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DIY: Make A Saltwater Powered Battery | The Family Survival Club
Jason Richards
Did you know that you can use the Aquacell batteries to charge your radio or any other battery-powered device? To activate them, add water over the batteries and start using them.
In this article, we will discuss about creating a water battery, which you could use to charge your phone even though you do not dispose of a power outlet. This can be achieved by simply making a galvanic battery, which encompasses the use of salt water or saltbridge, a link that contains an electrolyte generating electricity.
What materials are required to build a water battery?
6 plastic bottles of 1 liter filled with water
60 grams of copper sulphate
6 copper metal strips ($3.95 each on unitednuclear.com)
60 grams of zinc sulphate
6 zinc metal strips ($3.95 each on unitednuclear.com)
3 cable clamps
a wooden frame
a voltmeter
Instructions
At some point you will need to move the battery around, therefore use a wooden frame in which to insert the bottles.
Clamp the fragments of zinc and copper and place them in the neck of the bottle.
Then add the copper and zinc sulphate as it follows:
20 grams of copper sulphate to the top left bottle
20 grams of zinc sulphate to the bottom left bottle
20 grams of zinc sulphate to the top bottle in the middle
20 grams of copper sulphate to the bottom bottle in the middle
20 grams of copper sulphate to the top right bottle
20 grams of zinc sulphate to the bottom right bottle
Each bottle will be like a small generator, producing 2 volts, more or less.
The next step entails joining the red wire with the copper and the black wire with the zinc. I’m sure you have already noticed but just in case you haven’t, the bottles are arranged in such a way that one will have a positive charge (+side), while the other will have a negative charge (- terminal).
Do not connect all the red wires with the bottles containing the copper at once, but instead alternate between linking the red end of the wire with the upper left bottle, then move on to connecting the black wire of the same cable with the zinc in the next bottle left corner and so on. This will create a power-driven circuit.
Keep the clamps away from the water.
Next on the list is thoroughly covering the necks of the bottles with a plastic bag, which will help minimize the risk of water evaporation.
Now measure the voltage with the help of the voltmeter.
Having done that, let’s go back on how you can power charge your phone with this device. Attach the clamps to the USB or connecting wire charger of your phone. Similarly, you could do the same to charge your MP3 player or any other small device. There you have it. Your own cell phone charger that is based on salt bridge.
Jason Richards
Did you know that you can use the Aquacell batteries to charge your radio or any other battery-powered device? To activate them, add water over the batteries and start using them.
In this article, we will discuss about creating a water battery, which you could use to charge your phone even though you do not dispose of a power outlet. This can be achieved by simply making a galvanic battery, which encompasses the use of salt water or saltbridge, a link that contains an electrolyte generating electricity.
What materials are required to build a water battery?
6 plastic bottles of 1 liter filled with water
60 grams of copper sulphate
6 copper metal strips ($3.95 each on unitednuclear.com)
60 grams of zinc sulphate
6 zinc metal strips ($3.95 each on unitednuclear.com)
3 cable clamps
a wooden frame
a voltmeter
Instructions
At some point you will need to move the battery around, therefore use a wooden frame in which to insert the bottles.
Clamp the fragments of zinc and copper and place them in the neck of the bottle.
Then add the copper and zinc sulphate as it follows:
20 grams of copper sulphate to the top left bottle
20 grams of zinc sulphate to the bottom left bottle
20 grams of zinc sulphate to the top bottle in the middle
20 grams of copper sulphate to the bottom bottle in the middle
20 grams of copper sulphate to the top right bottle
20 grams of zinc sulphate to the bottom right bottle
Each bottle will be like a small generator, producing 2 volts, more or less.
The next step entails joining the red wire with the copper and the black wire with the zinc. I’m sure you have already noticed but just in case you haven’t, the bottles are arranged in such a way that one will have a positive charge (+side), while the other will have a negative charge (- terminal).
Do not connect all the red wires with the bottles containing the copper at once, but instead alternate between linking the red end of the wire with the upper left bottle, then move on to connecting the black wire of the same cable with the zinc in the next bottle left corner and so on. This will create a power-driven circuit.
Keep the clamps away from the water.
Next on the list is thoroughly covering the necks of the bottles with a plastic bag, which will help minimize the risk of water evaporation.
Now measure the voltage with the help of the voltmeter.
Having done that, let’s go back on how you can power charge your phone with this device. Attach the clamps to the USB or connecting wire charger of your phone. Similarly, you could do the same to charge your MP3 player or any other small device. There you have it. Your own cell phone charger that is based on salt bridge.
