Microwave Me: Car Headlight
1,401 views · Published 8 February 2014 · 3:07 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: MicrowaveMeShow · 2014 · Science & Technology
Experiment #283: Car Headlight Watch it over on Vimeo, too! https://vimeo.com/microwavemeshow/carheadlight (Rated G) I've seen different videos of a car headlight in the microwave where it lit up so brilliantly that it was like a mercury vapour light bulb. Specifically I was thinking of the car headlight episode of "Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?". However, unlike thiers, mine just lit up for a few seconds then it caught fire. I was surprised but it caught fire like the cassette tape or the printer cartridges did. All but maybe the first 20 seconds were just the bulb on fire. Unfortunately, I missed out on what could have been the best scene in the entire video where I threw the bulb out in the snow. Still, as cool as this was, in a way it was kind of a fail because of how quickly it caught fire and how little it lit up. It's ironic that I was disappointed about something catching fire. Here's for comparison Jon's car headlight video so you can see what I expected to happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J_pIs1zMXw I think the mistake with that was buying one of the "better" headlights, ironically, I think a cheaper one would have lit up better and lasted longer. The smell afterwards was also very similar to the VHS tape I microwaved way back in season 2. At least it did light up as much as it did and at least it wasn't a total fail. I've still got episodes like the hand sanitizer bottle coming up. Maybe I should have done that instead, but even if the light show was a letdown, one can't deny that the flare-up was cool, even though it was surprisingly early in the experiment. Also, it was nice to finally use Jessie again. Season 9 of Microwave Me is filmed, edited, hosted, and produced by Matthew Villani, also known as Captain Microwave, using a Sunbeam microwave for this episode. PS: If you're also a creator of destruction videos or just love the genre and find it cool, amusing, and/or funny when things get melted, blown up, smashed, roasted, toasted, etc, be sure to check out a forum called thesmashnetwork where you can meet other like-minded individuals. I'm a moderator there and one of my show's fans runs the site.
