@ bill that looks cool  I couldn't find where  it said 1 amp and how it was used in there corrosion protection sys but it looked huge.... 

Hopefully all you folks with good weather are enjoying it.. im in about 6 - 8 ft of snow accumulation . Keep the good work rolling.. and im happy we are all steering towards a jule theif / mini tpu  type devices as a simple solution to take small pulses from the cap get some usable power from it.  Although with larger plates and or rods and or whatever style electrode your using readings are sure to increase as well so i say both paths be continued by those that have the way or means to. Thanks again folks
                                                            Joe

@ Joe:

The below is copied and pasted from my reply (734) on the previous page.  This was copied and pasted from the link I posted.

Look at this quote from the anode site:

"A 17 pound magnesium anode can produce 1 amp of d.c. current for 1 year; therefore, if it produced 1/10 amp, it would last 10 years compared to 3-1/2 years for a 5 pound anode. A 17 pound anode placed in 1,000 ohm-cm clay would generate 170 M.A. of current and would last only 6 years. If the clay's resistivity is 2,000 ohm-cm, it would last 11 years. In 10,000 ohm-cm dry sand, it would last 52 years. A normal current output is under 100 M.A. However, this engineer has seen the natural current output of a magnesium anode reach 200 milliamps (M.A.)"

And they were not even considering the stuff we have already learned.

@ Jeanna:

In the photo I took tonight (and posted a few posts back) you should be able to see, maybe, that the positive lead (anode) of my original led is open and not involved in the circuit. (my mechanical switch, crude, but effective) It looks like it is there bcause it is, just not connected to the circuit. I have it soldered and didn't want to heat everything up like the cap and led by desoldering and resoldrering, so I used the + lead to make or break the led (original ) circuit.  This help in charging the cap. faster.  I should have had this on during Christmas!!!!

BIll

Bill

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In the photo I took tonight (and posted a few posts back) you should be able to see, maybe, that the positive lead (anode) of my original led is open and not involved in the circuit. (my mechanical switch, crude, but effective) It looks like it is there bcause it is, just not connected to the circuit.

Got it.

Thanks

jeanna

@ Jeanna:

I think you posted that you got 4 (free) carbon rods?  1/4" dia?  Once you strip the copper off them you could band them together and have more surfce area than my 1" rod.  How long are they?  You might even be able to mask off about 1/2" at the top of each rod to save the copper so then you can solder your leads to them.  Or, you can make a ring type device like I did.  I really think you are going to like those rods with your mag. block.  I would bet you will have no problem lighting an led using one of your caps in the "crazy" circuit configuration.  I am seriously considering obtaining one of the 17 pound magnesium anodes with the bag of chemicals surrounding it.  It would be a big hole to dig in the garden to bury it but, can you imagine what we could do with any where near an amp coming out of the cell?  Then we bring in the tpu and the joule thief and possibly other coil arrangements.  We will probably be shut down from the electric company.  Ha ha.

@ Artic Knight:

I am glad you are finding results with coil configurations. I think we will be moving that way soon and will will need all of the hands on experience that we can get.  I have no idea what was happening there.  As Hans said, this is possibly close to what Stubblefield knew would work.  Keep up the great work.

Bill

Quote from: Pirate88179 on January 04, 2008, 10:57:40 PM
@ Jeanna:

I think you posted that you got 4 (free) carbon rods?  1/4" dia?  Once you strip the copper off them you could band them together and have more surfce area than my 1" rod.  How long are they? 

Bill

Thanks for mentioning that I could leave the tops copper. I may not have thought of that in time. They are about 12" long.   

I got the ferric Cl that Hans suggested. I didn't get it into the shed before dark, however, and now there is a wild storm outside. I may have to wait another day or so. I will be watching you with that Mg anode. It looks really promissing. Look at what we are doing for 2 volts!!

This is going to be good for me to learn about coils. I don't really know more since I wound that toroid in the joule thief yesterday but I feel differently about it. I am ready to wind a nail. Maybe AK can explain that last unhooked wire to me or maybe I will make something up Ha! That is always fun.

Do you have any thoughts about changing the ionic constitution of the soil?  Adding limestone is good for plants and good for the soil in general. It sounds as though it may create a more moveable charge as well, according to the anode folks.

Thanks,
jeanna