Nathan Stubblefield Earth battery/Self Generating Induction Coil Replications

[Localjoe]

Chad

Awsome find with the acid , hadent thought of it yet.  But obviouslly it worked. did you see your wires deteroiating at all or did they stay intact pretty well?
                                                                                                                                                 Joe

[electricme]

@ Chad
sounds good, I had read that somewhere but forgotten it.
vinegar as an eletrolite, your readings are much higher with it.

I know that caustic soda, (an alkani) is the electrolite for Nife wet cell batteries, I have a few out side.

@ all,
well I have some bad news,    
last night after my last post I decided to check up on my LEDs etc before retiring for the night, it was as quiet as a mouse, no traffic so it was ultra quiet.

I had just a globe connected, (I had removed the LEDs to see if there was a sustanable current). The globe was very dimmly lit, it was burning for about a half hour, didn't vary. I went for a bath (a clue) and came back to recheck the globe, it was off.

I Tested the setup, no current, so I put the LEDs back on circuit, they came up slowly, then they jumped to full brightness very quickly.
I stayed watching them for some time trying to figure out what had done this.

Then they dropped instantly to low dimness, and I hurd the hotwater system start to cool down, afta a while, the leds came on to full brightness, the hot water system I could just hear.

I turned off the hotwater sys, and the leds went dim.

This is a BIG problem, I wanna hide unda de bed, ha ha ha, a big oooops.

Anyway, I disconnected both CROs and re-tested, it looks like the (NEW) CRO earth lead is conducting a return somehow, by passing the Aluminium pipe in the ground.
My old CRO dosnt do this.

Sooo my next step is to check out my earth on the hot water system, measure with a DMM, and put a Test Light in series with the earth to the hot water sys.

Don't worry guys, I did an electrical mechanic course as my apprentiship, so I should be able to find the cause of this hickup.

Now someone did say, had I ruled out the scope leads putting any influence, I had, but when I did the test, the hot water sys must of been off.
In my favour I live 75 meters from a major highway, the traffic ranging from cars to B Tripples (Prime mover towing three semi trailers) makes an awful lot of noise, the ground shakes at times, the noise drowns out the hot water sys noise.

OK all Im open to suggestions.

Jim

[Magnethos]

@ magnethos
hello to you
welcome from
jim

Thanks man.

[jeanna]

Jim

Sooo my next step is to check out my earth on the hot water system, measure with a DMM, and put a Test Light in series with the earth to the hot water sys.

(no hiding under the bed in this group!)

Well Jim, you made an experiment that may show what has up to now been a conjecture. You may have shown something Hans mentioned and we all wondered about but didn't really show.

So, please keep investigating this, because we really need to know this.

And, also, bye the way, I now have a garden light all cut up and ready for use as a testing device. (plus a small solar panel and a photodiode,  ) so it's ok by me. 

jeanna

PS Magnethos, I love your picture.

[electricme]

@ jeanna
Thanks jeanna, those kind words have boyed me up.

glad you got a garden light all cut up, watch for the polarity when connecting.

I found I could sometimes get it to work by opening the + wires on & off like a switch, every 1/2 to a full second.
If you could send me the 2 extra icons that would be great.

@ all
Found the fault with the hot water system, the internal earth strap had rusted off where it connected to the internal steel tank.
Made another connection and its all fixed, running OK.
Havent connected up any NS stuff yet, will take a cuppa n think a bit.

Jim
PS Thanks Stefan.