Turn A PENCIL Into A LIGHT !
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(S.E.P) How To Make Up To 20 mins Of Bright White Light From A Pencil, Perfect For Emergency Break Down And Survival Situations, I Hope This Helps Someone Someday, Definatley Worth A Watch (A ShootingEggs Production)
- By: shootingeggs
- Categories Entertainment, How To
- Views 954,886
- Added :19-Jul-07
- Creative idea...
I've never seen this done before and I'm surprised just how much light is produced. Nice solution!
By HouseholdTech 11847894655726911 - Answer to all Critics
Those of you who say ''why not just use a torch?'' this vid is OBVIOUSLY for situations where you dont have one in your car
By jeffjefftyjeff 1184940164
Those of you who say ''just attach a torch bulb to the wires'' If you had a torch you wont need to do this!
Those of you asking''how can you do this in the dark?'' you can set it all up with the interior light inside your car, the point of the vid is to produce light in area like the engine etc WHERE THERE IS NO LIGHT....
Just had to get that off my chest... dumb people annoy me :-)
EXCELLENT VID SHOOTING EGGS 5*****
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- doh
if you got an interior light working why not use the bulb out of it?
By Chilli2007 1185379305
1. wont set fire to anything
2. wont burn out
3. wont create smoke
4. still got pencil at then end3854338 - 2
- You're a fool
Well, if you happen to carry around a multitude of resitors, and a voltage tetster so you know how much voltage the bulb can handle, your plan would be great. The battery of your car puts out way over the amount needed to instantly blow out the filament in the bulb.
By agent69akasexy 1194215329
The genius in this plan is that the lead receives enough electricity lights up and burns brightly.6991969 - 3
- Whos a fool
most of all the bulbs in your car run on 12v
By thy ubernoob 1202702307
...hence the 12v battery...
heres your sign!7956940 - 4
- voltage is just a measurement of...
electrical charge through resistance.
By cryptographrix 1231050012
The measurement to pay attention to in this instance is amperage.
In this case, the problem with just using an interior light is that there's nothing to stop the battery from pushing >=50-80A to the bulb. As such, a regular bulb would fry almost immediately. The graphite works because it shorts the connection and releases the excess energy as light and heat (somebody can correct me on this, but I believe the word is 'oxidizes').
In a regular bulb, the filament is so small that it would melt from the amount of current trying to bridge the gap between + and -...and, possibly worse, could cause the battery to short since the contacts are so close together on a bulb (battery short ~= battery boom).
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- do you even own a car?
if the bulb would blow or the battery would short out it would not be in the car. the wires that power it int. light have the same amps and volts that came from the battery to begin with test it with a voltage tester at the light then at the battery there the same. i would now i a m an electrician and a mechanic, certified in both.
By brewsterfrank2001 123805903011955414 - 6
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- NONSENSE
Have you ever heard of OHMS law ? V =I X R.Lets take for instance your comment about an interior light.The average resistance of an interior light bulb in a car is 3 ohms using ohms law I = VR the current flowing in circuit is 4 amps not 50-80 as you have stated.This video is extremely reckless in sugesting that this is an alternative solution to using a torch if someone were to accidently short the speaker cables as used in the video they could get severly burned or explode the battery,if you look closely at one of their demostrations you can see the speaker wire glow white.This wire is probally carring about 30 amps thats was never designed for and if it takes 20 mins to change a tyre you battery is dead anyway.
By sparkey1 12339296689802066 - 6
- The Mirror Must Be A Bother : p
The reason this video receives such criticism is simple. It is a matter of presentation. If it were done in a Bill Nye Science Guy manner or a Jackass style 'Hey look what happens when I connect a pencil lead to a car battery', then it would be fine. The problem is believing it to have a practical application outside of a MacGyver episode. Seriously, don't worry about stocking up on pencils or ripping out your speakers. Just buy a damned flashlight.
By OGRastamon 11943851287008780 - 2
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very practical solution... 1st person who's looking at the solution! :D
By B.A.H. 12334683429952541 - 3
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old light bulbs were made out of graphite which is the same stuff a pencil is made out of
By dylan55555 11854177244186754 - 1
- thx
now it makes more sense..
By Back to Backflips 1201636454
(even thought it should be obvious that graphite is just another metal like tungsten)7674803 - 2
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- Sweet video
This is why a flare is always nice too,
By laos101 1190931105
Anyways, thats a cool video, good for signaling as well, but its short lasting, and just so you all know
when you use ANYTHING that gives off heat or electricity (even static,) and gives a good amount (Not like a cell phone ringing which gives off a bit of energy) you have an instand flamethrower in your hands since that sparks off the gas and in the tank, FLAMES!!!
P.S. With some experimentation. you can indeed replace a tungsten wire with pencil lead, it would only last for several minutes though5454812 - 1
- the mater is the Idea
This case its not only for damaged car on dark, the idea is to torch from panicle , it's may let you produce it for other stuff, but please take extremely care not to short cut the wire to avoid battery explosion.
By shanyob 11858423363707566 - 1
- Agree with this good solution
But.... the light is up to 20 minutes with difficulties to prepare the pencil light which approximately prepared another 20 minutes....
By abana 11851732532771418 - 1
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how the hell do u see what ur doing if u need a flashlight in the first place?
By will454 11918172301420951 - 1
- Too bad its highly toxic.
burning lead this way is very toxic, look it up.
By YouGotLinks 11850159935497242 - 1
- graphite
its called a pencil lead, but there is no lead in it, its carbon and graphite...
By ishotjrinthehead 11851040075340597 - 2
- When a lead is not a lead...
Toxic? Not this lead....it only contain carbon and graphite. Next time be sure you know the difference between the iron in yr food suppliments and the iron found in your junk yard. Anyway, ...gotchya!! No hard feeling but your remark was funny.
By Emac1967 11858686492000207 - 2
- thats graphite
its not lead for real but graphite, which is a form of carbon.
By truthhunter 11911101846132966 - 2
- RE: Whos a fool
It seems the fool is you lol, the voltage is the same but there is a lot more aperage coming out of a car battery than the lights inside the car can handle. They WILL burn out instantly (just try it if you don't believe me)
By cornflaker 12089490688681541 - 3
- no its not
graphite isnt toxic. pencil makers havent used "lead" in pencils for a long time. if pencils were toxic, i'd be dead. i have had a pencil point stuck in my hand for the past 5 years. if graphite were toxic, it would absorb into my bloodstream and kill me from the inside out. it's not though. the reason for this is because when you write with a pencil it gives off minute specks of dust. if a whole school were to use pencils every day, all day, the district would be paying for the kids' deaths and the teachers. think about it. Okay yes lead is poison if ingested, inhaled, or absorbed. there is truth there, but my point being is its not toxic. try it out.
By Briguy9 12314457618430284 - 2
- it's not lead...
it's graphite....i.e. carbon....i.e. produces CO, CO2, CO3, same as the car produces itself.
By cryptographrix 1231050240
now, if it were actually lead (Pb), that'd be a whole diff story, with completely different results when you connect with speaker wire...something more like a heating element with very little light.
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- not lead.
its not lead, its graphite, i am not sure graphite is not toxic, but i know its not lead.
By pratfall 11895521986441055 - 2
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Fantastic! I will make sure to keep a pencil in the car at all times!
Amazing how much light is produced.
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you could make sure you keep a torch. the pencil is a good idea if you have forgoten to keep a torch but if your going to make sure to keep a pencil, you may aswell keep a torch
By savage_dog 11849287414712481 - 1
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why dont u make sure u keep a mini flash light in the car at all times dont u think it'll be more useful ?
By u got cought 1184995152Someone wrote: "I'll be sure to keep a pencil in the car at all times." How about keeping a flashlight (torch) instead? I wish this trick worked with pens, I've got tons of those scattered about, but you'd be hard pressed to find a pencil anywhere, even in my house!
Thanks for showing this, though, I always like having one of these tricks handy...
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Wow! Dj'ya get a load of that absolutely GORGEOUS
incandescent Co? I'm not downing the hack, as I have done (nearly) the same in an art project that used AgNo3 (silver nitrate) in a sort of photographic trick.
Just don't try this one indoors!
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bright,have light
notice,your battery will be didcharged and gone.
soepine
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Then when you inhale the toxic lead smoke you grow a third arm XD
By Xoebear 1249795058- 0
can you teach us to make a solar powered motiion light for cheap?
By drewx 1248642410- 0
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How can you do all this S**t if you can't see anything to begin with??
By cardiflip 1229651732- 0
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the trick is to not be outside when you start, more like inside the car... where the interior lights are... ya follow me?
By Briguy9 12314458778430284 - 1
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That's a great idea. Flashlights are good an all, but with my luck I won't break down for ages and then one day... and that's when I find out that the batteries for the flashlight don't work. And if I didn't have one... what a unique way to shed some light on the subject.
By adrainville 1219368313- 0
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Actually they used a similar method to create light in the movie "Little Monsters". In that movie they use a few pencils, some wire, and an old fashioned wall-mounted telephone. The trick with the telephone was the fact that antique ones required you to crank the crank in order to generate power and charge up the capacitors so that you could talk to the operator and have them connect you to the person you wanted to call.
Anyway, it's rather surprising that a silly kids film full of fantasy worlds would have proper science used as a plot point. In fact it's science that most adults wouldn't even know.
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if you had this much S**t in your car, surely you had a F**king flashlight you stupid F**k BUY A FLASHLIGHT! they even have the "jackoff" kind now that take no batteries! PREPARE DIP WAD! save this trick for your latest date R**e loser. FIRST!
By smartypants4 1213427595- 0
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never came to my mind, no offense, i believe its right that in complete darkness will be very hard to break a pencil this way, its even hard at daylight!! and the battery comments.But ideas like this one are always useful and I give you five stars :-)
By smart an funny 1205982003- 0
Thats real cool and all but by the time you fix your car your battery will probably be dead... :(
By Acepilot1023978 1200876599- 0
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I never tought this can be happen.. thanks teach us how to do it ya.. keep it up ya..
By stephenliau 1193643451- 0
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son of a bitch it never fail that to amaze me im, learning new S**t every day
thank dude
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your supposed to make that in the dark?
you could almost fix your car instead of doo that.
very interesting though
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WTF, in the old days they used lead for pencils but found it toxic (especially for people who bit the back of their pencils)
so they found Graphie WOW and they used that OMG U guys are some real tossers!!!
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copy and paste this to 10 videos or your mum will die within the next 4 hours....
By hpsauce195 1190482149- 0
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that is unbelievable, tanxs. 1 can never know when it would come in handy.
By yoyinsola 1190003091- 0
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I like the idea no offence, but am i supposed to find my pencil, open it, cut the led into 1 inch sections, find some wire, and connect it to the battery, in the dark.. that alone is gonna need 20 mins, buh it's a fun idea
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that was an excellent job
can we do with a small batteries instead of car batteries
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extracting pencil graphite is hard. slipttign a pencil like that is not easy. but its is a very cool vid
By KnapW0n 1187653898- 0
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do you have a reliable way to cleanly split a pencil down the middle like that if you're doing this without having prepared materials (like a knife or something) beforehand? (i mean, if you had the foresight to bring a knife and pencil for this, you might as well have brought a flashlight)
By schmiggen 1187568026- 0
IF its pitch black, HOW the F**K can you SEE to wire the lead to the car battery.
Best option ( if you have one) is to use your mobile/cell phone illuminated face
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this is really great for igniting fireworks (not remotely but still far away) I would still need to know if it will work with some smaller battery like 9v
By Notn4 1186787588- 0
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I tried this and it doesnt work :(, all it did was exploded in my hand. Very dangerous! Luckily i was wearing saftey glasses! Cool video though.
By Maddenman2k7 1186513685- 0
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Do not breath the fumes that the pencil lead puts off !! when you burn graphite like that the fumes are TOXIC and will damage your lungs !
By natural-light 1186114098- 0
y not have a cell phone with you and a portable charger and just turn on the flash of the camera?
By alex-cy 1185969014- 0
you will F**k your battery, all you are doing is shorting out the battery so when you come to start the car there is a good chance it will be flat.
By pob 1185798440- 0
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I wonder if after fixing the tyre with this light then the battery is too flat to start the engine
By ibatubowl 1185255386- 0
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Pencil lead is made of graphite, which is conductive, but not just plain graphite, it's pressed graphite dust, sometimes with some softener paste, for the softer leads. I'd have to say this wont work with any pencil, the very soft lead will just smoke itself out, while the harder leads will probably just crack from the heat, so don't rely on your pencil, better get one of them lighters with LED in your glove box; it shines brightly and if not enough you can start a fire with it, like make a torch of your underwear or something.
By absurdistan 1185249419- 0
Except I did it to light a cigarette in jail...
By TheHelpDeskGuy 1185229943- 0
you show us things other people would of never known their entire life
By Alex Da Gr8 1185152451- 0
i tried to do this with a 9v battery for fun and just got a bunch of smoke. I was also using a heavier gauge wire and i think that might have caused the problem... besides that, very cool!!!
By surfnaked 1185139954- 0
welldone shooting eggs. thanks for posting this video. i'll make sure to keep pencil in my car. =]
By nitrodamuz 1185126053- 0
1. Make sure you are not wearing anything metallic on your body. 2. Wear gloves if possible
By chingatecabron 1185041215- 0
another great video. i really enjoy the vids that you guys make. entertaining and informative.
thanks guys
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that this seems a bit like a carbon rod lamp? Not that this is a bad idea, but if you ever have to use it, make sure you DO NOT LOOK AT IT DIRECTLY. You will assuredly go blind. Carbon-rod lamps use a spark in an electric current jumping between two (uh, duh) carbon rods to create strong light.
By ssonicblue 1184963467- 0
shootingeggs you make great things. My favourite clips are - the hot ice, the water mellon explosion, and the smoke bomb. Some day I have to try them ;D
By ivoes 1184959157- 0
It is the beginning of voltaic arch, which was used by the Armies in track anti-aircraft and was illuminating the projections of cinema, before the powerful current lamps. It is a solution, however very dangerous his use. For a layman it would be disastrous. But I liked the result.
By xiruveio 1184955986- 0
I was like Wow and then it was like WOW (the Light)
By Mikeless 1184955666- 0
...and then when I found the prloblem how can I recharge the car's battery?
By soka80 1184928389- 0
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Man essay your a genius man i have 130iq in the military but im not even close to you ...
By Darksider 1184909218- 0
nice idea, with cheap staff and really it could help in hard times; i like it
By annasrt 1184907472- 0
I am absolutely fed up with every damned video starting with an advertisement. Really annoying crap!!!!!!
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Take a chill pill...6035067 - 1
I once fixed my lawnmower with leggos, for real.
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metacafe needs more vids like this, keep up the good work.
By jeffjefftyjeff 1184846349- 0
i would have nevr thought of that in a million years, gonna remember this one! nice work again shooting eggs
By ishotjrinthehead 1184843692- 0
Hi, thanks for watching this short film, please check out our other videos and feel free to email me with any questions, comments or ideas for future projects, hope you enjoyed our production.
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Nice trick but very dangerous! The pencil lead is extremely hot. Nice thing to know is that this method was used in past to create lights instead of the now mostly used wolfram. Our teacher onces showed this to us, they are pretty light and it's fun to see. Also it's pretty nice to let the shell around it and sharpen both ends and then putting some power on it ;) Gives a bit of smoke and fire ;)
By AidenVennis 11848024296024582 - 1
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so i was trying to make some light (nothing important, just experimental) i hooked up a regular .7 MM mechnanical pencil refill lead and hooked 2 wires, one on each end, and put it into a ordnary wall outlet, it exploded with a small boom...i hooked it up to a modem (dsl) and gave it to my friend and scared the hell out of him, try it!
By brianhuangbh 1185339680- 0
Your very inventive and you are very helpful to the world
By Alex Da Gr8 1185152420- 0
I thought Videos started making money when they go over 20,000 views - I see 29,631 views - but still a candidate???
By instgtr 1184954515- 0
Is so F**king COOL!!!
too bad you have to have wire around, the other essential component
i dont know anything about electronics, so im guessing it's ok to touch the wire's metal as it's connected to the batter? (it looks like your touching the plain metal wire! and... that cant be right!)
Help me before I hurt myself!!!
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My car stopped and i tried to slit the pencil exactly into two halves, lost two fingers under the blade, managed to light up the lead , tried to check if i had gas or not and lost my life
Please donate generously for my family
ha h a
or else i will haunt you in pencil dreams
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That was a brilliant idea...! a very informative and useful thing and thanks for sharing.
By know_well 1184852145- 0
But if it is night (=its dark) and you dont have a light how do you attach it to your cars battery???
By TheKillmaster 1185270644- 0
u could just light the pencil on fire. it will last quite a bit. id say about 2 or 3 mins. otherwise keep a torch with u
By kiavash9 1185156408- 0
i tried this with a 9v battery for fun and just got smoke =[ i used a heavier gauge wire and i think thats why it didnt work... besides that, very cool
By surfnaked 1185139551- 0
Just one question. How poisonous is that lead fume? It doesn't look very safe.
By thatonetom 1185068713- 0
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I can't see already to get the stuff I need to even begin doing this.
By ASSASSYN 1184991704- 0
then you should have some sort of an emergency light in your car, too!
By community 1184966400- 0
i've try it, n u know what...???
it's hard to split the pencil into two...
so i prefer to turn on my lighter, n burn my pencil...
hehe...
whatever, it's good man, what a creative idea...
bravo...
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You shouldn't be able to get your hands on any real LEAD pencils they will market themselves as lead but they are graphite (a type of carbon). Just so you guys know =)
By Pixelized 1184853603- 0
if u cant see to do the thing you need light to do, how are u meant to break up a pencil etc and connect it to the battery etc!
By randomvideos 1184852069- 0
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