ELECTRICITY How-To Videos & Articles

Follow these electricity tutorials to learn all about electricity with WonderHowTo's collection of free how-to videos and articles, like Get free electricity from a phone jack, Propel a match with static electricity, and Make a Leyden jar to store static electricity.

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How to get free electricity from a phone jack

Get free electricity from a phone jack

Learn how to get free electricity from your home telephone line just by watching this video. Save money on your power bill, and hack into ...more

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How to propel a match with static electricity

Propel a match with static electricity

Watch to learn a cool optic illusion in which it looks like a match is propelled by static electricity but is really flicked by the second ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 0
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How to make a Leyden jar to store static electricity

Make a Leyden jar to store static electricity

Do you even know what a Leyden jar is? Well... it's an early form of ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by tenebrism | Comments 0
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How to make electricity sing by building a theramin

Make electricity sing by building a theramin

Systm is the Do It Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to ...more

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Curated last month by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to make electricity from copper, zinc and water

Make electricity from copper, zinc and water

Check out this kitchen table science experiment on how to make electricity from copper, zinc and water. You can make your own battery to ...more

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Curated 3 months ago by kalle16 | Comments 0
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How to make a Leyden jar static electricity capacitor

Make a Leyden jar static electricity capacitor

Build an old static electricity capacitor which will shock the ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by FFox | Comments 0
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How to demonstrate static electricity with a balloon

Demonstrate static electricity with a balloon

Objects become charged when rubbed against one another. This happens ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to be aware of electricity and matter

Be aware of electricity and matter

In the first video, you'll see how contact between different materials can result in attraction or repulsion. Experimental results are ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to make a Peltier module to create electricity from heat

Make a Peltier module to create electricity from heat

All what you'll need is a source of warmth (f.e. sunlight), chilling ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 3
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How to recognize different voltage sources for electricity

Recognize different voltage sources for electricity

This is a recording of a class lecture on Voltage Sources. The first ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 1,141

How to stop static electricity on clothes

Stop static electricity on clothes

Static electricity is annoying and so hard to get rid of out of your clothes. Lucky for you there are ways you can prevent and eliminate ...more

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How to turn off electricity at the circuit box

Turn off electricity at the circuit box

Remember to shut off all individual circuits before the main circuit breaker.

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to save electricity

Save electricity

This video is a lego man who talks about how to save electricity.

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How To Remove Static Electricity

Remove Static Electricity

Static electricity results from an unequal (or positive and negative) charge between two objects. What it creates is an annoying spark that ...more

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Written 2 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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How To Bend Water with Static Electricity

Bend Water with Static Electricity

Static electricity does more than shock you when you go to open a door, or attract dust and pet hair to your furniture and clothes. It can ...more

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Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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How To Save Money on Electricity

Save Money on Electricity

For most people, the monthly electric bill accounts for a significant part the monthly budget. In fact, the energy bill is often only ...more

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Written 2 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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How To Make Your Own Electricity

Make Your Own Electricity

As a part of 'Energy Independence', generating electricity is the easiest and most flexible thing you can do. You can do anything from ...more

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Written 2 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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Make electricity with plastic cups, tin cans and a TV

Make electricity with plastic cups, tin cans and a TV

Michael Faraday knows how to harness static electricity. The ...more

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Laser Coil Gun Shoots Bullets on Pure Electricity

Laser Coil Gun Shoots Bullets on Pure Electricity

Wow, kudos to Daniel Eindhoven for his incredible laser-lit coil gun ...more

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How to save money on electricity bills

Save money on electricity bills

Everyone knows about the raise in natural gas prices. This how to video shows you can save money on your energy bill with these tips.

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DIY Ocular Assault Weapon

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Retro Electronics Papercraft For the Brazil '66 Crowd

Dan McPharlin has created some super-sweet retro electronics papercraft models. Click through to Dan's Flickr page to view the entire collection. Beautiful handmade cardboard models. Previously ...

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Attention all WonderHowTo explosive-lovers, here is an artist that just may awe and inspire... China's Cai Guo-Qiang opts for more thrilling materials than traditional paint, clay or plaster, say ...

Roly-Poly Bridge

Heatherwick Studio's London based rolling bridge is an engineering marvel. Lots of fun, and immensely satisfying to watch (via YouTube, assuming you can't see it in person). From Heatherwick Studio: ...

Master Nerd Births Perfect Copy Cat Bot

Can't help but smile at this goofy, endearing nerd "master" (Vitalijus Rodnovas) guiding his copy-cat protege robot (coined Waldo). The rig allows Waldo to mimic Rodnovas' body movements in ...

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