Lemon on 240 Volts

[QuaziGNRLNose]

what is Michael Cain doing

[IRFP250N]

What happened to Photon's new channel?

[VauxhallViva1975]

I've fixed a few Sanyo CTV's, but never seen this smoking lemon problem in the picture before... ;)

[bandbgamesroom]

electrically cooked lemon anyone?

[normallyjunk]

so this is what the transpower boys get up to then?

[RODALCO2007]

@normallyjunk LOL ! not really, this is in my spare time at home in the weekend

[FrontSideBus]

Still enough to kill you though, need more volts to get the current going! :)

[logycam10]

I love the exploding lemon channel

[HoneycombAgent]

That's no way to make a lemon battery!

[tuipale]

nigga stole my tv!!!

[LHFmodfest]

240V at 1.5A is 360W....plenty of lemon boiling power!

[RootbrianRocksAgain]

I wanted to see that thing explode :D I imagine how nice of a scent it produced. :)

[MrBen155]

best channel ever

[nodariel]

When life gives you lemons, use 240V across them.

[DJinfinium]

@nodariel portal 2 =)

[slamdvw]

Nice recycling of the TV carcass. Interesting to see how much power a lemon takes..

[RODALCO2007]

@slamdvw 6 Watthours were used for this test

[mrmatt2525able]

would the terminals closer pull more currents,, nice experiment :)

[RODALCO2007]

@mrmatt2525able Yes it probably would, also the risk of shorting out.

[mrmatt2525able]

@RODALCO2007 - hahha yeah but shorting out is never a bad thing, haha :)

[RODALCO2007]

@mrmatt2525able LOL and a good spark could have happened. I may do a 3 phase video

[GordenFreemant]

@RODALCO2007 Please, do. Cave Johnson would be proud.

[mrmatt2525able]

@mrmatt2525able - should be kinda cool :)

[Kidddas53]

high voltage cooking a lemon

[weeba2kv]

haha funny shit goin on man :D btw i made a beer can cutting tool with my transformer , check it out lol !

[Volta500]

Feed it trough a bridge rectifier so you get DC. I wonder what that would do. Recharging a lemon acid battery is done like any other battery I think: with DC!

[wisteela]

I like how you use a TV casing.

[RODALCO2007]

LOL !!

1 Amp at 240 Volts = 240 Watts

at about 1.5 minutes = 6 Wh used for this test

Recharging is not that efficient as the elctrolyte leaks out and Ampacity of the lemon cell is

reduced.

A sealed lemon acid cell has the potential to explode when not vented.

[BoomBoxDeluxe]

The electrical questions that have to be asked here, are:

How long did it take to recharge the lemon? :-D

What is the Mah rating of a typical lemon? :-D

How many kWh (or fraction thereof) was used? :-D

When recharging my lemons....

Should I check the electrolyte levels first? :-D

How long should I charge it for? :-D

and if it's a SLA (Sealed Lemon Acid) lemon, what should I do if it starts gushing steam? Should I enjoy the whistley-squeeler, or unplug it to prevent an explosion? :-D

-BBD.

[Spoif]

@rodalco2007 Pity it wasn't a $ony TV, it would have been quite suiting. Bet it smelled divine.

[Harekiet]

Didn't you have some 240 -> 400V transformers running in previous videos, wouldn't that work nicer.

[RODALCO2007]

@Harekiet Yes, I have 240 / 480 / 600 Volts.

I choose 240 V as this is the voltage which most YouTubers have access too.

At 4 kV discharge a lemon or mandarin explodes or flashes over, see other video posted 2 years ago

[endsleighplace]

@RODALCO2007 "I used 240V because it's common" Love it, most channels would say don't try this at home...

[daewooparts]

lemon , i thought it was a mitsubishi car getin overvolted :P

[Serostern]

I want to see the "mains sausage" but on three phase (use three sausages, or one sausage with three connections) =D

[ms63129]

In order to have low resistance, a large contact area is needed, as is usually the case in batteries and electrolytic capacitors (for the latter, small capacitors, e.g. 1 uF, 50 V, even "low ESR" types can normally have ESRs of 10s of ohms, the electrolyte is also optimized for conductivity).

[RODALCO2007]

@ms63129 Correct !

That was why I used flat stainless strips. But the surface area was probably not big enough, about 6 cm² for each electrode.

[DJGahann]

Je zou toch even een flinke kortsluitstroom verwachten :-/

[kmarinas86]

Wow! 3DTV. Awesome!

[RODALCO2007]

@kmarinas86 LOL !!

It is full 3D, you are right there.

[jonesyjonez]

@RODALCO2007 Actually in your case it's 4D because you have the smoke coming out.

[RODALCO2007]

@jonesyjonez So true,  LOL !

[More350Power]

I would think a lemon would pop. It must have higher resistance than I thought.... Makes a quick air freshener :D

[ChumpusRex]

Same results and same current as my lemon video.

I popped mine, or more precisely, I popped my fuses, as the electrodes slumped in the cooking lemon and shorted out.

[RODALCO2007]

@ChumpusRex It surprised me too, as I was expected the circuit to go almost dead short with the high acid content.

[HDXFH]

Nice TV Show!,I tried this with a MOT; interesting results!

[MrGerbilBrain]

I wonder, if you put glue around where the electrodes go in, you could seal it tight, to make it explode, or atleast squirt out lemon juice xDxDxD

[RODALCO2007]

@MrGerbilBrain It would probably squirt, not explode as the lemon casing tissue is too soft.

[WorldsDeepestBass]

i love the fact that you're using an old tv as the 'stage' haha so fitting :)

[deskpaperclips]

first!