Excess power from plants

[Paul-R]

What happened is strange.

I connected the + pole of the Avo to the 1" panel pin in the tree and the other to a domestic SS table knife.

I stroked the earth with the knife and noticed that the needle dropped BELOW zero. I very gently applied a couple of ounces of force on it and the needle increased further below (but not hitting the Avo's stop).

Then I plunged the knife 6 " into the earth and noticed the needle move from its -ve position, through zero up to  +0.8V

I repeated this  process a couple more times with the same results.

What is going on?

[profitis]

Your going from vandergraaf into galvanic pauli

[Paul-R]

Your going from vandergraaf into galvanic pauli

I can see the galvanic connection. By Van der graaf, you mean creating an electrostatic charge by wiping a silk cloth like object on an insulator, as in the famous generator. This doesn't make much sense to  me. The earth was damp, the knife a highly conductive item.

[profitis]

Well the tree is covered with billions of hairs and the leaves do move a lot in the wind so I imagine some chargeup of sorts happenin ther pauli.one must also take into account ph and salt concentration differences with depth in soil.this whole issue boils down to one thing really: current.the question we ought to ask ourselves is is the amps consistent with corrosion currents or with statics or both.if the amps are in the +200 milliamp range for two of the same electrodes and constant then I'd chek if there's a difference on a windy day vs a calm day

[jonfrommanahawkin1]

I think you have zinc nail and youre just making a battery paul