Step 5: Finish it off

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Once you've capped it, carefully tape it (if you like) and insert your LED, with the positive end on top.

The LED should light up.

It's not very bright, but then again, it's running on only six cents!
 
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The_Tom says: May 3, 2012. 9:15 PM
What was the voltage?
jerbob says: May 14, 2009. 10:31 AM
Yay, it works! One clarification: make sure that you put a solution-soaked cloth between the top sanded and the unsanded top penny. Wonder how much more voltage you'd get if you added six more pennies?
Bigev in reply to jerbobMay 16, 2009. 1:50 PM
probabally double. voltages in series add up.
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