Crystal Power CeLL by John Hutchison

[ian middleton]

G'Day all,

While the pyrite cell was in the freezer I slapped a 22kohm resistor across it and after 3 hours the voltage dropped to 6.5mV.
After another 24 hours I released it from it's frozen tomb and removed the resistor. 3 hours later at room temperature it's voltage
was back up to 1 285V and powering the digital watch. Galvanics aside, it's a tenacious little bugger.

@Koen: I'm not sure what I made with the Sulphur and iron oxide so I did a quick web search and came across US pat 4753756.
If you have time check it out. It may be worth investigating.
The S FeO2 matrix seems to an ideal binder for tourmaline and pyrites. In it's molten state it is easy to manage and is very uniform
in it's consistancy. I'll work on it some more this weekend.

Ok tea break over, back to work 

regards   Ian

[sutra]

hi guys,
I'm back and now I have galena!!!!

My first cell is made with a can metallic cork and 50 Euro cents....
submitted to 20V DC during curing, it pushes 1,7 V....

I'll keep it to cool nicely for a while sealed in a plastic bag, Let's see what hapens in a couple of hours.

The amount of materials used is about 4 gr in total.

I used galena, quartz dust, Rochelle salt only I still have to grind some pyrite to add to the mix.

Ciao

[sutra]

The voltage dropped to 1.1 V, stable also after short circuiting for some minutes. NO AMPS......
I'll leave it overnight in a sealed bag short circuited and I'll see tomorrow what the outcome will be.

I wonder, if 4 Gr of stuff pushes a good voltage, what would do a kilo of it....

Bye

[ian middleton]

G"day all,

@Sutra: Well done, good to see you're still at it.
Just be careful when crushing galena, it's dust is highly poisonous.
Can you tell me what type of metal a  50 cent euro coin is made of.

All the best

Ian

[sutra]

hi Ian,
here is the composition of the 50 cents:

Cu, 5Zn, 5Al, 1Sn


@all
after 10 hours shortcircuited, the cell outputs 50 mV, rising up fast if left alone.

I'll keep it sealed for some time without load to see if it goes back to the initial output.

bye bye