Portland Cement Battery.ASF

This shows a battery made using postland cement and Pacific ocean beach sand. The mixture is in an coke can and is rock hard. Tap water was used and the setup time was a couple of hours. The battery is 18 hours old at the time of this video time and is producing 1.25 volts. I show it here running a small pulse motor. This was a stepping stone project to help me learn how a real "crystal battery" works. I consider this "cement battery" a purely galvanic battery until it completely dries out which could take months. It is the final power observed (if there is any) that is of real interest. Many thanks go to John Bedini for sharing his knowledge on true crystal batteries.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Crystal battery
• batteries
• galvanic cells
• energy
• electronics

[ScorchGD]

Are you taking into consideration that aluminum cans have a barrier lining that separate the contents from the aluminum? I wonder how this might effect performance?

[Lidmotor]

@ScorchGD ---I lightly sanded the inside of the can down about 2" to remove the coating there. The rest of the interior of the can was left intact to help stop the galvanic action there. The cement cell shown in this video is powering a small LCD clock right now on my kitchen window sill. It has been going for about a month now but the power dropped significantly after the first week.

[GBluer]

WOW...It looks like your getting a good performance with the battery.

Please let us know how long it last for.

[Lidmotor]

@GBluer ----I think that I will have a little power on this for a long time based on what other people are seeing. It is a case of how much and is it enough to do anything with. A six pack of these might run and exciter. If nothing else ----it makes a good paper weight or deep sea cod fishing sinker. <*=^==<

[egn83b]

Also is their any megnetic fields coming off this cement battery when its running minus the pulse motor.

[Lidmotor]

@egn83b --No magnetic field. I don't expect the copper wire to fail but the aluminum soda can may deteriorate. It is one of those stand back and watch experiments.

[onethousandwinds]

so...when did it stop working?

[midknightoysters1]

IF YOU WANT THE MOISTURE TO LAST LONGER MELT WAX ON TOP

[HomoSapien2012]

how much volts r u getting from it. i think i can make my own with ordinary cement sand and salt mixed with tap water, great idea! isn't it ?

[brianbirdtv]

for further study, petrovoltaics is a good place to go for completely dry, that produce in perpetuity. I was fortunate enough to live on the island of hawaii, and there are many types of basalts in the size of peas sometimes that will produce upwards of 700 millivots without galvanic action. i also believe that when hutchinson was first describing his crystal batteries there is a scene where he picks up a piece of lava and says he was using "exotic elements" that piece of lava he held was it.

[camelsonhorizon]

A man at home depot says quikrete isn't portland cement SOLELY; it has chunks and rocks 'n stuff. and they sell a Big bag that is Just Portland Cement. i must examine the quikrete bag better it seems.

[Neomundus]

Please watch my Electrinium battery videos.

[MrFlathunter]

Great experiments lid - hard to believe you can make a long lasting, effective battery from such simple ingredients. Thanks as always

[conradelektro]

I tested a tile cement battery (aluminum tile cement copper) which gave about 0.8 to 1.1 Volt depending on air humidity (and fed a Joule Thief for five months). When it was very dry I had to put it in water for a few seconds to restart it. After five months I got problems with corrosion and had to file of some stuff wherever I connected a wire to this battery. I finally gave up. This type of battery is hydrostatic (absorbs water from the air), may be you should put it in the oven, like baking.