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[Bizzy]

The following is another cell with the carbon fiely ground. Although .08 volts may not seem like a big differance, it is an increase. And the water is still settling into that cell.
When I pooured the water into the granualr cells the water went down easily. However in the case of the fine ground carbon it is taking much longer to filter down. I am hoping by this evening it will be full and I can get better readings.
Bizzy

[Bizzy]

Good morning
I discovered an error last night. When I was originally setting up the cells my wife came in and I forgot to add water to the last cell which by itself was not producing any power. So as a result my original readings of 5.9 volts was just for 4 cells not five.
Each cell individually produces bewteen 1.49 and 1.52 (not including the new cell with fine carbon instead of granualar) If water would have been added to the 5th cell the power would have been much higher.
Just to prove this I hooked all the cells in a series this morning before work. In this I also included the new cell and I was getting 7.40 volts.
The new cell individual output was already to 1.61 volts. I will have more updates tomorrow.
Bizzy

[Pirate88179]

Bizzy:

Nice work man.  Those are some good numbers.  Are you getting much mA's?  Those are great looking cells.

Bill

[Bizzy]

Bizzy:

Nice work man.  Those are some good numbers.  Are you getting much mA's?  Those are great looking cells.

Bill

Hi Bill
thanks! I tested for amperage once but was not sure the number were right becuase they were so high. So I am borrowing my freind's multimeter this evening to verify what I found. If it is correct (which I hope but doubt) I will post those results as well.
I also want to test three other types of dielectrics in these cells. cotton clothe, paper(coffee filters ala Brad) and thin plastic.
After that test I want to test using just wires instead of copper tubes for as Brad suggested.
Finally I will convert all the cells to the best results of these tests as well as the fine ground carbon. This should hopefully give me an optimal system.
Bizzy

[b_rads]

I tested for amperage once but was not sure the number were right becuase they were so high.Bizzy

Good morning Bizzy - very impressive!
See below for the PVC we talked about yesterday.  I was out of conduit so I used threaded rod instead, I much prefer the conduit.  Let's share numbers: Open circuit voltage for two cells (2.25v).
Voltage with load (1.5v).  Amperage while running fan motor (165ma).  I would think your amperage would be higher.
Keep up the good work!
Brad S