Earth Battery Beneath Power Lines

[Pirate88179]

All the other trees I tried in this area were negative also.  I have no idea why.  I asked others around the country to try it to compare and no one else did so I have no idea if all trees are like this or just some.

Bill

[jadaro2600]

All the other trees I tried in this area were negative also.  I have no idea why.  I asked others around the country to try it to compare and no one else did so I have no idea if all trees are like this or just some.

Bill

Very interesting indeed! ...it would be great to know more some time.

Just about anything can be used as an antenna - the idea is an ideal conductor though. ..having a tree as antenna means unusual electronic distribution.

[Pirate88179]

I built an array, which was basically just nine nail driven slightly into the tree to reach below the bark, and wired them together with copper wire and tested to the ground using only my probe tip.

But, anyone can test this using only their probe tips.  Stab one into the tree and the other into the ground, if you get a minus sign on the reading, reverse the probes.

I remember catching a lot of crap for "injuring" the trees although when I was done, I was able to pull the nails out by hand and I am sure the tree suffered no ill effects.  If the tree did scream, I did not hear it.

Folks should still try this simple test.

Bill

[jadaro2600]

I built an array, which was basically just nine nail driven slightly into the tree to reach below the bark, and wired them together with copper wire and tested to the ground using only my probe tip.

But, anyone can test this using only their probe tips.  Stab one into the tree and the other into the ground, if you get a minus sign on the reading, reverse the probes.

I remember catching a lot of crap for "injuring" the trees although when I was done, I was able to pull the nails out by hand and I am sure the tree suffered no ill effects.  If the tree did scream, I did not hear it.

Folks should still try this simple test.

Bill

This probably has a bit to do with the chemistry of the nails vs the tree sap, it is interesting that ground was positive though, did you try a nail to nail measure where one was in the tree and the other nail was in the ground _ this would effectively neutralize that sort of phenomenon wouldn't it?

[czimborbryan]

How about cabbages?