Strange effect!

[tinu]

Many thanks for such prompt posts and relevant experiments!

Still strange!
I?ll post tomorrow some more thoughts on the weight increase; it?s well over midnight here?
(Anyway, my first idea would be that if it?s in the wire, due to their heating, than you must be able to find at least a position in which the weight decreases. Maybe by bending them in the opposite way in which they are now; I don?t now. Hope I made myself clear)

What I can confirm is that the cell is not acting like a resistor in any way.
By placing ANY two metals in water, you already have an electric battery. This is plain electro-chemistry and there is no mystery in it.
Also, observe that the potential is not abruptly falling. It?s the same phenomenon. If you?ll measure the current, you?ll find some non-null values also (although very small ones, depending primarily of the electrodes surface). You may also find a ?rechargeable battery? behavior. It is also explicable.

Keep in touch,

Tinu

[kinggeorge]

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Gas balloons are filled with gases such as:
hydrogen - not widely used for aircraft since the Hindenburg disaster because of high flammability (except for some sport balloons as well as nearly all unmanned scientific and weather balloons).

Logic would assum that it vibration due to ION movement, effecting scale. If not the case then perhaps ION flow affects gravity This is really interesting, I would try pure DC also.

George King
georgeking@cosmicsalamander.com

[HTwoGo]

"I would try pure DC also."

not sure what you mean here, my PSU is DC.

Best

HTwoGo

[Davetech]

He probably meant using battery power to eliminate possible influences from the variable power supply you are using; however, it sounds like you are using a well regulated, lab-type supply.

If you suspect conductor heating, I would use heavier guage wire, but that presents a problem with the conductors being "as flexible as possible". Trying to think of a way around that...

[HTwoGo]

Going to a battery would not be a pain at the moment, my PSU is quoted as delivering 0.3uV RMS ripple, link to the spec attached.http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/redirector.jspx?action=ref&nid=-35712.1.00&lc=eng&cc=US&ckey=1000076603%3Aepsg%3Adow&cname=AGILENT_EDITORIAL

The heating effect I think is more to do with the silicone jacket than the copper, I believe that they are good for 10A@250V, I need to rig some sort of adjuster to balance the hanging lead once they are connected, but I have so much else to get through?