Earth Energy Batteries

[madwizard]

Ok.

Hope this works then.

[FreeEnergy]

great it works! 

[triffid]

When I put plates of copper/soft iron in the earth(I don't use zinc-too reactive with the soil).I only got voltage readings for one cell,But I had 4 cells connected in series.So I only got like .80(point volts for the series of 4 cells.So whats going on here?It turns out that to get the higher voltages your cells must be electrically isolated from each other.Then you can add the voltages and power those leds like you want to.A clue to what was wrong with my setup came from two sources.
One was an experiment where the guy set up foam cups(about 4) of earth on a counter .stuck electrodes in the earth,added water,hooked them up in series and powered his leds.Another source was where I saw a design for a 12 volt earth battery.The copper tubes were sealed with a rubber coating,the zinc electrodes were stuck inside the copper tubes.Then the six cells were hooked up in series to get 12 volts.So I suggest that you isolate your cells then hook them up in series
I think think plastic bottles cut in half would do the trick when you stick them in the ground (like 1 liter plastic pop bottles).I think you should go north to south with them.Hopefully this info will help someone here.triffid

[Pirate88179]

@ All:

You guys should join us over at earth battery experiments topic.  We are getting pretty good results over there in using the teluric currents of the earth.  I am up to about 2.4 vdc and 9.0 mA and can light 3 leds. (2 flashing and 1 constant) from a single cell.  The more experimenters, the better.  We are now exploring coil arrangements as Stubblefield did back at the turn of the century.

Bill

[sid10]

Has anyone tried to solder a aluminum can. It doesn't work you can't solder aluminum.
Sid