ElectroBoom

Mehdi Sadaghdar ( ; ; born 13 January 1977), also known as ElectroBOOM, is an Iranian-Canadian electrical engineer and YouTuber known for making comedic videos about electricity.

Early life
Sadaghdar was born in Iran on 13 January 1977 and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, He got a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electronics/Telecommunications from the University of Tehran in 1999 and a Master of Applied Science (Micro-Electronics) from Simon Fraser University in 2006. He married his wife, Safiya Nafisi, on 16 September 1999. Their daughter, known online as ElectroCUTE, appears in some of his videos as a pianist or assistant.

Career
Most of Sadaghdar's videos are about electricity. He often shows how electricity can be dangerous in a comedic way by causing an electric shock, fire or explosion, often by overloading electrolytic capacitors. His most viewed video, "How NOT to Make an Electric Guitar (The Hazards of Electricity)", has over 21 million views and shows how mains electricity can be dangerous. In 2017, to celebrate 1 million subscribers, he built a Jacob's ladder, which accidentally fell on him while it was turned on. This almost killed him and gave him third-degree burns on his hands.

His YouTube channel has more than eight million subscribers and one billion views.

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Category:Iranian people
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Category:1977 births
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