Crystal Power CeLL by John Hutchison

[triffid]

I have just spent a few minutes going the first two pages of this thread.And would like to add to the list of possible household sources for materials 1) sugar for carbonAnd 2) powdered coffee.Sugar when burned will carbonize.Powered coffee took the place of an expensive filler in a rocket fuel recipe I once ran across.So powered coffee acted as a filler/binding agent.Decaffainated  powdered coffee will
have traces of sodium hydroxide in it.Triffid

[triffid]

Sorry I meant powdered coffee not powered coffee but was this really a slip of the fingers on the keyboard?It's my day off.Triffid

[Koen1]

Lol powered coffee
Triffid, I'm getting a little confused now;
it seemed like you were trying to figure out some
good materials from a pyro-/piezo-/ferro-electric
point of view and perhaps planning on making
a few experimetal cells with those, but now
you're looking at organic compounds that do not
have such qualities again... ?
I would say if you're only looking at them for carbon
content then wh not just go for pure cabon and add that?
Or, if you really want to incorporate organic compounds,
I'd think you'd want to look at organic conductors and
organic semiconductors?
If I need to name a few for you, say so ok?
Lol but I still like your powered coffee.

I have decided to attempt replication of an actual Hutchison-style
Cell. Again.
For those who haven't read all of the pages in this thread, and to be
honest there's a lot of pages now so I can't really blame you, here's
the basic "recepy", leaked straight from John:
- good conducting container and rod for use as electrodes (JH does not
give clear indications on whether or not these should be dissimilar metals
or all the same metal, although sometimes he seems to hint toward the latter)
- Rochelle Salt (a.k.a. Seignette Salt, a.k.a. Sodium-Potassium-Tartrate used as
basic binder)
- Iron Pyrites (a.k.a. "Fools Gold", a.k.a. CuFeS2 or plain FeS2 according to Wiki)
- Galena (a.k.a. Lead  Blende a.k.a. PbS)
- if you have it some Germanium (either from crushed Ge-diodes like John did,
or in powdered elemental form)
That's the basic ingredient list as John has said.
Mind you, I made a few based on this before, and I have none that actually put out power yet.
But then again, John never really said how much of these materials he uses/used,
only that he used but a little Ge...

But since I'm waiting for a reply from a materials supplier at the moment and can't really
make a new cell in my own experimental line untill I have that stuff,
I thought I might as well try to make a working Hutchison style cell again.
I have the materials so why not. If it fails I can always recycle most of the ingredients.

Regards!

[jeff0516161]

Koen1,,, you forgot one ingredient!

URINE

[sutra]

Hi guys,
Wow, you really had a lot to talk about these days....

Meanwhile, the shape shifting master of cell building.....BE...LOL, build up another creature....

Watching for the 1000th time one of the H. videos, I came to the conclusion that the white powder he uses in the mix must be Calcium oxide (CaO).

CaO, hydrated becomes Ca(OH)2 that reacts with CO2 in the air settin up hard. It is one of the oldest way to do cement....

Well, I've been mixing  Galena, Pyrite, Sand And Rochelle salt and CaO with water and I've biuld my new cell.

I can't yet submit it to any polarizing load since the electricity hydroolizes the water in the mix generating bubbles but it is starting in setting nice and hard.

I'm planning to give it a nice electrical kick immediately after tha hardening will be complete, perhaps giving it a vibratory start-up.

I'll let you know ASAP.

Ciao Ciao