How To Create A Battery Using Potatoes

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How To Create A Battery Using Potatoes
How To Create A Battery Using Potatoes
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While it may seem incredible, if you don't have a standard battery, you can use one of the potatoes you keep in your pantry. Do not you believe it? Then continue reading this tutorial to find out what are the steps to follow.

Steps

Create a Potato Battery Step 1
Create a Potato Battery Step 1

Step 1. Get all the necessary items

A detailed list is available in the 'Things You Will Need' section.

Create a Potato Battery Step 2
Create a Potato Battery Step 2

Step 2. Take your potatoes and mark one with the letter 'A' and the other with the letter 'B'

Create a Potato Battery Step 3
Create a Potato Battery Step 3

Step 3. Insert a galvanized nail into one end of each of the two potatoes

Create a Potato Battery Step 4
Create a Potato Battery Step 4

Step 4. Do the same step using the copper nails, but insert them at the opposite end of each potato

Make sure that the two nails of each potato cannot touch each other.

Create a Potato Battery Step 5
Create a Potato Battery Step 5

Step 5. Remove the plastic panel covering the battery compartment of a watch

Make sure the batteries are not missing, and remove them if necessary. Note the polarity (+ and -) of the electrical contacts.

Create a Potato Battery Step 6
Create a Potato Battery Step 6

Step 6. Connect one end of the first electrical wire to the copper nail of the potato 'A', and the other end to the positive ('+') connector in the clock battery compartment

Create a Potato Battery Step 7
Create a Potato Battery Step 7

Step 7. Connect one end of the second electrical wire to the galvanized potato nail 'B', and the other end to the negative ('-') connector in the clock battery compartment

Create a Potato Battery Step 8
Create a Potato Battery Step 8

Step 8. Connect one end of the third electrical wire to the galvanized nail of potato 'A', and the other end to the copper nail of potato 'B'

Create a Potato Battery Step 9
Create a Potato Battery Step 9

Step 9. All three electrical wires should have found their place in the circuit, and the clock should have magically resumed running

The movement of the clock is generated by the electrical charge present in the potatoes!

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