Joule Thief

[gadgetmall]

@ electricme

I am not an expert on earth batteries, But, I bet it would work even better if you mixed a lot of salt with the rocks between the plates. I think you will also need to put it somewhere that water can get between the plates. If you put a piece of each electrode in a glass of saltwater you will get a voltage between them. But you probably know all of that already.

Hi . Yea we know that and the problem with that is it's short lived . Earth Battery should be part galvanic and part magnetic to slow down the corrosion on the metals . I expect a piece of magnesium  or copper and carbon to last 20 to 50 years of output . a Salywater battery maybe a month at the most .It has been said that if you put your eb in high growing weeds it produces even more current as they grow .Harmonious

Hey Mk why can't we spell salt
A little more on Mobius and Earth
One of the best things to put in the loop with a mobius coil is one or more other mobius coils! Whether passive or powered by an earth battery. indeed I highly recommend putting several devices in series on one loop fed by an earth battery. The coils feed off each other.


Gadget

[Mk1]

@gadget

You got me there , bros 

[innovation_station]

GADGET!!

that is a cool a$$ coil you got there .....

lol


ist

[Pirate88179]

For a true earth battery, you do not want any electrolyte.  If you stick the materials in a salt bath, you will just have a galvanic battery which are well understood. you will also only max out at 1.5 volts output as all galvanic batteries do and never see 1.9, 2.3 and 2.5 volts as you can get from a well set-up EB.  As Gadget said, if you have simply a galvanic battery, you are consuming one of the materials and it will not last long at all.  A good EB can run and run for many years with no maintenance.

I have some experience with this.  Last year, I took one of my Stubblefield coils that took me days to wind.  This coil was planted in my garden and had a decent output of both volts and amps.  Someone in our group suggested adding a "little" vinegar to the soil around it to boost the output.  Well, you know me, I'll try anything once if it might boost output so...I added what could be described as a generous amount of vinegar to the soil and.......my mA's jumped from 35 to 490 right away but my volts went down from 2.25 to 1.51.  I was able to run some stuff off of it but, about a day later, the output dropped to 0 and it has stayed 0 ever since.  I dug it up just a little while back and it was totally destroyed. The metals were totally gone.


@Jim:

Where is that design you are making from?  I have not seen any of the Stubblefield patents that look anything like that one.  Good luck with it.  It has a lot of surface area and may I suggest that you make the hole large enough so you can mount it on its side (vertical) and change the direction it faces as you test the output.  I see the drawing shows it mounted horizontal but I don't see why they do it that way.  I can't wait to see what happens with it.

Bill

[jeanna]

@Jeanna,

Is there any chance of getting a copy of this book, where you are reading this from please Jeanna, I really want to see this.

jim

Hi Jim,
It is that long book from scribd. I sent the link to you.
I don't remember if you got it or didn't. It takes a while to read because it is all  scanned. As I read a page I usually copy it and paste it into a text file that complements the book. Of course from there it is easy to find references... well, not easy but the pages turn faster.

I think you put it onto a thumb drive?
I found it. Here it is:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13040608/The-Researches-of-Nikola-Tesla-1894

jeanna