falling capacitor charges?

[The Observer]

If you think a falling capacitor that charges is interesting,
   
         YOU would definitely be interested in a Capacitor that Charges itself !

I have an Electrolytic 330 uf Cap that has charged up to 1336 mV or 1.336 V in about a week and a half.
    All by itself !

The process is called Dielectric Absorption and is caused by Electric Dipoles that stay lined up.
                                                                                         Much like iron gets slightly magnetized.

As far as I can tell.. this is measurable free energy.
           
                                If I discharge it... it will start all over again.

Check it out if you can... test a used Electrolytic Cap.
                     
                                      1. Discharge it.
                                      2. Let it sit.
                                      3. Test with a Voltmeter on the mV setting.

Let the walls tumble,
                               The Observer

[XS-NRG]

Hello Observer 

Did you notice if the position of the capacitor made any difference?
I have heard about gravity charging up capacitors by gently pulling electrons.
Also, i have seen circuits that use capacitors as gravity detectors.

XS.

[gsmsslsb]

It really is interesting stuff.  You motivated me to upload an old site I had.  This is a re-hash of a website I had called globaltechphysics.frih.net, a few years back.

http://electropub.wordpress.com/

I'm gonna get out my VDG, too, and look into Hiddink.

ttyl,
George

Thanks for the info
I just read the watch in the steel box writeup and it is great.
I have the gear to repeat the experiment and I will go ahead with that forthwith.
I am slow because I have VERY little time just now to put into this.
This also smacks of leon sprink and ravatin ( look them up on REXRESEARCH)
Graham said it will speed up reactions which is what sprink and ravatin found.
Thanks again gsm

[The Observer]

XS,

I don't think gravity has anything to do with it.

The phenomenon has a name called Dielectric Absorption.

Electric dipoles that don't go back to random domains after the capacitor is charged are responsible for moving the electrons to one plate.

The Observer

[gyulasun]

Well, it would be important to observe at what voltage level the capacitor has been before discharging it?  Because the dipoles of the dielectric material have been stressed by electric field YOU introduced into the capacitor.

A more realistic test would be to short the capacitor with a piece of wire for a few days to "rest",  then remove the short and see how much Volts you find after a few hours or days in the capacitor. You will probably find values from a few tens milliVolts to a few hundred mV, depending on the quality of the dielectic inside (how old the capacitor etc.)

Earlier what I found with such tests is that the more frequently you utilize the "collected" charge the less and less will be "reproduced"  and in the end the recharge effect stays at some ten mV level or even less.

rgds,  Gyula