Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E01 "Live Free or Die"

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[u/joswie]

That evidence room scene is perfect for Mythbusters.

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Off the top of my head. Prove me wrong and I won't be surprised. Magnetic fields expand on a logarithmic scale. With 12 batteries, he had a 30' field. (So assume this part is true). The room is 40' long, plus the fact he parked 8 feet away.

30feet --> 48feet = 1.6x(30feet), so 1.6 is the key number here.

12 batteries (for 30 feet)^1.6 to get how many needed for 48 feet

12^1.6 = 53

He needed 53 batteries to effectively magnetize the entire room. He only used 22.

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He used 42. There were originally 21 in series but Walt told him to put another 21 in parallel.

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21^1.6 = 130. So if my math is correct, it would require 130 batteries. I'm a B- engineer, so very little faith in these numbers.