Ibpointless2 Crystal Cells

[triffid]

PC ,milk is casein (a form of glue) and vineagar and milk make buttermilk.Acetic acid in the vineagar could change your PH which means different reactions could occur that you had not planned on.But experiment away.Have fun.The snow here is melting so drip,drip,drip is what I'm hearing here now.triffid

[triffid]

I checked the voltage of my new vitamin c cell and got 1.45 volts.I checked the cell I sealed up with wax yesterday and got 1.37 volts.
The five other cells Im sealing up tomorrow are 1.3 to 1.37volts.After waxing tomorrow they shpuld be  1.39 volts each from the hot wax.
Then I will be connecting them up in series.Lite another LED.


If vitamin(asorbic acid) c increases the power of a cell then maybe it decreases the resistance(impedence) of a cell?




Making them easlier to hook up in series?Also I used no cardboard this time too.All plastic egg cartons.Hot wax did not hurt it.


I will have 8 volts to play with I hope tomorrow.triffid

[PhiChaser]

I checked the voltage of my new vitamin c cell and got 1.45 volts.I checked the cell I sealed up with wax yesterday and got 1.37 volts.
The five other cells Im sealing up tomorrow are 1.3 to 1.37volts.After waxing tomorrow they shpuld be  1.39 volts each from the hot wax.
Then I will be connecting them up in series.Lite another LED.
If vitamin(asorbic acid) c increases the power of a cell then maybe it decreases the resistance(impedence) of a cell?
Making them easlier to hook up in series?Also I used no cardboard this time too.All plastic egg cartons.Hot wax did not hurt it.
I will have 8 volts to play with I hope tomorrow.triffid

@ triffid:
Nice! I made some more cells tonight with the Durham's and I have to say, so far the water putty is WAY better than the Elmer's wood putty. It sets faster, gets harder, and having a dry mix to work with is the way to go for precise measurements. How much water is really in the premixed wood putty? Not enough control...
I have my little itty bitty cell hooked up to my VOM and it has been at 0.56v for quite a while. It started at over .7 but quit falling and stopped at 0.56v after a few minutes so I will leave it hooked up overnight and see if it goes down at all...
Epsom salt seems to make the mixtures really creamy and they have more working time than them salt sub. Putting both together set the putty off really quick! Something going on there but the meter will tell if that is a good thing or not (I'm guessing not, but you never know). The Elmer's is just too powdery after it dries and the Durham's with the same type of 'mix' seems to be holding together a LOT better... Time tests say all however.
Still have to get some aspirin and dig out the petro jelly...
Happy experimenting guys!
PC
P.S. The itty bitty cell dropped to .55 while typing this

[triffid]

My vitamin c cell is still at 1.45 volts about 12 hours after being made.
I sealed the five other cells and found out it is possible to get the wax too hot and melt a hole in the plastic egg carton.I was lucky I did not get burned.The hot wax spilled away from me.
I hooked up all six cells together.
3 cells got me 4.1 volts and .89 milliamps
4 cells got me 5.45 voltd,did not take amp reading
5 zero readings
6 zero readings


I checked 5 and 6 for connection problems  but other than me using thin wire they seemed ok.


So I grabbed some LEDS and got them lit on three cells hooked up in series.
I put the leads from three cells hooked up in series to my tongue and got a good bite from it.I then measured for amps.
A regular battery would put out about 800 milliamps on up.So .89 milliamps is about 800 times weaker than that. triffid

[triffid]

So trying to put it altogether now.I left three cells hooked up in series lighting up an LED.Hooking up 3 cells together gave me 4.11 volts that was 1.37 volts per cell.four cells in series gave me 5.45 volts that gives me 1.36 volts per cell.I think I may have beat most of the resistance in these cells.Now the resistance is in the wires.I did use copper wires about the size of a human hair(to my eyeball).I do think using cardboard egg cartons allows harmful chemicals to leach up into the crystal mass.First one I can think of could be sodium hydroxide which is a base that neutralizes acid.I used plastic egg cartons this time.Get the wax too hot it will melt.  triffid