What explains this potato light socket & battery?

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The discussion centers on a Facebook video demonstrating a potato functioning as a light socket and battery. Participants agree that the concept resembles a "lemon battery," utilizing different metal coatings to generate energy. However, skepticism arises regarding the role of circular magnets, with consensus that they do not contribute to the energy generation process. The video is widely regarded as misleading or potentially fake, with suggestions that it may involve a mains voltage bulb or a deceptive LED bulb with an internal battery.

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There is an interesting video @ Facebook about a potato that is made into a light socket & battery:

https://www.facebook.com/HECHOenNUE...218328082289/1950024855234964/?type=2&theater

Now, I see how the generation of energy is done in the way that a "lemon battery" is done, here using the different metal coatings of the screw & base section of the light bulb, but I am an unclear on what is going on with the circular magnets.
 
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Interesting video, but my impression is that it is fake.
 
Charles Link said:
Interesting video, but my impression is that it is fake.
yeah, would have to agree ... the magnets and turns of wire are not doing anything and everything...
the wires from the magnets and the terminals of the globe are completely shorted out by the fluids in the potatoe
 
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Totally rubbish video. It is either a mains voltage bulb or a joke shop LED bulb with a battery inside it. See this link.
swampwiz said:
I am an unclear on what is going on with the circular magnets.
I am clear that Nothing is going on with them. :wink:
 
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People get paid per view. That's why there are so many fake videos on the web.
 
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