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General Science => General Science => Topic started by: katieHaylor on 29/09/2017 11:49:48

Title: How are electric eels powered?
Post by: katieHaylor on 29/09/2017 11:49:48

Brayden says:

How do electric eels get their energy?

What do you think?

Title: Re: How are electric eels powered?
Post by: Kryptid on 29/09/2017 20:00:51

They get it from ATP, the same as any other organism. The nervous system and muscles of living organisms already make use of charge-carrying currents via ions. The electric eel has simply taken it to the next level: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_eel#Physiology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_eel#Physiology)

Title: Re: How are electric eels powered?
Post by: David Cooper on 02/10/2017 18:14:10

The real question is how you plug them in. Mine came without instructions I don't know what voltage or charging current it needs.

Title: Re: How are electric eels powered?
Post by: Colin2B on 02/10/2017 18:34:07

Quote from: David Cooper on 02/10/2017 18:14:10

The real question is how you plug them in. Mine came without instructions I don't know what voltage or charging current it needs.

socket and see David