OFF GRID POWER? The Earth Battery Experiment
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
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A galvanic cell functions by exchanging ions between two dissimilar metals through an electrolytic medium - the battery in your car is an example of a series of galvanic cells. Early researchers discovered that the earth itself could serve as an electrolytic medium. Could this be used to generate useful power today? 
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One of humanity's little travestis is the loss of time spent in and around garages and backyards with our fathers or children on some sunday afternoon just going through learning and teaching about tools and processes and experiments and bounding. It was a precious pleasure and skills gaining valuable experience that is becoming more and more rare.
Every capable adult must always try his or her best to make young people regain that little ol'spark in the eyes we all once had when being through those experiences with our fathers and family.
one of the many things our society needs back if we hope to progress ourselves to a better future.
Thank you for the way you explained voltage vs amperage vs ohms, I don't know anything about electricity and all of those terms were so complicated to me until you used the garden hose!! Now I understand!!
There's an old GS 14 whose name I cannot recall that gave me that analogy back when I was in naval Gunnery school .. they trained us on how to work with electronic circuits .. but then i went off and went to work on the oldest system the Navy had .. no electronics 😁 Finally, the education pays off!
Good experiments ! I would offer some advice dealing with such low voltages and currents. Don't interface your body with the terminals. AT 25:48 where the voltage is "jumping all over the place" it's more than likely because you are handling the terminals. You can just hold the test meter probes in your hands, left and right, and you will measure a voltage, also in handling the terminals you will be dissipating current through your body, which will lower the voltage. Your body will act as a resistor and also as a capacitor. Either wear insulated gloves, or simply don't touch the terminals when your taking measurements, you also made this mistake earlier in the video, where you were measuring the bare rods in the soil, you were steadying your hands on the anode and cathode whilst taking a reading. Hope this helps, but really, great experiment ! I've seen a lot of these experiments, and all with interesting results, but people often comment on how low the power output is. Of course, like anything, this is simply a matter of scale, and practicality, multiplying 1 by 12, or 1 by 120 or 240 isn't rocket science after all :)
I had a set of test leads with alligator clips at first, but one of the leads broke. I'll need to get a new set before doing the next alternative power experiment (microbial fuel cells, whee!) Hehe .. you wrote "whilst" .. Have you noticed that there are some words that we only use in writing? 😁
@@Green.Country.Agroforestry Intelligent scripting? I keep a couple of 'gator clips handy to slip on or off the test leads, giving me a choice, or you can just use the old leads from those Harder Fate meters that only last a month or so, with a soldered set of clips on them.
@@garychandler4296 lmao "harder fate" Took me a second to catch on
@@Green.Country.Agroforestry And was he talking or writing?😂
I appreciate your method. It's nice to see someone who will run the experiment and show the results whether good or bad. Much more credible than those people always trying to prove it works no matter what.
Ok I want to say this was a good experiment, But i think it is truly possibly to get great amount of power from the earth like this using the right metal and method. Lets think for a moment I want to make you think like Mr Tesla. There is energy all around us. Rf waves energy from space , wind, the sun. You can even get energy from water if you do it the right way. Is there free energy. Yes I truly think so. We just have to put all of our minds together and harness it.
I don't disagree, but it would take much larger electrodes and more space to get a truly effective current out of this particular set up - outside of my budget at the moment, but there are some other ideas that I want to try, too 😊
And stop buying into the Nazi lies about ‘science’.
Check out ion harvesting. Atmospheric energy 😉 think, church steeples. 🤯
@@OfftoShambala it really is a shame, the generation we live in. The most abundant access to information is such a double edged sword. Some will never know the truth, others will never trust they know the truth.
@@KuriousKi77y that’s right … I’ve been studying and discovering for myself and practicing ‘alternatives’ to all kinds of things… there is so much technology that we think we need, as if there is no other choice… creating worse problems that most people are blissfully unaware of … but, it’s not that hard to spot the lies and exploitation once a person opens their minds and starts educating themselves.
Interesting stuff. As an experiment I recently connected some potatoes in series with copper and zinc coated electrodes (aka copper wire and zinc coated screws as anode and cathode). It lit up an LED for several days. I used it as a Morse code flasher at a ham radio convention display. Fun what you can do with nature.
Do you have a picture of this setup or a drawn diagram? That sounds very interesting!
Thank you. I've always been intimidated by electricity but you've inspired me to challenge my fear. Got clean and sober at 54 and had zero skills.
I've learned so much in 10 yrs. and found in the process I had the ability to do things I've spent my whole life paying for.
Our country is in huge trouble. We got caught sleeping at the switch and have not engaged ourselves in our neighbors and communities. There are so many people who have been conditioned to believe the government should fix our problems. But our problems are only a symptom of the real problem of us being disengaged.
I can't even tell you the pride I felt when I empowered myself with knowledge and action.
We can come together and fix this country. It's gonna take helping and inspiring others to do the same. We all have differences we can focus on, but we also have much more in common and no telling the solutions we can accomplish by coming together and that will inspire a pride and confidence we can build on.
Great video btw
Well said! At the end of the day, we are responsible for the world that we create - and when we abdicate that responsibility, someone else is going to build *their* world around us. Whenever you teach, you also learn; so whatever you learn, teach! Knowledge and empowerment is the easiest gift to give, as it costs nothing, and pays back real world dividends.
I get to learn something new, every day, and that is exciting, at 52 😊
Amen!
Interesting, love how you dig into esoteric but useful practices.
Glad you liked it! The early railroad telegraphs used massive plates for their electrodes, and long distances between them to operate .. 1800s technology at its finest!
I have seen a miniature version of this concept using an ice tray and screws. It is always cool to make things yourself and you may even invent a new way. Nice work troops. :)
Good experiment. I think the people who invent and discover the most, are those who arent afraid to try things out.
Thank you for explaining how those battery-less gadgets work. Always wondered about that.
Great little project video 👍
Very interesting my friend, Well done, I enjoy your videos. Have a great rest of your day and stay safe out there my friend. 😎
Love you're uncut presentations... they're like mine as well...Tanks for your content.
Recharging = replacing the mud? Very very interesting video. Nice job and thank you for taking the time to upload this video.
Super interesting video. Thanks for posting.
Ty so very much Brother.
God bless you and your family Brother 😊 ✝️ 🙏 🤲 🕍
Outstanding...
Our past has been hidden from the world's people in so many ways.
Thank you jason. I had previously added this to my backup electricity playlist. I finally got to watch it. You may have saved me some trouble of doing all that work to be disappointed on the low amperage. It's been a long time since I heard that old German or Czech no beer in heaven song.
In Himmel Gibt kein bier :p I really intended this to be a pre amble to more power generation videos .. just haven't gotten around to it yet!
Very good explanations of how electricity works.
Very interesting stuff!
You have do much knowledge!!! I love watching!! Such a cool experiment!!
The max voltage per cell is set by the choice of metals. The max current is determined by the electrolyte conductivity and acidity and the total surface area of the electrodes and probably the distance between them. So I'd suggest using closely-spaced metal sheets with a porous separator immersed in a conductive liquid (try lemon juice, vinegar, salt solution, etc.)
I THOUGH OF SALT AS WELL.
best metal choice? Probably gold since it doesn't oxidize.
And then we have a typical battery....
Yes but the idea is to have usable power with an earth battery. Meaning minimal upkeep and expense in creating it.
NaOH solution will work better.
Very good Jason! This was very interesting.
I wondered how my meter worked without batteries or solar. This was a fascinating video. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Those little meters are really something.
@@Green.Country.Agroforestry Yep! You're on to something here. I look forward to your exploration of the potential!
love this and the comments all a great video. Especially understanding I GOT FROM THIS. I WILL NOT FORGET! Well done!
Very interesting Jason 👍
Fascinating!
Thanks,it's always a blessing to learn something new.
Create more amperage by connecting in parallel instead of series circuits. You can create multiple "in series" clusters and create a parallel wiring to create both amperage and voltage.
You’re a great teacher!!! Very interesting! Thank you!
great job
This is amazing
Thank s for taking the time to put this together and experiment! If you're going to enclose the cell, you could consider adding an acid solution and a port to keep it moist.
I still need to come back and do a bit on microbial fuel cells .. hopefully I can fit it into the schedule this summer! Yes, having the electrolyte dry out really slows these sorts of chemical cells down.
@@Green.Country.Agroforestry I've never heard of a microbial fuel cell. Very interesting
Thanks for. Your sharing ✌️
Jason that was a very interesting video. My Dad used to do stuff like that and I always fascinating. Thank You for taking it slow and easy so I could follow along. The water hose really helped me to understand better. I am a visual learner.
That was the example that they taught me at the US Naval Gunnery School, during the basic electronics portion. Even the guys without a background in Chemistry and Physics had no difficulty grasping the concept .. Hehe, the missus still refers to extension cords as 'hoses' 😊
Another Navy guy! Cool! My youngest boy met his wife at the Great Lakes Naval Academy.
Great video. I use the example of water hose to explain current and voltage all the time too. Glad to see I'm not the only crazy guy that compares electricity to water!
That's the way they described it to me back in school .. the analogy works 😊👍
That's how it was taught to me...like water.
It's a good idea and worth experimenting...thanks bro.
This was a good video, and it was very informative. When I heard you talking about Earth batteries, I immediately thought of Nikola Tesla and his Wardencliffe facility in upstate New York. Nikola had the same idea, except that he built it to massive size with the funding of J.P. Morgan. Tesla planted his electrodes 400 feet deep in the Earth, and built a 200 foot tall tower that sometimes produced lightning bolts. Tesla said that he would transmit electricity by microwaves and that anyone with an antenna could receive the power for free. J.P. Morgan ran a bank, and didn't like losing money.
Thanks u taught me well with that hose example
I was thinking of doing the same experiment. I'm glad I found this video
Enjoyed & learned alot...I appreciate your efforts
awesome.God bless.
Hi bro great experiment all truth no lies no free 220v that's a hats off to you, now it would be great if you try this out, instead of the rod use aluminum and copper tapes with a separator, coat both tapes with soil or activated carbon and use salt water, that will surely give you usable Voltage my friend, love and respect from India ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻
Oh man I lost it when you drank from the garden hose and said "probly shouldn't do that with electricity" 🤣🤣 ill be watching more of ya
Very impressive . I'm not very good with electrical. I learned something.
This is Huge, You need to add a "joule thief resonator circuit" into the fold of the battery cells you will be able to amplify it up to a usable source to charge any battery you need. Thank you for teaching me how to collect energy at night, I can do it well with solar panels during day, very cool.
Also look into the "Fleet Circuit" using your ground batteries to feed it. Should be able to get a nice amount of power from ground, Took lots of notes from video into my book of knowledge, ty again sir.
The thing that made it effective for the old telegraph system was massive electrodes and LOOONG distances - locally, its just chemical battery action, but you are correct: integrating a 'joule thief' into the circuit would permit one to get the 5vdc needed to charge a device, it would just take a little while. Experimenting with bio cells is still on my list, but my multi-layer perennial gardening is taking priority. My landscape lights run on 12 vdc, 4.5w - Too much for the earth battery, but with bio cells, now that might be enough to light it up.
Have you heard of elecrets?
The “Baghdad battery” in the Iraqi museum is built similar to this with a clay jar. Archeologists figure either grape juice or vinegar was used as a conductor to get about 2.2 volts as I recall.
Yup, perfect for electroplating small trinkets. Dozens of them have been found now, which proves they definitely were not a misidentified item. :)
@@TacDyne I’ve found out date vinegar is plentiful in Iraq, so they could keep recharging it as needed.
Most likely lemon juice as lemons were plentiful.
I applaud anyone for doing experiments so I'm not being unkind with my comments.
After reading about these earth batteries it would seem the idea is to used the naturally occurring electromagnetic field of the Earth. If this is the case then the battery should not require contact with the soil. As the metals are in contact with moist soil it would suggest you are creating a simple voltaic cell, which means the rods will corrode over time and ultimately it would be better to just throw some acid in there.
Really good set of experiments. I'll build one my self I think 😀👍
Cool. . . Good to think outside the box. .
I think you should make coils of copper and aluminum around iron rods before putting it into the dirt instead of just putting copper and aluminum rods. Both coils must be insulated but just leave a bit uninsulated at the bottom end. Plus connect the copper and aluminum coils to a high amp connected to a low amp then connect it to a capacitor for consistent flow of electric current. Finally test this to the Vault metre.
I did that an pissed around it an it went up to 2 volts , but not much milliamps
Then add two or more inductors parallel to each other to increase voltage. The Tesla coil that magnified the electrical current was done this way. Or use a transformer to do this to step up the voltage.
@@jeffreydani8616 what you get is DC voltage. How do u use transformer on DC?
What also do u mean CONNECT THE COPPER AND ALUMINUM COILS TO HIGH AMP, CONNECTED TO LOW AMP? I can’t make meaning of this.
In heaven there is no beer 😂😂😂
Best line in an overall interesting video
🍺 cheers mate
I have done this experiment with ice trays using dirt cubes linking them together in series and in parallel in order to get the voltage and current up enough to run a small LED. I've also done it by making concrete batteries by adding Epsom salts and bleach to concrete mix putting the electrodes inside of PVC pipe they'll do over one volt. Not enough amps to be a meaningful power source. However legend has it the first telegraph was using it Earth battery and it says signal all the way across the country. Find that patent!
Awesome! Thank you for doing the hard work to test it!! (Hot tip too - cause I've just bought that same model Multimeter; there are 2 sheaths that come off the tips of the probes! I found by accident!! :-)
I found out by accident, too!
Thanks dude!😁
The rods need placing north and south for a better flow of energy. You will earth the flow with your body if you hold the rods with bare hands. Pour water with washing soda or salt water around the rods. Copper and magnesium rods are the best metals I think.
If you take a small nut and bolt and drill a hole in the bottom of each cell then connect a copper wire that connects to all then leave 6in exposed and burry the cell pack in the dirt I HIGHLY RECOMMEND U TRY THE RESULTS BLU MY MIND as it acted as an alternator recharging the cells and for some reason gave me an extra almost 2 volts........... AND THEN I TOOK A small transformer and connected it to my leads and then hard wired an alarm clock, I have consistent power running that clock 24hrs a day just slightly modding "YOUR" DEVICE"" AWESOME JOB love your vids man ME N MY KIDS LOVE EXPERIMENTING and this was the best
Cells drying out was the cause of failure for the pvc pipe assembly .. putting a hole in the bottom would let moisture in from the soil, so long as its healthy (full of organic matter and living things) I wouldn't have expected the extra voltage .. that's pretty darned cool!
Thanks, that was entertaining and I appreciate you making that. Prior to your video I watched Robert Murray-Smith's channel and he said we don't really know how they work, earth batteries. I think that if you continued your array of 2 foot pvc cells and made it a bit larger you would find that the energy would stay constant, because of the earth. I think the big problem is current. Keep up the good work.
This is great thank u!!
The wonders of metals and mother Earth!!!
Pretty interesting and very cool Jason!!! Thank you!!!
We live on a pretty darned cool ball of dirt 😊
@@Green.Country.Agroforestry yes we do!!😎😁
I remember seeing something similar to this except the guy I watched put a rod into the gound and the other end way up on an attenna. Can’t remember how many volts he got but it was interesting like your video. Regardless of outcome your video got my brain spinning. I liked it
For best effect, run trenches so that the wiring can be buried, install 3 ft long copper rods a foot apart, and every other one is positive and anode. From each set you need to install an attachment for the wire and wire every anode parallel, from each cathode install two diodes to the common cathode lead and a 10 mfd 25 vdc electrolytic capacity at each set, the positive to the positive side of the diode and the negative to the common cathode. This is to prevent bleed back to ground and keep the amperage building on each line of probes. Doing this with longer probes you will find each line of a dozen pairs will multiply and have a combined +.74 volts and around 185 milliards of available power. This can be ramped up on a power ladder board and on 1/10 of an acre I got enough to charge a 12 volt 30 amp solar charger system to a large deep sell battery.
I've tried different wiring schematics from PNP transistors to 1N915 switching diodes and power rectifiers, basically use the cheaper and smaller voltage items where the power is low and ramp up to power voltage devices in higher positions, and the Schuman voltage response can be captured and used 24-7 to power devices until the elements become eroded away depending on the soil in y9our location. Next year I'll throw a schematic together and post it on RUclips to demonstrate it can be added to a solar and wind combined system to achieve more charging even when there is no wind or sun. Another system is to use antennas much the same way, convert available power in ambient frequency in the air to do the same thing, no moving parts.
Thank you very much.
Please do a video that would be interesting to see 👍
Is it next year yet ? 😃
@@citylotgardening6171 You can count on it. But first I have to make a few things while the ground is still rock solid until the thaw.
@@EyesWideOpen2 Please just roll back over and finish your nap May Flower. We will let you know when it's time to come out. The New Year shouldn't begin until the first day of Spring, not one week after Winter officially begins.
Look into Tesla's apparatus for the utilization of radiant energy patents. If you used something like a metal roof, and then utilized a grid of copper pipe; say in ground water lines being used for agricultural irrigation; you could then create a circuit for harnessing radiant energy from the potential difference between the atmosphere and the ground. The roof and the in ground grid would essentially operate as two electrodes. Really if you just took the energy you are getting from your ground electrodes, and used them to trickle charge batteries, or say ultra capacitors you could slowly build up more and more energy over time, and gradually increase the amount of usable power by taking your now charged batteries and using an inverter circuit to convert the d.c to household a.c.
You would want to decide what exactly you want to power; if you need a constant power draw or just an occasional source of usable input. The point really is that the more sources of usable power you have they can be compounded and used to store energy for later use. You should also look into John Hutchinsons crystal batteries, and a diy video on making graphene from coffee grounds, and experiment with making diy capacitors with a large capacitance. I think energy storage in the form of dielectric fields I.E electrostatic will be the way of the future. None of this lithium ion nonsense. Hutchinsons crystal batteries seem to opperate for very long periods of time without recharge as well. Really if you make a bunch of crystal cells you can combine them to create a battery of whatever output voltage you want; then just have a circuit that trickle charges the crystal battery. Would need to incorporate diodes, and make some kind of d.i.y charge controller.
I appreciate the video; experimentation and building upon basic concepts is what allows us as a community to come up with more and more novel and efficient forms of self sufficient energy generation.
That look after 'buy an extension cord' lmao
I enjoy the raw uncut just happening rn. The dirt was absolutely not worked or loose.
What do you do if you want overhead canopy cover?
Wife: buy an extension cord....
I'm dyin' 🤣🤣
We have a few years .. probably about 8 - 10 before the pecan trees shade us too much to have roof - mounted solar panels. I like to think out how to solve problems a few years ahead .. I wonder where we are going to get an extension cord long enough .. 😁
@@Green.Country.Agroforestry i totally agree with you. We need another Nikola tesla!! It seems like most governments want total control. 8 - 10 years... I'm thinking they'll be trying to tell you when and how long you can use electricity...
Thank you, it was fun to watch. I understand you made a dirt electrolyte battery though not an earth battery as you isolated it away from the earth itself, with your enclosed cells. Also there is an orientation of the battery cells you lost with grouping the cells in a circle. By sealing each cells off you also lost some additional interaction available between all the individual cells. I understand they also need and north (anode) to south (cathode) in a series orientation for alignment; not a cluster taped circle. Your individual pvc cells were an interesting idea, but moved away from a true earth battery and lost some of the potential power from the earth itself in doing so. Keep experimenting though that is the fun with how we all lean new things and from each other.
Most of our efforts right now have been going towards developing that 'full canopy' that I mentioned early on in the video, but we haven't forgotten the need to come up with a good source of power in the shade. Experiments with biological fuel cells and possibly thermoelectric power will commence, currently (no pun intended) planned for late 2022-2023, when most of our big stuff will planted.
Have you looked into biomass for heat? I saw something about people using it to heat water. Apparently microbes and generate a high core temp
Would this work better with rods instead of tubes?
Would it make a difference from the tubing, if a solid copper&aluminium were used..?
@@realitycheck4158 I wonder??? Good question!
@@jackrussell1960 - Good question!
😂 Long extension cord! Love it!
Very cool! No need for that tesla power pack ;)
Here's another option: you can easily make wood oil using water, metal (clay if apocolapse), and fire. Since metal isn't the easiest to source if all goes down, this will still give you a concentrated form of fuel if you can't make ethenol. There's also fat wood, tar/sap, animal fat, olive oil/etc, and glass lenses.
Wood oil? Do you mean wood alcohol?
@@sideswipe147 no I mean wood oil. Look it up, you get petroleum by heating the wood in a vaccum so it has no oxygen and then it releases wood oil vapor which you codense and then refine.
I think you should’ve applied your resistance towards the cameraman LOL great video
Used to mess with this kind of setup. The best way to do it is keep a pipe inside and wrap the outside of the pipe with a wicking material wrapped around it just like in the telegraph patent. Removing the battery from ground itself lets it dry out too quickly causing dead cells. These Batteries run off of moisture in the soil. Too little moisture no energy, Too much moisture and it shorts out. Another thing is that your also getting energy conversion from three sources using earth batteries. Temperature - the Pelletier effect one side is cooler than the other side of the two metals moving the electrons, Chemical Reaction like a typical battery except rust/oxidization also contributes to the conversion, and the last one has to do with the earths magnetic field. Personally I would like to try dumping the power into a DC booster then taking that energy and dumping it into a Nichrome wire that is running into a sand battery. The sand battery can collect enough heat over time as long as your producing up to 12 to 24v. Then you can take that thermal energy and pump it into a hot air /stirling engine generator and/or Pelletier device, or a tpv panel when those become available to the public. Basically any energy source can be dumped into a sand battery using nichrome wire then utilized. I didn't mention a steam engine can be run off of it because a simpler safer condenser engine could be used instead. Finding ways to generate energy is a hobby of mine.
Magnesium Joint Sachet
The magnesium filings were saved. I placed them in a piece of paper towel. I laid a bare stranded copper wire in the filings. Then rolled the group like a joint. I then bent the metal joint in half and sealed it shut with a second piece of copper. I completed the magnesium sachet by twisting both wires together. I then tested the magnesium sachet with carbon in a tap water bath. The amps came in at 1.3 milliamperes. Again, the shaving have points and powered metal has alot of surface area by mass. This was a very small amount. This is the technique of modern battery manufacturing. It works well.
Cool. I've seen people get around 20-40 mA out of crystal cell batteries that they make out of various salts. I also see them connecting the batteries to capacitors in order to store and gain higher current. So maybe that could also work with the earth battery if you need a quick burst of power.
Either way the earth battery is a good base to add onto and improve upon to get that current up.
Did you find that they regain their voltage after re-moistening with water?
brilliant! reminds me of Tesla concept of gripping the earth for power...
Just an idea, (I may try this) at the end of your series, place a coil, this should amplify your current substantially which in-turn would create a "wireless" electrical field. The key to the wireless electricity is a cell or a source. Tesla's coil was more than just a neat experiment it electricity from the ground.
Increasing the amperage for earth batteries is quite simple. A law of physics states that wiring in parallel will add the amps of two power sources. We simple wire a solar panel to the earth battery. We build the earth battery to the desired voltage in series. Earth batteries are the cheapest voltage around. Then wire a solar panel to the EB in parallel. Boom best of both worlds. Real power.
Nice video, doing something similar to what I’ve thought about! My idea was to use bigger tubes to fill insides of pipes with soil and then surround it in soil too! There’s a patent back then to make high voltage and good amount of amps (56) if I remember right! But I’d try applying a type of acid to soil!
Add salt water :)
That was Very Cool ! Did you try to re moisten the cells. Thankyou very much for doing this experiment ! Stay Well
Good experiment I’ve seen these before quite frankly they just don’t generate enough electricity but also that has to do with the scale that you build anyways thank you for your time and sharing with us❤God bless you and yours.
Thank you!
When the pioneers came, they needed a way to communicate, from town to town, etc. so they used the earth energy to power their telegraph messages. I need to research that..
I did this similar with copper and zinc in power aid bottle's it worked well but had trouble your way seems more stable
Thank you
The problem with the blocked cells was it wasn’t connected to Mother Earth. The Mother Earth has a constant flow of energy. That’s why the cells died so fast. They weren’t connected to Mother Earth anymore. Now, if you can figure out Tesla’s tower, that’s where we need to go with complete off grid and clean energy! I know the gov took his plans, so they could be using that for the clean energy they supposedly are wanting, but are really doing nothing about it.. So I guess it’s up to the people, of course! Thanks for sharing your experiment! Blessings be all! 🙏
Nice thing and sertenly intresting you showed here.
Couldnt find any other video‘s on youre chanel about it. Why ?
The eventual plan for the property will have almost complete canopy coverage, making solar power ineffective - so I have been doing research on alternatives to run the lights and fountain pumps for the ponds. 'Earth Battery' is not going to produce sufficient power, so there is no need to cover the topic any further.
One can make an aluminum Air battery that will power a small LED fairly easily. I took some aluminum from aluminum foil and or aluminum cans and copper wire. One can take some small plastic cups, glass bottles, ice cube trays or whatever you want and create a series of 6 to 10 cells. Add salt water to each cell and you will have enough power to light up an LED. Power comes from the aluminum oxidizing. I created an experiment that lasted on the kitchen counter for three months running 24/7 and lit an LED bright enough I could barely read a newspaper by it. I created a night light. After three months the Aluminum was starting to degrade and I wanted the countertop back. If you truly lived off grid or were in great need this works, but a regular store bought battery ultimately works better. Battery powered LED lights are cheap and good these days.
Good Work!!! Exactly what I was looking for tonight. When going bigger how about using a 10 foot copper grounding rod?
Please check crystal batteries. Since the early 1900s crystal batteries have been generating electricity nonstop for over 100 years. Energy is everywhere, we just need to convert it to usable form.
Thx for the video.
Keep working on it...ttfn.
I think u should keep doing these experiments...on electricity. Have u looked at the ancient Maya, Egypt & other lost civilizations? They had power....they didn't have what we call "modern tech" but they did have tech.
Just an 💡
You could try a loadstone attached or near some black iron and/or magnetized, with an anode, cathode series, attached to copper meshes, using a oxide and nitrate, in the soil with a white vinegar.
You may want to use the anchored cells to recharge the cells.
With an inverter, transformer, capacitor, diode - rectifier, charge sustainer, and regulator system in which it may be able to be turned into a portable car battery charger or jumper by pushing into the soil next to your vehicle. (Not quite what you were thinking; however, an idea.)
Does the health of the soil carry more or less of a charge? Any possibility that the Microorganisms in the soil can create a higher output of energy in each cell? I've been learning Korean Natural Farming and wondering if there would be a role it could play in producing more energy in each cell?
Great work fun experimenting you should try vinegar in the dirt or some natural acid like lemon juice or something
We made a bunch of these with carbon and stainless steel rods. I did notice the less rocks in the ground the better they work!!
Wellt grounded
Tesla did this in 1905 at Browns Farm. Except He put the pos. In the ground and the negative in the air. And powered browns farm.
Surface area ? Amps /watts . You spent a lot on material. And have very little Surface Area . Why don't you get a tall can of beer and some 8 or 10 g braided wire . Cut the bottom out of the can . Stick copper wire through the hole in the other end . Fill with mud . You can put the Mud in first . Alligator clips. Tape the end . Also , Epson salt . POWER ! Now string the beer cans together and build in rows build up volts to say 32 v . Add strings and tie in parallel. Amps go up . Using DC to DC buck step down converter. Set your voltage. 32v stepped down to 6 volts . Amps goes up . Charge a flashlight or cell phone . You're looking for 15 watts or more . You added the Epsom salt . Now add a teaspoon of lime juice. Lemon also works . Or you can go all-out if you have some sulfuric acid. Drain cleaner is a good source for sulfuric acid .
Now your cost is way down for materials . And sow long as you have beer cans or tea . Battery cost . Turn the radio on . Check out the 5volt led lights . Oh yeah. And all you need is some paper , cardboard, tape , paint . What ever to insulate the cells .
I believe another issue you have with the process is oxidation of cathode which is the metal giving off electrons and is plating onto the anode. charge and discharge are always the problems with batteries because of corrosion!
Very true!
Led and carbon, will not galvanize or oxidize, you only get half the power so you have to build it twice as big,however it will last forever
Oxidation occurs at the anode and reduction occurs at the cathode. The aluminium will be consumed and will need to be replaced. This can be calculated of course and depends on the many factors in the galvanic cell. This type of electricity generation is probably not a viable proposition to power much more than a small set of lights or small electrical apparatus for short periods and would need maintenance to replace the anodes (the aluminium) if power is required for longer periods. The current demand for powering larger devices will mean a much larger reservoir of anode material and much larger surface areas. Also in dry soil or clays, you would need an irrigation system to ensure that an electrolyte is present when you need power. Additionally, with time as the reactions occur, you may have a build-up of corrosion products on the surface of the anode that would, of course, increase the resistance of charge transfer in the circuit, and reaction kinetics would slow resulting in the efficiency of the battery (the galvanic cell that is created by the dissimilar metals forming the anode and cathode) dropping. I would think that due to system thermodynamics, there will be a far less likely probability of cathodic chaulking taking place as the driving force (the potential difference between the anode and cathode) is not large enough.
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Use galvanized and copper and the copper on the north and galvanized on the south . If you have the right soil with the right minerals in the soil you can get over a volt with a single cell . If you put a galvanized wire about 20 foot long a foot under ground and a carbon ribbon on the north side a foot in the ground of the same length in the right soil you can get around 12 volts. If you use the soil out of the ground in a container put a small rare earth magnet in the bottom of the container and you will get better voltage. When you're cell goes dead you flip it up side down and stick the leeds in the ground for a while and it will recharge