Earth Electrical Energy Datalogging Experiments

[Pirate88179]

Smokey:

Hey, 7 mA's is getting up there, nice job.  Yes, the modified Fuji circuit is a quasi JT circuit.  It is made frm a disposable Fuji camera.  But, you have to look back on this topic, or the diagrams topic where Jeanna tells how to tell the various circuit boards apart from looking at the outside of the camera.

Any decent basic JT circuit should work with your number there.  Again, the Instructables JT works well as well as others in the beginning of the JT topic.  But, you are getting some light so, you are way ahead of where I was back in the start of all this.  If you popped a supercap and a JT (hand wound like the basic JT) into your circuit, your led would be on 100%.  (not really, it will LOOK like it is on 100% but in reality it is flashing on and off so fast, the eyes can't tell.)

Others can jump in here but, you are on the correct track in my opinion.

Bill

[electricme]

@ Everyone,

Another break through with proof. 
ELECTRICAL CELL LEAKAGE it seems I have managed to stop most of it.

Yesterday I "planted" some 12 aluminium outer metal tubes, I used Copper pipe as the positave.

This morning, I and my trusty multimeter took a walk down cell lane 

I next did a series of individule cell voltage checking, then I did a series cell check, gradudually clipping each cell positave to its next cell negative.

As I proceeded, I noticed the slight increase of voltage, but a reduction occurred at each connection.
I could not get a full voltage out as I expected with this ally EER cell battery setup, wouuuu is me.

OK I got 12 cells here, so I split them up, beginning from cell 7 to 12.
Taking each cell out of the ground in turn and giving them a nice plastic bag to be comfy in and put each cell back in the earth, exactly where they came from originally.

Each cell individually retained its own voltage, then I connected them (cells 7-12) in series and whackoooo the voltage came up to expected voltage.
                                             


It is reading 3.34-35  volts compared to the same ones I did not modify with the plastic bags, their voltages remained the same , MUCH LOWER.

So some of the answer is to completly block off the bottom of each tube as well as the sides.

After posting this and the small videos, I will go and do the same to the rest of the Ally Tubes, 1-6.

jim

[electricme]

VIDEO TIME folks

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Using a sledge hammer to pound the first aluminium cell outers into the prepared ground.

[electricme]

VIDEO 2

The Ally EER cells are now ready, the DMM is connected to it and I poor water around and into the cells, oops e dazy, too much water got splashed.
You can see the meter reading start to rise then go down.

The next 2 videos supply the answer, and its'nt too much water, he he.
 

[Pirate88179]

Jim:

Another great discovery from downunder!!!!

I would think you would be concentrating on staying warm, ha ha.  So, total insulation/isolation seems to be the key?  Have you tired any of these same tubes out of the ground (on a table for example) for a control to compare?

Somehow, I think the magnetic/telluric currents are getting through your insulation enough to produce your results.  If you think about it, plastic does not stop a magnet from sticking to something so.....this could be really big Jim.

Once again, the General takes us another step forward!

Bill