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I was thinking of sticking a copper nail and a zinc nail into a lemon and connecting an LED between them. Would it be enough to light it? Find out here:

http://hilaroad.com/camp/projects/lemon/...ttery.html

Better yet, create some LEDs with a zinc coated and copper coated lead, then poke them all into the lemons of a lemon tree. Naturally powered christmas decoration!

That would be a good science fair project.  I recalled potatoes being used also, and I found a link.

http://www.miniscience.com/projects/PotatoElectricity/

(Sep 19, 2015 01:36 AM)elte Wrote: [ -> ]That would be a good science fair project.  I recalled potatoes being used also, and I found a link.

http://www.miniscience.com/projects/PotatoElectricity/

Wow...a potato creates even more voltage. I wonder how much a grapefruit generates? A pineapple?

I found it surprising that it was higher for potatoes than lemons too.

I wonder how long a vinegar or muriatic acid battery would light an LED.  Vinegar in a plastic container, for example.  

Or maybe a solar cell charging a super capacitor.  Would the capacitor store enough charge to light an LED overnight?