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to make a potato battery u need the following things:

1 large potato

1 voltmeter

1 steel nailTo make a potato battery, you would need the following things:

One large potato

One voltmeter

One steel Answers.com

A small piece of copper wire

Alligator clips

Now, what you need to do is to stick the nail and copper wire into the potato (they should not be touching but should not be very far from each other either. These are our Answers.com in this reaction. Connect the electrodes to the voltmeter with alligator Answers.com. Attach the positive end with the copper wire and the negative end with the nail. As soon as this circuit is complete, the voltmeter would give a reading. This reading is usually around half volt for one potato.

If this is for a Answers.com, good luck! :) May be you can even use several potatoes together (connect them together with wires) and use them to light a small bulb! Just replace the voltmeter with the bulb. Remember, you need a very small bulb if you want it to Answers.comAnswers.com

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some copper wire

alligator clips

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InstructionsThings You'll Need:
  • 2 Drywall Nails
  • 3 Alligator Clips
  • Copper Wire
  • Galvanized Nails
  • Galvanized Nails
  • 2 baking potatoes
  1. 1

    Assemble your supplies. You'll need two common galvanized nails; three alligator clip/wire units - that is, alligator clips connected to one another with wire; two short pieces of heavy copper wire; a simple low-voltage LED clock unit; and two potatoes. Obtain a simple LED clock unit that functions from the power of a 1- to 2-volt, button-type battery.

  2. 2

    Open the battery compartment and remove the battery.

  3. 3

    Note that there is a positive (+) and a negative (-) terminal point where the battery was installed.

  4. 4

    Identify the potatoes as number one and number two.

  5. 5

    Insert one nail in each potato.

  6. 6

    Insert one short piece of heavy copper wire in each potato, placing it as far from the nail as possible.

  7. 7

    Use one alligator clip/wire to connect the copper wire inserted in potato one to the positive terminal in the clock unit.

  8. 8

    Use one alligator clip/wire to link the nail in potato two to the negative terminal in the clock unit.

  9. 9

    Use the final alligator clip/wire to link the nail in potato one to the copper wire in potato two.

  10. 10

    Set your clock.

  11. Now have fun with the clock you can EAT.

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you need AA potato,2 galvanized nails(iron covered nails), copper wire, any clock that uses batterys

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