I do not think you will ever be able to stop misleading videos (I am being kind) but as long as people like yourself are pointing out the facts we will have a chance. Thank you. 👍🐝🌞
Thankyou Robert, it's most elevating to hear the truth and to expose the scammers, there's so much lying junk on RUclips these days. Keep up the good work.
It is great to have this kind of video in this media where people would gladly believe something they saw once and not question the science behind why or why not it would work the way they are shown. Thank you for explaining to us.
He hasn't even showed how it doesn't work just how he thinks it won't. You have taken his word based on faith and dismissed the video showing evidence. Based on 1 man's words
I just saved 2 weeks, 17 liters of coffee,2 packs of calming meds and my faith in humanity, just by watching this video! Thank you so very much! Much appreciated!
I am so happy that you decided to do this subject, I have watched so many of your videos and they are always so well presented and based on the science of the subject. It is so good to watch a talk on this from a man who actually knows what he is talking about. This proves my philosophy on learning is correct, IE. you can only learn from someone who knows more than you do on the subject. Thank you so much from Perth Australia
@@ThinkingandTinkering i don't remember for sure, but did you do a video about printable solar cell's?....can you use a printer to create solar cell's?
@@deanstalker7964 Then you'd have shiny CDs. Not a bad idea, but.... oh! You meant to use the LEDs to generate a current! AHAHhaahahha! You're funny. I'm slow.
He didn't do nothing at all, just turning the CD on is finger, not even disproving that it could work, and you call it the best video in the entire youtube...In what cave do you live...and you got a cheers for it FROM the dude?????????? WHAT🤣😂🤣 FAKE
we will all be watching your videos Robert you have a great community built up around your channels. thank you for all your hard work and putting this type of content out there. 👍👍
You don't need 1million views Robert - it's quality not quantity that counts. Your videos are quality and that's what serious viewers want. Let the sheep see the scammers and you continue to give us serious students of all sciences the quality videos we need and love. The added bonus is that your videos are also highly entertaining. Well done.
I clicked on this video because I was real excited to learn what I saw people doing a few years back. They powered their whole property on home made CD Solar panels. And they worked great. Bummer to see you just made this video to say they don’t.
@@RR-mb8hk No, I only met them once. We were scouting out property to buy in northern Maine for business and they were selling their land. He explained it to us, but I didn’t understand what he was talking about at the time and didn’t have the interest to learn. Times have changed, and I wish I did pay more attention.
I'm very happy you're addressing this scheme and exposing the very basics of why some shiny, glittery plastic and aluminum isn't going to begin magically pumping out power... Other than the power of fantasy.. which would probably stand more of a chance towards an aha idea going through just the right mind at the right time. Thanks 👍
Got an idea: cover a parabolic dome with CDs, then have them focus on a tank containing water, then have the water evaporate and activate a turbine, there you go...solar power from CDs! 🙂
@@gabrielex i took chrome vinyl, stuck it onto an old TV satellite dish a used it to light fireworks, if you search lighting a firework with a satellite dish, it is somewhere here on RUclips. But I had the same idea of heating water with it for a turbine, but I also wanted to add a Fresnel Lense on top to also heat the water, the water would have to be running through a small sphere or maybe just a straight pipe, and to avoid using an electrical pump, there has to be a way to use convection to naturally move the water if needed. It could be like a big pet water feeder . It goes to the small sphere tank being quickly heated by the parabolic mirror and lense on top, the steam has to go somewhere, so have it spin a turbine and rain back into the feeder. I think it can totally work, and maybe the lens isn't even needed, but I've always wanted to try it. I might make it a goal
True--and not like that, but y'know, old CDs might not make such a bad backing for solar cells, or mirrors to reflect light toward the solar arrays... Better than throwing them out, anyway.
@Tron Jockey please make sure to let the viewers of this channel know if you do make such a video, we’ll all click on it to ensure it’s picked up by the algorithm! 😂
Thanks a lot from Turkiye MR. Robert. and Thank god there are honest Real Science man people like you on youtube.This channel deserve views more than millions.🙏💯
I remember one of the other videos argued that regular cds won't work. They said it required writable dvds because those contain silicon. The regular cds and DVDs that aren't purple, are plastic mass replicated products which are pressed, not burned. Silicon was argued to be the "game changer"
I worked at a company which build the machines to manufacture CD's/DVD's neither the ordinary nor write/rewritable ones contain silicone. They use a thin layer of metal which is been sputtered on as a reflective layer as well as a light-sensitive dye for the (re)writeable ones. We experimeted with all kinds of metals for the reflective layer though, copper gold platinum you name it we tried it, silicone was none of them though. But Aluminium was the best cost/reflectivness compromise.
I like your final words, how it's not stupidity. Strikes home, because when I saw the title and was not yet aware that it's a debunking video - even if that was at the back of my head - I was really excited for a second about such a simple solution to the problem that we've got, as you put it. Thanks for being a stand-up guy.
@@kevinroberts781 If it's that obvious to you then perhaps you suffer from a closed-minded overconfidence. There's no reason to have assumed after reading the title that there isn't some interesting way of doing this, like applying a film the existence of which you are not aware of. It's possible to turn clothes into solar panels, so why not CD's that most people understand just as 'technological stuff'?
@@Ilamarea "curiousity kills the cat". I mean, why do we have to fall for it? I mean, if the trick is to put solar on top of CDs, that count as a trick.
I was actually looking for one of those cd videos to try and understand how they work, glad I found this video, still going to try some of the other DiY options for solar though, just enough to charge batteries.
I went through the better part of the video hoping to hear something along the line of "But here is how you can harness the power of the sun using nothing more than common table salt, some copper pipe, and these 497 CDs"
Ah, the voice of reason! I was gulled by one of those scamvids and was tempted to try this for myself. You just saved me all sorts of time and grief. Thank you so much!
Spot on and well explained but this video will never go viral because it goes against what people hope for when they look at a bunch of cd. These guys who get paid for misleading cd solar cell info will not stop as long as the money rolls in. Thank you for the blunt honesty.
Thanks for the discussion. I changed my mind about not replying as I believe science "tubers" have something valuable to say. Unfortunately, people tend to lack critical thinking skills and have limited baseline knowledge, making them susceptible to misinformation. For me, this knowledge is crucial for our future, much like learning how to read. Technology can be a double-edged sword, granting us new capabilities while making us forget old things. Just like learning something new, it's also important to remember and hold on to the past, like soapstone bed warmers
I did sucessfully harness the energy from the sun using a few hundred old CDs, suspended with old monofilament fishing line into an excellent, reflective bird deterrent around my garden.
About cd .. .. If you have a CD player and do no longer need it, you can take out the ejection system. Thing is: if you put an LED (or two in reverse) on the motor and operate the eject mechanism (open, close, open, close), the leds will light up. And yes, there is another motor in the middle, but you will need to spin it a bit faster. The nice thing of the eject system is that it has gearing in it (See Rob's previous video about making your own, 1 to 128 ration). The CDrom can be used to create a capacitor, not very spectacular. The best use I know of for a CD is in the garden, hanging (dangling) from a rope, to scare birds away.
The fun fact is that it will work as rectenna / LEctenna if you have germanium diode on it ;D It doesn't produce much, unless you live near transmitter, or have your own transmitter. The CD has nothing to do with it.
So will an antenna. I seen a vid years ago where the maker attached a joule thief to an antenna and lit an LED. I think he had a germanium diode in the mix as well.
@@scotttovey Yes :D I'm currently studying if it might be possible to make portable AM rectenna to power 1,5v FM / Mp3 player... Biggest issue seems to be sourcing genuine low voltage UHF/VHF/RF diodes for cheap. Those good old germanium ones are nearly 1€ a peace + shipping. The CD actually might work well and be better with "spider coil" configuration. But I'm also going to use some LC magic, so I will try some dark green or dark grey (Mn-Zn) toroids to get more power.
Back in the day I had an AM transmitter (tube) and when a TL light was a few meters away from the antenne (just a long wire) it would light up. So you could play 'star wars' in the garden LOL
Hello - there was a Polish science-fiction writer named Stanisław Lem once he said "until I used the internet I didn't realize there were so many idiots in the world" whatever he meant explains why movies like these with pseudo photovoltaic cells , made of CD - or it is a deliberate MISINFORMING action! You make fantastic material exposing and showing how modern technology works. Regards
You appear to be the most professional, trustworthy and with a natural passion for basic Physics/Science, so very sad that this is minority in mainstream education. There is lack of awareness that the simple ability to to inspire learning in children and students of all ages is THE IMPERATIVE. Do you think it's simpler to buy inexpensive solar panels than attempting to make one with old cd.s,I too thought why are they missing the most important simple point about connecting? Any bit of solid plastic in-between must for a perfect Non Cercuit, it seems like some kind of clicking con.Are people really so gullible, it never ceases to amaze.Thank you and keep up good and valuable work.
It is an interesting concept, shame it doesn’t work. I have seen so many videos and thought to myself it couldn’t possibly work. Electronics are an amazing thing and I think it’s great that people waste their time to learn something doesn’t work, that inspires the brain to find a method that does work.
Thank you for debunking this modern myth. The array of CD discs glued onto a surface, however, did spark an idea that old discs may have a use for making a fairly efficient solar reflector as compared to using ordinary aluminum foil.
ok, maybe wanted to think i could save the world with some cds im not using anymore...didnt try it but thank you mister for the slap in the face, really appreciated
Thank you for your clear explanation. Why is it people fall for all the nonsense, rather than studying and having a basic understanding of engineering science. Children should be taught at school how to discriminate between fake and fact.
Bravo........I tried one and didn't work to.......I didn't expect it to.......great experience and experiment......the prism is worth more.......explain ...diopolar plastic and alum......cheers
It's amazing how many suckers are out there. You can use clear lens LED's in this configuration and read a small voltage but it would take literally millions of them to make any usable power. They incorporate non--reversing diodes in REAL solar panels to keep storage battery power from from backing up into the panels at night discharging them. If this happens, the solar panel will emit light in the infrared spectrum. LED's work basically the same way but with visible light.
What!? I had just ammased a collection of old CDs and was about to try it. You mean to say it won't work? But I want it to work, so it should work right? I know, I'll pour gallium and phosphorus on it. Maybe boron, and I'm sure something will happen right?
the Best comment under a video from "King Homemade" was that: "I found that using older vynal records work a lot better. The black surface absorbs more of the suns rays producing much higher voltage output. Also, if you run the current backwards through the record, you can get what is called a "black light" effect." i like that kind of humor 🤣
By wrapping wire around the CDs and sticking them in the air you will pick up radio frequency energy and if you run it through a diode you will see small amounts of voltage, a long way from a solar cell however.
This rebuttal video is a fine example of the freaky nature of how very little privacy one may have online... A friend had sent me one of those CD solar videos on FB just yesterday and then YT pops this video up in my recommendations... That said, every single home made power generation video I've ever seen is a pure set-up and is full of BS... Great video!!!
Good deal. I saw that last one and thought.. I wonder what Mr. Smith would say? I put it on the back burner so to speak.. *I HOPE everyone watches this!!* I had a sneaky suspicion this was clickbait.. Thank You Robert!! Always look fwd to your videos!
We just hang them all in our trees because if you string them together in a long line they make and amazing light show in the garden. Also our neighbour hates them and that is a bonus :)
Well done with this public service :). If it helps, I wasn't looking for a video on DIY solar cells, but google just found it relevant to me (no idea why, it's been 10+ years since I search for anything like Overunity / Free Energy etc). I have never seen any of the videos that promoted this fallacy so your video must be gaining some traction with the funcy (or funky) youtube algorithm. Congratulations: At the time of this comment, this may not have millions of views but 1/4 million views still isn't bad. Hope more people see this before wasting time and patience on garbage. My thought process here is let the youngsters with a spark of genius and lots of enthusiasm try things that might work/need developing and not get disgruntled with rubbish.
They certainly do!...the same mentally unstable moron's who also argue there are multiple gender's, men can get pregnant, and baby murder is medical care!...insanity is the true pandemic these day's, and it's more contagious than all deadly disease's combined!
Haha, I think they are more likely to believe that their local politician is involved in a conspiracy to keep CD solar cells out of the public domain because the oil companies don't want to loose fossil fuel sales used to generate electricity 😁😁
Very enjoyable. And now you can demonstrate how to make a high temperature solar collector from those useless CD's! Only one problem - here in Scotland the sun just doesn't shine enough!
i lived in a block of flats and we were plagued by pigeons old cd's make excellent bird scarers - drill a hole on the edge and clip a fishing swivel to it, a few of these strung along a wire will keep the birds away from your seeds as they spin in the wind
Ahh RUclips... "If you can figure out how the sexy female scientist makes solar cells out of CD's, you're a genius!" There's a sucker born every minute (P.T. Barnum) 🤣
Robert thanks for the content, I'm open minded and I will analyze everything that is out there, I was watching your video and occurred to me that maybe this is not a solar power but a rf antenna or a receiver.i like to read your opinion.
If it sounds to good to be true, by all probability it isn't. But the people always want to see the next new wonder, the next new, easy and sparkling answer to questions not asked. Because an easy answer, as wrong as it may be, is for some always preferable to really having to do something
I actually made one solar CD wrapped wire myself, just to try it. In the sun, it did produce about 3 volts, but not enough amps to speak of...it has to be in direct sunlight, or it won't work. It works, but not feasible due to it having little power output.
It can be used like any little mirror to reflect sunlight on a black pipe filled with water to warm it, for example. If you have enough of them arranged well and the sun shines bright at the right angle, you may be able to boil a pot of water with it ;)
Or a bung overlapping to for a dish that concentrates rays to a point, but as Robert pointed out, you could do the same thing with alumin(i)um foil, or mirrors
@@NightRunner417 You can get a hand-cranked little 20W generator from china for 50€. Tested them and they are pretty good. Stay away from anything plastic, however.
Terribly unfortunate that you are so right about how many views this vid will get compared to the scamming scumbags just trying to get views. thanks as always for the truth.
G'day You just got me thinking about a almost constant power supply. Wind is the only drawback that is at a stop start but can almost be overcome with perpetual motion.
By using a box of spanners, nuts and bolts and some recycled oil, I once converted an old rusty box and some round rubber things into a means of transportation. (Also called getting a car through it's MOT).
Thank you for putting the truth out. It is a true concern that we are as a society, wasting peoples precious time with lies. Truly robbing them of their life's. As long as we reward people for misleading people and preying off their hopes, why would our situation get any better. But when the world's leadership rules off lies and the controlled release of advancement for corporate gain, why wouldn't people follow the what seems to be the only way to get ahead.
Not condoning posting fake videos, but a little good does comes of it: People that don't know better, or should, do get some experience constructing something and testing it. There are worse things in the world. It will fail. But we do learn more from our failures than our successes. At around 12-years-old, a friend and I got hold of a couple of Big Wheel tire and axle sets. We built a crude unpowered go-cart chassis for them. We had measured the width of the axles from the outside of each tire, not the inside. The axles would not fit the finished chassis. Doh! Much was learned, though: Experience, new skills, and life lessons.
Thank God I saw this video before I started experimenting with c.d.s!! Thanks Robert, you saved alot of people from wasting alot of time.
CDs make useful ear rings, but not much else.
If you ever tought about making those. Then you are lost and most likely fall for another bs. :)
@@lukasp.5243 deep down I knew there was something fishy about the whole thing!!
@@audiodead7302 They make better frisbees, bird reflectors and microwave experiments.
Jim, I agree.
I do not think you will ever be able to stop misleading videos (I am being kind) but as long as people like yourself are pointing out the facts we will have a chance. Thank you. 👍🐝🌞
Really? RUclips can't Stop misleading information? Why do they keep banning people? They seem to only ban smart people. RUclips loves idiot's
Thankyou Robert, it's most elevating to hear the truth and to expose the scammers, there's so much lying junk on RUclips these days. Keep up the good work.
The guy didn’t prove anything, he just gave his opinion. I thiught he was going to prove it instead of just talking about his opinion
It is great to have this kind of video in this media where people would gladly believe something they saw once and not question the science behind why or why not it would work the way they are shown. Thank you for explaining to us.
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He hasn't even showed how it doesn't work just how he thinks it won't. You have taken his word based on faith and dismissed the video showing evidence. Based on 1 man's words
To support your message, I just read all the comments and upvoted all the positive ones. Hope it helps and thanks for the truth.
I just saved 2 weeks, 17 liters of coffee,2 packs of calming meds and my faith in humanity, just by watching this video! Thank you so very much! Much appreciated!
get blood work done and see which nutrients you are deficient in
I am so happy that you decided to do this subject, I have watched so many of your videos and they are always so well presented and based on the science of the subject. It is so good to watch a talk on this from a man who actually knows what he is talking about. This proves my philosophy on learning is correct, IE. you can only learn from someone who knows more than you do on the subject. Thank you so much from Perth Australia
Amazing videos.. easily among the best content in the whole internet
oh Wow, thanks for taking the time to say that mate - cheers
@@ThinkingandTinkering i don't remember for sure, but did you do a video about printable solar cell's?....can you use a printer to create solar cell's?
@@ThinkingandTinkering what about if you covered the cds with leds?
@@deanstalker7964 Then you'd have shiny CDs. Not a bad idea, but.... oh! You meant to use the LEDs to generate a current! AHAHhaahahha! You're funny. I'm slow.
He didn't do nothing at all, just turning the CD on is finger, not even disproving that it could work, and you call it the best video in the entire youtube...In what cave do you live...and you got a cheers for it FROM the dude?????????? WHAT🤣😂🤣 FAKE
we will all be watching your videos Robert you have a great community built up around your channels. thank you for all your hard work and putting this type of content out there. 👍👍
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You don't need 1million views Robert - it's quality not quantity that counts. Your videos are quality and that's what serious viewers want. Let the sheep see the scammers and you continue to give us serious students of all sciences the quality videos we need and love. The added bonus is that your videos are also highly entertaining. Well done.
Thank you for saving me from ruining all my parent's old soap operas.
I clicked on this video because I was real excited to learn what I saw people doing a few years back. They powered their whole property on home made CD Solar panels. And they worked great. Bummer to see you just made this video to say they don’t.
Can you show how the people that are getting power did their panels?
@@RR-mb8hk No, I only met them once. We were scouting out property to buy in northern Maine for business and they were selling their land. He explained it to us, but I didn’t understand what he was talking about at the time and didn’t have the interest to learn. Times have changed, and I wish I did pay more attention.
I'm very happy you're addressing this scheme and exposing the very basics of why some shiny, glittery plastic and aluminum isn't going to begin magically pumping out power... Other than the power of fantasy.. which would probably stand more of a chance towards an aha idea going through just the right mind at the right time. Thanks 👍
Got an idea: cover a parabolic dome with CDs, then have them focus on a tank containing water, then have the water evaporate and activate a turbine,
there you go...solar power from CDs! 🙂
probably not the worst thing you could do with CDs
Unfortunately the material in the CD has only a short life span when aimed at the sun every day. I tried this on a large defunct satellite antenna...
@@gabrielex i took chrome vinyl, stuck it onto an old TV satellite dish a used it to light fireworks, if you search lighting a firework with a satellite dish, it is somewhere here on RUclips.
But I had the same idea of heating water with it for a turbine, but I also wanted to add a Fresnel Lense on top to also heat the water, the water would have to be running through a small sphere or maybe just a straight pipe, and to avoid using an electrical pump, there has to be a way to use convection to naturally move the water if needed. It could be like a big pet water feeder . It goes to the small sphere tank being quickly heated by the parabolic mirror and lense on top, the steam has to go somewhere, so have it spin a turbine and rain back into the feeder.
I think it can totally work, and maybe the lens isn't even needed, but I've always wanted to try it. I might make it a goal
Thank you for making this video !! I saw one of these videos the other week and thought “there is no way that a CD can be used for solar like that”
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True--and not like that, but y'know, old CDs might not make such a bad backing for solar cells, or mirrors to reflect light toward the solar arrays... Better than throwing them out, anyway.
Best use I have ever gotten out of old AOL CDs was to hang them in the trees around my garden to keep the birds out.
That and they were killer frisbees
It is truly amazing how well these "gag" videos actually work as a pay off.
It only works because RUclips doesn't care about misinformation
@@kevinroberts781 I suppose in a way, everyone who "tries" to make it work, will learn a valuable lesson.
Heat your pillow while you recharge your cell phone from compost?
It's amazing how many believe in the free energy videos and all that stuff.
@Tron Jockey please make sure to let the viewers of this channel know if you do make such a video, we’ll all click on it to ensure it’s picked up by the algorithm! 😂
Thanks a lot from Turkiye MR. Robert. and Thank god there are honest Real Science man people like you on youtube.This channel deserve views more than millions.🙏💯
I use old CDs for bird scaring devices, works a treat.
I use them as coaster 😂
I remember one of the other videos argued that regular cds won't work. They said it required writable dvds because those contain silicon. The regular cds and DVDs that aren't purple, are plastic mass replicated products which are pressed, not burned. Silicon was argued to be the "game changer"
The blue/purple colour is from azo or cyanine-type dyes. Neither of those dyes has silicon!
I worked at a company which build the machines to manufacture CD's/DVD's neither the ordinary nor write/rewritable ones contain silicone.
They use a thin layer of metal which is been sputtered on as a reflective layer as well as a light-sensitive dye for the (re)writeable ones.
We experimeted with all kinds of metals for the reflective layer though, copper gold platinum you name it we tried it, silicone was none of them though.
But Aluminium was the best cost/reflectivness compromise.
Like einstein
I like your final words, how it's not stupidity. Strikes home, because when I saw the title and was not yet aware that it's a debunking video - even if that was at the back of my head - I was really excited for a second about such a simple solution to the problem that we've got, as you put it.
Thanks for being a stand-up guy.
It's pretty obvious that it doesn't work
@@kevinroberts781 If it's that obvious to you then perhaps you suffer from a closed-minded overconfidence. There's no reason to have assumed after reading the title that there isn't some interesting way of doing this, like applying a film the existence of which you are not aware of. It's possible to turn clothes into solar panels, so why not CD's that most people understand just as 'technological stuff'?
@@Ilamarea "curiousity kills the cat". I mean, why do we have to fall for it? I mean, if the trick is to put solar on top of CDs, that count as a trick.
Your expose’ is appreciated…thank you.
I was actually looking for one of those cd videos to try and understand how they work, glad I found this video, still going to try some of the other DiY options for solar though, just enough to charge batteries.
Glad you made this. I hope it really helps dismiss the junk.
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Why wouldn’t I watch your video and appreciate it? You saved me from being conned Thank you so much for saving my time sir..
I went through the better part of the video hoping to hear something along the line of "But here is how you can harness the power of the sun using nothing more than common table salt, some copper pipe, and these 497 CDs"
Have not seen those clips but your the Man ,thanks !
Ah, the voice of reason! I was gulled by one of those scamvids and was tempted to try this for myself. You just saved me all sorts of time and grief. Thank you so much!
Thank you much Rob ! I was waiting something like this .
cheers mate
Spot on and well explained but this video will never go viral because it goes against what people hope for when they look at a bunch of cd. These guys who get paid for misleading cd solar cell info will not stop as long as the money rolls in. Thank you for the blunt honesty.
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Your fun to watch. Very charismatic and informative. Enjoy your channel alot.
thanks for opening our minds
Thanks for the discussion. I changed my mind about not replying as I believe science "tubers" have something valuable to say. Unfortunately, people tend to lack critical thinking skills and have limited baseline knowledge, making them susceptible to misinformation. For me, this knowledge is crucial for our future, much like learning how to read. Technology can be a double-edged sword, granting us new capabilities while making us forget old things. Just like learning something new, it's also important to remember and hold on to the past, like soapstone bed warmers
I really enjoy the way you dispel the fake video’s! 👍👍👍👍👍
It won’t get the views...but it will get the appreciation from the smart ones. Thanks. I love a good debunker.
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It's all about the hits and likes.
yes it is
Come on, let's hit that 10 million+ Robert! 💎📀💿
I did sucessfully harness the energy from the sun using a few hundred old CDs, suspended with old monofilament fishing line into an excellent, reflective bird deterrent around my garden.
About cd .. .. If you have a CD player and do no longer need it, you can take out the ejection system. Thing is: if you put an LED (or two in reverse) on the motor and operate the eject mechanism (open, close, open, close), the leds will light up. And yes, there is another motor in the middle, but you will need to spin it a bit faster. The nice thing of the eject system is that it has gearing in it (See Rob's previous video about making your own, 1 to 128 ration).
The CDrom can be used to create a capacitor, not very spectacular.
The best use I know of for a CD is in the garden, hanging (dangling) from a rope, to scare birds away.
You could construct a parabolic reflector with old CDs to focus sunlight on to the energy convertor of your choice...
my guess is you will be making a solar oven, a better choice than aluminium foil if you can¡t afford mirrors, tho...
But I was going to Toshi station to pick up some power converters!
I love you.
That's the way to make a video about CD Solar cells.
Good call Sir.
Sad that the sound isn't working for this video. Your videos are awesome to watch!
The fun fact is that it will work as rectenna / LEctenna if you have germanium diode on it ;D It doesn't produce much, unless you live near transmitter, or have your own transmitter. The CD has nothing to do with it.
yes it will!
So will an antenna.
I seen a vid years ago where the maker attached a joule thief to an antenna and lit an LED.
I think he had a germanium diode in the mix as well.
@@scotttovey Yes :D I'm currently studying if it might be possible to make portable AM rectenna to power 1,5v FM / Mp3 player... Biggest issue seems to be sourcing genuine low voltage UHF/VHF/RF diodes for cheap. Those good old germanium ones are nearly 1€ a peace + shipping. The CD actually might work well and be better with "spider coil" configuration. But I'm also going to use some LC magic, so I will try some dark green or dark grey (Mn-Zn) toroids to get more power.
Back in the day I had an AM transmitter (tube) and when a TL light was a few meters away from the antenne (just a long wire) it would light up. So you could play 'star wars' in the garden LOL
Hello - there was a Polish science-fiction writer named Stanisław Lem once he said "until I used the internet I didn't realize there were so many idiots in the world" whatever he meant explains why movies like these with pseudo photovoltaic cells , made of CD - or it is a deliberate MISINFORMING action! You make fantastic material exposing and showing how modern technology works. Regards
Thank you for your youtube videos. And seeing someone that seems to love life and the real mysteries it holds.
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You appear to be the most professional, trustworthy and with a natural passion for basic Physics/Science, so very sad that this is minority in mainstream education. There is lack of awareness that the simple ability to to inspire learning in children and students of all ages is THE IMPERATIVE. Do you think it's simpler to buy inexpensive solar panels than attempting to make one with old cd.s,I too thought why are they missing the most important simple point about connecting? Any bit of solid plastic in-between must for a perfect Non Cercuit, it seems like some kind of clicking con.Are people really so gullible, it never ceases to amaze.Thank you and keep up good and valuable work.
It is an interesting concept, shame it doesn’t work. I have seen so many videos and thought to myself it couldn’t possibly work. Electronics are an amazing thing and I think it’s great that people waste their time to learn something doesn’t work, that inspires the brain to find a method that does work.
Thank you for setting us straight.
Thank you for debunking this modern myth. The array of CD discs glued onto a surface, however, did spark an idea that old discs may have a use for making a fairly efficient solar reflector as compared to using ordinary aluminum foil.
You crack me up, I love to watch your projects and inventions. You bring so much fun to it all. :)
Even with my limited knowledge of electric systems when I saw these types of videos I was nahhhhh that can't be real . Thank you for the insight
ok, maybe wanted to think i could save the world with some cds im not using anymore...didnt try it but thank you mister for the slap in the face, really appreciated
Thank you for your clear explanation. Why is it people fall for all the nonsense, rather than studying and having a basic understanding of engineering science.
Children should be taught at school how to discriminate between fake and fact.
Thank you for clearing this up. Your videos are one of my face checks go to. Keep up the good work
Thanks, Robert! Look forward to your future videos.
my general rule sad to say is if a video has more than a million views its probably not worth watching hope this changes again one day great work
This is exactly why when I see a video like that that looks convincing I always do my homework. And do my research.
Thanks for doing that Robert.
This why I started a new youtube account - finally able to get to genuine videos. On to wind turbines next
Bravo........I tried one and didn't work to.......I didn't expect it to.......great experience and experiment......the prism is worth more.......explain ...diopolar plastic and alum......cheers
You could possibly buy a load of CDS from charity shops and sell them on eBay then buy a Solar panel from the profit 👍
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It's amazing how many suckers are out there.
You can use clear lens LED's in this configuration and read a small voltage but it would take literally millions of them to make any usable power.
They incorporate non--reversing diodes in REAL solar panels to keep storage battery power from from backing up into the panels at night discharging them. If this happens, the solar panel will emit light in the infrared spectrum. LED's work basically the same way but with visible light.
Simple solar cell can be built using copper cladboard .
yes - a copper oxide cell
What!? I had just ammased a collection of old CDs and was about to try it. You mean to say it won't work? But I want it to work, so it should work right?
I know, I'll pour gallium and phosphorus on it. Maybe boron, and I'm sure something will happen right?
the Best comment under a video from "King Homemade" was that: "I found that using older vynal records work a lot better. The black surface absorbs more of the
suns rays producing much higher voltage output. Also, if you run the current backwards through the record, you can get what is called a "black light" effect."
i like that kind of humor 🤣
Debunk them all !
This and the lecture of the "Skeptical" saves a lot of effort for the lazy maker.
It works if the Internet says it works. The Internet has such a great fidelity to facts that large numbers of people could never doubt it.
By wrapping wire around the CDs and sticking them in the air you will pick up radio frequency energy and if you run it through a diode you will see small amounts of voltage, a long way from a solar cell however.
I thought it was to good to be true or that simple.
Thank you for confirming my suspicions.
This rebuttal video is a fine example of the freaky nature of how very little privacy one may have online... A friend had sent me one of those CD solar videos on FB just yesterday and then YT pops this video up in my recommendations... That said, every single home made power generation video I've ever seen is a pure set-up and is full of BS... Great video!!!
thanks for that saved me some time copper wire and cds always a plessure to watch real ideas
Good thing I watch this. Initially I thought you had lost your mind. Good Stuff Boss 🤝🍻
Thank you so much for exposing the false ideas being promoted by those wicked people to gain more views to serve their mean ends.
Good deal. I saw that last one and thought.. I wonder what Mr. Smith would say?
I put it on the back burner so to speak..
*I HOPE everyone watches this!!* I had a sneaky suspicion this was clickbait..
Thank You Robert!! Always look fwd to your videos!
5000 hearts for this sir. 💞👍
Nice video, glad you made this Rob as I've been wondering why all these videos had been coming up last couple years.. 👍🏴🇬🇧
We just hang them all in our trees because if you string them together in a long line they make and amazing light show in the garden. Also our neighbour hates them and that is a bonus :)
Well done with this public service :). If it helps, I wasn't looking for a video on DIY solar cells, but google just found it relevant to me (no idea why, it's been 10+ years since I search for anything like Overunity / Free Energy etc). I have never seen any of the videos that promoted this fallacy so your video must be gaining some traction with the funcy (or funky) youtube algorithm. Congratulations: At the time of this comment, this may not have millions of views but 1/4 million views still isn't bad. Hope more people see this before wasting time and patience on garbage. My thought process here is let the youngsters with a spark of genius and lots of enthusiasm try things that might work/need developing and not get disgruntled with rubbish.
These these people also believe what their favorite politician says. Ffs
lolol - yes they do!
They certainly do!...the same mentally unstable moron's who also argue there are multiple gender's, men can get pregnant, and baby murder is medical care!...insanity is the true pandemic these day's, and it's more contagious than all deadly disease's combined!
Haha, I think they are more likely to believe that their local politician is involved in a conspiracy to keep CD solar cells out of the public domain because the oil companies don't want to loose fossil fuel sales used to generate electricity 😁😁
You are absolutely right
@@agritech802Definitely this! 😂
Very enjoyable. And now you can demonstrate how to make a high temperature solar collector from those useless CD's! Only one problem - here in Scotland the sun just doesn't shine enough!
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Thank you for myth busting that one Robert.
i lived in a block of flats and we were plagued by pigeons old cd's make excellent bird scarers - drill a hole on the edge and clip a fishing swivel to it, a few of these strung along a wire will keep the birds away from your seeds as they spin in the wind
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Ahh RUclips... "If you can figure out how the sexy female scientist makes solar cells out of CD's, you're a genius!" There's a sucker born every minute (P.T. Barnum)
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lol - now there is a thought
Robert thanks for the content, I'm open minded and I will analyze everything that is out there, I was watching your video and occurred to me that maybe this is not a solar power but a rf antenna or a receiver.i like to read your opinion.
Thank you!!🙏
If it sounds to good to be true, by all probability it isn't.
But the people always want to see the next new wonder, the next new, easy and sparkling answer to questions not asked.
Because an easy answer, as wrong as it may be, is for some always preferable to really having to do something
I am afraid they do
I actually made one solar CD wrapped wire myself, just to try it. In the sun, it did produce about 3 volts, but not enough amps to speak of...it has to be in direct sunlight, or it won't work. It works, but not feasible due to it having little power output.
Thank you, I almost wasted a weekend destroying all
old tunes and flicks 😅
Like all weeds... Pull them out one at a time. Another great vid. Thanks Rob 😎
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It can be used like any little mirror to reflect sunlight on a black pipe filled with water to warm it, for example. If you have enough of them arranged well and the sun shines bright at the right angle, you may be able to boil a pot of water with it ;)
Or a bung overlapping to for a dish that concentrates rays to a point, but as Robert pointed out, you could do the same thing with alumin(i)um foil, or mirrors
I'm really not sure why you would since CDs make _really_ shitty mirrors. Just use something actually reflective and actually efficient.
@@NightRunner417 You can get a hand-cranked little 20W generator from china for 50€. Tested them and they are pretty good. Stay away from anything plastic, however.
@@NightRunner417 That's probably why you'd opt for alumin(i)um foil or mirrors instead.
@@oakfat5178 Aluminized glass every time. Never half ass it if you don't absolutely have to.
Well I saw it, liked it and will be linking it on all those other videos
Terribly unfortunate that you are so right about how many views this vid will get compared to the scamming scumbags just trying to get views. thanks as always for the truth.
G'day You just got me thinking about a almost constant power supply. Wind is the only drawback that is at a stop start but can almost be overcome with perpetual motion.
By using a box of spanners, nuts and bolts and some recycled oil, I once converted an old rusty box and some round rubber things into a means of transportation. (Also called getting a car through it's MOT).
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The best part about cds for solar cells is the battery they connect the meter to.
Thank you for putting the truth out. It is a true concern that we are as a society, wasting peoples precious time with lies. Truly robbing them of their life's. As long as we reward people for misleading people and preying off their hopes, why would our situation get any better. But when the world's leadership rules off lies and the controlled release of advancement for corporate gain, why wouldn't people follow the what seems to be the only way to get ahead.
Good tip about the mirror and washing line. Going to try it now. Lol
I think if you added the words "real working" in all caps you would get better circulation of this video.
yeah I agree mate - but it is hard to bring myself to do such. thing
@@ThinkingandTinkering It's not a trick. You do explain how to make real working solar cells from them. 😂
Thank you..
You're welcome
Not condoning posting fake videos, but a little good does comes of it: People that don't know better, or should, do get some experience constructing something and testing it. There are worse things in the world. It will fail. But we do learn more from our failures than our successes.
At around 12-years-old, a friend and I got hold of a couple of Big Wheel tire and axle sets. We built a crude unpowered go-cart chassis for them. We had measured the width of the axles from the outside of each tire, not the inside. The axles would not fit the finished chassis. Doh!
Much was learned, though: Experience, new skills, and life lessons.