hello all, went out and played with hollow copper poles about 2ft long with 1/2 inch diameter and magnesium blocks like bills(from the walmart camping section). tried them in multiple point around the yard orientated positve north and magnesium south and got 1.34 vdc. no matter where i placed them.couldnt get a milliamp reading, but i am using an ideal digital multimeter that only has a single setting for amps so it may not read amps this low. I live in town and have 3 grounding wires at three of the four corners of my yard for the power lines so that may give me potential for a variety of experiments to see if the discharge from them mean anything. i did try using the powerline ground for my negative and copper for my positive and got .44 vdc, then tried copper to magn. block by the ground rod and got 1.34 vdc again. also tried orientating by cu & mg in between the two grounds and got1.24 vdc, the orientation was east to west for this. plan on playing some more tommorrow sometime, if there is anything anyone wants me to try using the grounding wires let me know.
       LB

Quote from: lbnc392001 on October 19, 2008, 12:43:25 AM
hello all, went out and played with hollow copper poles about 2ft long with 1/2 inch diameter and magnesium blocks like bills(from the walmart camping section). tried them in multiple point around the yard orientated positve north and magnesium south and got 1.34 vdc. no matter where i placed them.couldnt get a milliamp reading, but i am using an ideal digital multimeter that only has a single setting for amps so it may not read amps this low. I live in town and have 3 grounding wires at three of the four corners of my yard for the power lines so that may give me potential for a variety of experiments to see if the discharge from them mean anything. i did try using the powerline ground for my negative and copper for my positive and got .44 vdc, then tried copper to magn. block by the ground rod and got 1.34 vdc again. also tried orientating by cu & mg in between the two grounds and got1.24 vdc, the orientation was east to west for this. plan on playing some more tommorrow sometime, if there is anything anyone wants me to try using the grounding wires let me know.
       LB

Welcome lbnc

If you  decide to  experment  on a larger scale here is  a few links for magnesium anodes.



http://www.farwestcorrosion.com/fwst/anodgalv/farw05.htm
http://www.victormfg.com/bin/f.wk?vm.product.display+PRODUCT=vmanodes
http://www.galvotec.com/magnesium-anodes.htm

We  were also thinking that  carbon  would be cheaper  and  put out more  voltage  than  copper for the other  electrode .

gary

@ LB
Well, I havent tried those "earth" pole experiments  but take care you dont hook to a live one, especially in a storm as those pole wires are supposed to earth faults.
I will take a look for the "patient" and forward it to you, it is bacially the same, I just wrote it in everyday english to make it eassier to read.

@ gary,
Hello there mate, havent seen you for awhile, are you ok
Nice to see you again.

@all, the wife has been in hospital again, so had to down tools for a while, she had a small stroke, infection in a lung, and a headake, she is back home and on the mend.

For those who have read far enough back, I once reported some breakthrews with my scope, and it turned out my hotwater system earth strap came adrift, well last week several holes appearred in the top of the hot water system, it got almost as bad as the "flood" needed web feet to get around, drilled a 1" hole through the floor (always wanted to do that ) to drain the water,  there is a new HW system on the front verrandah ready to go in.

jim

Electricme:
   A bit off topic but, that is why everyone should replace when failure their water heater with on demand system. No big
tank of water to go all over. I dont like the idea of wading around in water with electric wires close. 

thaelin

@ thaelin,
Thanks for your remarks,    I had to get some thread seal tape today for the threads, tomorrow, out with then old and in with the new.

jim