Nathan Stubblefield Earth battery/Self Generating Induction Coil Replications

[lasersaber]

I went out a bought some 3/4 inch copper pipe thinking that I would see a huge increase in milliamps.  I connected it up and noticed nothing.   The small 18 gauge bare copper wire seems to work best for me so far.  It is also much cheaper.  Right now my goal is 50 milliamps.  Once I get there I will start trying for a 100 milliamps.

I think I will try the hot water idea and see what effect it has.

[freepow]

Hello  Lasersaber  from freepow in Australia,  I'm trying to get high ma's out of 1x cell, dont know if it can be done...
Have you tried to make your own solar cells?

[jeanna]

Has anybody noticed the effect frozen ground has on these?  ...  Maybe I need to bury my wire deeper than a couple inches.

Yes, it sure does.

Since you are burying the wires why don't you top them off with 2-3 inches of peat moss instead of hot water. I suggest this because the peat moss will prevent freezing to a deep level and the hot water will soon freeze too. (It is an interesting test for heat, though.)

I am glad to hear it is the cheaper 18g wire.

I am also curious if enamelled wire will work as well. It is important to know it is not galvanic.

@freepow,

If you are able to start a joule thief at all from your EER, then you can run an infinite number of leds from its secondary by soldering them together in parallel. The higher number of secondary turns on the toroid will give you higher voltages, but you probably do not need more than 10 turns on the secondary if you do it this way.

I would love to see you and lasersaber do this!!
I will not be out in the back yard until april or may, so I need to watch you!!

thank you,

jeanna

[freepow]

@  Jeanna,  Sorry for a dissapointment but as you will see in my photo's...

PLEASE READ ALL THIS CAREFULLY, THANKS

Photo 1,  1x EER lights only 1 LED       EER output =  .7 to .8 vdc  at  4 mA's
Photo 2,  1x EER wont light 2 LED's     EER output =  .7 to .8 vdc  at  4 mA's
Photo 3,  2x EER lights 1 LED brighter  EER's output =.7 to .8 vdc  at  7 mA's
Photo 4,  2x EER lights 2 LED's           EER's output =.7 to .8 vdc  at  7 mA's
Photo 5,  2x EER wont light 3 LED's     EER's output =.7 to .8 vdc  at  7 mA's
Photo 6,  2x EER wont light 3 LED's a clearer picture of 3 LED's    EER's output =.7 to .8 vdc  at  7 mA's
Photo 7,  1x AA battery lights 4 LED's very brightly            AA output =   1.1 to 1.2 vdc  at  heaps of mA's
Photo 8,  1x AA battery lights 4 LED's clearer picture         AA output  =   1.1 to 1.2 vdc  at  heaps of mA's

As you can see the lower the mA's in a EER = less voltage at the output of a Joule thief
2x EER's had more mA's so I could light more LED's
1x AA has plenty of mA's  and I know i've measured the output on a similar Joule thief which had 50+ vdc,
but my 1x EER only has .7 to .9 vdc  at only about 4 mA  and  through the Joule thief it spikes at only...
3.8 vdc,  so as far as I can tell then the more mA's you have in a EER = higher voltage output from your Joule thief.

[jeanna]

Hi freepow.
I am not disappointed yet.

wrap 10 more turns around the toroid secondary for the EER.
I will look, but did you tell us how many secondary turns are on that toroid?

It does not take amps to light mine or my meter is lying which is possible.

Please let me know.

jeanna