"Do Try This @ Home 2010" - Episode 10 - "Lemon Parade"

[zingzangzap]

mr g my xmas tree light can handle a 9 volt.

[mikolishken23]

Vagina

[snipersroc]

@skater9816 it was a dog :l

[Axelios]

You might have more luck if you had 2 in series, in parallel with another 2 in series, since voltage sources in parallel can provide more current than in series, at the cost of lower voltage. Once you know how much voltage the lights need to glow, you can put more lemons in parallel to make sure that there is also enough current while not providing anymore voltage than necessary

[12kasper21]

i do this on my school and a get an 9.1/2

[pdcrew2]

i misread this as lemon party...

[zing4290]

what happened to liking to play with fire every episode?!?!?!

[Mindpaint]

@zing4290

I do like to play with fire. But variety is the spice of life!

-- Mr. G

[hellfire911911]

Did anyone else notice the cat at 1:01?

[skater9816]

@hellfire911911 did u notice tha cat at 0:24

[anythingbrunomars]

we did this in class at school

[BarclayBros]

COMMON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS??

[ypunjabi]

when life gives you lemons....

make a lemon battery

[hellfire911911]

@ypunjabi No, you need to demand to see life's manager....

[MrKinkykent]

You should call it "Lemon Party" :DDD

[shabinho6221]

I use 6 potatoes to light a christmas light.

[wolfloverist]

Hello Mr.G may i ask a question how do you know this much ?! ----- Your videos are great you should have more views and subscribers .

[samnoueilaty]

will a huge pumpkin light the LED??

[noelh22]

how could i increase the flow of current from the lemons? id like to hook something significant up to them like my gameboy or possibly my computer monitor.

[asvestomixZ]

@noelh22  go on wire 2 thousand of lemons to power a computer and go in Guinness book

[aajjeee]

@asvestomixZ it will only work for 5 min...

[aikamaka]

did you sing your theme song by yourself ?

[MrCHAUDRYALI]

nice

[powermaks]

you sould of used a joule thief or a LOW voltage led (1.2V) (radioshack)

[deady366]

how many animals do you have

[gugita354]

so after i watched this i putted 14 lemons with zinc coated screws and copper sticks stabbed in the lemmons and put them in a car thats nature saving car (lemon car ) :D it is a joke so dont take it seriously

[MrJheaton]

hey who saw the cat's leg on 00:27

[thegreatmiki]

@MrJheaton yeah :D i saw it too :)

[maarten93008]

i seriously rolled on my bed laughing out loud at the picture of the bird

[ooDriveoo]

First, Mr. g, thanks formaking this video (a little long tho)

This is clearly a problem of power. Voltage drops in the lemons (can measure it!) because your the led demands more current than the lemons can supply. A way to increase the current capacity of power supplies is to put several supplies in parallel. You could get a brighter led, connecting in parallel, sets of two lemons connected in series:

|-o+-o+|

|-o+-o+| | | |LED|

Connecting in series is inefficient! NEED MORE I not V!

[TheNerdLikesPie]

Couldn't you just use lemon juice that is prepackaged

[LarryBundyJr]

What happens when a lemon battery goes flat. is the acid neutralized or anything?

[pishaba]

the amps are key volts are needeed but amps are key

[lolputl]

i'm so happy it wasnt called lemon party

i would of thrown up

[lagbas59]

my teacher did that it was 50 lemons powerd a 26 inch hd tv

[veryBadboy2170]

kitty

[RDHZAL]

Mr.G,

Potatoes are a Better Electrical source!!

4 Potatoes are 3.8 and i was Stunned Because Potatoes Have lots of Starch in Which is a Source of Starch and Starch Does not conduct Electricity However Lemons Do But Only the Slightest Bit of it.

[arturstormhammer]

im thinking of powering my entire house this way

[angelauchka]

i dont get tht

[33200]

a resistor impedes the amout of VOLTAGE. 1:43

[Mindpaint]

@33200

Wrong.

A resistor impedes the flow of current. A resistor is a physical embodiment of Ohm's Law, which states that the current through any portion of a circuit is directly proportional to the voltage applied to that segment.

-- Mr. G

[mrnickfstudios1]

@Mindpaint LOL you said just squeeze these LEMONS in your hands ROFL

[jonomathiq]

@Mindpaint euh the law of ohm= U=RXI

[Danthesoccer]

@33200 pwned, bitch

[powermaks]

@33200 it DOES resist current (Amps) NOT voltage. that is what a regulator does.

[bostonhoodlim96]

Hmmm,,, I think we could have a *lemon party*

[gabelossus]

the best homemade battery i know uses vinegar

[terminator807]

ooo shiney 2:15

[appa609]

the lemons are creating too much resistance, you have the voltage, but don't have the current. You may be able to increase current by moving the electrodes closer together.

[ACRmadness]

i love ur vids



[MasterPokemon2000]

wow lemons are batteries

[HomeworkCrazy]

you have a black and white kitty cat...

[tomek123kotek]

you can find "these" (resistors) in almost every component? a component is a led is a resistor is a transistor is a triode is a zener diode is a ...

fail

[tspanier2]

my 8th grade science teacher had a clock he powered with all sorts of stuff; e.g. lemons, potatoes, oranges. but if i remember right, you can only do it with stuff with acid in them.

[tspanier2]

be nice man. he's just trying to be very descriptive so he can teach you how to do it. have patience.

[gaspowerrules]

cool use the volt converter in that other vidieo and a bunch of lemons to power something besides a light like a radieo or a camara or charge a cell phone or ipod

[MrRisky321]

Hey what's up mr.g I would like to say thankyou for all of your videos they are not to long they are well thought up and played so thankyou for providing us with cool stuff to watch on YouTube.

[adamanddustinh]

whoa... who woulda thought lemons had elecrticity?

[jamaicabeachbum]

You've lost some weight? Looking great! Good for you!

[2d834]

thumbs up if you don't like the song

[KindomBitch]

no offence i realy like you but mr g you are starting to get boring i think you are running out of good ideas :)

[lemas4life559]

mr. gay

[gunfreak007]

dude theres a cat in the back ground

[rukia548976]

nice cat XD

[powermaks]

i once did this with DIRT and it WORKED!!!!!! earth battery!!!

[alancXx]

Hey Mr. G i hope you read and respond to this, at around 10:54 when you zoom out with your remote the end lights up and i was curious on why it did that? if you know please tell me =D could even make a 30secs with Mr. G on it!

[zephan12]

OMG I SPIED TEH KITTEH AT 1:00 !!!!!!

[TheTomcheese]

@zephan12 woweee!!! he belongs to THE ITTY BITTEH KITTEH COMMITTEH!

[purrgitory]

i have been watching your channel for a long time now and i am always interested in the shit you will do next. i love it

[martintzvetomirov]

You can power up a calculator with ordinary tap water using the same principle :) I even tried powering up a calculator using people :D each of them was holding a copper and a zinc wire and 3 people connected "in series" were enough to power the calculator up :D Creepy, but cool :)

[CorruptH3ro]

Sorry your videos need to be shorter, way to long sorry

[allyall12]

sabotaged by a kitty :P cute kitty

how you uploaded a 14 minutes video?

[hardcorefarmer22]

we did this in our chemistry class. it took me like 12 lemons to get it to work though

[maribakumon]

how did you makea website ive been trying and i cant have the freedom of putting things in certain places

[chris7toronto]

The remote controlled camera is awesome!

[hemal67]

sweeeeet

[TheMrMorris1]

i turned off at 6 mins its boring

[xlink010]

how does lemon produce electricity?

[Serostern]

@xlink010 The lemon doesn't.

The copper and the zinc is reacting, producing electrons, IE electricity.

[Julio3094]

I wish you were my science teacher (:

[maribakumon]

@Julio3094 I agree but instead i have a professor J well that's what i call him he is really Mr.Johnson.

[ThePunisher1978]

great episode,i need some lemmonade!

[MagicPup69]

the potatoes dont work better Mr. G

[L337Wesley]

too long , boring as shit

[demoniclordwizard]

I wonder how many lemons you need to turn on a tv.

[Serostern]

@demoniclordwizard The lemons produce DC power, you need AC for the TV.

[GreatGameTactics]

Thanks, Mindpaint! Can you do me a favor and PM me? I have to ask you a question

[FiredRice15]

too long was boring as shit...

[backspace8908]

where do he lived



[RowdyBrooksAKAGbizzl]

he didnt squish the 3rd lemon

[jstreutker]

@RowdyBrooksAKAGbizzl Yes, but notice that it didn't matter too much--it produced maybe a tenth of a volt less.

[zxz1997]

I just hooked up 110 lemons to power my computer and it didnt worked. Maybe because it runs on alternating current.

[XxGIBS0NN3RDxX]

lemonparty(.)com

[Montauk198]

Do you have a electric ignitor BBQ pit and the "AA" has died. Can't find a lighter or Matches. Don't Panic just get a few lemons, wires and tie it into the battery port and you can ignite your pit with lemon power.

[Mindpaint]

@Serostern ADHD?

-- Mr. G

[diggarazer]

@Mindpaint lmao Mr. G :D

[diggarazer]

@Mindpaint but why did you call him that?

[AfroNinja720]

@Mindpaint it sortof is a little long but nice video 8)

[Serostern]

@Mindpaint Nope, but you could have cut off 10 minutes and made a hell of a lot better video.

[KillerKabel]

@Mindpaint No offence, but he does have a point. This is the internet, afterall.

[rapid131]

@Mindpaint lol a little direct arent we?

[spitfirecs420]

@Mindpaint I have ADHD to the extreme but I smoked a joint then watched this.

Thumbs up.

[kevum]

@Mindpaint no Mr. G i agree its too long, i think you should limit it to 5-6 mins for the do try this at home series of your videos :) still good though nice work :D

[donutking2]

@Mindpaint its true Mr G it's getting to long

[goldenchao9]

what does that mean?

[gothica1985]

@Serostern this should have been an 30 seconds with mr G

[EightBitAcid]

@Serostern

and yet I bet you sit for hours at a time watching television

-.-

At least Mr G comes up with interesting and fun things to do.

[Serostern]

@EightBitAcid How much do you bet on that?

I don't have a TV =)

[EightBitAcid]

@Serostern

Well nothing now, because you told me you don't :)

[1996blue1996]

@Serostern agree

[hubbabubba9999999]

@Serostern i have a bad case of adhd and i love his videos i can sit through them and i love them keep up the kick ace vids mr.G :)

[j0rss]

@Serostern dont watch it then,

[Serostern]

@j0rss I didn't.

I would if he had made a less agonizingly long video about a subject that really doesn't need more than three minutes to be explained.

The point is that I said this video is horrible, and I told him why I think so.

It's called "κριτικός" (kritikós) - Criticism

[IgorVeres]

u can do this with salt water, aluminium foil, paper and copper penny

[Templebasketball13]

Does your cat wear white slippers? Cause mine does.

1:02

[ESHULTZ911]

10:06 thats what she said

[BlastinTrex]

lemon parade. misread: lemon party. oh the flashbacks. OH THE HORRIBLENESS. great video though

[alewisgb]

240 potatoes do run a radio, seen it

[ikasu27]

wait.....how is ur movie 14 min???????????????

[hyunchoi98]

@ikasu27 youtube partner

[ryanstewart86]

did you try the lemons in parallel?

[tanghohim]

I wanna short that 4 lemons and see if it blows up,

Seems it's more safety from batteries...

[jstreutker]

@tanghohim No, it won't blow up. There's too much resistance at the anode and cathode with Mr. G's design. All the voltage will stay within the lemons and they may heat up just a few degrees.

[baklapharm]

Never heard of video editing, Raw files... suck.

[ToTAsgar]

i think my class did this in our phisics lessons 3 or 4 years ago :D LIKE IT

[goodhardlife]

I have a question ..... :P how would the lemonade taste after you extract all electricity from it

[jstreutker]

@goodhardlife Actually, the acid in the lemon is what is called the electrolyte, which just enables transfer of ions from the zinc screw (negative) to the copper wire (positive). The acid itself doesn't degrade; the zinc and copper do. Provided you remove the copper and zinc before making lemonade, it should taste fine.

[ozzak159]

yes it is good and 1million lemons can charge notebook

[boeietoch]

nice cat =D

[NMGDL5]

@ Mindpaint try stacking up 25 cents, paper draped in vinegar and salt, and foil? starting from the cents then paper then foil. The more you stack the higher the electricity. :) its my own way of batteries

[iPCAdministrator]

what a douche bag intro

[fall3nsktr]

try to make a car battery out of lemons xD

[CobaltO18]

FAIL!!!!!!!!!

too much work... pointless

[Lexiathan]

Taking advantage of the potential difference of copper and zinc by using an acidic medium to generate electron movement. Chemically generated electricity, FTW!

Since Magnesium is higher on the reactivity series, would using magnesium strips, instead of zinc, generate a slightly higher voltage?

[jstreutker]

@Lexiathan Yes.

[NosirrahKaraneeum]

Does it matter what angle the zinc and copper need to be, or do they just need to be touching the lemon acid?

[Bl00dFreak]

best part at:

1:00 and 7:17.

cause you can see the cat XD

[invis648]

Need moooorreee ammpppsssssss

[jstreutker]

@invis648 Yes, exactly! The way to do that is to increase the surface area of the zinc and copper that touch the acid. But that would require find less than ordinary household items and defeat the purpose of Mr. G's video theme.

[baddspella]

when life gives you lemons, make a battery

[Shadowmaster939]

Mr. G you truly are the definition of "Tha Shit"

Great job man

[smartpartzzkidd]

gay intro

[HuiHms]

i just found myself a science project =D

[killalllamas]

Me and my brother love watching your videos

[salford08]

Crocodile clips*

[jmags1700]

insted of wire u can use something very cheap like a penny

[Mindpaint]

@jmags1700 YES!!! good call! A penny does work, not quite as well, but it does work!

Thanks,

-- Mr. G

[jstreutker]

@Mindpaint The US penny doesn't have enough copper content--it is made mostly of zinc! That's why it won't work as well. If you find an older penny, dated before 1982, it should be better. The trouble is that most old pennies have been melted down and sold as scrap copper, by unscruplous people.

[viriyasac]

creative..... but your vdo is too long dude....

make it more interesting

[Mindpaint]

@viriyasac Sorry you didn't like it. Some things take longer than others... Be sure to watch "30 Seconds with Mr.G" episodes for FAST and FUN science.

Thanks,

-- Mr. G

[turner850]

How come your volt meter keeps displaying volts when its not touching anything???

[Mindpaint]

@turner850 The voltmeter varies due to stray electrical signals until it is hooked up to an actual voltage source.

Thanks for the observation!

-- Mr. G

[jstreutker]

@turner850 This is normal. A voltmeter with a DIGITAL display with autoscaling will display even the tiniest voltages that it sees. Believe it or not, there is a tiny voltage between the two probes, even with just air. To prove this, you simply touch the two probes together and suddenly the display should show 0.000 volts.

[theclashrock09]

@morto360 the lemon battery works because the acid in the lemon react with the nail and copper making them electrodes. It is the same way a car battery works except in a car battery there are loads of electrodes in the shape of fins.

[mikeyconlon]

what about the good old times where he done things like make match stick shooters or toys sand stuff



[derdeder43]

your like my idol now your the coolest scientist ever

[shoefrmperu]

woahh, you shaved off a bunch of pounds

[MrBrazilboy101]

Woohoo your video was the first video that I watched on my new laptop =D

[XysflightchampX]

now if we could hook up a field of lemons...

[TrueFear94]

why is there almost a whole volt on the meter when its not even hooked up to anything

[Mindpaint]

@TrueFear94 The voltmeter varies due to stray electrical signals until it is hooked up to an actual voltage source.

Thanks for the observation!

-- Mr. G

[morto360]

Why is that working?! What exactly is happening that generate that Volts?

[frungahr]

how long would they produce that amount of voltage for?

[Mindpaint]

@frungahr I have heard up to two weeks! WOW!

-- Mr. G

[jstreutker]

@frungahr Until one of several possible things happens. Here are three: One of the probes is completely spent (no metal left), one of the probes gets coated with the other probe's metal ions, or the acid is drained.

[srhess09]

4:37 thats what she ssaid lol

[srhess09]

lol 1:00 a cat

[jwish29]

How long does the battery (Lemon) last? good life or just long enough to prove it works?

Good demonstration

[Mindpaint]

@jwish29 I have heard up to two weeks! WOW!

-- Mr. G

[Serostern]

@Mindpaint If you don't hook it up to anything, yes....