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In. Just. Ice... just a quick question ⁉️ don't batteries produce electricity⁉️ 😮 so you never showed us how to charge a phone without electricity 😔 just like going to a website called hot23yearolds but has nothing but dirty old men 😅
Yes, would like to see a series of small DIY projects that one could do around the house. small power charging hacks like this one, s mall light, water filtration, small cooked meals or similar small hacks to do around the house.
Great idea! Also very small, simple solar with just one of those 100 watt 'systems' like Northern Tool & Harbor Freight sell, & what you might be able to do off that small a set up with a basic battery!
if you use electrical tape (probably more common than the office tape) stretch it out a little before you use it, and when it starts shrinking back, it will pull the construction together so won't be so loose.
@@Swearengen1980depends on where your work imo. If it’s a blue collar trade then yes it’ll be common, but if it’s a office type job then yea it won’t be common. But overall I think regular tape is more common vs electrical tape
@@midwestprepper4345 Didn't say anything about a job. Are you building a bugout bag or supplying your survival kits with products you steal from work or buy for home? In the home, you're far more likely to find scotch tape. Most people don't do their own home repairs, electrical work, or even live in a house. Factor in all the condo and apartment dwellers who have no use for electrical tape and it's not even close.
@@Swearengen1980 lol no I don’t steal from my work🤣that’d be a felony. As for my survival bags and bugout bags it’s a mix of stuff I’ve bought and extra miscellaneous items leftover from my time in the army so I put it in my bobs. the reason I brought up jobs was because of where’d you be more likely to find certain supplies like scotch tape or electrical tape in certain workplaces should anyone ever have to search a building for supplies during shtf. I have a question for you what do you think would be the first thing to go in terms of amenities like electricity, water, hvac?
So valuable. It's as if you read my comment and actually decided to go hands on. Chris please continue to think about other important hacks and DIY tips we can use. I pay attention to a lot of info on prepping and not once have I seen this idea. Please keep posting these types of videos.
Awesome idea!! Would definitely love more hacks like this one. Maybe solar ovens, how to store food, how to easily filter water...thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! Blessings 😊
My range has a battery ignition so it works with electric out....and if you have space...a BBQ grill works without power....They even sell some 'disposable' charcoal grills you can take to any open space and grill.
Love this - we can't carry everything around with us everywhere all of the time. That's the sort of thing a person can cobble together if caught unawares. Please, more!
Just lay a piece of duct tape face up on the table and place your two parts on it. It will keep everything contained and you won't have the parts falling away from each other.
I got a better one, get some self adhesive magnetic flexible tape and peel off the tape noting the polarity of the tap. You have a north side and a south side. NOTICE: this only works if you’re bugging out and have to take a long hike to your safe spot . That said remove the plastic to expose the adhesive , take the north side and press it on the inside of your left buttcheeks and the south side on your right buttcheeks now with Velcro you can put the battery clenched tightly as you walk for a recharge . Carry lots of hand sanitizer if you’re bugout spots in another state or a really long hike, also this might not work with IPhones , not been tested because if you think I’m putting my iPhone between my buttcheeks without a pricey insurance plan you’re crazy . Have a nice day and NO!!! I don’t want to know about it when you test it out.
The thin metal wire in a bread tie can be used. Loop it around the battery terminal then onto the car charger ground (that's the side piece). Then with a strip of tape ready, make the positive connection and tape the battery and charged down to a table. You can also take apart many kids toys that already have a 2 wire 9v battery connection, snip the wires long and wind them up onto the car charger and you won't need tape. You can also use aluminum foil for the connections. With enough AA batteries, you can link them together and start a car too. You can use AAA batteries in things that "Require AA" by filling in the connection gap with aluminum foil. If you have a little battery left in your phone and the service is DEAD like the GRID... you can still call 911. Phones that aren't too old will send the call out on a radio signal iven if you have no active service provider or sim card in the phone.
I think a better version of this would be to sacrifice some old device that takes a 9v battery. One that has a dedicated 9v coupling that snaps onto the battery. Then you would only have to improvise the attachment on one end, the one that leads to the car charger. You would just connect the two leads coming off the coupling to the car charger. Or better yet solder the leads to make this reusable.
What perfect timing!! I am pet sitting just outside the city and the power is out this mirnjng. I had to come back into the city to charge my phone!! This is so handy to know, as I pet sit in the country a lot!! Thank you!.
Cool idea! Is this something I'd want to use on a regular basis, nope. But in a pinch, if you're needing the dead phone for an emergency, it's certainly worth the effort.
I have an emergency solar radio with USB and a hardwire adapter with USB to clamp to any DC battery just in case but the 9v is a good hack, there's a few good ways with the will to survive 👍
I love this idea, Kris. Please post more of these! BTW a short length of wire or metallic rod would conduct much better than a hair-thin, wound steel spring.
Yes, small, easy DIY would be great. It will help me build skills and more importantly my confidence. Thank you so much. I just got a solar cell charger, but love the DIY presented.
I’ve done this before but instead of tape I used little pieces of chewing gum. It definitely won’t be mobile but it works. You can also wire in a 9v battery plug to make it a permanent thing and it also makes it easy to swap out the batteries. I made one and have it in my bug out bag.
Great little hack. During the energy crisis here in Europe last winter I was reminding people that they can charge their phones from the USB in their car. Most people don’t have an extra USB cable and don’t know they can disconnect one from the wall plug. Blackouts in Central Europe were avoided due to a warm winter, we’ll see what this winter brings. Regardless, cell towers will go down soon after a blackout, most don’t have backup power.
Great video. If I may, I would suggest making this a bit more robust by soldering a wire to the car charger contacts rather than a pen's spring. That way you'd have the base on hand in an emergency rather than trying to gather all this from scattered locations. In addition, I'd suggest using electrical tape or strips of duct table to hold things together temporarily. These are much stickier. Of course you could put all the components in a bag as a kit, too. Keep up the good work!
You can use a large "cooks matches" matchbox tray as a frame/bracket to hold the car charger and battery together; they are almost the perfect size....
I love videos like this that are easy and approachable. I've been contemplating a solar generator I really have no idea on how to hook it up to appliances in my house. How about a short video on that?
Very interesting concept - making do with little available items .... I am planning to follow Kris with a hydroponic garden only mine will be next to the patio door inside the house when that video series becomes available. He is right believing growing a garden is going to become more difficult.
With prepping, most of us start small and then level up. I keep my old stuff as backups or as portable options. So for example, even though I have a 6,500 watt tri fuel generator and and Ecoflow Delta with solar panels, but I started out with a 15 watt foldable solar panel and then got a 100 watt foldable solar panel. My 15 watt panel is in my bug out bag and I could even drag around my 100 watt one if need be. I have a 30,000mah battery I could charge during the day and use at night. So cool hack no doubt, but I already have a small device charge option.
Wow, this is some good stuff. I just went and bought three solar powered phone chargers. It sounds kind of difficult because I am blind so that this is something I downloaded just in case one of my kids or grandkids need to know this. I am going to test out my chargers today. I probably should’ve just bought one instead of three but oh well, it was on sale .
Interesting approach. I have taken apart these car chargers, and wired the 12 volt input to a 9 Volt battery clip. Requires the wires to be soldered. I wire a mini toggle switch in series. The battery then runs the charger unit via the switch. I found all of this inside of a small plastic case. I make a cutout on the case to access the USB charging ports on the circuit board of the charger. I also make a hole to mount the mini toggle switch. I can open the box to change the battery. As like mentioned, the 9 Volt battery will not fully charge the phone, but will allow for some emergency calls. You can get a battery holder that can load 8 AA or 8 AAA batteries and wire it up to the charger circuit board to have 12 Volts at a few Amps. This will charge and run the phone.
Thanks for the tip. I purchased for less than 20 dollars a 30 watt solar panel with a 5v USB charger on the back. It doesn't charge quick but it does work. Also, most of your 24v tool batteries have an adapter for USB charging.
Yeah it works in an emergency if that is all you have but power banks are not too expensive & can charge your phone many times over so are worth including in your prepping kit.
Good video Kris "you MacGyver you". Can use any wire, paperclip, bobby pin "scrape off coating", etc. helps if you can clip the wire into the open cuts on the negative side terminal squeezing it together to help hold in place. The key is to think outside the box, people would be surprised what is possible with a little creative ingenuity. I like more of these videos please. Stay Safe & Good Luck
Love the MacGyver mindset… 👍🏻but 9 volts are expensive for just a 1/4 charge… I prefer a small solar kit and battery packs; very common and more affordable.
To those saying just use duct tape, this is a tutorial on making a makeshift charger and most people have an old charger laying around and more people will have scotch tape than duct tape.
And that is why I got long distance two-way communication handhelds and got one to each of my family members. They have a 5 mi radius that I have checked out and it can go that far and it was not all that expensive. A package of four of them was like 65 bucks
Brilliant. I mean I have many USB powerbanks (including a solar one), but as a musician most of my instruments have 9Vs in them so I have a lot of them at various states of charge. I use 600mAh lithium rechargeable 9Vs. Of course, I could also go into any convenience or drug store to get these supplies to charge my phone if I'm stuck somewhere and then MacGuyver my way to victory lol I would stretch/uncoil the spring to make taping it to the contact easier, and then wrap tape around the back side of the car charger and battery to keep it more secure for charging. Thanks for sharing!
Electric alligators are a good solution to this and many connections such as flashlights, batteries, telephones, etc. They're a good idea to have in your toolbox, and they're cheap, too.
Good Info! A bit more info for reference... The standard 9V battery has a capacity of 400 mAh of power when full. My phone battery has a 5000 mAh capacity. If the charge was 100% efficient, it would take (13) 9V batteries to fully charge my phone.
Hi, thanks for showing us this hack. It’s always better to have a few tricks up your sleeve in a pinch. Please continue doing these type videos. Have a good one.
An easier way is to keep a power brick stored away that is fully charged. These bricks are so cheap now a days, it doesn't make sense not to have one set aside. I have a number of them that have been upgraded over time and they are all still usable just doesn't have as much power. A 6000 maH brick will recharge most phones to full charge one time or maybe more.
kris this was awesome for while I always love your news videos and reporting. I think that this is also something else that could really help us out in meeting basic needs such as charging our devices, cooking food on the road, purifing water in the wild, showing us sweet deals you've found on affordable prepping supply's, and other valuable small projects that may think of. Though really kris you always do a good job and make me feel like each prep i do helps me prepare just a little more for whatever is heading our way. great job man and stay safe out there.
When I use the 9v , I take the coil end and slide the starter end into one of the small cuts on the negative. Or I use a lantern battery On 9v , try the positive side running tape length wise and then one piece around both to hold the spring in place . Semper fi
YES... Now THIS is just the sorta thing that alot of people should know an need an be trained to do. Its the lil advantages such hacks an means to learn them that make huge an dramatic differences when something is sorely needed
That’s some McGuyver stuff right there!! Cool video. I guess it could help in a pinch but finding tape, 9 vault batteries and a pen (especially the pen) is always a challenge individually let alone together. You’d have to buy these things and store them for this specific case
I live in the Texas boonies. Back in June I was on an auto accident. There are no doctors in my county. There are 3 towns in 3 different directions that have a small town hospital. I knew I needed x-rays. The hospital to my NW the x-ray machine was broken. So my friend took me to the hospital to the E. That hospital uses a radiology company to read the x-rays. No radiologist on staff. Even in the hospital I saw a PA, not a doctor. Sadly, my broken wrist got missed. 3 1/2 weeks after my accident I was able to get an appointment with an orthopedist and his nurse practioner spotted the fracture. It has been years since I have actually seen a doctor, just PA or Nurse Practioner.
interesting way to fabri cobble.....the important take away should be the mindset needed to fabricate a solution from what you have available. as i watched i thought of at least three options for what to use, paper clip, duct tape and tin foil......good video demonstrating a mental exercise. More of these would be great. I call this skill building, a very good thing.....
The spring isn't a bad idea and it works, but some actual wire would be better, and given how many electrical devices there are in the world it shouldn't be too hard to find some wire that can be salvaged out of something.
Use small gauge wire for ground side. You can squeeze into the already existing crimps on the battery and loop it thru the cig lighter connector. I'd just use a 9 volt connector from some dead unit and wire it direct.
It is also is 9volts into a 5volt device! 😮 Three flashlight 1.5volt batteries (by opening a three cell flashlight would offer 4.5volts at better current about double the 9volt)
