Nathan Stubblefield Earth battery/Self Generating Induction Coil Replications

[jeanna]

Hi everyone,
I made 2 of those last week. Funny, I  don't get the ability to use it to light a led on .8vdc but I can run 2 led's on 1.3 vdc which by itself won't run even one. I like it. And the little vid with the link helps too.

I checked on my earth battery today.
C4 rods - to Cu pipe -  to mg   1.39vdc,2.1vac
I still get the very best results with the carbon granules.
That reading was C granules - mg brick 1.63 VDC; 2.6VAC . C granules in cement pot

There is something going on with these cement pots. as I have mentioned, they seem to charge up over time. I have 3 of them aligned E-W because that is giving me the best reading. The first 2 give me a good multiplication almost a true series effect, but the third is low and brings the whole series down; BUT it is coming up. It has been very stormy lately so I can't be regular with my tests but this last pot is getting charged more with time, but slower than the other 2. odd.

I made a rough try at a coiled connection. got zero. nothing was touching the ground but 0.00.

Here is what I did. I perfected the east west heading for the day. I even used a trowel to make a nice groove in the soil. then I unwound but kept the spiral of some insulated hook up wire - about 20 feet and connected it to the mg brick on the west, and on the east to a 3 ft piece of copper (1/4 inch diam) that I had spiraled around the broomstick to look like one of those that Mr. Stubblefield had twirling out of the ground. EESH not even galvanic! and nothing (I mean none of the leads) was touching the ground. The whole thing was roughly 8 feet long.

It is sunny and warmish. Maybe I will think of something else to try later.

jeanna

[Localjoe]

So jenna you built that joule thief and it wont light the led's off of 1.6 v dc your reading on your earth battery?  You might need to hook it to a cap in parallel with your earth electrodes for it to build a little current but it should work.  Tell me how it goes and if you used the same transistor
                                                                                 Joe

[jeanna]

So jenna you built that joule thief and it wont light the led's off of 1.6 v dc your reading on your earth battery?  You might need to hook it to a cap in parallel with your earth electrodes for it to build a little current but it should work.  Tell me how it goes and if you used the same transistor
                                                                                 Joe

I think you are right, Joe,
Trouble is that the good reading comes from a damp heap of carbon from a used filter and the magnesium connection is there and solid but hard to get even a probe onto. So, it is just logistics, soon, but not yet. As soon as I get the caps near it the connectors wobble out of place.
I will take suggestions.

I just am not getting the volts on the carbon rods that have a nice connector spot. That is too bad. I thought the carbon rods soldered together would make things easier.

Do you mean the joule thief AND the cap wired in parallel to the led that is wired to the transistor? hmm didn't think of that.

jeanna

the transistor is from Radio shack MPS3904 The h_fe is 100.

[nightlife]

Here is something you all may want to try. I found that flat metal works better then the round metal for the post. Out of 15 cups I used, I got almost 4 more volts using frat metal insted of round metal.

[Localjoe]

@ Jenna

i mean from the electrodes in the ground  to a super cap or other cap and off those leads to where the input from the battery would normally go on the circuit.  Hope that helps
                                                                                                                                 Joe