Earth Electrical Energy Datalogging Experiments

[jeanna]

I won't report anything either.

I also have a concept to share, though.
I tried various inductors in series with the 2 middle ends where I test for volts.

I tested with various inductors on both the south and then the north wires. There was a difference. Depending on the inductance I got between the same and up to 50% more than without the booster.

There was a lot of activity in general today.
Today was very high compared to the last week.
I got readings above 111mv on the ac portion riding above the dc portion. (That was not the plain EB... It was with the stubbs at the end.)

So, the activity in general was a lot higher today [Is itoday the first quarter yet?]  and that makes the report look a lot higher than it is, but even so, the voltage was up 30%-50% just by adding an inductor in series with the EB wires.

I think this is a good avenue for further study. I was hoping this was so.

jeanna

[electricme]

@Jeanna,
Thats good, you have higher readings with an inductor in series with your EB cells, you are doing well with them.

My EB cells seem to loose most of their moisture within hours of me topping them up with water.
I will have to dream up some sort of constant drip water feed to each cell, thinking cap time again.

I like DreamThinkBuilds idea of crushed rock used as a filling for EB cells, this has merit, quartz rock might be the best I think.

jim

[IotaYodi]

I actually wanted to use quartz chips, but couldn't find any at a resonable price, so settled for second best.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Herkimer-Double-terminated-Quartz-crystals-1-8_W0QQitemZ380151347375QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5882c938af&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Ive read Quartz from Brazil is one of the best.

I had thought about doing this but with crystals cut for 2.0 to 2.5 mhz stuffed inside a copper tube with the cathode in the center. The crystals would be the dielectric. The copper tube would be stuck in the ground with the cathode protruding into the earth. A frequency generator could be used to test it.

[electricme]

@ All
I had a bit of success today with feeding the EB cell voltage through my sound card and getting a fairly good display of it.

I downloaded a free ECG (heart waveform monitoring software (small zip file) and set this up on my PC.

I then plugged in the special lead I made up 3 days ago and I got results.
Ha Ha, the perfect example of using a bit of gear it was never designed to be used as, but it worked. This software needs a bit of a tuneup and I have sent a email to the chappie who wrote it to see if he will rework it for our needs.

Here is the link for those who want to try it for themselves.
Don't forget to make up the special lead and plug interface.

http://www.eng.utah.edu/~jnguyen/ecg/instructions.html




Below are 2 screen views, please excuse my cluttered desk top 

I also have made a video of this which can be seen by clinking on the link.

jim

[DreamThinkBuild]

Hi Jim,

I used a 5 lb splitting maul, a hammer would do also, granite is pretty fragile. I didn't slam the maul down just lifted it then let it drop a couple times. I placed the granite rock in a small shipping cardboard box with a cover on it then placed it in a heavy duty bag. I guess you could also put it in a old towel you don't want anymore. I put it in the box because it was easier to fold the cardboard into a funnel to put it into the pipe. The box still maintained it structure even though being somewhat smashed. I'll have to look through the streams for some quartz, usually find smoky or white quartz there.

I'm noting some interesting things with this type of battery. This morning the reading was 723mv@22ua DC. Current has dropped but voltage has increased. Unlike a normal EB on the scope I do not pickup a high amplitude 60hz reading as I was when it's in the ground. It acts more like a DC battery with a lower amplitude noisy waveform riding the DC.

It seem like when a EB is in the ground it acts like an antenna picking up all the stray EM waveforms, this is starting to act more like a battery. I'm not sure if this is good or bad, the stray EM waves may be what causes the EB to have a regenerative effect? Maybe if I put the EB back into the ground it will recharge. I'll try wrapping it with a coil with a DC charge and see if the current can be increased.