How to Make a Prison Lighter

Thứ sáu - 26/04/2024 23:11

"Prison lighters" were depicted in the Netflix series "Orange is the New Black". Making one involves a crafty use of resources by inmates to fashion a lighter from supplies they have available to them. Grab the gum wrapper. Remove the gum...

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Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Using a Gum Wrapper

Remove the gum itself. Then unfold the gum wrapper until it's fully flat. Cut a thin strip of of the gum wrapper (length-wise).
Then fold it in half (length-wise), and cut the edge that you just made by folding it, to make the middle even thinner. You need to do this in order for the electricity to flow from each ends of the battery to the center where they will touch, it should look something like in the picture.^{[1] X Research source}

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Take one side of the strip and attach it to the + side of the battery. Then take the other side of the strip and attach it to the - side of the battery.
If the fire doesn't start right away there may be a delay, so wait as it can take 1 second to 1 minute for negative side to touch the positive side, and make it hot enough for the plastic on the other side to catch fire.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Using Tin Foil

You're going to want to cut it into a thin line that's just a bit smaller than your pinky finger, and fold it (length-wise). Next cut the edge that has been made when you folded the strip to make it thinner than the strip itself, in order for both the negative and positive side connect and heat up.
Take one side of the tin foil strip and put it on the plus side of the battery.^{[2] X Research source}
Again there may be a delay it can take 1 second to a 3 minute for the tin foil to catch fire.^{[3] X Research source}

Warnings

You may burn your hands when the battery heats up!

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This is a fire starter, meaning you can start a big fire by mistake; be careful.

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