Friday, 27 March 2015

Make your own battery using a potato - Simple Inventions

Have you ever considered trying to save energy and your batteries? What if I told you that you can use a potato as a battery for your clock? Potatoes can be used as an electrical source with the right use of certain materials, and it is a very simple invention.

You will need two potatoes, two pieces of heavy copper wire, two galvanized nails, three wire units, and a simple LED clock. 

Following some very specific steps through inserting a nail to each respective potato and wiring them along towards the LED clock, the zinc and iron would generate heat and through the potato which would buffer the said ions will generate power! 

The potatoe battery is a very simple and fun experiment for young children to work with, and is a fun method to experiment with.


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