G'day Tak and all,

This copper sulfate thing has me intrigued. It talks about eliminating static. Now these are proven results as many radio hams can confirm. But what do you get when you eliminate static?

Obviously improved resonance as any antagonistic vibration diminishes or kills resonance altogether.

So we are talking a resonant circuit again, NOT galvanic action. We have to get away from this idea of galvanic action, this is not what earth batteries are about in my view.

Hans von Lieven

hansvonlieven, I found that the galvanic action seems to be the reason for all these experiments for the most part. We get .44 volts from water, .6 from Pepsi, .75 volt from an orange, 1 volt from either the earth, a pickle, potato and or a tree. The problem is that I cant seem to get any real usable amperage. I did find that when pouring more fluid in the containers with the probes attached I do get a voltage increase but only while the fluid is being added, once the flow stops, the voltage drops back to the same. I also noticed the same effect when swirling the fluids. I do still get more from using flat iron instead of round.

I think I need to start using some caps and diodes, do you think they would help? If so, do you have any suggestions as to which ones I should use?

I am curious about what the elimination of static would do. Couldn't we use some sort of resistor to eliminate static? What do you think about attaching a resistor in between the probes and the earth? Or having a probe in the ground beneath the surface and then attaching a resistor from it to a probe that is in the air?

Sorry about all the questions.

Good morning everyone,
A guest popped in today. I would like to introduce you all to "STEELHEAD SALMON BATTERY".
He is as you can see operating at 1.14vdc and is the cousin of "TURKEY CHOKE" who made your acquaintance in November. Turkey Choke lives in the posh Coil section of town. Steelhead lives across the tracks in the more run down galvanic ghetto. 
(Sorry, american jokes)
jeanna
Edit; I have come to realize that this is not a copper salmon. It is much 'whiter' than other copper bowls and pipes etc. in my house. It is an alloy of some sort. Copper and iron are way too close to each other electrically to produce this much reaction. I will edit again if I ever find out what this metal is, but for now it is unknown.

G'Day jeanna,

Love your combination of art and technology. lol. Anyway I'll see your STEELHEAD SALMON and raise you a TIMMY TIN TART TRAY . Only he'll be on the crystal battery side a little later on when I get back from work.

Ian

G'day Jeanna and all.

Well done.

For your next trick you should try pushing a couple of dissimilar electrodes into an Australian meat pie. Probably works too, which is just as well, for the damned things are barely edible. About time someone thought of something useful to do with them.

Hans von Lieven