"John Rumm" wrote in message
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s--p--o--n--i--x wrote:

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:31:20 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:


You're not supposed to plug it in to the electrolyte, it needs to be
plugged into the wall....


Err....no.

Try this experiment. Take a glass of lemon juice and place a steel
nail and an offcut of copper pipe. Use a multimeter to measure the
voltage between the copper and the steel. You'll find that a voltage
is produced. This is electrolysis.

I think you missed the invisible smilely on Andy's post...

(I susspect he knows how a battery works!)

That is highly suspect.