Did you take any pictures?  I'm having trouble visualizing the mesh/nail setup.

Kevin

Douglas Wood wrote:
> I suggested driving a hobby DC motor/gear box combination with a fruit
> battery. Slipping all of the interceding research, I found that plastic soda
> bottle caps arranged in a honeycomb pattern (for density) filled with lemon
> juice work the best. Each battery cell was filled roughly half with juice
> and I used common zinc galvanized nails and copper mesh for the electrodes
> (The copper mesh provided a greater surface area for the chemical reaction
> to occur and produced about three times the current output when compared to
> a copper nail).

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