Ibpointless2 Crystal Cells

[triffid]

IB2,I would stick with vitamin C pills with silica in them.I sealed with wax my 18 cells about 58 hours after I made the cells.
I then went out for about three hours bought more copper wire and elmers glue all.I also bought about 20 connecting wires with alligator clips from radio shack.I came back home connected all 18 cells with good connecting wires.


In the beginning  of the test I got 20.5 volts but it dropped to a steady 15.88 volts


For the amps it steadied out at .71 milliamps.


So 15.88 volts   .71 MA    11.27 watts


Averages out to .88 volts a cell.

[triffid]

Possible reasons for this panel not meeting expectations of 44 watts?


Cells were dryer
Crystal mass leaked from four cells in front.
Panel is limited by the weakest cell.
Vitamin C pills were not crushed but left whole.volts seemed ok but amps were not.



Despite that I expect this panel to make 1.89 kilowatts a week.


regards,triffid

[triffid]

PC,Paper style egg carton 30 count flat is what I tried in the beginning.The cells were so bad off in the end I had to believe that harmful chemicals were leaching in from the paper.I think the panel I got such good results with maybe had too much water left in the 5 cells after 36 hours?Thats great that you are getting the scope.It will like getting radar for the house.Be sure to see if you get an ac current from your cells.


triffid

[PhiChaser]

PC,Paper style egg carton 30 count flat is what I tried in the beginning.The cells were so bad off in the end I had to believe that harmful chemicals were leaching in from the paper.I think the panel I got such good results with maybe had too much water left in the 5 cells after 36 hours?Thats great that you are getting the scope.It will like getting radar for the house.Be sure to see if you get an ac current from your cells.
triffid

Hadn't thought of chemicals leaching 'from' the paper cartons.
One of my 'tester' cells in the subsalt containers is reading steady around 1.2v, but the other dropped quickly down to around 0.6v. (I may have 'overcharged' one of them?) EDIT:Now at .4v... Need a different mix heh heh...
I will definitely be doing some homework before the scope arrives, can't wait!
Time to contruct some new cells I think.
Happy experminting all!
PC

[triffid]

I hooked up an old speaker to my 18 cell panel for a couple of hours and tested the panel at 12.55 volts and .33MA.Down to 4 watts of power I left it unhooked for a few hours and measured just now 17 volts and .66MA  =11.22watts of power.So I put a load on it it goes down.I take the load off it bounces back.I first got interested in solar cells back in 2000 when I realized what 6 volts and 600MA could do,A WHOLE LOT!triffid






averages out to .944 volts per cell