Hybrid Cell 2 – a better cell

Another ‘silly’ battery, using household kitchen stuff. I omitted the water and used Spic+Span kitchen cleaner to wet the substances ! This time, there is mortar, tablesalt, iodized salt, garlic salt, onion powder. Half a dozen pennies form the positive, a Coke can forms the negative. The thing runs for 30 minutes with a tap of a 12V power source to the ‘terminals’.. It runs less efficiently with longer durations of power applied (work THAT one out!). A single tap of the 12V power will make it run for 30 minutes, a 1 minute application makes it run for about 3 minutes. If left alone for a few minutes, it will power the Joule Thief back up for another run of several minutes. Scrubbing the positive connection with the Joule Thief positive lead will light the LED, even after the power has apparently been all used up.

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