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Becoming a maker: How switches can bring you piping hot toast

By Hannah Joshua

15 May 2019

 

Foil on the toaster lever...

David Stock for Âé¶¹´«Ã½

What you need:

As required for Electric candle, plus:

Piezo buzzer
Kitchen foil
Cardboard
Chopsticks

Previously, we gained mastery over light and the basics of circuits. As your devices get more complex, it will make life a lot easier if you can turn the circuit on and off without dismantling it. That means adding a switch.

Switches come in many flavours, depending on what you want them to do. But what they all have in common is that they make or break a circuit, letting you control how electricity flows. For our purposes, we need look no further than kitchen…

Article amended on 26 June 2019

We corrected the naming of the foil

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