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Thanks, I try to avoid adding music as far as possible. I prefer to use the original audio if it is OK.

@darthclone2002 I guess I didn't make it clear enough. This is specifically about what difference it makes if the steel rod of the lead weight touches the water OR the crocodile clips touch the water. As shown, the difference between the lead and the steel was negligible, but when the crocodile clip on the magnesium touched the water, there was a significant drop in the voltage. SO, if you are sloppy in your setup and allow the crocodile clips to touch the water, you are not getting the results for the magnesium. Read my thoughts in my reply on the pinned comment.

@alinochis1514 As shown in previous videos, I picked up this meter in a charity shop, so using it in videos is part of the process of finding out what it does well and what its issues are. For filming, the large display is useful, but it clearly has issues.

Hi Ann. I have done a whole series of videos using different electrolytes, including salt water solutions, ice-cream, milk, soft cheese, tea, mud. These two videos were specifically about what happens if you allow the crocidile clips and/or other parts of the circuit to get in the water (Or whatever you are using for the electrolyte). It messes up the results.

@@GrandadsOtherChannel ah thanks 👍 …I forgot I was commenting on my new I pad which nearly 7 months since Santa brought it we have not synced with my old one which I actually use more xx

Hi Ann. I have done a whole series of videos using different electrolytes. These two videos were specifically about what happens if you allow the crocidile clips and/or other parts of the circuit to get in the water (Or whatever you are using for the electrolyte). It messes up the results. In the previous video we could see a significant volt drop when I used a magnesium electrode, and then allowed the crocodile clip that connects to the magnesium drop in the water.

I would suggest reading through the comments below to see other people's thoughts. The key word in the title is "Mini". It is small. It might cool you a little if you sit it on the table in front of you. It certainly won't cool a room. As for reliability, I gave it away after a few days so I don't know how long it would keep working. It is just a fan with a misting facility, so it will blow water vapour at you and it has coloured LEDs to light it.

This cost me £24.99 in LIDL, September last year (2023).

Sorry, I have no idea what you are talking about 🤔

Here is my take on it after having a bit of time to think about what is going on. It is not the current flowing through the steel that is important, it is the current flowing through the water. As Slider2732 commented, it is similar having two resistors in parallel. The end resistance is not the lowest value resistor. Although we are looking at voltages generated by the galvanic effect rather than resistances, it is all part of the same sort of thing. Maybe think of two batteries in parallel The Steel/water/copper is battery A The Magnesium/water/copper is battery B They are in parallel because the same water is connecting them both, so what voltage is generated? It is not a simple addition. Remember how excited people get when we talk about putting LiPo cells in parallel when one of them is dead. The circuit will try to drive both cells to the same voltage so the higher voltage must drop. The main thing I took from this is it is easy to be sloppy in setting up an experiment and the results you get can vary quite dramatically when you have missed a simple basic criteria. Somebody had pointed out in one of my potato experiments I had allowed two potatos to touch. That would have allowed electricity to flow directly between them rather than through the electrodes and wires I had connected. And finally, YES, that meter does not do me any favours, but I have to give it a try 🤣

@@johnwynne-qx6br Good morning, John 👍

@@MsRaidman Thanks, Marc 😊

I am glad it helped you 😁😁

Thank you, 😁😁

@Valhalla764 at least it demonstrates why we gave up on the vegetable plot 🤣🐌

feeling my raccoons would love to visit there, n become a evasive speciweas >8P

Here is the video I did 6 years ago on building the motor unit - Grandad tries Timberkits - Build the Battery Drive Unit czcams.com/video/xRN1UJkzmp0/video.html

There are several foxes in this video, one seems to have some sort of injury to its jaw, and there seems to be a couple of relatively juvenile foxes. I would think foxes that are not nervous are the ones that get caught.

👍👍

This one turns up every morning and evening, hoping to get a free meal 😊😊

@MrDbone75 good morning, David 👍

The lego circle replaced this one in the right hand panel in this video czcams.com/video/syxUKD9-cqQ/video.htmlsi=mPirlxr4yWwy9oWg&t=17

Sorry, I have no idea. I am not a model train enthusiast. I just picked this up in a charity shop. Here is the related video where you can see the box it came in czcams.com/video/VHUqRRxdZew/video.html

Glad it was useful. It was all a bit "one way" for me, no intention of fixing it, just wanted to get inside and have a look around 🤣🤣

I just remembered, this is the fast forward version so you can see the slugs really shifting - SLUGS under the Bird Table 20240618/19 czcams.com/video/FJp5AIk4QfY/video.html

A nice peaceful afternoon out and about 😊

Thanks, Mike 😊

Thank you 😊

I assume that it has been abandoned.

I am pretty sure it had been abandoned, but we haven't seen it for months now, so I expect it is no longer with us.

This video predates the ones you have been watching on the lead and copper. SO the answer is no, it didn't make the readings and more reliable 😕

It was worth a try, so here you are 🤣 czcams.com/video/hLehWq52Xkw/video.html

I like the size of the display on that meter, but I don't trust the readings. However I will probably keep using it to familiarise myself with it's "features".

@@GrandadsOtherChannel Did notice it seems to have a wonky selector dial. Am not sure if you've done a pencil eraser/rubbing alcohol type clean up of one of those (on vid) but they are quite fascinating how the little dash tracks work. Often have a couple of ball bearings in them too that like to drop onto the floor!

@@Slider2732_ as it happens, the "peek inside" video for that meter goes live tonight in about 6 hours time. Here is the link but it won't work yet czcams.com/video/5QHdlnZ8-54/video.html

@Valhalla764 Thanks, l prefer seeing the fox to seeing the cats, but my favourite is the hedgehog 👍

I don't think I have seen any like that so I can't make any suggestions, sorry.

@GrandadsOtherChannel it's no big deal, thanks for taking the time to reply😉

Not sure about the 'pairings'. I have seen the opposite with Mallard ducks where half a dozen males literally pin a single female down 😮 czcams.com/video/yUrnhEVb7ug/video.html

@@GrandadsOtherChannel Good heavens they were rough, should have been arrested!

@@Slider2732_ Nature can be cruel 😕

I guess that depends on whether you speak the King's English or you live in one of the ex-colonies 🤣

To quote the road closure notice "Access for residents within the road closures will be maintained whenever possible as site operations allow, with access controlled by on-site traffic marshals." All those roads that look like they might be alternatives are single track roads, so when you got the work time rush they just jammed solid. The "official" alternative route was basically back on the major roads that people would be trying to avoid because they are major bottlenecks. Worst case scenario would be somebody living on the new estate (part of the cause of the traffic problem) having to turn right instead of left as they exit their road, and drive a 7 mile diversion through the worst traffic commuter route, compared to their normal 1.5 mile country road avoiding all the traffic.

Comments from the locals suggested a scene from the Mad Max movies 🤣

@@GrandadsOtherChannel Our road into the local town is fairly similar, for distance, winding with 2 lanes, bush lined. Only about 10 cars per hour though! If it was closed for work people would probably drive their 4x4 trucks across the fields lol

Wow, excellent work 👍

I think most "normal" metals will plate OK, even the aluminium seemed to make an effort, but the magnesium seemed to be too reactive, so the copper didn't bond to the surface.

I think most "normal" metals will plate OK, even the aluminium seemed to make an effort, but the magnesium seemed to be too reactive, so the copper didn't bond to the surface.