Comments on: Episode 65: Exploding Lighter

By: dstrong

dstrong — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:04:38 +0000

I’m coming to the party a little late but this myth isn’t a myth at all, I had a 99 cent store lighter on the dash of my truck and it exploded so violently it put a six inch spider web crack in my windshield! These guys need to bring this one back.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:25:52 +0000

with the exploding lighter on the car dashboard myth, what about if the air conditioner was left on the hottest tempurature aswell as the heat of a very hot summer day, may the car then get hot enough for the lighter to explode?

By: brado

brado — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:40:50 +0000

i think it was a mk2 1969 toyota corona 2 door

By: Deborah Swiney

Deborah Swiney — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:51:15 +0000

My son gave my husband a cheap plastic lighter to use. It was missing the metal cover off of it, my husband used the lighter to smoke on the front porch. Good thing my son went out there a few minutes later the lighter was completely gone, melted all but two little pieces and the window sill was on fire. Any later and the house would have been burning. We all decided that we would not keep a broken lighter of any kind, Viva was the lighter brand a free one from dirt cheap. And we will all keep an eye on cheap plastic lighters

By: Billy

Billy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:02:12 +0000

Well you can blow any lighter by throwing it on the ground. I use to do it high school all the time. The lighter doesn’t actually have to be lit but for some reason the gas has to be flowing. We would remove the small metal cover flint. All you should have is the case containing the fuel and the white tube coming out the top. With your thumb press down on the white tube and throw it against the ground and pop. Also I’ve had several lighters blow in my car and I always use the cheap stuff so the question I wonder is if maybe cheaper lighters can leak fumes because a lighter will almost never explode if the fumes aren’t coming out for some reason.

By: Stuart Harvey, Mensa Society member

Stuart Harvey, Mensa Society member — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:09:53 +0000

The most powerful “Old West” revolver was the Colt “Walker” model loaded with 60 grains of 3f black powder (equivalent to a .357 Magnum). I believe this would shoot a hole in a silver dollar!

By: rasham

rasham — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:36:51 +0000

I have to disagree with their exploding lighter test as well. any 89 cent cheaper will grenade in the new Mexico summer heat. I know because I have had many of them do so. the nice on the other hand tend to hold up in the car.

By: Anton LeRoux-Marx

Anton LeRoux-Marx — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:28:29 +0000

You were lucky a spark didn’t ignite it when it had blended with the air’s oxygen!!A LIGHTER CAN EXPLODE WITH DEVASTATING EFFECT if: a spark penetrates the pocket and burns a hole in the lighter. Now the gas leaks, and is contained in the trouser’s leg where it COMBINES WITH OXYGEN IN THE AIR. If a spark now ignites the MIXTURE stand back and BLOCK YOUR EARS!!!!

By: alex skingley

alex skingley — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:39:30 +0000

a scooped rifle

By: alex skingley

alex skingley — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:38:56 +0000

cut a wire with a rife ultimate force