Understanding Electric Discharges

Understanding Electric Discharges. How exactly does an electrical discharge start? What are the different types of discharges and how are they different from each other. In this video, I will attempt to explain this. I will cover the different breakdown regimes, from dark mode, to glow mode to arc mode. Within these, we will examine different types such as corona, brush discharge, glow, partial discharge, arc, streamer, vacuum arc, etc.
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00:00 Introduction
00:15 Electric discharge definition
00:28 Electric breakdown definition
01:50 Discharge regimes
02:18 Dark discharge
03:12 Corona discharge
06:33 Streamers / brush discharge
08:59 Glow discharge
10:33 Regions of a glow discharge
13:30 Arc / spark discharge
16:31 Leader spark discharge
18:38 Partial discharge
19:38 Effect of altitude/pressure
21:12 Vacuum arc discharge

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This is an outstanding video. I think if I watch 4 or 5 more times I can finally understand electric discharges.

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This video was "charged with incredible learning potential." I enjoyed rewinding this video over and over again "discharging understanding" over and over again! ⚡😬⚡

[@slickwillie3376]

Shocking...🌝

[@jvee4072]

as a 19yr electrician, its been so obvious electromagnectic force is driving it all. however it never really sank in until halfway thru my career when rule #1 ac theory sank in completely : the only way to generate a magnetic feild is with current.......

[@dinf8940]

magnets must be magic then. *current - organized movement of charges, or a special case of charge displacement, and since all matter is built from charge 'carriers', it most certainly is not the only way to create magnetic 'field'/_effect_

[@EBDavis111]

Yeah, you'd think a19 yr electrician would know what permanent magnets were.

[@jmartinharris4866]

Electrons are still moving at the atomic scale. As the molecules are all aligned, the individual electron movements will effect "discrete or elemental" aligned currents that will ADD to create the magnetic field.

[@simonruszczak5563]

@@jmartinharris4866 The magnetic fields were always there, just jumbled up, (+1) n/2 - (+1) n/2 = 0. Straightening them out adds them together, (+1) n/2 + (+1) n/2 = n.

[@simonruszczak5563]

​@@dinf8940 The field of a permanent magnet isn't being generated (created), it's static. Just like the electrostatic field of a charged object, or is a charged balloon magic? The "permanent" is equivalent to static. You are no magi of the magic of magnets.

[@stefanpalczewski]

I am really glad I have stumbled on this channel. Thanks Gareth.

[@BarelyScience]

to think, that whole time I was playing with plasma I was actually working on an education. Thanks Gareth!

[@SeethePattern]

Thank you for your awesome discharge videos. They really helped show some of the types of discharges

[@HitAndMissLab]

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[@gogauze]

This is just an incredible video and resource for those of us with background in EM physics and EE, but didn't specifically have our programs go deep into the dielectric breakdown of insulators. Just having all of this information in one place, and explained concisely, is a treasure.

[@benwatson8244]

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[@muninrob]

Sounds like me when I was on my second year of pursuing an EE degree. Thankfully the professor introduced me to all the shenanigans that Mr. Tesla got up to with air-core transformers, converting most of the formulae and units into something more "real" and tangible. "I'll switch your grade to 110% if by the end of the semester you can use a tesla coil to transmit a song over AM radio - OR - correctly explain what laws of physics make it impossible." I didn't manage it, but he did give me a once letter grade bump for transmitting "This is too hard" in morse.

[@markawbolton]

Stick with it. The Maths isnt really that difficult.

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[@Xray-Rep]

I "play" with high voltage as a hobby (very carefully, of course) and as such I found this video to be educational and it gave me a better appreciation of the types of electrical discharges that I see very often. I am now a subscriber of this channel. 🙂

[@roberthawthorne8396]

Awesome! Well done Gareth!

[@vonderloo3184]

Nice. Are we talking Georgia Guidestones? Lol Granite dielectric, flux line explosion discharge....

[@axeman2638]

we'll never know because they destroyed the evidence already.

[@llahneb10]

Expertly done! Clear, concise, informed… I came away from this understanding many of the things that didn’t make sense to me before. Thank you!

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Excellent work. I probably only understood half of it, but I learned a ton from that half. 🙂

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[@UmaROMC]

I'm an industrial electrician, so I already knew some of this stuff, but both the added theoretical backing and stuff like the partial discharge are immensely interesting and quite useful knowledge for me. Thanks man

[@AccidentalScience]

Wow the most comprehensive video on electric discharge I ever seen. Kudos.

[@cynicalskeptic]

This is exactly what I needed although it will take awhile for me to absorb it all. Thank you! Dare I say that you have outdone yourself with this video Gareth? Question : at 10:33 Regions of glow discharge, is what you are describing here are various modes of Birkland current, among other possible things?

[@unixux]

Unreasonably informative and complete

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[@Jollyprez]

My son recently had training to become a welder. If you didn't know, 99% of welding is electrical in nature. Voltage, current, and so-on are all adjusted to get the right kind of weld. One interesting facet I didn't know about what that on certain kinds of welds - the POLARITY of the current is important. For example, on certain MIG welding ( or flux? I don't remember ), you're supposed to flip the leads to reverse the polarity. Otherwise, the weld will splatter and cause other problems. The difference is dramatic. Just from THAT example, one could see why in some cases, material will be lifted from one place, and deposited into another.

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Don't forget plasma cutting tools too! I'm sure he will use that as well. The "electrode" on a plasma cutter is negative polarity, who would'a thought! :P

[@ryanlange6766]

taking physics 2 over the summer and just learned the term "electron avalanche"...this was just the right vid to watch before finals

[@DirkLarien]

Love this part so much. So this "static electricity" when you rub ball with your hand, that tingling and attraction on your skin is the dark discharge. And when you come too close that it becomes arc discharge.

[@splodman]

Outstanding video - a really clear explanation of so many effects all in one place!

[@schwenke069]

When you got to vacuum arc ... I first pictured space. Then realized vacuum tubes. Pretty significant application.

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Thank you a lot for such an excellent and didactic material! I'm using it to prepare an exam for the energy laboratory at a german university (KIT, Energietechnisches Praktikum)

[@SeethePattern]

Glad you find it useful

[@markawbolton]

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[@HitAndMissLab]

Since plasma knowledge is fresh in your mind, may I possibly ask you to do one more video explaining how microwaves create plasma. I am an UFO researcher and I research UFO from point of view of modern physics, and there are lots of microwaves and plasma around them, so that explanation will lead to better understanding of this phenomena.

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Really nice explanation and cool photos/visualization.

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Thank you for this excellent explanation

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Nice animations! I'm sure a lot of time and effort goes into producing these. It is much appreciated!

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Perfect, thanks!

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I can't thank you enough for this video that answers many questions that were still unanswered after reading several texts on the subject! I really loved the animations of the atoms, those made all the difference.

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Best explanation yet.

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Brilliant! One of your best

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You can make a suit that attracts and repels reverses Charge one that heals and one that Kills.I wasn't expecting that.

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Great video, Garth! I like your new format -- BUT, you cut off your music at the beginning right when it really hit your theme music (14 sec.) ! That is your brand, and you cut it off right when it was to begin! Now I have to go back to your old videos to hear it. -- God bless!

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That plasma reaction reminds me in the fission bomb somehow. 👍

[@sciencetroll6304]

Been wondering for ages how high voltage acts in space. Now I have a better understanding.

[@5ty717]

Very good

[@fredfarquar8301]

Positive and negative electric charges are the most basic aspects of the Yin and Yang. Truly the engine of the universe. Thank you, Gareth.

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Subscribed! I love current events! They sre shocking to say the least.

[@JesseKozlowski]

Thumbs up, and shared.

[@brettjasonhead3740]

Great video. Question would an ESD occurring inside the chamber (while DC voltage is applied to the electrodes )increase due to Townsend discharge theory, therefore, increasing the power /current of the ESD.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

When you covered how pressure effects electric discharge. It makes me think of how we see plasma arch's in space, at the upper region of the stratosphere with plasma bolts shooting up into the vacuum of space.. how does that happen?

[@lionra4523]

thank you!

[@endopol]

Thanks!

[@tombouie]

Well-Done

[@DrDeuteron]

so I have a PhD, and my brain is full.

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Bravo, Bravo!!

[@Dahmac]

Great video as it goes in depth. I have to rewatch because I find it hard to follow the explanations sometimes, too much information packed into 1 sentence.

[@papalazzzaru]

Very informative. My only doubts are about the actual mechanism, specifically the supposed movement of particles and most especially photons, a beast which I have long been convinced doesn't exist at all. I find Tesla's suggestion that light is similar to a sound wave that propagates through a medium far more logical and with that particular unicorn particle out of the way I am left doubting the existence of any others.

[@matthewlambermon-southam4418]

PERFECT!!

[@nobigbang825]

Plasma morphology is much more complex than one would think.

[@VisitorL]

The anode glow is pressed against the surface of the anode. The anode dark space is BETWEEN the positive column and the anode glow. In the presented video, these two glow discharge areas are swapped.

[@VisitorL]

This can be seen if you stop the video at 9:02. On the right, a brighter anode glow is pressed against the anode. Between the positive column and the anode glow, you can consider a darker layer, which is the dark anode space. By choosing the experimental conditions, you can make the dark anode space more pronounced.

[@KaliFissure]

This particulate model is imho not are all how it works. More a flow of charge along molecular/atomic distributed charge paths. Recent graphene experiments seem to indicate that collections of electrons act more fluidics than particulate because of field distribution.

[@fredfarquar8301]

This video was explaining the basics of discharge, from plates or points, in simple systems. What I believe you may be talking about is in larger systems where other factors come into play (differential charge accumulation, longer range effects by magnetic and induced currents, etc), and indeed, in these larger systems, equations of magnetohydrodynamics (the fluidic behavior you mentioned) become more accurate and proficient to describe the observed phenomena.

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Using this to unlock my hidden powers

[@citizensunitednegatingtech9783]

FULL DESCRIPTION OF A CATHODE RAY TUBE WOULD BE A GOOD CLOSER , TO SEE A VACUUM TUBE LASER BENDING , PRECURSOR TO ALL THE FUTURE WEAPONS

[@sooocheesy]

I'd be interested to see a video that goes into the discharge in laser tubes/chambers.

[@ahmedladhibi6893]

Hello, thanks for the video. I have a question: Towsend mechanism describes a self-depending discharge aka independent discharge, while the dark discharge is a dependent discharge. can someone please explain me why dark discharge is here qualified as townsend regime.

[@arthurrobey7177]

What is the mechanism by which light is emitted in a vacuum discharge. (Bremstralling?)

[@nielsdaemen]

22:05 + it produces Xrays if the voltage is high enough!

[@stevesloan6775]

Contemporary normal spark plugs are wild… but if you look into the cutting edge “combustion chamber ignition” it get wild!

[@simonruszczak5563]

The conversion of potential in to current as the charge flows, (and back) obeys the conservation of energy law. Juggling the voltage and amperage, but the energy per time (wattage) is always the same, (W=V*I). The conservation law also governs the relationship between magnetics and electrics.

[@VictorLarsen-fy9ls]

What do you think about the red vertical streamers in the uppermost layers of the atmosphere that appear above lightning spots in the sky?

[@zyxzevn]

Now, how do these discharges compare to the solar flares? I have a good theory, but wonder about your ideas.

[@pwnzerelli]

manually not interesteding the bigfoot science channels is starting to pay off, new small good science channels getting recommended, great vid, ty

[@leonhardtkristensen4093]

I have recently seen another couple of videos that appeared to show that static electricity doesn't repel in vacuum (at least to the same extend). Can you or any body else confirm or contradict this? Does an electroscope work in vacuum? Also does coulumbs law work in vacuum?

[@protasiocanalita6436]

It might have hspprned in the calif. Fire. I was curious why is it that hiuses got burned while the bermuda grass thst sre inchrs away from the fire has not burned??? Is it the best tech. Of the present time?

[@fractalnomics]

Do leaders heat the air?

[@waitwhat2143]

Well, I MYSELF have not seen this to occur where my curisoity was piqued. So, I guess I really cannot relate to this presentation. I do like to watch Gareths presentations on observed cosmological phenomenon as I like to think that the electric universe offers a clear path to understanding.

[@pariagholamzade4879]

I have a question. How many colons does a simple spark of lighter have ?

[@YiOughta]

Is there another force we know little about at play in the electric universe. Why do magnet fields not just cancel each other, being they are so attracted to each other. How can extreme fields of both pos and neg energies exist side by side, like on the sun and not fuse or repel. Same with a magnet, the two fields seem to ignore each other although their emanating from the same central point. What's happening is right before our eyes seems to be overlooked? Can you help explain this phenomenon further?

[@winproduction7585]

I don't understand how can electron combine with positive ion, it gives off light? How is it related to excitation?? positive ion meaning that it already loses 1 electron

[@stevesloan6775]

The old saying that “ufo run on a 5v battery” is half true!!! 😂

[@jnhrtmn]

So, at 19:38, altitude and pressure didn't create the muon delay that's used to support time dilation? Anyone wanna bet?

[@AvadaKedavra943]

7:31 There is a small mistake here. It's 30 kV/mm not cm.

[@dotanwolf5640]

a few years ago i went corona discharge hunting. i live in south of israel; on top of the ridge of the suryian-african rift valley. its a cliff that gradually slopes down 300 m. it was a thunderstorm at sunset. i was standing close to the edge of the cliff with my hand up to the sky. from each finger there was a purple streamer about 5 cm long! still waiting since for the right conditions.

[@axeman2638]

you mean occupied palestine.

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Yikes, don't get electrocuted!

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@@axeman2638 that’s correct ‘Apartheid Israel’

[@fredfarquar8301]

You were experiencing what has long been called “Saint Elmo’s fire”; very interesting to watch when it occurs!

[@muninrob]

If you're chasing it for cool pictures, build a van degraffe generator to create the effect on demand. If you're chasing it for science, good luck on the paper!!

[@ManyHeavens42]

Tell me how to ground to the air ?Water of life.? We are still in the discharge of the Big bang. I told them they can regulate the atmosphere because gas dissipates with High frequency, so I built my own Resonator.

[@JohnSmith-em4gk]

Now realize every feature in the southwest desert areas and United States can be explained by these patterns... see Andrew Hall from a thunderbolt project

[@bobann3566]

Steinmetz says that Dielectricity and voltage are one and the same.

[@rob679]

So there can be lightning strikes in space?

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New subscriber 😂😂😂…😏

[@kellyryanobrien1]

Okay maybe someone can explain what is happening when this occurs thru my field. Here goes: imagine those plastic battery operated candles 🕯 you can buy at any store. Now imagine they have been out of charge for months and I never turned the button to OFF. One day I am dancing around to the spiritual energy of the earth, my frequency was as high as I have experienced before. At the precise moment I am feeling this heightened state..the candle illuminates. I have repeated this numerous times. What’s happening?