Hi all

been following this discussion lots of really good info here  my earth battery

this way dropped in voltage 0.85 and current 1500ma for about two months

and it has just started to put out its old voltage 0.92

and current again 2300 ma I have not setup my batt this way with

declination in mind just bury my plates about two meters in the ground and

cross my fingers not very scientific but seems to work also the jule thief is

working again what amazes me is when I do my testing wires on tongue i

can taste that current so im going to add a fourth peer of plates to get

more juice trying for 1 amp i hope here in little old kiwi land

                                    regards shane

@nightshade

That's cool! so are you getting micro amps now? As in your current output is 0.0023 Amps?

@All

So has anyone got close to 1 AMP output yet? And how is everyone testing output?

-Altrez

@Nightshade,

Giday kiwi, you are just a jump across the pond to me, lol, good to see you here.

Quote from: nightshade on July 22, 2009, 08:29:48 AM
Hi all

been following this discussion lots of really good info here  my earth battery

this way dropped in voltage 0.85 and current 1500ma for about two months

and it has just started to put out its old voltage 0.92

and current again 2300 ma I have not setup my batt this way with

declination in mind just bury my plates about two meters in the ground and

cross my fingers not very scientific but seems to work also the joule thief is

working again what amazes me is when I do my testing wires on tongue i

can taste that current so I'm going to add a fourth peer of plates to get

more juice trying for 1 amp i hope here in little old kiwi land

                                    regards shane

Hmmm you can taste the current, geeeee your brave mate.
Last time I did that with my old setup, I got one mighty big whack on my tongue, didn't have time to know what the taste was like, my tongue felt like it was being branded with a hot iron, squeezed, burning, and flapping all at the same time, ha ha ha a bit like IST on the JT forum, (nice cartoon there) lol.

Now that I have recovered from laughing at myself for the last couple of minutes, it looks like you have some experience with EB placements, 2300ma is pretty good for a EB, if you add more plates you will get more out of it.

BTW, you haven't mentioned the sizes of the plates or the types, copper, Steel, Ally, Magnesium etc.

I can see I'll have to get on the blower to Bill shortly and ask him about dip angles, I am thoroughly confused in this area.
Don't worry about the taste test, or should I say, be careful doing that, if lightning hits near you while you are doing it, you might look like over fried frazzled chook.

Thanks for the post Shane, good work.

jim

Quote from: nightshade on July 22, 2009, 08:29:48 AM
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and it has just started to put out its old voltage 0.92
and current again 2300 ma I have not setup my batt this way with declination in mind just bury my plates about two meters in the ground.

I guess you must mean uA since you are hoping to get 1 amp someday?

I would like to know the dimensions details if you would provide them, please.

Quotealso the jule thief is working again

Cool

Quotewhat amazes me is when I do my testing wires on tongue

So, I have this wonderful picture of you connected to the EB by your tongue and your eyes lighting up like a slot machine!

thanks shane,

jeanna

@ Bill

i have verified with my compass, North is in fact "down".
and its dead on at 67-degrees.

so my 5-foot pipe should be perfect.
when i triangulate the distance between my electrodes, limited by the fence, it puts the hypotenuse right at 67-degrees.

so, the only problem i have right now is the fact that my 5-ft pipe is stainles steel, and the other electrode is copper sheets.

this is of course backwards to the reccomended metal-types
for each particular electrode....

that being said::  many of us have 'ruled out' galvonic reaction as a source. So my question is "why" would it matter which end north/south has the steel and which has the copper?

im gonna go ahead with what i have and post the results soon.

hopefully i wont be pulling a 5-ft pipe out of the ground to replace it with a copper one (lol)