Can You Actually Charge a Cell Phone With an Onion?

Can You Actually Charge Your Cell Phone With an Onion?

Have you ever scrolled through YouTube to find videos on channels like BrightSide claiming that you can charge your cell phone with an onion? Do you think there is some truth behind it? The idea must have come from somewhere right? Today, I am going to give you the rundown to reveal whether you can really charge your cell phone with an onion, let’s get into this!

How Does An Onion Battery Work?

The YouTube video claims that when you soak onion in an energy drink for about an hour, it charges the onion to provide enough power to charge the phone. The video also claims that all you need to do is plug one end of the charger into the onion and the other end into the cell phone and you should be able to charge your phone.

The truth is, charging your cell phone with an onion is not possible, this is what the video and some other sources claim you have to do in order to charge your cell phone with an onion.

One website even went on to say that the “energy cells” in the onion combined with the energy drink help your phone to charge. Again, this is false information and it is not possible to charge your phone with onion or any other fruit or vegetable for that matter.

Here are some other bizarre claims found on the Internet:

Charge your phone with tin foil

Some sites and YouTube videos claim that you can charge your phone using tin foil. They say that all you need to do is fold a small piece of tin foil and place it into the charging port. Once you place the tin foil into the charging port, your phone will charge because the electrical energy from the tin foil will provide your phone with power.

This claim is false, don’t believe it.

Another Claim:

When your phone gets wet, place your phone in a bucket or large bowl of dry, uncooked rice. The rice will dry the phone and it should fix the problem.

This is another myth that doesn’t work. If your phone gets wet, by all means, leave it out to dry. However, your best bet is to take it to a specialist phone repair store instead of trying to fix it yourself.

People on the Internet also say:

You can charge your phone with citrus fruit such as lemons or oranges. They claim that the citric acid from citrus fruits helps increase battery energy thus allowing for your phone to charge without the use of conventional power.

Do you think this works? Have you tried it yourself? I personally tried this for the purpose of this article and it didn’t work.

Tiny Windmills

Recently, scientists at the University of Texas at Arlington created a micro-windmill made using nickel alloy. According to their research, these tiny windmills could be used to power your cell phones and other devices in your home in the next few years.

Body Heat

This is a strange one but there is some truth in it. A jacket created by Stephen Beeby, Professor of Electronic Systems at the University of Southampton utilises thermoelectricity to provide power for your cell phone. Apparently, you need to sleep for a while to charge your phone fully.

He said:

Eight hours in the sleeping bag, roughly speaking, will provide 24 minutes of talk time and 11 hours of standby time. That’s assuming the inside of the sleeping bag is 37 degrees – human body temperature.

To Conclude

These findings are interesting, to say the least. Do you think there will ever be a time where fruits and vegetables can actually charge cell phones? Or, do you think it is just a pipe dream?

Using thermo electricity and wind electricity sounds feasible, these are exciting times! Soon, we will live in a world where we use renewable energy sources for a more sustainable future.