lemon electricity
describe what happens in the lemon to generate electricity?
describe what happens in the lemon to generate electricity?
A lemon does not generate electricity, it merely helps by supplying the acid and the liquid to conduct ions. What generates electricity is the oxydation of the metal you insterted in it (I am assuming that you are doing the experiment with a nail on one side of a lemon, and copper — like a penny — on the other. Right?)
lemon electricity
The “Tampering” Defense to Lemon Law Claims by Mercedes and BMW
This articles on the “Tampering Defense” to Lemon Law claims should be of special interest to Mercedes and BMW owners living in the Southern California area.
Here in Southern California, there are a good number of BMW and Mercedes dealerships around. In fact, a few years ago, I read that So. Cal. was the largest market in the WORLD for BMW’s and Mercedes. I don’t know if that’s still the case but S. Cal. continues to remain big enough to mean something to these German manufacturers.
Lately, both MBZ and BMW have responded to lemon law claims with the “tampering” defense, i.e. that the consumer tampered with the vehicle to produce repeated problems. In particular, MBZ and BMW have targeted persons of Armenian and Russian descent who have made such claims.
In fairness to BMW and Mercedes, there have been reported tampering cases where consumers with contacts within the dealerships have subtly altered the electronics of the vehicle to produce “codes”, check-engine lights and other electrical malfunctions which would then give rise to a lemon law claim after not being repaired after some repair attempts. However, what we’re seeing now is MBZ and BMW stretching the “tampering” defense to just about any lemon law claim, particularly if the complaint involves electronics. As with prior cases, they appear to be targeting Armenian and Russian consumers.
What is particularly unfair about this is the fact that MBZ and BMW vehicles frequently have legitimate electrical defects which give rise to legitimate lemon claims. This is one of the reasons that these manufacturers are stretching the “tampering” defense well beyond its proper boundaries.
If you have a lemon claim AND IF your vehicle’s defect is electrical in nature, AND PARTICULARLY IF you are Armenian or Russian, here is how you “short-circuit” the “tampering” defense:
1. When you bring your vehicle in for a repair attempt, deliver a written note to the service writer with the following: “Because of repeated instances of _______________________(describe electrical defect, i.e. “check engine light illumination”), I am considering bringing a lemon law claim for replacement or repurchase of my vehicle. I am concerned that [BMW] [MERCEDES] will accuse me of having tampered with the vehicle’s electronics to falsely create a lemon law claim. THEREFORE, I INSIST THAT, DURING THIS REPAIR VISIT, YOU UNDERTAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY INSPECTIONS OF THE VEHICLE TO EITHER CONFIRM OR RULE OUT THE EXISTENCE OF ANY TAMPERING.” You can bring this note to the dealership as many times as you want, but once will probably suffice.
2. Obviously keep a copy of the note for your own records.
3. If the vehicle remains unrepaired, you have your lemon law claim in place and you have essentially undermined their “tampering defense” by yourself throwing it into the open for an inspection specifically to either prove or rule out the tampering. This will obviously lend credibility to any future lemon law claim you may have.
I hope this short article has been of assistance to you & thanks for reading.
About the Author
Robert F. Brennan, Esq. is a principal with Brennan, Wiener & Associates, an AV-rated law firm in La Crescenta, CA. His
firm
specializes in consumer protection litigation, including lemon law,
car dealer fraud
and consumer class actions. He can be reached through his website:
http://socallemonlaw.com
ok i posted the other day,about my 10 y/o tryin to make electricity out of a potato,well that didnt work?
so someone told me ,that you can make electricity out of orange juice and vinegar? and a lemon and vinegar please please help me .his project is due next week ,thank you all so much
How to Make a Battery From a Lemon
You will need the following:
1. 18-gauge copper wire (smaller gauge will work too, but 18-gauge is stiffer)
2. Wire clippers
3. Steel paper clip (Some people find that a 2-inch strip of zinc works better)
4. Sheet of coarse sandpaper
5. Lemon
6. Help from an older friend or an adult
Instructions:
1. Have your older friend or an adult strip 2 inches of insulation off the copper wire. Clip the 2 inches of bare wire with the clippers.
2. Straighten out the paper clip and cut about 2 inches of the straightened steel wire, or use a 2-inch piece or strip of zinc.
3. Use sandpaper to smooth any rough spots on the ends of the wire and paper clip or piece of zinc.
4. Squeeze the lemon gently with your hands. But don’t rupture the lemon’s skin. Rolling it on a table with a little pressure works great.
5. Push the pieces of the paper clip and the wire into the lemon so they are as close together as you can get them without touching.
6. Moisten your tongue with saliva. Touch the tip of your wet tongue to the free ends of the two wires. You should be able to feel a slight tingle on the tip of your tongue and taste something metallic.
What you’ll discover is that the lemon battery is called a voltaic battery, which changes chemical energy into electrical energy.
The battery is made up of two different metals (the steel paper clip and the copper wire). These are called electrodes, which are the parts of a battery where electric current enters or leaves the battery. The electrodes are placed in a liquid containing an electrolyte, which is a solution that can conduct electricity.
In a solution of water and an electrolyte, like the acid in the lemon, an excess of electrons collects on one end of the electrodes. At the same time, electrons are lost from the other electrode.
Touching the electrodes to your tongue closes the circuit and allows an small electric current to flow. A single lemon produces about 7/10 of a volt of electricity. If you connected two lemons together, you can power an inexpensive digital watch (uses about 1.5 volts). (Use a length of thin, flexible wire to connect the silver wire of one lemon to the copper wire of the other lemon. Then attach thin wires from the other two wires in the lemons to where a battery’s positive and negative poles connect to power the watch.)
The tingle felt in your tongue and the metallic taste is due to the movement of electrons through the saliva on your tongue.
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