Nathan Stubblefield Earth battery/Self Generating Induction Coil Replications

[Pirate88179]

@Chad:

Thanks for the link.  I looked at that site last night and it was the only one I found that actually listed prices.  I found a local supplier, who is out of stock, but ordered me a carbon rod 3/4 inch dia x 17 inches long!! ($21.77 USD) That should do it. He said it would arrive in about a week. (sigh)  He also had magnesium rod but it was coated with iron powder for welding purposes, not good for us I think.

So, I will put the carbon rod to the north, and on the south side, I guess I will have to use a zinc grounding rod or something like that.  I should see at least 1.4 to 1.5 volts from the galvanic difference and, hopefuly due to the depth and larger surface area, a good increase in amps.  I know I have been saying this but I will video this and post it once I get the materials.  This should be more than enough to light an led pretty well I should hope.

@Stefan:

When I got my best readings so far, I used a pencil sharpened on both ends and a magnesium fire started block and they were each only in the ground about 1/2 inch and about 1 meter away from each other.  Make sure you align to the true north/south meridian and not magnetic north.  You need to check a detailed map for your area to see what the declination is or, just stab around where you think it is and take your best readings.

I agree there is some kind of galvanic action going on, to a point but remember, when you read the patents and other info posted, that bleed currents from bad electrical installations, which I am sure exist everywhere now, did not exist then as no one had electricity!  The earth gets charged and discharged through lightning strikes, etc  and some say the spinning molten core is like a generator of sorts, who knows?

@ Localjoe:

Have you tried the welding rods yet?  The guy in the video with the led said one of his rods was a grounding rod.  I found one at Home Depot that was 8 foot long.  It was some kind of metal that was copper clad.  No one seemed to know what kind of metal it was.  Maybe, being copper on the outside, it acts like a solid copper rod?  I'll see what I can find on the net about that.  In the meantime, I am on hold for about a week...of course, I will try a few other things here and there while I am waiting.  Thanks.

Bill

[akashh]

Hi guys,
Nice to see that research is going on with earth batteries.  A year ago I spent several days experimenting with different materials.  Unfortunately I threw away my results, but I had some voltage with copper & aluminium.  I also used a zinc coated rod.  Basically, position in the ground and distance had no effect on voltage.  In the end I built 3 trays of soil (topsoil) and connected them in series.  I was able to power an LED with 1.6V / 16 mA but when I checked the next day it had gotten dim.  It seemed to be purely galvanic. 
I do believe that a coil/capacitor that could capture current and resonate at the very low frequencies pulsing through our planet (1-15 Hz) would change everything.  I'm no coil expert but 60 Hz ac is quit low and that is simple to resonate.  I guess it would not be too difficult to calculate the number of turns for a coil.  We could also try a variable capacitor such as is used in tv/radio tuners and then use a scope to look at the output waveforms and determine if there is a point that begins to resonate.
Does anyone want to try that?

[Pirate88179]

@ akashh:

Glad to see you here.  I would love to persue the coil approach but, I have no real education or knowledge in this area.  A lot of the afore mentioned patents speak of coils.  I think now we are all trying to "max out" the differential metals potential and then, we will move to coils, etc.  I have one thought on the coil approach.  Stefan mentioned that amps were probably proportional to the surface area exposed to the telluric currents and this is most likely the case.  A coil would be an easy way to increase surface area.  As far as stepping up the voltage and decreasing the amps, I am familiar with Ohm's law but have no idea how to design or calculate the number of turns, etc.

I can't wait for my carbon rod to show up.

Bill

[akashh]

Yes, I've been experimenting with activated carbon (used in water filters) which is a conductor.  I was trying to build an aluminium-air battery with it but still didnt get time to finish it.  Anyway, that should be easy to come by in particle size - mine are about 3mm grains.  You can just pour some out and put some form of wiremesh in-between to capture electricity uniformly by connecting a wire to it.  By applying pressure to it you get much better conductivity.  Why not try that out?

[hartiberlin]

To maximize the telluric currents capturing, it might be justthe simplest thing
to burry a few stainless steel mesh metal "sheets" vertically into the earth at least about 2 to 3 meters
deep.
Probably the deeper you go the better it gets ?
Hmm, must be tried, but I don?t have access right now for a soil to try it on..
Maybe some of you who have a farm land can try it away from any power grids...

Good luck.

Regards, Stefan.