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Re: Has anyone made any homemade valves (tubes), semiconductors ...

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From: Greg Ebert
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 1990 15:43
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In article <872@massey.ac.nz> GMoretti@massey.ac.nz (Giovanni Moretti) writes:
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>And how about batteries with household chemicals (ie not sulphuric)
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I managed to get a voltage reading from a lemon - I used a penny (copper) for
one electrode, and the meter probe for the other. It was under a volt.

I prefer to power-up lemons and potatoes with 220 volts.....
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From: grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Greg Ebert)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio
Subject: Re: Has anyone made any homemade valves (tubes), semiconductors ...
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Date: 26 Jul 90 15:43:18 GMT
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