Mehdi Sadaghdar ( ; , ; born 13 January 1977) is an Iranian-Canadian Electrical/Electronics Designer who hosts the

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channel ElectroBOOM.

Early life

Sadaghdar was born in

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on 13 January 1977 and resides in

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, Canada. He was conferred a

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from the

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in 1999 and, after moving to Vancouver, a

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from

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in 2006. He married his wife, Safiya Nafisi, on 16 September 1999. They have a daughter together, who is featured in some of his videos as a pianist or assistant, whom he refers to as ElectroCUTE.

Career

Sadaghdar's videos are mainly focused around comedic electronics tutorials and education. He often intentionally creates situations where a shock, fire or explosion (often caused by overloading

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s) occurs for comedic effect, demonstrating the dangers of electricity when not properly handled. His most viewed video, "How to NOT make an

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", has over 21 million views and demonstrates the hazards of

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. He has currently amassed over eight million subscribers and over one billion views on his YouTube channel.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Electroboom Iranian emigrants to Canada Canadian electrical engineers University of Tehran alumni Simon Fraser University alumni 1977 births Living people English-language YouTube channels Science-related YouTube channels YouTubers from Vancouver