sid10:

My understanding of your meter reading would be .997 milliamps if on the 200 milliamp scale.  That's the scale I was on when I got about 2 point something mA.  If I am wrong about this please, others correct me.  If correct, that's still good because we hear all the time that you can get volts and NO amps.  Well, you got amps, mA which is nothing to sneeze at in my opinion.  Did you also try the ac scale to see what you get?  I believe the jury is still out on this one.  Some books I read say all meters (digital) will read some ac on dc voltage.  Others say no, if it reads ac, there must be ac there.  I did check a AA battery and it showed a reading on the ac scale so, I am not sure about this at all.  We may be seeing pulsed dc, or possibly an ac component.  This is why it is good to have many experiment here to find this stuff out. I look forward to hearing of your experimetal results.

@ Joe:

Which key is the any key?  My keyboard does not appear to have one.  Can I order one from ebay? (just kidding)

Bill

I think this lady would be a reliable source to help you find the any key

I have been following the Micro TPU thread, but saw Joe's post and decided to check out this thread.. I see that you have both electrodes in the ground.. what would happen if you have one high, like on top of a flag pole and one in the ground??

4Tesla

@Joe
LOL.. Is that your great grandmother? 

4Tesla

@ 4Tesla:

In response to your question, I will quote the legendary Albert Einstein and say "I don't know."  My guess would be nothing but, since I have not tried it, I can't really say.  We have tried "air" tests of the electrodes and got nothing.  But, one in the ground....hmmmmm.

Welcome to this topic.  I believe we are making some progress here. Unlike a lot of the other topics, this is very easy and cheap to replicate to obtain some results.  We need all of the experimenters that we can get.  Yours is a good idea, I am just trying to think of how I can test it.

Bill