IMGP0906

Water battery producing around 16v dc in series and 3.35 volts in parallel. Currently used to light a 2.1v dc 25ma led. This system is completely scaleable and when configured in a matrix combination could provide a great amount of voltage and amperage. this is as close to free energy as I have seen. System as been running for about a month with no noticable degregation in the copper and zink components.

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[jdcmusicman]

pretty good stuff...I have been experimenting with water batteries for a while now ...The negative side always get consumed ..The highest power i have achieved so far is 2.75 volts at almost 1 amp , it only lasted for 8 hrs..I have a 40 cup water battery lighting 2 leds that has been lit for 4 months..I love this stuff ...

Dirt works well to,actually better than water but consumes the metals quicker ....The more juice it pulls the quicker the metal gets consumed..

[excel60]

I think the answer to this is to have a great number of cells in parallel this will slow down the negative terminal being consumed greatly. i am talking about cells in the 1000's this may seem like a lot but with proper reduction of cell size this is very plausable.

[jdcmusicman]

Yes I agree ,with larger numbers of cells , it would allow for better output and longer life span..The biggest number of cells i have done is 82 with dirt using ice trays ..14 cells in series 6 banks in parallel..It ran 12 bright white leds for 2 weeks before dimming but i used galvanized metal for the zinc once its consumed it still works just not as good...Another way I have been doing lately is doing wraps with alum foil\copper wire and paper..They are more compact take way less space....

[excel60]

I will be building a 1500 sell unit in a

matrix configuration. The trick here is to use as little amps as possible and spread this over as many cells as possibe. There are high efficiency bulbs out now that put our a lot of light with very little amperage. Some as low as .15 amps. Again small amps over a large base. I will be using stainless steel and zink. Not quite as high of a reading as copper and Zink but there will be no corrosion.

[jdcmusicman]

That will be huge...Yes stainless works really well with zinc or alum...I have used the bright white leds that only use 30 ma max..they put out some really good light even at 15 ma draw....

I got a brother in law interested in this several months ago and he has water night lights all over his house.....

Are you planning to stick with plain water or going to try some chemicals?

I have done lemon juice , vinegar,bleach,salt,magnesium nitrate,and hydrogen peroxide...

[excel60]

Plain water only. I collected rain water yesterday and will try that. My end idea is to develop a device that would

be useful and practical in a third world enviroment

[jdcmusicman]

cont....And work almost the same as the cups of water...Just take good bit of copper wire wrap it in about 1 ft toilet paper ,wrap the outside with alum foil and just wet it ..

[excel60]

I will try that

[Lakes57]

It would be interesting to replace the tap water with distilled water to see if theres any difference in the output.

[excel60]

Salt and vinger need to be added on a regular basis and will degrade the copper and zink. Water is the only componet to be added and that only due to evaporation.