Battery Brick
Below are two different designs for the Battery Brick. You can choose which one works best for you. The original three-binder-clip version is more reliable, but the two-binder-clip redesign uses less binder clips, which means more people can make Scrappy Circuits.
Original Three-Binder-Clip Version
Original Three-Binder-Clip Version
Parts Needed:
Parts Needed:
- cardboard
- 3 small binder clips
- 3V coin battery from a LED tealight (can come from anywhere)
- Clip a binder clip to each side of cardboard brick toward the top.
- Flip one binder clip arm down.
- Place the battery on top of the binder clip arm. It works better with the positive (+) side down.
- Flip the other binder clip arm down on top of the battery.
- Use a third binder clip to hold the top arm firmly to the battery and brick.
- Label each binder clip as positive (+) or negative (–) based on which side of the battery the arm touches. This will make lighting the LED easier later.
- Label with “Battery Brick” and the website URL: www.scrappycircuits.com.
Two-Binder-Clip Version
Two-Binder-Clip Version
Parts Needed:
Parts Needed:
- cardboard
- 2 small binder clips
- 3V coin battery from a LED tealight (can come from anywhere)
Steps:
Steps:
- Clip a binder clip to a rectangle of cardboard.
- Flip one binder clip arm down.
- Cut the side opposite the binder clip arm slightly longer than the extended arm.
- Place the battery on top of the binder clip arm with the positive (+) side down.
- Clip a binder clip on the opposite side from the first binder clip. It should go over the cardboard and the battery.
- Label with the website URL: www.scrappycircuits.com.