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02/01/2007

(Video) Candle Power

"Mysterious" shows us how to generate electricity using two candles. A nifty trick for when the power goes out. Watch after the jump.

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Posted at 02/01/2007 05:09am by chris
For better results he should of used copper wire between the candle heads. :-D No really, he should have used a foot pedal to make it more real, with both hands above the table.
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Posted at 02/01/2007 06:12am by Tehrasha Darkon
Yeah, a foot switch would have made it seem much more real instead of reaching under the table every time things turned on and off. The camera cut to the closeup of the magnet ruined any appearance that nothing else could be connected up. It was a nice touch, at the end, that he tried to show the wires hanging off the table werent connected to anything other than the nails. If he had picked up the candles while they were lit... but then he couldnt do that, could he. :)
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Posted at 02/01/2007 07:03am by xneox
wat a big phony
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Posted at 02/01/2007 07:33am by Matt
That was stupid, do you really expect anybody to believe you can generate electricity with a couple of nails stuck in wax? Also WTF would lighting the candles have to do with anything. You can even see your hand under the table flipping the on switch.
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Posted at 02/01/2007 09:53am by OBM
what a gimp, he could have made if tool half real by filming at a different angle, you can clearly see his hand! More amazingly stupid videos from MetaCafe since they started producer awards!
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Posted at 02/01/2007 1:16pm by stupidpeopleshouldusedebaymore
You can see the first time he blows out a candle, which, in his "candle-power" machine causes the power to stop, the led (or whatever, the light bulb) is still on for about a second or two. Apparently the guy can't time anything. It was like: Time= 2:41 Candle lit Time= 2:42 Candle blown out Time= 2:43 led goes off
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Posted at 02/01/2007 2:21pm by Lakva
Yes hello i am new to the country of the USAs. I love that government share such the secrets with everyone, such as this power up bulb trick. I love it, and its how I computer is being generated with power right now!
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Posted at 02/01/2007 4:55pm by E-Dubz
Phony jackass. (Brought to you by Techeblog)
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Posted at 02/01/2007 6:31pm by E-Dubz
Brought to you by Techeblog!
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Posted at 02/01/2007 7:46pm by Yeah
that's pretty cool
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Posted at 02/01/2007 7:47pm by Yeah
Yeah that's really awesome
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Posted at 02/01/2007 8:48pm by chavez
its bull, everytime he lights the second candle, he switches hand and puts the other under the table by his crotch. even for the motor. And when he blows out the candle for the light bulb, his hand goes back under the table. total bull. peace.
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Posted at 02/01/2007 9:35pm by Jon
Stupid, wax is not a conductor so there is no way it would work. You might as well just use the nails, you get the same results LOL. I have more volts from one side of my head to the other then this setup would make! People should take some physics classes before believing this garbage.
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Posted at 02/01/2007 10:04pm by Not from USA
Nice show, and still there will be lots of people that belive this in US of A...hehehe
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Posted at 02/02/2007 00:33am by das
yeah...this seems like such bulls**t that I can't stand it. if the results are truely reproducable....well...go figure. I am a midwest hick and I still don't believe it. BS...but I will respond if I find out different. d.
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Posted at 02/02/2007 06:29am by MarkTheHandyman
Mysterious Does this work only with white candles, or will any colour candle do? Mark
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Posted at 02/03/2007 03:02am by Robert
Even though wax is not conductive, this may have something to do with seebeck effect, or as some sort of thermocouple (generation of electricity from potential heat difference in a metal) and this would explain why the candle on i.e. heat source would power it. Though i have no idea if this would create anywhere near the amount of power to run a light.
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Posted at 02/03/2007 03:05am by Robert
Actually if you pause it for a frame you can see the light is lit while one of the candles hadnt caught on fire yet.
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Posted at 02/03/2007 3:40pm by Mike
People who try to purport bad science like this should be shot. It's hard enough teaching idiots the basic principles of physics without you fucking things up. Thanks for stunting the progress of humankind, asshole.
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Posted at 02/04/2007 11:10am by Sebastian
I know how is made this , when you edit the video that you show how you magnetize the nail, in that moment , you change the position of the candels, in that moment, maybe you connect the cabes whit some white cables, to a battery , and the , when you light up , your left hand is under the table, turning on the interruptor .. the same whit the motor .. i think ..
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Posted at 02/04/2007 11:57am by meme
the cut to the CU gives it away! not unlike that "git wizard" david blane! ;)
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Posted at 02/13/2007 9:23pm by HamRadioOperator
If you believe this, I'll sell you the Center Street Bridge cheap and throw in the Struthers Bridge half price. The implication here with the motor is DC current flow. That needs a difference in potential from one nail to the next. There is nothing different between the nails to cause a difference in potential forcing a current flow.
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Posted at 02/14/2007 07:41am by Banshee
2 reasons why i think this is fake: Look at the length of the nail sticking out on the right candle, then when the video cuts and comes back to the full shot the nail on the right is in a lot further (after he wired the nail) The switching of the lighter. why would he need to switch hands to light something inches away....maybe to have one hand free to flip a switch?!?!?!
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Posted at 03/01/2007 10:16pm by gfcga,er
Ok, look here. I belive him. Take note. THE WIRES on each side MUST cross on each side. Can we make Energy from water? Then for sure we can from fire! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5PvIPgJGx0 Wax is very important here, as in the Water-Trade experiment from Lord Kelvin Did again from Viktor Shauberger. ANd here Again In MIT with Walter Levin lessons… Shut Up! Sit Down and Do-youself before any word!
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