Can you jump-start a battery with an electric eel?

Question

My semi truck died and now I am stuck just 30 miles out of Baker, in CA desert. All I have is my laptop and the eels I was transporting to the petting zoo in Pacoima.

Answer 1

Excellent! Environmentalists everywhere are cheering your name!

But I do believe you have started a war with PETA.

Answer 2

No.

Answer 3

Nope, I tried that and now I get a fishy smell everytime I turn the heat on!

Answer 4

The trick is to find out which eels are positive and which are negative.  Show them a glass half full of water (or half empty).  If they say "half full" they should be hooked up to the positive anode, and if they say "half empty" then hook them up to the negative pole.  If they don't say anything they're just giving you attitude and should be put down right there in a ditch 30 miles out of Baker.

Answer 5

You are seriously EEL!!!

Answer 6

Okay here is what you do!  Lay the eel across the terminals and then take a nice steamy whiz on them to maximize continuity and a guarantee jump, and just stop drop and roll in case of a fire.

Answer 7

Yes i believe you can charge a battery with electric eels .You say your in Bakersfield California; watch out as that;s where they made the movie deliverance; and that was autobiography' and they still live there in them Thar hills; so if a guy in a red tow truck ' wants to jump you' he;s not talking about the battery ,,,,,lots of luck.

Answer 8

*sending you hugs* for my giggle of the day. I had visions of 2 traumatized eels whose cobra like fangs are on both terminals of the truck, and you saying " Go ! , Now !  go  go go you can do it." "Dont let go !" " Just one time, Pleaasse!"

Lol. Thats the trouble with imagination. For all you know they will both send positive charges and fry your battery.

Email for help, or flag down a passing truck.

30 miles is not too bad.

Answer 9

Make sure to hook the terminals correctly... Umm, not sure how you tell on an eel...

Thanks for the giggle, I'm not visiting your petting zoo tho kay?

Answer 10

Nope, and there's no petting zoo in Pacoima!

Answer 11

You have to make sure you eel is DC.  One of those AC eels will s***w up your entire trucks electrical system.

Then make sure you have the polarity correct.  US eels have the head as the positive charge, while European eels use the tail for the positive terminal.

If your eel doesn't have enough voltage, then you can connect additional eels in series.  Connect your eels in parallel if you need more current to start your engine.

Just be careful not to short your eels out!  This would give you the possibility of a eel fire.  If that occurs, make sure you use a class 'B' or 'C' fire extinguisher.  Never use a class 'A' extinguisher on an eel fire.

Answer 12

I don't think so, but someone once told me that if you let the eel bite on your nipple then attach the tail to the battery that should work.

Answer 13

You're starting to repeat yourself ..... Alzheimer is a terminal illness. The good new is....you meet new friends every day and Christmas is more often then it used to be..

Answer 14

May be you can knot them together to form a long rope and pull the truck behind you. The electric eel can give you a shock, which will make you jump and start pulling.

Answer 15

Deer Retahrd,

Put the electric eel down yore pants..

Answer 16

Use the battery on your laptop or flag down a car or truck to help you jump start your battery.  

Use the eels to run your lap top so you can tell us how it all went.  

Well <rubbing hands together with satisfaction> I solved another problem.  Time for lunch.