Harvesting Energy from Earths Electrostatic Potential

[exnihiloest]

I think the 1F capacitor is connected to the discs - respectively one disc for each pole on the capacitor. The electric current will flow from each disc and charge the capacitor.

Vidar

A current can flow only in a closed circuit.
No closed circuit, no current, no capacitor charging.

[fritz]

instead of a closed circuit - we have charged particles.

"No closed circuit, no current, no capacitor charging" ; no lightnings ;-)))

[exnihiloest]

instead of a closed circuit - we have charged particles.

"No closed circuit, no current, no capacitor charging" ; no lightnings ;-)))

Lightnings happen through ionized channels therefore the circuit is looped, like a capacitor that you discharge through a spark gap.

Your "idea" implies spontaneous creation of charges on capacitor plates. But charges don't appear from nowhere. They can't be created. They can only be separated, positives from negatives, and work has to be done against the coulombian attraction.

[Pirate88179]

Fritz:

What you describe is just about what I do with my EER. (Earth Energy Receiver)  With two electrodes in the ground about 15 feet apart, I charge up my 650 Farad boost-cap and, when hooked to a JT circuit, it can run all sorts of stuff, floro tubes, 400 leds, Bedini motor, etc.

My cap is rated a only 2.7 volts and it charges fully pretty fast.  On my scope, I see huge spikes all over the place and I believe this is where the main charge is coming from.  It appears to be pulsed dc right out of the ground and the big cap stores it as useful energy.

Maybe this will help.  I have a series of videos on Youtube with my experimental efforts.

Bill

[conradelektro]

@ Pirate88179

You probably posted it somewhere and I watched your video http://www.youtube.com/user/Pirate88179#p/u/5/qjBAU4HAMfs (Amazing Earth Battery Scope Shots), but it is hard to find, so I ask my questions here:


1) Do you use diodes (e.g. a full bridge) when charging your super cap with the EER (Earth Energy Receiver)?

2) The two electrodes in the ground (about 15 feet apart), what materials are they made from?

3) Different material for each electrode, or the same material for both?


I want to see what sort of spikes I get here in Europe (Austria, near Vienna).

Greetings, Conrad