AC VS DC - Pain Test (Experiment)

During this experiment I will find out what voltage levels of AC and DC can be dangerous for the human body.

Music:
2011 Lookalike by Bartlebeats

[ariad]

I can hear Mehdi Sadaghdar's ( ElectroBOOM) voice in my head when you said "full bridge rectifier"

[DIYPerks]

Interesting finds! I always wondered what the different levels of pain would be. Thanks for the tests!

[chaosopher]

"Don't try this at home."

"Do it at a mate's house, his parents aren't home and he has a better camera!"

[wachocs]

FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!!! (eloctroBOOM!)

[jthorup]

As always a very entertaining, and enlightening video. You do a fantastic job. It is a pleasure to support you.

[splatink]

Scott: full bridge rectifier
My brain: don't think of Mehdi don't think of Mehdi
My brain a microsecond later: FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER

[angelioto]

This experiment reminds me elecroBOOM channel :D

[dr]

Man, you are crazy. The way you are doing that experiment is putting current through your

[GRBtutorials]

I think the reason you got quite low voltages is that you were nervous and therefore sweating, reducing your resistance. I just tried a small experiment with 9V batteries (new, so 9.6 V) and got up to 50 VDC without feeling anything, but when I went up to 60 VDC I got more nervous and definitely felt it. Not really painful, but annoying, and it was increasing due to my increased sweating (after that I also felt the 50 VDC). Something interesting I noted, though, is that it was only painful when I started touching it, and after a second touching it, it was a much lighter feeling. And Mehdi from ElectroBOOM once touched 120 VDC without even feeling it!

[Gooberslot]

I can't believe you were willing to do this from one hand to the other right across the heart. Using two fingers on the same hand would have been a lot safer.

I've been shocked a couple times with 110 ac but only with one hand (or I'd most likely be dead). It hurt, but it was far from the worst pain I've ever experienced.

[keenansmith]

HOLY SHIT HE'S GOOD LOOKING #nohomo

[TheChipmunk]

50 volts DC can definitely be felt (phone line voltage) when repairing phone lines in bare feet in a damp basement. (it was late at night <grin> )

[Mrvideosandgames]

Please, please be careful with any AC current flowing past your heart!

[boblewis]

Brave lad! In my life, before, and after graduating as an electrical & electronic engineer (>45 years ago!) I have had countless shocks off just about every kind of electrical device. From electric drills to food mixers to TVs, PCs, Disk drives (BIG refrigerator size, 1980's style) to garden equipment. Fortunately I learned early on, and before I even went to University, to avoid touching live wires and ground with both hands (as you were doing!!) and when testing inside operating TVs (CRT style!!) always to keep one's left hand in a pocket, probe ONLY with the right (even if normally left handed) because the current then flows far less or not at all through the left side of one's body and hence the heart en-route.


To RE-EMPHASISE the point well made in Great Scott's video DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! You only need to make one mistake ... and you're dead!

[bkstudio]

I've been playing portal while watching this video. While you said, that let's end this torture, GLaDOS said: "The experiment is nearing its conclusion."

[twiggy]

Great video! Only stumbled on your channel recently.

I used to be a telephone engineer and worked on lines which were 50v dc, but went up to 100v ac when the phone rang (that was what triggered the oscillation required to make the bell work on old phones). I have no idea of the current, but if you had wet or sweaty hands, out at the customer, you'd feel a tingle, but in the exchange, it would be quite uncomfortable. If someone rang the number whilst you were working on it, the 100v blast certainly woke you up. Especially if you were at that top of a 12m telegraph pole at the time 😆

[minecrafter]

+GreatScoot I've seen a video that the frequency is also an important factor to tell if it hurts or no

[peterschiller]

When doing such tests, never do it from arm to arm (like in this video), because your heart is between them ^^. I did a test with DC and AC to see how it feels and what the difference is. But I attached one cable+ on my under part of my right arm and one cable- on the upper part my right arm, I mean one near the elbow and the other near the wrist on the same arm. But I needed more than 50Volts to feel something. I remember when I was a kid, me and my college were electronic freaks and so one or two times I had encounters with different voltages, because of lack of attention. I've got contact with 220Volts about 20 times :). But the one I remember and I will never forget, was the 380Volt AC. I think I jumped about 3 m back after contact. Nowadays I know how dangerous these accidents were. But I learned a lot about electricity and electronic by learning by doing (and painfull feeling).

[heysteev]

You're delivery on these videos has improved greatly over the years.

[maxwelld]

Mehdi Sadaghdar did this too!

It's funny to see your reactions compared to his