Dan. Cheers! Question: Would the KW yield be expected to increase with (1) a greater surface area pond, (2) more heat from sunlight or (3) giving it more time to 'ferment' ? Also wondering if a number of these were put into (4) parallel or series?
I can only make assumptions and guesses at this point but I would expect the Kw's to go up with an increase of surface area. The voltage might not change but I'm hoping that the available amps will go up. The more bacteria in or around the electrode the more energy should be released so food and time are going to play a part. There is one part of the system missing still, which is the aerobic bacteria side of things on the other electrode.
@@dinskiyvoltage is extremely simple too harvest you can get a volt from a penny and a zinc washer and a salt ladened bit off cardboard...the task is converting your volts into current effectively...I hope you still into bits I would love too talk If so...cheers
@@jshaw4757 Hello there, thanks for reminding me of this little project. your quite right; zink and copper with an active electrolyte produce volts and current. That is a mark one voltaic cell. The voltage is generated because the two metals have a different innate voltage, while current is a factor of surface area and strength of the electrolyte. However, this is a redox reaction and one or both plates are degraded over time. The idea with a bio-battery is there is no redox reaction and the plates are not eaten away over time. The idea plates would be all carbon and act as current collectors, picking electrical energy produced by soil microbes. I happen to have some electrically conductive carbon felt in stores, and I'm about to do some plant-growing tests with Ormus. So thanks for the reminder about this project.
Yep ill try that. but I think the tip of the probe is stainless and so it is mesh, but then again who know up here it could be made from something ell's.
Ok so today I ran another short set of tests with a copper electrode.
Results and observations will follow in the next video
Dan. Cheers! Question: Would the KW yield be expected to increase with (1) a greater surface area pond, (2) more heat from sunlight or (3) giving it more time to 'ferment' ? Also wondering if a number of these were put into (4) parallel or series?
I can only make assumptions and guesses at this point but I would expect the Kw's to go up with an increase of surface area. The voltage might not change but I'm hoping that the available amps will go up.
The more bacteria in or around the electrode the more energy should be released so food and time are going to play a part. There is one part of the system missing still, which is the aerobic bacteria side of things on the other electrode.
@@dinskiyvoltage is extremely simple too harvest you can get a volt from a penny and a zinc washer and a salt ladened bit off cardboard...the task is converting your volts into current effectively...I hope you still into bits I would love too talk If so...cheers
@@jshaw4757 Hello there, thanks for reminding me of this little project.
your quite right; zink and copper with an active electrolyte produce volts and current. That is a mark one voltaic cell.
The voltage is generated because the two metals have a different innate voltage, while current is a factor of surface area and strength of the electrolyte. However, this is a redox reaction and one or both plates are degraded over time.
The idea with a bio-battery is there is no redox reaction and the plates are not eaten away over time. The idea plates would be all carbon and act as current collectors, picking electrical energy produced by soil microbes.
I happen to have some electrically conductive carbon felt in stores, and I'm about to do some plant-growing tests with Ormus. So thanks for the reminder about this project.
You're getting a higher voltage from the probe because it is a different metal. Try different metals.
Yep ill try that. but I think the tip of the probe is stainless and so it is mesh, but then again who know up here it could be made from something ell's.