First electrical power output from a Pyramid

[georgemay]

hi george
yes the pickup tube he says but he also said further down that the top portion are just there for mechanical reason to fasten and so on.
greetigns
walt

Oh, I am sorry Walter I didn't get your question correctly.  I meant just the U pickup tube. not the top portion.

Walter thanks for sharing all the good info with us.  This will inspire a lot of new pyramids to be built.

George

[neptune]

We now seem to have conflicting info as to just how much sand to put in . I guess it is a case of "try it and see". Walter, here is a small but significant experiment to try. I f your table saw is not fixed to the floor, put some cardboard under it, and put the copper fame inside the frame of the table saw, if it has a metal frame. so now you are using a square[cuboid?] frame instead of a pyramid   . Is the voltage still there? Please let us know. Greetings from Neptune in Frosty England.

[neptune]

Anyone else have difficulty accessing this site this afternoon, or was it just me? Ordered my base board today. Copper frame complete, capacitor about finished, Angles cut on rods, welding at the weekend. completion sometime next week I hope. :

[magpower]

Hi all,
here are a tip if you put the graphite rod in to fill it be very carefull and hold it in the right hight and location because after the fill the rod can not be corrected or it will break I had this two times and shake the pipe a bit because if the sand is not realy packed it will compact on the bottom by filling with the salt solution and there will be a gap to the vertical portion where the rods are. oh and close the holes or the sand will run out there had this too.
greetings
walt

Walt
Thanks for the tip as last night was wondering what to do, Just to confirm the total U shape is full of sand, then we inject the water/salt solution from top, until we see some sign of it coming out 2mm below the rods, Right?

I took some pics but forgot camera cable so will post soon.

Also I got .4v to .5v levels in D.C. Using A.C did not read nothing. Just rod in beaker with salt solution and meter to ground, the started tried a 9000mfd/ large cap and tried to charge it, could only get to .5volts. With a small 100mfd could not get this. It was very odd how the meter would jump up and down with readings. I did earth ground mine last night so more test tonight with U tube and 2 rods this time.

[magpower]

Hi all,
here are a tip if you put the graphite rod in to fill it be very carefull and hold it in the right hight and location because after the fill the rod can not be corrected or it will break I had this two times and shake the pipe a bit because if the sand is not realy packed it will compact on the bottom by filling with the salt solution and there will be a gap to the vertical portion where the rods are. oh and close the holes or the sand will run out there had this too.
greetings
walt

Walt
Thanks for the tip as last night was wondering what to do, Just to confirm the total U shape is full of sand, then we inject the water/salt solution from top, until we see some sign of it coming out 2mm below the rods, Right?

I took some pics but forgot camera cable so will post soon.

Also I got .4v to .5v levels in D.C. Using A.C did not read nothing. Just rod in beaker with salt solution and meter to ground, the started tried a 9000mfd/ large cap and tried to charge it, could only get to .5volts. With a small 100mfd could not get this. It was very odd how the meter would jump up and down with readings. I did earth ground mine last night so more test tonight with U tube and 2 rods this time.