Have you ever faced a situation when your phone’s battery is draining and there is no charging facility nearby? Many times such a situation arises with people when they are not able to charge the phone. But people in the world always find solutions to their problems. A video on social media is claiming that you can charge your phone with potatoes. This jugaad can be very useful to you in an emergency, but is it really so?
It is well known that potato is a natural electrolyte, which means electric current can easily travel through it. Can we also charge the phone through this? It is shown in the video that with the help of potatoes and Coca-Cola phone charge It happens.
Video of charging phone with potato
It is being claimed that if you get stuck somewhere, these tricks can be useful. To clear your confusion, we are telling the truth of the claim made in the video.
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In the video going viral on social media, it can be seen that a person keeps potatoes in a bowl. After this, Cola-Cola is poured on top. After this the phone charger is inserted inside the potato. The other end of the charger cable is connected to the phone and the phone starts charging.
truth of viral video
However, this video has been made incorrectly. Two chargers have been used in the video, but an attempt has been made to show both the cables as one. In this, one charger remains connected to the potato, but the cable through which electricity is coming comes from another charger. The second charger is connected to the socket, which actually charges the phone. The charger installed in the potato is not charging the phone.
What would happen if you did this?
This is a completely fake video, in which two cables are shown as one cable by using a small trick while shooting the video. You cannot charge the phone with potatoes like this.
If you try to do this, there is a risk of damaging the charger pin. Therefore, power bank is a better option to charge the phone in emergency. Use potatoes only for making delicious dishes.
