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Salt water camping lights


These things are popping up all over the web, several different versions.
Add water and salt, volia
Light and charger for your phone.



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Jeff

"It has NO batteries" and then proceeds to show the plates of the "battery". Idk, if it worked good with ocean water, maybe, but you could practically power a led with a potato so I see it more as a science demonstration, it's cool, but not the greatest thing since sliced bread. I wonder what the life expectancy of the electrode plates are.
 
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There's another one out there that shows one with larger electrodes, I think they were rated for appox 250 total hours run time and replacement plates for about 4 bucks.
Your right,it's just super simple basic highschool science class stuff, but it's a novel spin on it.
And someone is making money

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Jeff
 
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I recall "the Professor" developed that salt water battery charging technology to recharge the batteries for their shortwave radio. Funny that he couldn't develop a glue out of tree sap to repair their boat to get off the island.


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