Great video Chris. I love the humor :)

I love your humor! Being informative and also entertaining at the same time is very difficult, so thumbs up for you ;)

Cocky truthfulness, brutally honest, and above all - informative. (Somehow the ending got chopped off, but oh well). Good job!

300V is the minimum generally accepted breakdown voltage for atmosphere. That means that below that, the wires have to touch. In practice it's much higher then that for any "real world" application, but 300V is the generally accepted line.

Thanx alot. My friend bought a transformer but forgot to see the connections. This was helpful.

It's like an electric cooking show. I love it.

very well presented! love the personality!

Best videos on KZread... or anywhere else!

I love his humor.

thumbs up for his awesome safety talk

OMG! I am on my way to making "lightening!" lol Thank you:)

This guy and Louis Rossmann should hang out. I think they would have a great time

Love your Explanation (y)

luv ur vids!

LOL ive never laughed so much watching a you tube video. Science is funny =D i especially love how the power chord found its way back to the bench

"Don't be a douche, pay attention." Love your vids dude!

@soljaboy2006 It's a hotstick. It is a safety device, and yep, the tip is grounded and the rod is non conductive. This is so you don't have to get close/hold the wires to draw an arc, because if you do you might get an unpleasant surprise.

Nice video!! I have a nst stack with 3 60 mA @ 7500 volts in parallel for 180 mA @7500 volts

u know for that rod ur holding what is the wire connected to? is it just hooked to ground?

once you phased them, yes. Always phase them to be sure though.

Hi. i've got two neon sign transformers. one is old heavy type with iron cover/box and the other is one of smaller newer types, both specifies are the same, they are 12kv and 30MA. is it possible phase them to get higher current? I've already seen some videos of phasing two, but in videos both type are exactly the same.Can I do a thing with my nsts?

They are built with dual windings for safety. Typically, each output wire goes to a different end of a long glass tube. There is almost zero chance that those will even get short circuited. However, there is a possibility that one of the terminals gets a short circuit to ground... either as a flash-over or by a human touch. With a centre tapped transformer, that means only 1/2 the voltage so (theoretically) much safer.

hello, I just bought one of those nst's for my tesla coil, but I do not know how to ground them... sorry, I shouldnt mess with it until I know how, where do I hook up the green ground wires, and where do I put them? thank you

Are you using a two camera setup now Duck?

You say 60mA, deos it mean its the short circuit current on the secondary or its just the nominal current ?

His style of humor sorta reminds me of Bret from Blue Stahli. XD

LOL , thanks I enjoyed the info ,

Is the wire on the drum stick tied to anything (ground) ? if not, where is the wire tied to? Never phased transformers like this... it could be done with a D cell battery and a DMM or scope as well.

How can you "over volt" NSTs by putting them in series? Series circuits divide the voltage across each resistor. If you have 2 12kv NSTs in series that's 24kv across both, but still only 12kv across each.

what happens to the coil's output when a second identical transformer is attached but the primary capacitor's size is left the same ?

what do you do when you have a gfi and it keeps tripping and shutting off

i love how he says to handle the transformer nicely and jently then he slams it on the table, BAWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!

I have 3 9kv 30ma nst can i phase all 3...i bought one thats 9kv but 60ma will this mess it up...i see different things ...one guy says it wont matter and others say dont try it.... what could be the issue and does it need to be in qny order...like the 60ma going at the first or last of the connected nsts

@ChaoticGoodChris

3 жыл бұрын

I don't mix different ratings. If you're connecting transformers together (either in series or in parallel) you want them to all be matched. Strange, unpredictable, and very very bad things happen if you start mixing them.

This guy is cool.

i have a 2 MOT stack and i want to upgrade to a quad and run it on 240 Volts could you give me a schematic and instructions on how to do it

what is the reason for phasing the transformers? You never explained why just how.

I was about 11 yrs old no shoes in front of a pizza shop had pizza in my hand leaned over on a sign frame What happened next pretty impressive I looked like a wizard had 5 maybe 6 in arcs coming from finger tips I ripped my hand back the pizza went flying my finger tips were ghost white for about 5 mins

@willbensen2258

6 жыл бұрын

wile richards why did you have no shoes on? :D

3:29 Thing makes an apperance

at 8:00 you can see heat waves coming off if you look really closely

you only have 110v in the US? we have 240v here

I have questions i can not find the answers too...so i managed to go on a nst buying spree and i ended up with 4 all diff values lmao....7.5kv 9kv 12k. And 15kv...but i have a xhance to buy another 9kv but not 30ma like the rest...its 60ma my question is would this one at 60ma produce more hot and better arcs for a jacobs ladder...and do the ma or what do the ma assuiming mila amps do for arcs i. Ladders, tesla coils, ect...also all of my nst do not have the frankinstien plugs on them they just have the primary feed and ground ( some ) and the. 2 wires all have about 2 feet of wire coming out of the tar. So can i just connect the sires to say 2 closthes hangers to make a quick jac ladder....and pretty much those 2 wires just mean instead of having the easy frankinstien ears i have to just directly connect using gator clips or something ..that's my 2nd question...difference between the bolt connector design or if your nst just has 2 wires coming out of it like mine. Anythings i should know ? Any way to connect rhem to some device that would make it easier to connect and disconnect when not using these? The last question is on a capacitor i recently bidded and won a high voltage pulse cap...45kv pulse limit but only 500pf....the pf or uf,nf on the caps what dows that actually mean for me someone said 500pf might be to low for tesla coils and all with my soon to be 2 pkv phazed nst's...if you have time and can understand all my questions and rambling could you or anyone who reads this answer me at todd r Hart at gmail ( no spaces ) thabk you

@ChaoticGoodChris

3 жыл бұрын

You've got a lot of excellent questions. I do a live show every evening at 10pm eastern time. Hop in the discord here and ask your questions and we can discuss them on air one-on-one. :) discord.gg/KhTKWE3gCC

@AppleBubbleinDaSky

3 жыл бұрын

Th x for reply the video is old so was not sure if still active. I googled geek group but there are a bunch of geek groups lol. I will check it out

im from new zealand and not sure what is a good transformer i could find here it can cost $100 just for shipping to New zealand on Ebay pls help

lmao good video!

magic strawberry goodness - epic comment :D

ya dont be a douchE! haha love this vid, thanks for the info!

I just use flybacks... The components for the driver, and the flyback cost me just $5... And I can generate 1.5 inch long arcs @ something like 10mA - 15mA... which is good enough. ZVS driver components will only cost a dollar or two and will generate currents equivalent to the NST at a much cheaper price. So... FBTs all the way!

300V is the breakdown voltage of air.... :-D The thing is, you don't mention the distance. per inch? per cm? per attometer?

hi. I live in Europe. I can get anywhere 15kV NST Transformer because it is illegal ; / Only 10kV transformer can buy. wat happen when connect two NST transformers 7.5kV, get then 15kV?

You do not over-volt a NST by series connecting the secondaries. No more voltage exists in each of the secondaries at any point. The problem arises with center taps making the cores live with 1/2 the sum voltage of secondaries between each other. I have connected (3) 15 kV secondaries in series with awesome results. Not arguing that technique is not for the novice. 30+ years HV experience here. Peace

@ChaoticGoodChris

2 жыл бұрын

We're getting into concepts like that in the new series. This is a very old video and only hit on some very basic topics. There's a much newer (and far more comprehensive series) that we've already started publishing. Check out the newer videos and I think you'll enjoy them. :) Thanks for watching and contributing to the discussion!

LMFAO the first 25 seconds!

Oh and how do i find out what wire is what coming out of my nst....

@ChaoticGoodChris

3 жыл бұрын

Check out the latest HV video series, I cover exactly that in a recent episode.

Why can't I hook up NSTs in series?

Nice ;) Thumbs up :D Alex

@danilorosich

8 жыл бұрын

+High Voltage weren't you on ratereducers page too, with the same comment... lol

@Alexelectricalengineering

8 жыл бұрын

Danilo Rosich I don't know, I watch a lot of videos and comment on them, so it's possible

@danilorosich

8 жыл бұрын

High Voltage Oh, wel anyways greetings!

@Alexelectricalengineering

8 жыл бұрын

Danilo Rosich :D

I feel like an abuse survivor after watching this guy lol. Seriously though doesn’t the higher voltage x-former push current through the secondary of the lower voltage one?

magic strawberry goodness lmao

I put the plug in my pocket then half the time, I have to follow the wire to remember where I put it. Yeah, I'm that cool.

WAS I JUST WATCHING THE GALLOPING ELECTRICIAN ? GIANFRANCO FRONZI

can someone explain the logic behind putting the plug of the nst in your pocket

@PoojaryPawan

7 жыл бұрын

thank you

Can you plug an American NST (I think it's 110V 60Hz) to a European plug (220V 50Hz)... I really am getting frustrated over this... I can't find a bloody NST in Europe!!! AAAA!

He's funny :-)

And remember you Meat Sticks, Dont be a Duesch ! LOL, Laughed my Scrodum off !!

*MultiCamera

"Don't be a douche" ha

Arghh I followed your directions, and got electrocuted. Now I'm dead. Now what?

2:40 ha ha ha