Lasersaber humidity battery and the Odd Runner.ASF

[chungsan1]

Where can I get the really nice reed switch ? Thanks.

[Lidmotor]

@chungsan1 -----They sell them at most electronics outlets.

[Anothercoilgun]

Lidmotor?:

Where is lasersaber's website? I see no mention of it on his youtube channel.

[Lidmotor]

@Anothercoilgun -----Lasersaber is here at Youtube (sorry that I said "website") and he has a bunch of great videos posted.

[Lidmotor]

@Anothercoilgun ---Lasersaber is here at Youtube. Sorry that I said website. He has a bunch of great videos posted here.

[Anothercoilgun]

Fantastic! You are going to mess around and get me back into experimentation.

[Lidmotor]

@Anothercoilgun ----It is fun and beats watching TV.

[jaesungauzakim]

Im in Florida and its extremely humid :D

[Lidmotor]

@jaesungauzakim ----This kind of bettery would work very well there.

[jaesungauzakim]

@Lidmotor hey, magnesium ribbon is flammable?

[Lidmotor]

@jaesungauzakim ------Yes it is. They stopped using it for "Mag" wheels on cars because of that. I found out that you have to get it pretty hot to ignite it though. You have to be careful with it. It burns very very hot and bright and you can't put it out with water.

[jaesungauzakim]

@Lidmotor wow... thats not safe..

[Lidmotor]

@jaesungauzakim ---Well the 110 volt wall socket in you house isn't safe either if you use it wrong. Gasoline isn't either but we use it everyday.  Common sense caution is all takes.

[jaesungauzakim]

@Lidmotor so... how long this battery lasts?

[Lidmotor]

@jaesungauzakim ----I don't know. I DO know that these mg ribbons break down within a week or so when they are burried in a potted plant. It is the mg ribbon that corrodes away.  The more acidic the electrolyte the faster it goes. I am just using tap water here to slow that down. Running on just air humidity this should go a long time.

[jaesungauzakim]

@Lidmotor ok

[mrBr00k5]

Good work Lidmotor! I made a little one with aluminum wire, on a rod taken from a Carbon battery. It puts out about half a volt when moistened. You could store these in bags like you said. Maybe use some silica gel in the bag to keep them dry. I get silica cat litter, that would probably work.

[Lidmotor]

@mrBr00k5 -----THAT is exactly what I had in mind---build up a bunch of these and put them in zip lock bags with a little silica gel. I might even put them in in the oven on very low heat to drive off all the moisture before bagging. These things would wait patiently for years until it was their time to work. Open the bag, add a little water, and you have light. If you didn't use the battery up, then you could dry it out and restore it for future use.

[rroge5]

very cool. what keywords should i use to find carbon rods? i can only find fishing rod rods.

[Lidmotor]

@rroge5 ---They use these carbon rods in welding and in arc lights. I found mine on Ebay. Also look for "graphite" rod. That is what I am using. You can take apart a regular carbon zinc flashlight battery and there is a small carbon rod in there. That is a messy job.

[tyrodogg]

If you guys keep it up Lasersaber, Jenna, and you, y'all gonna mess around and solve our energy problems. well there's a lot more people but I watch you guys the most. Great Job

[Lidmotor]

@tyrodogg ------Thanks. Most of these things that we are doing are old ideas. We are just looking at them with new eyes. It really is a connecting of the dots and a desire to MAKE them work to do something useful.

[Pirate88179]

Rusty:

With the moisture in the humidity, that thin mag. ribbon should last a long while. This is a great area of experimentation to explore. Very well done.

Bill

[Lidmotor]

@Pirate88179 ----Thanks Bill. I think that this is a GREAT idea and I can see many applications for it. One super neat characteristc is that the shelf life is almost unlimited if this were to be kept bone dry in a zip lock plastic bag. All you would have to do to activate it would be to spray it with water and it would start working. If the humidity was low then it would just stop when it dried out.

[iotayodi]

Nice job Lidmotor!!

[Lidmotor]

@iotayodi ----Thanks. This is one more piece of the puzzle that we can use now.

[jeannacav]

Another wow for you, man!

This is great.

and the coil appears to be just the 30g spool as it comes?

hmm. did you try a bitty bobbin yet? - just joking.

Maybe I will wrap some copper wire around a cloth covered firestarter and see if that works as well.

As always,

thank you

[Lidmotor]

@jeannacav ----This was actually very surprising that it put out this much power. It would run one of my bobbin motors just fine. That is just a standard spool of 30ga wire. When I run this with a AA I put the battery part way into the coil as a core.

[akfreemanmichael]

yes ,thanks lidmotor

[RainstormGB]

nicely done :)

how long will it run for?

[Lidmotor]

@RainstormGB -----I just made it so I don't know but what breaks down is the magnesium. When that happens it is just a case of wrapping another strip of mg ribbon on the carbon rod. Using just air humidity, this might last quite awhile. We will see.