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new video!! is it the volts or amps that kill?

🕑 Added 2023-01-31 19:42:43 +0000 UTC

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ioPhileas

Thanks, really cool video and very helpful because my little sibling always asks me how safe it is to poke in their analog synthesizers and I was trying to explain that low voltage should be usually safe. We also took the multimeter to their plasma ball and there showed the high voltage but in conjunction with low amps it's safe to touch as well. (We also noticed that the radio frequency is equal to the audio frequency so cool) Now I just need to hope them to watch your video :D

Ross Taylor

That might have been for the better, after all, no one wants to be a modern day Anatoli Bugorski.

styropyro

it's funny because a couple years ago I saw a soviet betatron on ebay and actually considered buying it. i wasn't ready to deal with the necessary shielding though lol. that thing would have been absolutely horrifying

Ross Taylor

What a comprehensive response. Main takeaways: 1) the variable contribution of freq, 2) the possibilities if you had a ~1MW 1MWh battery system to boost your mains supply, 3) you could create a terrifying homemade X-ray machine.

Chris Holland

People love holding on to simple answers, thanks man for making a pretty darn thorough video to try an educate people on this and that world is almost always more complex than we think. Also I am glad you where able to splice in some of that wild January tornado outbreak footage. Keep on keeping on brother!