Drain CLEANER (How it's Made) | Plumbing How To | Wonderstuff | Reel Truth Science

In this episode, Jane Moore pulls apart three of the most trusted domestic life-savers. She reveals how the clue to fixing a frozen car engine lies in a tiny insect from the Antarctic and which ingredient in drain cleaner does the dirty work. She also unravels the amazing science at work inside mobile phone batteries.
Series exploring the wonder in ordinary things. Jane Moore looks at household cleaners - what precisely makes an effective cleaner and why doesn't one cleaner suit all jobs?
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[@billiondollardan]

That manhole was so much worse than I expected. The guy behind this show who licensed all of the songs is the real hero

[@Rachel_M_]

You have to block the overflow when using a plunger... You're welcome 👍

[@alongeolumide6501]

A question pls. What if the lab produced drain cleaner is poured into sinks, hope it does not melt the drain pipes

[@zivfriedman2312]

You cannot talk about lithium batteries without even a little mention of the inventor of this process, the Nobel Prize awarded with the unbelievable name John B. Goodenough...

[@pltopper771]

My shower pipes are clogged by way of uric acid , what can i do

[@SandrasSpicySpanishSalami]

*_Bois, it's them REAL ISOPOD POSTING HOURS_*

[@johnpekkala6941]

Potassium hydroxide should in theory be an even better or at least faster drain cleaner because the soap produced by potassium hydroxide is liquid while sodium hydroxide soaps are hard and so they need to dissolve first before clearing away. The potassium soap would on the other hand drain away immediatley as soon it is formed by the reaction. I feel the need to do an experiment to compare the speed of sodium and potassium drain cleaners since long. Potassium hydroxide SHOULD be faster.

[@chadatchison145]

That thumbnail tho... 0.o

[@51WCDodge]

Orpington College, and a load of.. organics.. Nothing more to say.

[@vikrampunia1678]

I am 20th viewer

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1st to like

[@kempaswe4022]

I never use caustic soda in any sewer. Have seen results where people poured in too much powder and it became hard as concrete. Even seen cast iron pipes destroyed by it. Had a couple of stops and then I have always used the pressure washer with a cleaning hose for drains. It is the best, fast and without chemicals

[@chloehennessey6813]

I just pour aqua Regia. If this doesn’t work than a gallon of sulfuric acid. If that doesn’t work I flush an Lit M80

[@Rachel_M_]

Sulphuric acid drain cleaners were banned in UK a couple of years ago thanks to the acid attack idiots... Luckily i can still get brick acid (usually hydrochloric acid)

[@ranganuiaotearoa8324]

A hair of Lock