As a master electrician in Germany I think I'll just show my apprentices this video henceforth instead of explaining it myself. Well done.
@Gretzky2507
4 жыл бұрын
See if they can spot the error in diagram about 30 seconds in! :)
@michaelt8682
4 жыл бұрын
an english electrician has never used the word 'henceforth'
@megabyteme5545
4 жыл бұрын
@Aggressive Tubesock try again. A master electrician or Master Plumber or Master carpenter has roots in a very old tradition. That has nothing to do with slavery. It has to do with the tradition of apprenticeship. You Apprentice in a trade then you become a journeyman of that trade then you graduate on to your mastering of that trade. Then you are called a master of such trade. It goes back thousands and thousands of years . Do some research.
@Nevir202
4 жыл бұрын
It’s funny, as I was watching this, it reminded me of an electrical mystery that happened about a week ago, maybe you might have some insight into what was going on. I’m in Brazil, where they mostly use 110v for the electronics, the major exception being for appliances, but especially the electronic shower heads used for instant hot water. My roommate and I ended up taking showers at the same time the other day, which apparently blew one of the two main breakers, taking out power to half the house. That’s understandable, but what baffled us, is if I left the shower on, the power would work in the half of the house where the breaker was apparently blown. So, my guess was that the 220 is made by hanging up the two 110v circuits and thus when it was on, it was backfeeding the blown circuit with power from the one that was still live. Does that make sense? If not, do you have any ideas?
@dyrcosis
4 жыл бұрын
"Just don't do that! Why would you do that?" along with Simon's expression had me laughing pretty hard.
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
Me too! 😅🤣😂
@MrHantz101
4 жыл бұрын
I dunno, so you can see how clean the motel bedsheets are? Semen is white, sheets are white, kinda hard to see a smear with the naked eye
@tonybossaller4074
4 жыл бұрын
"Just don't do that!" Actually... It is great for detecting blood drops in the excrement from Bed Bugs. This is why I take it into every hotel I visit. I could care less honestly about other stains unless the room is a figurative Pollock Painting at which point, I would bring hotel staff in to demonstrate why they may want to invest in one to clean up crime scenes...
@Some.username.idk.0
4 жыл бұрын
Huh, didn't know that
@mjinba07
4 жыл бұрын
Also useful for detecting pet urine or other emesis if you haven't been able to catch your beloved little companion depositing it somewhere.
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
@@nannerthepuss Then you should never check into a motel.
@AarayKyramud
4 жыл бұрын
Sooo.....you could care less?
@bambino9235
4 жыл бұрын
justBill yes, he cares very much
@AfroNerd-cv1dl
4 жыл бұрын
Could you please do a episode on where bugs and other insects go during the rain? You are literally my favorite KZitemr, with biographics being my favorite Chanel. It would mean a lot to me if you can make an episode on this. Thank you mr. Simon 🤓
@Ekishounen
4 жыл бұрын
When UV light looks purple, it is the combination of UV activating all thee of the rod cells in human vision. The rod cells associated with the color red are actually being activated just enough by the ultra violet light and our brains mix that color "channel" with blue to make the color purple. UV is really a shorter frequency than deep blue light so it should be named Ultra Blue (above blue), which would match better with Infra Red (below red). The rods (color receptors) and cones (fast-reaction general receptors) do not have perfect cut-off frequencies. Green and red cones actually have quite a bit of overlap in the range of frequencies they respond to but our brain's vision system separates the colors based on ratio and our eye's spectral sensitivity curves. The frequency our eyes is most sensitive to is green (555 nm), pretty much the same color as chlorophyll reflects. Nice coincidence, that. Most creatures with eyes can tell fresh, live plants from dead, unappetizing ones. Chlorophyll absorbs UV, blue, red and IR light, which is why grow-lamps tend to be pink or purple. Plants will even advertise where they want attention by reflecting or absorbing different colors to creatures they need help from to reproduce. But enough of that. Don't look at UV or IR light if you can at all help it. Both can damage your eyes over time; especially with long, continuous exposure. Those UV or IR light sources that appear "dim" are only dim because our photo-receptors are not very sensitive to those frequencies but they can still be bright enough in their own frequency to burn your eyes. Also, the retina does not have pain receptors so you can burn your retina or damage the cells' DNA and not actually feel it whether staring at an eclipse, messing about with lasers (esp. UV or IR ones), or making things glow with a blacklight. Think of UV as a less-energetic X-ray and IR as a more-energetic microwave.
@oskimac
4 жыл бұрын
More informative than the video. Thanks
@A._is_for
4 жыл бұрын
Tl;dr: Don't stare at sun even during an eclipse, it's harmful
@KC______
3 жыл бұрын
@@A._is_for 👋 Happy New Year Wansom Sou: Shouldn't it be don't, stare at the Sun ESPECIALLY during a solar eclipse? 👁️ I Am The Walrus 👁️
@anthonywhitehead9660
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sure some would get very board with this type of content but I found it fascinating indeed! I recently switched my florescent fixtures for LED ones because I got tired of replacing bulbs and ballasts.
@sussekind9717
4 жыл бұрын
For years I have had a portable rechargeable black light. This makes it great for mushroom hunting, as oyster mushrooms and some other very tasty species, that are very well camouflaged sometimes, will fluoresce underneath a black light. Some people say it's cheating, but I say, you try to walk around in a dark forest at night, and then tell me it's cheating.
@PongoXBongo
4 жыл бұрын
The only way to cheat while gathering mushrooms is to grow them yourself. ;)
@SarahLRSchneiter
4 жыл бұрын
That reminds me of the good old times - back when I was a kid I used to play a lot with fluorescent tubes and ballasts. You can take a ballast from a broken energy saving lamp and connect it to a fluorescent lamp (okay, better don't try this at home - but I had fun)^^
@highlanderknight
4 жыл бұрын
Today I want to find out if and when Top Tenz might be back.
@TheEDFLegacy
4 жыл бұрын
After he starts his 10th channel. 😋
@kasnitch
4 жыл бұрын
appears to be back right now . he put up a vid on brutal realities of life in ancient Eygpt . so I re-subbed .
@kasnitch
4 жыл бұрын
@@jediii86 the coinbase banner image is still on the home page, but all 3 videos uploaded today have TopTenz below the video title . I'm assuming he's back - no sign of scam streams .
@TodayIFoundOut
4 жыл бұрын
It's back, and the hackers have been kicked out. But I still don't have admin access... so the mess is still there. Everything that's gone out was scheduled ahead... But no thumbnails etc :(. Working on it still.
@highlanderknight
4 жыл бұрын
@@TodayIFoundOut Keep up the great work!
@wpherigo1
4 жыл бұрын
Simon - you have to get a one of the UV flashlights, like from Olight. Not the disinfecting kind that can burn your eyes and skin, but the kind that has the same effects as a black light. Lots of items just really pop visually when exposed by a UV flashlight.
@inhumanfilth681
4 жыл бұрын
Yea just lysol the shit out of it because im pretty sure those come from wuhan lmao
@michaeldeleted
4 жыл бұрын
Well done with the technical electrical explanation, Simon, and so nearly correct too. 9.5 out of 10. But you did mix up the frequency with the voltage. The frequency is 60 Hz (cycles per second) in North America and 50 Hz UK. The voltage is the 110 volts. It is interesting that one can hear the 60 Hz hum in a number of electrical items like stereos, high voltage power lines, and electrical sub-stations
@moiquiregardevideo
4 жыл бұрын
Your explanation is correct. It contradicts the idea most physicists keep repeating : electrons are emitting photons when accelerated. You correct that common mistake saying; electrons absorb the energy in a first stage, jumping to a higher energy orbital, accelerating but not emitting photon yet. Then, the excited electron return to a lower energy level, jumping there instantaneously, emitting a photon at that time. Conclusion: Electrons emit photons when decelerating, never when accelerating.
@absalomdraconis
4 жыл бұрын
Decelerating & accelerating are matters of relative motion, and so dependant on viewer's perspective. At any rate, the difference is that when rising in energy state the electron is _absorbing_ a photon (yep, a photon), with the result that it metaphorically is emitting an equal but opposite photon, resulting in conservation of energy forcing the energy of the photon into something... such as the electron in question.
@moiquiregardevideo
4 жыл бұрын
@@absalomdraconis Engineers are trained to pay attention to detail like this : energy is coming in or out? They would not accept the sales pitch "don't stress about the size of the fuse, it is all relative. A great example of sloppy math is the twin paradox. It is true that each twin talking to each other on video call would perceive the other one as forever young, while the distance is increasing. But both twin will see their age catching up with each other while the twin has reverted the rocket and the distance is now decreasing. The Doppler effect is a good model to resolve that kind of paradox.
@Babarudra
4 жыл бұрын
hey Simon, an idea for a followup. How dangerous is it to be around a fluorescent tube if it breaks? I've always been told that it's dangerous due to the mercury vapor. Is it really enough to do any harm? Have there been any studies? Construction and maintenance workers everywhere want to know!
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
I bet that Simon Whistler is absolutely hilarious when he is drunk.
@hkbabel
4 жыл бұрын
Just watch Business Blaze... :-) You will get your answer (though it's still just caffeine )
@markbrown7968
4 жыл бұрын
When you leave "Today I found out" more confused than when came in.🤔
@thebigsad9463
4 жыл бұрын
You should rename this channel to: "Things that you didn't know you wanted to know but in the end you understood that knowing them is better and more productive than not knowing them"
@Pinhead101
4 жыл бұрын
No
@dyrcosis
4 жыл бұрын
Love your comment and your screen name. :D
@thebigsad9463
4 жыл бұрын
@@dyrcosis The comment is shite, but you should click on the user name
@jmchez
4 жыл бұрын
That was really well done! Now I want Simon and his team to go through a University Physics textbook, explaining all of the concepts.
@interwebtubes
4 жыл бұрын
Btw, the electrically charged gas inside of a fluorescent light is often referred to as plasma, Not the same thing inside of your body/ blood 🩸, However fluorescent lighting is extremely efficient as well as low in power/consumption& costs, However fluorescent lighting hardware is higher in costs when compared to the old fashioned incandescent lighting/ light bulbs , Whereas incandescent lightbulbs produce light by heating up a little wire or filament. Inside of a glass bulb 💡 and is the reason that conventional , Or old fashioned lightbulbs produce. Lots of heat , Whereas fluorescent lights produce light by stimulation of electrons, The gases inside of those glass tubes needs to be warmed up a little bit and order for the electrons to flow so fluorescent lights do produce a very small amount of heat as compared to incandescent lighting;
@captindo
4 жыл бұрын
I was kinda down for a bit and for some reason talking about the chemical reaction of photons and atoms kind of lifted my spirits, weird right lol?
@parfner666
4 жыл бұрын
Made me happy also
@johnstevenson9956
4 жыл бұрын
"Lightened" your mood, did it?
@parfner666
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnstevenson9956 well played
@winnifredforbes8712
4 жыл бұрын
I know! When you're housebound for weeks on end with no stimuli, this is actually exciting! AAARRGGHH!!
@IndigoWolfTail
4 жыл бұрын
I just dyed my hair neon green a couple days ago and discovered it glows under blue LED! It looks so cool!!
@dogwalker666
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of blue LED'S are actually UV LEDs with a blue phosphorus coating just like the Florescent tubes.
@azuregriffin1116
4 жыл бұрын
Epic!
@dustybragg4011
4 жыл бұрын
Grace Talmadge cool, I’d like to see that. I bet you look awesome.
@marcscordato4385
4 жыл бұрын
As a child we had a huge black light painting in my youth I found it captivating . ( in retrospect I don’t think it was paint but some type of chalk )
@kurtsnyder4752
3 жыл бұрын
That magnetic fluxing is why it was sometimes difficult to record on a compact cassette recorder as the "signal" would either amplify or reduce the signal strength of the encoding.
@wmarkwitherspoon
4 жыл бұрын
You can also use a UV flashlight (or as in Britain: torch) to find where your dog/cat has peed on the carpet or furniture. Glows a pale green. It can also be used to find mold infestations on walls/furniture.
@CineSoar
4 жыл бұрын
Bonus fact: If you key-on a handheld radio transceiver, with the antenna close to a fluorescent tube that won't start, it can excite the gas enough to help the arc along its path and start the light.
@MrHantz101
4 жыл бұрын
Something I learned from a lighting tech years ago, "Those fluorescent tubes are referred to as 'lamps.' Bulbs get screwed in." ;)
@SergeantSphynx
4 жыл бұрын
You mentioned it in this video, and I've always wondered, why is electricity in the UK at 50 Hz and in the US at 60 Hz? Close enough to at any rate. I realize I could find this out myself relatively easy, but I do enjoy hearing you explain stuff.
@cuddlepaws4423
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact. People who meditate regularly detect the flicker of fluorescent tubes more strongly than non meditators as well as seeing screen flicker (if the refresh rate is low) in older monitors. Both my husband and myself meditate and it is true.
@Archaeopteryx128
4 жыл бұрын
Early flourescent lights used beryllium in their phosphor. Beryllium being very toxic, this killed a number of workers in the lamp manufacturing plants.
@IAmSweetPea
4 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t care less about fluorescent but blacklight makes 🦂 scorpions glow!! We just bought a home in the American Southwest, so when I saw your title, I couldn’t hit play fast enough!! Thank you Perfect timing! Bravo
@shubhamsurana6538
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Simon, do a video on the painting Whistler's mother.😁
@michaelnagel2205
4 жыл бұрын
Found this really interesting. Very well written. Simon, great as always.
@kath2875
4 жыл бұрын
Mr Simon, you often say that the youtube algorithm relies on people finishing videos most. Does this count if i skip through parts of a video? I often leave a video and lose track of it, but i want to support the creators and help their content succeed, so i can take the time to skip to the end, if that is what the algorithm registers. Thanks for your time!
@CAHENRIKSEN
4 жыл бұрын
I love this channel but I am so glad business blaze exists to see funny simon.
@redseagaming7832
4 жыл бұрын
My dad's been painting laser tags and haunted attractions for 25 years And my dad works in blacklight or uv light for a lot of places like Q-Zar in, New York. I love black light I call it black light because that's what me and my dad been calling it for years.
@gpcoins539
4 жыл бұрын
I've used UV Blacklight to teach people how to properly clean tools for use in oxygen systems on aircraft. The UV light will fluoresce any dust particles on the tool letting you know it's not clean yet.
@johnpostlewait4219
4 жыл бұрын
I have owned a black light every place I’ve lived in one form or another since turning 13 in the 80s. This was awesome. Answered questions I’ve had about a few things but still one left. If u have a small black light such as a pen or small flashlight style you can write on the screen of old tubeTVs it fade pretty quick but lasts enough to have cool effects. I didn’t think the pixels in the old tv screen were fosfeurus coated though. Is there something else reacting instead? Thanks for the content Simon.
@jacobcrawley8673
4 жыл бұрын
Can you be called for jury duty for your own court case? And if a lawyer gets charged with a crime, can he be his own lawyer?
@ronaldfinkelstein6335
4 жыл бұрын
The first question, I would say it could happen...but you would be cut loose in the voir dire. As to the second question, that is a yes. Any defendant can defend himself/herself.
@Saltiren
4 жыл бұрын
1:35 Wouldn't the pull string for the light get hot from the bulb? Why is it so short?
@_Abjuranax_
4 жыл бұрын
Longer ones cost more to manufacture. You can buy extensions for them though, for an additional price.
@Caterfree10
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve always been able to hear the buzz of fluorescent lights, and it’s a pretty common trait among autistic people. I also can hear my laptop charger buzzing if I hold the box part of it to my ear and the particular buzz tone my father’s electric razor makes when it’s charging is anathema to my ears.
@Nyan_Kitty
3 жыл бұрын
Great explanation 👍🏻
@kevinmartin7760
4 жыл бұрын
It is not so much magneto-restriction creating the noise, but just stray magnetic leakage from the ballast causing nearby steel parts (possibly also the case and core of the ballast) to vibrate. Quieter ballasts have more vibrational damping on their internal magnetic parts and better magnetic shielding.
@LindysEpiphany
4 жыл бұрын
I want to know who figured this out and how. It seems too complicated to just stumble across. Fascinating to say the least!
@od1452
4 жыл бұрын
LOL.. That was great. I'd love to discuss a few of these videos over beer some day . .. Maybe not this one. LOL
@JesusLovesYouPerfectly
4 жыл бұрын
this video was lit :-) lol you really shed some light on this topic :-)
@therealjammit
4 жыл бұрын
Is there an "f" rating? I think my job uses those exclusively.
@ag135i
4 жыл бұрын
Please make a video on what is heat?.
@Jim-ie6uf
4 жыл бұрын
Enlightening, my good man.
@pamelamays4186
4 жыл бұрын
Very enlightening.💡💡💡💡💡💡
@jmchez
4 жыл бұрын
Have you ever stood under the power lines coming off a large power plant? That would be 135,000 volts and 1 billion watts of power going through 4 wires only 2.5 cm (1 inch) in diameter. You can feel the buzz, specially if it's raining. If you hold a fluorescent bulb vertically, the difference in potential from the top to the bottom will make the bulb light up.
@mikeadams2677
4 жыл бұрын
If you take a small florescent light bulb, and tape it to a C.B. radio antenna, all you have to do is key up on the microphone, and the energy emitted from the antenna will make the fluorescent light bulb light up from the magnetic field around the antenna.
@Laeiryn
4 жыл бұрын
Do one about phosphorescence and the Forbidden Line!
@surferdude4487
4 жыл бұрын
The ballasts buz because the windings are shifting in time with the alternating current. When they shift enough, the insulating resin that covers the wires wears off and the ballast shorts out. If a flourescent fixture is buzzing loudly, it's time to replace the ballast.
@benellias87
4 жыл бұрын
Ballast also helps to start excite the Mercury via high voltage... When the current flow stopped with the help of the starter tube (this little barrel shape thing) the stored energy on magnetic field is released to the bulb which excites the mercury..
@WarpRadio
4 жыл бұрын
Simon, Simon, Simon! Did your radiator basement troll, Danny, write this one? hehe You didn't even mention "wood's glass" or anything! so, I shall help in educating the masses :) There are TWO types of "black light" which bear mentioning.. one of which is BLB and the other is UV(G) BLB or "black light blue" is a formulation of phosphors PLUS a dark coating on the glass (known as WOODS GLASS) which makes up the black light (LOWER to MID) spectrum commonly seen in effects such as at night clubs, bowling alleys and the like.. the other is UV(G) or ""germicidal" which is characterized as pure UV black light which is used in germicidal and disinfecting applications.. the mercury ARC itself emits these UVc wavelengths and thus is usually simply a tube with NO coating applied (note: these clear tubes are actually QUARTZ and not glass as glass would naturally block the UVc wavelengths) there is also a third type commonly called BL (or blue light) which is usually used in applications such as bug killers and insect traps. they may appear as black lights when operating, but have a (usually) WHITE phosphor on them and look like normal florescent tubes they appear as blue or purple (not deep purple) light to our eyes. Another thing that Simon forgot to mention is the other task of the ballast- and that is to provide a STRIKE pulse or voltage to "fire" a [cold] tube.. this pulse may be of several thousands of volts. and thus causes a jump or "avalanche" (breakdown) of the voltage gap across the electrodes in a gas-discharge arc.. AND that once the arc is established, this causes what is known as a "negative resistance" (Simon did his best to explain the negative resistance part) whereas the resistance id the electrical arc is "less than the resistance of the supply that is feeding it" and, of course, the effect without some form of a ballast- he properly explained that part ;) Overall, Simon, you did a good job explaining things for someone not trained in electrical engineering to some degree hehe
@mickcoomer9714
4 жыл бұрын
Although, due to persistence of vision we see fluorescent lights as giving a constant light, birds such as chickens only have a POV of 1/60 of a second so they see fluorescent lights as constantly flashing.
@azuregriffin1116
4 жыл бұрын
So do I lol. I've always had whacky eyesight.
@azuregriffin1116
4 жыл бұрын
Might be because I'm in the UK. 100Hz...
@mickcoomer9714
4 жыл бұрын
Azure Griffin. Frequency in the UK is 50Hz.
@mickcoomer9714
4 жыл бұрын
Azure Griffin. Or your a chicken.
@azuregriffin1116
4 жыл бұрын
@@mickcoomer9714 100Hz for the light,as the flicker is double the current.
@tomg5187
4 жыл бұрын
Man! That’s good to know. I remember in Maths class at school way back we had 1 of these lights working and man that thing would buzz like a chainsaw! Now i know why haha!
@SigEpBlue
4 жыл бұрын
0:23 This circuit diagram has an error. You're showing a capacitor, yet labeled it as a switch. Also, there are no mains coming in!If you replaced the capacitor symbol with incoming mains (L and N) instead, it'd be correct. Swapping to an electronic ballast does NOT usually require changing the lamps. It _can_ get complicated if you're _also_ switching to LED retrofit tube lamps for fluorescent fixtures.
@CAHENRIKSEN
4 жыл бұрын
If you aren't subscribed to business blaze you owe it to yourself to do it. It is an amazing channel.
@jasonwebb1882
4 жыл бұрын
Well I tell you what. Simon I'm glad to see that you aren't pretending to know all of this stuff man. Cause I've worked on lighting pretty much my entire life and didn't know half of this crap!!¡ I was glad to hear you so that you didn't realize how complicated this was. Good for you man. Just think how the people felt that were building the first fluorescent bulbs. I bet they were bald from ripping all of their hair out of their heads. Lol
@_eseru_
4 жыл бұрын
Is the ice/snow/icebergs in Antarctica salty?
@VelMa-opinion
4 жыл бұрын
The ballast alternately absorbs and releases energy, and as Mr Einstein would have us believe, mass equals energy which means that the coils and/or attendant capacitors become alternately heavier and bigger, and lighter and smaller. The variation is very small, but the metal housings tend to enhance the nasty sound. Go LED, save energy and save your nerves.
@SecretPurpleQ
4 жыл бұрын
You should do a video on how wildly dangerous and inefficient the UK version of the power grid is
@dwarden3
4 жыл бұрын
Great video! Could you do one on how UV light kills viruses(covid-19)?
@lexxsadbuttrue
4 жыл бұрын
Am i the first to ask but what happened to toptenz? Was it hacked? Can you get it back? Is there a way we (the fans) can help. If it's killed can't you make a new channel and continue uploading?
@TodayIFoundOut
4 жыл бұрын
It was hacked. I believe Simon and Shell are currently attempting to get KZitem to have it reinstated, but obviously given the way KZitem is, getting this sort of thing done takes a long time. :-) -Daven
@aimy-540
4 жыл бұрын
@@TodayIFoundOut it is unblocked again but still hacked! The homepage still has the coinbase banner! Just to warn you!
@dougterhune9364
4 жыл бұрын
Glad top ten's is back! Glad Simon came back to do more videos after the Government causing corona. REALLY! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I share his frustration at that question!
@TodayIFoundOut
4 жыл бұрын
@@aimy-540 Unblocked, unhacked... But I don't have admin priviledge yet, so can't remove the old banner... Working on it :)
@aimy-540
4 жыл бұрын
@@TodayIFoundOut o thank god!
@ChaserYohmoi
4 жыл бұрын
Can we get a part 2 covering the uses of uv lights
@thomaspc0
4 жыл бұрын
So Simon, how do black lights cause certain fabrics to glow while not others, i.e., certain white undergarments will glow even while under other white garments that do not.
@mred8002
4 жыл бұрын
Think I read that in order to appear to be bright white, the fabrics are treated with ultraviolet enhancing chemicals. Some denture materials, and paper, too?Conversely, whitetail deer hunters may wash their camouflage clothing with detergents that are UV ‘killers’, so less total light is reflected from the clothing.
@RyuuTenno
4 жыл бұрын
Now, what about the red lights in photo rooms? How does red light work with that, and how did people figure to use red light for it all? And how did people do it before bulbs became a common thing? I've honestly been curious and confused about that.
@Erin-Thor
4 жыл бұрын
Simon, what happened to top ten? Why are there Chinese character name channels with top ten videos here on KZitem? Someone said you’d been hacked, someone else said you sold it? What’s the truth? You should consider doing a story to keep us up to date.
@WanderingWriter
4 жыл бұрын
they got hacked, theyre working on it, they explained it on another comment
@Erin-Thor
4 жыл бұрын
Jennifer Mirra - didn’t see any comments from them, just one thread, and so I asked. Thanks for the info, BTW it’s back!
@Blackbao
4 жыл бұрын
This was surprisingly complicated, i honestly couldnt keep up.
@GoldSrc_
4 жыл бұрын
Angry electrical pixies get mad and punch mercury to tell phosphor to lighten up, that's how I sometimes explain fluorescent lights to my friends.
@umbraemilitos
4 жыл бұрын
I suspect that it isn't really a scattering of electrons, but instead the various paths of the electromagnetic field through the gas.
@jimsabutis9304
4 жыл бұрын
Hey how did the slug bug game and pt cruiser bruiser games start
@velikiradojica
4 жыл бұрын
It's magnetostriction, not restriction.
@sterhax
4 жыл бұрын
Yall need a ballast
@alanhelton
4 жыл бұрын
Now here’s a question I’ve really been looking forward to the answer to Simon take it away
@dougterhune9364
4 жыл бұрын
Glad top ten's is back! Glad Simon came back to do more videos after the Government causing corona. REALLY! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I share his frustration at that question!
@stareagle5000
4 жыл бұрын
I came for the bonus facts i stayed for the bouts facts!
@kevinwilson9589
4 жыл бұрын
And I thought it was going to be a video about the black light posters we had back in the 60's - 70's!
@_Abjuranax_
4 жыл бұрын
I miss those, along with mini-skirts, go-go boots, and VW micro-busses.
@rickhobson3211
4 жыл бұрын
Wow... my brain!
@rulerofthelight
4 жыл бұрын
So a florence light is a light saber?
@BothHands1
4 жыл бұрын
one of your best vids yet, i love the physics :D
@calvincalvinl3859
4 жыл бұрын
There are also solid state ultra violet lights
@stickman-1
4 жыл бұрын
I was very surprised you left out some really important points: Electronics ballasts save money in electricity (about half, see www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/htm01712310/index.htm), can make the bulbs last a lot longer for high output (HO) and very high output (VHO) bulbs, and they are a lot lighter. Being lighter they have the following benefits; easier to change and handle, use fewer raw materials and use less energy for distributors/shipping.
@bwtv147
3 жыл бұрын
At the WalMarts in my area compact fluorescent bulbs are as obsolete as incandescent bulbs. They only offer led bulbs now.
@alexinnewwest1860
4 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a TIFO on Windscale the British reactor
@alkatraz706
4 жыл бұрын
I was actually asking this question right after I read the title
@Sagittarius-A-Star
4 жыл бұрын
As always I appreciate your effort - BUT fortunately today we already have LED (really a blessing) ;-).
@kaidgardner2922
4 жыл бұрын
I had no idea how complicated it is
@universeconsciouscitizensc592
4 жыл бұрын
i had a friend growing up with an illegally powerful CB radio, and he would drive into closed and dark gas stations at night, click the transmit button, and all the fluorescent lights within 30 feet would light up to full brightness from the transmitted energy. Now I wonder what that power might of been doing to my brain!
@DaveSomething
4 жыл бұрын
I got an LED UV light for Halloween crap, works nicely and no discernible flicker.
@SunnyGirlFlorida
4 жыл бұрын
Feel sad that some people 100 years ago knew much more about this stuff than I do.
@dogwalker666
4 жыл бұрын
The diagram at the beginning is wrong there is no supply and it labels the power factor correction capacitor as a switch. Also all new fittings use the HF electronic ballast.
@vitalspark6288
4 жыл бұрын
You have a lower-case "h" in "60hz", which should be uppercase. (Also, you should put a space between the number and its unit.)
@jasongreenwood3260
4 жыл бұрын
Why did the UK's 50 Hz get a capitol "H" and the U.S. 60 hz got a lower case "H"? Favoritism? Somehow saying that the U.S. is somehow inferior? Haha...JK. Good video!
@jaycie5021
4 жыл бұрын
You forgot led black lights
@kevinley8321
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, I'm headed to your many other channels, you can count on it.
@by9917
4 жыл бұрын
Practical? I thought fluorescent lights were completely obsolete. I haven't had one in my house for nearly 10 years.
@nolanbanner5458
4 жыл бұрын
Legend
@7-ten
4 жыл бұрын
Today I found out that that password protection that Simon plugs on his channels oh so often, done actually work. Toptenz?
@TodayIFoundOut
4 жыл бұрын
It's not a password hack, but a KZitem vulnerability being exploited.
@7-ten
4 жыл бұрын
@@TodayIFoundOut I'm just trying to make light of a bad situation. It sucks, I really liked top 10. I really do hope you all can get it back!
@jbtechcon7434
4 жыл бұрын
Is "ballast" the British word for "inductor"?
@Snake-yx1dq
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not gonna remember all this. Definitely gonna fail the TIFO test on Fri.
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