Electrician Reacts to ElectroBOOM’s Hawaiian Holiday 🏝️

[@kevini001]

Hello from Canada! Medhi is referring to the box behind an outlet. In Canada, they are 96% metal. It is very rare to see a plastic one.

[@thinklist]

Oh nice 👍

[@ChevCheliosDE]

For the Love of God, his Name is Mehdi

[@cm0786]

Huh, didn't know that. In the states most residential is plastic boxes. However, I believe some states mandate metal boxes and shielded cables for commercial.

[@brianargo4595]

@@cm0786 new construction and remodels I can believe, galvanized junction boxes were pretty darn standard for a few years into this century, still.

[@charlesnathansmith]

​​​@@cm0786 which part are you in? I grew up in rural WV and never saw anything but metal enclosures, but they're not usually insulated. It's the same idea behind junction boxes, just to have a grounded metal enclosure around every connection point It never occurred to me that part of their purpose was to contain a fire. I thought it was just to pull a short quickly if something comes loose rather than having faulty connections being half-connected and sparking or overheating, or touching nearby screws or brackets and making them live

[@henrikpanczak6312]

Man please do more of this videos! I love Mehdi and together with your professional comments and your laughts it is a great combo! Greetings from Germany! :-)

[@thinklist]

Wow 🤩 hey my fellow European LEGEND💪 I’m so glad you love it, I’m editing a new one as we chat 💬 Thanks so much for your support 🤙

[@henrikpanczak6312]

@@thinklist great to hear. I'm looking forward. 🤩

[@phizc]

8:40 he's demonstrating an induction furnace, and kinda also induction cook tops.

[@info0]

Yep, definitely can confirm, in Europe, we have metal inside outlets, but never knew what it was for. Now I know. Fire hazard prevention. Brilliant ;).

[@thinklist]

It kinda makes me think why we don’t use them more in Australia 🇦🇺 Thanks so much for supporting the channel 💪

[@WolferAlpha]

I imagine some employee of the place comes with a message, knocks on the door, Mehdi opens it and the guy sees the smoke detector outside the wall, the power panel on the floor. XD

[@kd5nrh]

There needs to be a regular ElectroBOOM/styropyro collab for you to react to.

[@rather_be_a_cat]

I like how much enthusiasm you have for electricity, something that most people don't really consider.

[@patrickdix772]

1:30 we fairly frequently test ours while cooking. Though in the USA battery powered smoke detectors are supposed to have an alarm when they get to low battery. So ours will give a short chirp every few minutes (unlike the continuous longer alarm when it detects smoke) when the battery is low (most often starting when you're asleep and with enough time that you fall back asleep between chirps).

[@benfrommotherrussia714]

Yo that was very entertaining please keep up the good work im sure your channel will boom soon

[@thinklist]

Appreciate that mate, glad you liked it 🤙⚡️

[@walterwhite1742]

@@thinklist electro boom can teach stuff in such a danger- I mean fun way!

[@XLGaming]

the metal box (or plastic) is code in the US. Without it, any short or arc can start a fire if it comes into contact with wood, drywall, or whatever your wall is made of. Metal boxes usually have wires coming into them with metal conduit that is grounded, and sometimes acts as the ground conductor. Plastic boxes usually just have romex coming through the opening.

[@theKashConnoisseur]

Since North Americans are smart enough to generally avoid disassembling outlets or sticking conductive objects in them, we've seen no need to move to the safer European style ones. And on the rare occasion that someone isn't smart.... Darwin Award, and the gene pool is slightly less stupid as a result.

[@edgabrielocay3376]

i agree, f@ck those safer European stuff.

[@___Bruh__]

6:00 these are especially important if there is insulation around the receptacle.

[@patatje1434]

i do love electroboom and i just found out your reaction to his videos is just as hallarious. great content 👍😉

[@ConcernedCitizenPPCA]

Not an electrician but here in North America we use those metal boxes generally to contain switches and outlets. There's a screw terminal inside it which is supposed to be tied to ground to make the box itself safe in the event the wiring is bad. Those outlets look worse than they might actually be because the two screws on either side are for continuing the circuit to other outsets or for setting up 3 way switches

[@thinklist]

🤙

[@bloodblade58]

Hello, new viewer, stumbled on you on accident, I really like your personality and the vibes are nice I feel like im watching with a friend.

[@DarkLuigiProGamingYT]

Your Laugh Always Make Me Laugh, Your Laugh Is So Contagious

[@thinklist]

😆 thanks mate 🤙

[@DarkLuigiProGamingYT]

@@thinklist You're Welcome :)

[@michael.a.covington]

5:24 That looks like no box at all, neither a metal one nor the usual blue plastic one. Is it in fact a cream-colored plastic box of some kind, or is it missing?

[@jadecrusher1066]

Hello from America I'm a journeyman electrician from the states. All receptacles, switches, junctions are all done in boxes. Plastic for residential, metal boxes for commercial and industrial

[@timothy4664]

My wife is a general contractor and project manager here in Massachusetts, USA. One of her guys nearly died due to an arc flash event about 8 years ago. The only reason the guy survived is because my wife largely does work for hospitals. He was onsite and a code was called immediately. You're right, this is no joke

[@Ale-Tronic]

Here in Brazil we use plastic boxes made of PVC, metal ones only on very old houses, also, our new outlets standard, the wiring fixation and location looks very similar to yours from Australia.

[@peterrhodes2035]

Classic and bring on number 3

[@thinklist]

Thanks mate 💪⚡️

[@cr76802]

Older houses are metal boxes and new housings are plastic.. it's standard code that all outlets within 3ft of plumbing such as sink,toilet or tub must have GFCI unless it's something like a garbage disposal that's runs of a switch.

[@emilyrln]

I love Medhi, but god, his videos give me anxiety 😂 even though he clearly knows what he's doing, I can't help jumping at all the sudden booms and flashes and all 😂😂😂

[@TheTubeLovers]

This dude knows exactly what he's doing.

[@Peterohlalala]

i wanna see more lol he is great

[@shamirandrews6064]

I'm surprised with all that guy's cowboy electrics, that he is still alive!

[@goglesquirmintontheiii901]

Epic. PT 4 when?

[@thinklist]

Im working on it! Any suggestions?

[@goglesquirmintontheiii901]

@@thinklist Mabye his Jacob's Ladder video

[@patatje1434]

i'm loving this 😄

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

I must see more of this

[@thinklist]

Thanks so much for your support

[@lightningRatPack]

Its weird in south Africa no one has smoke detectors in their home. You only see them in high-end hotels.

[@sakibuissaka6298]

He really know what he is doing.

[@sarodorethedragon9865]

GFCI is Ground Fault Current Interrupter

[@thenicoletti]

Now in the video with the outlet, imagine what its like for those of us with old wiring. Learned electrical with knob and tube wiring which if you dont know what it is….its non grounded (hot and neutral only), not labeled as both wires are the same color, and the sheathing is either rubberized cloth or in the case of my house asbestos. Youll also get the weird daisy chain effect where random plugs and lights are attached all together with seemingly no sense.

[@thinklist]

Holy crap that sound next level. Can’t say I have come across that before 🤙

[@thenicoletti]

@@thinklist en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob-and-tube_wiring

[@The_Minds_Butterfly]

Just tested all the GFCI outlets in my house and all but one is working. The one that isn't working straight up isn't delivering power anyway. Think I will have to reset it.

[@mynameisroman]

6:00 in germany we build almost exclusively "stone" buildings. concrete, bricks and stuff. wood is almost never used. so standard is a plastic box for the outlets

[@braddofner]

I'm already subscribed, I can't subscribe again... however, DO MORE react videos. Your insight is great and your very entertaining!

[@hismastersvoice2729]

video idea: react to his video about his alarm clock (it was very funny XD)

[@PhreakinPhilip]

My smoke detector at home is battery powered and makes a short screeching beep if the battery is dead. I assume most home smoke detectors are like this in the US

[@ConcernedCitizenPPCA]

Yeah most battery powered ones have a low voltage warning. It probably starts chirping to annoy-o-tron you into replacing the battery. There are newer models these days where you never have to change the battery for the life of the smoke detector. Not sure if those are full battery ones or mains connected though.

[@charizardvhs]

10:18 10:18 made me laugh so hard

[@Jameswen-electronics]

6:58 what if its a tesla coil and energy is dumped through air

[@PankajNikam]

It was fun thanks :)

[@thinklist]

thanks mate 🤙 really appreciate the support 💪

[@PankajNikam]

@@thinklist I love them all. Thanks.

[@oak_meadow9533]

Anyone who would go into a mains panel deserves what they get!

[@red__guy]

3:35 that's why I'm in software engineering!

[@bobfels5343]

Watching you watching Mehdi is even more fun that just watching Mehdi. Maybe one day you both can do a collab? :D

[@rhys6cats]

Love the vid

[@itz_ya_boi_devstonertrapta4350]

I do hope you know you were in an electroboom video

[@emuschemre]

I love it 🤣

[@spacemaster8661]

Random question: how many phases of electricity do you have in Australia? Btw, hello from the United States!

[@thinklist]

Gday mate, welcome to the channel. Not random at all, you’ve come to the right place. We have 3 phase.

[@coastersaga]

@@thinklist We in Canada have split-phase 120/240V and 3 phase 120/208V, 277/480V, AND 347/600V. Unfortunately for me, I only have access to 120/240V split-phase, while if I was living in an apartment, I'd have 120/208V

[@skellious]

Australia has sensible sockets like the UK. with a switch and with the wires connecting from the back into enclosed screw terminals. EDIT: Scratch that, I just saw you say you dont have back boxes / pattress boxes. WHAT??

[@thinklist]

Yeah this is true. Only in certain instances would you use an enclosure behind the socket outlet

[@ConcernedCitizenPPCA]

Most outlets sold these days have options for both inserting from behind and screwing down that way as well as making a hook and putting it onto the screw itself. According to code both are acceptable although I think if you are using a larger wire than normal you cant use the holes in the back. Most electricians here like using the hook method probably because if you make the hook in the direction of the screw it'll be better and provide a larger surface area for contact.

[@Coltwollsch]

Hey think list legitimate question here. Why are electricians called sparkys? As a welder I have always felt that we should be sparkys instead

[@thinklist]

You know what that’s a great question, I mean it kinda makes sense. Maybe we should make up a nickname for welders now. Maybe “Arcy’s” 🤣

[@lightingthelatenight9942]

@@thinklist arcys and sparkys lol sound like slurs almost

[@lennongroover4189]

Close lightning strikes

[@okaro6595]

Also RCDs can fail because you do not test them. They can get stuck.

[@thinklist]

Yep this can happen in rare instances

[@Khorne_of_the_Hill]

These are fun

[@thinklist]

Thanks mate 💪

[@fuzzelf]

Yes, American receptacles are SCARRY! The good news is only the generic 120 volt, 15 and 20 amp receptacles are like that. Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCI), higher standard/quality 120v plugs, and 240 volt receptacles are more like yours. About our electrical boxes, at all points in the electrical circuit that the electrical energy is utilized or consumed, a box is required. This is what the Code calls an 'Outlet', this includes receptacles, switches, any place for surface mounted lights, places that wires leave the wall to equipment, and junction boxes. Our National Electric Code mandates how the wires and boxes should be installed, but its the municipality that determines if you will use metal or plastic boxes and somewhat what type of wire protection of the wires/cable (metal, plastic or no conduit; cable armored with metal, or one of many plastics; if you can use aluminum core instead of copper core). Generally, single family dwellings and duplexes will be plastic boxes/no conduit for wires. Commercial buildings and multi-family dwellings will be metal boxes with armored wires/wires in conduit. Great video from your not so local American Electrician trade school instructor!

[@thinklist]

This is so interesting 🤔 so Electrician’s that work in different states really need to check local codes. Thanks so much mate

[@mrpetsim24]

React the short circuit 750kV

[@TechniCraftYT]

In Germany its illegal to have a broken smoke detector.

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

In Germany it's illegal to do most things

[@TechniCraftYT]

Thats true.

[@gregchambers6100]

Ground Fault Circuit Interruptors are for wet locations, or to protect up to three ungrounded existing outlets. The electronics notice a distinctive waveform for liquids and opens up, or of course any other ground fault condition.

[@macondeason-v2e]

this is very funny iM personaly am afraid of electricity i aleays have to cut off the elctric fence when taking car of the cows becaose 20,000 volts doesnt feel good when getting shocked somewhere

[@FerociousPancake888]

Arc flashes can reach 35,000F!

[@castelaronly]

En autralia y eeuu son ta raros las instalaciones

[@neutronenstern.]

can you react to matthias Krantz?

[@BayEmirkiYT]

C'mon.. I waiting for Mehdi commented on this video

[@thinklist]

I know right 😝

[@edengates66]

Can you please thank Electro boom

[@termisher5676]

Bruh my wlectricity is all over ground. Electrical box? Who needs it. If rat bits it hes gonna burn.

[@otherunicorn]

You do know he fakes it, don't you? Sparks are from low voltage capacitor discharges etc.

[@Jay-S730]

No in the UK they (metal box) go straight into the wall. No need for fancy fire retardent stuff.

[@Rmin_forsure]

Bro i fixed my outlet and 3 switches as 12 yo bro how hes stupid that much and i wanna be an electrican

[@juweinert]

6:00 you clearly think too much of US safety standards 😂 I think that's just supposed to be there instead of the outlet being screwed into a stud, as it's often done in the US. Plus their walls being mostly completely made out of wood you really want to contain any sparks. I cannot imagine that US electrical standards ever heard of fire retardant materials like the HILTI goop you showed

[@lennongroover4189]

Or prophet wanna play

[@edengates66]

Never mind

[@ShreyanGondaliya-fw4vo]

he doesnt do it on purpose

[@kjakobsen]

I like seeing him hurt himself. I'm a bad person.

[@Crystalcluster]

04:29 dude, fuck NA, Australian, any plugs, just go with European, or even better, british plugs.

[@sxndwich3395]

Yes. As an American, our power outlets are bad enough that i would call them unsafe. I envy UK plugs

[@trashtalkterry2133]

Ok

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[@thinklist]

I’m on it 🫡

[@DarkLuigiProGamingYT]

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[@Xanthopteryx]

This is how the backside of a light switch can look like in Sweden: www.byggoteknik.se/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2_Skala.jpg Outlets are like the sam: www.wattvaktarna.se/images/zoom/1893400-2.jpg And we mount them in: lh3.googleusercontent.com/rOwYLG84gsGVL__tnEYuat1XonzVKKCEEREWip3dtLrVe_QFU7YD9rLpaLU7tkfEUJ2aWdynxdUhp9jC43Px0VkyAzbDXZnbgQ=l80-w3192-h2394 (several different versions are available, like diameter, number of connecting tubes and so on). On the tubes we put pipes, rigid (that you bend with a bending spring) or flexible: 3.bp.blogspot.com/__QLw_xKep8o/S9EtpPnrz6I/AAAAAAAAB2c/efFW3fhXoIQ/s1600/blandade+bilder+2010+173.JPG

[@thinklist]

I’m literally incredibly impressed. The European’s look like they might be kicking ass in the power department

[@shamirandrews6064]

I'm surprised with all that guy's cowboy electrics, that he is still alive!