Until it Pops - 1000 Watt Light Bulb

A 1000 watt light bulb gets cranked up "until it pops" with ever increasing power. The lamp also gets a couple of million watts in an instant just for fun.

[@iGamepc]

"Lightbulb's gone" "It's raining glass" These guys crack me up hahaha.

[@12799MaDeuce]

"light bulb's gone" couldn't stop laughing!

[@MonkeyHunch1]

Same lol

[@spitfireace87]

i lost it there

[@grimreaper-260]

same

[@PLiWorx]

That part was fucking classic! 😂

[@rzerizrz]

It's raining glass....

[@mrmattandmrchay]

3:54 Loved watching the remains of the filament jumping up, glass long since departed!! Love your commentary, style and content... never a dull video.

[@Adam-bw4lw]

Nice to see you :))

[@jacoblucas4259]

The actual mad science laugh after he talks about the lack of fuse on the lightbulb is just too good.

[@Bisqwit]

*Poff*. Laebulb's gunn.

[@mikeholbrough7723]

Now that discharge from the cap bank into the bulb was truly amazing! That popped way better than I expected lol!

[@gimiesome]

Well that was the Highlight of the day.

[@ipodguy9]

Bright spark here everyone :P

[@beefcakeandgravy]

Very _illuminating_ comment. Thanks!

[@Photonicinduction]

I have to be honest and say I don't like the new mic, :( Too sensitive if moving or doing physical work. Pain in the butt wearing it. Will I get interference with HV? I'll get a better mic for the camera :) I had a go lol

[@awolmadandy]

it does sound like you are talking and holding your nose, camera mic much better, if you could adjust the low levers (bass) on the mic it wouldn't be so bad.

[@electroimpex8897]

+Andrew Watson Jes

[@4gauge10]

Excellent video,top-notch as always.The gentleman that's on your show looks somewhat like"Red Foreman"from "That 70's Show"HAHA!!.He looked like he wanted to say..."We are going crank it up to far beyond dumbass levels like never before!!)HAHAHA!!.I was laughing all though this video,great stuff Photonicinduction and"Red Foreman"LOL!!.

[@zeebeezoey]

Ì'd say for what you're doing, you want a little shotgun mic on top of your camera, something like a rode videomic. It will reject sound from behind, and be far away enough to not hear your clothes rustle, but it will capture the sound of the room, meaning you get everyone talking, as well as the sound of things going pop. For a more advanced solution, you could get an external stereo recorder, like a zoom h1 or a zoom h4n

[@landtechnik4k]

The Original Sound was way better! I even liked the old Camera with Purple Dots :)

[@electronicsNmore]

Amazing how many people enjoy watching things getting destroyed. :-) I'm one of them. My guess was 2.5KW

[@camrynupshaw5052]

Five years

[@JTA1961]

Mine was 2000 ...

[@TheOfficialStal]

I cant imagine "watt" your electricity bill looks like... hehehe

[@CookingWithCows]

He probably gets business (flat)rates :P

[@TheOfficialStal]

***** I wouldn't be surprised. :)

[@sleeptyper]

He has a battery system which allows him to charge up during cheap night clicks and stay off grid at day and especially when doing this electric stuff. It's all explained in an earlier video. :)

[@JohnL90808]

It's not like he does this sort of thing everyday. A 100 W light bulb left on for a month would cost more than his 20,000 W power supply on max use in one hour.

[@TheOfficialStal]

***** I'm relatively new to photonic induction, only been here since 2015. Though I still imagine it costs a heck of a lot for the set up costs/equipment even if the energy is cheaper than I thought. Though thanks I should watch that video! :)

[@JustinAlexanderBell]

Those mercury arc rectifiers make nice display pieces.

[@22fret]

Would be a shame to blow one of those up...

[@punman5392]

+22fret he should power them up once in a while. Their purple plasma arcs look really cool when they're working. They would make an interesting decoration piece

[@sonjakavalut]

3:41 sounds like special police department guy reporting: Target removed...😂 Miss you Andy ❤

[@TeeborGames]

Do you take requests? an until it pops of a PC Power Supply? Everytime I have had one of these fail on me normally they are pretty impressive bangs and light shows, be even more interesting at high voltage

[@metacustomcomputers3426]

If PSUs fail on you that often, you should consider investing a little bit more money and buying a brand PSU from brands like SeaSonic or Super Flower. I'm exclusively using those brands for customer PCs and up till now not a single one failed. Also for your request, Photon should definitely take a chinese no-name one, because trying to pop a SeaSonic or Super Flower PSU will be pretty tiring, since first you need to manually remove the Over-Voltage Protection, the Under-Voltage Protection, the Over-Power Protection, the Short-Curcuit Protection and the Temperature Protection before you could try to pop it. Kind regards, Meta Custom Computers

[@BenjaminEsposti]

^^^ Meta Custom Computers, I agree with you. Besides, it's good to get a well made PSU, since because it is less likely to break, you will have less motherboards that need replacing as well.. XP Those cheap ass ones sold for like $5 to $20 dollars simply aren't up to the task. I've seen plenty that are labelled for "400W" or even "850W" yet the internal guts were only good for about 200W. And with the lack of OPP, what happens is the switching transistors on the primary side will blow once the transformer core saturates. Can easily send a surge into the motherboard, which can fry it to buggery!

[@TeeborGames]

Benjamin Esposti The particular power supply I had in mind when writing that was an Antec "Server" PSU which while turned off and still connected to the mains exploded in a small light show complete with smoke. But things like safety and fuses don't seem to be a problem for Photon and they do have some lovely big caps and other things in them to go pop

[@BenjaminEsposti]

Ahh, well, I'm not aware of Antec making server PSUs, but I'm sure it's quite possible for them to do so. I don't really trust Antec all that much though, especially with the Fuhjyyu capacitor fiasco they had. BTW it's always possible that even a good brand can make a bad PSU. I had someone give me a DELL SFF tower that went bang - the PSU is a common failure in certain dell machines. A google search revealed many complaints of them dropping like flies. I took the PSU apart and was going to fix it, but a particular hard to get IC was blown, so I didn't repair it. Just got a new one. The old PSU was made by HIPRO, which generally make decent power supplies (mostly for OEM's). The new PSU was much different internally, even though it had the same part number and revision number as the old one! Go figure ... (Not sure who made the new unit, it wasn't appearant. No marks on the transformers or PCB, but the PSU was well made with a two layer firbreglass PCB and DC-DC converters for the minor output rails.)

[@Twist3rOffical]

Ayy similar logos

[@leokimvideo]

Proof your the chap grabbing the microwave parts from the trashed Microwaves where I live

[@michaelladue5655]

what a great way to wake up in the morning watching a video like this.

[@suomik1988]

I just found my new favorite KZbin channel! Lol, "none of this build it up slowly and then pop it." I loved that one.

[@suomik1988]

When you say things like that, it really hurts me inside.

[@AnimosityGamers]

I started cracking up with your "Light bulbs gone" after it explodes into oblivion

[@terawattyear]

Great effect - glass vaporized or maybe it's pulverized. I have to wonder though, exactly what caused that explosion? Was it the internal pressure from vaporized tungsten? Was there enough gas left in the bulb to expand exponentially when the filament hit the temperature of the surface of the sun? Nicely done Photon!

[@JonatanGronoset]

I just wanna give you a big fuzzy hug because you always makes me happy when you crank it up stupid and pop electronics. I love the whole room filling with a blue glow as the filament fails in 2:32! :D

[@Photonicinduction]

received :)

[@GaminGit]

The bulb getting popped by the cap was awesome - Would love to see that with a high-speed camera! You should do a kickstarter/gofundme type thing to get one mate! GG

[@gregmercil3968]

That last bulb though, for some reason I got a very good laugh at watching it explode. 🤣

[@Briansampson7852110]

I know you must have a extremely busy job, so thank you for taking the time to keep the videos coming!

[@jayja45]

My favourite part of blowing up lightbulbs, is the split-second were you can see the filament glow, before the explosion.

[@jakedarling7549]

Bloody hell it's good to have you back

[@avi8aviate]

Incandescent bulbs are mega inefficient. In fact, they're so inefficient that they're banned in some places.

[@DanielsGameVault]

That must have been quite some pressure releasing, judging by how that warning label placed below the control panel got blown about when the bulb popped. Must've felt a bit like a sonic boom in person I bet :D

[@davidriley9194]

3:42 (Glass shatters!) “Light bulb’s gone!”😂😂😂 “It’s raining glass!”😂😂😂 Cracks me up everytime😂😂😂

[@socksincrocks4421]

Glass everywhere, including your bed. I'm sure wifey is going to love that.

[@shelvacu]

For the display: Top is kilowatts, bottom left is kilovolts, bottom right is kiloamps. If the decimal doesn't move, then you can pretend it's not there and then its simply watts, volts and amps.

[@schaltnetzteil495]

"Light bulb's gone!" "It's raining glass!" That's why I'm watching him.

[@bwc1976]

Is it just me, or is Polar looking in better shape and sharper in general now than when I first started watching?

[@aj9270]

great to see Polar again ! looking forward to the next vid !

[@GldRush98]

You're a maniac. Love the videos and glad you're back at it! Microphone was a nice change, definitely made a difference.

[@TheJohn8765]

It's great to see you back, mate.

[@pandaofdoom7684]

You could calculate the electric power that goes into the light bulb (or anything else you destroy by capacitor discharge): Put a large resistor (several MOhm) parallel to the capacitor and measure it's voltage with an oscilloscope. Then set the trigger to falling voltage, do the discharge and see how quickly the voltage drops. Let's say it discharges to nearly 0 in 50 µs, this means the average power output during this time interval is about 50 million watts (E [J] = C U², E/t = P)

[@mnelson10000]

The mic made a HUGE improvement! ...now you just need a high speed camera and you're ready for big time! :)

[@pklongutoobe]

Photon bingo: "Silly light bulbs", "I popped it", "Where's my hammer", "Crank it right up", "Open it up carefully" etc. etc etc.

[@gts9920]

Here I was watching your old vids and I get a message telling me you've just uploaded a new one. Keep up the cracking vids Andy. Cheers from Australia.

[@JohnL90808]

I always love Photon's diabolical laugh.

[@JCR352]

your channel is awesome. it has danger, technology abuse, profanity, and pissed drunkenness. keep up the good work mate.

[@Paaaull]

I'm loving this Until It Pops series. :) Keep it up! :)

[@LostBeetle]

That tungsten filament is only going to burn so hot and bright before it melts and breaks, which is ridiculously hot.

[@TriccyViccy]

Another amazing vid Photon. Please keep doing what you do, you're brilliant

[@jaimeesg]

You know what could make this type of videos great? - High speed camera - Cleaner surroundings like the hydraulic press channels - Graph the voltage and current like if you are measuring the power of an engine.

[@Zodliness]

@Photonicinduction I've come to expect explosions and frying sessions, but that bulb detonation was not expected! Keep up with the great uploads!

[@TheFacedGAM]

I would love to see this done with a fan of some sorts. Maybe even a box fan...

[@El_Chompo]

He needs to move his equipment somewhere more rural out away from town. Then he could do all sorts of fun dangerous experiments with all that power. If he cranked up a metal box fan until it blew it could possibly send blades flying at quite a speed. He could also make a railgun.

[@thalliumrc3981]

I want to see a rail gun on steroids :D

[@HDXFH]

Induction motor will just smoke up

[@GPNeve]

He already did a railgun ;-)

[@TheFacedGAM]

sirgallium The best (and safest) bet is to use a box fan with a metal casing but with plastic blades. so that if they go flying off; they'll simply break up before causing too much damage.

[@arcadeuk]

Always great to see new content from you Andy :) "Lightbulbs gone" hahahahaha

[@melomidi]

I have watched every video photonicinduction has ever uploaded at the very least 3-4 times, yet this is the first I see this video, even looking through all playlists and the channel specific video feed

[@nitroman365]

Legend has it, he's still finding bits of glass in the house.

[@Itbonlinemixingandmastering]

That Sennheiser microphone is top-notch.

[@MichaelMohrshipofools]

Never a dull moment here.. Thank you, Photonic.

[@PatrickBaptist]

Wow a gillion watts explosion was awesome, making it rain glass was priceless LOL

[@Rhainee]

"Light Bulbs Gone!" "its raining glass" "oh dear" LOOOL

[@saintskinny8128]

So glad I never had an issue with my 1000w grow lights!

[@JohnNozum]

Your video is MUCH MORE EXCITING than watching Jeopardy or sports on TV!

[@MrSinner86]

pretty exited your consistently putting out videos again. glad to see you back. As always great video and keep up the good work

[@messiermitchell4901]

your energy provider must love you.

[@ryans.3596]

@2:26-2:33 "And the lightbulb's heart grew three sizes that day!"

[@ntdfmaverick]

Drew an honest laugh out loud, haha, fabulous!

[@zachboulert1497]

thank god your back again I now have a reason to live

[@andk1987]

so glad to see the capacitor back

[@OldSkoolLover1996]

I noticed there was something different about the sound. There's less "room sound" and we can hear you better so that's good :))

[@CoolKoon]

Yep, courtesy of the wireless microphone he was wearing ;)

[@ray-kast]

Note the lapel mic.

[@OldSkoolLover1996]

I know guys :))

[@ray-kast]

Koen Vanbelle K :D

[@novabxnynova5381]

“Do try this at home why not hahaha 🤣 “ Love this channel

[@Noodleude]

the capacitor bit at the end was nostalgic.

[@mathewnash5986]

"You know what, do try this at home..." *Sees danger of death sign fly away in background".

[@funneyguy25]

I like the new equipment! Good to see you got the hang of editing with the GoPro and microphone and all of that!

[@ericbourque6389]

I'm so happy you took that back out!

[@tshepp89]

you need a high speed camera! that would be a great addition.

[@1marcelfilms]

Put 5 of those huge capacitors in series. that would be cool

[@mzflighter6905]

It could make a hole in the universe ;)

[@El_Chompo]

He could make a proper railgun with even that one capacitor. He probably doesn't have the space to do that safely in the middle of a town.

[@1marcelfilms]

Real emp machine that will fuck up everyones equipment in a 500m radius

[@CoolKoon]

+1marcelfilms Actually connecting 5 of the same capacitors in series decreases their capacitance to 5th of a single cap's capacitance. So no, it wouldn't be cool (in fact it would be highly inefficient).

[@1marcelfilms]

CoolKoon then 2 in series and the pair in paralell. double volts and double amps hhaaa

[@FrontSideBus]

Quite interesting! Good job! What would be very interesting is if you repeated the experiment on the big variac with a full-wave rectifier and see how big of a arc you get inside of the lamp when the filament goes! :)

[@RickJohnson]

I'm thinking that 2nd bulb arced at the base rather than through the filament. Really deserves a high-speed cam to show where it actually failed first!

[@ProLogic-dr9vv]

A piece of paper to the right and in the background was moved by the shockwave created by the exploding lightbulb. Well done...

[@locouk]

You need one of them old photography light meters, get some data on the peak light output before it gives up. Hey, there might be an app for that. Cheers guys, have a great weekend.

[@TheToillMainn]

"DO try this at home!" - Photoninduction I fucking love it! Good thing you're back, man!

[@selimate]

fucking cool, I like that the filament flew up a little..... thats the future of space travel there

[@RookRaptor]

hey man good to see you're active again!

[@underappreciatedsoundtrack8870]

"4 and a half thousand volts, 18 thousand amps." Did I hear that right? That capacitor can produce like 80 million watts? It looks like it's pretty heavy, but still, I didn't know you could get capacitors with that much power density.

[@FrontSideBus]

More like 80,000 amps. He popped a load of fuses ages ago with rupture currents of 80ka.

[@Ashcombeguy]

Much improved sound quality and a good vid as always!

[@m-m8835]

I would love to see this at 100,000 fps. Someone collaborate with this man.

[@kirkhamandy]

You need to do that again but get the slow-mo guys in. Even in your slow motion it looked almost instantaneous! 1,000,000 watts with 10,000 fps! Lets really see how it pops :)

[@GTAPlatinum]

Love it when you blow stuff up so casually hahaha. "I POPPED IT!!!!!"

[@m0ther_bra1ned12]

"I'm guna... leave the room I think" lol XD

[@hanswelder]

"Ladies and gentlemen, do this at home, why not?" ;-)

[@jaguarfacedman1365]

photonic be like "did somebody say lack of safety features!?!"

[@SpoiledBadgerMilk]

my smile is cheek to cheek cudos mate love these videos

[@AtoKitsune]

That's about what I expected to happen, with a million watts.

[@BarryAllen-hm1op]

You are crazy insane mad men! My kind of people. Keep up the good work!!

[@pricklydingus8604]

That light bulb had it comin' lads.

[@drdrums1]

With the capacitor, you basically turned the light bulb into an exploding bridgewire.

[@TheComputadude]

That light bulb would have looked really awesome in slow-mo

[@DJkoassilator]

glad your back at it, great videos

[@corygraham601]

You're the best Photon, keep up the vids

[@Tangobaldy]

mic is awesome but slightly to high frequency on my tablet. awesome video. tangobaldy is impressed

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

how much do you pay for energy every month?

[@craigybus1]

We need to hear the infamous line 'I aint 'avin it'!!!

[@Boemel]

Still not powerful enough to watch the gameboy advance screen. And you guys should get a high speed camera, do a fundraiser ???

[@DrewJPS]

Dedicated high speed cameras are about 50 grand Sterling. He obviously wakes good money, but 50k on a camera?

[@blackbird8632]

+Drew Layton and they just went up in price rather spectaculair.

[@userPrehistoricman]

I'm sure that the brexit success is NOTHING to do with that price raise.

[@ILoveWomen]

What about the "fps1000" camera for £400 thats coming out next month?

[@nasanierulastname2997]

The AGB-001 (the non-SP) is really stupid for the lack of a light. Makes up for it though with the use of standard AA batteries. :D

[@Kragatar]

lol I love that monster capacitor.

[@Otakat1]

That second pop was fucking spectacular

[@Darknecros7]

Lol it would have been funny if Photon would have said "No more lightbulb!"

[@punman5392]

Must've been hot enough to instantly fry any bugs landing on it