I am trying to explode a lit light bulb for a movie i am helping to make. the light bulb will be in full view, filling the frame, so i cannot have the bulb explode by hitting it with something, and i'd rather not drip water on it, which was my other idea.
2006-06-09 11:11:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Shoot it with a bb gun from behind (hidden from the camera)..
2006-06-09 11:13:14 · answer #1 · answered by J.D. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drill a tiny whole into the glass. Then put in a TINY bit of something flamable, like mineral spirits, so the fumes will fill the bulb. Screw it in, and when you turn on the switch, it should explode.
Please be carefull, adn be sure you wear eye protection, gloves, etc.
EDIT: the bb gun sounds safer than my way, lol.
2006-06-09 11:15:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is a light-bulb actually a vacuum, or is there a gas inside it? If there's something in it, you can heat it up so it expands and hopefully explodes.
2006-06-09 11:14:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your best bet is to get a clip of it happening that someone else has done. If, as you say, it is in full view then it will be terrifically difficult. The way to do it is attach a (small) charge too it and then film it at very high speed so when played at normal speed ot looks great. Very hard to do.
2006-06-09 11:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by btmduk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too many answers here but no one even think that light bulb will not explode because it's vacuum. Implode, maybe.
2006-06-09 17:07:39 · answer #5 · answered by asimovll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
saw one old prison movie where some nut used a syringe and needle to fill a light bulb with lighter fluid
Never mind - that's just friggin dangerous
2006-06-09 11:16:47 · answer #6 · answered by ardent_psychonaut 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wel how do u want the light bulb to explode u could just have someone accidentially wet it in the movie
2006-06-09 11:14:50 · answer #7 · answered by Allie Z 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, shooting it with a pellet/bb gun is a good idea. If you want, you can also go 'Friday 13th' style and fill it will gun powder, then turn it on....boom.
If you don't have a bb gun, get a bb or very small pellet and use a slingshot or throw it very very hard lol.
2006-06-09 11:15:44 · answer #8 · answered by send_felix_mail 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you shoot it with a BB gun, the BB will probably be traveling fast enough that it won't show up in the picture.
You could always glue a squib on the back.
2006-06-09 11:14:19 · answer #9 · answered by rt11guru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once I accidentally made a lightbulb explode by surging alot of power through it....my aunt was MAD.....lol
2006-06-09 11:13:39 · answer #10 · answered by hgranger23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cold air on the hot bulb?
2006-06-09 11:13:54 · answer #11 · answered by Mr. Sensitivity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋