After the demonetisation news came out, many burnt and threw away
their old Rs 500 notes while this man claims he used it to generate
electricity.
The Odisha youth Lachman Dundi is a
science student of Khariar College in Nuapada district of Odisha. On
Wednesday, he claimed that he had produced electricity making use of the
silicon present in the old Rs 500 notes.According to a Deccan Chronicle report, "On exposing these notes to sunlight or any other form of light, the silicon produces electricity. A silicon plate is needed to be attached on one side of the note," Lachman said.
When the old Rs 500 note is exposed to sunlight, it produces five volts of electricity. The note has to be then connected to a transformer with an electric wire which would produce 220 volts that can illuminate a light bulb and even has the capacity to rotate a fan.
We can use the electricity for 24 hours if it is stored in a battery," Lachman said.
VALIDATION
Pravat
Kumar Parija, a science teacher at Shree Maa Girls' High School,
Kendrapara, told Deccan Chronicle, that if the Rs 500 note has really
got a coat of silicon on it, it can be used as solar cells to produce
electricity.
"It needs to be scientifically examined if the
scrapped Rs 500 note has any coat of silicon on it. If it has really got
a coat of the metal, it can be used for producing electricity," he said.
LACHMAN DUNDI
Lachman assembles LED bulbs on his own and sells them in the local market which helps him pay for his study expenses.
