Comments on: Potato Powered mp3 Player – Not!

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:52:48 +0000

Nick, of course it doesn’t work. Look at the “circuit”, how could it? It’s a spoof? You could use potatoes to produce an electric current if you wired it up properly, but it would produce only a very small current certainly not enough to power an mp3 player. If you read my post you will see the clues. But, the title is the biggest clue, surely – “Potato Powered mp3 Player – Not!”

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:44:32 +0000

THIS DOES NOT WORK DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:23:58 +0000

Sorry, Bobby, no it won't work with this set up, it's a spoof. But, that said you wouldn't get a adequate current from a working lemon battery either.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:42:32 +0000

Wow!!!Is it possible?How long it may work?How hours?

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:50:13 +0000

I forgot to add a comment to this to let readers know that I posted a more legitimate fruity battery item recently - Lemon Battery. Anyone given it a try and had success, leave a comment to let us know? Have you used anything more exotic than a lemon to generate an electrical current? db

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:49:08 +0000

IT DOES NOT WORK!!! It's a spoof, as mentioned earlier. Check out the lemon battery post that DOES WORK!!! db

By: DAVID

DAVID — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:14:14 +0000

How will this work? My son is trying to do this for a science project and it’s not working. We’ve tried it the above way and by linking both sweet potatoes together and nothing. I’ve also tried it with 3 potatoes linked together and again nothing. Can anyone help? He needs this ASAP. Thanks David

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:24:41 +0000

I saw a very similar video showing how to charge an iPod with an onion. It was brilliantly done but basically amounted to shoving the USB cable into the onion. There were lots of follow-ups showing how this could not possibly work and that the voltage you get from such an act is negligible.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:30:17 +0000

Radio Shack, perhaps? But, don’t follow this video it’s a spoof. Read the comments to see how it is really done.

By: latasha

latasha — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:01:12 +0000

where can you get the crocodile clips and the lil wire that go thro