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#130127 - 04/14/08 05:34 PM 9V battery + steel wool = fire in seconds
philip Addict Registered: 09/19/05 Posts: 639 Loc: San Francisco Bay Area	http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1243610/how_to_make_fire_without_matches_or_a_lighter/ I'm not sure I've seen this here. I have friends who spin lighted steel wool for fun, by the way. Lots of light at night. :->
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#130136 - 04/14/08 06:26 PM Re: 9V battery + steel wool = fire in seconds [Re: philip]
benjammin Rapscallion Carpal Tunnel Registered: 02/06/04 Posts: 4020 Loc: Anchorage AK	Shorting batteries out can lead to explosive results. _________________________ The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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#130141 - 04/14/08 08:04 PM Re: 9V battery + steel wool = fire in seconds [Re: benjammin]
Be_Prepared Addict Registered: 12/07/04 Posts: 530 Loc: Massachusetts	Steel wool and a battery is probably the most popular way for making a fast lively fire in the annual Klondike Derby that the local BSA council runs. The boys bring it in their sled full of gear, and every couple years there's a sled that starts smoldering along the way... the boys sometimes don't isolate the battery from the steel wool, and as they are pulling the sled around the camp, bouncing things around... they learn quickly! _________________________ - Ron
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#130146 - 04/14/08 10:26 PM Re: 9V battery + steel wool = fire in seconds [Re: Be_Prepared]
DrmstrSpoodle Member Registered: 01/28/07 Posts: 138	I saw something like this once on the old "Worst Case Scenario" television show. There was a wilderness survival scenario and the contestants were given a "grab bag" to start a fire with, mostly filled with useless junk but having a 9V battery and steel wool in there as well. None of them could figure it out, and after taking a penalty for a box of matches the host showed them what they should have done.
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#130148 - 04/14/08 10:34 PM Re: 9V battery + steel wool = fire in seconds [Re: Be_Prepared]
Alex Old Hand Registered: 03/01/07 Posts: 1034 Loc: -	I've got this 2x AAA powered lighter. (Don't want to hijack this thread, so, moved the rest here http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=130159#Post130159) Edited by Alex (04/15/08 12:29 AM)
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#130150 - 04/14/08 10:48 PM Re: 9V battery + steel wool = fire in seconds [Re: philip]
OldBaldGuy Geezer Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 5695 Loc: Former AFB in CA, recouping fr...	I played around with this as a kid, seems to me that I recall the grade of steel wool made a difference in how good a "fire" you got going. If I recall correctly, the finer stuff, OO or so, worked better than the coarser stuff... _________________________ OBG
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#130158 - 04/14/08 11:52 PM Re: 9V battery + steel wool = fire in seconds [Re: OldBaldGuy]
climberslacker Youth of the Nation Addict Registered: 09/02/07 Posts: 603	yeah, I use 0000 and it has spectacular results _________________________ http://jacesadventures.blogspot.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - impossible is just the beginning though i seek perfection, i wear my scars with pride Have you seen the arrow?
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#130160 - 04/15/08 12:30 AM Re: 9V battery + steel wool = fire in seconds [Re: philip]
ironraven Cranky Geek Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/08/05 Posts: 4642 Loc: Vermont	It is flashy. If you can ever make it work. I carry steel wool in my car for this, but I've never gotten anything smaller to work. blush _________________________ -IronRaven When a man dare not speak without malice for fear of giving insult, that is when truth starts to die. Truth is the truest freedom.
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#130169 - 04/15/08 01:34 AM Re: 9V battery + steel wool = fire in seconds [Re: Be_Prepared]
Paul810 Veteran Registered: 03/02/03 Posts: 1428 Loc: NJ, USA	Originally Posted By: Be_Prepared Steel wool and a battery is probably the most popular way for making a fast lively fire in the annual Klondike Derby that the local BSA council runs. The boys bring it in their sled full of gear, and every couple years there's a sled that starts smoldering along the way... the boys sometimes don't isolate the battery from the steel wool, and as they are pulling the sled around the camp, bouncing things around... they learn quickly! Would they still get the full points for using that? In order to get the full points for our Derbys here they had to start a fire with real flint and steel or bow drill. Anything else and they would knock off points.
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#130173 - 04/15/08 02:22 AM Re: 9V battery + steel wool = fire in seconds [Re: philip]
rev270 Stranger Registered: 11/13/07 Posts: 3	0000 steel wool will really catch a spark it is a good tender to carry but burns up quick I always carry cotton ball vasoline combo in film container also.
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