Fire from Batteries and Steel Wool

Electricity makes sparks, as everyone knows. Harnessing that spark to create a fire is pretty easy and fun to see.

• Have your fine, dry tinder ready.
• Get some fine steel wool - 0000 grade left over from polishing your pop can fire starter would work great.
• Pull the steel wool into a thin length about 6 inches long and 1/2 inch wide.
• Get a 9-volt or a couple of "D", "C", or "AA" batteries.
• Touch the steel wool to both contacts of the battery and the steel wool will begin to glow and burn.
• It does not burn long, so get it into your tinder quickly.