If you don't have high voltage transformer, just rectify your 400V three-phase supply, you will get around 560 V relatively smooth destructive DC

@treegasmicthearborist5763

7 жыл бұрын

or find a tv and pull out the anode and turn it on find an older one as they usually won't shut of being arced to ground

@TheBlork74

7 жыл бұрын

3 heaters in star

@GRBtutorials

5 жыл бұрын

If you have 3 phase power, that is. Most residential power lines only have one phase.

@vitcenek8611

3 жыл бұрын

@@GRBtutorials Even my flat and cottage have 3X 400V / 32A

@GRBtutorials

3 жыл бұрын

@@vitcenek8611 Well, it depends on the country. I heard it's common in Germany, for example, but in Spain it's uncommon.

Gives you a good idea what can happen to a outlet that has a bad connection on a really loaded circuit with the right conditions! IE a shorted output of a welder ;-) Kinda scary to know how big a plasma arc is created with such "low" voltage!

@5Dale65

6 жыл бұрын

You can make even bigger arcs with a simple car battery, where you have only 12 volts!

I used to do this with the 40 volts DC off of solar panels... it was inherently limited to about 4 amps (from the panel's output) and the arc could be drawn out to be really hot and angry :D

@DMAN22yeah

8 жыл бұрын

+hyvahyva dc power arcs more than ac so yeah

@BenHutchinson321

4 жыл бұрын

Shorting a solar panel can cause it to overheat.

I know in the UK they tried 240v gauge 1 model trains. I heard that one locomotive stalled and welded itself to the rains!

@xaviation5144

5 жыл бұрын

Peter Ronney they need that in earthquake prone countries!

@jacobkaltz1958

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many people died from that

@EPVids330

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

0:45 Yikes, I hope that capacitor has discharge resistor!

@lightbulbgonewild3205

3 жыл бұрын

Dangerous

This was AC.

Theres an easier and much safer way. You can do this with about 30 volts at 5 amps with this trick. Use graphite (pencil lead) as the electrodes. It will create a super bright arc very similar to the 240 volt one in this video. If you want higher voltages, look into flyback transformers, mainly the small DC ones. They're usually way to weak to be lethal even with a ZVS driver but can still output like 20,000 volts. I would not recommend microwave transformers or current-limited mains for a beginner. Even huge, bulky, neon sign transformers are way safer than this

Another trick for LV arcs is to rectify the ballasted mains and use high current DC to get even longer arcs.

@5Dale65

6 жыл бұрын

But it will kill the mains hum effect, which is really cool though. And arc that doesn't HUM is not a good arc :)

For this one I had lazy mode engaged, so it was just an arc welder with the output shorted connected in series, and on its lowest setting. Simple yet effective!

Fantastic, great video - Thanks.

man you're really awesome.

I love shortcuts!💥

a microwave MOT and the cap from said microwave will do

240 volts sounds nicer, but i tried at 230V because that's what we have. Tiny piss ass worm sparks. Why? By the way limited to 14A because i was too cheap to buy 2.5mm wire for the garage so 16A max.

0:59 I jumped out of my seat 😂 Edit: bc I was wearing headphones!

Nice Video. Which kind of ballast do you use?

What's that there in the clamp? Is it a welding electrode? I can't get similiar results, because when I touch the conductors to start an arc, they immediately weld themselves together. It's a quite problem to separate them, but when it happens, the arc disappears. Update: I was able to do it using graphite electrodes, you can get them from a pencil and they work ok.

Who see this after Sept 2020 . Anyways nice video

I have a question : what ballast did you use there ?

I am trying to make an electric arc furnace to melt some metal and I would like to use directly 230 V AC. I have made a very simple circuit: It's an electric kettle which is limiting the current, as a power resistance. However, I can only have electric arcs when the electrodes are made in carbon. It doesn't work with screw electrodes. I suppose it should work if I use high voltage, but, do you think if there would be something else that I can do instead of purschasing a high voltage transformer?

2.1 Kv @ 500mA isolated vs. 240 v @ 30 amps direct from the mains...

Is it possible to make 230 volts electric arcs but by using electrodes made of iron instead of carbon ?

How about 110-120v?

Higher voltage is more energy efficient but more dangerous

you should watch photonicinduction video.

@ezzbuttheyshouldntleavethe5529

6 жыл бұрын

Szakembőr TV TMIAE why

What did you use as a ballast for your 240v arc? Was that a vacuum cleaner? It sounded like I could hear a motor slowing down after the arc stopped.

@Hydr8Man

4 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure the motor you could hear was just the arc welder he said he used to run it

@BenHutchinson321

4 жыл бұрын

@@Hydr8Man As far as I know, arc welders use an inductive ballast to limit current. They don't use a motor to limit current. What would a motor have to do with an arc welder?

Truth is, the amps determine how long and bright the arcs are. If you ever ballasted (limit the amps) a high voltage transformer while playing with it, the arcs are miserably even at 2 kV or more

I find high voltage better.

Bro I can stretch arc with 30 volts from my ac welder.

Your voice is very similar to the voice actor that played Daniel in Amnesia: The Dark Descent

good idea, a welder hmmm!

@ethangonzales3079

9 жыл бұрын

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It works only if you use 240v DC!

In my country we already got 220~240V in our home

@5Dale65

6 жыл бұрын

If you have 240V nominal voltage, then you can obtain 400V phase-to-phase and this really makes some good arcs!

@abgvi9318

6 жыл бұрын

5Dale65 can you elaborate on those phase to phase arcs?

Where 240v arcs? mot is stepped up from 240v to 2100v in most cases. My zvs flyback setup has a 240v - 24v step down transformer before I step the 24v back up to 30kv. Does this mean I can say I get 32mm break out arcs with only 24 volts? Just sayin bro, nice demo btw :)

@Engineer9736

7 жыл бұрын

Watch the complete video you silly. The first part was only showcasing 2100v arcs to show what it's about.

@TheError404

7 жыл бұрын

The potential (voltage) between the electrodes only determines the starting distance of an arc. The current determines how much you can stretch it (also the thickness and the brightness of the arc)

Where are you from? (country)

@TechHowden

3 жыл бұрын

marek2630 i’m pretty sure he’s from the uk

Think make it with carbon electrode

How to build this circuit?

@TPSnix

5 жыл бұрын

24 Finder get transformer and give it some electricity then strike a arc

@ihatenumberinemail

5 жыл бұрын

Place one side of a transformer (AKA an inductor) or a portable heater (AKA a resistor) in series with mains.

you can make a tiny spark my nine volts dc!!

use microwave transformer as.spot welder

This video must do a lot of good to Darwin's law. All those idiots on KZread who have never done anything with electricity, copying these acts, ending up on a big pile in the morgue. :-)

240v sounds much more angrier than 2kv. Why is that?

@ihatenumberinemail

5 жыл бұрын

Higher current limit?

@Big_Chungus935

5 жыл бұрын

@@ihatenumberinemail 2kv has current limit?

@ihatenumberinemail

5 жыл бұрын

@@Big_Chungus935 Yes, it's limited by the impedance of the transformer windings. Just like how a shorted capacitor can't dissipate infinite current because it has an Equivalent Series Resistance.

@Big_Chungus935

4 жыл бұрын

@@ihatenumberinemail so its the current that makes it aggressive

it will not kill you if there is no amps

@takyon10

7 жыл бұрын

Tom and plusit wont make arcs or power anything without any amperage/current :)

@rocky_adventure_bay7562

5 жыл бұрын

RedditChildCornFan probably explains why a neon sign transformer that has no amps, makes an arc. Good explication

@kilianl2864

5 жыл бұрын

That is so wrong and dangerous to say

@ihatenumberinemail

5 жыл бұрын

Both his microwave transformer and his 10A-limited circuit supplies enough amps to kill you.

If you only use the transformer you would Get over 2000 volts

I want to not blow fuse

1:03 Sound warning stupid white noise ahhh

WARNING !!! 240VAC or the microwave transformer output can EASILY KILL YOU THE FIRST SHOCK ! Get a small tabletop Tesla coil if you want to play with arcs ! It can arc to you without hurting you. And that means PRISON if you shock someone else for MANSLAUGHTER ! So stick with a small Tesla coil !

@rocky_adventure_bay7562

5 жыл бұрын

Phoenix Smith incorrect. Hide the body.

salt water welder

For 240v thats kinda lame. I find hv better because bigger and resonance arcs.