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Have you ever wanted to make your own batteries? I will show you how to make
one using ordinary household items.The batteries are very small, and to power
bigger things, You may need to make more and connect them.
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Water 1.
Carbon Rod 2.
Zinc strip 3.
Wires 4.
Empty spice container 5.
Hot Glue gun 6.
Salt 7.
Something small powered by small batteries 8.
Thats all you need to make your own battery! 9.
I will teach you how to get a carbon rod. Foil can be used as a substitute for the
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To get a carbon rod, You can take apart a non alkaline battery. Generally the
batteries will say "super heavy duty" or "heavy duty" Never Ever take apart the
one that says Alkaline.
To take it apart, You need to use needle nose pliers to peel off the outer layer of
the battery Next use a knife to cut off the top of the battery. Once its off, you will
see the top of the carbon rod, slowly pull untill the carbon rod is out.
Step 2: Drill Hole
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Drill a whole the size of the carbon rod so it fits snug. Place the carbon rod into
one of the hole leaving about 1/2 an ince sticking out from the top
Get your foil and cut a small rectangle. Keep Folding untill you make a cylinder
about the same size as the carbon rod. Place this into the other whole
Step 3: Glue In Place
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Glue the two rods in place using the hot glue gun. Seal the two holes so no
water can pass through. Also glue the two wires to the tops of the rods sticking
out
The carbon rod is now +
The foil is now -
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Fill the spice jar with a salt water mixture and place the lid back onto the spice
jar. You are now done. The signal is very weak, But if you make more and
connect them, you can make them stronger.
arthurdent (/member/arthurdent/)
As a kid I made these in science class. And these produce about half a volt. I
have also made these using galvanized nails(which are coated in zinc), a piece of
paper toweling, and a length of copper wire wrapped around it(Wrapped in a
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spiral that held the paper
toweling on the nail.)
Moistening the paper
towel with salt water or
imitation orange drink
made it produce an
electrical current.
Vampyra65 (/member/Vampyra65/)
It's nice to see an instructable someone can actually do with things on hand and
doesn't require a 3Dprinter or something no one has.
cfieiras (/member/cfieiras/)
Nice!
I have a question. What are the power of this battery? Anybody try?
cfieiras (/member/cfieiras/)
Nice!
I have a question. What are the power of this battery? Anybody try?
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Um... So you ripped apart a
battery to make a l ess
powerful battery.
Anything in the name of
science.
thewriterben (/member/thewriterben/) petrolon
Um, lets hear a better idea for use of
a dead battery. And let's assume it's
already had any residual charge
harvested via jule thief.
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Constructed (/member/Constructed/) (author) petrolon
Yes. I didn't have any carbon rods and I was showing everyone where you
can find some. If you have some you dont need to take the battery apart
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AgoVeli (/member/AgoVeli/)
Can't you just get the carbon rods from pencil graphite? I think that would even
work better (multiple rods, more surface area) and is easier to get, especially if
you are a teacher doing this for your class
bbrown26 (/member/bbrown26/)
Very nice! Great to explain the principals behind electricity. Any chance you have
a voltmeter to see how many one of these things pull off?
Constructed (/member/Constructed/) (author) bbrown26
I am a beginner in electronic type
projects. No need for one yet.
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small multi-meter
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Once you have one, you will use it for
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I like this, well done. Yes, you get my vote. This is a nice, easy for anybody to
make, Instructable. It' s clean, relatively safe and instructional :)
Now, for some further ideas. You can also make a simple cell using various fruits
and vegetables, lemons are a very good example. I wonder if the voltage would
be increased if you were to add lemon juice or even vinegar to the water? Just a
thought for further experimentation :)
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This is a handy way to teach
a novice how things are
made. I would recommend
that the foil be put around
the inside edge of the jar
and not just a square piece.
The salt solution must be as
strong as possible for that
will all ow more current to
flow
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How many volts?
alzie (/member/alzie/) sanFarisH
I remember doing this as a kid looong ago, ~0.5V
Youll need quite few to light a led, 6 - 8 of them for a wht led.
The stronger the acid or base, the better.
Use small containers.
They only need to be slightly larger than your electrodes.
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Well that just sums
everything up! Thank you!
bylwylx1 (/member/bylwylx1/) sanFarisH
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc%E2%80%93carbon_battery is a good
reference. A carbon zinc cell is nominally 1.5 volts, but it depends upon
the electrolyte used.
Constructed (/member/Constructed/) (author) sanFarisH
very VERY little, to get more volts you
need to make a bunch...
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Using chlorine bleach will give you a fair voltage. experiment with different metals
as well as they react differently
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Good job! I'm trying to find an optimal ratio of electrolytes for crystal power cells.
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Yes Vinegar also works if you want
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Technically a cell, a battery is a group of cells. Well done on the instructable!
Following in the footsteps of the early scientific explorers! with a couple of these
you can power an LED or even a radio!
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Wow! I will do this and power the WORLD
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how much of water, how much of salt? I guess, you will want to produce a
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What would be easy to test this out on?
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Anything that uses very little power
(cheap watches, calculators)
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good. like to know how much volt it produces. can it light a 5mm led. kindly reply
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gr8 ible but the pics of taking the carbon rod out of the battery is reverse
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How many volts did you got out of it?
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