Cool Gadgets - A fire-starting torchlight

Posted by multippt

If you think torchlights can’t be used as weapons other than for meleeing, you’re wrong.

With a little modification (or maybe more than that), the torchlight can be used to set fire to old pieces of newspaper in minutes. Now then, something like this isn’t very new, since the same can be applied by using a magnifying glass. But, the best thing is, it runs on batteries! Though, it uses alot of energy. The main modification was the bulb, being replaced by a different one that produce a far more intense light. The second modification was the reflector, made to withstand high temperatures generated. Lastly, modifications were made to the batteries and roughly 14 volts were supplied. The reason why the bulb was able to produce such intense light was the amount of current supplied to it. An immense 10 amperes of current is supplied to it. Thats going to produce alot of heat (and light)!

Anyways, its possible to construct one yourself.

Via extremegeek.