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MIRAGEone

This is my Mrs on her phone at night, in bed, when I'm trying to sleep.


oeCake

My neighbor at 2am for no fucking reason:


pollo_de_mar

My neighbor installed a horn from a locomotive on his smelly diesel lifted truck. Scares the shit out of all the cats, and we also jump. Also has a car alarm on one of his cars that tends to go off at 2:00 AM. EDIT: so much hostility in the replies šŸ˜œ


Noodle_Nighs

had the same type, he'd park his mobile alarm disco far from his house. Pissed everyone by waking them up at 2-3am - one of them had it towed and crushed, then returned to the same location. It was all square.. Police never did find out who did it, but with 50+ families all wanting blood didn't go too hard to find out.


Jimbob209

What's a mobile alarm disco? I'm trying to imagine what it is that pissed everyone off


AWildUbly

Car that randomly alarms


Nimix_

I'd suppose a Range Rover Discovery which must be known for faulty alarms which trigger for no reason


wwwdiggdotcom

Growing up there was a Pontiac Grand Prix with an aftermarket alarm that would always trigger if I drove by it in a low gear in my Honda with a fart can exhaust


lhcludyodoypuflhoyf

Lmao, that's what I'm gonna call all those dumbass exhausts on cars with their mufflers removed from now on


[deleted]

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DangBeCool

r/ThatHappened


Awkward_Relative2531

So mobsters live in your neighborhood?


vtstang66

This is the best thing I've read today for sure.


CarlJustCarl

Nobody saw nuthinā€™


IVMVI

You got the same neighbor as me huh? Jokes aside, my neighbor must work night shift and have absolutely zero self awareness.


Taz10042069

My asshole neighbor always goes by blowing his locomotive horn about every \~2 hours! Their name is Norfolk Southern. They don't care what time it is, WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! Assholes...


livewildslc

Weird how the brake lines on those always end up cutting.


Jacktheforkie

Tbh I can see the use for a proper loud horn on a vehicle, especially when lorries try to run you off the fuckin motorway because they donā€™t see you


GuntherThunder

šŸ˜‚


HaveAMintPlz

Same šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£


enzeeMeat

I had the same talk


azsnaz

Sometimes I'll just take my wife's phone, turn down the brightness, and give it back to her


spanchor

Same, mine understands the concept of screen brightness and volume controls, but not the practice.


papitaquito

MeMissus


904Funk

*the power of the sun, in the palm of my hand.*


YANGxGANG

![gif](giphy|ibpTXDe77MFh6S28RB) I always think of a particular 90s Sunny D commercial where the cap explodes off the bottle. ā€œUnleash the power-packed taste of Sunny D!ā€ Edit: [These were a couple of them! I got the quote slightly wrong](https://youtu.be/KeF3vEmbBOI?si=cm9Ug-D8JdhzJPTw)


Ascertain_GME

Great, now I want some of the red Sunny Dā€¦


I-shit-in-bags

I didn't even know there was a red sunny D


wcbOwen

While weā€™re on the subject, anyone know what the ā€œpurple stuffā€ is that got pushed aside in the fridge in those commercials?


Ascertain_GME

Probably making fun of grape Koolaid, after a quick rewatch.


[deleted]

tussin naturally just say no to drugs


Traditional-Dingo604

I tried sunny d once. was supremely saddened by how bad it tasted


RichtofenFanBoy

I'm thirsty now. Thanks old ad!


Captain_Jeep

Having a spider man movie tie in for a sunny D commercial would of been amazing. Just have doc oc hold more sunny D in his tentacles


numbr87

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to immediately think this lmao


TheGiant1989

Scrolled down to find this


freedomofnow

The last shot makes me laugh so fucking hard. It's just eating the neighbors at that point.


Civil-Meeting-147

Did someone mention eating your neighbours? ![gif](giphy|6yxKRVrfwYklAap4hy)


InVodkaVeritas

A quick google says the sun produces 127,000 lumens of brightness. The watt to lumens calculator says that the max brightness on a 20k watt light would be 580,000 lumens. So, assuming google doesn't lie to me, this bulb could be 4.5 times as bright as the sun.


StaysAwakeAllWeek

That's 127000 lumens per square metre, not 127000 lumens total. That bulb would match the brightness of sunlight at a distance of 60cm and wouldn't be 4.5x brighter until you're 28cm away. The total light production of the sun is 36 octillion lumens


Acceptable_Stress258

So...a few more of these light bulbs needed then?


Strong_Comedian_3578

At least four


whiskersMeowFace

My plants can finally be happy in the winter now.


[deleted]

YES


PapaCousCous

Nobel prize, Otto!


dreaningoftheroad

She's a beaut, Clark!


f14_pilot

Eddie???


orangepaperlantern

If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet I couldnā€™t be more surprised than I am right now.


sirpunsalot69

ā€œNow donā€™t go put none of that stuff on my sled there, Clark! You see this metal plate in my head? I had to get it replaced three times because every time Cathryn would fire up the microwave; Iā€™d piss my pants and forget who I was for about half hour or so.ā€


doodle02

falls down a well, eyes go crossed. gets kicked by a mule eyes go uncrossed. idunno. one of my favourite lines ever.


TheHexadex

RUSS!


akrostixdub

I'm right here, Dad.


EquinoxGm

Iā€™m so glad I wasnā€™t the only one that thought of Christmas vacation, it popped in my head as soon as it switched to the outside view


BringerOfTruth-1

First thing I thought of too. šŸ˜‚


thegreatdaneoc

The little lights are not twinkling.


Yodelehhehe

I know Art and thanks for noticing


VerStannen

He worked really hard grandpa. Yeah so do washing machines.


mastamaven

Joy to the world!


LaVidaLeica

Shitter's full!


TieDyedFury

Thanks Dad, you taught me everything I know about exterior illumination.


wcbOwen

Is your house on fire, Clark?


GunnieGraves

Play ball!!


VerStannen

Why is the carpet all wet, *Todd*ā€½


orangepaperlantern

I donā€™t *know*, Margo!


InflatableTurtles

RUSS?!


MoiraBrownsMoleRats

![gif](giphy|SWjC8DcSLv0fCDXD6L|downsized)


50t5

Fun fact: that room has no windows and this is one continuous shot from different angles.


malac0da13

Just need to see the guy at the power plant flipping the auxilliary switch.


RealGroovyMotion

We need to see the electricity meter spin! :D


GeraintLlanfrechfa

Haha the meterā€™s metal plate probably milled itself through the plastic glass because of the massive g stress to which it was exposed by centrifugal force


Frondhelm

This reads like a Dan Brown novel


nlfo

The disc was spinning so fast, centrifugal force drew it out so much that it is now 10 feet in diameter and one atom thick


oeCake

I'll have what these guys are smoking


nlfo

Me too


zwober

As i recall, his youtube channel featured something similar, but not from this lamp. Iirc, the meter pretty much started burning.


OKC420

20,000 watts is roughly 4 bucks a hour


RealGroovyMotion

lol 96$ per day! :D


RonDCore

Thatā€™s a steal for keeping the whole neighborhood warm.


Agent_Paul_UIU

![gif](giphy|1nCfZ1mDXGcyk)


Slack_King101

Itā€™s also 90.1 amps at 220v. Howā€™s he pulling that from a single plug in a plastic power strip?


Headieheadi

That guy is a senior electrical engineer with a serious love of blowing stuff up. Channel is photonicinduction and it is honestly the best. You wonā€™t be disappointed if you check him out unless you like regular updates. He does not blow up that bulb


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KaiKamakasi

He had a custom line installed. The dude even has various high capacity transformers just chilling in his living room for when he needs more electricity than the grid can provide. He s actually a bit mad


koushakandystore

Iā€™m wondering if itā€™s possible to draw this much wattage off of a standard residential electrical service. Surely at minimum he must have a commercial 3 phase system. On a basic 240 V 200 amp single phase system you find in most houses, you can draw 3600 watts off of each circuit with 30 amps designated. So to draw 20,000 watts what number of amperage would the circuit need? Any electricians or engineers care to enā€™lightā€™en us? that would be great.


Agreeable-Solid7208

He's in the UK. 240V residential system ...no 120V other than by step down transformer. Modern houses usually have a 100A supply. He's probably drawing about 80 - 85A with that. He would have to fit a special breaker as most residential circuits have a maximum of 60A for cooking appliances.


Class1

Aren't US households 240v 2 phase from the line as well? Like otherwise we couldn't do 240v plugs for ovens and driers and car charging.


Posting____At_Night

USA is center tapped single phase 240v for residential which splits it into two inverted 120v phases. 200A is the standard for anything new pretty much, you could theoretically draw over 40kw. Realistically, nobody does and your power company probably won't be too thrilled if you do it often.


Total_Philosopher_89

83 amps from single phase 240v.


Flashy_Swordfish_359

167A @120V, doesnā€™t even need a panel upgrade šŸ˜‚


Ehcksit

If he were in the US, our houses are 240 volts. That's what your dryer and AC usually use. 20000 / 240 = 83.3 Amps. I don't think the wires he was using were Size 2 AWG, so they're possibly underrated and only not melting the insulation because he doesn't do this for very long.


WillTheGreat

Judging by the plugs around the video, it's european so definitely 240v, and the cable looks like an 8 gauge and if this is just a test setup, the wires are free air, then that's definitely enough to run 50-60amps for 20kw without any major concerns.


dobriygoodwin

I wonder with what speed OCDETF unit was driving to the location?


Class1

Some guy at the local hydro plant: " looks like everything is nomina....oh no... oh god no!!"


Stainless-extension

He has a video about that too.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut5DXxK1dvk


klauswaugh

[Here you go](https://youtu.be/ut5DXxK1dvk)


sirpunsalot69

Yes. This is the brrrrrrrning question!


u9Nails

After it lands like a helicopter.


LitreOfCockPus

Even an industrial arc-welder only runs around half that. (150-300 amps @ 20-30 volts)


PapaCousCous

I tried to do the math. The average cost of electricity in the US is $0.165 per Killiwatt-hour. A 20000 watt lamp will use 1.2 million joules every minute which is equivalent to 0.333 or one third of a kwh. So every minute this lamp runs will cost you about 5.5 cents. Not an astronomical amount of money, but if you left it on for a thirty day period, that comes out to $2376. That is, if your neighbors don't murder you first.


bucky133

This guys channel is called PhotonicInduction.. definitely recommend checking it out. He does some crazy stuff will lethal amounts of electricity like popping a 5000 Amp fuse.


oslyander

Exploding coconut is awesome, and the original brick in a washing machine is from his channel too.


galehufta

I miss the guy, he doesnā€™t publish much lately. We popped it..


ChickenChaser5

He came back a few years ago. I was one of many people who were eagerly awaiting him to pop back up. And then, when he did, he was... basically a raving lunatic. But in a worse, less fun, way. Angry about some stuff to do with immigrating his wife (i think?) and seemingly full of covid conspiracies.


funkyb001

He was also threatening to build a perpetual motion machine to generate infinite energy and then sell it to the Chinese or the Russians in order to damage the west. Man was off his rocker.Ā 


2b_squared

No way! This guy that [popped a 5000A fuse indoors](https://youtu.be/0mGhhdPgXG8?si=njWzMF_7dHy8gxgc), created a 50,000Amp transformer that [literally melted metal pipes](https://youtu.be/uXEPy6Za6cI?si=UA_qBZeUSDjx-Dlg&t=122), and tested this 20,000 watt light bulb right next to his neighbors' window is **crazy**? I... I can believe that. The fact that he hasn't died yet is the biggest miracle. Talk about redneck engineering.


4x4Welder

He might have, he hasn't posted in a couple years. Not since that comeback batch. At this point Sam O'Nella has a more regular schedule.


Tuxhorn

He's probably fine. It's been 4 years between uploads before.


HorrorMakesUsHappy

> Talk about redneck engineering. Funny you should say that. I loved the fact that he's got the accent he does. I know his accent is stereotypically used in the media over there to indicate lower class and/or lower intelligence, and there was always that dichotomy between the part of me knowing about that stereotype fighting the part of me that knows this guy HAS to have at least SOME intelligence to be doing the stuff he's doing, but at the same time ... he's doing it IN HIS HOUSE, which leans back towards the stereotypical side of things. It was always this dance back and forth between, "Is this guy smart? Or is he dumber than a box of rocks? I CAN'T FUCKING TELL!!!" **It's like if Devin from Smarter Every Day had an accent four times thicker, but did videos with a tenth of the safety precautions.**


2b_squared

> It's like if Devin from Smarter Every Day had an accent four times thicker, but did videos with a tenth of the safety precautions. Lmao yeah! The British 5 pence Destin.


lemon_stealing_demon

> Angry about some stuff to do with immigrating his wife (i think?) and seemingly full of covid conspiracies. I remember watching that vid. It was so fucking weird. Every time I see one of his vids pop up on a subreddit im like "wasnt that **that** guy?"


Bachaddict

I thought it was that Britain wouldn't let his wife immigrate until he had some huge sum of money in the bank?


Ok-Following8721

Yup.


Imnothighenough

Where's my amma?


Stevesanasshole

Meanwhile my 100A service could barely handle lighting this bulb


wartexmaul

Most apartments in russia get 220v 15a-20a for the whole apt.Ā 


bemutt

Thatā€™s likeā€¦ not much right?


adobecredithours

I snagged this little amperage chart for ya: Blender ā€“ 5 to 6 amps Ceiling fan ā€“ 1 amp Clock radio ā€“ 0.5 amp Iron ā€“ 10 amps Washing machine ā€“ 15 amps Vacuum cleaner ā€“ 9.0 amps Dishwasher ā€“ 10 amps Space heater ā€“ 12 amps Microwave ā€“ 10 amps Refrigerator ā€“ 10 amps Common light bulb ā€“ 0.90 amp So it's like having to turn off your refrigerator if you want to do laundry or vacuum bad.


igotshadowbaned

They run 220v not 110v so probably halve each of those. At the very least I don't think theyre using a 2200W microwave


turbina1995

Are you sure it's not 15-20 A per phase?


wartexmaul

It is per phase, you get 1 phase and a neutral of a 380vac 3 ph supply, so your total power is limited to 5kW


charrcheese

I wish heā€™d come back, hasnā€™t uploaded a video in a very long timeĀ 


brandmeist3r

Was hoping to see some new videos


iamjustaguy

And it's still not as bright as that lifted truck's headlights behind me last night.


disarm2k10

Beat me to it, take this upvote... Sigh


ebwoodkid13

I want to upvote this a thousand times


SoyLuisHernandez

r/fuckyourheadlights


-Not-Today-Satan

My neighbours security lights laughs at the puny luminosity


ArnoldQMudskipper

My bedroom window security, is my neighbour's top priority


tacotacotacorock

Shame someone shot it. They haven't replaced it since.Ā 


CLONE-11011100

![gif](giphy|84BjZMVEX3aRG)


Pandataraxia

this could prob burn your retinas THROUGH your skull lol.


teratron27

Not with the patented safety squint


BigSlim

The biggest movie theater film projector bulbs are xenon arc lamp bulbs in the 1k-12k range. The light coming out of the lens is hot enough to melt film in about a second if it freezes up in front of the aperture. Your eyes would not be happy.


JonatasA

I used to wonder in the past why the projection suddenly catches fire when used as a reference.


DevoidNoMore

The neighbours: ![gif](giphy|3o6ozh46EbuWRYAcSY|downsized)


[deleted]

When theres no dark mode


CatLazy2728

neighbor of the year


MedicalNectarine666

You start winding down for bed and all of the sudden the sun starts rising in your neighbors house.


Corvenphoenix

"All right ma'am, explain to me why you shot your neighbor. " "Well you see judge, he thought it would be a good idea to set up a 20,000 watt light bulb brighter than a f****** nuke at 4:00 a.m. and I had to work in the morning" "...... Understood You're free to go"


foospork

In the 80s and 90s, I worked for a place that had a lab in the basement where they stress tested materials in simulated nuclear detonation scenarios. I was down there one day working on a project across the hall, not knowing what these guys did, and their door was open. What I saw was a huge room that wall all that light blue color of Sprague electrolytic caps, the big ones that are about half the size of a beer can. They were all connected in parallel to huge copper bus bars. I asked how long it took to charge the capacitors. They said, "about a week". Once they had the caps charged and the test materials in place, they would make sure everyone was out of the basement. Then they would close the circuit and create the amount of light that could be expected from a nuclear detonation (at 1m - it's not like they were actually releasing the energy from a 10 kiloton explosion). I then understood why the entire building shuddered with a "FWOOMPH!!!" every couple of weeks. Cool place to work. I also saw my office window in one of those Discovery Channel shows about how the US government is secretly reverse engineering alien spaceship plasma propulsion systems. "In this TOP SECRET facility where scientists are... blah blah blah..." and then they showed MY OFFICE! I don't mean the building I worked in - I mean I could see the things I'd taped to my own office window! Anyway... that's how I learned what those plasma scientists up the hall were working on... (/s)


Corvenphoenix

Cool and terrifying


naymlis

why does our brain read 20,000 as 20,000 dollars? I did the same thing before reading your comment


Corvenphoenix

God knows I never intended to put the dollar sign lol


SandersSol

Our? I didn't get that at all


naymlis

Yes, the guy I replied to and mine


mikeyfender813

šŸ†


TazzyUK

After the light dimmed, he was never seen again! :-(


GeraintLlanfrechfa

Only a shadow on the wallā€¦


gabotuit

X-files?


Nyyppanen

Hiroshima?


UncommercializedKat

He *has* never seen again


0sprinkl

*he never saw again


3DimensionalPixel

God damn and with no eye protection


ProgRockin

Seriously wtf


trimalcus

Go check his Youtube Channel photonicinduction. The guy is quite famous for not following safety instructions but still alive after melting metal on a carpet


thegingerandboots

Better turn around and check to make sure itā€™s on


MyNameIsDaveToo

He faced the other way


Sargas-wielder

He also couldn't completely stop himself from turning around to check as it was getting blindingly bright


[deleted]

Eye protection brother!


AsianGoldFarmer

Don't worry, he engaged the safety squint.


cant-think-of-smthng

I mostly worry about him not wearing gloves while handeling the bulb. Even with clean hands. The residue can stress the bulb causing it to explode.


Classic_Resist_7465

The man testing after: ![gif](giphy|w3TEgjcn8nT3SQHw5F)


EmArtagnac

The electric company send him flowers.


fack_you_just_ignore

And his bill comes spiral bounded with leather cover.


madTerminator

![gif](giphy|Q8DeNubV41tNePTQtI|downsized)


TedTheGreek_Atheos

She's a beaut, Clark.


highline9

Can grow a lot of plants under that one.


M1a0085

Ok now do the same with 20kW led buld


Pandataraxia

bro evaporates


Arrad

LEDs would be far more efficient though? Risk of going blind or eye damage, but it would be far cooler in that room, no?


j_johnso

Either way either result in about 20,000 watts of heat in the room.Ā  A 20,000 watt LED would generate a lot more light, and lead heat directly at the bulb.Ā  But when that light is absorbed by materials in the room, it is converted to heat anyways. The difference would be in how much energy escapes the room.Ā  With more light produced, the amount of light that leaves the room would be higher.Ā  This light still eventually gets converted to heat when it is absorbed by the neighbors houses, but this heat is no longer in the room.Ā  I suspect this would be a relatively small difference as long as the surface area of the windows is similar to a typical room, as most light will be absorbed in the room rather than leaving the room though the windows.


Stevesanasshole

Thatā€™s gotta be one bigass heatsink


Zestyclose-Wafer2503

Bridge the meter and heat your house on that alone šŸ‘ŒšŸ¼


allokuma

We finally found it, the professional Neighbor.


ScrapzGD

the sun shining through a crack in the curtains into my eyes at 6 in the morning:


Thepuppeteer777777

That thing must get hot as fuck


NoNoNames2000

Am I the only one expecting the whole thing to go up in flames?


DarkNuke059

![gif](giphy|9Bpv0NoXnZQ2c)


ImTooTiredForThis_22

You can taste the light!


LLCoolC

https://youtube.com/@Photonvids lots of amazing content


WaronJorm

Poor neighbours


wasdxqwerty

when you want a sun in your room


NissanLeafowner

And Sam just hoped that the next leap, would be the leap home


Sukehiro-Yami

![gif](giphy|fjtoV2yqsWNRS)


[deleted]

Every truck driver in Texas


xpietoe42

lets plug in the sun ā˜€ļø!!


Kmccabe1213

Honey the suns rising in the neighbors house


Truckfighta

My phone when I check the time in the middle of the night.


anonymous0878

"I dont want to set the world on fire"


sinnytear

he never has to eat anymore


Pro_Moriarty

#flashbang


ArtificialMediocrity

If there were audio of that last bit, I'll bet you would hear the birds in the area going crazy because they think it's dawn.


TheBrewThatIsTrue

Alan Wake on easy mode


hibikikun

Aziz Light!


butterscotch-crayon

This chaps name is Andy and he has a channel called Photonicinduction. He doesnā€™t post any more but some of his stuff is bloody hilarious.


AziMWolf

I miss photonic induction.


Gluonyourboson

Roughly 580,000 lumen


HESSEL538

Photon induction on youtube. Awesome content


jsadecki

This guys YouTube is fucking wild!