visual metaphor for such a thing it seems so fitting. Love how events at different scales of time as well as spatial dimension seem to exhibit a fractal-like repetition of theme. Next one please get a larger capacitor with no safety and film in an infinite vacuum ;)

[@Rawmon94]

so glad Dan is back, the chemistry between you two makes it so much better :)

[@aleksaaleksa359]

shouldve said electricity...

[@CrispOffTheBlock]

Its so nice to hear their genuine giggles and laughs in these videos again. The episodes Gav had to do solo during quarentine were all very fascinating and wonderful but the goofing off and little dorky jokes they make to each other just adds so much more joy.

[@__Konboi__]

Hehe... *chemistry*

[@Kwincy5]

Don't you mean that the chemistry between them is.....electric? ;)

[@Fizzure3000]

I'm still so confused why he wasn't able to come to the US for such a long time, people flew in and out during almost the whole pandemic anyway and with him saying that he was going to the US for world should have made it even easier

[@cobuspotgieter]

Nebulas in capacitors, who knew. This is some incredible footage, thanks for sharing!

[@The_Watcher1387]

looks like the playstation main menu screen

[@highwaltage]

z-pinch theory people lol

[@AintYourChannel]

This is surely one of the most fascinating videos on your channel, those small capacitors really pack a punch! Slow mo captures the violence of it all perfectly. I'd LOVE to see you collab with ElectroBOOM!

[@vividandlucid]

Mehdi electrocuting himself at 250,000 FPS

[@udittlamba]

mehdi shocking himself is slo mo pls! :D

[@9PlatinumGamer9]

@@vividandlucid "Electrocuting" means dying to electricity, so I hope he doesn't do that

[@harriehausenman8623]

SlowMoBoom FTW! 😁

[@Jezless]

The fact you focused so effortlessly on dust in the air and made it beautiful not even in slow mo at 2:02 is insane to me. So impressive

[@Levroxxie]

Looks straight up surreal

[@LeonardPutra]

PS3 main menu background vibes

[@AniSky759]

@@LeonardPutra Damn, now I want a loop of that clip as my actual PS3 background lol

[@hughjanus6975]

Zooming and focusing on dust? Some people are very easily impressed.

[@adreto2978]

@@hughjanus6975maybe impressed by the camera sensor / tech?

[@dhopper598]

6:57 this is genuinely one of the coolest shots you guys have produced on this channel. and your reactions are the icing on top.

[@JanStrojil]

It is! The combination of macro with the insane framerate just brings into existence a new universe. Definitely one of the top, if not the top, shots on this channel. And that is saying something!

[@nothingsurprisesmeanymore]

I'm so glad they've had a chance to get back together again Gav + Dan make such great content when they're together.

[@theold1.]

I also enjoyed 8:50

[@UEGSamurai]

ElectroBOOM colab sounds fantastic! As many others have pointed out I'm glad Dan is back as well. Thanks for the content guys!

[@petemoss9831]

Eboom colab gets my vote too

[@BillyAlvarenga]

@@petemoss9831 Me 3.

[@anastasianastasi]

Me 4

[@Darphi01]

If you do them again, try some tantalum capacitors. They're made from a ceramic and blow up pretty violently if you reverse polarity or over volt them.

[@SumUnicus]

Our teacher axidently putted 290V in a 5V bipolar capacitor 🤣 Snow in late spring... Inside... You now nothing John Capacitorsnow!

[@DavyOneness]

I was just about to suggest the same thing, tantalum is something special when they blow

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

@@SumUnicus Your teacher has wild accidents 290 in a 5V cap omg 😂😂😂

[@SumUnicus]

@@fridaycaliforniaa236 He showed us some "learning" opportunities that year 🤣 It almost always contained some form of burning. Sometimes on purpose, but very often it just happened. 🤣

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

@@SumUnicus Lmao 😂

[@meanderingmarley3910]

It's a good think I'm retired; otherwise, I'd never get anything done watching you guys. Fun stuff!

[@GenericaQwerty]

That macro was absolutely incredible. It really showed that so far you've only skimmed the surface of how many immensely cool things we're going to see with this new camera!

[@fornaxian]

Crossover with mehdi would be amazing! When you mentioned him at the start I thought he'd be super great to explain exactly what's happening as the capacitor explodes. He's an expert!

[@skrufff]

Love to see Dan finally getting to have some fun in Gav's mysterious black void of carnage! And yes please collab with Electroboom, that would be so much fun

[@crit7514]

These were super beautiful, my personal favorite was the Wide shot at 7:16 first the expansion, but just the magnificent blue and red fiery explosion was marvelous!

[@TexRobNC]

That macro shot was one of the best shots I've seen on here. Honestly, would love to see you do more of this at the macro level, and super slow. There was some crazy stuff going on there

[@FiniteCS]

This is why I bought extension tubes for my camera so I can do some macro shots for cheap. It's absolutely crazy how much we can't see with our eyes due to how small it is.

[@badnewsbruner]

RIGHT!! That's about to be my Windows wallpaper.

[@ojhat]

I had already forgotten Dan just came back recently. it's like He never really left, he's just, back, like it was always meant to be. the chemistry between you two is so perfect.

[@JanStrojil]

It just makes me so happy to see them together again. As you said, the chemistry is just perfect. The exact right amount of goofiness but also insight and just sheer awe in face of the wonders that they unmask for us to see.

[@UncleManuel]

"...and I'm Dan." We still have to get used to that after months of Dan-deprivation. What a delight to see these two blokes again in the same room at the same time... 😎👍

[@Arcsol93]

You could say it was, Dan-privation...I'll see myself out.

[@Roaming50]

The sequence starting at 7:20 is just amazing. Looks how I would imagine a micro universe to be; stars, planets, dust and plasma...

[@wurstelei1356]

This is like fireworks. Really nice.

[@emilyrln]

It's so beautiful!!! Reminded me of some of the visualizations we've gotten in movies of the quantum realm 😊🤩

[@PlasmaChannel]

Those plasma bursts are something else. I had no idea electrolytics could be this useful. And yes to Mehdi fellas.

[@TheInfinityMaster1]

Looked like giant *Spirit Bombs* at some points too. lol

[@EEVblog]

Awesome footage! Now repeat with some decent sized capacitors!

[@JustinAlexanderBell]

I have some 2000uf 525v caps as tribute.

[@captainnerd6452]

@Vlad TheInhaler 16v caps really don't like 200v AC.

[@maxfarr4142]

And some tantalum caps. also, dan increased the voltage manually (in human time) what about having it wound right up and then direct on line?

[@captainnerd6452]

@@maxfarr4142 That's what I did, the radio was live so I could filter the heater circuit, but I mis-counted the terminals on the tube socket, I had two long wires on the cap and I had one connected to one of the terminals I thought was ground, and was touching the other wire to another terminal I thought was connected to the heater. I was loudly wrong.

[@psmirage8584]

Use a hot glue gun to block off the vents

[@LazerLord10]

"I've probably wasted 15 minutes of my life with these capacitors" Me, an electrical engineer: I have spent hours on a single capacitor.

[@JoshTheGingerProductions]

thats why im studying mechanical. electricity makes me sad :(

[@theirishviking9278]

@@JoshTheGingerProductions its also tends to be less angery

[@tlgx884]

@@JoshTheGingerProductions same, mechanics is nice I hate electronics

[@KangJangkrik]

@@JoshTheGingerProductions bro, you don't even know yet programming is more stressful than electrical

[@JazzyFizzleDrummers]

I'm not an electrical engineer, and I've also done that. Just less frequently I bet. Audio engineering even as an amateur sometimes hits you with a failed cap, no schematic, no label left on the device and no hope because the device was built by a company that went under before the internet existed. Which is also bad.

[@omnigains9925]

These explosions are literally among the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen! Mesmerizing

[@xm1193]

6:57 has got to be in the top 10 coolest things you’ve ever filmed. I love how you can see the macro lens in the reflection of the expanding plastic casing. Wicked :-)

[@haitchd7659]

There was also something poetic about the temperature rating exploding!

[@AdriandeLima]

I would love to get some HD stills of this for walpapers lol

[@YeshCrafty]

It looks like a nabula exploding but 1000000000x speed

[@YeshCrafty]

In 8:56 it looks like a pulsar

[@chicken_punk_pie]

I hadn't even noticed the reflection! That really is wild!

[@GrahamGlen]

Weren't you worried about some of the red hot debris damaging the front of the lens? A slo-mo video with Mehdi would be very entertaining and interesting!

[@thelogician3845]

Most lenses for DSLRs have a removable lens shield (the one gav wipes) and it's strong and pretty cheap

[@AlphaPhoenixChannel]

yo that was awesome! I'm flabbergasted by how many individual particles shoot out when a cap explodes - thankfully I think while I've burned some before, I've never truly exploded one while it was on a table in front of me... Also, I have been informed by MANY commenters that Gav has previously wondered about the "speed of push". While I don't think you'd be able to pick it up in a bar of metal (the framerate is high enough, but you'd only be looking for a displacement of a fraction of a pixel if you could see the entire bar in frame) I think it'd TOTALLY be possible with a long cylinder of a reasonably soft rubber (with a slower speed of sound, but more importantly for the camera, a larger yield strain. Wack one end with a hammer and HOPEFULLY you can watch the compression wave go all the way down! You need to hit it hard enough that you significantly (visibly) elastically displace one end of the bar before the other end starts to move. Thinking harder about this as I type, The hammerhead would probably need to be traveling an appreciable fraction of the speed of sound in the bar to make that happen... You guys know Destin - right? The shot you had in here of the shockwave going around the edge of the balloon was fantastic, but estimating your framerate from the speed of the flying capacitor you already gave, I think those ripples were more like gravity waves ON water, rather than sound waves THROUGH water. although here maybe balloon waves? membrane waves? bubble waves? dunno. Cool vid as usual!

[@arnavjain7564]

I love how all of this is just off the top of your head like what even😱

[@Dysiode]

SO stoked to see AlphaPhoenix in the comments! I don't know what you could collab on, but it would be amazing to see it happen!

[@TheUniverseSurfer]

Well the whole "speed of push" idea is really just a form of a shockwave. When you hit something the force travels through in a wave as the molecules compress, the speed at which the wave travels through the material is the speed of sound for that medium. If you slap a big yoga ball that's just filled with air it will travel at the speed of sound through the air (approx. 331 m/s), if you slap a water balloon (or blast it with a capacitor rocket) the wave will travel faster than through air as water is more dense but the wave itself travels through at the speed of sound through water (approx. 1,480 m/s), and if you were to smack a big steel rod the wave would travel way faster as the molecules are much more densely packed (approx. 3,150 m/s). So it just depends on the density of the material you choose Less dense medium will have a larger "visible" shockwave and will travel slower. More dense medium will have a smaller "visible" shockwave and will travel faster. If you hit the object harder, the initial compression will be greater as you, or whatever object you're using, are applying force on it, but the speed that the wave travels through the medium will not change. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I'm always happy to learn something new.

[@xja85mac]

Hammer time!

[@RICDirector]

But is it the force through the water, the air, or the rubber itself?

[@RobertsMind]

I have worked in IT since the 90s so it's awesome to finally see the slow mo of what I have done in my electronics lab. Thank you. Every good IT guy knows the smell that these make too.

[@Lhyllis]

The bulge on the smallest capacitor was amazing, as was the plume of plasma! No wonder the bigger ones come with the safety vent at the top, could you imagine the damage blowing a large capacitor in the old days would do? Early computer engineering must have been a hazardous occupation!

[@andrewmetasov]

I hope ElectroBOOM will bring some of these

[@srenkoch6127]

Well I do remember doing something similar back in school with a car battery charger and some big electrolytic capacitors. We didn't overcharge them, but merely reverse-polarised them, but the result was the same (except I didn't have a high speed camera and we contained the explosion by putting the capacitor it in a wooden box). I do remember though that it smelled horrible, and we only did one indoors before we moved outside, and I'm pretty sure those fumes are NOT healthy! I also remember how surprisingly much stuff there is inside one of those, after the boom it almost seemed impossible for all of it to have been inside the capacitor.

[@enzomigl3653]

IKR

[@flomojo2u]

Yep, I've been around capacitors that have blown up since the early 80s, back when it was a lot more common to have zero safety measures like stamped cross marks on the lid of the can, thin spots in the rubber plug to vent pressure without launching/blowing up the can, and so forth. Always a shock to have one of those large ones really detonate, throwing shredded paper and bits of aluminum strips everywhere, not to mention the evil-smelling smoke.

[@scout360pyroz]

they would charge up a capacitor and toss it to a fellow.

[@iveharzing]

"Alright I'm *Amping up* the Voltage." Something about that sentence tickled my funny bone. This was some *in-sane* footage guys, amazing! I can't wait for the collaboration with Mehdi!!!

[@sorooshab]

Collab will be awesome, but his name is Mehdi and he hates it when people call him medhi wrongly ! LOL

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Ohm my god, really with the puns? ;P

[@VarishtGhedia]

The scale of the explosion is really put into perspective when you put the balloon in the picture both in terms of speed and the size. Would love to see your collab with Mehdi. Maybe you can get Linus along as well and try to blow up a PSU capacitor.

[@snjert8406]

Yeah, that's an awesome idea!

[@TheCastorPlays]

Think Gamersnexus still has some gigabyte PSUs left?

[@andrewn327]

@@TheCastorPlays "Blowing up a Gigabyte PSU at 187,000 FPS, feat. Gamers Nexus"

[@blackbeardsghost6588]

I would have NEVER guessed that watching the destruction of little capacitors would be SO AWESOME. WELL DONE!

[@vighnesh7566]

Explosions look waaay better in slow mo. Especially Arcs. This is visually my favorite slo mo video. Electro boom has to come, it's going to be BUZZING episode.

[@RadiantMistborn42]

I think you mean ELECTRIFYING

[@tyster5228]

I’m glad Gav and Dan are both in the videos now. It actually feels like a slo mo guys video. Gav did a good job keeping the channel running but something just didn’t feel right.

[@teamcybr8375]

The back and forth is half the video, and it's impossible for Gav to replicate that alone.

[@83nav]

ElectroBOOM and The Slow Mo Guys collab would be two of my favourites combined for absolute epicness. 😁

[@Osmosium2507]

I want to see electrocuted sausages in slow mo

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Gav's slow mo and filmography + Medhi's whiteboard explanations and humour + Dan being Dan = guaranteed epicness 🤩

[@reagindoerindo4311]

7:30 I DEFINETLY was not prepared for that! That was SO beautiful my eyes watered amazed with that view! Just too beautiful!!

[@fetusmccarlane9627]

The collaboration I didn't know I needed until now.. Please do this!♡

[@kleinesfilmroellchen]

This demonstrates very well how bright plasma actually is, when it blows out the exposure time of 187kf/s.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Innit? I'm not quite surprised Gav had to UNDERexpose to get a good shot even at that miniscule aperture time. Plasma really is _that bright._

[@bodan1196]

My first job, (a while ago) was testing newly soldered circuit boards before assembly. All the components were back then hand placed before the boards were passed through the soldering machine. One re-occuring issue, was these large electrolyte capacitors being placed with the polarity flipped. The result, if I didn't catch this using my Mk1 Eyeball, was an ominous low humming, and if I didn't "connect the dots" quick enough, shutting off the power, a firecracker bang, a cloud of electrolyte staining everything that it could reach, and a smell which took a day or two to before realising that it had overstayed its welcome. It was ingrained in me, a certain respect for these things.

[@jonathanshumpert9549]

I was an electronics tech in the Navy. We used to joke that they made electrical components with smoke in them so you could see, and smell, when they went bad. When completing my paperwork, I would indicate the problem and the corrective action. "Capacitor C12 let the smoke out. Replaced capacitor"

[@skie6282]

@Jonathan Shumpert why replace them?? You just had to go to the engine room and get a bag of smoke! Hard to get it back in the capacitor though you need a small tube too

[@megatronjenkins2473]

Jesus, my first job was in a movie theater🤣🤣🤣I was there for opening night of Titanic!

[@steffen7505]

Hopefully it was some of the safer electrolytes, and not DMF or DMA based. Back in the day some unpleasant solvents were used in the electrolytes.

[@coltenh581]

Every time I watch one of your vids I have the moment in slomo when I realize how great the sound design for those parts is. Thanks for that it really adds to the experience

[@VexWerewolf]

"You deal a lot in micro, don't you?" I'd forgotten how savage Dan can be.

[@funtourhawk]

I like how Gav just ignored it lol

[@Gillsing]

I don't get it.

[@R0HAI]

@@Gillsing He's referencing Gav's avid interest in buying and selling microwaves

[@skussy69]

@@R0HAI No I think it's a micropeen or LSD joke

[@genezenner9198]

You should definitely have him come down from Canada, it would be a blast! And seeing you two together again making videos makes my day! Thanks and keep it up 👍

[@danklegsjay]

This might be the most beautiful and mesmerizing high speed footage I've seen, from Slow Mo Guys or elsewhere. Thanks for sharing this. And, yes, OBVIOUSLY your fans will want a collab with ElectroBOOM!

[@STAG162]

all the while, the slowmo guys have a new side gig, making slow motion dust effects for editing filters (especially the first couple) awesome, I've always wondered how exactly these blow up. being a PC tech from years back I've been used to seeing the weak points at the tops of cap's, and knowing to "keep the Farad" away from them when they're on.

[@MikeOrkid]

I'm really curious on what different types of welding would look like in macro slow mo. Especially AC Tig.

[@pamisachan]

I read it as wedding for a seconds and i was like... Uhh, probably boring?

[@MurkyWaters677]

They would have the put a welding lens over the camera lens probably. The arc might over expose the camera and blot out anything worth seeing. I would love to see AC TIG arc though.

[@philb5593]

@@MurkyWaters677 Higher framerate, shorter exposure, higher aperture, doubt you actually need a filter

[@silentblackhole]

When you zoomed into the cloud (2:01), it gave the best effect. It looked like the camera did a warp-speed jump into the cloud. I've never seen anything like that before. So cool!

[@khaliah7754]

Dang, that DOES look cool

[@H1NAZAK1]

It lowkey looks like a playstation wallpaper

[@RipleySawzen]

I still cannot get over how good it is to finally see Dan back!

[@pvic6959]

"and im Dan" will never get old!!

[@CombineWatermelon]

What happened to him? He was gone for like 2 years

[@dboekel]

@@CombineWatermelon Covid travel bans...because imagine someone brings Covid from one country to another country that already has the same variants...

[@pvic6959]

@@CombineWatermelon traveling was hard due to the pandemic

[@RipleySawzen]

@@CombineWatermelon 2 years?! I thought it was like, 6 weeks! Darn covid time!

[@MistyRainne]

"There's the capacitor in the balloon." -- A sentence never uttered before this video.

[@yasasmaddumage]

Glad to see you both together again. Looking forward to seeing a collaboration with electro-boom.

[@thinfourth]

no photonicinduction the top youtube madman

[@rarryhussellandthemagpies201]

I had one blow in an old Xbox and I remember sending these guys a message because Jesus i wanted to see it in slow mo this has mad my week! Thanks guys! Amazing to see you still doing what you love!

[@ole9421]

There's no doubt that with some simple trickery at hiding the wires, one could produce some awesome sci-fi effects. I could watch this kind of stuff for hours.

[@osrikking8785]

I was thinking the same thing. All I saw was possibilities for movies - and possibly some ways movies I've seen did certain shots.

[@SirLiamTheGreat]

Looks like the Death Star exploding

[@gruntopolouski5919]

I am stunned at how much it looks like space special effects… and amped for a cooperative video!!!

[@markwright3161]

3:26 The frame rate matching the fan speed made that look like you just waved a switched off fan in the air in the hope it would magic the particles and dust away. :)

[@Wizzkidwas]

That 6:57 slowmo is absolutely amazing and baffling, one of the greatest shots on the channel

[@zerosumgame5700]

Gav, I'm so glad to see you filming with your good friend Dan. You did a great job filming alone, but *you* seem so much happier filming as a team with your mate.

[@knpark2025]

My dad majored Electronic engineering. When I was a kid he told me stories about the time when he overloaded a mF-scale capacitor just out of curiosity to see what happens. This was exactly how he said it had happened and I am so satisfied to see it in slomo.

[@electrelement2824]

I’ve been watching this channel for well over a decade, and 8:38 is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen filmed. Love u guys btw I’m glad ur back together

[@yotubewatcherhalo]

would make a nice live wallpaper 🤔

[@PhebzAshel22]

9:20 - 9:37 I loved this 😂 I’ve missed having both Gav and Dan!

[@phasm42]

This was really cool to see. In the early 2000s I used to repair ATX power supplies regularly, and often I'd find caps completely obliterated, and sometimes I'd blow some up for fun. Very cool to see what it would have looked like in slow-mo.

[@raydunakin]

These were way cooler looking than I thought they'd be!

[@thomasclerc5690]

So glad Dan is back ! A collab with ELecTROBOOM would be great 👍

[@UnseenShadow]

This episode was absolutly incredible! When you used the probe lens it was crazy to see all the little tiny fibers and particles.

[@petedavis7970]

Glad to see you guys back together again. Capacitors are no joke! I had a little 10uF, 25V one pop while I had my arm stretched over the circuit and it drew blood. At the time, I had also been messing around with reforming 10-40uF 400V+ capacitors for tube amps and once I realized how much damage that little 25V, 10uF guy could do, I was done with reforming old caps.

[@skussy69]

Kind of related but i had a small LED explode and a piece of the plastic embedded itself in my cheek. It only broke the surface but dang

[@weeardguy]

Capacitors exploding are nothing compared to ones shocking you ;) Found out as an 11 year old kid or so that the built-in flash in photocameras has a nice 300 uF or so 450 Volt cap on board. I had no idea when trying to pry open the camera's casing and made contact with one thumb on one pole and my other thumb on the other pole... I was done with trying to get it open for at least a few hours... It has happened to me later in life as well... just forgetting to discharge that one cap and... yeah well...

[@bronzite_]

“Oh, you deal with ‘micro’ a lot, don’t you?” quote of the year

[@keatoncreates]

I strongly believe being able to slow time down (by viewing in ultra slow motion) is as important as The invention of the microscope was to medicine. Things we never would be able to witness otherwise/thought happened at a single point in time, i think cameras in general are like this - the ability to record something in absolute detail over time is an incredible feat, then to take 180000 pictures a second and put it into a format that the brain can understand is pretty freaking amazing. Thank you guys for showing us the magiiic!

[@mushin111]

I want what you're smoking mate

[@FrozenShadow007]

These shots genuinely look like they are taken in space, Dan was spot on.

[@dennett316]

Collab with Electroboom? Heck yes! That'd be great. Great video you two, really enjoyed that footage, it was so cool to see the little capacitor's expand and launch.

[@PiotrBarcz]

This is by far some of the most beautiful slow motion footage I've seen! The electric sparks and the smoke is just awesome!

[@mohamedamr3274]

THANK YOU GAV AND DAN FOR MAKING MY DAY❤

[@badnewsbruner]

The amount of wallpapers I'm going to make out of these slow mo shots is going to be crazy!! These were beautiful, especially that maco shot, wow.

[@rsmania01]

Send me some of them please!

[@controlsixtyfour]

When I was in electrical school we were working with breadboards one day and one of the students accidentally connected 240 volts to his breadboard instead of 24. I was on the other side of the classroom and it lit up the room brighter than a photography flash. I don't think there was a capacitor involved, but there was a diode that completely vaporized.

[@vegtablesalad2192]

Excellent re-enactment guys. It was like I was there for the real thing

[@debarsidas7798]

Both Electroboom and you guys are my absolute favorites. Would love to see a collab between you folks!

[@SiskoMaSu]

The moment after 7:00. That was absolutely beautiful! Have to watch it multiple times and I'm still at awe

[@planetrob555]

That close-up one Dan said looked like space was amazingly beautiful!

[@bnblasercleaning]

This is probably the most beautiful footage I've seen from you guys personally, Id love to see more electrical events, Id also love to see things like arc/tig/mig welding up close

[@alexseviour3416]

If only I'd known how amazing these looked when they blew up when I kept accidentally doing so during Uni... I'd have been a lot less stressed!

[@whanowa]

10:29 this is the last thing you hear as the evil Witch shoves you into the oven

[@rumpleforeskin1812]

It makes me so happy how far you guys have come since I started watching you around 2014/2015 you guys are my favorite

[@nickritchie2154]

6:59 This is the coolest thing you guys have put on here in a long time, and I've been watching this channel since it was two dorks and a water balloon.

[@SoulDelSol]

It is kinda still 2 dorks and a water balloon lol

[@Cyros2006]

0:37 to 0:51 perfectly encapsulates the chemistry between you guys. You both make this channel so enjoyable to watch with how you interact with each other. I've watched the first minute and a half of your previous video countless times now, because it's so lovely to see Dan back. Glad to see you two are as close as ever.

[@Afrotechmods]

I loved it. Blow up more electronics please!

[@psirvent8]

How did you get the blue badge with a heart and 2,00 $CA next to your comment ?

[@Sylvite.]

@@psirvent8 Alt + F4

[@penguiin12]

oh hey its that one guy who has a mildly racist reference as his youtube name

[@AidenOcelot]

@@penguiin12 Who's racist?

[@TheMatsushitaMan]

@@AidenOcelot His momma

[@stuartcarter7053]

Absolutely loved this one. The macro shot was like something out of science fiction.

[@H0Z1809]

Can’t wait to see electroboom response video showing you what a real capacitor explosion looks like

[@DoctorWhom]

That might be what the collab is for :D

[@MisterTingles]

Woah, those plasma explosions might be my new favorite shots you guys have done, and that's saying something...! Really reminiscent of old school cinema pyrotechnics, and like Dan said, looks like space. Can't wait for the EB collab!

[@theawesomer]

Despite the tiny subject matter, this is some of the most amazing footage you guys have ever captured.

[@Ticklestein]

10:01 - Gav, that was the best unplanned pun ever.

[@valerierh07]

Until he retired my father developed, and manufactured the ceramic powder that is being ejected from those capacitors. He also worked with the team at Sprague Electric that invented the electric capacitor that is in all of our devices. I wouldn’t inhale large quantities of it on purpose, however I have breathed it in when visiting him at the lab that he ran for MRA Laboratories, and it is completely safe. I forwarded this video to him, and he really enjoyed it.

[@hockypockies]

what did he have to say about it? sorry for posting this 1 year after

[@talshayar4279]

Electrolytic capacitors have been around since the 1920's. What you're seeing being ejected is actually liquid electrolyte, not ceramic powder.

[@GothGuy885]

MRA -does that stand for Microfarad Rights Amendment LOL😆

[@FlamingBehar]

It's always so fascinating to see what happens at timescales our eyes and brains can't process. Amazing video. I'm looking forward to a collab with Electroboom, I love both your content and can't wait to see them collide!

[@bdunphy4796]

Gav and Dan are the greatest dynamic duo in KZbin history. Been watching since the first giant water balloon video. Never not loving the content

[@e0007]

Rhett and link?

[@freeEnd_]

Kenya and joe?

[@bdunphy4796]

@@freeEnd_ *sigh. Who's Kenya and Joe? Go on, have your fun.

[@calvinrose18938]

So much fun! When I was a Research Scientist at Bose back in the early 80s I would plug capacitors into an electrical outlet on the bench with the power switch off, and then flip the switch. It was great entertainment! Thanks for bringing back some fun memories!

[@ninayasmijn]

slow mo guys notification came and I immediately quit everything I was doing, as always. thanks for the great video! loved it. missed you two together so much :)

[@iHeffy]

Stopping(not pausing) adult industry stuff is well worth it when it comes to these lads

[@jacobfoxworth]

I never realized how much I missed the phrase "goodness me" until Dan just said it. Glad to have you back Dan, and thanks Gavin for holding down the fort while the world was in turmoil. Anyway, spectacular video. Who knew capacitors exploding could be so beautiful?

[@Aspire198]

Ayy, I remember commenting on the big Clive video of him blowing up a capacity, saying how cool it would be to see what it looked like blowing up with the sloemo guys

[@sandeeprm]

The best part is sparkling while burning 🔥 Superb!

[@danielhanlon8438]

These hidden little things we cant normally see always amaze me

[@Stuw2k]

Oh heck yeah for that collaboration! You guys are amazing! I can’t wait to see what you guys do together. I’m sure I’ll be shocked, well we know one of you will be

[@SandF3DPrinting]

It's still so good to see Dan back! So happy! Waited what felt like 5 years for this reunion.

[@SoulDelSol]

Why did he leave

[@SandF3DPrinting]

@@SoulDelSol he doesn't live in the US and COVID prevented him from traveling

[@SoulDelSol]

@@SandF3DPrinting oh wow, i didn't know that. I did notice gavin was making videos by himself but i didn't want to pry and ask why

[@jonard7037]

When I was 16 a friend and I experimented with exploding capacitors as well. But instead of overloading them with voltage, we used a soldering iron touching the capacitor until the heat caused them to explode. Although we were using much bigger capacitors. Some up to 200+ volt sizes. It was fun to watch. The smell was horrible and the smoke hurt our eyes. We filmed some of it with an old vhs camera. One of the coolest thing we did tho was making small fires in ashtrays and placing the capacitors into the fire. I thought the gasses would be flammable but instead the explosion just extinguished the flames. We then moved on to sticking the capacitor into little bowls filled with flour, sand, aquarium gravel etc. It was a lot of fun seeing how the explosions effected the material. Lots of fun. But seeing your footage in super slow motion is amazing and triggered a bit of nostalgia for me. Great job guys.

[@Corpseinator]

you guys absolutely need to do slow mo welding! There's a lot going on in there. Also getting bigger capacitors would be awesome

[@Lampe2020]

Hopefully some biggies without a "vent" or even some of these chunky block capacitors!

[@decrepitflabbonium5038]

@@Lampe2020 i dont know of any, which makes sense considering its a safety feature :/ maybe solder it shut or smth? xD

[@Lampe2020]

@@decrepitflabbonium5038 Good idea, why didn't I have it?!?