Nathan Stubblefield Earth battery/Self Generating Induction Coil Replications

[the_big_m_in_ok]

t3t4 said:

@Lee
This is an aerial, not a ground rod, do not let it touch the grassy knoll but, do try adding water and note the results.

I'll take your advice.  My next test will be off the ground wherever possible---although dry pine needles and artificial bark mulch might be okay.  Wood is cellulose and a fairly good insulator if it's dry.

If you listen to science, it will tell you that 50v are available per every meter or 3' give or take. I have not seen this kind of voltage until I reach altitudes of 100' or more.

Okay.  I remember that.  But since I'll be working on the side of a hill, I have no experience whether or not the hill's height or the proximity of the ground under me takes more precedence.

Also, I take a meter to be 3.3 feet as a rule of thumb.


--Lee

[dllabarre]

t3t4 said:I'll take your advice.  My next test will be off the ground wherever possible---although dry pine needles and artificial bark mulch might be okay.  Wood is cellulose and a fairly good insulator if it's dry.
Okay.  I remember that.  But since I'll be working on the side of a hill, I have no experience whether or not the hill's height or the proximity of the ground under me takes more precedence.

Also, I take a meter to be 3.3 feet as a rule of thumb.


--Lee

Being on the top of a hill and sticking your antenna 10' into the air is similar to being in the valley and sticking your antenna 10' into the air.
It's about the distance above the ground you're standing on, not the elevation above sea level.  There may be more radio waves on top of a hill compared to the valley but I'm not sure.  I never tested it.

The minimum height is over 10' off of the ground to get serious voltage.
The wire (antenna) cannot touch anything.  Use insulators when attaching it to trees, fences, buildings, etc.

DonL

[dllabarre]

I slapped this antenna together last night to test the difference between a bare sheet of aluminum vs a sheet of aluminum with plexiglass covering it.

I inadvertantly created a capacitor by having the aluminum sheets insulated and so close to eachother.  This proved to be real interesting.  I didn't need a ground connection.  One plate produced positive voltage and the other produced negative voltage.  Once I realized I had a capacitor as an antenna, I tried to connect from one plate to one side of a mylar 4.7uF capacitor and from the other side of the capacitor to a ground rod to capture voltage.  I had to use 1 sheet of aluminum at a time when using the ground rod.  I could use both sheets (1 positive and 1 negative) connected to the same capacitor, at the same time and no ground rod.

DonL

[t3t4]

@DonL

That's excellent! You just gave me a new idea to test, but the capacitor I have already tried with nothing beneficial to report as result. Yeah it works, but at least for me didn't seem to do good or bad, but rather it fed me the same basic results instead.

I have a picture package together that I'm currently uploading to 3 different sites. I finally got it done today, but man do I suck at photoshop. This took way longer then I thought it would. But it will show how simple this device can be using what we already have. And also it will show the leaking faucet I described in an earlier post. It only takes a little to get a whole lot more. Anyway, the packet is about 56 MB worth, so when it's done uploading, I will reply again with more information along with the download links.

t3t4

[jeanna]

t3t4
Forgive me if you know this already. I use photoshop all the time especially to lower the size of the pics.
After you get what you want go to Image> resize then resize it to 72 pix/inch (our screens) and make the total 4 or 5 inches max. Also check the box to constrain proportions.
Then when you like what you see, go to file> save for web and make a gif out of it. This 2 part procedure usually removes about 2MB from each pic.
For what it is worth.

BTW
Thanks to DonL I just realized my mistake. Thanks DonL

I taped the alu foil covered tupperware lid to the house. I should have only had the alu foil on the outside side.
(I live in a metal house, which of course, is grounded.)
I will fix that in the morning.

jeanna