If you ever burn up a selenium rectifier, they smell like rotten eggs. So, don't fart when conducting your test! You won't be able to tell if a rectifier is failing or you just sharted.

@TS-jm7jm

4 жыл бұрын

@Irish Viking how did you manage that?

@someguy4915

4 жыл бұрын

@@TS-jm7jm Well it's a natural thing, gasses build up and eventually you release them in a fart.

@akkudakkupl

3 жыл бұрын

Actualy selenoorganics smell WAY WORSE than their sulfur containing analogues.

@whatevernamegoeshere3644

3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, molecules with H-S bonds smell like farts or rotten eggs usually. Stuff with H-Se bonds smell the same but 100x stronger. Your threshold for it is already in the parts per trillion but it's 100x that now. And tellurium with H-Te bonds are even worse. At that point you are sensing a handful of molecules as a rotten egg smell. When universities do anything with the latter 2 groups of compounds they usually send out emails to warn people of the smell on the entire campus because if they don't, dozens will report gas leaks

@akkudakkupl

3 жыл бұрын

@@whatevernamegoeshere3644 We seem to have read the same articles ;-) I think this was mentioned about chlorine trifluoride ;-)

I miss photon

@wildliferescue8784

5 жыл бұрын

Same here. I do hope that he is doing ok. He is going through a lot right now. Hopefully he will be back soon. We all miss you good buddy. Please come back soon.

@gabrielvieira6529

5 жыл бұрын

@@wildliferescue8784 yea same here i still hope, one day, find an 1 day ago or 4 hours ago video of him (or newer video)

@wildliferescue8784

5 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielvieira6529 he is back. There will be new videos coming very soon.

@jamescollins6085

5 жыл бұрын

@@wildliferescue8784 We can only hope.

@Alex-uy7pc

4 жыл бұрын

@Electro Mega he deleted it to, got a link for reupload?

Never get tired of this legendary stuff.

if this channel did not exist, youtube would be worthless. this is the best channel ever!! damn better than any TV show that exists!!

@viagra5207

3 жыл бұрын

well you see....

@123TauruZ321

Ай бұрын

Truth be told.

*Shrugs with an innocent look* "I dunno why we've got a faasund paand leccy bill, missus!"

@DJSPCS1952

9 жыл бұрын

***** You guys talk funny!

@Dudleymiddleton

9 жыл бұрын

DJSPCS1952 It's my attempt at an east London accent, It's almost impossible to decipher! lol

How does a diode actually work?

@simont3686

4 жыл бұрын

Lol that's been a long time.

@davecrupel2817

3 жыл бұрын

Laminar Flow

@railgap

3 жыл бұрын

electron fairies

@Vinces618

3 жыл бұрын

directional one way

@wahidtrynaheghugh260

3 жыл бұрын

Magic

pause at 5:10 and change to slow motion and you can see one of the wires in the back of the tap change board glowing red hot.

@TexasRailfan2008

3 жыл бұрын

JR9979 your right!

You threw a battery at a traffic warden lol.. what a legend :)

@Colt45hatchback

4 жыл бұрын

Far more effective than my call him names and do a burnout while driving off approach haha

@willthomsen7569

Ай бұрын

I would totally do that too but in America you get shot for shit like that so maybe not

Now all he needs is a creepy castle and a butler called Igor, the prefect mad scientist, lol. Great vid as always

@carolynmmitchell2240

6 жыл бұрын

Viktor Hofer frankinstien

I got here, researching the huge selenium rectifier in a vintage 60 AMP battery charger I am trying to fix. Then I am reminded of the old carbon arc lamps we used to burn printing plates, at the print shop many years ago. Great memories, Thank You!

You should have a Richard Hammond style show on TV with your humour - great stuff (:

Reminds of this one time when I was much younger with the biggest love of my life, we stumbled on this old worn out electrical box that was made by Rube Goldberg himself. It had like 25 knobs and 30 switches and it was like a cattle gate or something stupid like that (cracking up typing this btw).. I was a cattle gate or something and I started messing with the contraption and made robot sounds and stuff and she loved it. Up with 10 movements of 12 different knobs in coordination with pushing timed switches relayed to limit switches.. Somehow I didn't short it out or release any cows. It was awesome. This thing reminds me of how strange history is.

i like transformer noises

"this is full power, might be a bit disappointing"

Amazing find man!, love the old skool ammeter and Se Rectifiers!

Watching this video I have literal flashbacks and can still smell/taste burning selenium rectifiers.

@drakethedragon457

3 жыл бұрын

How the F**k did you burn them?!!?

@phreak761

3 жыл бұрын

@@drakethedragon457 Fire.

Beautiful equipment there. Real stuff! Made to last and man would I love to have those. So so sweet!

the real question is how many burns dose it take to destroy the carpet

@nollie_ollie8358

9 жыл бұрын

He popped it XD

@naps1saps

9 жыл бұрын

joe muncey I swear he's going to set it on fire some day. I'm sure he'll have it in one of his videos ^_^

@TheScoutGuyYTPs

7 жыл бұрын

2017.. still nope

@StefanHalliwell

7 жыл бұрын

Starving kids in Africa would eat that carpet xD

@hexus9198

5 жыл бұрын

Till it pops

awesome... i can feel your passion for electrics! im addicted to these vids

Just thought I would leave a comment to thank you for the years of entertainment and knowledge you have given me! I have been with you since late 2009 and have loved every moment, I still have the 2 t-shirts you sent and treasure them dearly, carry on the good work, and once again, thank you!

I could see you having a heart attack over the rectifier and falling on the wires like a defibrillator and coming back to life.

@SouthwesternEagle

7 жыл бұрын

Are you a Phoenican like me? :'3 You have the AZ Cardinals!

@drakethedragon457

3 жыл бұрын

Technically that would work if he fell in the correct place, it's pretty much what defibs do anyway

@nullvoidpointer

3 жыл бұрын

@@drakethedragon457 and perfect time, and was administered cpr.

dude, lay a sheet of plywood down on the floor...poor carpet

You sir are a gold plated luny

love that sound

Years later I still feel bad for him that his marriage didn’t work.

I laugh and learn all the time watching your video's, and I've seen then all. This is one of my favourites though, as are may others. Keep 'em coming Chap.

So happy to see you still uploading man! awesome.

The song that comes in at 7:50 should be your new theme music. Much more power to it.

These are, by a country mile, the most entertaining videos I've watched on KZread (that's saying something cos I've watched me own!) Welding with a cordless drill pack? CRAZY! You're a top geezer, keep it up ;-)

It'll take that all day long, It wont even complain

He is a true lover of his science, a true expert. Been following since the beginning. Love it.

Thanks for coming back! I just stumbled upon your new channel. Greetings from Poland!

From across the pond. Awesome videos.

An other great video. Love that power supply with the Selenium rectifiers. great score. Great fire works as usual. Thanks for being active making video's again and the timing was perfect when the misses was out shopping. LOL !

Love your taste in music, too photon. Great stuff. Love the noises of that transformer under load. Could listen to that all day long.

Brave man fucking around with 18650 Li-ion cells like that with no undervolt protection

That was great! Very satisfying. Thanks PI

Awesome stuff!

This is fantastic stuff :D

Come back home Andy, all is forgiven. You are sorely missed.

I love the noise those old switches make!

Your neighbours must love you and the constant dimming of the street lights :D

Im so Happy that you are back :)

Great stuff as always!!

Stop playing with the electricity I can't skype to my relatives in UK because of you! Mad man!

Your editing has come on a looonngg way!!

WOAH! these are the biggest selenium rectifiers i have ever seen! Very cool!

I try to imagine just how high this man’s electric bill must be.

Good show! Love it

Great Video! Glade to see ya again!

miss your content man hope your life has worked out for better now

great video - i love old technology

So I've heard sounds like this in sound libraries, but never expected high current to actually sound like that. Really cool :)

Got to love that angry hum.

love it keep up the good work!

Great times, glad he's back and doing well. Wish I had the knowledge I have now back when this was all I'd do with electronics, on a much much small scale

I think Igor used that model in the Frankenstein movie.

@artemqubit

5 жыл бұрын

Frankenstein is from London

yeh, Andy is a great knowledgeable man!, even gave me some inspiration to do fun things with washing machines at one stage ;)

Dude, totally loving that new title screen.

it's like christmas everytime there is a new vid photon! i would of never thought you could arc weld with a cordless battery! nice new rug upstairs btw!

This is the stuff KZread was invented for. Photon, you're a fucking legend. Nuff said.

It's been far too long, thanks for the video.

rips a hole in spacetime " i popped it ". genius.

You're a crazy booger--I love it!!

Great way to start a Sunday morning. Yay!

This man just gets it

nice vid :) god those batteries are insane!

It's taking that dead short like a champ! Old equipment is so robust. They don't make stuff like they used to.

extremely cool

Excellent vid! Amps, sparks, power! haha love it

Thanks photon!

Oh, i like that noise.

Ha ha. You have a great sense of humour! xD Hope to see more videos from you. Cheers. :)

@6:20 you can just imagine the neibours or somebody walking along the rood and they see a silhouett of a figure with a visor held up to his head..,person walking past thinks..what the chuck in going on in Frankenstein house. Your soh is good and keep up the work in aid of Science.

Goood one there m8. You keep up the good work.Cranking vid

Ahh! The lovely T & Rs'. They were great, - though I did have one expire on me near the end of reel 5 of Get Carter (a nice 35mm print) with Mike Hodges (Director) in the audience. I had a Westalite (Westinghouse Brake & Signal) as backup. It happened so near the end of the reel that I had to make an early changeover. When selenium rectifiers fail, there's a distinct acrid smell. Many would attest that mercury arcs were more reliable. I was burning Marble Double Eagle 7mm neg/ 8mm pos carbons at 70 amps.

Wow, that's some bass in the intro - nice!

awesome, very interesting as always photon

I like that noise

That's definitely a reflection in the camera optics. You'll notice it moves when he moves the electrode.

It is a nice sound.

Nice!

those parking wardens are cheeky buggers, probably not a good idea to chuck your drill battery at one lol

I'm still trying to figure out how your still alive!!! GREAT experiments though love the channel but your insane friend lol

I hope photon, where ever you are. Your aim has improved.

love the video, i want more lol

If one of those burns up you well never get that smell out of the house.

He’s back

That's a nice noise!

6:10 That's the nastiest electrical sound i've ever heard ^^ It sounds like the electricity is angry ^^

Ceep up the good work

I spent an afternoon melting glass and the concrete floor with a DC arc from a bunch of solar cells last year. Got my first arc eyes that day

Cool, me too. I like doing multicam recording and cutting. Giving it a little bit of a "professional" discovery channel look in the final cut^^

Nice to see a bit of 'naughty boy time' once again mate.

he's been exposed to more UV rays than a boat welder without any protection suit.

You've just invented a very portable emergency welder, im gunna make me one of them . Good on ya mate, good to see ya back.

havent seen a selenium rectifier for years!

You are funny, you sound and look a very much how I imagine someone (a villain) from a Dickens novel would! You have a natural sneaky naughtness. Keep up the electric mischief!

OMG I can't complain how do you manipuate this power whitout getting shocked, lucky person for having this equipement :)

Lobbing batteries at traffic wardens would get you a rough ride to jail here in the US, lol.