Blowing up Capacitors at 187,000FPS

Gav and Dan overload some capacitors and film the explosive results at 187,500fps. That's 7500 times slower than you can see with your own eyeballs.
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Blowing up Capacitors at 187,000FPS - The Slow Mo Guys

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  • @ElectroBOOM
    @ElectroBOOM2 жыл бұрын

    Oh hey! Thanks for the shoutout guys!!! 😄 Although I would say I think it is more like the capacitors are out to get me! 😂 I am also highly AMPed about doing a collab, there are stuff I need to figure out in slowmo, like how fast you will jump at different voltages!

  • @vixguy

    @vixguy

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi electroboom! I really enjoy your videos. I hope you see this comment :)

  • @UberNerdStudios

    @UberNerdStudios

    2 жыл бұрын

    My life would be complete if you guys did a collab.

  • @sackywacky

    @sackywacky

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do the collab!!

  • @jonathanwhite3507

    @jonathanwhite3507

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey, it's Mehndi!

  • @SteveJB

    @SteveJB

    2 жыл бұрын

    I saw this video's thumb nail and thought this was an electroboom video at first.

  • @SirPembertonS.Crevalius
    @SirPembertonS.Crevalius2 жыл бұрын

    It baffles me every time how beautiful and fascinating the most obscure and tiny events can be in slow motion.

  • @Flixitouvu

    @Flixitouvu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hehe your profile ewe

  • @ankitmitra2383

    @ankitmitra2383

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @FaizCaliph

    @FaizCaliph

    2 жыл бұрын

    Like death

  • @TheMattg345

    @TheMattg345

    2 жыл бұрын

    The more you learn from looking at something the more reward juice your brain poops out so it makes sense that slow motion is something humans love because it sugar coats our everyday experiences with a sweet-blasted candy shell of delicious delicious information

  • @videogamerNattie98

    @videogamerNattie98

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ankitmitra2383 A bot link having malware? Who here is surprised... Still I get the sentiment but your better off just reporting the comment m8.

  • @TheBrickGuy7939
    @TheBrickGuy79392 жыл бұрын

    It's amazing how dense the universe is. Everything has so many things going on.

  • @AimForMyHead81

    @AimForMyHead81

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's how redditors describe a random frame of a marvel movie.

  • @Mister_Clean

    @Mister_Clean

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AimForMyHead81 accurate

  • @aarondavis8943

    @aarondavis8943

    Жыл бұрын

    Some of these shots were as beautiful as nebula or galaxies through a powerful telescope. It's just one frame from the mundane to the extraordinary.

  • @TheBrickGuy7939

    @TheBrickGuy7939

    Жыл бұрын

    @@aarondavis8943 Even just looking at the Moon from a standard tabletop telescope reveals a lot going on.

  • @xiharramolotovo190

    @xiharramolotovo190

    Жыл бұрын

    Some of these shots seem like microcosm of a big-bang type event... scale is different (in between is nova perhaps) but at least as visual metaphor for such a thing it seems so fitting. Love how events at different scales of time as well as spatial dimension seem to exhibit a fractal-like repetition of theme. Next one please get a larger capacitor with no safety and film in an infinite vacuum ;)

  • @Jezless
    @Jezless Жыл бұрын

    The fact you focused so effortlessly on dust in the air and made it beautiful not even in slow mo at 2:02 is insane to me. So impressive

  • @yeetboi2016

    @yeetboi2016

    Жыл бұрын

    Looks straight up surreal

  • @LeonardPutra

    @LeonardPutra

    Жыл бұрын

    PS3 main menu background vibes

  • @LukeDude759

    @LukeDude759

    10 ай бұрын

    @@LeonardPutra Damn, now I want a loop of that clip as my actual PS3 background lol

  • @hughjanus6975

    @hughjanus6975

    7 ай бұрын

    Zooming and focusing on dust? Some people are very easily impressed.

  • @adreto2978

    @adreto2978

    5 ай бұрын

    @@hughjanus6975maybe impressed by the camera sensor / tech?

  • @bigclivedotcom
    @bigclivedotcom2 жыл бұрын

    Great video. I didn't realise it was so exciting in slow motion. I just get the adrenaline rush, the bang and the fog of electrolyte vapour.

  • @hansg5875

    @hansg5875

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re the first one I thought of with exploding capacitors Clive :-) many a capacitor has reached an untimely end at your hands.

  • @jamesrush5367

    @jamesrush5367

    2 жыл бұрын

    I saw this and thought "Hey wait a second, are they copying Clive??"

  • @KlausDieFuchs

    @KlausDieFuchs

    2 жыл бұрын

    I just saw your video the other day where you popped a cap, and the comments on that video echoed my sentiments that these guys would be a great next video on this, and lo and behold! I was so amped to see this video, and I see it sparked some joy with you too, and it's so good to see various content creators on this platform jumping gaps to explore some shockingly simple, but awesome topics, inspiring one another and whatnot.

  • @jacquesb5248

    @jacquesb5248

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesrush5367 i made a comment on clive vid that the slomo guys should get involved! and few days later wow!

  • @bigclivedotcom

    @bigclivedotcom

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesrush5367 Not copying. Just doing it properly.

  • @Rawmon94
    @Rawmon942 жыл бұрын

    so glad Dan is back, the chemistry between you two makes it so much better :)

  • @aleksaaleksa359

    @aleksaaleksa359

    2 жыл бұрын

    shouldve said electricity...

  • @CrispOffTheBlock

    @CrispOffTheBlock

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its so nice to hear their genuine giggles and laughs in these videos again. The episodes Gav had to do solo during quarentine were all very fascinating and wonderful but the goofing off and little dorky jokes they make to each other just adds so much more joy.

  • @__Konboi__

    @__Konboi__

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hehe... *chemistry*

  • @Kwincy5

    @Kwincy5

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't you mean that the chemistry between them is.....electric? ;)

  • @Fizzure3000

    @Fizzure3000

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm still so confused why he wasn't able to come to the US for such a long time, people flew in and out during almost the whole pandemic anyway and with him saying that he was going to the US for world should have made it even easier

  • @Roaming50
    @Roaming50 Жыл бұрын

    The sequence starting at 7:20 is just amazing. Looks how I would imagine a micro universe to be; stars, planets, dust and plasma...

  • @wurstelei1356

    @wurstelei1356

    25 күн бұрын

    This is like fireworks. Really nice.

  • @meanderingmarley3910
    @meanderingmarley39102 жыл бұрын

    It's a good think I'm retired; otherwise, I'd never get anything done watching you guys. Fun stuff!

  • @LazerLord10
    @LazerLord102 жыл бұрын

    "I've probably wasted 15 minutes of my life with these capacitors" Me, an electrical engineer: I have spent hours on a single capacitor.

  • @JoshTheGingerProductions

    @JoshTheGingerProductions

    2 жыл бұрын

    thats why im studying mechanical. electricity makes me sad :(

  • @theirishviking9278

    @theirishviking9278

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JoshTheGingerProductions its also tends to be less angery

  • @tlgx884

    @tlgx884

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JoshTheGingerProductions same, mechanics is nice I hate electronics

  • @KangJangkrik

    @KangJangkrik

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JoshTheGingerProductions bro, you don't even know yet programming is more stressful than electrical

  • @JazzyFizzleDrummers

    @JazzyFizzleDrummers

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm not an electrical engineer, and I've also done that. Just less frequently I bet. Audio engineering even as an amateur sometimes hits you with a failed cap, no schematic, no label left on the device and no hope because the device was built by a company that went under before the internet existed. Which is also bad.

  • @cobuspotgieter
    @cobuspotgieter2 жыл бұрын

    Nebulas in capacitors, who knew. This is some incredible footage, thanks for sharing!

  • @The_Watcher1387

    @The_Watcher1387

    2 жыл бұрын

    looks like the playstation main menu screen

  • @smackout

    @smackout

    2 жыл бұрын

    z-pinch theory people lol

  • @omnigains9925
    @omnigains99252 жыл бұрын

    These explosions are literally among the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen! Mesmerizing

  • @crit7514
    @crit75142 жыл бұрын

    These were super beautiful, my personal favorite was the Wide shot at 7:16 first the expansion, but just the magnificent blue and red fiery explosion was marvelous!

  • @UncleManuel
    @UncleManuel2 жыл бұрын

    "...and I'm Dan." We still have to get used to that after months of Dan-deprivation. What a delight to see these two blokes again in the same room at the same time... 😎👍

  • @Arcsol93

    @Arcsol93

    2 жыл бұрын

    You could say it was, Dan-privation...I'll see myself out.

  • @AintYourChannel
    @AintYourChannel2 жыл бұрын

    This is surely one of the most fascinating videos on your channel, those small capacitors really pack a punch! Slow mo captures the violence of it all perfectly. I'd LOVE to see you collab with ElectroBOOM!

  • @vividandlucid

    @vividandlucid

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mehdi electrocuting himself at 250,000 FPS

  • @udittlamba

    @udittlamba

    2 жыл бұрын

    mehdi shocking himself is slo mo pls! :D

  • @9PlatinumGamer9

    @9PlatinumGamer9

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@vividandlucid "Electrocuting" means dying to electricity, so I hope he doesn't do that

  • @harriehausenman8623

    @harriehausenman8623

    2 жыл бұрын

    SlowMoBoom FTW! 😁

  • @RobertsMind
    @RobertsMind Жыл бұрын

    I have worked in IT since the 90s so it's awesome to finally see the slow mo of what I have done in my electronics lab. Thank you. Every good IT guy knows the smell that these make too.

  • @bronzite_
    @bronzite_2 жыл бұрын

    “Oh, you deal with ‘micro’ a lot, don’t you?” quote of the year

  • @austin.paquette
    @austin.paquette2 жыл бұрын

    Love to see Dan finally getting to have some fun in Gav's mysterious black void of carnage! And yes please collab with Electroboom, that would be so much fun

  • @UEGSamurai
    @UEGSamurai2 жыл бұрын

    ElectroBOOM colab sounds fantastic! As many others have pointed out I'm glad Dan is back as well. Thanks for the content guys!

  • @petemoss9831

    @petemoss9831

    2 жыл бұрын

    Eboom colab gets my vote too

  • @BillyAlvarenga

    @BillyAlvarenga

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@petemoss9831 Me 3.

  • @anastasianastasi

    @anastasianastasi

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me 4

  • @blackbeardsghost6588
    @blackbeardsghost65882 жыл бұрын

    I would have NEVER guessed that watching the destruction of little capacitors would be SO AWESOME. WELL DONE!

  • @Ticklestein
    @Ticklestein2 жыл бұрын

    10:01 - Gav, that was the best unplanned pun ever.

  • @VexWerewolf
    @VexWerewolf2 жыл бұрын

    "You deal a lot in micro, don't you?" I'd forgotten how savage Dan can be.

  • @funtourhawk

    @funtourhawk

    2 жыл бұрын

    I like how Gav just ignored it lol

  • @Gillsing

    @Gillsing

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't get it.

  • @R0HAI

    @R0HAI

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Gillsing He's referencing Gav's avid interest in buying and selling microwaves

  • @skussy69

    @skussy69

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@R0HAI No I think it's a micropeen or LSD joke

  • @fornaxian
    @fornaxian2 жыл бұрын

    Crossover with mehdi would be amazing! When you mentioned him at the start I thought he'd be super great to explain exactly what's happening as the capacitor explodes. He's an expert!

  • @wizdude
    @wizdude2 жыл бұрын

    At 10:44 that “doowoit” sound made me laugh out loud. Super humorous :-)

  • @theflev-matic4892
    @theflev-matic48922 жыл бұрын

    9:20 the dubbing is hilarious

  • @blobfish.
    @blobfish.2 жыл бұрын

    That macro was absolutely incredible. It really showed that so far you've only skimmed the surface of how many immensely cool things we're going to see with this new camera!

  • @PlasmaChannel
    @PlasmaChannel2 жыл бұрын

    Those plasma bursts are something else. I had no idea electrolytics could be this useful. And yes to Mehdi fellas.

  • @TheInfinityMaster1

    @TheInfinityMaster1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Looked like giant *Spirit Bombs* at some points too. lol

  • @reagindoerindo4311
    @reagindoerindo4311 Жыл бұрын

    7:30 I DEFINETLY was not prepared for that! That was SO beautiful my eyes watered amazed with that view! Just too beautiful!!

  • @gregoryashton
    @gregoryashton2 жыл бұрын

    7:32 Gav and Dan just casually creating an entire universe in a split second

  • @dhopper598
    @dhopper5982 жыл бұрын

    6:57 this is genuinely one of the coolest shots you guys have produced on this channel. and your reactions are the icing on top.

  • @JanStrojil

    @JanStrojil

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is! The combination of macro with the insane framerate just brings into existence a new universe. Definitely one of the top, if not the top, shots on this channel. And that is saying something!

  • @nothingsurprisesmeanymore

    @nothingsurprisesmeanymore

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad they've had a chance to get back together again Gav + Dan make such great content when they're together.

  • @theold1.

    @theold1.

    2 жыл бұрын

    I also enjoyed 8:50

  • @83nav
    @83nav2 жыл бұрын

    ElectroBOOM and The Slow Mo Guys collab would be two of my favourites combined for absolute epicness. 😁

  • @Osmosium2507

    @Osmosium2507

    2 жыл бұрын

    I want to see electrocuted sausages in slow mo

  • @DinnerForkTongue

    @DinnerForkTongue

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gav's slow mo and filmography + Medhi's whiteboard explanations and humour + Dan being Dan = guaranteed epicness 🤩

  • @coltenh581
    @coltenh5812 жыл бұрын

    Every time I watch one of your vids I have the moment in slomo when I realize how great the sound design for those parts is. Thanks for that it really adds to the experience

  • @knpark2025
    @knpark2025 Жыл бұрын

    My dad majored Electronic engineering. When I was a kid he told me stories about the time when he overloaded a mF-scale capacitor just out of curiosity to see what happens. This was exactly how he said it had happened and I am so satisfied to see it in slomo.

  • @EEVblog
    @EEVblog2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome footage! Now repeat with some decent sized capacitors!

  • @JustinAlexanderBell

    @JustinAlexanderBell

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have some 2000uf 525v caps as tribute.

  • @captainnerd6452

    @captainnerd6452

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Vlad TheInhaler 16v caps really don't like 200v AC.

  • @maxfarr4142

    @maxfarr4142

    2 жыл бұрын

    And some tantalum caps. also, dan increased the voltage manually (in human time) what about having it wound right up and then direct on line?

  • @captainnerd6452

    @captainnerd6452

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maxfarr4142 That's what I did, the radio was live so I could filter the heater circuit, but I mis-counted the terminals on the tube socket, I had two long wires on the cap and I had one connected to one of the terminals I thought was ground, and was touching the other wire to another terminal I thought was connected to the heater. I was loudly wrong.

  • @psmirage8584

    @psmirage8584

    2 жыл бұрын

    Use a hot glue gun to block off the vents

  • @iveharzing
    @iveharzing2 жыл бұрын

    "Alright I'm *Amping up* the Voltage." Something about that sentence tickled my funny bone. This was some *in-sane* footage guys, amazing! I can't wait for the collaboration with Mehdi!!!

  • @sorooshab

    @sorooshab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Collab will be awesome, but his name is Mehdi and he hates it when people call him medhi wrongly ! LOL

  • @UltimaKeyMaster

    @UltimaKeyMaster

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ohm my god, really with the puns? ;P

  • @PupitoManuel
    @PupitoManuel2 жыл бұрын

    YESSSSS!!!! Bring him in!!! So many things to explode while recording it! (Specially his face reactions 🤯🤬!!!)

  • @gruntopolouski5919
    @gruntopolouski59192 жыл бұрын

    I am stunned at how much it looks like space special effects… and amped for a cooperative video!!!

  • @xm1193
    @xm11932 жыл бұрын

    6:57 has got to be in the top 10 coolest things you’ve ever filmed. I love how you can see the macro lens in the reflection of the expanding plastic casing. Wicked :-)

  • @haitchd7659

    @haitchd7659

    2 жыл бұрын

    There was also something poetic about the temperature rating exploding!

  • @AdriandeLima

    @AdriandeLima

    2 жыл бұрын

    I would love to get some HD stills of this for walpapers lol

  • @YeshCrafty

    @YeshCrafty

    2 жыл бұрын

    It looks like a nabula exploding but 1000000000x speed

  • @YeshCrafty

    @YeshCrafty

    2 жыл бұрын

    In 8:56 it looks like a pulsar

  • @chicken_punk_pie

    @chicken_punk_pie

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hadn't even noticed the reflection! That really is wild!

  • @ojhat
    @ojhat2 жыл бұрын

    I had already forgotten Dan just came back recently. it's like He never really left, he's just, back, like it was always meant to be. the chemistry between you two is so perfect.

  • @JanStrojil

    @JanStrojil

    2 жыл бұрын

    It just makes me so happy to see them together again. As you said, the chemistry is just perfect. The exact right amount of goofiness but also insight and just sheer awe in face of the wonders that they unmask for us to see.

  • @vegtablesalad2192
    @vegtablesalad2192 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent re-enactment guys. It was like I was there for the real thing

  • @STAG162
    @STAG162 Жыл бұрын

    all the while, the slowmo guys have a new side gig, making slow motion dust effects for editing filters (especially the first couple) awesome, I've always wondered how exactly these blow up. being a PC tech from years back I've been used to seeing the weak points at the tops of cap's, and knowing to "keep the Farad" away from them when they're on.

  • @Lhyllis
    @Lhyllis2 жыл бұрын

    The bulge on the smallest capacitor was amazing, as was the plume of plasma! No wonder the bigger ones come with the safety vent at the top, could you imagine the damage blowing a large capacitor in the old days would do? Early computer engineering must have been a hazardous occupation!

  • @andrewmetasov

    @andrewmetasov

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope ElectroBOOM will bring some of these

  • @srenkoch6127

    @srenkoch6127

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well I do remember doing something similar back in school with a car battery charger and some big electrolytic capacitors. We didn't overcharge them, but merely reverse-polarised them, but the result was the same (except I didn't have a high speed camera and we contained the explosion by putting the capacitor it in a wooden box). I do remember though that it smelled horrible, and we only did one indoors before we moved outside, and I'm pretty sure those fumes are NOT healthy! I also remember how surprisingly much stuff there is inside one of those, after the boom it almost seemed impossible for all of it to have been inside the capacitor.

  • @enzomigl3653

    @enzomigl3653

    2 жыл бұрын

    IKR

  • @flomojo2u

    @flomojo2u

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep, I've been around capacitors that have blown up since the early 80s, back when it was a lot more common to have zero safety measures like stamped cross marks on the lid of the can, thin spots in the rubber plug to vent pressure without launching/blowing up the can, and so forth. Always a shock to have one of those large ones really detonate, throwing shredded paper and bits of aluminum strips everywhere, not to mention the evil-smelling smoke.

  • @scout360pyroz

    @scout360pyroz

    2 жыл бұрын

    they would charge up a capacitor and toss it to a fellow.

  • @TexRobNC
    @TexRobNC2 жыл бұрын

    That macro shot was one of the best shots I've seen on here. Honestly, would love to see you do more of this at the macro level, and super slow. There was some crazy stuff going on there

  • @FiniteCS

    @FiniteCS

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is why I bought extension tubes for my camera so I can do some macro shots for cheap. It's absolutely crazy how much we can't see with our eyes due to how small it is.

  • @badnewsbruner

    @badnewsbruner

    2 жыл бұрын

    RIGHT!! That's about to be my Windows wallpaper.

  • @PiotrBarcz
    @PiotrBarcz2 жыл бұрын

    This is by far some of the most beautiful slow motion footage I've seen! The electric sparks and the smoke is just awesome!

  • @MistyRainne
    @MistyRainne2 жыл бұрын

    "There's the capacitor in the balloon." -- A sentence never uttered before this video.

  • @GrahamGlen
    @GrahamGlen2 жыл бұрын

    Weren't you worried about some of the red hot debris damaging the front of the lens? A slo-mo video with Mehdi would be very entertaining and interesting!

  • @thelogician3845

    @thelogician3845

    2 жыл бұрын

    Most lenses for DSLRs have a removable lens shield (the one gav wipes) and it's strong and pretty cheap

  • @Darphi01
    @Darphi012 жыл бұрын

    If you do them again, try some tantalum capacitors. They're made from a ceramic and blow up pretty violently if you reverse polarity or over volt them.

  • @TheSingularNextuz

    @TheSingularNextuz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Our teacher axidently putted 290V in a 5V bipolar capacitor 🤣 Snow in late spring... Inside... You now nothing John Capacitorsnow!

  • @DavyOneness

    @DavyOneness

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was just about to suggest the same thing, tantalum is something special when they blow

  • @fridaycaliforniaa236

    @fridaycaliforniaa236

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheSingularNextuz Your teacher has wild accidents 290 in a 5V cap omg 😂😂😂

  • @TheSingularNextuz

    @TheSingularNextuz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fridaycaliforniaa236 He showed us some "learning" opportunities that year 🤣 It almost always contained some form of burning. Sometimes on purpose, but very often it just happened. 🤣

  • @fridaycaliforniaa236

    @fridaycaliforniaa236

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheSingularNextuz Lmao 😂

  • @Michael-bt7bq
    @Michael-bt7bq2 жыл бұрын

    9:05 you just recreated a nebula. Pause it and it looks incredible.

  • @AngelicIsight
    @AngelicIsight10 ай бұрын

    1:06 “Oh you deal a lot with micro don’t you?” Dang what a savage burn 😂.

  • @tyster5228
    @tyster52282 жыл бұрын

    I’m glad Gav and Dan are both in the videos now. It actually feels like a slo mo guys video. Gav did a good job keeping the channel running but something just didn’t feel right.

  • @teamcybr8375

    @teamcybr8375

    2 жыл бұрын

    The back and forth is half the video, and it's impossible for Gav to replicate that alone.

  • @whanowa
    @whanowa2 жыл бұрын

    10:29 this is the last thing you hear as the evil Witch shoves you into the oven

  • @bnblasercleaning
    @bnblasercleaning Жыл бұрын

    This is probably the most beautiful footage I've seen from you guys personally, Id love to see more electrical events, Id also love to see things like arc/tig/mig welding up close

  • @NocheTenebri
    @NocheTenebri Жыл бұрын

    I simply love the word "gumpf" used to describe what's inside the capacitor.

  • @VarishtGhedia
    @VarishtGhedia2 жыл бұрын

    The scale of the explosion is really put into perspective when you put the balloon in the picture both in terms of speed and the size. Would love to see your collab with Mehdi. Maybe you can get Linus along as well and try to blow up a PSU capacitor.

  • @snjert8406

    @snjert8406

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, that's an awesome idea!

  • @GhostOfAnubis09

    @GhostOfAnubis09

    2 жыл бұрын

    Think Gamersnexus still has some gigabyte PSUs left?

  • @andrewn327

    @andrewn327

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GhostOfAnubis09 "Blowing up a Gigabyte PSU at 187,000 FPS, feat. Gamers Nexus"

  • @AlphaPhoenixChannel
    @AlphaPhoenixChannel2 жыл бұрын

    yo that was awesome! I'm flabbergasted by how many individual particles shoot out when a cap explodes - thankfully I think while I've burned some before, I've never truly exploded one while it was on a table in front of me... Also, I have been informed by MANY commenters that Gav has previously wondered about the "speed of push". While I don't think you'd be able to pick it up in a bar of metal (the framerate is high enough, but you'd only be looking for a displacement of a fraction of a pixel if you could see the entire bar in frame) I think it'd TOTALLY be possible with a long cylinder of a reasonably soft rubber (with a slower speed of sound, but more importantly for the camera, a larger yield strain. Wack one end with a hammer and HOPEFULLY you can watch the compression wave go all the way down! You need to hit it hard enough that you significantly (visibly) elastically displace one end of the bar before the other end starts to move. Thinking harder about this as I type, The hammerhead would probably need to be traveling an appreciable fraction of the speed of sound in the bar to make that happen... You guys know Destin - right? The shot you had in here of the shockwave going around the edge of the balloon was fantastic, but estimating your framerate from the speed of the flying capacitor you already gave, I think those ripples were more like gravity waves ON water, rather than sound waves THROUGH water. although here maybe balloon waves? membrane waves? bubble waves? dunno. Cool vid as usual!

  • @arnavjain7564

    @arnavjain7564

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love how all of this is just off the top of your head like what even😱

  • @Dysiode

    @Dysiode

    2 жыл бұрын

    SO stoked to see AlphaPhoenix in the comments! I don't know what you could collab on, but it would be amazing to see it happen!

  • @TheUniverseSurfer

    @TheUniverseSurfer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well the whole "speed of push" idea is really just a form of a shockwave. When you hit something the force travels through in a wave as the molecules compress, the speed at which the wave travels through the material is the speed of sound for that medium. If you slap a big yoga ball that's just filled with air it will travel at the speed of sound through the air (approx. 331 m/s), if you slap a water balloon (or blast it with a capacitor rocket) the wave will travel faster than through air as water is more dense but the wave itself travels through at the speed of sound through water (approx. 1,480 m/s), and if you were to smack a big steel rod the wave would travel way faster as the molecules are much more densely packed (approx. 3,150 m/s). So it just depends on the density of the material you choose Less dense medium will have a larger "visible" shockwave and will travel slower. More dense medium will have a smaller "visible" shockwave and will travel faster. If you hit the object harder, the initial compression will be greater as you, or whatever object you're using, are applying force on it, but the speed that the wave travels through the medium will not change. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I'm always happy to learn something new.

  • @xja85mac

    @xja85mac

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hammer time!

  • @RICDirector

    @RICDirector

    2 жыл бұрын

    But is it the force through the water, the air, or the rubber itself?

  • @rumpleforeskin1812
    @rumpleforeskin1812 Жыл бұрын

    It makes me so happy how far you guys have come since I started watching you around 2014/2015 you guys are my favorite

  • @stuartcarter7053
    @stuartcarter7053 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely loved this one. The macro shot was like something out of science fiction.

  • @vighnesh7566
    @vighnesh75662 жыл бұрын

    Explosions look waaay better in slow mo. Especially Arcs. This is visually my favorite slo mo video. Electro boom has to come, it's going to be BUZZING episode.

  • @RadiantMistborn42

    @RadiantMistborn42

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think you mean ELECTRIFYING

  • @RipleySawzen
    @RipleySawzen2 жыл бұрын

    I still cannot get over how good it is to finally see Dan back!

  • @pvic6959

    @pvic6959

    2 жыл бұрын

    "and im Dan" will never get old!!

  • @CombineWatermelon

    @CombineWatermelon

    2 жыл бұрын

    What happened to him? He was gone for like 2 years

  • @dboekel

    @dboekel

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CombineWatermelon Covid travel bans...because imagine someone brings Covid from one country to another country that already has the same variants...

  • @pvic6959

    @pvic6959

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CombineWatermelon traveling was hard due to the pandemic

  • @RipleySawzen

    @RipleySawzen

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CombineWatermelon 2 years?! I thought it was like, 6 weeks! Darn covid time!

  • @Hrushidandasena
    @Hrushidandasena2 жыл бұрын

    Brothers you both steal my my hearts 😘😘😘

  • @jameslinehan5807
    @jameslinehan58076 ай бұрын

    I know I'm a year late putting a comment on this video, but it takes me back 42 years when I was 16 and an electronics apprentice working for London Transport in the UK. Myself and a number of other apprentices spent ages deliberately blowing up capacitors, if our lecturer was late or stepped out of the room for a long period. The thing I remember most about it was the vinegary smell that the capacitors make when the explode.

  • @kleinesfilmroellchen
    @kleinesfilmroellchen2 жыл бұрын

    This demonstrates very well how bright plasma actually is, when it blows out the exposure time of 187kf/s.

  • @DinnerForkTongue

    @DinnerForkTongue

    2 жыл бұрын

    Innit? I'm not quite surprised Gav had to UNDERexpose to get a good shot even at that miniscule aperture time. Plasma really is _that bright._

  • @tiagomota4215
    @tiagomota42152 жыл бұрын

    I would like to see the capacitor + balloon again, but with a transparent balloon, so we can see the capacitor's path inside. That would be neat!

  • @mogyman5753

    @mogyman5753

    2 жыл бұрын

    thinking this exact thing

  • @Lampe2020

    @Lampe2020

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good idea!

  • @anvou2

    @anvou2

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or the protected macro lens inside the balloon.

  • @animalpeeps

    @animalpeeps

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yea I'd be curious! I would bet the shard goes only a few cm after it finally penetrates a few cm into the balloon. So a few + a few cm in! 😅

  • @-108-

    @-108-

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it would. They really should focus on this as a series, cuz it's such a visually interesting and beautiful event, you could really explore many different aspects of shooting it. Using multiple cameras for the same shot (one macro and one regular) would be really cool too. That's overhead, but probably worth it monetarily. That plasma stuff is incredibly beautiful. You could also make an NFT out of it and auction it off, but that might be going a bit overboard.

  • @sandeeprm
    @sandeeprm Жыл бұрын

    The best part is sparkling while burning 🔥 Superb!

  • @oneeco
    @oneeco2 жыл бұрын

    That dub over the dead audio was too funny

  • @H0Z1809
    @H0Z18092 жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait to see electroboom response video showing you what a real capacitor explosion looks like

  • @DoctorWhom

    @DoctorWhom

    2 жыл бұрын

    That might be what the collab is for :D

  • @fetusmccarlane9627
    @fetusmccarlane96272 жыл бұрын

    The collaboration I didn't know I needed until now.. Please do this!♡

  • @raydunakin
    @raydunakin7 ай бұрын

    These were way cooler looking than I thought they'd be!

  • @calvinrose18938
    @calvinrose18938 Жыл бұрын

    So much fun! When I was a Research Scientist at Bose back in the early 80s I would plug capacitors into an electrical outlet on the bench with the power switch off, and then flip the switch. It was great entertainment! Thanks for bringing back some fun memories!

  • @bodan1196
    @bodan11962 жыл бұрын

    My first job, (a while ago) was testing newly soldered circuit boards before assembly. All the components were back then hand placed before the boards were passed through the soldering machine. One re-occuring issue, was these large electrolyte capacitors being placed with the polarity flipped. The result, if I didn't catch this using my Mk1 Eyeball, was an ominous low humming, and if I didn't "connect the dots" quick enough, shutting off the power, a firecracker bang, a cloud of electrolyte staining everything that it could reach, and a smell which took a day or two to before realising that it had overstayed its welcome. It was ingrained in me, a certain respect for these things.

  • @jonathanshumpert9549

    @jonathanshumpert9549

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was an electronics tech in the Navy. We used to joke that they made electrical components with smoke in them so you could see, and smell, when they went bad. When completing my paperwork, I would indicate the problem and the corrective action. "Capacitor C12 let the smoke out. Replaced capacitor"

  • @skie6282

    @skie6282

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Jonathan Shumpert why replace them?? You just had to go to the engine room and get a bag of smoke! Hard to get it back in the capacitor though you need a small tube too

  • @megatronjenkins2473

    @megatronjenkins2473

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jesus, my first job was in a movie theater🤣🤣🤣I was there for opening night of Titanic!

  • @steffen7505

    @steffen7505

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully it was some of the safer electrolytes, and not DMF or DMA based. Back in the day some unpleasant solvents were used in the electrolytes.

  • @genezenner9198
    @genezenner91982 жыл бұрын

    You should definitely have him come down from Canada, it would be a blast! And seeing you two together again making videos makes my day! Thanks and keep it up 👍

  • @ReNeu60
    @ReNeu602 жыл бұрын

    super fun guys. nice ideas you come up with. your stuff just showed up on my feed yesterday and I now have a new favourite thing to watch. I doubt that camera is on amazon for under 200 so I will just watch you play with yours.

  • @ohokcool
    @ohokcool2 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE that you compared these exploding to a plasma explosion because capacitor explosions are sometimes used to gather practical elements for such FX in movies and TV shows

  • @danklegsjay
    @danklegsjay2 жыл бұрын

    This might be the most beautiful and mesmerizing high speed footage I've seen, from Slow Mo Guys or elsewhere. Thanks for sharing this. And, yes, OBVIOUSLY your fans will want a collab with ElectroBOOM!

  • @controlsixtyfour
    @controlsixtyfour2 жыл бұрын

    When I was in electrical school we were working with breadboards one day and one of the students accidentally connected 240 volts to his breadboard instead of 24. I was on the other side of the classroom and it lit up the room brighter than a photography flash. I don't think there was a capacitor involved, but there was a diode that completely vaporized.

  • @koreyhughes671
    @koreyhughes6712 жыл бұрын

    Looks like an explosion you would see on Star Trek show. So satisfying to watch these go off

  • @jonard7037
    @jonard7037 Жыл бұрын

    When I was 16 a friend and I experimented with exploding capacitors as well. But instead of overloading them with voltage, we used a soldering iron touching the capacitor until the heat caused them to explode. Although we were using much bigger capacitors. Some up to 200+ volt sizes. It was fun to watch. The smell was horrible and the smoke hurt our eyes. We filmed some of it with an old vhs camera. One of the coolest thing we did tho was making small fires in ashtrays and placing the capacitors into the fire. I thought the gasses would be flammable but instead the explosion just extinguished the flames. We then moved on to sticking the capacitor into little bowls filled with flour, sand, aquarium gravel etc. It was a lot of fun seeing how the explosions effected the material. Lots of fun. But seeing your footage in super slow motion is amazing and triggered a bit of nostalgia for me. Great job guys.

  • @MikeOrkid
    @MikeOrkid2 жыл бұрын

    I'm really curious on what different types of welding would look like in macro slow mo. Especially AC Tig.

  • @pamisa-chan317

    @pamisa-chan317

    2 жыл бұрын

    I read it as wedding for a seconds and i was like... Uhh, probably boring?

  • @MurkyWaters677

    @MurkyWaters677

    2 жыл бұрын

    They would have the put a welding lens over the camera lens probably. The arc might over expose the camera and blot out anything worth seeing. I would love to see AC TIG arc though.

  • @philb5593

    @philb5593

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MurkyWaters677 Higher framerate, shorter exposure, higher aperture, doubt you actually need a filter

  • @ole9421
    @ole94212 жыл бұрын

    There's no doubt that with some simple trickery at hiding the wires, one could produce some awesome sci-fi effects. I could watch this kind of stuff for hours.

  • @osrikking8785

    @osrikking8785

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing. All I saw was possibilities for movies - and possibly some ways movies I've seen did certain shots.

  • @SirLiamTheGreat

    @SirLiamTheGreat

    2 жыл бұрын

    Looks like the Death Star exploding

  • @dliedke
    @dliedke Жыл бұрын

    That was a really amazing exposion, thanks a lot!

  • @skepticalgenious
    @skepticalgenious2 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of a supernova. Amazing y'all I imagine it takes a lot of time to produce this video. Awesomeness!!

  • @markwright3161
    @markwright31612 жыл бұрын

    3:26 The frame rate matching the fan speed made that look like you just waved a switched off fan in the air in the hope it would magic the particles and dust away. :)

  • @PhebzAshel22
    @PhebzAshel222 жыл бұрын

    9:20 - 9:37 I loved this 😂 I’ve missed having both Gav and Dan!

  • @Dirk80241
    @Dirk802416 ай бұрын

    This is one of the most suprirising slomo videos you have shown! The way the smaller capacitors get launched, combined with the explosions afterward, propel this video (to me at least) to the level of scientific discoveries.

  • @KunalVaidya
    @KunalVaidya Жыл бұрын

    The exploding material in caps, the plasma , all looks so beautiful. this footage can be used in movies

  • @yasasmaddumage
    @yasasmaddumage2 жыл бұрын

    Glad to see you both together again. Looking forward to seeing a collaboration with electro-boom.

  • @thinfourth

    @thinfourth

    2 жыл бұрын

    no photonicinduction the top youtube madman

  • @silentblackhole
    @silentblackhole2 жыл бұрын

    When you zoomed into the cloud (2:01), it gave the best effect. It looked like the camera did a warp-speed jump into the cloud. I've never seen anything like that before. So cool!

  • @khaliah7754

    @khaliah7754

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dang, that DOES look cool

  • @H1NAZAK1

    @H1NAZAK1

    Жыл бұрын

    It lowkey looks like a playstation wallpaper

  • @adam346
    @adam346 Жыл бұрын

    as an extremely amateur photographer, one of the things I learned is that if you want a nice sun-set/sun-rise you almost always need to under-expose. It will lead to a darker land-scape but the colors you get from the sun... so nice. Plus there are programs that allow you to tweak vegetation coloration and what not since in raw format the info is all there and can be messed with.

  • @mikemaydonik2608
    @mikemaydonik26082 жыл бұрын

    pretty much every slow Mo guys video I find myself saying "wow! that's fascinating!" And this one was no exception. WOW! That was fascinating!

  • @FrozenShadow007
    @FrozenShadow0072 жыл бұрын

    These shots genuinely look like they are taken in space, Dan was spot on.

  • @thomasclerc5690
    @thomasclerc56902 жыл бұрын

    So glad Dan is back ! A collab with ELecTROBOOM would be great 👍

  • @logantomasak6181
    @logantomasak6181 Жыл бұрын

    the macro lens shots are always the best. please do more of them.

  • @TravisTellsTruths
    @TravisTellsTruths5 ай бұрын

    Absolutely incredible

  • @zerosumgame5700
    @zerosumgame57002 жыл бұрын

    Gav, I'm so glad to see you filming with your good friend Dan. You did a great job filming alone, but *you* seem so much happier filming as a team with your mate.

  • @Wizzkidwas
    @Wizzkidwas2 жыл бұрын

    That 6:57 slowmo is absolutely amazing and baffling, one of the greatest shots on the channel

  • @GoDrex
    @GoDrex2 жыл бұрын

    Cool to finally see the magic smoke being released

  • @vibratingstring
    @vibratingstring16 күн бұрын

    Horsehead Nebula 8:34 That's self-similarity at scales...Love it.

  • @keatonjones6115
    @keatonjones61152 жыл бұрын

    I strongly believe being able to slow time down (by viewing in ultra slow motion) is as important as The invention of the microscope was to medicine. Things we never would be able to witness otherwise/thought happened at a single point in time, i think cameras in general are like this - the ability to record something in absolute detail over time is an incredible feat, then to take 180000 pictures a second and put it into a format that the brain can understand is pretty freaking amazing. Thank you guys for showing us the magiiic!

  • @mushin111

    @mushin111

    2 жыл бұрын

    I want what you're smoking mate

  • @phasm42
    @phasm422 жыл бұрын

    This was really cool to see. In the early 2000s I used to repair ATX power supplies regularly, and often I'd find caps completely obliterated, and sometimes I'd blow some up for fun. Very cool to see what it would have looked like in slow-mo.

  • @dc7370
    @dc73702 жыл бұрын

    That second explosion was like something out of Barbarella. Perfectly

  • @coxandrewj
    @coxandrewj2 жыл бұрын

    7:00 this is by far one of the coolest explosions I’ve seen on the channel