Ibpointless2 Crystal Cells

[PhiChaser]

@ triffid: Microamps (unfortuneately); 1 Microampere = 1uA = 0.000001A
Little bitty current huh?
I am hoping to get over the 100uA mark, that would put me at 0.1milliamp or 0.1mA (or 0.0001A)
I am using an analog microammeter (vintage Simpson) for my current measurements. The current drives the coil that makes the needle move (at least I think that is how it works?).
I WISH I could get milliamps!! I keep working towards that (for now)...
I've hit over 100uA but for the most part I'm just trying to hit a steady 30-50uA (again, for now!). Microwatts is what you get from microamps... It is what it is, there are low current circuits out there that are working. I have three cells drying out ATM. Maybe this recipe will be more successful than the last. With my current methods I will have some sort of results before the day is over!
(And I'm out of vitamin c, so maybe this weekend will be note taking and experiments instead of cell making!  )

Keep experimenting guys!
PC

[PhiChaser]

@ B_rads:
Hey, have you tried using a sheet of mica sandwiched between your copper and magnesium sheets? Not too expensive and not terribly hard to find...
PC

[triffid]

PC,sorry about the microamps,but like someone once told me, its all good.We are working on batteries that will allow us to live in the dark places in the universe.Allow us to  live in the dark places between stars.I would like to live on Pluto myself.I bought two steel one inch spacers at 76 cents each to wire up as a step up transfomer for a joule thief or two.triffid

[triffid]

My buttermilk/vitamin C cells are keeping an led lit.So far I like them the best.I will use copper wires that have been heated up on the stove until they turn black to make my next panel.Since my experiments with copper oxide show it to boost the power a tiny bit.About 45uAs.
triffid

[triffid]

PC,this is what I know about aluminum oxide.Aluminum binds the oxygen atom so tight the aluminum oxide is only one molecule thick.And transparent as a result so it always looks shiny.But I have seen old looking aluminum wire before.I guess it was out in the sun a lot or weathered.Look for the oldest looking aluminum wire you can get your hands on.Make three cells using it for electrodes.Use it and see if you get a power increase.You are looking for a boundry effect.For carbon I read somewhere once that charcoal made from bamboo has a different structure than charcoal made from wood.I do believe charcoal is conductive.Hope these two things helps you get a power increase.




I think your batteries would take heat a lot better than mine.I think mine can take the heat of a hot attic or hot car.Yours maybe can take twice as much?Heat your oven up to 250 degrees stick your dryest cell in.Take before and after readings,Leave in for 15 minutes and see what happens.


triffid