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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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this is betterI was thinking about finding two pencils, wearing down both ends to expose the 'lead', connecting to the mains via a 40watt incandescent lightbulb (IE, break into the lamp wire and split the live wire out & cut it, and connect each loose end of it to a pencil) then use the two pencils, held wrapped in fabric, to make an arc light over some tinder
Dangerous but at about 120v assuming the lead-carbon arc had a similar resistance to the bulb coil, it'd be pretty hot without being entirely lethal to the user
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