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Originally Posted by scc
OK, slightly related question: Modern people will recognizes potatoes and other fruits and vegetables as potential electrical sources, and then there's voltaic piles (See High-Tech, page 12, the dirty tech callout)
So how much potatoes do I need for a single point of of FP?
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That depends on what metals you use for the electrodes. It's not the potato that supplies the energy; it's the difference in electrical potential between the two contacts, made active by the presence of an ionic solution.
Bill Stoddard