1 Which is the Killer, Current or Voltage?
ElectroBOOM explains how voltage and current relate to the danger of electric shock; linked in questions about which voltages are safe to touch.
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2 High Voltage AC/DC Effect on Human Body
Mehdi Sadaghdar tests how AC and DC at rising voltages feel on the body; cited in shock-safety questions, though viewers dispute what it shows about DC.
3 The Pain of Electricity (AC versus DC)
ElectroBOOM shocks himself with AC and DC to show how each feels; linked as an entertaining answer to questions about whether a voltage will hurt.
4 Power Saver Scam EXPOSED!
Mehdi Sadaghdar opens a plug-in electricity saving box and shows why it cannot cut a household bill; the standard link whenever someone asks whether these devices work.
5 Just Try and Make Your Own Coil-Gun (Accelerator)
Mehdi Sadaghdar builds a coilgun with his usual deliberate mishaps; cited on electromagnet design, with a warning that the circuit is not one to copy.
6 Why 3 Phase AC instead of Single Phase???
An entertaining ElectroBOOM explainer on why mains power uses three phases and what the neutral does, regularly offered as a first stop on the topic.
7 Don't worry, it's just ESD! (Electrostatic Discharge)
ElectroBOOM's light-hearted look at electrostatic discharge, including handheld ESD guns; linked in threads asking how worried to be about static.
8 Why Cheap LED Lights Keep Glowing
ElectroBOOM explains why cheap LED lamps glow faintly when switched off, through stray capacitance in the wiring, and shows a resistor fix across the rectifier output.
9 Ten Car Battery Presentation at Calgary Mini Maker Faire
ElectroBOOM touches about 120V DC from stacked car batteries at a maker faire, cited in threads on how dangerous DC is to touch compared with AC.
10 Slayer Exciter Circuit, Using a Tesla Coil
An entertaining demonstration of a simple Tesla coil driver, linked to show wireless power transfer and its limits whenever the slayer exciter circuit comes up.
11 Electrocution in Water
ElectroBOOM experiments with live wires and charged capacitors in water to show when a shock is and is not likely; cited in questions about electrocution risk in water.
12 Make a Human Powered Mobile Phone Charger
ElectroBOOM's attempt to charge a phone straight from a generator, shared as a real demonstration that it works only with proper voltage regulation.
13 Does Kirchhoff's Law Hold? Disagreeing with a Master
Mehdi Sadaghdar challenges Walter Lewin's conclusion that Kirchhoff's voltage law fails in a changing magnetic field, using a modified experiment; central to a long-running debate.
14 How Wrong Is VERITASIUM? A Lamp and Power Line Story
ElectroBOOM's reply to the Veritasium electricity video, widely offered as the clearer and more entertaining account of how energy actually travels along wires.
15 How to Make a Shunt Current Sense Resistor
An ElectroBOOM video on building a shunt to measure large currents, recommended as an entertaining way to learn safe high current measurement.
16 Measuring Human Body Capacitance (or any capacitance)
ElectroBOOM measures how the human body behaves as a capacitor and conductor, cited in discussions of shocks, static and finger-poking circuits.
17 Making 500,000 VOLT ARC with Marx Generator
ElectroBOOM builds a Marx generator for big arcs; shared for the basic idea rather than exact instructions, sometimes with a safety warning.
18 Don't Take Capacitors for Granted
An ElectroBOOM clip linked as a live demonstration of a point under discussion, and sometimes simply for the spectacle of things going wrong.
19 Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law versus Faraday’s Law: the Conclusion
ElectroBOOM's follow-up on whether Kirchhoff's voltage law holds in a changing magnetic field, recommended as a careful response to Walter Lewin's lecture demonstration.
20 Electricity Pain versus Frequency
ElectroBOOM demonstration of how the body's response to electric shock changes with frequency, cited in safety discussions about high frequency current.
21 Make a SUPER HIGH VOLTAGE Capacitor
ElectroBOOM builds capacitors from foil and plastic, recommended for a feel for what capacitance household materials can give.
22 The Curious Case of Free Energy Device
Posted as a reply whenever someone asks about free energy devices, apparently as a debunking of such claims rather than an endorsement.
