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Home-Made Battery: Materials
You can find most of the materials you
will need to build this battery around your house and garage - or maybe a
neighbor has a pile of scrap lumber which they would be willing to share.
The design is very open to modification and substitution - use your imagination
if you can't find something listed here. Read through the rest of the assembly
instructions and come back here before you begin if you do not understand
what some of these items are for.
Wood Parts
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2" X 4" base - approximately 12 to 15
inches long (depends on the size of the jars)
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Quarter round moulding - 24" long (or
Double the length of the base)
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2 each 1/4" thick plywood ends, 4" wide
by about 7 inches tall
Hardware
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Small Finishing nails (10 - 20)
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Medium sized framing nails (5 or 6)
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10 Small bolts, 1/4" diameter - long
enough to go through the electrode and support rail (about 1")
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20 flat washers (to fit above bolts)
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10 nuts (also to fit bolts)
Electrical Parts
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5 Feet of 18 or 24 Gauge Stranded Wire
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2 position terminal strip
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Miniature LED (Light Emitting
Diode)
Other Stuff
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5 small baby food jars
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one 6" square of copper plated Printed
Circuit board (or similar copper sheeting)
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one empty 5 pound coffee can
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Cider Vinegar (about a cup)
© 1999,
Robert Lyon Richards