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Day of the Tentacle Hints
How do I charge this power source?
1 of 5: Someone in the game is doing experiments with electricity.
2 of 5: Ben Franklin is. To find out how to help him along, see the questions in the "Ben Franklin" section later in this file.
3 of 5: Then you need to make sure that the battery gets power from the lightning.
4 of 5: There's a pocket in the coat.
5 of 5: Put the battery in the pocket before you push the kite, and then the battery will be charged. You can hook it up to the plug on the Chron-O-John and you will be ready to move on to the next part of the game.
