Electronically Detonate Party Poppers!

[Tim]

How can I? They don't have to remain intact, so long as something
goes bang, and those paper things fly about.

 

[Stepan Novotill]

How can I? They don't have to remain intact, so long as something
goes bang, and those paper things fly about.

If you hook up an electrolytic capacitor to 120VAC it too will go BANG
and lots of paper and tin foil will fly about.

Please do this using a long long extension cord away from people.
Make shure there is bullet proof glass between any people and the
capacitor. Have a fire exitnguisher handy. Do it away from anything
that could catch fire. Ensure that the 120VAC is properly fused.

 

[JeffM]

This is called a squib.

In boy scouts (giving away secrets here),
we would press match heads into a ballpoint pen spring or steel wool.
Place it near the tinder and apply 12V from a car battery to each end.
Not fast, but it works.
Put the fuse of a firecracker in there and bang!

 

[Andre]

This is called a squib.

In boy scouts (giving away secrets here),
we would press match heads into a ballpoint pen spring or steel wool.
Place it near the tinder and apply 12V from a car battery to each end.
Not fast, but it works.
Put the fuse of a firecracker in there and bang!

Thin steel wire glows a nice shade of RED HOT when attached to a car
battery . 44 gauge seems to work well .


-A