Nichrome heating

[NuLED]

Guys, will a 12V car battery "blow up" if it is shorted out with a nichrome wire, to make a Macgyver heating element to boil water?

 

[poor mystic]

Not necessarily. Post a photo of what's happening.

 

[(*steve*)]

To a 12V car battery, what might appear as a short to a smaller battery might be just a small load.

What is the resistance of the wire, and why do you ask?

 

[NuLED]

To make a Macgyver-ish water boiler. Say, when the power is out, during a storm.

 

[davenn]

you are not going to be able to immerse a nichrome ( or any other) wire directly into water, else it will just short out. It will need to be insulated in ceramic or something else that will conduct heat but not electricity

Dave