How To Start a Fire With a Battery
- April 7, 2008
- 56,147 Views
Actress
Meg Toth
Music
Edison Music Corp
Voice Over Artist
Peter Coleman
Expert
Randy Sarafan
Writer
Howcast Studios
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Sticks and stones may break your bones, but they’ll take forever to start that fire. Here’s how to do it the modern way.
You Will Need
- Some steel wool
- A 9-volt battery
- A little toilet paper
- Some water
This video is for informational purposes only. You should never play with fire.
Step 1: Tuck steel wool into toilet paper
Take a piece of steel wool and tuck it into the toilet paper.
Make sure several strands of steel wool are exposed. You’ll get more sparks that way.
Step 2: Touch the battery to steel wool
Lightly touch the battery to the steel wool.
Step 3: Blow
Blow.
This is a handy trick to know for camping trips, since steel wool will ignite even when wet.
Step 4: Put it out
Now put that thing out, before the smoke alarm goes off.
When you touch the steel wool to the battery, you’re actually shorting it out, causing it to burst into flames.
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Comments (21)
That was a handy tip!
Handy Hot Tip #2...Don't carry steel wool and a 9 volt battery in the same pocket! haha
over 3 years ago by mrfixitrick
You're telling me... I need new pants... :(
over 2 years ago by Jhacob
it is so good video~ it help me~
over 2 years ago by agoen
nice
over 3 years ago by Timstarockz
genius
over 3 years ago by luckysod04
thats cool
over 3 years ago by funnyers274
any idea where to get steel wool?
over 3 years ago by bostonrules222
the laundry isle
over 2 years ago by nick4132
Wow! This is neat.
over 2 years ago by xaoxoa
koolio
over 2 years ago by tacos35
Neat. Thank you.
over 2 years ago by yonyz
To show you are smarter than your 6 years old child
but it is coool
over 3 years ago by galaeddin
you know if you shouldn't do this then why make the video and show little kids that could be on this site how to do it?
over 2 years ago by Changkim697
什么是steel wool? what ";steel wool "; is? ｗｈｅｒｅ can I buy it?
over 2 years ago by xuelai3000
steel wool = 鋼絲棉
over 2 years ago by Ray_Yuen
cool
over 2 years ago by cornlover
well info
over 2 years ago by slamneon222
you totally know this video will cause way more harm than good lol
over 2 years ago by alirules714
this is a good video but what does this have to do with office life?
over 2 years ago by hello6456
Good tool tip for camping / hiking too.
about 1 year ago by MorelloTheMellowFellow
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