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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on October 28, 2013 at 8:19pm

Luis that's really great!!! Can you please elaborate exactly how you did this when you get a chance. I got the 9 volt battery part...

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Permalink Reply by Schmied Handcrafted Instruments on October 30, 2013 at 8:11am

Sure, i am attaching a pic of the inside of it so you can see it. The schematic is very simple, same as the one posted by the anonymous pick on this thread on sept 15.

I bought a battery holder in radio shack. The switch is a SPST Submini Toggle Switch
Model: 275-612 | Catalog #: 275-612, also from RS, 3 dollars

the led lights are a blue strip from glowhut.com, they go for 5 dollars. The strip is adhesive so install was very easy. Ised gorilla glue to keep the battery holder in place.... Not very neat, but works.

These Kuba boxes are great for this. Share pics of your build once it is done

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on September 15, 2013 at 2:59pm

Penny, galv nail, gator clips, light bulb or LED, lemon(s).

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on September 15, 2013 at 4:47pm

What are lemons?

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 16, 2013 at 4:07am

Lemonade precursors.

Also known as organic batteries.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on September 16, 2013 at 8:34am

I watched a video how lemons could a actually power a light with a nail and a penny. It ended up taking 4 lemons etc. That's cool and goes on the top coolest things I didn't know until after 40...well maybe.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on September 16, 2013 at 1:34pm

It is a great demo for kids. You can do all sorts of different conditions. Works better if you slightly press the lemons to juice the insides. I've done both LEDs and small bulbs.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on September 16, 2013 at 1:55pm

Really quite amazing

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on September 16, 2013 at 3:14pm

It's also how they started the van in season one of breaking bad when they were stranded cooking meth in the desert

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Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on September 17, 2013 at 7:14pm

haha awesome - I just watched that episode last night!

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on September 17, 2013 at 1:07am

I wouldn't have given you the plucky suggestion if you had not already had some serious replies with good info.  Glad you enjoyed.  I thought everyone knew about the potato clock.  Maybe I'm nerdier than most.  Yeah, I'm a nerd.  Got no problem with it.  Was that way before it was the "in" thing.  President of the AV Club and everything.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on September 17, 2013 at 4:50am

It's ok my kids knew about it..the science guy...hah....oh boy

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