Miffy is a picky cat, often refusing to eat top brand cat food, including Fancy Feast.
I took a gamble and bought some Cesar brand moist dog food from Walgreens. Let’s see if she will eat it…
Archive for the ‘fun experiments’ Category
I made my first batch of homemade toothpaste. It was much easier than I expected.
This is an experiment generating electricity from scrap metal.
Scrap CRT TV lying on the ground produces electricity as it rusts.
I did an experiment, trying to clean metal in a new way (for me). I burned some potatoes to the bottom of a pot and it needed to be cleaned. I made the mistake of not putting in enough water and the potatoes burned at the bottom. It was a mess and needed to be cleaned. I decided to try an experiment and brought the camcorder with me to share the results.
The results of using hydrolysis to help clean the burned pot.
Continue reading ‘Metal Cleaning Experiment with Hydrolysis + Solar Panel’ »
The original video shows a group of experimenters from Canada that are making Hydrogen in the form of HHO using electrolysis. Something goes terribly wrong.
Continue reading ‘Bubble Thing – HHO Fuel Cell Explosion Remix’ »
The solar lights on my property have been dim or have been completely off at night. Maintenance can be done on these lamps to get them working again.
Continue reading ‘Solar Light Maintenance; Powers Hydrolysis, too’ »
Make Your Own Air Battery
The video below shows three different electrolytes for a cell. Which electrolyte will be the best, producing the most voltage and current?
Making a waffle out of sodium acetate trihydrate. This is the same stuff that makes up “hot ice” and heating pads.
How is the liquid made?
Edited Jun-10-2010
Acid can release electricity from metal. What is an easy-to-find source of acid? Tomatoes!
VIDEO
The video above shows how an LED and a buzzer are powered by a tomato battery. It’s just two different metals dipped into mashed tomatoes. It even helps charge a AAA battery.
How does this work?
