Nathan Stubblefield Earth battery/Self Generating Induction Coil Replications

[mikestocks2006]

@Mike:

Great info on the telluric currents...thanks.  Have you done any experiments on this yet?

@Stefan:

Rod measurements are in inches. (Sorry, you know us backward Americans) So, unless I miss my guess, 6" long rods are about 15.3 cm and 1/2 inch dia which should be about 1.27 cm. (I think)

I want to try this with longer rods on both ends and then, try a series connection or two.  I was going to try today to light a blue led but, I fried it when I soldered two wires onto the connections.  I didn't know they were that heat sensitive or I would have used a heat sink. 

Stefan, what kind/type/size capacitor could we used to store up this voltage?  I could get one at radio shack if I don't have one lying around here somewhere already.  I know they are measured in picofarrads (I think) but have no idea what size to try. I am going there anyway to get a selection of leds.

I think Stefan is right about the surface area/power relationship but I am not sure going deeper is the answer.  I am now thinking of buying some rod material (longer) and laying it down horizontally just below the surface, which is where this energy seems to be...at least in my part of the world.  I am very interested to know of others work in this area.  I will keep you posted on my efforts.

Bill

Hi Pirate88179,

Yes, the first thing I tried was to see if it?s pure galvanic effect or not, so I used the obvious. Two same metals. If it?s pure galvanic, then there should be no voltage potential across them.

Well, it measures about 29 milivolts and about 0.012 miliamps across a 2.2k resistance.
The 2 zinc coated nails are about 3/8? dia, 12? long driven in the ground about 2.5 feet apart to a same depth of about 10?. Those two were about N to S aligned. The ground was fairly wet though, due to recent showers. (according to some readings, dryer ground maybe better)
These nails are the common coated nails you can get for your local hardware store garden section or building materials section.
If you want more depth exposure, you may try some common galvanized pipe (eg water pipe ?? or solid electrical zinc coated conduit pipe) for the first rod and maybe some plain copper pipe for the second. and ofc the old mighty sledgehammer

Let us know if you also try same metals to see if you can get any V and A

I hope this helps.

BTW nice work, getting 2.6 V and 50 mA with your setup. It may not be much, but a number of them may make a nice night light arrangement for eg a flower garden at night.

[Pirate88179]

@ Mike:

I am glad to see others here experimenting.  I truly believe that no one on this planet at this time knows exactly what can be produced from this.  My soil is not anywhere near perfect. (I live in an apartment)  I don't have much room and, so far, I have only used items I can find around my house for the tests.  I am just amazed that I got ANY positive results and this makes me really wonder what might happen if I purchased materials and spent more time in experimentaion.  I really also wonder what others might find in their own areas of the world.  This site is obviously worldwide and who knows what might work here, but not in Europe, or, the other way around.

From what I have read in the patents, there are amps available here.  One of my friends said to me...."So what, even if you get 2 amps and 50 volts......so what?"  So what? It is free and in the earth and, what if a lot of people experiment with this and then who knows what might be realized.  He told his wife that if we have a blackout that Bill can run an led in his garden.  I say...today an led, tomorrow.....the whole house. (OK maybe need a few more weeks for that, ha ha)

Bill

Bill

[hartiberlin]

2.5 Volts is already very nice, but the magnesium will be consumed very fast, if you drive an LED or other load with it.
Try with two graphite rods. These are very inert and will not be consumed, so then you would only run it on telluric currents, but then the voltage will be only millivolts probably.
Be cautious not to hit ground high voltage lines..! Good luck.

[Pirate88179]

Stefan:

I would love to use graphite rods of any real size.  I have not found any locally.  Is there some place you know of to get these?  I have found several places on-line but I have to order 50 pieces min.  We need to get the amps up for this to be useful I think.  I am thinking surface area like you said earlier.  A lot of the early patents describe using plates, not rods or tubes.  Surface area may be the key to higher amps.  And yes, I was hoping I would not hit any burried power lines while trying this.  Great amps readings for a moment, then death.

Bill

[hartiberlin]

Graphite rods are very hard to come by these days...
Try at your local welder shop... They are still used as electrodes for cutting steel.
You might also try a stainless steel metal mesh. these are also very inert and have a high surface area...