Until it Pops - 2 Bar Electric Fire

2 Bar Electric Fire gets cranked up "until it pops"
It's rated at 1600 watts, guess how many watts it takes before it pops?

[@peanuts2105]

The National Grid's nightmare has returned

[@SlinkiestTortoise23]

peanuts2105 Bonkers isn't it! Imagine being his neighbour!!! Fuck that! Wondering what on earth he's up to next.... Ridiculous!

[@matthewrasmussen4181]

peanuts2105 I know right, that huge bulb was insanity. I want to see even bigger and brighter bulbs!

[@BillyNoMates1974]

you wouldn't when your lighting suffers severe voltage sags and light dimming when he is draining 90 amps

[@lukasschreyer2047]

peanuts2105 he could just put the outlet of that transformer in a power outlet in the wall, bridge the fuses and the lights in the whole street or even more would be out

[@llary]

I'd be pissed off at any utility company that can't supply 90 amps without browning out the neighbors.

[@K1borg6773]

-"Honey can you please pass me butter?" -"Sure, where is it?" -"Next to the transformer, thank you"

[@Designandrew]

>-"Next to the transformer, thank you" -"Which transformer?" -"The big one over there" -"That doesn't narrow it down.."

[@readman010]

Radijacija the big transformer or the really really big one?

[@IllusivePrime]

@@Designandrew "Sorry honey, I mean near the Bustshittofuck Transformer."

[@tranceemerson8325]

photonic: *laughs calmly* equipment: *ominous humming sound*

[@Dat_red_subie]

Proceeds to hit Vape

[@tn8155]

"We don't do 240 on this channel, do we bois?"

[@punker4Real]

3 phase service shit face

[@smileys1712]

Why is your channel name just G?

[@DaneH64]

Nope

[@SpicyMang0s]

Smiley S why is yours named Smiley S

[@Zhak7]

240p or 240v ? :D

[@SouthwesternEagle]

For a 1600W heater to take 8000W without a fan, I'm impressed! I don't think I've ever seen anything durable enough to take 480v at 15A.

[@RobR386]

probably being outside in the wind helped it take that kind of power before it started to arc.

[@MrLince-hr4of]

@@RobR386 sure a little

[@MichaelOfRohan]

You know, i was thinking.. they call the 1000w "bars" but we dont really do bars here. Maybe ours are just designed to fail?

[@JapanCustomTours]

Really cheap stuff fails at the stated limit, and this didn't fail until 8kW (WTF) - I was impressed.

[@LemonPie4Me]

Glad to hear you stopped smoking!

[@michalrzmichalrz6656]

@@soundspark "let's crank this e-cig up stupid"

[@Lizlodude]

"I'm running out of daylight" pff crank that thing up and you won't need daylight :D

[@Photonicinduction]

Don't worry I will do another attempt but perhaps get it in focus and a close up of the bars breaking down. :) Thanks for watching.

[@idgaf5252]

So glad you're back, I hope you keep on making this entertaining and educational content for years to come.

[@mikewest3108]

Your equipment is impressive but I have two questions. How much is your electric bill and how have you not burned your house down? ;-)

[@userPrehistoricman]

Great to see we still get the old electric bill questions. This channel never changes :')

[@OriginalKickthepope]

grab an IR thermometer so you can see HOW hot it actually gets, that could be fun

[@DouglasWalrath]

we'd love to see ur electric bill XD

[@geofrancis2001]

"500v, shal we throw some water on it? i think so.. lol"

[@cezarcatalin1406]

he did it 4 the lulz

[@dylandajhharwood5566]

Paper airplane would have been more fun.

[@toasternova]

I fear for this mans electrical​ bills

[@xiar5546]

@@bruh6000. or how about the fact he has a dedicated voltage and amperage coming into his home.

[@epitomepb3363]

Literally nightmare fuel thanks

[@SpikeKastleman]

He has a trick to avoid the high costs. It's in his videos.

[@legoheadedboi5571]

@@xiar5546 Who doesn’t have a transformer for only their house? (other than trailer parks) (I’m being serious)

[@aaronwilson9465]

@@legoheadedboi5571 UK has a very different national grid system to the US

[@cecilrichardson2494]

I've gotta hand it to you, Photon. Watching you crank stuff up absolutely stupid until it pops never gets old. Great stuff, and keep it coming, man!

[@cashmeoutsidehowbowdah2749]

"i aint avin it" 😂

[@fiesta_vr]

were my hammer

[@dumdum7786]

I pop tit

[@gardiner833]

you've got to over clock an e cigarette

[@MattOGormanSmith]

The heating elements are so tiny, it would be minimal entertainment. More fun would be a scaled up one but that still basically just a disco fog machine.

[@acronus]

lol, enough cloud output to generate thrust.

[@deathrc512]

vapin at 8000w would be sweeet

[@CohnDesign]

acronus fuck that was funny

[@DJDAVEDREAM]

if he made a 8000w dripper it would cause a fog cloud so big you would not see bugger all in a five mile radius 😂☁☁☁☁☁☁

[@smeezekitty]

I'm surprised how close it is to a purely resistive load it is. I calculated the effective resistance with R = V^2/P for various points during the video from 240V to 500V and it came out to be 33 ohms +/- 1.5 the whole time until it started to fail

[@aajjeee]

smeezekitty its basically a large resisting wire

[@smeezekitty]

True. But usually there is a resistive temperature coefficient i.e. the hotter it gets, the higher the resistances goes

[@mikesmechanical1102]

not too sure but is it because of the massive spaces between winds and also large bars acting as heatsinks?

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

Stop gibbering your silly numbers and math and just *SPEAK ENGLISH!*

[@bronsongilbert9820]

@@angrysocialjusticewarrior k.

[@alm3333]

Nothing like arcing, sparking, and a dog squeakey toy to make my morning just that little bit brighter!

[@tonymir]

for a cheap heater, it held up pretty well. You should do a namebrand one and see how it holds up! Cheers!

[@MartinGallacher]

Send it back for a warranty repair?

[@simonparkinson1053]

Martin Gallacher "It just went POP!. Honest! You can see it's nice and shiny, hasn't been abused"

[@ro63rto]

Hah, love the "safety shoes" 😁

[@InXLsisDeo]

They match the "safety shirt" and "safety tie" of the other british nutcase: Colin Furze. :D

[@superme63]

3:33 loving Andy's safety slippers. 🤣

[@stocktonjoans]

the most unintentionally steampunk living room to date, Love it ;)

[@Saxie81]

Welcome back mate.

[@TheAmmoniacal]

Overclocked? Only doing 50 Hz!

[@nRADRUS]

sinusoidal clock ? it's so amazing should be

[@LSDaniel]

Best intro yet, hands down. Simple and effective. Good to see you back!

[@joelholdsworth]

Do an oil-filled heater!

[@Phoen1x883]

fractureforce Sounds like a good recipe for boiling hot oil spraying everywhere. I like it.

[@edwardecl]

It's all fun and games until boiling oil comes out of a tiny hole like a water pistol.

[@Gibberish434]

Phoenix Is it weird that I read this comment in his voice?

[@Phoen1x883]

bf2gammer Well now I'm reading my own comment in his voice, so that probably counts as weirder. Thanks.

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

@@Gibberish434 No.

[@darkstatehk]

Loving the new intro

[@gabrielh.50]

darkstatehk me too

[@JayMark2049]

Yeah with a good sound system and good bass it sounds amazing.

[@userPrehistoricman]

I always liked the intro sound 3 years ago where it goes to that really deep bass

[@RandomVideos2]

The legend is back!

[@matttysonx]

@OnlyRocknRoll and now he is back again ^^

[@MeriaDuck]

Surprisingly resilient! Five times the power rating for quite a long time, I'd expected the thing to have a meldown already.

[@Schorschi6134]

I'm fascinated every time i see this classic transformer relay switch board, lighting up like a christmas tree, completely done without a PLC. Perfect work, respect!

[@michaelpetherbridge1321]

Fuck yeah boys, and possibly girls... Hes fucking back! About damn time too aha.

[@Xenro66]

Y'Know, I still don't know how this channel is still so small.

[@Metatr0n]

Because one KZbin, "Quality of Content" and "Subscriber Count" are anti-proportional.

[@iceflake7853]

Anti-proportional? You probably mean inversely proportional.

[@nerdysophie]

It still has lots of vids, even in the 100s to 1000s.

[@spaceroachentertainment1578]

Idk why this guy is still alive

[@justinhailey1799]

Exxarem because...”he popped itttt hehehe”

[@jaycee1980]

Quite impressive... it flashed over before the windings themselves burnt out. Certainly well de-rated!

[@bufordmcnairy8175]

Good to see you back on the mains so to speak. I enjoyed the 2 bar heater warmth. Could feel it all the way here in Tennessee. Take care and keep cranking out/up the power.

[@awfulinternet]

AHH so glad to have you back, my life is once again not yet complete but not face down in my own piss anymore.

[@Ben-oi1np]

Awesome video! Could you do a video sometime just explaining all of your equipment, how it works, etc? I know sometimes you go into a bit of detail at the beginning of videos, but it would be awesome to see a segment just over all of your equipment.

[@MrLordwrecker]

he has he even has a video on how he built it. just go to his main channel you'll find it. it was about three years ago.

[@ccandrew111]

Get a couple of books on power electronics, they should explain a lot of what he uses. It would be a lot of hefty maths and theory to explain in one video.

[@CapStar362]

he has several videos of his equipment in layman's terms for casual viewers

[@markharrisllb]

You doing this with one of these death traps is significantly safer than how they were often used in bed sitting rooms and children's bedrooms in the 60s and 70s. Quite possibly the second most dangerous heating device of all time, only narrowly beaten by paraffin heaters. I have to be honest you have the coolest house I can remember seeing.

[@McFunnyBone]

So glad to see ya back. Man these keep me on the edge of my seat.

[@markward4176]

my dog was looking for the squeaky toy 8:40

[@99721]

Yes, we demand a cameo! Dog tax, Dog tax, Dog tax!

[@dwarf365]

lol It was driving my cat nuts!

[@redtails]

your dog is a good boy

[@skylined5534]

When you were dragging the wire across the coil to vary the speed of the blender... that's got to be the way old scalextric controllers used to work as I remember them getting fairly warm in use!

[@ReverendPope]

It's awesome to see you back! Congrats on tying the knot with your lady!

[@42pyroboy]

iv watched your videos for a long time and your work room has gotten so cool looking over the years.

[@Sn00zeDog]

Welcome back, I absolutely love your videos.

[@drdyna]

I love that you're back in business! Also, congratulations and happy wishes for you and your new family!

[@storm3698]

Brilliant. Made even sweeter by the fact you are back.

[@joshwilsk]

You’re a legend mate. Intelligent geezer that never stopped being a boy with a lust for big power. Keep at it

[@Bushcraft-xz6xd]

Need you to make a super over clocked bug zapper that vaporises wasps to save on the pesky clean up?

[@SpicyMang0s]

Bushcraft1974 two years later and that’s still a great idea

[@WfrArcPol]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIGaYqmFo7Bop7M rodalco has made a couple already

[@NoShotTwoKill]

Well styropyro made something „similar“

[@Selmarya]

5:20 it now looks like a dim flouresent light fixture 8:00 lol, now the thing actually looks like a actual flouresent light fixture

[@philnewman1110]

You certainly showed that who was in charge! Really taught it a lesson!

[@duckquack18]

Glad to see you doing videos again !!!! I find such enjoyment in watching you

[@brainache555]

BEST CHANNEL ON KZbin!

[@tanzanite6695]

Missed your vids man they're just hilarious

[@HJCF0520]

Awesome intro and great video! I'm glad this series is back!

[@kaonrafferty7875]

Photonicinduction I don't usually comment on videos but I found your channel a few years ago and I was intrigued, and watched all your awesome videos! I've loved every one of them! As a kid i played with a old car 12v battery and took apart printers and other cool things and played around with them! Anyway! So glad to see your back! Hello from New Zealand by the way! ❤ An avid fan!

[@MrWhite.209]

I'm glad to see your back

[@RealJakeChow]

If you like looking at his backside that's all you

[@togawac]

*you're (you are) "your" means belonging to you

[@DFxAngelz]

james white *ur

[@mathyooo]

eeyore

[@MrWhite.209]

ahhhhhh I can't spell or use grammer

[@redlock4004]

"I ain't havin' it!" You made my day. Thanks

[@RODALCO2007]

Fantastic video, great that you are back into popping devices again. Keep up the great work.

[@Antoniostubeio]

Fantastic video, love your set up a real lovely piece of equipment...thanks for sharing

[@nikonfan2407]

Does your home insurance provider know about your KZbin channel?

[@brancarr1]

I would suggest a 240 volt variant of a vape. maybe use some heavy gauge industrial wire wound into a coil and use fiberglass as a wick. Throw some ejuice on it and pop it.

[@adriaanserrao2016]

made in South Africa, my fok. never noticed that 4 years ago. love watching the older videos so glad you're back and well to.

[@arfurwatt1469]

Just like the good old days very entertaining. Great to see you back to your old self. 🤗

[@Ano_ny]

Welcome back, nice intro by the way ! Why did you put acrylic arround your variacs, and are you going to run your finger over it some time?

[@Alex-yk6he]

Hey congrats on not smoking cigarettes

[@jamiebales8394]

Yes, play with life threatening electricity. But heaven forbid, don't smoke.

[@jamiebales8394]

Ara Archer. Likewise for people that smoke.

[@jamiebales8394]

That's right. And they already know what they're doing. They don't need to be told that it's bad. There are worse things that can cut your life short in this world.

[@jamiebales8394]

LOL, nicotine drug addicts.

[@jamiebales8394]

We don't need to argue, assuming we're all adults. We just share our views. I don't smoke. I just don't see the need to be on someone's case when they do.

[@MrRootbrian]

Glad to see more videos! I know work and other things, life in general, can get in the way. That was one hell of a watting termination! 5,000+ watts!

[@djviperx]

I really missed your videos so much sir!! I'm really glad that you are back, hope that everything is good for you, and looking forward to new videos!!!

[@pyromen321]

He's back!!!!!!!!!

[@Ch3mG33k]

That evil laugh at 1:10 haha. Good to have you back, Photon!

[@19CW86]

Great thing that you still make these videos! Huge thumbs UP!!

[@PocketOperatorGuy]

glad to see ya again mate! great video! that radiator put up one hell of a fight. Yay! you popped it!

[@RamyWarda]

never clicked a video so fast

[@mickenoss]

Started arcing at 9kW lol. Glad to see you back man, it's been a while. =)

[@conradconstantine8549]

Love your videos Photon, good to see you back! iv watched pretty much every one you have made, and its awesome to see your vaping now too, as in your old videos you used to smoke, i am a vaper too and run a vape shop in east sussex :D

[@jobkneppers]

Man! I like your style! Smart and completely mad is a great combination for adventure. For better and for worse. Stay safe and thank you! Best, Job

[@BiRDiEHere]

JESUS 515 VOLTS IS THE HIGHEST VOLTAGE YOU EVER POPPED SOMETHING ON!

[@BiRDiEHere]

I remember having this in my house when I was little :)

[@JohnSmith-ie3ts]

Welcome back. Overclocking an e-cig is quite possibly the best idea you have ever had.

[@michaeltreutlein2536]

All I can think of is that Wallace has perfected hair restorer, and Gromit is off camera with a fire extinguisher. Say "cheese!"Love the show.

[@Kragatar]

2:21 That's an awesome trick. You could use that as a music instrument, lol.

[@user-eg7sn8xc4b]

By far the most entertaining person on the INTERWEBS.

[@jasontoman-jones5039]

Miss you. Wish you would do more videos. It’s the highlight of my day.

[@mkerimi]

Jason Toman-Jones same here.i wish he returns back

[@reeepingk]

Guy leaves youtube for close to a year (or more), comes back and immediately gets close to 100,000 views on his video. We love it!

[@DarkHorseIOM]

He's back! 🙌

[@clamchance2404]

finally,he upload again !!!!!

[@Cailean750]

Love the videos Andy. Keep up the great work.

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

There's something comforting about hearing that AC hum again. Looking forward to seeing what you pop next time!

[@Neffers_UK]

Would anyone be as so kind to have a bash at the maths for the approx temps please? At the point of failure (at the point I paused it) there was 501 Volts pulling 19.5 Amps, 9592 Watts. That must have been, and I quote "stupid 'ot".

[@nitebomber51]

depending on what the heating element is made of, and the wire gauge, its most likely about 800degrees C. Give or take

[@GreaterDeity]

given that wire is coiled, what kind of induction is occurring in the wire has he increases the power? I'm not sure the direction of the magnetic unit vector from moving charge -- which way does it go in the coil? I was thinking that the changing magnetic field would induce a current in the bottom coil. :S

[@jonedwards7019]

Well nichrome melts at about 1400 degrees c, kanthal about 1500 degrees c. Both are often used to make heating elements. And we can safely assume it well and truly melted!

[@nitebomber51]

Jon Edwards it was at 500 volts though, you have to remember that for every kilovolt it'll ark a centimeter if I'm not mistaken, and there was arking between the coils, so as much as some of it was melted, I'm inclined to believe that was from the arking and not the heat of the coil

[@Neffers_UK]

I found this regarding alumina ceramics (the type used in modern soldering irons up to, well, heaters)... "HTCC ceramic heating element is made up of high melting point metal heating material such as tungsten, molybdenum or molybdenum - manganese and 92-96% alumina ceramic substrates. The metal heating resistance slurry is printed onto the tape casting ceramic green body according to the design requirement, several layers of ceramic green body are then laminated together and is fired at 1500 ~ 1600 ℃ high temperature, with the aid of 4-8% sintering additive, to form the alumina ceramic heating element." I assume the bubbly mess was the substrate that the slurry is poured on. Maybe (just maybe) that the temps from the over heating made the ceramic even more brittle, and the energy from an initial arc allowed it to fracture and compromise the substrate - allowing it to bleed and melt. Still, HTTC is fired at 1500'C ~ 1600'C. **I know this isn't the same assembly**, but the material is now cheap as shit and wouldn't take long to adapt to a nichrome style wire wound assembly.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Now take it back to the shop LOL!

[@denisedaly2307]

6.4 KW is bloody very good for that cheap heater!! I love your videos, I only discovered your channel yesterday!! I'm mesmerised :)

[@wisteela]

That coped impressively well, and certainly lived up to its name, 'HeatNLight'. That potential divider was great. Good to see you've stayed with the vaping, and yes, please crank one up.

[@philipcross1586]

someone get this guy another mobility scooter that light barrier still needs breaking.

[@MrLordwrecker]

philip cross he's done that also that thing was crazy fast two videos on his main Channel maybe two or three years ago if you want to find it

[@mwbgaming28]

if anyone can make a warp drive (and give einstein the middle finger) its photon

[@mr.engineear0987]

3:45 mmblahdydogsinthebackgroundinitayy

[@jyrkiiinatti1660]

Happy to see you you are back with awesome videos!

[@jackking5567]

We've all missed you. Great to see you're back and on cracking form.

[@Sam__P]

yeh awesome !

[@worroSfOretsevraH]

But why water? Petrol from a syringe, thank you. Glad you're back.

[@mxskelly]

So great to have you back!

[@just_a_random_person_Lol]

The neighbor next door is probably like: Is he trying to recreate the sun in his backyard? 😂

[@rww805]

I bet you and your neighbors lose their internet while that transformer is running

[@samueloliver5591]

Hey photon can you do a detailed video please on you power supply control panel and the control systems? Would be really interested to see how it works in detail :) thanks, Sam

[@MrLordwrecker]

Samuel Oliver look at his channel there is a video describing it and showing you how he built it about three years ago

[@Go_deeper_Distance]

im so glad youre doing videos! and im so glad youre happy!

[@taunteratwill1787]

You're one of the very few i really like on KZbin!! Hope you stay fore ever and then some more!

[@cylosgarage]

Glad ur back