How to Power a Wall Clock on Plain Water.

Its easy to power things on water. I have been doing it for years. All you need is a rod of pure magnesium, 98% pure. Some foam. A spool of copper wire, a hose clamp, the screw type works well.  Two alligator wires, the kind that is a wire with an alligator clip on each end of the wire. One tiny piece of flat metal, for connecting to the magnesium rod with the clamp. And a capacitor for storage. Also you will need some tap water and a wall clock. Take the magnesium rod and connect the flat piece of metal on the side, top part of the rod. Clamp it to it snugly. Now wrap one layer of foam around the rod, make sure the foam is not touching the top clamp. And around the outside of the foam goes the copper wire. I usually wrap the copper wire on something a bit bigger first like a screwdriver handle, because you want the copper wire to gently set over the foam, not tightly. So wrap maybe 10 or so turns of copper wire,,make sure the magnesium rod is longer then this of course. Once the copper wire is set over the foam, have one side of the wire coming up from it toward the top. Make sure the copper wire and the piece of metal connected to the magnesium rod dont touch. This will be your two power wires,,and your electrodes will be the magnesium rod and the copper. Now solder or connect the capacitor to your two electrode wires at the top of the magnesium rod. Use a larger capacitor if it dont work well or the clock stops. The magnesium is the negative terminal,,and the copper is the positive terminal. Set the rod and magnesium setup in a cup of plain water. Dont use any salts or chemicals, only plain water. Connect the electrode wires with the alligator clips to the wall clock battery contacts on the back side of the clock. And the clock should be running now. To see my version which is on a live cam I run 24/7 visit http://blinkyblue.zapto.org Also I usually have other items shown there as well, all of which will be powered on plain water. I dont use any salts, acids or other chemicals.