Ibpointless2 Crystal Cells

[triffid]

2008 this video was uploaded to u-tube.The first 2 minutes of this segment hes talking about crystal cells without calling them crystal cells.
He calls them a triluminance material that takes heat and turns it into electricity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=1DtyudFd4M8.

[triffid]

here students use carbon nanotubes to turn body heat into electricity.  Power felt they call it.   http://www.techeater.com/detail/001224/power-felt-material-turns-your-bodys-heat-into-electricity/  they are looking for investors.


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[PhiChaser]

Hey all,
Nice vids PB! I would say that H2O is an electrolyte? There are probably residual chemicals in the paper (from bleaching etc.) too. I truly believe that all of these 'old' experiments NEED to be done. We need to know where we came from to know where we are going, eh? Discovery happens on the journey, it isn't a destination!
Good info triffid! Again, always good to know where these ideas/experiments came from.
I've had one of my cells connected to a VOM for more than two days now, and it seems to fluxuate between 0.64-0.68volts. Lower readings are in the AM (cooler ambient?). I need another VOM (...sigh...)
I purchased some more carbon (1/8" rod and tube both) and aluminum rod as well (1/8" also) so I can start my new 'trials'.
I still need to get a new set of ice cube trays since I cut up the last set... I will take some pics, etc. when I get there.
There will be some decent results when I'm done (I hope). There will be no alum used in this series, just powdered epsom salt, Durham's, and H2O... No (over)charging at this point, I just want to find out what the 'at rest' voltages are for the basic mixes. Still looking into some 'things'... 

Happy experimenting,
PC

[triffid]

I sealed with wax my last 12 cells today made with vitamin C/citric acid.Its been about a week after I put them together.
The magnesium electrode broke in one cell.The copper electrode was loose in another.But the remaining cells could be tested.
The cell with two mag strips showed 1.34 volts and .2 mAs.No basic change.I got one cell with a real high output.1.4 volts and almost .64 mAs.
nearly double or triple everyone else.   .9 milliwatts by itself.That was magnesium and copper for electrodes.Then I got the highest volts ever for one finished cell.1.55 volts but amps were .2 mAs.So that was .31 milliwatts by itself.The electrodes here were pencil leads and magnesium strips.I had made two cells using pencil lead but the second one showed 1.10 volts and .2 mAs. Not remarkable at all.
My results:I got one cell with a real high power output but it looks like everyone else.I do not know what made the difference.
I could explain the 1.55 volt one with using pencil lead and magnesium for electrodes.
I did use citric acid and double epsom salts for all the cells.Corrosion is still a problem.
But Quarterman showed me to use materials that do not corrode.So carbon and magnesium strips in aspirin cells would be one way to go with twice the epsom salts.
Another route might to protect the magnesium with alum crystals. See if that works.triffid

[triffid]

Some interesting info on oxalic acid.   http://www.dewsworld.com/FInDefenseofOxalicAcid.html  triffid

My next cells will contain oxalic acid.