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Offline AKKuya

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Water Into Fire?
« on: November 09, 2026, 12:02:35 AM »
I watched a YouTube video.  Apparently, a clear plastic bottle of water can be used to filter sunlight into a beam of heat for ignition of a flame.

Has anyone ever tried this? 
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Offline icepac

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Re: Water Into Fire?
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2026, 06:57:20 AM »

Careful with plastic water bottles getting hot in the sun…..and then drinking them later.

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Re: Water Into Fire?
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2026, 06:20:59 PM »
I watched a YouTube video.  Apparently, a clear plastic bottle of water can be used to filter sunlight into a beam of heat for ignition of a flame.

Has anyone ever tried this?

You can do it with anything that will focus the sun’s rays onto a single spot.
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