Potato Battery - Final Try
1,012 views · Published 26 February 2014 · 6:12 · Indexed 28 October 2026
Channel: GrandadIsAnOldMan · 2014 · Science & Technology
Final try to do something interesting with that potato battery cell that I made a few days back. You will see I finally gave up and used a solar cell instead just to get something to watch. I thought I would try to emulate the circuitry in those solar movers like the snowman in my first episode of this series so I disassembled a cheap dynamo torch from my local bargain store to pinch it's coil. I rigged up a simple FLED-based circuit and replaced the motor with the coil, (see below for the link to the solarbotics.net library for full circuit details and components). http://www.solarbotics.net/library/circuits/se_t1_fled.html Potato battery Components - Potatoes Copper wire Zinc coated nails Having mentioned BEAM bots, here is a handy link to garyhuston's video https://youtu.be/NZwbb9a_XAQ Here are links to my previous potato battery videos Hey Grandad, can you make a potato powered car? (no I can't) https://youtu.be/_NZRZCHMZ4w Let's make another potato battery https://youtu.be/jwbpNbE1seU If you want to get more power out of a potato battery then you will be interested in this video by Roobert33 https://youtu.be/Ko_R3PeadG4 Here are two of my early videos making these sort of batteries with my granddaughter early last year. Lemon Battery https://youtu.be/LiIJMGQHYgQ?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2HXSqJPl6Kv9J_pHHp4cIF Vinegar Battery https://youtu.be/4cbIyHpRFys?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2HXSqJPl6Kv9J_pHHp4cIF Here is another potato related video :-) https://youtu.be/7IWrLqdT6vQ Simple projects https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2HXSqJPl6Kv9J_pHHp4cIF Electronic projects https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB00lxaX8BD46F1QDJTe7Em4 Charity Shop Gold or Garbage https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB14bwwnAIt54ZWwWBktc445 Things you can make from an old DVD drive https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2AwvfVAfa-hkYnqgquWjOl Bargain Store Projects https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0ZqYUdxXaQaJdg-cs3dKIi 15x15x15 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB3ZFC8DWgONL1RLF61VZZj3 Rubber Band Power https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1otXh0w36OwsYIHZznUWp6 Rubber Band Powered Car #8 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0zJ5RHjvsw46Mio6uJjF5_ Crawlerbots https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0ypbT8Tr-CZfXPIiaOHUlL Air Powered Cars https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB12AjOGqZQmFTeAkAp7apfC Fan Cars and boats https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2BNUWVU5G6qQld3G1W604W Gravity Powered Cars https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1zzCqDckAnlOzz8iViuM94 Balloon Power https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2Vx0gKEqY4p9JBgqZqrHsr Toy Cars https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB3lGxxzEo_ZDnjnOtIlk50Q Aircraft https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0nZItxE_78EJP0F99Ghaki Help Files https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2v0vxMJyZ9cPweAGx1FK6e Toy Boats https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB24vUS9E8zkSgjZysEL00zr Other Toys https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1SpcRUbQErqNV7E7ulMth- Disassembly https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1GrgALJEle2lVqOrR1sX6V Just for Fun https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0wCwRiTVREgRK4jR6N6zsL Time Lapse https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB31JF8koOfxOgnOnXAd8BxU My Channel page https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadIsAnOldMan Oldest videos https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?flow=grid&view=0&sort=da Most Popular https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?sort=p&flow=grid&view=0 Newest videos https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?sort=dd&view=0&flow=grid Playlists https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadIsAnOldMan/playlists?flow=grid&view=1 I have thousands of videos on YouTube, to find one try my search guides https://youtu.be/ceBSOoOHcgw or https://youtu.be/Zj4UgwkwYRk My "GrandadsOtherChannel" channel is generally where I will host the videos that give extra detail or longer versions of the videos I post on my main channel https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandadsOtherChannel Facebook https://www.facebook.com/grandadisanoldman/ Merchandise - Check both of these links if you are interested as the prices will vary and the shipping charges will be different. http://www.redbubble.com/people/grandadiaom/portfolio http://grandadisanoldman.cottoncart.com/
