How to Make a Potato Powered Clock MacGyver Style

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[plasticjesus108]

VERY COOL. I WAS THINKING ABOUT BUYING A BATTERY JUMPER, BUT NOT I AM JUST GOING TO CARRY A BAG OF POTATOES , SOME WIRE AND NAILS. AND MAYBE BY THE TIME I GET HOME, THE POTATOES WILL BE READY

[yesschembri]

packet of 10 crocodile clips $3

cheap clock $ 5

freakish looking battery, PRICELESS!

[apocalypse5656]

thats not a lead thats just an ordinary clip connector you moron

[Rodecpt0]

@apocalypse5656 Clearly, you are a fanaticist for accurate names. Google leads (electronics) and you will find ones with clips.

[mwvandersteen]

Tom Howard: Do you know anything about clocks, mr. McNaughton?

Harry McNaughton: Clocks? Oh rather, yes. We have the cutest potato clock at our house.

Tom Howard: Well maybe... [taken aback] you have a eh a potato clock??

Harry McNaughton: Every morning it wakes us a potato clock.

[ It Pays to Be Ignorant - Armed Forces Radio 22 dec 1944 ]

[durdyll]

thanks for the making this video.it really helped me

[yayandkarlaa43v3r]

you dont need to cut them in half !

[videogameaddict100]

what if its double a could it still work im doing a science fair project

[twerpantine]

i had one of these but it was the alarm clock version.the only trouble with it was it kept waking me up atato-clock

[kkksw1ss]

o nice thnx for the directions you are a very smart fellow

[Osmann45]

I HAD A CLOCK LIKE THAT 1 YEAR AGO!!!

[Kenziiquinn]

I hope it works with radios... that's me science project.

[MaplePreview]

u mother trucker its doesnt work

[Rodecpt0]

@MaplePreview Why don't you ask the intelligent people who did it correctly. Maybe they can get you on the right track.

[elemix27]

So what if you have a double AA clock would you need 4-6 patatoes?

[poopsiclesss]

I couldn't keep track of what happened after 8:20, what is the yellow, green and black wire and what did it do to help? MSG!

[Rodecpt0]

@poopsiclesss the color of the wire doesn't matter. All you have to do is make sure you get the connections between the copper wire and the galvinized zinc nails right

[ZhexProductions]

where could i get a AAA battery powered clock radio shack?

[ScandalLightCrewTv]

wow i can't wait to make one :D

[Mark3967808]

I have a water powered clock.

[tomtomthepieguy]

I AM DOIN A SCIENCE PROJEST AND I DONT KNOW WHERE TO GET THE LEADS!hELP!

[Rodecpt0]

Radio shack

[tomtomthepieguy]

THANKS

[70unknown]

@tomtomthepieguy homedepo,lowes,radioshack thers just a few suggestions

[acvfsd]

ever clock should be powered by potatoes lol

[tomtomthepieguy]

YA HAHAHHAHAH

[misut1961]

get a life who gives a rats ass

[tomtomthepieguy]

seriously

[realtalkmyman]

TheTimmayProductions why dont u make a video , and i will be willing to see what can do mr.all knowing .?Since u think u know everthing. huh.. do something to respond this video. otherwise, shut ur ass u fucker..

[TheTimmayProductions]

u r such a dumbass it's zinc nails not sinc nails, also u say, "in this video I manage to power a clock with nothing but two potatos." FALSE!!! u used zinc nails wire and a clock stupid

[Muwhahahaha5]

can we use a penny instead of copper wire?

[Rodecpt0]

I honestly don't know. But please feel free to experiment with different things and let me know the outcome

[Muwhahahaha5]

@Rodecpt0 oh k ill try if it does ill tell u

[Muwhahahaha5]

@Rodecpt0 it works with a penny

[ivaerak]

would it work on an analogue clock?

[Rodecpt0]

Unfortunately in my experience I have found that this project only works on clocks that run on a single AAA battery.

[ivaerak]

ok thank you.

[tomtomthepieguy]

that sucks

[Averyrox333]

wait. . .does it HAVE to be triple A batteried powered? cuz I'm using my alarm clock

[Rodecpt0]

u can try to use it but I am saying it HAS to be a single triple A battery powered lcd digital clock

if u dont meet the requirement u have a big chance of failing.

good luck

[Averyrox333]

Um, can we use bare wire instead of leads?

[Rodecpt0]

yes but sometimes it doesn't work the same. but If you use very good conducting bare wire it should work. However, those leads that I used which you can buy at Radio Shack is guaranteed to work for this project.

[BarnabasFrid]

"What the deuce is it to me?" he interrupted impatiently: "you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work." Sherlock Holmes "A Study in Scarlet"

[Averyrox333]

when u said,"Coper goes to sink" do u rlly mean"Coper goes to Galvinize"?

[Rodecpt0]

Yes

[BarnabasFrid]

Sooooo... I have to buy potatoes instead of batteries. Science is such a waste of time and brain power.

[Rodecpt0]

Well first of all o wise one, you don't buy the potatoes in a macgyver situation u just happen to have them. Secondly u are the only one I have ever come across who claims that science has nothing to do with the production of batteries. You are truely intelligent.

[Averyrox333]

No, its a good science fair project!

[darksideofthebrick13]

i wonder if this would for a hydrogen battery...

[transistorbaluba]

check out 6:18 ! it's a commen habbit to use red wire for plus and black for minus (ground)

[nikkiceline1022]

cool! now i got an idea for my science project

[Rodecpt0]

good luck

[sweetyhoney305]

cool

[rockyboy504]

great vid man now im gunna make a 100 on this project ill let u kno how i do

thx for the vid!

[Rodecpt0]

Thanks guys for the good comments. I hope you all get an A+ if you are doing this for a project. Also I've never tried it myself but theoretically other vegetables should work as well using the same process. Good luck!

[Averyrox333]

Ya, I'm using it for a science fair poject.

[JP27x]

do u think instead of a potato u can use sweet potatos, tomatos, and eggplants plz answer soon great vid

[tyuthhhgxd]

You don't cut the potatoes in half. I checked every source of a potato clock and it never said any thing about cutting it in half. So you are wrong. That is why it's not working.

[AdventuresOfAlix]

it didnt work. help please?

[Rodecpt0]

Let me know what steps you took and the type of clock you used. I specifically said to use an led digital clock. Yes it must be digital and it must use only one triple A battery. An analog clock will not work.

[AdventuresOfAlix]

i did everything you sed to do and i used a Digital clock that i got from radioshack that takes one double-A battery. i did everything u sed... well anyway its ok i completed what i needed to do (even though it didnt work xD)

[Rodecpt0]

Aha! I seemed to have identified your problem. Assuming you followed my directions precisely insofar as setting up the potatoes I specifically said a

TRIPLE A clock not DOUBLE A see the difference in power is great. get youself a clock that uses one triple A battery and it should work.

[AdventuresOfAlix]

thats what i meant to type-- sry! i meant triple A. i used a tripple A and it still didnt work ^_^

[lamosupremo]

Why will an analog clock not work?

[whoneedsskittles]

potato KILLER ha just joking

[kangster007]

wow this is pretty cool man! guess who dis is....and dude i need to buy u a better knife

[Rodecpt0]

Thanks for the comment Golden. The reason I use a swiss knife is because MacGyver used one in his shows. Kinda like his trademark.

[thelostwarrior]

This is MacGyver and I aprove of this video

[wumby]

You need to many materials. You would more likely have a battery than 2 galvanized nails, cooper wires, and leads.

If you could get rid of the nails and the copper, you might have something interesting.

[Rodecpt0]

without the necessary electrodes, you would not be able to draw any power. However, instead of the ones I used, you could just theoretically jam the leads into the potatoes and see if that works. Now don't tell me u don't need wires cause that just wouldn't be possible.

[singleduke]

robert...this is so lame...and retarted...just buy some fukin batteries....y u need stupid potatoes man?

[Rodecpt0]

Jackson..."your comment is so lame and retarted." Its obviously not about the electricity. so I dont care about "F"reakinging batteries. The point is to improvise in that kind of situation where u don't have batteries.