seekfun 0 #1 October 12, 2005 I remember this being a fun little thing we would do when we were younger. I guess the tongue just wasn't fun enough. (Don't do this near anything flammable). ~ topher"...there is a there out there..." - Tom Robbins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #2 October 12, 2005 QuoteDon't do this near anything flammable Like steel wool? Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,400 #3 October 12, 2005 I used steel wool for my first incendiary device igniters. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justinb138 0 #4 October 12, 2005 QuoteI used steel wool for my first incendiary device igniters. You scare me somtimes..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #5 October 12, 2005 Actually, that's a good camping tip. I keep some steel wool packed into a 35 mm film canister in my hiking backpack. Touch it to the lightbulb prongs from your flashlight, and you get instant fire. Great for emergencies, or for when your matches are wet. Clothes dryer lint from your laundry room works well too. Um, not with a battery though. You can strike sparks into it with a piece of steel, and it catches fire easily and burns hot. Then pile tender quickly on top. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seekfun 0 #6 October 12, 2005 QuoteClothes dryer lint from your laundry room works well too. Can you use belly button lint? I seem to have a damn factory for that stuff built right into me."...there is a there out there..." - Tom Robbins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #7 October 12, 2005 QuoteQuoteI used steel wool for my first incendiary device igniters. You scare me somtimes..... He scares me too. But I like that... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #8 October 12, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteI used steel wool for my first incendiary device igniters. You scare me somtimes..... He scares me too. But I like that... Take pictures.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #9 October 13, 2005 QuoteCan you use belly button lint? I seem to have a damn factory for that stuff built right into me. Well i no longer wanna do body shots off your body.... ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bunge 0 #10 October 13, 2005 another fun one is to plug a fresh, out of the barrel pickle. just use some alligator clips, some nails on each end, a dimmer switch if you have one. then turn out the lights and watch it glow! its a old stagehand trick, stinks, but its funny to try! BUNGE I don't hate them, I just like us better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seekfun 0 #11 October 13, 2005 QuoteQuoteCan you use belly button lint? I seem to have a damn factory for that stuff built right into me. Well i no longer wanna do body shots off your body.... Well, I can clean the lint out! It's not permanent."...there is a there out there..." - Tom Robbins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #12 October 13, 2005 Quoteanother fun one is to plug a fresh, out of the barrel pickle. just use some alligator clips, some nails on each end, a dimmer switch if you have one. then turn out the lights and watch it glow! I understand that the old timers used this set-up for night jumps a long time ago. Which led to the invention of Cyalume chemical light sticks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #13 October 14, 2005 QuoteWell i no longer wanna do body shots off your body.... ------------------------------------------------------------ Well, I can clean the lint out! It's not permanent. Yummy, body shots off Topher's body this weekend!! ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #14 October 14, 2005 (writing from WiFi hotspot at Florida Skydive Center) A 9 volt battery is nothing. Try 10 flashlight "D" batteries connected in series. I even accidentally shortcircuited some approximately 20 gauge wire, and 12 inches of it glowed red hot, making an awful smell as the plastic melted off it. Burnt myself a little too, trying to defuse this by removing a battery -- even the battery holders were starting to get hot and started smoking a little at the plastic ends near the contacts. Ouch! Multimeter exceeded 10 amps (beyond range), so that was something like a 100+ watt short circuit. I have seen more than 20 amperes of power come from a single D cell (1.2V per NiCd), so this could have easily been over 200 watts - the red glow hot occured less than a second after short circuit. The battery holders were also upgraded with thicker contacts for lower resistance, and even those got warm, and the plastic case of the holder started smoking from the overheated contacts between the cells. I yelped since I was still holding one end of the wire, and right after that, removing a battery was the safest way to stop this accidental short circuit and I still burnt myself a second time doing that. Needless to say, I was much more careful proceeding with my project. I were using Radio Shack "D" Cell High Capacity Rechargeables (The expensive $12.99 per battery stuff from the late 80s and early 90s), they really packed a big punch of amperes output in a short circuit, being able to give short surges of current more than alkaline, sometimes exceeding 20 amperes!... And yes, I paid over 100 dollars for 10 of these batteries as a 14-year old Electronics whiz... The battery pack was for a high voltage inverter circuit I was designing... Although I don't have the hobby anymore, I sure spent a lot of time with the soldering iron and ammonium persuphate (circuit board etching chemical)... If I can make 12 inches of 20 gauge copper wire glow immediately (That's thicker than telephone wire!) from a battery pack of 10 expensive flashlight D batteries, imagine what happened to the steel wool when a short circuit that powerful runs through it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KindredSpirit 0 #15 October 14, 2005 Yeah, great, I just burned down my house trying your stupid trick. Thanks a lot. "Kicking gravity's ass since 2003!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
