Popping a 5000A Fuse

I learned that I have no desire to be that close to anything that powerful. Thanks for the lesson. I'll stick to machining.

Grid management: easy day ay? massive surge Grid management: what was that? In the distance: "Ahhhhhh popped it" Grid management: oh no, hes back

The best part of this is the idea that there are circuits that can handle 5000 amps, but still need protection for over currents.

I once worked in a magnesium factory (in Porsgrunn, Norway) and the ampmeter on the wall was steady on 240.000 Amps, but voltage was only around 6 v. The "wire" for all this power had a cross section of 1.2 m2 (13.5 sqft). We used the same amount of electrical power as a city of 60.000 people. The magnetic fields in that factory was quite powerful. At certain places my quartz watch would stop (the second hand) in 1.5m (5 ft) distance from the "wire". One of my work spots (for 45 minutes) regularly reached 125 degrees C (257 F), and we had to wear heavy/thick clothing and rubber boots. The working conditions were quite horrible. Wet floor all the time (due to salts). On top of that we had to wear a kind of gas"masks" due to all the chlorine gas in the air. I drank up to 8 liters of water per shift and ate salt tablets. We only worked 3 x 45 minutes per shift.

Never underestimate a British chap with Scientific knowledge and a high garden fence.

"Marty, I'm sorry, but the only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning. However.. there is this guy in the UK..."

As a former electrician, I just have to thank you for this video. The highest fuse I’ve ever popped was a 250 amp fuse. Incredible!

50 dollars says this guy is on at least 3 government watch lists.

Dude's backyard is like the size of a postage stamp and he's discharging 200K amps. Bravo, nice!

You've done a great job of keeping the old feel, but with updated filming equipment and camera angles. Love it

Reminds me of what my dad used to do. My father was lead physicist for a hypersonic wind tunnel for Lockheed back in the 60s and 70s. It was called the "hot shot wind tunnel". The way it was powered was with a large tank, (maybe 12' long, 3 or so feet in diameter with many inches thick walls) that was filled with a noncombustible gas under high pressure. The tank walls were very thick. The nozzle, at one end was directed into the wind tunnel. When they wanted to take a "shot" they powered up a room (about the size of a secondary school classroom) filled with 1 farad capacitors. I don't know how many, but the banks filled the room. From that room to the tank, there were something like 12 copper buss bars, with a cross section of 1" by 6". I think there were 12 going and 12 coming back. The coming and going bars were separated by dozens of feet, going in separate hallways. (I was told, never saw them actually). The capacitors would be charged up, overnight I guess, and when all was ready, a switch was thrown which released inside the tank, one end of a piano wire that would spring from one internal wall electrical contact to contact the other side of the tube. When it got close to the other wall, the discharge was incredible. the spark was one (huge inches across (my memory)) spark that would instantly ionize the metal piano wire, and of course instantly heat up the gas inside the tank, such that the pressure became immense and would blow out the nozzle and simulate a jet stream of air that was something like 25,000 miles an hour. (for testing models of rockets and such). Like most boys, I was suitably impressed and thought it was the coolest thing. Of course they had their share of "accidents" up there and we always were a bit worried about him, but fortunately no one was every seriously injured to my memory.

That’s a SCARY amount of power in a relatively small package! I am amazed and terrified at the same time! 👍🏻

When the world needed him most he came back

Every time this was set off the lights dimmed in Australia

Y'all are crazy as hell, but as a electrician having worked on up to 600 volts, and as a 50,000 kV overhead line construction coordinator and inspector, that was freaking awesome. Well done. Even better seeing all the grounding and other safety precautions used after each hit.

This man is the walter white of electrical engineering

Meanwhile PC people be like "hey don't build your PC near carpet you pillock" This guy: "these capacitors make great coffee tables"

A sentence you don't hear to often: "If you put 5000A though this, nothing will happen"

We miss your amazing videos very much and we all wish you the very best in life. I was so happy to see you come back for a few episodes. My friend josh and I had way too much fun watching your videos…. Again thanks for everything and god bless you

This seems like a video that some hobbyist in 2009 would have uploaded and got in everyone's recommended 14 years later