Make a Water Bottle Capacitor - Tech Tuesdays

[Thatgirlsguy1]

What about the last nail? Will this work with a can? Thanks

[exploshonz]

screw it tightly

[LtBartram]

It would work better if you added citric acid. Wouldn't it?

[freakin1random]

im just wondering....are you gay?

[TheJimmax]

Nice! its good to see a simple demonstration and well worded its not all about knowlage its how you present it . Thumbs up.

[AndyTzan]

Do you think perhaps the plastic bottle is letting the capacitor not charge that much?

I think ill try it in 2 ways : Plastic and then Glass.

Really nice video.

[TheyCallMeMikes1998]

@AndyTzan And did that work?

[glenjacobs423]

so basically the plastic here is the dielectric...

one plate being the salt-solution coupled with a nail...and the other being an aluminium foil and another nail ,right?

[TheLinwoodboy]

well done



[james5118]

where did you get ur breadboard from?

[legoclockfreak710]

@james5118 google search radioshack electronic learning lab

[Matrix29bear]

Mineral oil is the usual liquid dielectric insulator.

[markuscoollife]

doesnt work...

[earthviz]

@markuscoollife It doesn't hold a lot of dc current. Try charging it with static electricity. Ideally a whimhurst generator... That's actually how these were charged in the 1800s. It was an early form of battery... Pretty cool I think.

[oOBubbleStreamOo]

A great video this is! Exactly what I've been searching for, thanks!

[themoviesounds]

if you added more salt would you get more of a charge? and you said big bottle... is a 500ml bottle okay? thanks =)

[theonethatgoofs]

So this is like the arc of the cuvanent < sorry cant spell

[miguelzepeda20]

do it work with car amps

[JenkinsTutorials]

@miguelzepeda20 I doesnt have enough capacitance

[dranoise]

good job man , i needed this for my earth battery. i dont see why more ppl dont watch this stuff ppl need to start getting involved in creating green power. and plus since water bottles are a big problem now days :P thx again

[cyrusrom]

how to charge it with a A or AA battery

[ilikecoding]

@cyrusrom both

[cyrusrom]

@ilikecoding thanks