me too mate - some really great ideas

Awesome! Thank you!

Your phone battery probably says 3.7v ... If you cut open an old USB charger cord it probably has a red and black set of wires OR lookup the pin out for your phone charger cord...

This is a fantastic video and you really are providing a service to people by making these diy videos.

You are very welcome and cheers

awesome mate - can i suggest the vinegar with the younger age groups?

@@ThinkingandTinkering Will do Robert.

yes you could lol

i did not know you could do that.. : ) THANK YOU MATTHEW.. ; )

if burning coal sounds outrageous power source to you, how isnt it worse to burn steel (less available due to uses in construction)

You need to add h2o2 to that to turn it into fecl3 etchant, or just bubble air into it for a day or so if you don't have h2o2.

@@billymonday8388 I think that this is just an Emergency battery, and so the issue of using this is a moot point. Although, if you have any suggestions for an alternative, please let us know?! I mean absolutely no disrespect to you, and appreciate your concern for the environment, I am pro - active where the environment is concerned. Namaste 🙏 Andrea and Critter Family. XxX.

thanks for the pointer mate - it would need a couple more then - the thing is the actual cell voltage of a well made cell like this is around 0.6V - but made this way it has a high internal resistance - the better you make it the less you will need

You can.Why not assemble it dry , eg inside pvc pipe then , pour in electrolyte when you need it?

Can't remember the #, but large 5 gallon bucket batteries were covered not long ago?

@@ShawynLeininger must have missed that one. Do you remember the chemistry? Zinc iodine perhaps?

Indeed and it was episode 1794

​@@ShawynLeininger I must watch that, thanks for the heads up.

you are probably making use of the Fe2+ /Fe3+ redox couple mate - here, basically the acid etches the iron - given H2 generation and consumption of the iron anode I wouldn't try to make this a sealed rechargeable version if I were you - but an Fe2+/Fe3+ version is more than doable for sure - if you try FeBr3 then you will get the Fe2+/Fe3+ couple on one side and Br2Br-/Br3- redox couple on the other side too

"Air" is a bit of misnomer. What is really meant is oxygen and oxidation. You don't need air for that. For example, if you're making Al air batteries, Oxi clean mixed in water works well to provide the oxygen necessary for the oxidation process.

Maybe I missed it but what does the activated carbon actually do in his setup? I'm just trying to lean new things 😉

Glad it was helpful!

Glad I could help!

Cool, these are the things that are missing in the generations of kids today.

it is very similar but this will charge a phone the lemon battery won't

@@ThinkingandTinkering perhaps you could use lots of lemons lol

that will work awesomely mate - don't over fill your container!

@@ThinkingandTinkering Cheers Rob! Needed that info, we have that acid locally in Brazil.

Great suggestion! - but if it was me I would just use one of those plug in chargers - all the protection electronic needed are supplied for a couple of dollars - all you have to do is connect the positive from your battery to the button and the negative to the side clips and you are off!

Also toilet bowl cleaner can be hcl.

nice tips mate - thanks for taking the time to post

@@selkywaters That's right, I forgot about that.

cheers mate

i am sorry mate - but that doesn't sound right to me I am afraid

@@ThinkingandTinkering beta-voltaic cells is what I was thinking of just couldn’t last nights recall it exactly. I’m also remind about the joy of predictive text. Coupled with sensory issues being no fun. Not the most coherent day on this earth missy paragraphs and spelling. But anyway I believe there might be a research paper out there going into it .but can’t recall the source of the top of my head. I could be wrong, or just misread it. If I remember the cobalt steel they were using to achieve, it had trace elements of manganese and chromium. Because of a know quality within that type of steels Crystal structure. The resonance disturbance allow the electrons to flow more freely in the matrix. may have been piezoelectric in nature. SpaceTime crystals are often made from this steel. Please correct me if I’m wrong and a little wayward here. Sorry for any confusion from my poor use of English. But with the ferric chloride made in the vid it knows as an etching compound blade smith’s it extensively on forged in fire. Thought I needed to clarify and clear up any confusion I may have caused.

@@jasonhaymanonthedrawingboard thank you for taking the time to explain and expand mate - if you can find the research paper I would certainly be interested in reading it - all I really need is the DOI - cheers, Rob

US20070286324A1 it may not be the exact article Id seen but it’s pretty close. Thank for the google Patent hint. Dating all the way back to 2007. Just goes to show how long the idea has been around.

@@jasonhaymanonthedrawingboard Just wanted to say "Thank You", and well done for taking the time to clarify your comments, I have a couple of little cognitive issues and I am truly impressed by your tenacity, and finally explaining what you meant to, so well, & fantastic ideas, many, many thanks!! Namaste 🙏 Andrea, Jasper Mutt , & George and Rudy the Pigeons. XxX. Ps, Thank you so much for finding the article, I am just about to have a look. XxX.

nice idea mate - cheers

@ jay Patel PROPOSED BUILD: 1. 5GAL PLASTIC BUCKET. 2. MAKE SEVERAL metal units in 5gal bucket, to meet your voltage DC. Several will fit. 3. Connect all wires together to get your REQUIRE voltage. 4 have a lid on it to capture hydrogen for cooking, welding, or red balloon signal to your friends. 5. Build to 6 or 12 volts to run through a battery charger backwards to get alternating current at the plug end as needed. 6. Use this for generation connect to a car battery for storage. 7. Drain liquid as needed to stop reaction/ or remove the array ( metal parts) to stop reaction when car battery is fully charged.

@@reypolice5231 nice solution mate.... Though I was wondering, which one is better? One giant bucket or smaller buckets all connected?

@@jaypatel-yj9gw Further update: The carbon should go in a sock or fabric sack to be easily compressed around a graphite rod. Why a carbon rod from an old battery would not work as well. Test to see. Junk car exhaust manifold iron seems really available And free. Mandatory all parts free, scavenged. You will not be able to go to the store if it goes completely psycho. Collect all your supplies for multiple units. Starting now. All your friends that you will depend on if things go sideways and they will will need your power build. A friend in need is a friend in deed. Have all your friends collect all parts. Build multiple units. Give your friends.

@@jaypatel-yj9gw On a separate Matter The people that get you parts and help you build, and answer your red balloon 🎈 signal are your t r u e friends. Find out who you Friends are.

cheers mate

40% is better than none. Make a few to reach your 12 volts to charge a car battery or cigarette adapter.

So you would need 12 of these instead of 2.

glad you liked it mate

Glad it was helpful!

cheers mate

yep - works well and produces a milliamp or two - this produces a lot more

Glad you enjoyed it

cheers mate

@ martin bonner May I ask you to explain this build further? I have seen earth battery builds before but never with the bio char as described.

@@reypolice5231 , I’m not a soil scientist , but the way I understood it that two trenches eg 300mm wide , 300mm deep x 500mm apart , trenches filled with biochar , moist soil with an iron content (adding iron chelates , guessing) . Anodes and cathodes between was supposed to have a voltage of 1.5v . Could these be hooked up in series ? As I said I’m NOT a soil scientist ….. just the way I understand it ……. Something to do with Cation Exchange Capacity

@@martinbonner8626 Rob should how he did that with just a 4inch plastic pipe a piece of iron and a battery carbon rod. I think he use an acid? I think he got 1-4 volts? Find his video. I think he said there was more in the paid members section.

@@martinbonner8626 Also look up YT channel Patrick Kelly. He goes over the 1835 patent in detail with links to website for full download of all his stuff. What he showed was very well explained. Website also very good. This was used for telegraph lines in the US civil war covering many miles. We never needed anything else. Look for my other comment in this thread. I explain battery storage, And answer other people questions. Hope it helps.

didn't MrTeslonian do that?

for sure mate - but there are better emergency batteries and we have covered a few the main thing here is it can be made from readily available materials that are just in most peoples homes and yet produces long term useable power

very probably - give it a go if you would and let me know how you get on

lol - I wish - cheers mate

wow - thank you mate

cheers mate

Thank you! Cheers!

nice tip mate - that would work well - this is kind of for folks who didn't get round to doing that! lol

lol - no mate I haven't - but I am thinking about it now!

@@ThinkingandTinkering I have been researching it. I don't understand how it works enough to try it yet. LOL

try converiting water into hydrogen and oxygen in a compressed container and a hose.u can cut stuff with the gases after lighting. make sure u cut the hose in two pieces so u can put a small box to fit a wet sponge so if the flame tries to follow back to source the box will pop off the first half the hose so it dont blow up your source