Lemon and salt water batteries

[MegaKickn]

can you concentrate the lemon juice by boiling it or evporating it and make the "battery" stronger?

[RODALCO2007]

@MegaKickn Probably you could try, not sure if it will work.

For normal lead acid batteries H2SO4 acid is used, thinned with distilled water.

[optionen100]

When the Life gives you Lemons,

Make a Lemon Battery !

[TimpBizkit]

So if you wired a million lemons, (1000 x 1000 series parallel) could you get a powerful electric shock off them?

Also, are the lemons edible afterwards or do they get filled with metal oxides?

Is the capacity limited by lemon or electrodes?

[RODALCO2007]

@TimpBizkit

1. Probably with good flat electrodes having a good conductive area.

2. The lemons flavour becomes metallic.

3. Both

[crazyJ1678]

what can this charge?

[RODALCO2007]

@crazyJ1678 It was used as a battery experiment for school.

The power output is very low.

[ms63129]

For an experiment like this, you can also use brighter LEDs for more brightness; I have had LEDs that light up pretty well with well under 1 mA of current, also a good trick if you use an LED in a battery powered circuit; no use wasting 10-20 mA for a "on" indicator, I recently used such an LED at 100 microamps (the circuit itself draws 2 mA from a 9 v battery) with high visibility (HB LEDs tend to be clear/directional but this one was diffused, so you don't have to directly look at it).

[winner1215]

Do you feel the current when you adjusted the screws?

[RODALCO2007]

@winner1215 No. the voltage is less than 4 Volts and the current only a few mA's

[winner1215]

@RODALCO2007 Well what volts can you feel without harming your heart?

Cause my friend has a back problem and uses one of these volts therapy thing and it helps a lot. Sooo, lol I wanna know :3

[DJMC5ive]

@winner1215 before you get to crazy with that back thing, learn how it would effect you, as in how electricity could disrupt your heart's rhythm. Large amounts flowing through your foot might not, but even little amounts across your upper torso, could.

[winner1215]

@DJMC5ive Thank you :) But I already learned this a few years back, but thanks for the warning!! Good man, have a blessed day (thinking you are a Christian lol)

[TheAntTony96]

I wonder if you stick some wires in luke...how much energy will it have?

[doom53104]

You should try putting the two together.

[Divayansh]

nice cups

[yoshi713467713]

im doing a project at school, this really helped THANKS A LOT : D



[RODALCO2007]

@yoshi713467713 Thanks for your comment. Glad it helped.

You need a lot of lemons or large electrodes to get any reasonable current to get a couple of led's going.

[azulvendas]

try putting a orgonite in lemons

[azulvendas]

funny, green,yellow energy .=)

[nrz666]

Btw, have you tried powering Joule Thief circuit from a salt battery? How long does the LED last on it?

[RODALCO2007]

@nrz666 i haven't tried that and will give that a go.

[nrz666]

Luke, I'm your father!

[TheAFlyer]

Thumbs up if CX brought you here

[dariusmoi]

scientific move your ass AND so SOMETHING WITH THOSE ELECTRICITY!!!

[srishtioct]

good one !!!

[sp3ar2envi]

so after I use all the energy from a lemon will it still taste good???

[Jhfgsjdcd]

Hehey green energy!!!

[lwblack64]

When an item rusts from oxidation it releases positively charged free electrons from the process. Car battery works the same way. The hydrocloric acid in the car battery is the lemon juice and the different types of metals are the car battery plates

[strictlybizznezz]

laugh out loud

[WorldConkerer2012]

try cutting the lemons into quarters u might get a higher volt count but less life time.

[blackrevellious]

What is more appropriate to use? connect it in series or parallel? It seems most of the videos I found here in youtube connect it in series...

[blackrevellious]

Is the led light the most appropriate to use since it gives little wattage? thank you Im also conducting a research ? : )

[BoomBoxDeluxe]

Hmmm, nice experiment. The thing is though, those lemons don't seem to be giving out much power. Maybe they need to be recharged with 3kW. :-D

That'll give them plenty of.......JUICE! :-D

Oh, hang on a minute......I've just noticed a video in the side-bar: "Lemon zapped at 4kV". Isn't that a bit much?! :-D

-BoomBoxDeluxe.

[davigo]

Do you try to make battery using all lemon tree without pick the lemons. Here mabe use and energy from the earth! Good luck!

[quangluu96]

get like few hundreds of them a power a 10 watt light =)

[RODALCO2007]

@quangluu96 You need lots of lemons which make it a very expensive battery.

Increase the surface area of the conductors in the acid will aid in a larger current being available.

[IRONMAIDENFAN2006]

cat power stick a probe up your cats ass pull it out lick it stick it back in then wire it up to 4kv transformer bingo instant light

[islandfireballkill]

you need more amperage

[RODALCO2007]

@islandfireballkill Correct, you don't get it out of these.

For more amps, just use lead acid SLA accu's.

[islandfireballkill]

@RODALCO2007 i lost you at "Lead"

[thesonicsword]

Fake and Gay.

[TheGeek1028]

Just like your mom's orgasm.

[thesonicsword]

Well played.

[TheGeek1028]

Indeed.

[thesonicsword]

@TheGeek1028 Quite

[MartinX333]

Luke rulz

[SAGKFCASBOST1CSX]

how long will the LED run for ?

[RODALCO2007]

The led runs for about 5 to 8  hours in this set up, main problem is minor corrosion at the terminals in the lemon which reduces the current flow and less power to the led.

With a red led it will last longer. try it out