Lightning in a Bottle & 100,000 Subscribers!

How to make lightning in a bottle, using a bottle of water and a Van de Graaff generator (or any high voltage power supply.) Also, thanks for the 100,000 subscribers!

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[renekenshin]

I think that theory applies to nature as well, when lightning strikes are formed. Congrats, keep up the good work :D

[nerinabejar]

I have been watching your videos since you had like a thousand subscribers, this channel is really entertaining and informative, well deserved!

[aditya_s]

HELLO THERE!!!
It was ME who asked you this question in facebook privately.
Thanks for making a video for it.

[KylesYTU]

I hope to achieve 100, 000 subscribers some time in the next two years

[rockfrenzy]

the water in the bottle is like a cloud full of water, and the generator is like the earth.

[leskuelbs]

congrats on the subscribers! neat demonstration also.

[Electronic]

Haha didn’t watch the end of the video the first time... I tried it and woah that’s a shock, lesson learned

[akashpadhye]

hey congratulations..
and thanks a lot for such a great science videos....

[Mienecus]

Congrats, 100 K subscribers due to your interesting content! Thanks!, ,

[Grizzly_Lab]

Congrats on your 100k ^_^ happy to be one of them (and... did you already saw that video by veritasium about Kelvin Thunderstorm? If not, take a look at it: I'm sure you're gonna propose us something eheheh)

[totalys]

Congrats! Good channel deservs success!

[USWaterRockets]

That's really an amazing effect! Your explanation makes a lot of sense too. I can't think of anything that better describes the effect. Does that same thing happen with different bottle materials? What if you used a glass bottle? Anyhow, congratulations on 100K subscribers! You deserve every one of them. I've had you in my recommended channels ever since I found your channel, so I hope it helped in some small way.P.S. Keep making the soda bottle videos. You know how much I love them!

[youmakeitwhatitis]

I had a glass of water at a Qdoba the other day, and each time I drank, my lips were shocked as they approached the water.

[soopy]

It would be cool if you added dye to the water to make the eletricity different colours

[NevinWilliams]

Congratulations on reaching 100K!

How badly did you get shocked by the charged water? Comparable to a shock from the generator itself, or worse due to capacitance?

[fabie]

i have tried this myself and do not recommend it the shock i got from the bottle was massive compared to what you normally get from touching the dome. it is somehow acting as a capacitor!!

[HeuristicObfuscation]

Nice!  was  there any water breakdown occuring inside the bootle?have you tried this with distilled water?      love how you ilustrated the charge graphics. if you can manage to charge water to point were it can no longer hold a charge then the molecule would split. The challenge is to charge it to point of fracture without leting it discharge.

[MG-kwkb]

I Would love to see this experiment done using
Colloidal Silver...
& maybe a Glass or Pyrex Container (stuck on top of the generator with a blob or 2 High Temperature Silicone - a.k.a. Automotive Gasket Maker)

[corysamoila]

Did it hurt when the bottle shocked you?

[partoftheabsoluteone]

As Faraday observed electric/'Dialectric' charge is actually stored in the dialectric....and NOT the conductor!