it’s up guys thanks for joining us today
on the king of random batteries are
everywhere and we use them to all sorts
of stuff and a lot of the time they come
with warnings saying to make sure you
dispose of them properly and how they
can be dangerous if you misuse them well
today we’re gonna take this group of
batteries and we’re gonna run them
through a series of destruction tests to
see what happens if you stab them cut
them open smash them or even burn them
so let’s get started not too long ago I
tried using a nail to slightly dent a
battery to help balance a homopolar
motor well now I’m gonna see what
happens if I take a nail and drive it as
far as I can into the battery not just
denting it on the top oh it’s leaking
something already there’s liquid coming
out of this battery well that’s a good
start
let’s keep driving the nail and see what
keeps happening I’ll be honest I didn’t
really think that the nail was gonna be
able to drive this far into the battery
as pretty much all the way through it
and it’s still leaking we’ve got this
liquid leaking out which I believe is
potassium hydroxide which is supposed to
be fairly irritating if you get it on
your skin so try and avoid touching this
stuff our battery is also getting pretty
warm I’m gonna hit it with this little
laser thermometer 120 Fahrenheit battery
is getting quite hot now as a comparison
if I take a scan of a block of metal
next to it that’s at 65 the battery is
at 135 still heating up pretty warm to
the touch 36 I’m just gonna stand back a
little bit and let it go and see if
anything keeps happening to it as it
warms up like this see if I can take an
accurate measurement from this far away
showing 145 now
well if I get closer it’s showing 166
try and pull the nail out the battery
with a hole in it
I think it’s cooling down a little bit
now feels kind of oily not like really
oily but a little oily all right well
I’m gonna try that exact same thing but
I’m gonna drive the nail in from the
other side more using liquid
going in a weird angle here see if I can
straighten this out oh and since there’s
a hole I can have go all the way through
my thermometer is showing that it’s up
to a hundred degrees Fahrenheit watch it
just climbing in temperature our other
battery got up to 166 on here and now
we’re only hitting 116 so it’s
definitely warm but it’s not as hot as
the other one
now I’ve driven a nail through either
end of the battery I think it’s only
fair that I try and drive one right
through the side warming up again just
hit a hundred degrees Fahrenheit it’s a
liquid inside the battery is spurting
out onto the nail it’s occasionally
making a hissing sound past 130
Fahrenheit 100 40 hovering right around
150 now and once again we have a battery
with a hole running right through it
holding it still for a couple seconds it
really does start to heat up in the hand
well I would say that being stabbed with
a nail is definitely not good for
batteries now since it should be a fun
way to destroy it and I want a good look
at what’s inside I’m gonna take a
hacksaw and cut this see cell battery
down in half lengthwise there’s our
black liquid oozing out
all right I’ve got there’s a black paste
just all over the blade of the hacksaw
now turn this upside down cutting
through it from the other side
[Music]
I think I’ve got it mmm gross well I’ve
got a dewy paste here and a slightly
less gooey paste here smells a little
bit like I’m ammonia this paste looks
like it’s full of little metal flecks I
need you do some research and find out
what is inside a battery rod is coming
from the negative terminal
so this rod clearly goes down into this
silvery taste you know about about the
consistency of toothpaste I’d say maybe
a little bit thinner it’s like really
really compacted dirt kind of texture
metal shell there you go guys a/c cell
battery probably a little bit difficult
to fit inside your remote-control car at
this point
our next method of destruction might not
be quite so eventful but I’ve always
wondered what would happen if you just
took two 9-volt batteries and plug them
into each other and just let them sit
I’m sure you’re not supposed to do that
let’s find out why all right those are
now providing feedback into each other
now I’m just gonna check with the
thermometer what temperature they’re
getting to I’ll see if they are warming
up a little bit of time 75 ooh some part
of the battery is a lot warm that’s
measuring 85 there’s different
temperatures different parts parts of it
at about 80 right now other parts are
over 90
Oh over a hundred Fahrenheit now that’s
interesting one of our batteries is
considerably warmer than the other this
battery is only measuring at about 85
right now this battery is measuring in
at about a hundred and five serious the
gloves do insulate a little bit so it’s
hard to tell for sure but I think this
one does feel warmer we’re gonna have to
cook a steak if you like it rare next up
we’ve got a 20 ton shop press and we’re
gonna see what happens if we put a
couple different types of battery under
that and just squish them
[Music]
we’ve made contact now the squishing
begins well that circle might just bite
right into the battery
we’ve got some stuff oozing out good
amount of stuff oozing out on the back
all right I think that’s about as flat
this jack is gonna get it it’s pretty
squished it actually bounced back a
little bit after being squished
definitely see some of the innards of it
now I’ve got a C cell battery under here
let’s squish that down and see what
happens
[Music]
it’s definitely deforming sideways so
I’m pretty sure it’s just gonna pop out
in a second or it’s just gonna burst and
squirt liquid really far that was
exciting now it really is like
toothpaste being squeezed out
is obliterated quite completely
obliterated
let’s whoosh see cell batteries probably
just as broken as when we cut in half
that really just oozed out there kind of
like toothpaste at one point that was
fun now for our next type of destruction
I’m gonna try hitting a few different
types of batteries with a blowtorch I’ve
got our 9-volt battery a normal double a
battery and then I also have a lithium
double-a battery which does contain
lithium and should burn very brightly
and possibly with interesting colors
we’ll see if it actually burns through
to the lithium well enough to ignite it
not sure if it’ll work or not as you can
see I’m also now wearing a jacket and
that’s just for protection in case
something burns or shoots hot liquid at
me I just want a little bit more
protection I’m gonna start out with the
9-volt I am nervous doing this holding
it this close to me alright that was a
little too nervous just holding that
battery like that so I’ve now got the
system set up so I can just set the
torch on the battery and then safely
back away let’s give a shot
got a little glowing orange spot
[Applause]
the bottom seems nice and hot but it
doesn’t actually look like it’s doing
too much
certainly some flames coming out of it
boozing out the back it just seems like
the whole batteries kind of on fire
[Applause]
alright let’s turn that off for a bit
that’s some interesting colors right
there a bright glowing smoke for a
second that was interesting and we got
these smaller tiles inside I didn’t
think this type of battery worked like
that I think each of these is a one and
a half volt battery and there’s six of
them gives us our 9-volt battery power
let’s try it with our other types of
battery and see what happens well it’s
peeling away the wrapper on the battery
pretty instantly starting to leak pretty
quick much faster reaction than the last
one that’s for sure smells awful too
look timber let’s try our lithium
battery
once again the outside gets destroyed
immediately hmm
I think it lit okay and now it’s no now
it lit now it lit that’s amazing
that’s fantastic what even just happened
look how pink that it was just it’s
magenta colored it’s not a normal fire
color there’s still something melting on
the back I don’t know what liquid that
is that’s boiling and bubbling there now
I just have like this glowing orange I
don’t know it it’s like glassy on the
outside inside these lithium batteries
there actually is a strip of lithium
metal and we’re gonna see if we can take
that out that’s what’s causing the
bright magenta flames there we go
that whole thing so there you have just
coils of metal strips inside there and
one of those strips is lithium this
whole wad of there we go
[Music]
this one I believe is not our lithium I
don’t know exactly what metal it is
probably aluminum then here inside our
plastic that is a strip of lithium metal
very lightweight like more than aluminum
it feels like this feels super super
light also tears very easily it’s really
soft you can see how easily it wrinkles
and everything this is this feels
thicker than aluminum foil but it’s at
least as soft maybe softer all right
let’s light this little piece of it off
you can see how magenta those flames are
and then when it really ignites it gets
very bright that’s melting into our fire
brick if I can put another piece of it
on top of it
yep
really bright kind of hurts to look at
it so bright and it’s like the the smoke
is being lit up by the heat of it or
something that’s pretty crazy there you
have it we just destroyed a whole bunch
of batteries in a whole bunch of ways we
stabbed cut smashed and burned our
batteries to see what happens I can’t
say I really recommend doing this
because then you don’t have your
batteries anymore although burning the
lithium batteries did look pretty cool
we found that inside the batteries was a
silvery paste and a black clay like
substance cutting the battery in half
really let us see the insides pretty
well a nail driven through a battery
caused a lot of leakage and I’m sure the
batteries don’t work at all anymore and
lighting the batteries on fire had
different effects based on what type of
battery they were regular batteries just
sort of burned up and maybe used out
some of their liquid and the lithium
battery is popped and then burned a
bright magenta color this really
satisfied a lot of curiosity I’ve had
since I was a child and was told that
you had to make sure you don’t use
damaged or dented batteries because it
could cause problems well now I’ve seen
some of those problems that can happen
if you take them to an extreme I’ve
really enjoyed this random destruction
of these batteries I hope you had a good
time thanks for joining us for this
video and we’ll see you in the next one
talk to them Franken battery smells like
rotten eggs I don’t think this one is
actually gonna be very exciting it’s
just yep they’re ruining each other hey
guys if you are on twitter come follow
me on twitter at the king of random it’s
a great place to connect with me one on
one that’s all I’m gonna say about that
because if you want to you will and if
you don’t you won’t so I will see you
there or maybe I won’t
on the king of random batteries are
everywhere and we use them to all sorts
of stuff and a lot of the time they come
with warnings saying to make sure you
dispose of them properly and how they
can be dangerous if you misuse them well
today we’re gonna take this group of
batteries and we’re gonna run them
through a series of destruction tests to
see what happens if you stab them cut
them open smash them or even burn them
so let’s get started not too long ago I
tried using a nail to slightly dent a
battery to help balance a homopolar
motor well now I’m gonna see what
happens if I take a nail and drive it as
far as I can into the battery not just
denting it on the top oh it’s leaking
something already there’s liquid coming
out of this battery well that’s a good
start
let’s keep driving the nail and see what
keeps happening I’ll be honest I didn’t
really think that the nail was gonna be
able to drive this far into the battery
as pretty much all the way through it
and it’s still leaking we’ve got this
liquid leaking out which I believe is
potassium hydroxide which is supposed to
be fairly irritating if you get it on
your skin so try and avoid touching this
stuff our battery is also getting pretty
warm I’m gonna hit it with this little
laser thermometer 120 Fahrenheit battery
is getting quite hot now as a comparison
if I take a scan of a block of metal
next to it that’s at 65 the battery is
at 135 still heating up pretty warm to
the touch 36 I’m just gonna stand back a
little bit and let it go and see if
anything keeps happening to it as it
warms up like this see if I can take an
accurate measurement from this far away
showing 145 now
well if I get closer it’s showing 166
try and pull the nail out the battery
with a hole in it
I think it’s cooling down a little bit
now feels kind of oily not like really
oily but a little oily all right well
I’m gonna try that exact same thing but
I’m gonna drive the nail in from the
other side more using liquid
going in a weird angle here see if I can
straighten this out oh and since there’s
a hole I can have go all the way through
my thermometer is showing that it’s up
to a hundred degrees Fahrenheit watch it
just climbing in temperature our other
battery got up to 166 on here and now
we’re only hitting 116 so it’s
definitely warm but it’s not as hot as
the other one
now I’ve driven a nail through either
end of the battery I think it’s only
fair that I try and drive one right
through the side warming up again just
hit a hundred degrees Fahrenheit it’s a
liquid inside the battery is spurting
out onto the nail it’s occasionally
making a hissing sound past 130
Fahrenheit 100 40 hovering right around
150 now and once again we have a battery
with a hole running right through it
holding it still for a couple seconds it
really does start to heat up in the hand
well I would say that being stabbed with
a nail is definitely not good for
batteries now since it should be a fun
way to destroy it and I want a good look
at what’s inside I’m gonna take a
hacksaw and cut this see cell battery
down in half lengthwise there’s our
black liquid oozing out
all right I’ve got there’s a black paste
just all over the blade of the hacksaw
now turn this upside down cutting
through it from the other side
[Music]
I think I’ve got it mmm gross well I’ve
got a dewy paste here and a slightly
less gooey paste here smells a little
bit like I’m ammonia this paste looks
like it’s full of little metal flecks I
need you do some research and find out
what is inside a battery rod is coming
from the negative terminal
so this rod clearly goes down into this
silvery taste you know about about the
consistency of toothpaste I’d say maybe
a little bit thinner it’s like really
really compacted dirt kind of texture
metal shell there you go guys a/c cell
battery probably a little bit difficult
to fit inside your remote-control car at
this point
our next method of destruction might not
be quite so eventful but I’ve always
wondered what would happen if you just
took two 9-volt batteries and plug them
into each other and just let them sit
I’m sure you’re not supposed to do that
let’s find out why all right those are
now providing feedback into each other
now I’m just gonna check with the
thermometer what temperature they’re
getting to I’ll see if they are warming
up a little bit of time 75 ooh some part
of the battery is a lot warm that’s
measuring 85 there’s different
temperatures different parts parts of it
at about 80 right now other parts are
over 90
Oh over a hundred Fahrenheit now that’s
interesting one of our batteries is
considerably warmer than the other this
battery is only measuring at about 85
right now this battery is measuring in
at about a hundred and five serious the
gloves do insulate a little bit so it’s
hard to tell for sure but I think this
one does feel warmer we’re gonna have to
cook a steak if you like it rare next up
we’ve got a 20 ton shop press and we’re
gonna see what happens if we put a
couple different types of battery under
that and just squish them
[Music]
we’ve made contact now the squishing
begins well that circle might just bite
right into the battery
we’ve got some stuff oozing out good
amount of stuff oozing out on the back
all right I think that’s about as flat
this jack is gonna get it it’s pretty
squished it actually bounced back a
little bit after being squished
definitely see some of the innards of it
now I’ve got a C cell battery under here
let’s squish that down and see what
happens
[Music]
it’s definitely deforming sideways so
I’m pretty sure it’s just gonna pop out
in a second or it’s just gonna burst and
squirt liquid really far that was
exciting now it really is like
toothpaste being squeezed out
is obliterated quite completely
obliterated
let’s whoosh see cell batteries probably
just as broken as when we cut in half
that really just oozed out there kind of
like toothpaste at one point that was
fun now for our next type of destruction
I’m gonna try hitting a few different
types of batteries with a blowtorch I’ve
got our 9-volt battery a normal double a
battery and then I also have a lithium
double-a battery which does contain
lithium and should burn very brightly
and possibly with interesting colors
we’ll see if it actually burns through
to the lithium well enough to ignite it
not sure if it’ll work or not as you can
see I’m also now wearing a jacket and
that’s just for protection in case
something burns or shoots hot liquid at
me I just want a little bit more
protection I’m gonna start out with the
9-volt I am nervous doing this holding
it this close to me alright that was a
little too nervous just holding that
battery like that so I’ve now got the
system set up so I can just set the
torch on the battery and then safely
back away let’s give a shot
got a little glowing orange spot
[Applause]
the bottom seems nice and hot but it
doesn’t actually look like it’s doing
too much
certainly some flames coming out of it
boozing out the back it just seems like
the whole batteries kind of on fire
[Applause]
alright let’s turn that off for a bit
that’s some interesting colors right
there a bright glowing smoke for a
second that was interesting and we got
these smaller tiles inside I didn’t
think this type of battery worked like
that I think each of these is a one and
a half volt battery and there’s six of
them gives us our 9-volt battery power
let’s try it with our other types of
battery and see what happens well it’s
peeling away the wrapper on the battery
pretty instantly starting to leak pretty
quick much faster reaction than the last
one that’s for sure smells awful too
look timber let’s try our lithium
battery
once again the outside gets destroyed
immediately hmm
I think it lit okay and now it’s no now
it lit now it lit that’s amazing
that’s fantastic what even just happened
look how pink that it was just it’s
magenta colored it’s not a normal fire
color there’s still something melting on
the back I don’t know what liquid that
is that’s boiling and bubbling there now
I just have like this glowing orange I
don’t know it it’s like glassy on the
outside inside these lithium batteries
there actually is a strip of lithium
metal and we’re gonna see if we can take
that out that’s what’s causing the
bright magenta flames there we go
that whole thing so there you have just
coils of metal strips inside there and
one of those strips is lithium this
whole wad of there we go
[Music]
this one I believe is not our lithium I
don’t know exactly what metal it is
probably aluminum then here inside our
plastic that is a strip of lithium metal
very lightweight like more than aluminum
it feels like this feels super super
light also tears very easily it’s really
soft you can see how easily it wrinkles
and everything this is this feels
thicker than aluminum foil but it’s at
least as soft maybe softer all right
let’s light this little piece of it off
you can see how magenta those flames are
and then when it really ignites it gets
very bright that’s melting into our fire
brick if I can put another piece of it
on top of it
yep
really bright kind of hurts to look at
it so bright and it’s like the the smoke
is being lit up by the heat of it or
something that’s pretty crazy there you
have it we just destroyed a whole bunch
of batteries in a whole bunch of ways we
stabbed cut smashed and burned our
batteries to see what happens I can’t
say I really recommend doing this
because then you don’t have your
batteries anymore although burning the
lithium batteries did look pretty cool
we found that inside the batteries was a
silvery paste and a black clay like
substance cutting the battery in half
really let us see the insides pretty
well a nail driven through a battery
caused a lot of leakage and I’m sure the
batteries don’t work at all anymore and
lighting the batteries on fire had
different effects based on what type of
battery they were regular batteries just
sort of burned up and maybe used out
some of their liquid and the lithium
battery is popped and then burned a
bright magenta color this really
satisfied a lot of curiosity I’ve had
since I was a child and was told that
you had to make sure you don’t use
damaged or dented batteries because it
could cause problems well now I’ve seen
some of those problems that can happen
if you take them to an extreme I’ve
really enjoyed this random destruction
of these batteries I hope you had a good
time thanks for joining us for this
video and we’ll see you in the next one
talk to them Franken battery smells like
rotten eggs I don’t think this one is
actually gonna be very exciting it’s
just yep they’re ruining each other hey
guys if you are on twitter come follow
me on twitter at the king of random it’s
a great place to connect with me one on
one that’s all I’m gonna say about that
because if you want to you will and if
you don’t you won’t so I will see you
there or maybe I won’t
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