Crystal Cell Research for Experimenter

[plengo]

Mine are rated at 3000 mA/hours... thanks for the correction! That makes me feel a little better about my efforts....
Did you see my video about the crystal cell/JT generating over 40 volts? I am studying the Patrick Kelly documentation
(again) on how to use this to charge batteries... fun!

Yes I saw it, it is impressive. What is that oscilloscope you have? I will try to build a JT like that. I ordered the inductors from China.


Fausto.

[tgraca]

Yes I saw it, it is impressive. What is that oscilloscope you have? I will try to build a JT like that. I ordered the inductors from China. - Fausto.

The oscilloscope is a DSO Nano V3 (version 3)... I think I got it for around $70 on eBay delivered earlier this year.
It works well, but I haven't figured out how to get a frequency reading... I have to use a calculator to translate uS into kHz.
I had never tested these JT's without a load before and was surprised at how they work without a load. This explains all
of the JT transformer and battery charging effects I have been seeing for the last year. It's a much better way to tune a JT
than the one I have been using... way better...

I am doing my final testing today on the inductor values. When I find what I like, I will start winding them with this 3200'
of 30 AWG that has been calling my name for the last 3 weeks! lol - I think a custom wound bifiler and transistor will end
up costing me less than $0.25 each, which is less than my old JT designs with caps and resistors. Too bad too... I just got
100 caps in yesterday - 100 uF's, 25V - nice and small!

I may experiment with the Tesla Switch idea using caps instead of batteries. That would be really interesting... I have seen
someone doing this as "electrets" but I don't think he was calling it a Tesla Switch... 

[plengo]

Status.


Cell 149 (the one in the graphs) is finally showing signs of decay of power. Since November 16 to today she lost about .001 volt under load with a few drops of Epson solution only. I have not added water since November 10.


The metals inside look just like before and no visible deterioration is present but I have not dissected the cell.


I assume the loss in power having to do with water evaporation since this cell is not sealed. The major reason I started to seal those cells in epoxy resin.


Under short she was showing around 2 mA. Under load on a Green 10 mm LED is showing 2.58v.


I think this cell is the most successful cell of mine to date. A flat graph with only a very small loss of power. I will let her run for longer and later add 1 drop of water to each of its 3 unit cells and graph it again. Very boring work.


Fausto.

[tgraca]

Status. Cell 149 (the one in the graphs) is finally showing signs of decay of power. Since November 16 to today she lost about .001 volt under load with a few drops of Epson solution only. I have not added water since November 10.
The metals inside look just like before and no visible deterioration is present but I have not dissected the cell.
I assume the loss in power having to do with water evaporation since this cell is not sealed. The major reason I started to seal those cells in epoxy resin. Under short she was showing around 2 mA. Under load on a Green 10 mm LED is showing 2.58v.
I think this cell is the most successful cell of mine to date. A flat graph with only a very small loss of power. I will let her run for longer and later add 1 drop of water to each of its 3 unit cells and graph it again. Very boring work.
Fausto.

Nice work. re: "Very boring work."
When you get your JT's in order, I hope you consider testing multiple single cells with various configurations. I know you
don't have enough computers to make those graphs for a bunch of cells, but you can just take a cue visually daily of each,
and start taking reading when they are looking low... the way I do it... I am planning on having 20 good cells running by
the end of this month... I can't imagine using 20 computers to manage this.... and taking visual cues and eventually taking
readings takes almost no time. It's not boring at all! -- Plus... now I can roam throughout my home in the middle of
the night without turning to turn on lights... I used to bump into things rather than turn on a light... I have chickens out
side, and when they see the lights come on at 2am, they start crowing! lol

[tgraca]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MubBsGGtxk

This may be the new winner. I made a graph for you. The major difference in the electrolyte is that I coated the mag strips
with some watered down silicone (latex) caulk and MnO2/Activated Carbon first, there is no hydrate #5, and except for
watering the coffee filter around the mag strips, the electrolyte ingrediants were pinched in dry.

717 mV under load after 18 days.