Starting Fires with Batteries
| Starting Fires with Batteries | |
| Number | 107 |
| Broadcast Date | March 2, 2018 |
| Episode Length | 20:43 |
| Hosts | Brian Brushwood, Jason Murphy |
Summary
Male. Early 40s. It's a grizzly scene, one we don't see often: spontaneous combustion. The block is taped off because it's procedure, but it's not really necessary here. He's encased, perfectly preserved behind a screen. It's as if he's on display, for all to see. There's a battery nearby. Nobody can figure out if the fire first caught the top of his head or his beard. He is only succeeded by one, his wife, Mrs. Willy.
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Reference Material
- (LiveScience) Here's How Steel Wool Burns
- (BBC) Hands On with Steel Wool
- (Untamed Science) Steel Wool Science
- (ThoughtCo) Table of Electrical Resistivity and Conductivity
- (MEL Science) Characteristics of iron and its reaction with oxygen
- (Wikipedia) Joule heating
- (Quora) Why does copper burn green? What contributes to the different colours that elements emit?
- (YT - Afrotechmods) Basic Electricity - What is an amp?
- (YT - Afrotechmods) Basic Electricity - Resistance and Ohm's law
- (YT - The Engineering Mindset) How ELECTRICITY works - working principle
- (YT - UWChemistry) Combustion of Steel Wool
Full Episode
First Pass Edit
First Pass Edits are basically all of the footage we shot for the episode in a largely-uncut format, it can be a real mess sometimes but it's all there.
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Fun Facts
- This episode features Brandt's research notes on: why steel wool burns.
- Days since on-set injury counter: 77
- The gum wrapper method was found just minutes before filming the episode while trying to research how to make the single wire method work.
Music
- "Me 2 You" by QSTN
- "Etude Op. 25 no. 5 in E minor - 'Wrong Note'" by Chopin, performed by Edward Neeman
- "Smooth wit' any groove" by FloFilz x Psalm/Trees
- "Soulful" by L'indécis
- "Le Sud" by L'indécis
- "Ups n Downs" by baaskaT
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| Preceded by: "Unboxing a Bug-Out Bag (Also: What's a Bug-Out Bag?)" |
Starting Fires with Batteries |
Followed by: "How to Make Your Own Mead" |