Mythbusters: Exploding cigarette lighter part 1

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@Tnenamrep2
@Tnenamrep2 6 жыл бұрын
I love these early MythBusters episodes, and the simpler myths.
@corncobjohnsonreal
@corncobjohnsonreal 3 жыл бұрын
They were stupid back then and got a lot of obvious stuff wrong because they didn't know how much of the show was supposed to be fun, entertaining, or scientific, so they cut back on being scientifically thorough and a lot of these neat early myths ended up with bad testing and results. I wish they would have revisited literally every myth again but with a different approach, then do the same approach, then keep doing that a couple hundred times to be sure their results are true
@johnnyholmes8840
@johnnyholmes8840 3 жыл бұрын
It was way better back then, the new ones, with whoever those guys are can never come close.
@bigsmall246
@bigsmall246 3 жыл бұрын
@@Canzandridas yea but they got some myths wrong, like "microwaving tap water doesn't cause superheating"
@Trund27
@Trund27 3 жыл бұрын
We need a reboot!!!!!!!
@Ward1706
@Ward1706 4 жыл бұрын
"The only thing that differentiates you and me and a couple of 14 year old pyromaniacs; is ballistic glass."
@SheepdogSmokey
@SheepdogSmokey 3 жыл бұрын
I'll have you know, I'm 43.
@therestorationofdrwho1865
@therestorationofdrwho1865 3 жыл бұрын
@Reece Cristiano no one gives a shit. Why are you hacking your girlfriends Instagram? Piece of crap.
@godzillasauris
@godzillasauris 2 жыл бұрын
I love adams jokes🤣🤣🤣
@kaitracksmalgom
@kaitracksmalgom 2 жыл бұрын
I’m 19 and if given the chance yes I might set something ablaze safely as possible
@Ward1706
@Ward1706 Жыл бұрын
Season prior. I’m old enough to remember watching them when they came out.
@Fahrvergnugen
@Fahrvergnugen 14 жыл бұрын
I love it when Jamie starts chuckling when he blows something up.
@freakyskull516
@freakyskull516 4 жыл бұрын
when i was a child i threw a lighter at the ground (concrete) as hard as i could and it exploded sending a sharp piece if plastic into my lip pulled it out, bled a little, lied to my mom about what happened to my lip, and went on with my day but it spooked me a little.
@KamenRiderRaiden
@KamenRiderRaiden 4 жыл бұрын
I taped one to a sledgehammer once and swung like i was at a "Test your strength" game..... fuckin thing took off like a rocket
@kriss3829
@kriss3829 3 жыл бұрын
Thank god you didn’t lose an eye lmao
@graemebarnes3445
@graemebarnes3445 3 жыл бұрын
@@kriss3829 we used to burst them on peoples heads in class lol
@williamtruett3480
@williamtruett3480 3 жыл бұрын
Bro once when I was playing video games my older brother grabbed a lighter and looked me in the eyes and said wanna play a game then proceeded to smash the lighter against my desk as hard as he could it exploded in his hand and a peace hit me then we laughed in pain
@sumbigdumkunt
@sumbigdumkunt 3 жыл бұрын
@@graemebarnes3445 yeah I had a bloke throw his lighter across our factory and it landed on the supervisors hardhat, exploded and scared the absolute shit out of him. Was an amazing shot and boss man loved it
@hornetscales8274
@hornetscales8274 3 жыл бұрын
Man, every time something goes up in smoke, or crashes spectacularly, or..... Adam is always the first to laugh about it. Absolutely wonderful show.
@_just_another_filthy_redcoat
@_just_another_filthy_redcoat 3 жыл бұрын
Lol imagine walking around with a small bomb in your pocket - takes a pull on a vape -
@froyocrew
@froyocrew 2 жыл бұрын
then pulls out samsung s9
@TWBIAP
@TWBIAP 4 жыл бұрын
1:56 eh if you weld in flannel you deserve whats coming to you.
@graemebarnes3445
@graemebarnes3445 3 жыл бұрын
exactly. true welders wear nylon tracksuits
@blackdragon6627
@blackdragon6627 3 жыл бұрын
@@graemebarnes3445 no true welders don't wear shirts
@brandonlozano7158
@brandonlozano7158 3 жыл бұрын
@@blackdragon6627 naw true welders don't wear skin
@blackdragon6627
@blackdragon6627 3 жыл бұрын
@@brandonlozano7158 naw true welders use welds as skin
@brandoncallahan9289
@brandoncallahan9289 3 жыл бұрын
@@blackdragon6627 naw welders true as skin use welds
@JonthePurplePeopleEater
@JonthePurplePeopleEater 4 жыл бұрын
Only lighter I've had explode on me was one I left out on the patio on a hot Arkansas summer went swimming, got out grabbed the hot lighter with a cold hand and boom plastic shrapnel in my shoulder lol.
@Youtubecensoredmyusername
@Youtubecensoredmyusername 4 жыл бұрын
Should of bought a bic instead of the Chinese translucent ones
@JonthePurplePeopleEater
@JonthePurplePeopleEater 4 жыл бұрын
@@KZbincensoredmyusername That was a bic lol.
@princesscarl1656
@princesscarl1656 4 жыл бұрын
No lighter can deal with 90° plus 70% humidity, once it's been in a car all day. Let alone direct sun contact. Since it was a bic, you'd have been best just taking it while you swam. At least it wouldn't have blown up. Wouldn't have lit your cig though. A bic is meant for your pocket. Hawaiians definitely don't leave their lighters lying in the sun, why would you? Either way, lighters are meant for dry, room temperature areas. Like your pocket. They don't even work when it gets below 30° degrees. The butane will be too thick to combust. The slightest gust of air screws with them too. This is why Zippos are a thing. Since they don't use butane either, they use a form of grill lighter fluid, their combustion rates and temperatures are different. Butane is ungodly low to become gas. Around 50° does it. Isobutane would be likely a little higher. Alcohol is rather high. I think that's 120° or so.
@TWBIAP
@TWBIAP 4 жыл бұрын
@Hans Pebble if you wanna be technical its actually made from petroleum naphtha.
@zackhall2681
@zackhall2681 4 жыл бұрын
@@princesscarl1656 dude shut the fuck up. No one cares about your bullshit lighter research.
@ostermanumbrellaco.7445
@ostermanumbrellaco.7445 2 жыл бұрын
I’m here watching this clip because this episode helped free a jailed innocent man after 35 years in prison. Thank you Mythbusters!
@blakemitchell735
@blakemitchell735 Жыл бұрын
How?
@newbkiller123
@newbkiller123 10 жыл бұрын
its easy to pop a lighter just dash it at the ground
@MrSupercar55
@MrSupercar55 6 жыл бұрын
I can confirm this is 100% accurate.
@-0__________________________0-
@-0__________________________0- 6 жыл бұрын
mash
@gp8666
@gp8666 6 жыл бұрын
Thats what i did when i was a lil kid every time i found one 😂
@chodeoriki4113
@chodeoriki4113 5 жыл бұрын
Did this when I was like 12 and a part flew into my mates eye and I completely shat my pants. Luckily he was fine.
@robertostler6733
@robertostler6733 5 жыл бұрын
A friend and I were walking through a neighborhood late one night and someone's dog came running out of their garage right at us barking suddenly there was a pop right in front of the dog. My friend threw his lighter at the ground in front of the dog. Fuck me I though he was magical for a minute. The dog ran back to his home.
@jazzscott9109
@jazzscott9109 6 жыл бұрын
I once was without an ashtray and needed both hands - so I laid down a disposable (flat) lighter and laid my lit cigarette across it...ermmmm..... "just for a moment",,, ...then forgot all about it till the cigarette melted a tiny pin-hole in the lighter and there was this "WHOOOSH!!!" as a four foot flame suddenly shot out ... scared the willies out of me!
@AW-xt4lx
@AW-xt4lx 7 жыл бұрын
Wear eye protection, welding safety 101. seriously though that's a bad example....
@runardarriviarsson1092
@runardarriviarsson1092 7 жыл бұрын
karl warren they were standing behind a glass wall
@radihaydos95
@radihaydos95 6 жыл бұрын
Runar I am fairly sure he was talking about a light shield so they don't damage there eyes from the bright light
@chthaman
@chthaman 6 жыл бұрын
He definitely were, its not only bad for your eyes because uv and that shit, it can also make your eyes hurt and feel like you have sand in them when it damages some layer in the eye and that shit sucks
@nerfinator03
@nerfinator03 6 жыл бұрын
Rúnar Darri Viðarsson now here's someone who knows his shit! Tempered glass filters a lot of rays. During one nuclear test some scientist wanted a better view of the initial explosion so he sat in his car behind the windshield.
@deaths0xz
@deaths0xz 5 жыл бұрын
Morty as long as you have safety glasses or something to block the rays you’ll never get a flash or that sand feeling in your eyes, as long as you’re protected you can stare as long as you want, it’ll just hurt to look at but won’t give your eyes a sunburn unless there’s direct contact
@Chevdriver
@Chevdriver 11 жыл бұрын
-throw a lighter at a wall or something, they will also "explode" as kids we did it alot, kinda fun and also a good way to get rid of old lighters.
@MyWeedIsVeryGood
@MyWeedIsVeryGood 5 жыл бұрын
Not with fire though. The gas pops out. Which isn't technically an explosion unless it's ignited
@DerMarkus1982
@DerMarkus1982 5 жыл бұрын
@@MyWeedIsVeryGood Put a Z*ppo near it... 😉
@Kara_Kay_Eschel
@Kara_Kay_Eschel 4 жыл бұрын
In high school, while waiting for the buss to school, a buddy of mine had a lighter that was in the shape of a beer bottle. He dropped it, on purpose, and it "exploded".
@katara520
@katara520 4 жыл бұрын
I had a lighter literally just explode on my bed I was right beside it I still have the hole in my bed from it
@malango255
@malango255 8 жыл бұрын
i've seen them explode multiple times, not just once. my friend dropped one once and it exploded just from being dropped.
@paulvinco7185
@paulvinco7185 5 жыл бұрын
Lol, folding laundry while watching this and what did I pull out...a lighter. 🤪
@patcholi3201
@patcholi3201 5 жыл бұрын
was the dryer hot enough
@LouSassoleSledgecock_III
@LouSassoleSledgecock_III 5 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@bucky13
@bucky13 5 жыл бұрын
If lighters exploded in the dryer i'd probably have to have mine insured..
@patcholi3201
@patcholi3201 5 жыл бұрын
@@bucky13 check coverage
@tacomas9602
@tacomas9602 2 жыл бұрын
just appreciating the fact someone uploaded all these videos. thanks
@ThreeXcore
@ThreeXcore 10 жыл бұрын
FOUR!!...three..two..one lol :)
@SheepdogSmokey
@SheepdogSmokey 3 жыл бұрын
4:07 - Even when I first saw this, well before I was a firefighter, I knew that ambient heat, even at what a clothes dryer can produce, isn't going to work, the lighter would need to be damaged/defective, and somehow cause a spark, or the dryer would need to be damaged/defective and cause a spark, to provide ignition.
@Supasavage69
@Supasavage69 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve had one blow up by itself while laying on a dresser over night and blew two flames out both chambers on the side lol but hint don’t buy the cheap clear colored ones
@prodbybabygod7411
@prodbybabygod7411 3 жыл бұрын
Ima welder. Back pocket works wonders 🤣
@gotYOUR3s
@gotYOUR3s 5 жыл бұрын
Its amazing that you can see the flame disappear and reignite in the same spot after the lighter is gone
@TheShorts5555
@TheShorts5555 11 жыл бұрын
I've thrown plenty of lighters on fires before, but the interesting thing is they just pop. No explosion, no fireball. Just a small jet of flame if I'm lucky. What I do like though (and because I live in Aus, we can't get fireworks) is tie 15 or so sparklers around 1-2 lighters, then make a 'fuse' sparkler that I can light. Just throw it and watch, you'll get a nice bang and a shower of sparks
@cralixthegameking4408
@cralixthegameking4408 5 жыл бұрын
Technically it does explode when they just hit it with the golf club do to the pressure more like a gas canister exploding there is just no fire
@cslack813
@cslack813 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve had a lighter explode in a dryer. I think they are forgetting 1 vital thing. LAUNDRY! you know, the stuff that gets hot in the machine, and more importantly, the stuff that builds intense static energy while drying.
@SANCHEZLEO90
@SANCHEZLEO90 4 жыл бұрын
CSlack just happened to me today I forgot my lighter in my shorts and boom
@cslack813
@cslack813 4 жыл бұрын
leonardo sanchez happened to me multiple times. If they get something like this wrong it makes you question their other tests. I think it was pretty boneheaded of them to not mimic normal conditions where the lighter would explode-i.e. with laundry in the drier getting the whole thing hot. If you put the lighter by itself then it just bounces inside the machine a ton and doesn’t get as hot as it would in a machine that has fabrics to retain the heat and build up static.
@Myrkky100
@Myrkky100 12 жыл бұрын
7:45 It's just so nice to see people who just really love their work :)
@DeathEgg666
@DeathEgg666 4 жыл бұрын
0:51 clean your tips you maniacs!
@cmen6895
@cmen6895 3 жыл бұрын
nah, just gotta sand her down.
@graemebarnes3445
@graemebarnes3445 3 жыл бұрын
@@cmen6895 eh its mig, as long as theres a hole its fine lol
@ss-jg1te
@ss-jg1te 12 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the videos I know its a few years too late but these have brought alot of joy for my gf and niece :)
@BLCKVD
@BLCKVD 3 жыл бұрын
There's one simple way to also explode these tiny bastards, me and my friends use to just throw them in huge speeds straight to asphalt when it didn't give pretty much any fire from it anymore, so simply just throw to asphalt in huge speed and BOOM :D
@DerekMoore82
@DerekMoore82 Жыл бұрын
Over the course of my life, I've had a few lighters blow up inside a hot parked car. I'd return to the car to find the aftermath, with plastic shards where a lighter used to be. I've never seen it happen in real time. In 40 years it's only happened twice so it's rare, but it can happen.
@eslesss
@eslesss 15 жыл бұрын
Adam's shirt: failure is always an option Totally agree and live by it...in a way :D
@Grandmas_Table
@Grandmas_Table 3 жыл бұрын
The "FORE!......3..2..1..." Countdown made me chuckle lol
@xxDRLCxx
@xxDRLCxx 11 жыл бұрын
many of my lighters popped in my jeans pockets when in the dryer.it may have been what you said or the lighter breaking when tumbling
@420lovless
@420lovless 7 жыл бұрын
I've have thousands in my pockets in the dryer and not one has popped.. Just regular Bic lighters.
@jacobmortimore
@jacobmortimore 5 жыл бұрын
@@420lovless same I've never had one Pop in the dryer.
@superstar5123
@superstar5123 Жыл бұрын
the 2001: a space odyssey joke/reference was hilarious!
@nottherealpaulsmith
@nottherealpaulsmith 2 жыл бұрын
it hurts to see adam and jamie watching a mig welder spark without masks, i've taken a few welding classes in my time and watching the sparks without protection feels like getting sand in your eye sockets, it's itchy as all hell
@tacomas9602
@tacomas9602 2 жыл бұрын
They're looking at the lighter not the arc. they're just shielding the upper half of their vision.
@SheepdogSmokey
@SheepdogSmokey 4 жыл бұрын
Clothes dryer, unless the metal on the lighter hits something perfectly, you have 2 of 3 things needed. Heat and Fuel, without an ignition source, are dangerous, but not likely to blow up a lighter. For the welder, the sparks were the ignition, not the ambient heat.
@Deep_Ro
@Deep_Ro 4 жыл бұрын
Lol I've run soo many lighters threw the dryer I could of told them that one wouldn't work haha
@h.p.734
@h.p.734 4 жыл бұрын
I love these episodes!!
@static-san
@static-san 3 жыл бұрын
The Hyneman Humour - so good to see!
@3starperfectdeer233
@3starperfectdeer233 3 жыл бұрын
I love how we all believed they were like the bestest besties but in reality they were annoyed by each
@TheGary108
@TheGary108 3 жыл бұрын
Adam said in an interview that he respected Jamie and they were great coworkers but they just don’t have any more in common to be best friends.
@CodeineCoffee
@CodeineCoffee Жыл бұрын
They spent 12+ hours a day with each other most days on work projects for over a decade. I’m not surprised that they didn’t hang out after work.
@nataliealphonse4634
@nataliealphonse4634 Жыл бұрын
​@@CodeineCoffee yeah no kidding, Jamie was literally Adams boss too. I don't dislike most of the bosses I've had but I can't say I exactly would have wanted to get beers with them after work y'know?
@brendanmatelan2129
@brendanmatelan2129 5 жыл бұрын
5:57, Makes me laugh everytime.
@Solnoric
@Solnoric 5 жыл бұрын
I wanna know if they ever testing the golf machine at the driving range.
@ruthgar9753
@ruthgar9753 4 жыл бұрын
I want to know if they ever tried Jamie's idea with the bowling ball :)
@wolfmantroy6601
@wolfmantroy6601 5 жыл бұрын
I once had a piece of slag melt into a Bic lighter in my t-shirt pocket. I didn't notice till lunch time when I went to light a cigarette and my new lighter was out of fuel.
@HappyChonger
@HappyChonger 12 жыл бұрын
I had a lighter explode on me once. It was in the dashboard of the van while I was driving along, and it just exploded. It just went bang and shattered into pieces, I had been using it as a bottle opener though so that may of weakened it.
@LadyTink
@LadyTink 12 жыл бұрын
exactly :) I was hoping someone else caught that XD 6:49
@Redfour5
@Redfour5 5 жыл бұрын
I had one of the cheap clear or yellow plastic ones that was sitting on a table in the direct early afternoon sun that blew up and scared the poo out of me. Some of the pieces were very sharp but I was about five feet away. Afterwards, I hypothesized that because it was clear with the thick plastic including internal support plastic, that it acted like a lense and focused the heat causing internal temperatures and/or pressure leading to the explosion. I saw it out of the corner of my eye as it went and it appeared to blow from pressure with a very slight burst of flame upon exposure to the air as the gas dispersed. I thought of this episode.
@LouSassoleSledgecock_III
@LouSassoleSledgecock_III 5 жыл бұрын
Redfour5 you’re an absolute genius!!!!
@sleevelessace
@sleevelessace 4 жыл бұрын
Adam probably all got those lighters from his car 😂😂😂
@reggie9010
@reggie9010 4 жыл бұрын
FORE!!!!! 3....2....1....
@xxDRLCxx
@xxDRLCxx 11 жыл бұрын
does not damage the clothing though
@koppadasao
@koppadasao 3 жыл бұрын
Jamie "The Walrus" Hyneman laughing? What a sight!
@mickberghefer4447
@mickberghefer4447 4 жыл бұрын
Those really cheap ass crack light can explode just from dropping it. My buddy dropped one on carpet and it exploded.
@Floccinaucinihilipilificator
@Floccinaucinihilipilificator 5 жыл бұрын
happened to me this month, a super sharp piece of plastic missed my eye by an inch.
@UnwovenSleeve
@UnwovenSleeve 4 жыл бұрын
Adam: “Have you ever played a round of gold” Jamie: yes Adam: REALLY?!?
@djae6083
@djae6083 3 жыл бұрын
Unwoven Sleeve golf?
@juanhunose1
@juanhunose1 8 жыл бұрын
I left one on top of my car dashboard. The heat from the sun coming through made it explode! No flames fortunately, I guess the pressure build up just ruptured it?
@mikerich7848
@mikerich7848 8 жыл бұрын
Yep
@blushingmushroom1949
@blushingmushroom1949 5 жыл бұрын
I came out to my car to find pieces of my lighter all over the place from such an event. I saw nothing though.
@sharpie443
@sharpie443 12 жыл бұрын
I learned to make them explode back in high-school. I can modify one with my pocket knife to shoot a flame big enough to melt the top and set the rest of the liquid off. Neat trick to do at an outdoor party just make sure not to throw it near anyone. .
@ThunderChunky101
@ThunderChunky101 12 жыл бұрын
We used to open the valve on adjustable lighters until they stuck open, light them and THEN hit with a golf club. Worked every time.
@LinkinPark4Ever1996
@LinkinPark4Ever1996 Жыл бұрын
5:18 when I was a kid we used to throw them to the ground to make them explode. No fireball because no ignition source, but the liquid butane when it comes out of its container it quickly expands into gas so you get a pop
@metalinyourhead3604
@metalinyourhead3604 5 жыл бұрын
I actually think I might have had a lighter go through the dryer. It didn’t go boom.
@immortalsofar5314
@immortalsofar5314 5 жыл бұрын
I don't know about combustion but I left a plastic lighter in my car on a hot, summer's day and returned to find a load of shattered plastic.
@Trustme77
@Trustme77 15 жыл бұрын
@worldpower78432 Yeah, I plan to, just haven't gotten around to it. Will try to get something up by the end of the week. :)
@martyhalloway7935
@martyhalloway7935 3 жыл бұрын
Is it up yet?
@Sunprism
@Sunprism 5 жыл бұрын
1:54 RIP Rip Taylor
@elektrobear2027
@elektrobear2027 9 жыл бұрын
Had one of these go off in my pocket when I worked in an aluminium foundry. No flames but it was kinda chocking though.
@davidhenderson3400
@davidhenderson3400 5 жыл бұрын
I know a man that had his car windshield cracked when lighter was left in the hot sun. No flame but when the casing failed it cracked the windshield
@derekwall200
@derekwall200 5 жыл бұрын
and i am surprised at 8:04 the gas was still able to ignite even after the club hit blew the flame out.
@ConanRider
@ConanRider 11 жыл бұрын
They blocked their view of the mig welder with their hands.
@scotts918
@scotts918 Жыл бұрын
5:57 - Jamie laughing is pure
@derekwall200
@derekwall200 5 жыл бұрын
well BIC lighters contain butane liquid under pressure. a normal BIC lighter is pressurized to 25 PSI at room temperature, but at 135-140 degrees (temps found in hot cars) the pressure can climb to about 100-150 PSI. and from what i have read they can be like mini hand grenades and can send shrapnel flying everywhere which can kill
@Kleavers
@Kleavers 12 жыл бұрын
I have to say the high speed footage they got from this is amazing :)
@davidaward82
@davidaward82 4 жыл бұрын
the most dangerous way for a disposable to go up isn't from fire. it's from ambient heat. I have friend who forgot they'd left one on top of a wall mounted gas fire, they left the room to make coffee and heard an explosion. came back to find shards of plastic embedded in the walls of the room
@BlueLineofthesky
@BlueLineofthesky 5 жыл бұрын
It happened to me. A few years ago, in a very hot August day, I was in my car and my cigarette lighter (the cheap plastic transparent ones) was on the top the board of the car, under the windscreen. The sun was directly on it. In 30-40 minutes, (I was talking with a colleague, inside the car), POOOOP the cigarette lighter exploded. Very powerful explosion. No fire. I scared me for life :) Smoking is really dangerous. :)
@ddmcd1215
@ddmcd1215 4 жыл бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong but a lighter in the dryer would have clothes as well and those clothes could potentially cause static giving the lighter its ignition
@vladimirlastraud5740
@vladimirlastraud5740 12 жыл бұрын
The light is extremely bright and puts out a decent amount of I think.. UV rays, enough that if you don't wear gloves or long sleeves it can sunburn you in half an hour maybe, also can cause blindness.
@jimbob234567890
@jimbob234567890 12 жыл бұрын
same as a banger firework, hold it flat on your hand burned hand, hold it in a fist missing fingers, most of the pressure would have escaped through the fabric.
@kevinjohnson7300
@kevinjohnson7300 4 жыл бұрын
Ive had lighters explode a bunch. Ive dropped them on accident and BOOM right next to my foot lol
@nmlb_psychosis7137
@nmlb_psychosis7137 4 жыл бұрын
I have a theory about the lighter in the dryer myth. So the myth was ‘if you forget your lighter in you pants pocket and throw them in the dryer, the lighter will explode.’ So, they only had the lighter in the dryer and i can only assume that it bounced around enough to let some butane out from it hitting on the trigger. What if the pants/other clothes that are getting dry create static and thats what sets off the butane? Although the lighter is in the pocket i would still assume that at least a little butane would get out from it bouncing around.
@Facebooker413
@Facebooker413 2 жыл бұрын
You can actually just throw some of these real hard on the ground and do it, especially if the lighter's mechanism is compromised in some way like it's rusty or busted in some way
@geographyinaction7814
@geographyinaction7814 2 жыл бұрын
Guys used to walk out to the gatehouse at our pulp mill, a light a cigarette with a Bic, the security/First Aid attendants would run out and exchange brand new Zippo's for the disposable.
@user-tb2jy9lu3d
@user-tb2jy9lu3d 3 жыл бұрын
The dryer thing would eventually work when the plastic on the lighter melted. Some dryers get up to 350 degrees. Anyone who has taken an electric clothes dryer apart knows that right behind those holes in the back of the drum is a large, glowing hot heating coil. The one in my particular dryer is so big that it goes all the way around the entire diameter of the back of the drum itself and is just inches away from the back. That's the ignition source.
@k80_
@k80_ 2 жыл бұрын
I think the static electricity from the clothing is a bigger factor than pure heat
@godonammdo
@godonammdo 4 жыл бұрын
It’s so hard to believe they weren’t friends at all during this. I think they just don’t have an extremely loose term as to who they have as “friends”. As intellectuals, they likely hold many acquaintances with a small circle of friends and family. That’s my belief. But in my eyes, they’ll always be the Master Mythbusters
@TheGary108
@TheGary108 3 жыл бұрын
I like to think they were great working buddies. They weren’t close enough to go out for drinks after works, but they sure as hell had respect for one another.
@OkayTimeToGoNow
@OkayTimeToGoNow 15 жыл бұрын
thanks for the upload! i appreciate it
@TheLondonForever00
@TheLondonForever00 2 жыл бұрын
When I was at uni we'd all been out and done pills and allsorts. We all round a 6ft wide table and we were all being stupid. I held a lighter over a candle as I was too spangled to even think what I was doing. All the others sat memorised watching in awe until it exploded witha full tank. The blast was the size of the table and we all flew off our chairs. As we got up with bits of plastic in our hair, we realised some of us didn't have proper eyebrows anymore. Needless to say we all had lectures the next day. Got a few laughs though. 😂
@stenbak88
@stenbak88 4 жыл бұрын
I have left many big lighters through the wash and dryer, the lighters are fine every single time
@TheUltimateULTRA
@TheUltimateULTRA 2 жыл бұрын
I actually did this/ don’t know how commonly this happens. - Threw a lighter on the floor a couple meters away quite hard and it blew up. No one was hurt but if it went off near me i think it’d have burnt me the explosion and bang was very loud (does this mean the lighter must’ve been cracked slightly to release some fuel to allow for a spark)
@samdilworth1989
@samdilworth1989 5 жыл бұрын
1:46 that happened in my car. One of my ashes with a hot ember in it landed on my lighter and it blew up. It scared the shit out of me while I was driving.
@FingerinUrDaughter
@FingerinUrDaughter 5 жыл бұрын
no. it didnt. the very most an ember (if its still hot its an ember. ash is when its cooled.) can do is melt the case and cause the gas to come out. even that takes about 10 seconds from a cigarette ember, and just results in a bunch of butane being slowly drained out the side. the embers are not hot enough to ignite butane gas, says the laws of physics.
@tylorevans
@tylorevans 4 жыл бұрын
I truly believe that a dryer can be an sorce or an ignition if the dryer melts the plastic on the lighter then the butane gas leaks out can find an ignition sorce like if the dryer is a gas dryer the butane can be ignited by the gas flame I work at a used appliance shop I have taken dryers apart many times i have found lighters which have fell out of the drum into the dryes inside if it gets close to the heating element or the gas flame can cause an explosion I do see this happening and its probably happened before. Just found a news article on the news republic back in 2002 a man working at a dry cleaners was injured by a disposal lighter that exploded with enough force it blew the dryers door off so it can happen.
@MarijnKonings
@MarijnKonings 12 жыл бұрын
At 0:52, dammit Adam, clean that nozel!
@alvinfamador6861
@alvinfamador6861 5 жыл бұрын
here in philippines its true that lighter explode sometimes especially the crystal one, sometimes we'll throw that on the concrete wall it explode wirhout fire only the pressure inside from the butane. maybe the presure is already too high for the plastic.
@drcovell
@drcovell 5 жыл бұрын
If you are a REAL welder you already know to keep your lighter in an inside pocket. You also know to pull your jeans over your boot tops AND keep any ragged strings of cotton trimmed off the leg bottoms or the day can suddenly get warmer when you least expect it!
@fergusoddjob
@fergusoddjob 4 жыл бұрын
used to muck around hitting the really cheap lighters with tennis racquets and sometimes they'd go up in flames quite spectacularly, esp at night.
@TerrenceCallahan
@TerrenceCallahan 3 жыл бұрын
"White boy high five!" Lololol 😂
@josephsharp9939
@josephsharp9939 2 жыл бұрын
I actually had a lighter pop in my car, though it didn’t explode. It was a cheap, structurally weak lighter and it was in my car on a hot day. I came back to find lighter shrapnel in the front and back seats.
@joshualeniger
@joshualeniger 5 жыл бұрын
Had 1 explode in my car, lucky I wasnt in it! Got in my car and there were pieces all over the place, on the dash, the floor, everywhere
@theusher2893
@theusher2893 5 жыл бұрын
Yikes
@endermeap6488
@endermeap6488 4 жыл бұрын
Do you know how it happened?
@blakOrkk
@blakOrkk 13 жыл бұрын
That's one hell of dirty welder!
@CLCinflorida
@CLCinflorida Жыл бұрын
TODAY, I was lighting a Cigarette, and the FREAKING LIGHTER EXPLODED IN MT HAND, the butane spewed all over my Hand, on my Couch, I dropped the lighter, it fell on the Carpet and caught it on fire.... THERE WAS NO WELDING, ONLY LIGHTING A CIGARETTE, and it went off like a freaking Bomb, with a loud band and Ball of Fire... No Dryer, no external sources, I WAS JUST LIGHTING A CIGARETTE WITH A BRAND NEW LIGHTER... now how the hell did that happen... ???????? 🤔🤔🤔 MYTH BUSTED MY ASS, IT HAPPENED.
@doe9de995
@doe9de995 4 жыл бұрын
The lighter in the dryer not explodeing is definitely true I work at a laundromat people forget lighters in there pockets all the time if they actually exploded laundromats would burn down every day
@Xorthos
@Xorthos 11 жыл бұрын
Straight up true story, I dropped a bic lighter on concrete and it exploded...not sure if it was cracked or what, but it scared the shit out of me.
@charlieguiang8021
@charlieguiang8021 10 жыл бұрын
nope, got a cheap lighter(clear lighters not branded), heat it up under the sun and throw into solid ground. it will explode to bits
@squiggofant
@squiggofant 10 жыл бұрын
You don't have to heat it up, it's the pressure of the gas that causes the "explosion".
@akkudakkupl
@akkudakkupl 10 жыл бұрын
squiggofant But then again the hotter the liquid gas the more energy it has - faster vaporisation - higher pressure - bigger bang.
@dragojuice8716
@dragojuice8716 4 жыл бұрын
me and my buddy blew one of those up once, we cranked the flame past max and it wouldnt go out even if we let go of the trigger, it got too hot to hold so we threw it, hit the ground and went BOOM
@adam207321
@adam207321 4 жыл бұрын
That space Odyssey reference :D
@letsbehonest4221
@letsbehonest4221 3 жыл бұрын
We used to throw those cheap plastic lighter at brickwalls and make them explode but most would just pop. .. just for a bit of random fun...
@thisisntanoption702
@thisisntanoption702 4 жыл бұрын
I welded for a year with a lighter in my pocket. Oops
@garylyons6856
@garylyons6856 4 жыл бұрын
I wish you all would make a new episode .I miss you all
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