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Originally posted by DustintheWind
Originally posted by Magickesists
But I did think of one thing once all the poking and prodding tech is worked out whos to say this method of energy harnessing has to be limited to trees. This may have more ramifications than first realized, I'm not sure what other medians could be used perhaps plant life spliced with electric gelly fish or eel dna for extra current. hmmmmmm?
Magick did you take a look at the link jtma provided on this?
Electrode Potentials
The electrical potential shown in the chart is from two dissimilar metals placed in water together.
I get alot of rain where I live, maybe I will use water instead of killing my tree's with nails...
*...runs off to get some Lithium....*
Originally posted by rekar
Edit - now that i think about it, couldnt the type of tree be a major factor in voltage? i have also an idea, if this hasnt been done yet, try hooking up multiple connections to one tree and see what you get, im thinking about testing it myself. Me and my Friend(who i live with) are going to try many things when we can get ahold of a multimeter, maybe my grandpa has one, try different varients of wire, nails, and trees. im thinking a pine would produce less volts then a maple in the winter, but im not sure, something im going to have to test.
[edit on 23-1-2006 by rekar]
Originally posted by DustintheWind
Originally posted by rekar
Edit - now that i think about it, couldnt the type of tree be a major factor in voltage? i have also an idea, if this hasnt been done yet, try hooking up multiple connections to one tree and see what you get, im thinking about testing it myself. Me and my Friend(who i live with) are going to try many things when we can get ahold of a multimeter, maybe my grandpa has one, try different varients of wire, nails, and trees. im thinking a pine would produce less volts then a maple in the winter, but im not sure, something im going to have to test.
[edit on 23-1-2006 by rekar]
Hey rekar, I did all those test off of one tree with the nails spaced randomly, and ranged from -.6 vdc to -1 vdc.
Today I tried paralleling the nails with wire and had a common ground but only recieved -.8 vdc total maybe from the different nails I used? I have to look into this more,Theoretically the voltages should have added together, I must of overlooked something simple...
Originally posted by Sparkie the Wondersnail
Has the weather conditions changed in your area at all?
If there is a high or low pressure that may change the levels of power available by the difference between the ground and atmosphere or tree and atmosphere. Could be one of the reasons its not used universally because the weather changes the results of the test on a daily basis making them seem rather random and not consistently reproducable.... Just and idea.
Originally posted by apc
Check your resistance between nails, in circuit and out. If the higher voltage being generated is causing a resistance to accumulate in the electrolyte, the current drop could be responsible for the lack of voltage. If this is the case, try hooking them up in a serial-parallel configuration, so the amperage does not have to carry from nail to nail.
Originally posted by apc
Check your resistance between nails, in circuit and out. If the higher voltage being generated is causing a resistance to accumulate in the electrolyte, the current drop could be responsible for the lack of voltage. If this is the case, try hooking them up in a serial-parallel configuration, so the amperage does not have to carry from nail to nail.