Ok, so I finally got pictures off. It looks like we were only able to get some video that I will post later and a single good still before the batteries died. The universe was not making it easy for this experiment to take place. This was the second set of batteries, the first completely dead. Our grill lighter was out of fuel, leaving us to use a Bic lighter. This is stupid, don't do this.
So I held the bic to the board itself. A 2-3" flame would form and move a few inches across the board and stop. I tried this on the bare edge and more or less the same thing happened. I held the bic on the bi-filament tape edge for 3-5 seconds and in another 10 seconds the board and tape looks like it does in the picture below.
Wow. That's what I'd call BadSynergy (tm.) Did the fire on the board maintain, or was it that the tape was burning off the board and then the fire would go out?
I'm really grateful you'd doing this work, Spiral.
Vinay
-- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest
> Ok, so I finally got pictures off. It looks like we were only able > to get some video that I will post later and a single good still > before the batteries died. The universe was not making it easy for > this experiment to take place. This was the second set of > batteries, the first completely dead. Our grill lighter was out of > fuel, leaving us to use a Bic lighter. This is stupid, don't do this.
> So I held the bic to the board itself. A 2-3" flame would form and > move a few inches across the board and stop. I tried this on the > bare edge and more or less the same thing happened. I held the bic > on the bi-filament tape edge for 3-5 seconds and in another 10 > seconds the board and tape looks like it does in the picture below.
The board caught on fire too. That much heat got the foam going to where it seemed like the flame was stable and self-sustaining. I can't say how long it would have burned for. I let it go for a good long while after the tape had all burned off.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Vinay Gupta <hexay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow. That's what I'd call BadSynergy (tm.) Did the fire on the board > maintain, or was it that the tape was burning off the board and then the > fire would go out?
> I'm really grateful you'd doing this work, Spiral.
> Vinay
> -- > Vinay Gupta > Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest
> On Aug 15, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Spiral Syzygy wrote:
> Ok, so I finally got pictures off. It looks like we were only able to get > some video that I will post later and a single good still before the > batteries died. The universe was not making it easy for this experiment to > take place. This was the second set of batteries, the first completely dead. > Our grill lighter was out of fuel, leaving us to use a Bic lighter. This is > stupid, don't do this.
> So I held the bic to the board itself. A 2-3" flame would form and move a > few inches across the board and stop. I tried this on the bare edge and > more or less the same thing happened. I held the bic on the bi-filament tape > edge for 3-5 seconds and in another 10 seconds the board and tape looks like > it does in the picture below.
Awright, that would be our critical fail. From now on, looks like all tape gets foil covered for flame retardant reasons, and we'll work on getting a fireproof or at least significantly fire-retardant tape sorted out.
Thank you so much.
If you're wiki-enabled, could you update the safety notice on the Appropedia pages? I can do it also, but you did the research mate :-)
Vinay
-- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest
> The board caught on fire too. That much heat got the foam going to > where it seemed like the flame was stable and self-sustaining. I > can't say how long it would have burned for. I let it go for a good > long while after the tape had all burned off.
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Vinay Gupta <hexay...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> Wow. That's what I'd call BadSynergy (tm.) Did the fire on the > board maintain, or was it that the tape was burning off the board > and then the fire would go out?
> I'm really grateful you'd doing this work, Spiral.
> Vinay
> -- > Vinay Gupta > Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest
> On Aug 15, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Spiral Syzygy wrote:
>> Ok, so I finally got pictures off. It looks like we were only able >> to get some video that I will post later and a single good still >> before the batteries died. The universe was not making it easy for >> this experiment to take place. This was the second set of >> batteries, the first completely dead. Our grill lighter was out of >> fuel, leaving us to use a Bic lighter. This is stupid, don't do this.
>> So I held the bic to the board itself. A 2-3" flame would form and >> move a few inches across the board and stop. I tried this on the >> bare edge and more or less the same thing happened. I held the bic >> on the bi-filament tape edge for 3-5 seconds and in another 10 >> seconds the board and tape looks like it does in the picture below.
I smell an ART project.
That would be a joke by the way.
Did you test the burning tape with foil or gorilla over top to see how
it dampens or removes the issue.
Is there any paint we could use to neutralize and strengthen the tape
and remove the issue of FLAMING DEATH?
