The Earth Battery - How To Improve It - 1

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Practical energy generation is always going to be a cost benefit exercise - here I am trying an improvement that would cost very little. The original video is at • The Earth Battery As A... .

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  • @natecus4926
    @natecus49264 ай бұрын

    It seems like no matter what random project I’m thinking about, I always end up back on this channel. Thank you for all of the amazing info you have on such a wide range of topics!

  • @pauljenkinson1452
    @pauljenkinson1452 Жыл бұрын

    If voltage loss is an issue then why not put a lot of electrodes in the soil to collect amps then transform it into more volts and less amps at the end and ensure these high volts of isolated. You could build quite a few of these trenches (sufficiently away to be isolated) with an inverter to change to AC and then transformer at the end then wiring in series so your volts are say limited to 48v with high amps.

  • @ericdeven1296
    @ericdeven12962 жыл бұрын

    Great info. Id love to see more on these types of battery

  • @chernorelijahleigh9179
    @chernorelijahleigh9179 Жыл бұрын

    waw, Mr Robert am so impressed thanks so much

  • @mwm2929
    @mwm29294 жыл бұрын

    I have 2 ground rods near my work bench and noticed a voltage between the two. One is copper clad steel rod and the other is galvanized steel. (zinc coated). I always assumed this small voltage was galvanic, but the different materials do create a different result when using them as the ground when collecting atmospheric electricity. I will revisit this and build some controls to test. Video coming soon.

  • @maintoc

    @maintoc

    4 жыл бұрын

    That sounds interesting/promising. :)

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    send me the link mate - I would love to see

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    doesn't it

  • @brandonstahl3562

    @brandonstahl3562

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was looking into the same, I'm currently working on making different coils and antennas.

  • @erwinvanherle7584

    @erwinvanherle7584

    2 жыл бұрын

    did you test it eventually?

  • @RASDB7
    @RASDB74 жыл бұрын

    The Teacher 👨‍🏫 speaks I Listen 👂. Thank you so much for this video series.

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    cheers mate

  • @pauldrake1060
    @pauldrake10603 ай бұрын

    I wonder if I could rig something like this up to power some low power led garden lights. Thanks for the inspiration and appreciate the channel

  • @ArcanusLibero
    @ArcanusLibero Жыл бұрын

    Fun to look back on these.

  • @philstat100
    @philstat1003 жыл бұрын

    Again Thank You.

  • @kieronhale5590
    @kieronhale55903 жыл бұрын

    I believe the spacing of the electrode pairs from each other and spacing between rows of electrodes has an effect on voltage and current also the piping idea seems an effective addition.

  • @brentsmith5647
    @brentsmith5647 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video thank you 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @endadalton
    @endadalton3 жыл бұрын

    Is there a length of time when the voltage would reduce

  • @olehansen_Norway
    @olehansen_Norway Жыл бұрын

    Would it work in the winter with snow and and a frozen soil? Great video 🙂

  • @deanharris7149
    @deanharris7149 Жыл бұрын

    So, if the pvc is quieting “noise” and turning its interior into a battery cell, then you’d think that by maximizing the shape of the pvc pipe you’d increase efficiency. Also if by going deeper and farther apart you get different results we could start to map out the natural process of what’s going on. Thanks for the videos

  • @e.lectricity6396
    @e.lectricity63964 жыл бұрын

    Awesome experimenting Robert. Another neat and tidy equivalent is the miniature version of this--the ice cube tray. Have you tried increasing soil conductivity by adding water? It produced greater voltages for me in sandy top soil.

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    I haven't mate - I am trying to do it without incurring too much galvanic cost - so to speak - mostly because I know what folks would say if I did!

  • @thelittlesignpost
    @thelittlesignpost Жыл бұрын

    I found a whisk from a kitchen goods shelf in a store in Thailand where I live! It has a spiral-like an Ighina coil, so I cut off the plastic handle and stuck it in the soil with the stem in the soil and spirals going upward in the form of a funnel to collect all that energy! It is stainless steel and was very cheap! So I tested it in dry soil with a reading of 0.554 of a volt on my 2 volt setting for the meter! I was quite surprised as I get about 0.185 volts from a similar copper winding of the same size! For me, next, is to determine whether wet soil will make a difference and if salt added would change the power rating? Your channel is most interesting!

  • @DavidHotrum52114
    @DavidHotrum521143 жыл бұрын

    I live next to the ocean literally 10 feet. I would thionk the salt water in the soil would aid the voltage action. I don't have much for material but will try this when I can. Also the north south orientation.

  • @ronniepirtlejr2606
    @ronniepirtlejr26064 жыл бұрын

    I remember when I was a kid back in the early 80s. I lived in the Mojave desert in California, USA. I would take a branch off of a tree. Kind of like a evergreen tree. Then I would make a Y. Pull apart at the Y and place down by my knees. In my backyard was a big water pipe buried about four or five feet down. This Y branch would pull down to the point at the water pipe, so hard that I believe it would break the branch if I would not let it go down! Alot of power to be tapped there! I would play with that Y Branch or make a different one, off and on for the 3 years I lived there. I was just amazed at it! A kid that lived a block behind me, Thought i was joking around, like it wasn't really doing it on its own. I told him try it! I explained how to do it & when the stick pulled down ( on its own), his eyes got big! he threw the stick down and took off running & he never spoke to me again. I guess he thought I was some magic evil person? Lol. Some people call it" witching for water" and strange names. But there is some science behind it, If we could tap into that, someone would have a lot of power in their hands for free!

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    i agree mate and thanks for sharing that story - very funny and awesome lol

  • @Cryptic_Triptych

    @Cryptic_Triptych

    4 жыл бұрын

    Current flow. This is why you are not allowed to build a structure above an aquifer. The Antediluvian/megalithic and pyramid builders knew this and so did Viktor Schauberger and Nikola Tesla.

  • @maintoc

    @maintoc

    4 жыл бұрын

    Some people seem to be able to make "water-witching" (or "dowsing") work, and others are not (maybe with more practice, they could?) but I don't know if any of that would translate into tapable, usable electrical power.

  • @ronniepirtlejr2606

    @ronniepirtlejr2606

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@maintoc I think it is 100% scientifically possible! I think some people can't do it only because they haven't been shown correctly, what type of wood, how to hold it and how high up off the ground. It is amazing and works really easy!

  • @ronniepirtlejr2606

    @ronniepirtlejr2606

    4 жыл бұрын

    @rhy t awesome! Good to hear that and I am doing good brother! I live in Southern Illinois now. The last time I went out there was in 2011. Do you still live out there? It is a beautiful place!

  • @scoutfpv
    @scoutfpv Жыл бұрын

    I will try this experiment with frequency and mature trees. Thanks for the inspiration. Cheers.

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    Жыл бұрын

    Good luck with it!

  • @maintoc
    @maintoc4 жыл бұрын

    Hi, again, Robert. As the "someone" mentioned at 1:47 in this, I am pleased to see that you thought I had asked a good question and that you both looked up further information and experimented further. :)

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    do you know mate - I read every comment and reply to what I can - but I always think about it - especially if they are good - cheers

  • @robb4044
    @robb4044 Жыл бұрын

    This information is, indeed, very interesting.

  • @kafkaian
    @kafkaian4 жыл бұрын

    Stay well and stay safe Robert and team. We need people like you with your talents as we climb out of this horrible mess Ian, Birmingham, UK

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    you take care too mate

  • @chaorrottai
    @chaorrottai5 ай бұрын

    connecting in series worked fine in my plant pot

  • @strongforce8466
    @strongforce84664 жыл бұрын

    very cool Rob keep em coming ! 😎

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    cheers mate

  • @Kangsteri
    @Kangsteri4 жыл бұрын

    How would the Calcium chloride (CaCl2) work with these? And how it works with your ink in closed exothermic dissolution, or in anhydrous form? I think it could help just by pulling the moisture from air to use?

  • @piereduplessis4544
    @piereduplessis4544 Жыл бұрын

    I have an idea with regards to magnifying the output voltage. One could use a joule thief circuit

  • @mingosutu
    @mingosutu3 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff. Thanks a lot. Does he look like Anthony Hopkins?

  • @johnruckman2320
    @johnruckman23203 жыл бұрын

    Does the size and length of the electrodes and anodes determine the voltage and amperage?

  • @RWBHere
    @RWBHere4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Robert. Your sunny smiles and inquisitive nature cheer me up on yet another day in virtual house arrest! Back to organ music punching for me,but I wish I could sit under a tree for that. No chance here, unless I wait for 10 years. 🙂🤪🙃😉

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol - cheers mate and here's hoping one day!

  • @rocketpoolpki
    @rocketpoolpki4 жыл бұрын

    That's simply fantastic

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    cheers mate

  • @williamblair1123
    @williamblair11233 жыл бұрын

    Is there a math formula that indicates voltage & amps based on surface area?

  • @kennydomino2134
    @kennydomino21349 ай бұрын

    Try using copper pipe on the inside of the PVC insulation piping as connecting rods and grafite a lot of grafite

  • @chet2201
    @chet2201 Жыл бұрын

    I got several hundred feet of 3/4 copper pipe from a demolition. Cut it about ~3 ft. Or one meter. I then bought a bunch of Galvanized electric fence post 3/8 diameter I then slipped old garden hose as a insulator and slipped inside of copper pipe. I used a steel round bar to Pre bore hole to slip electrodes in ground. Pre weld copper wire to copper and Zink plated rod +/-. With silver solder. Wire in series . I built system In 1986 and still working after I moved away 15 years.

  • @martinfalls1023

    @martinfalls1023

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Chet, what sort of volts & amps did it put out?

  • @chet2201

    @chet2201

    Жыл бұрын

    @@martinfalls1023 I built in 1980 . I used a old pressure cooker for brown gas generator for a outside gas mantle light. I used rain water and float valve and strainer at rain barrel. I sold property In early 90s and was still burning. If I remember ~4 volts and .5 amp Sorry I can't be more definite, but It did make gas enough to burn a Low light quite well 24 seven for years. Today I would dump load in a Capacitor Battery for intermittent use.

  • @heyritchard
    @heyritchard2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this video - your experiments have been supporting my own research but through an art-based lens. My question is, how do you collect and store such voltage?

  • @davidwinfredmarsanojoyce1114
    @davidwinfredmarsanojoyce11144 жыл бұрын

    Very Interesting, thank you

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    cheers mate

  • @gazzacroy
    @gazzacroy2 жыл бұрын

    cool video.. what sort of mirco ampage was you getting from it? if enough maybe a joule theft could work?

  • @grillsandaxlegrease3578
    @grillsandaxlegrease3578 Жыл бұрын

    I used to have a low power AM station and once I poured copper sulfate around the grounds (took many weeks to get done correctly) the stations reach almost doubled from 4 miles to almost 6 miles out.

  • @williammc5113
    @williammc5113 Жыл бұрын

    I did that with six vente Starbucks cups, and drove 1 led for over a year. Every few months the led would start dim and I would just rehydrate soil. I used zinc and copper.

  • @LuisAzcona

    @LuisAzcona

    2 ай бұрын

    i have compost in food microwavable cups. im entering 1 month of dim blue LED running.

  • @luckybrand5013
    @luckybrand50133 жыл бұрын

    Is there any way if you find the time you could do something more or bigger with this?

  • @happymiles4552
    @happymiles4552 Жыл бұрын

    Back in the day a man named Stubblefield did amazing with earth batteries... TY for sharing... 🙂

  • @TheVcasf
    @TheVcasf4 жыл бұрын

    Would vinegar in the soil help? apples or sometihng

  • @pitviper8795
    @pitviper87954 жыл бұрын

    I think you need to do a voltage reading adding different lengths. Maybe the Cathode needs to be in further or the Anode needs to be in further and vice versa. I think if you could get this up to 6 volts then you would really have something. I may try some of this myself. I'm in Oklahoma in the US and we have heavy clay about 6 inches down so I'm curious how it would react as opposed to sandy soil.

  • @dougcowlthorp1976

    @dougcowlthorp1976

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you try it? I live in canada and have similar soil composition. what were your finding? How many Rods did you try and what was your readings?

  • @roncoots3800
    @roncoots3800 Жыл бұрын

    The plastic insulation would appear to allow the current flow to become an individual flow , and be multiplied. Love it.

  • @Equelan2
    @Equelan23 жыл бұрын

    I tried this and able to light two led lights connected in series with 13 cup size soil pot. I used coper and zinc rods. Voltage is around 5,5 but ampere is very low to even run a small DC motor. I would like to decorate a tree near my house with led bulbs running by this Earth battery at night, if I can't find a way to harness electrons from soil to charge a big battery. Thanks for sharing.

  • @piotrinpost9614
    @piotrinpost9614 Жыл бұрын

    hi there! nice, can you make car batery charger from it? i mean full set with charging regulator?

  • @camperspecial9666
    @camperspecial96664 жыл бұрын

    thank you very much sir for that video. This connects some dots for me. No pun intended!

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    cheers mate - glad it helped

  • @j.christie2594
    @j.christie25943 жыл бұрын

    Nice. Thanks for sharing. I had Galvanized bolts and SST laying around, after watching yur other vid, I Tried this . I get .250 milli Volts (about) from 1 set-up and 3 in series I get 1volt+. But I can Not seem to get a Joule Ringer to Ignite? Seems the Amp's are really small. Ringer needs about 30 milliAmp to ring and I can't get that? Trying Parallel alignment next. Thanks again, for the idea sharing...

  • @DonaldMcKenzie-nn4pw
    @DonaldMcKenzie-nn4pw11 ай бұрын

    Since carbon works, I would recommend checking all the safe and stable non-metallic elements with metals. Just like you check the metals against carbon. We may even be able to compound the non metallic elements to create a super cathode or anode. Which ever the hell carbon is. I just ordered me some carbon rods.

  • @ericbarnes3829
    @ericbarnes38293 жыл бұрын

    Hey Robert, what is you had 4 by 8 sheets of the best material types.

  • @copperwind
    @copperwind Жыл бұрын

    greetings sir, could this possibly apply to a liquid one too? for example, could we put many pair of electrodes in a large container and make them into series by isolating them using similar method? much appreciated,

  • @eyeyosef
    @eyeyosef Жыл бұрын

    I made a dirt battery a while ago. Used copper and iron, one bigger than the other. I got a voltage of 0.8 Volts. Counting with device errors, maybe 0.7. The dirt i used was from the garden. Pretty dark stuff from swiss soil. poured a bit of water, without letting it soak. But I have a question. How can one calculate the energy density of such a battery? Thank you!

  • @Thomas-zz2rs
    @Thomas-zz2rs4 жыл бұрын

    What would happen if you had used longer pipe and longer electrodes. Could it have increased the voltage because there would be more surface area of the electrodes to react with the soil.

  • @perfoperfo9910
    @perfoperfo9910 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting video. I wrong thought there maybe something going on with earthing currents. In the UK the supply transformer on the pole is often earthed and an earth rod used to earth the house and some current then passes between the two. I though that maybe this was being picked up by these earth batteries. By putting them in a desk top tray situation of course completely gets rid of this possibility and it also get rid of the idea of natural earth currents only really leaving galvanic or bacterial (or another unknown) cause. If it was some sort of natural earth current then wouldn't any two electrodes work? Plus the current would probably be in lines so you'd have to do a radial pattern and see if the direction makes any difference.. a mystery...

  • @RobertofLadywell
    @RobertofLadywell3 жыл бұрын

    I've tried this using various materials with similar results. I'm now planning to use longer electrodes in wider and longer plastic tubes. I would be interested to know if telluric currents can be identified and measured easily? Are they, for example, affected by rivers, large buildings or underground pipes? I could then site the tubes in the best possible place.

  • @Stephen_Strange

    @Stephen_Strange

    2 жыл бұрын

    Giza Pyramids.

  • @TheBaconWizard
    @TheBaconWizard4 жыл бұрын

    Something to consider: Fertilizer is potassium nitrate. A salt. Some people may feel we should not be artificially fertilizing the soil which is fair enough, but un-composted spinach, celery, lettuce, any green leaf in winter months (stress causes them to sequester more KNO3) mulched and dug into the soil will do the job, as will horse or cow manure over time to a lesser extent. So it follows that compost would make better earth battery material than normal topsoil. Additionally, certain crops are planted by farmers to re-fix nitrates into the soil before using the same field for a cash crop. Usually that would be a legume of some kind. So it may well be possible to use old-school crop rotation of a sort in a bed designed especially to be a battery (and you get the peas too!)

  • @Michael-vp4zt
    @Michael-vp4zt Жыл бұрын

    If this effect was due to telluric current wouldn't one get a voltage using the same material? I'll test it I've got a meter and some rod.

  • @ronniepirtlejr2606
    @ronniepirtlejr26064 жыл бұрын

    I think you're onto something! I enjoy your videos Robert. You are a wise man, with a lot of knowledge and you use it to try and better mankind. You go into Great depths to explain it to us, so it makes since! thank you for sharing with us! :-)

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    thank you mate and thank you for taking the time to post

  • @AaronSchwarz42
    @AaronSchwarz422 жыл бұрын

    Enough to power a quartz watch movement for sure ^^

  • @G-ra-ha-m
    @G-ra-ha-m4 жыл бұрын

    There seems to be 2 effects here, galvanic / electrolyte and the earth. The (excellent) video seems to major on the galvanic 'DIY battery in the ground' effect, but perhaps a simple experiment is also in order?: The experiment would be to get some rebar steel rods and hammer about 5 into the ground (ideally in a field away from buildings to prevent ground leakage giving false readings) in a long line (ideally 30m or longer) from north to south. Then to get a multimeter with some long leads and see if there is a consistent voltage gradient one can measure along the line. If there is each rod should have a voltage proportional to it's distance from an end rod. Perhaps someone has already done this?

  • @neilblackman2965
    @neilblackman29654 жыл бұрын

    Imo it'd be of interest to make a portable pot filled version , and test the voltage in different locations. Next to your WiFi router, under power lines, next to one of those huge electricity suppliers transformers. You can see what I'm getting at, personally I wouldn't be surprised if the environment we live in at this time is so densely filled with electromagnetic radiation that it greatly contributes to this phenomenon.

  • @slingshoter8783
    @slingshoter87833 жыл бұрын

    the deeper you go into the ground the more volts you can pull is what i read. different grads of stainless gives different results also. What if the metal is coated to stop the corrosion , will it still work?

  • @timernst8909
    @timernst8909 Жыл бұрын

    Please Brother… figure this out. I would LOVE to set up a system to power my farm. Bless ya🙏🤞

  • @nedlyest
    @nedlyest4 жыл бұрын

    Your stuff always gets me thinking. How would the use of a drainage culvert (4-6in) with a copper grounding rod do?

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like the sound of it mate

  • @cryptodream6284
    @cryptodream62844 жыл бұрын

    I made one this week and got 7 volts out it. Thank you for the inspiration

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    that is awesome mate - cheers

  • @cryptodream6284

    @cryptodream6284

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ThinkingandTinkering no thank you. Aiming for 12v today connect to an 150w inverter. Most likely not enough amps but will run some in parallel to up the amps. Aim is to charge a phone

  • @modelnutty6503

    @modelnutty6503

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ross 7v is pretty nice! a phone only wants 4 to 5v to charge it up. a smaller value LED wants about 2.5 to 3v at 20ma to light up. it'd be enough for a some fair lighting in a tent anyway, which just might be a nice KIT to sell... tubes that fit inside each other and the electrodes+wires+LED fitting inside of those, for backpacking etc. Robert, that same idea would also be a nice demonstration, "how many LED's and how much light can I make happen?"

  • @Joe_JesusWins_Lewis

    @Joe_JesusWins_Lewis

    4 жыл бұрын

    How much current Ross?

  • @j.christie2594

    @j.christie2594

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@modelnutty6503 nice idea. I am trying to turn on oscillator Joule Ringer, Pancake, Coil style, with Earth Battery.

  • @trevorvanzuydam8115
    @trevorvanzuydam81154 жыл бұрын

    this whole earth battery reminds me of a video I cant seem to find. This guy explains how the pyramids were like a big energy generator. something to do with the granite, gold cap etc, and water in the channels in the structure etc.

  • @gringoanon4550

    @gringoanon4550

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes interesting, lets say the pink quartz in the kings chamber, is a big microphone if you shout it causes the quartz to distort and put out a charge, which is imprinted onto the natural currents which vary at different times of the day. Could another chamber similar at another location, but in the same current stream, convert the shout back to an audible one.?

  • @G-ra-ha-m

    @G-ra-ha-m

    4 жыл бұрын

    Most pyramids seemed to have aquifers below them (as did Tesla's WardenClyff tower) which is a very good ground. It's possible that using a (long lost, perhaps gold) wire between two such pyramids would show quite a decent electric current which may be enhanced by the height of the pyramid if places correctly. Height is important because the earth has an HV field that add 100V for every metre you go up. Current is low, but for instance connecting up a well positioned giant pyramid sitting onto an aquifer to sheets of metal resting in the Nile could well create an interesting flow of usable current. This would also mean of course that if you laid gold film on the top of a giant pyramid like a cap and ran a wire down to a ground you may get some light (146m = 14.6kV) out of a partially evacuated crooks tube like we see pictured in the Dendera lights. This would then form a rolling plasma glow like a neon sign that looked a bit like a snake. If you combined with with a civilisation old and advanced enough to casually cut, lift and transport 200 ton granite blocks from Aswan you might well find electricity was used in a pretty routine way. This would be of enormous help when delicately painting the inside of tombs that are pitch black and have no sign of soot in them... If you then left it after a giant cataclysm however it's likely someone would steal all the gold, wires, machines. lamps etc over the next 12,000 years so there'd be little evidence of it today.

  • @nitramnagev7997

    @nitramnagev7997

    3 жыл бұрын

    Might have been on the Ancient Architects' channel. Look for The Great Pyramid of Egypt Can Focus Electromagnetic Energy.

  • @boneman538

    @boneman538

    3 жыл бұрын

    Graham De Nile has moved a good bit

  • @hrajabi7261

    @hrajabi7261

    2 жыл бұрын

    The electricity was always and is always around us in many forms... But it needs careful and knowledgeable eye to notice it... Some combination that we know today is capable of producing electricity doesn't necessarily mean that it was used to produce electricity in the past... Like Baghdad battery which the name is very misleading... And some people make fancy stories around it...

  • @gittegade31
    @gittegade314 ай бұрын

    Hello 😊 Do you have a video that shows how to use this battery in our homes?

  • @tommygarner3725
    @tommygarner37252 жыл бұрын

    Hello so love the channel first time commenting! So got bored decided to try this but used aluminum and copper. Got .7 volts with just one rod of each and .12 milli amps played around and found if I added more aluminum rods the amps would go up if they are connected pretty neat

  • @tommygarner3725

    @tommygarner3725

    2 жыл бұрын

    Brass not copper sorry

  • @brianmccreary1369
    @brianmccreary13694 жыл бұрын

    Hey Robert, thanks for your videos. I was wondering if diodes were used between carbon rods would increase the voltage? Thank you again, Brian

  • @brianmccreary1369

    @brianmccreary1369

    4 жыл бұрын

    That is without the lead and pipes

  • @G-ra-ha-m

    @G-ra-ha-m

    4 жыл бұрын

    Diodes drop voltage (depending on type and load) and would only help if extracting AC leakage currents - say from unbalanced 3 phase feeds to a street etc. Kreosan English in fact used a transformer to boost this stray AC current to power a light bulb.

  • @chelsona2574
    @chelsona25742 жыл бұрын

    in my tests the resistance becomes the issue from the lack of current.. we did about 10 cells and after 3/4 cells in series the voltage didn't increase so we tried to do them in parallel and then series and the resistance is even worse..but I had thought of trickle charging super caps (2.7v 500f) to see if you can run some small radios or lights.

  • @timwoytula5416

    @timwoytula5416

    5 ай бұрын

    Any new results ?

  • @chelsona2574

    @chelsona2574

    5 ай бұрын

    @@timwoytula5416 yes and no, while the caps can charge the resistance is still too high to provide charging for more than a few minutes. I had toyed with the idea of something like a reed switch or relay to turn off and on to pulse charge then but it became kind of redundant

  • @DonaldMcKenzie-nn4pw
    @DonaldMcKenzie-nn4pw11 ай бұрын

    Theoretical thought: Alloys. Do alloys allow for the voltages or amperages of the elemental metals to add up in an earth battery. If we were to create a super alloy made of equal parts of aluminum and magnesium, would the battery generate 3 volts when paired with carbon?

  • @hoplessman1986
    @hoplessman1986Ай бұрын

    Couple questions.. maybe possible ideas from my experience the deeper you can get your materials of choice the better... also try a touch more space between and you should archive your maximum you were looking for... but my question is what would happen if you were to apply a sort of transformer either between your connections or a larger one at the end... wouldn't that step up your voltage... I'm not exactly sure how that works but I do know that's how you turn 110v into thousands... one thing I do know is that the voltage may be small but from what I've herd it has an impressive amperage for the voltage that you can see...I have really enjoyed watching your videos but I've always pretty much Larned fully off the subject you demonstrate.. this one I have been pondering on for years since I was a kid and did the copper nail and zink nail in fruits and vegetables ( which is where my mind returns to when I think of the earth battery .... just with a extreamly giant version))) please let me know if any of what I said helps and if I'm going on the wrong direction thinking about either transformers or capacitors in the mix... there of free energy out there we all just need to put our minds together to achieve the ultimate goal

  • @dieterjaehn8886
    @dieterjaehn8886 Жыл бұрын

    I may not have read it if it's further in comments, but what was the ph of the soil you used and will that affect it? Ie: my front yard vs. my mulch pile.

  • @mattmacd2009
    @mattmacd20099 ай бұрын

    I find your vids fascinating however is it wise using lead? Surely that's going to destroy the ground?

  • @sbjorgy
    @sbjorgy4 жыл бұрын

    this is great, have you considered the compaction of the earth in the tube or even outside the tube?

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @johnheaneay9940
    @johnheaneay9940 Жыл бұрын

    Robert Try 'sealing (from ground : ) )the Bottom of the tubes !- should lessen loss when connecting in series.

  • @stopdasteal4919
    @stopdasteal49193 жыл бұрын

    Shouldn't the choice of electrodes be dependent on the composition of mud(electrolyte)... I am a biologist..pardon if my question is stupid..plz answer though..thanks

  • @richardsandwell2285
    @richardsandwell22854 жыл бұрын

    Do not worry about voltage too much 0.8 is plenty, just maximise surface area and current and then use a Joule Thief type circuit to boost up the voltage, do not even bother making one, just get one from China. Great idea with the pipes though, I am looking to upscale one of these quite a bit between one end of my property to the other using large plates. My property stretches between North & South so ideal.

  • @LuisAzcona

    @LuisAzcona

    2 ай бұрын

    i have a compost battery and joule thief setup. separately, they work. But not when together. Would you be interested in helping me with my project?

  • @4gauge10
    @4gauge104 жыл бұрын

    That's pretty amazing Robert, almost one full volt just out of four little graphite rods.

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    i think it is pretty cool mate and well worth looknig at more for sure

  • @k.959
    @k.9594 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    to you too - cheers

  • @Yumo999
    @Yumo999 Жыл бұрын

    What is the voltage current contribution of the wet earth just acting as an electrolyte? Comparing cells in the earth to ones on a table top?

  • @johnruckman2320
    @johnruckman23203 жыл бұрын

    Certain types of granites seem to produce an electrical field. Could that be the purpose of the stella's in Egypt?

  • @copisetic1104
    @copisetic11044 жыл бұрын

    Buy an old aluminum wheel at the junk yard and a few carbon rods, hook them up and throw them into the great salt lake and light up your patio.

  • @abbiebeast
    @abbiebeast Жыл бұрын

    I did this exact experiment 10 years ago. I found they "type of soil "sandy--->to--->(Living) floura or potting type" makes a big difference as does moisture which is the MOST difficult variable to regulate (the circuit "robs" itself based on condition the bigger you go and tough to balance. I would recommend you also use your 1 K resister model and show the "Current" - you'll be quite surprised at what you find. Last instead of or without the insulator pipes use Diodes between electrodes in series. Also Series parallel matrix for increased Voltage and Current - thanks, a fan.

  • @jangofet555

    @jangofet555

    Жыл бұрын

    is it possible to get 0.5 watts per hour from an earth battery in the ground or out of the ground? how long would it last and can it be relatively compact. i dont know very much about electricity and circuits and earth batteries but if it meets my needs and isnt too much trouble to learn and do then i would like to know.

  • @LuisAzcona

    @LuisAzcona

    2 ай бұрын

    hi abbie. what does the resistor and diodes do to earth batteries? cheers!

  • @WWDTruth
    @WWDTruth Жыл бұрын

    Curious how gold or silver would work

  • @JohnBoen
    @JohnBoen4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome - thank you for introducing me to this concept today. I have some magnesium tape and carbon rods. That sounds like about 1.2 volts. Times 50. What lind of surface area would I need to generate 100 miliamps? Thank you for giving me a question to investigate :)

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't really know the answer mate - if you find out can you let me know - cheers

  • @Joe_JesusWins_Lewis

    @Joe_JesusWins_Lewis

    4 жыл бұрын

    Google scholar

  • @jacoblimbaugh9220
    @jacoblimbaugh92204 жыл бұрын

    the voltage increases in a similar way to capacitors wired in series, not linear

  • @davidprock904
    @davidprock9044 жыл бұрын

    Does the process of getting voltage off the cells cause them to erode quicker? And do conditions ever change to where you have to change the arrangement, the line up orientation? I ask cause what if you plan to build a house, and the lowest level of earth, before you start making your foundation, so this first, but there will be no way to change it later. Is that a good idea?

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    I certainly like it - it might be a good idea to have a read on google scholar mate

  • @davidprock904

    @davidprock904

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ThinkingandTinkering i haven't read anything on Google yet, but if their are seasonal etc conditions where you would be better off to rearrange the line up orientation of the pipes with anode and cathode inside each. Then do this, every anode and cathode its self is a pipe, all nested inside of each other, meaning each ring of material will be bigger than the next, with dirt between all the layers. With that setup you will ALWAYS have the proper and best orientation there is for your location! It would just be more expensive to make.

  • @sebastianstewart6894
    @sebastianstewart68943 жыл бұрын

    You added a capacitor to the circuit. Between the ground and the rest of the circuit but I already told you how they increased the voltage, the anode had a smaller surface area than the cathode and the ratio between the two caused an increase in the voltage.

  • @johnsonlam6901
    @johnsonlam6901 Жыл бұрын

    If you were to get a wheel barrel filled with soil and do your experiment, what would you get ?

  • @LindsayButler
    @LindsayButler4 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff and a shout out to Mr Teslonian, he's great!

  • @EnterTheRealm

    @EnterTheRealm

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's awesome.

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    he is he is a very very clever guy

  • @LindsayButler

    @LindsayButler

    4 жыл бұрын

    And like you very practical and happy to teach. You should fly over and do an earth battery series. That would be amazing!

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    fly over where mate?

  • @LindsayButler

    @LindsayButler

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ThinkingandTinkering mrTs place, the USA

  • @hoplessman1986
    @hoplessman1986Ай бұрын

    Also on one of your other videos you used the carbon and magnesium combination and said you were achieving 2 volts not sure if that was misheard by myself but it seems that would be the desired result... not sure but I will be tinkering with this for the next few weeks and I will let you know what I discover

  • @berndbremicker4731
    @berndbremicker47313 жыл бұрын

    What about using longer pieces of tubes and electrodes inside? Does that change anything?

  • @DonaldMcKenzie-nn4pw
    @DonaldMcKenzie-nn4pw8 ай бұрын

    I built an earth cell with carbon water and aluminum in a pint glass. One cap full of bleach pushed the bolts to 1.1 V and the amps to 5mA.

  • @marcosvaleriociencia1021
    @marcosvaleriociencia10214 жыл бұрын

    Muito bom, meu amigo!!

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gracias!

  • @marcosvaleriociencia1021

    @marcosvaleriociencia1021

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ThinkingandTinkering Robert, em meu canal será muito bem vindo!!! Fiz um free piston grande e gostaria que você observase, talvez você goste !!! Obrigado desde já!!! Marcos Valério Ciência!!! Êste é o nome do meu canal no yotube!!!!!!

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    eu vou assistir agora

  • @DonaldMcKenzie-nn4pw
    @DonaldMcKenzie-nn4pw10 ай бұрын

    Dry Earth Battery Cell. The two elements to use are carbon and silicon. Place the polished side of the silicon wafer to the face of your graphite disk. This gave me 150 mV or 1.5 tenths of a volt. If we stack these pairs of discs, that should wire them in series to make more powerful cells. These cells could be the future of energy and EV cars.

  • @envieallen7722
    @envieallen77224 жыл бұрын

    cos it works with northern and southern hemisphere do you think if you made something that stretches into both hemispheres it could help? i dont think its possible to make but might be fun to think about

  • @freethebeatle6537
    @freethebeatle65372 жыл бұрын

    Have u trying connecting or using trees?

  • @zaneaussie
    @zaneaussie4 жыл бұрын

    Nice work! Plus you need the sunshine, sunshine :-D

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol - funny to get out of the l ab mate - nice to see the sun for sure lol

  • @zaneaussie

    @zaneaussie

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ThinkingandTinkering H-ha I bet! I am from Denmark originally but now live in Australia. We get plenty of sun here but a bit dry for the earth battery! Look forward to your next video and always great to see your content! Very inspiring!!

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    cheers mate

  • @Michael-1205
    @Michael-12054 жыл бұрын

    Hi Robert. Love the work you do. When are you going to 3dprint battery cases and plates? Reason I ask is I don't have any filament left, masks chomped it all up and I am stuck in my cell. This may be off topic, but I need to ask if you have seen the paper by Peter Grandics called "The Pyramid Electric Generator"? It is essentially an earth battery too. We could put the missing capstone pyramid inside the roof.

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    i don't often 3d print stuff mate as it is just not that widespread - i know that is a criminal thing to say amongst the 3d print fraternity - but truth is - not a lot of folks have or use 3d printers most folks are happy with hammer, saw and nail - so i tend to that as i want as many folks as possible giving stuff a go

  • @Michael-1205

    @Michael-1205

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ThinkingandTinkering My hand was up first!

  • @ThinkingandTinkering

    @ThinkingandTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol - fair enough lol

  • @Mr25thfret
    @Mr25thfret3 жыл бұрын

    How would zinc and carbon perform?

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