Tricking Squirrels Into Charging My Phone

Join me as we try to use a giant hamster wheel and some squirrel power to charge my phone!
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[@IronDruids]

I wonder how trainable squirrels are. If you had food dropped out every number of rotations would they figure out spinning the wheel equals the release of food?

[@lylelockhart3896]

Good idea 👍

[@Mario_27742]

I think so

[@fiddley]

Nice idea! Think you'd best start dropping a nut with very little movement until they correlate that with the rotation of the wheel, then start extending the period between spinning the wheel and dropping the nut, until you get a full on sprint out of them! I wonder if there's a limit to how much running you could make them do for a nut, like if they instinctively know how much energy expenditure is worth one nut?

[@nefariousyawn]

I'm not an animal behavior specialist, but in my experience they are nearly if not completely impossible to train 😔

[@yourmother-f2r]

Yeah I think if the machine itself could dispense food after a certain number of rotations they would catch on.

[@sherryh7485]

What a nutty project. Enjoyable to watch.

[@QuietNerd]

Glad you enjoyed - Cheers!

[@mqsv]

Nice pun, I lol'd :D

[@Naltddesha]

@@mqsvreally?

[@Vagolyk]

That's a diverse forest. Considering that random cats are roaming about, these critters were very brave to approach this ground level contraption.

[@Stahltraeger]

In other words: This Video is about how to charge your phone with peanut butter.

[@wjgthatsit2357]

The squirrels right now: “ we hail the mighty wheel that feeds us our nuts, we must turn it every day for our sustenance to appease the gods far away!!”

[@k.vn.k]

6:45 that chipmunk has little talent for pole dancing 😊

[@vexnull]

Awesome idea! The animals really started to respond via the peanut butter training. Considering that you ended right as they were starting to spin the wheel more significantly, I'd consider this a success! And of course, the cute factor is off the charts.

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

well you know if you got enough pet squirrels you could power an entire house hold for electricity needs even to power an ev with enough of them🤣🤣🤣

[@phantp78]

Just turn it into a windmill. That would definitely charge the battery.

[@QuietNerd]

Yea that would generate much more energy for sure lol

[@winstonleeman8739]

Squirrels tend to generate more views though 😂

[@alextheradioguy7171]

I feel like the problem is with that, you have to get it high enough to generate that kind of power. But who knows🤔.

[@ViolentKisses87]

Their suffering recharges his soul.

[@kobie1585]

​@@winstonleeman8739🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tracybowling1156]

I love watching the battle between human brain power & squirrel brain power! It never gets old!

[@DestructoPop]

Human ingenuity is never so fully tested as when attempting to, in any capacity, manage squirrels.

[@crystaleye3948]

Lil chip was the highlight of the show

[@robind7926]

Loved it. So fun. Animals are so dang cute.

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

now he just needs some sort of reset mechanism that reaplies peanut butter on the wheel after the squirrel eats it away to keep em using the wheel

[@grant8653]

And with one simple task begins the War.

[@hannescampidell]

the 7805 isnt a transistor it is a linear voltage regulator a switching voltage regulator module would be better for this application

[@billsrq1788]

I got my 2 cats to do the same thing on their running wheel. 😂 💯 changed every morning. No one lives for free . Hello from Siesta Key Florida Put some carpet inside the wheel ?

[@michelleshelley995]

Lol@ put some carpet in wheel

[@QuietNerd]

Cat power lol

[@leesvision]

I raised a baby squirrel once, they are actually very good at problem solving and are highly food motivated, and food aggressive. They are small but squirrels have a high energy output . Much love ❤️ 🙏

[@Nick-Matchem]

Such a smart and entertaining cool video man.....Keep up the great work !

[@QuietNerd]

Thanks!

[@wolf1066]

Awesome seeing the wildlife there - that actually *belongs* there. Here in New Zealand, you'd probably get rabbits, brush-tailed "possums" (a.k.a vulpine possums), rats and mice turning up - all of which are introduced pests.

[@bujin5455]

Genius! Free power! In about 10,000 years you should have that phone completely topped off, no sweat!

[@cubeheadexists]

Underrated. Btw, that ps1 with lcd screen video was my favorite KZbin video!

[@QuietNerd]

Ahh on old video glad you still watching my new stuff - Cheers!

[@cubeheadexists]

@@QuietNerd Cheers. 😄

[@pollyg562]

the Tupperware people all winced when he called the dollar store container Tupperware

[@ericpreston5826]

This will now stick into my brain when I eventually live in the woods for a couple months. What a fun way to get power for something.

[@michaelcampbell296]

This is AWESOME keep that wheel out there for them

[@joshualaird5303]

Only a nerd would think of this... Well done

[@shadowcult464]

I like the concept. A pump setup that gives more sugar water the faster the animal runs. A ring of chicken wire stapled to a plywood wheel; natural clean smooth branches and twigs cross hatch woven thru the chicken wire.

[@marksadventures3889]

I suggest a tunnel with food reward - as the animal passes through it turns wheels it brushes past and the turns make power. Rats like peanut butter it's a top way to trap them.

[@canadiancolouristart]

This is the CUTEST and most ingenious video you have made. 😉 Love it!

[@craigdarby9533]

You have just solved the energy crisis.

[@sl44er]

Cool project. 7805 is not a transistor, it is a 5 volt regulator.

[@katleman]

I think the wheel needs to be about double the diameter.

[@QuietNerd]

Yea it could have been larger I'm surprises how big some of the squirrels were ha Prolly all that peanut butter lol

[@RelaxationthruExoticMusic]

The squirrel represents the general population. The Wheel is the global economy. The phone represents the elite...As long as the squirrel stays in motion, the phone will continue to gain power...

[@gAzle]

If you ever do it again, maybe try setting it up like a gumball machine. Every rotation of the wheel, some nuts pop out. If they learn spinning the wheel releases nuts, you'd likely get way more running on it.

[@WimpyWorkouts]

Don't recall ever seeing a BLACK squirrel. How cool

[@ZlobitkoRostak-hp1en]

You can also build a trap that locks the animal in and doesn’t let him out until he charges the battery pack.

[@mrbane2000]

If the wheel closed automatically and you get near it to scare the squirl, it would generate 1.21 gigawatts of power

[@CM-ey7nq]

Brilliant. Absolutely cheaper, faster and easier than buying a charger and plugging it in to the grid. Success!

[@craftykat]

Ths was such a fun video; I really enjoyed seeing all of the critters visit the pan, lol. You should do this again for a hamster; I bet he'd run enough to charge your phone every night, lol.

[@brolydictcumberbatchmontou401]

yeah you gotta go with hamster power it is far more ideal and versatile. You can probabaly get more hamsterpower out of running off Guinea Pig power but they wont use as much of the flywheel to the dynamo as you'd get from Hamster power. Plus hamsters are gangster!

[@M42-y8l]

you just gave me a great idea

[@sugibell4681]

that squirrel drawing made my day, thanks 🤣

[@texasprepperprojects]

I've been threatening to do this for my cats for years. Cute video! Try to put skateboard grip tape on the inside and make 'steps' so the critters aren't sliding around so much. Give them something to grip onto

[@pollyg562]

i teach KZbin to students in a sat morning 3-hour course, and i can say with out doubt the title and thumbnail will be used as a great example, it stops you dead in your tracks thats what a thumbnail should do i think ive commented b4 on some of your other stuff

[@AnnsTinyLife]

Omg this is great. And your telling of it was entertaining 😂

[@mrjoejon6882]

"True Life: I'm a Peanut Butter Dealer for Forest Rodents"

[@Arpitthis]

That's the best use of Aluminum Cake TIN 😁

[@ziom3190]

him: oh no my phone is at 1% 3 minutes later: we will watch it on phone live stream

[@Heiserton]

I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that they’re wild, and try to naturally conserve energy whereas a pet is confined and needs to expend energy. A confined animal would probably be more effective.

[@craftergin]

I loved this!

[@fighterinmkiwiscience3517]

Stop using your mom account lil kiddo 😡

[@Null_Experis]

put a tube in the middle with a corkscrew that spins as the wheel does and have a container of peanuts that gravity feeds into the spindle so when they spin the wheel, the tube in the middle dispenses slightly crushed peanuts. Kind of like a meat grinder, but it's just moving peanuts out the tube. The animals will pick up on the spin wheel = free crushed peanuts correlation and start spinning it more frequently.

[@lifesahobby]

If you cut holes into the wheel and made flaps , youd have a cool water wheel for beside a stream .

[@QuietNerd]

That would be cool if only I had a stream

[@lifesahobby]

@@QuietNerd true .. what about wind then ?

[@HughWoo]

The cardinal was my favorite

[@santhoshkumar.m6489]

I like your patience ❤ for this video

[@5869travish]

I instantly laughed and had to watch this after reading the title😂😂

[@ritikbhambhani5656]

Excellent content I ever see on KZbin journey since 2015 when Jio rollout 4G

[@TashaBryanRENegade]

Dang, this is the one that had me hit that subscribe button so quickly. Squirrels on the rise. Totally forgot there was a scientific point. Love it. The narration tops it. Wild Power.

[@Kaelygon]

You should have had a second identical battery that wasn't plugged into the system. I wonder if the 2% charge was just from the battery sitting there

[@CaveyMoth]

Imagine if the spooky spider was the one who ended up charging it.

[@zyxyuv1650]

You needed to make the wheel an integral component in an obstacle course that literally cannot be completed unless the wheel spins. If that happens, the squirrels will eventually figure the solution out. You needed more complex engineering with a 3D printed wheel that has doorways dynamically opening, and stuff like that.

[@99Getrdone]

That is brilliant way to charge it

[@Tkidddd]

Go back to the original wire and a treat ball, Bend the wire so the treats are more in and over to the left. Not too high

[@tinatree1739]

I love this experiment. I feed the animals in my yard but not for a charge 😊

[@Alice.59]

You should have used a wheel where the animals can see through, either a metal mesh wheel or a transparent plastic one, it's not in a animal instinct to just run in a wall, and if the wheel is opaque, it's like a wall to them What motivate a pet animal to make a wheel turn is not food, it's mostly curiosity at first and then fun, at first they climb in the wheel like any other surface, and simply try to walk in one direction, but then they realize that despite walking in one direction they are still at the same spot, when you observe a rat for example, they are confused at first but will try it more and more, and you can see it goes from simple curiosity to really having fun I personally think any pet feel safer in it's home, the closer to its sleeping area, and running mean getting away from this safe spot, so the fact that they could run without getting too far away must be good for them

[@birdie399]

Great work, enjoyed seeing all the animals. Thanks for an entertaining video.

[@carlkolchack3012]

Ok this is epic … we need to get u a show

[@iyona14granturismogt6gtspo7]

You want horsepower, glue some fabric or carpet around inside of wheel. Squirrel can grip its claws in.

[@JadedConfusion2]

Hey Nerd :) I really loved this experiment and hope you continue to use and improve this device. Would like to see this be a continued series.

[@thedangleroni]

Maye this is the solution for renewable energy! :D

[@aquachonk]

Peanut butter is the crack cocaine of the varmint world.

[@animation_of_host]

The spider just needs to be there everynight 😂

[@SoDamTuf]

This is brilliant! Free electricity!! 😂

[@hfase]

I always used to joke about my vehicles being powered by squirrels on a treadmill.

[@param888]

I think you need to setup a tiny basket with a door so that one wheel round completed and 1 or 2 nuts will from that basket door to pan.

[@1marcelfilms]

Build a hamster wheel for CATS and trick local cats instead

[@ConsciousExpression]

I think it's a fun idea, I just think it's the wrong design. I think it would work WITHOUT bait if you designed it right. For one thing the pie pan is flanged outwards so if they really got going they would fall off. For another thing it's too slippy. There's a reason that pet wheels are designed as kind of a basket rather than a solid cylinder.

[@DrToddles]

tip the wheel so the creatures have to climb in a bit, the they will scrabble to get out, turning the wheel :)

[@hanswurst3110]

We need a part 2! ❤

[@tronziebit]

Yes, with bigger wheel....

[@kalumander]

That's one amazing squirrel-powered phone. If I were in your shoes, I would go around the neighbourhood and tell everyone how this phone has been changed by wildlife. XD

[@dtkywtan]

Congratulation! You've probably made a record of most expensive way to harvest tiny amount of electricity in a very fun way.

[@MarkBarrett]

You could call it a peanut butter to battery charge converter LOL!

[@BritishEngineer]

1:32 quick correction: that’s not a transistor! Even though it comes in the same package, it doesn’t switch. It regulates. It’s a voltage regulator.

[@karenparker7830]

I LOVED this idea!!! You set it all up and over time got many squirrels to walk on the wheel. They also got better at it as time went by!! I 💙 loved the trail cam. You made my husband & I really laugh at all the animals you attracted to your cake pan wheel. So cool!!! 😅😅😅 I am proud to know you! 💙💙💙👏👏👏

[@Remas20007]

Place Plexiglass in front of the wheel, with an opening at the bottom for animals to fit through like a door, put some peanut butter on the top part right corner of the glass

[@chillingwithshillam]

I found it hilarious that the tin says Aluminuim hahaha, no wonder some people pronounce it aluminum 😂 great videos man thank you

[@frankiemobster2094]

Awww I love u man this was so cute dude

[@Olive4577]

Even protected from rain too 3:12

[@ivankirola2707]

1:33 It's not transistor, it's linear regulator.

[@QuietNerd]

SQUIRRELS!

[@LeviAva]

I love these little interesting experiments, very fun to watch!

[@nighty85]

This was as amazing as it was wholesome, thank you 🙏

[@huananina]

Your narration is awesome! ❤ So cute and funny!

[@marie-joserenaud7916]

What a fun project! It worked!

[@sneeuwwolf1176]

Niiiiiiiice. Love it. Nature friendly eco power. Now think what you can do with a 1000 squirrels!! Power your house!

[@xD3LTAx]

Came to check it there was a new MTG lot unboxing and stayed for the squirrels :), lucky you have beautiful nature around you, being in the big Apple sometimes sucks because there’s buildings everywhere. Cheers!

[@QuietNerd]

:D - Cheers!

[@gblargg]

I wouldn't think a sepper motor would be very good for efficient power generation, since its purpose is precise motion rather than efficient rotation from power. And the linear regulator also cuts efficiency a lot.

[@ArmadusMalaysia]

sugar gliders run on wheels a lot more everyday . it's required to help file the nails too by adding sand paper. You might need a license and knowledge on taking care of them.

[@kestraavalon]

Awesome video Jason! 🐿️🦝🐇🎡

[@ragheadand420roll]

For easy cutting thru plastic use a wood hole saw Whatever size u need Heat it up w a torch doesnt take much hold it with vise grips Will burn thru the plastic nice and neat The plastic stuff is called loom

[@sfsen]

Prairie Dogs and hamsters would have been able to power the whole town with that contraption.

[@pinkgyrados6014]

Such cool idea and that groundhog was so funny I didn’t expect that

[@dikdik9309]

Great n goofy video man :D The wheel seemed a lil too small for the squirrels, though haha

[@guilhermecarvalhotrindade2625]

Thanks for the vid. It was creative and cute. For next time: how about positioning the motivator outside the wheel, atop it instead?

[@XxStingray104xX]

i heard that if you leave these in the woods that mice would actually run on them without bait needed. Apparently small rodent use them for fun, they legitimately like it. If you made a few of em for smaller rodents im sure you d get more use from em. Talk about renewable energy, while also bringing joy to the forest! I cant prove it but, maybe you can? How cool would it be to be camping in the wood and hear a lil wheel spinning knowing it a lil rodent enjoying what you put for them.

[@theawesomer]

I had no idea squirrels liked flavored licorice.