Transcript Grapefruit-powered light (Jason Fox)

Grapefruit Powered Light
Jason Fox
MEEN 3344
Instructions
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To start the procedure I used Zinc coated 3.5 inch
nails and Copper out of a neomex electrical wire.
Testing the voltage of one grapefruit gave me .78
volts and basically no amps.
I linked four grape fruits in a parallel circuit and it
gave me a little over 1 volt. Linking four grape fruits
in a series circuit gave me 3.3 volts.
I used an LED light because it only required volts. I
was lacking in current and amps, so the halogen bulb
didn't work.
To see the bulb better i placed a black cylinder
around it. Wires were cut to correct lengths and
soldered to alligator clips.
Basic Set-up
The LED is lit up!
References
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Lindstrom, Erika, “The Electric Fruits,”
members.aol.com/dswart/ElectricFruits.pdf, April
2006