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A look inside the farting ninja toy after it had been powered with a 240V supply.

The blob chip seems to have borne the brunt of the carnage.

https://youtu.be/PCHf8pzw3Z0

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Farting ninja versus 240V aftermath

A look at the remnants of the insides of a farting ninja after it has been connected to 240V. If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- https://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's algorithm quirks, allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty. #ElectronicsCreators

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hardwareharry

When you connected it, it looked like the power switch being off completely avoided all damage, and only when it was turned on, then plugged in did it explode. Did a simple low voltage, low current (and presumably quite physically small) switch really prevent 240W of doom from doing any damage at all? I know switches are on or off, but on a product expecting 4.5v, the power switch preventing any sort of damage blew my mind a bit.

Phill Rogers

Don't get any ideas about Johnny 5 - "No disassemble!"

Mike Page

Unless there are spikes on the supply, it's very hard to get 240V to jump any sort of gap (Paschen's law). But when a spike causes a spark the air is ionized and becomes conductive, allowing a half-wave of potentially high current to flow and that's what causes the damage. So when we test equipment, spikes must be applied *on top of* mains.