yea i know alot of ways to create fire. im just curious if it's possible to make a handcranked firestarter with a generator, so let me reprhase my question...Let's say you have a dc generator from a windturbine and from the current it is creating when turning the crank you will make a fire. you are allowed to use any component or material you can find in the world..how would you build this? is it possible in any way?

 

5mm of 40 ga wire at 1000F will require 213 mW - 430 mA at 0.4955V.

Unfortunately, 40AWG (= 0.003" diameter) is unlikely to stand up to much firelighting.

 

@GopherT I was agreeing with you that you need enough heat to maintain a fire. The fire triangle requires oxygen, fuel and heat. Take away any one of those elements and the fire will go out. How many times have I burned logs in my fireplace only to watch them smolder and go out because there was not enough heat being generated to sustain the burn. Early on I implemented a copper tube connected to a fan to blow air underneath the embers to keep them hot and oxygenated - and burning with enough heat to maintain the burn of a log. Today I use natural gas to support burning. Doesn't take much, just a simple manifold made from gas pipe, half inch with several 1/16 holes drilled into it.

So I agreed with you. However - - - . As stated before. You can't set a log on fire without starting kindling, and without enough kindling, you can't start the log on fire. Unless you apply some other fuel or source of heat. (or oxygen). My MIL (Mother-In-Law) has an oxygen generator. I wonder how that would work with a copper feed tube putting raw oxygen underneath a flame. Of course, this is a DANGEROUS experiment, one that should be done outside, well away from structures and other flammable materials. Probably why I haven't tried it. Yet. But I'm a Pyro at heart. I also want to build a hydrogen generator (HHO) and use it to fill a balloon (small) through a quarter inch tube, then disconnect from the generator, and, allowing the gas to escape back through the tube, set a flame to the gasses and see how big a boom I get from a tiny balloon. WARNING: MESSING WITH HHO IS ALSO DANGEROUS. And I might add; safety gear should include a fire extinguisher nearby, safety glasses AND hearing protection. 1 cubic inch of HHO pops with quite a loud bit of energy.

Probably going to get my post deleted by one of the moderators. Well, if so then it's probably for good reason.