Crystal Power CeLL by John Hutchison

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thanks for the update - an interesting mix!

i agree, it's good to experiment with compounds which avoid galvanic action on the electrodes

you're getting very good initial power o/p - but i think you mentioned that the LED dims after a few days?  It would be interesting to see if there is some load value which your cell can sustain indefinitely

on my cells, the load capability they can sustain is very low (of the order of Mohms), but maybe your cells can deliver a better sustained o/p into a lower value load?

i'm very impressed with the magnesium foil - i didn't know it was possible to buy that - very cool!

looking forward to your future developments with this technology

thanks for sharing
np


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[plengo]

and my compound mixture in very early stages. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxDYk3R0WzQ

Fausto.

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I made a Dry Crystal Cell battery that does not need water. If the cell comes in contact with water it will be destroyed so its best to keep the water far way from this cell. No water is needed, never, no water to get it started or to keep it going and like I stated water will destroy the cell so keep water away from it. This cell also functions when heated to a high temperature, which many crystal cells can't do.

This cell functions much like the glue batteries but without the glue. I have left out Epsom Salts and Rochelle salts do to the fact that these salts you buy contain mostly water.

The ingredients are: Salt substitute by Morton, Alum by McCormick, Borax by 20 mule team. The electrodes used are copper and Magnesium.

I would also like to say that this cell is not perfect, i'm still testing it and making it better and any input would be great. Its been powering my LCD clock for a good bit of time, far exceeding the glue cells.

Also be careful when making these cells, stoves and chemicals can be dangerous so use caution. Here is the video on how to make the Dry crystal cells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EWATxAJooE

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if you put the "paste" mix on the sun it will dry pretty fast, actually too fast but letting it just sit takes days.

It bubbles a lot in the beginning with the formula I am using, so I am trying a new formula.

I use 2 parts alum, 2 parts rochelle, 1 part calcium (lime stone powder), 1 part of epson unscented salts, dusts of galena rock and dusts of silver. A "part" is a unit of anything you want to be. In my case it was about 1 table spoon.

I mixed and imidiately it started to bubble and foam like a cake in the oven with lots of ferment. I applied that to the board and position the Magnesium little square foils on top. It was a huge mass after over night. Foam grown too much. It took a great amount of work to clean up so that the copper cells do not short and all looked clean.

My next formula does not have Epson salts since they are too big of crystals. No heating and not water added VERY IMPORTANT.

I am also letting my next 13 cells version cell mix to sit in a container as it grows and harden. I will use it when it stops bubbling and growing and it is manageable like a chewing gum where I will apply to the copper board and apply the Magnesium little square foils. This way it will be much cleaner.

I also added a little bit of silicate so that it will absorb water from the air and keep things a little bit moistened but just enough without causing galvanization.

Let's see what will happen on next version.

Fausto.

Fausto, the alum is acidic when mixed with water. The calcium carbonate when exposed to acid makes CO2. That makes all the bubbles. The CO2 is needed to make the sodium silicate"glue " set up or harden. My advice to you is to skip the calcium carbonate(CO2 generator) and the alum(CO2 generator acid). Mix as before. apply wet. Then gas your parts in a tupperware container, containing a seperate container of baking soda and HCL or vinagar, or for that matter you could use alcaseltzer . The gas generated is CO2. The sodium silicate should set rock hard in less than 10 minutes. google making casting cores.
Keep up the good work , John

[plengo]

and some more research:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANRgeF5rdhQ

Fausto.