Earth Battery Experiments

Tapping into the telluric currents of the earth to light an led.

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[cdltpx]

You need to find a resistor to attach to the LED not a capacitor. A capacitor will store a charge and release it. The resistor will reduce current to prevent burning up your LED. If you wish to increase current or voltage you hook up your batteries either in series or parallel I forget which is which but hook em up that way and you will find out when you measure. For more info go to how stuff works search your question there. Great idea to use the earth for a light sure beats using a solar cell.

[0WildBill0]

Thanks but that is not correct. Using nothing but a single super capacitor I can now light 400 leds from my set-up. Resistors waste energy in the form of heat. I do not want to waste energy, but use it efficiently. You can't hook up an earth battery in series to increase volts or parallel to increase amps without first isolating them from each other and by doing that, you cut down on the total power available. See my latest work under Pirate88179, home of Pirate Labs.

Thanks,

Bill

[josephdupont]

You could put those rods in salt water..

and get these voltages as the magnesium

decays. You can get AC from the local power lines in the ground.

[0WildBill0]

Yes but that would not be an earth battery. As you said, the magnesium would decay, and decay very quickly. My original set-up has been in the ground for over a year and is fine, no decay.  There are no power lines in the ground near me and I am getting dc out of the battery electrodes. The ac readings on my DMM, I did not understand at the time of the video, were just a quirk of DMMs. Try this and you can get free energy out of it like I am for a long time. Thanks for your comments.

[a2zhandi]

There are countless configurations you can try. But your on the right track. I have had some ideas for several years now. But haven't taken the time to explore. Thanks for a little inspiration!

[a2zhandi]

@cdltpx The earth is in fact the solar cell!

[ChemTrailSkys]

Will Iron & Copper work?

[YOURPENGUY]

@0WildBill0 The first Man Made earthquake lasted a whole week. Shattered glaciers. Threw all life up ut of the see... fossils still there for decades you see. If they can hide this, then what can't they hide... THE CAN'T HIDE ME and The Earthquake at Disenchantment Bay has Shide No. 333, 1899 the Yakutat Bay earthquake of September 3. Shide No. 337 is one of the early shocks on September 10 and No.338 the heaviest shock of September 10

[Pirate88179]

@ibpointless2

See my work under Pirate88179. I am using a 650 Farad cap and I am going to order 4 more of them. They also offer a 1,650 F cap but it is cheaper for me to get the smaller ones and wire them together. I think the 1,650 caps are like $80.00. I got the carbon rod from a company called Airgas.

This video is old, check out my new stuff.

Bill

[ibpointless2]

Where do you get a carbon rod at?

[ibpointless2]

@Pirate88179 A one amp hour car battery equals about 300 farads, so you're getting close. You would need a 2100 Farad Cap to equal a lawn mower battery, It would be very expensive.

Where did you get a carbon rod at?

[Abnermoon]

@Pirate88179 Thanks

[Pirate88179]

Not at this point with my set-up as seen here. I am now charging a 650 Farad b-cap to 2.7 volts which holds a lot of power but, not enough in my opinion to charge a 12 volt high amp car battery.

Bill

[Pirate88179]

It is easy. Minus of the supercap to the minus leg of the led. Positive of the supercap to the positive of the led but, I didn't solder this, I used this as a simple on-off switch which can be held closed by the alligator clip on the plus side of the earth battery lead.

Bill