omfg! first time I did this in my life. got 12.66 volts!! it works!! I used the gold looking zinc plated bolts and squeezed half a lime in cup of water.
you’d have to be living pretty comfortably to want to move on to generating electricity amidst the apocalypse. I’d be more worried about collecting food and water! Lol.
I am from India and I have achieved 1st prize in my science project competition . Thankyou for sharing your knowledge and helping me . I love your behaviour and explanation . Thankyou so much
thanks for helping me get first place for engineering in the science fair 4 years ago. i even got accepted into nationals but i was stopped there. not like i wanted to go any further, i just wanted the pizza party
Electricity is induced when two dissimilar alloys are in the presence of an electrolyte. You would improve upon this model by having a copper rod, your zinc coated bolts (galvanized) in each of the cells (cubes) then connecting them in series until the desired voltage is reached (may have to increase the number of cells under a load) then connect the same about in parallel to increase the amp hour rating of each earth battery so that is can power useful things (chargers ect.) You might also introduce a bit of salt water (an electrolyte) to improve conductivity and the electrolysis process.
You realize they’re already in a series, right? The individual cubes are the cells, and the they’re in a series to make the “battery”, and he can then wire more “batteries” in parallel to increase the voltage and amperage to one load. Also, salt water likely wouldn’t increase the voltage at all because the dirt is already acting as the electrolyte and producing 0.5v per cell which is about average especially for that small of a cell. Adding more electrolytes to the solution that already has enough electrolytes won’t help and can actually cause the voltage to drop if the cell becomes too viscus.
@@eprater1234 I’d forgotten all about this. In series, voltage is additive. In parallel current is additive. Your comments are appreciated, thank you for your input.
If you push the bolts deeper in the dirt (if possible) then you get a bit more voltage. In your case you couldn't do it. A bit more deeper cells and longer bolts could have made it. This advice was only for the bolts and not the copper. No need to get the copper deeper. However, a few more cells do the same thing if needed, to get more volts. A combination of Stainless steel and aluminum works also well and I prefer that, especially if you want to dip often. Very nice video, by the way. Thanks!
@@Randy2747 By that I mean to water it more often. If its to dry, the experiment want work. There much be always moisture in it or no electricity. Desertsun wrote what was also my thought: "Note: every couple of days the dirt will "dry out" and the voltage will decrease. TO RECHARGE THE BATTERY; just add 1 or 2 teaspoons of water to each "cell" and the battery will be "recharged"."
David Irving That was what I was referring to. sigh. and so was the OP. sigh x 2 seems you were the stupid one (no offence (not spelt with an s)) for not getting that.
+Andrew_Owens I tried similar esperiment at home and everytime i failed. I used a common 1,2 v 0,22A light bulb. I have to get some leds... Then i'll try again. Soil is neutral? should y use some acid?? :)
***** then the acid becomes the electrolyte, just like your car battery. if this produced a charge it would be because the dirt is wet. the capacitance of dirt is weak, and in this demonstration would only be a matrix to Hold an electrolyte not yet added. this is basically an unfinished battery.
How do you connect it to something? I see you have one screw / nail at the end on the left and the coffee wire on the right. Do you need to connect both the nail and the wire to whatever you’re connecting it to? Or just touch the copper wire to the object? If you had a lightbulb how would you make it light up? And which side is which (positive and negative) if you did have to connect both
The Great Pyramid of Giza was actually a power producing machine ... There are large aquifer's under these pyramids which add to the earths generation of power ....I think it you applied this technology to an area where there is a large under ground aquifers you would produce more power ..
This would be really cool to make a big one of these. What would you say would be the limit, or is there a limit? That may sound silly but this could be a life saver! Not much to carry around in a bug out bag, cause everywhere you go there is dirt!
what did you use the battery that was put directly into the earth? Have you ever used these batteries for gardening purposes? My hypothesis is that this is one of the missing elements for use in the gardening situation. I might give it a try this season. but I would like some input from someone that's made one already....
If one Ice Cube Tray puts out five volts, will two put out ten volts or three put out fifteen volts? I wonder what would happen if I were to use several small bowls, say eighteen, do? I will have to give it a try some time and find out. This curious mind wants to know.
It may be that the challenge is to use only dirt and metal. but what about adding acid and a bit of water to the dirt.. understadibly it will up the voltage but what about the amps
Well, this is rather interesting, so i'm most likely going to use this sometime, but oh man, didn't know you could literally take power out of earth, that's just... logical... yet quite cool :)
mmerchant79 .... It would be no different. The idea of this is misleading. The dirt is NOT providing the "free energy". It is just the electrolyte, or medium, that the energy is passing through. You could use almost anything from lemon juice to potatoes as the medium. The energy is coming from the reaction between the zinc on the bolts and the copper in the wire. Eventually, they will be used up and corrode, and all the dirt in the world won't give you any more energy... Of course, the energy required to make that zinc and copper is more than what you get from them. That's why it's considered a Battery, and not an energy Source...like oil or nuclear...
jc knight Some part of me is taking issue with you calling oil or nuclear an energy source, but I'm sure you know that both of them are extremely unsustainable..
kai2698 That's the political/partisan side of you taking issue. Scientifically, there is no doubt that all fossil fuels and nuclear are an energy source. That is simply defined by getting more energy out of it, than we put in extracting it from the Earth. Solar and Wind can be an energy source as well, it's just that they are a more expensive one with a much longer payback time. I happen to run on 100% of both of them, but mainly because I enjoy being self-sufficient. Not so much because they are cheaper, per se....... (Although, ironically, once you add in Govt. taxes & fees, it is. Particularly since most utilities charge you fees just to be hooked up, even if you don't use a bit of them.)
jc knight It's awesome to know that's you're running 100% on wind and solar! Are you living in somewhere with a lot of sun and/or windy? Or do you just have a lot of solar panels and/or windmills?
kai2698 I live full time in my RV and generally travel to the desert Southwest for winter and Montana,Wyoming, etc for Summer. I have 800 Watts of Solar panels and a 1KW pop-up wind generator. Between the both of them, they take care of all my electrical needs, and I often have enough extra to recharge other campers who are boondocking. I haven't had rent or utility bill in 8 years...and with a 38ft slide out, I have all the comforts of any nice apartment...Plus, if I don't like my neighbours, or just chose to have any at all, I can just move anywhere I like...
It would be interesting to see several of these ice cube tray earth batteries stacked together in series. Maybe a stack of 3 trays would give you around 12V?
Tools2Survive hi there. you should be able to make a "12v battery" using as few as 2 of them (as i was ultimately able to get this earth batteries output voltage to just over 6v by "fully saturating" the soil).
desertsun02 Using a drip hose with a timer could make this maintenance free. You could also make several double stacked ice cube tray earth batteries (12v) and connect them in parallel to increase the amperage.
Keep exploring my friends, you're on to more than you can truly understand. May I also suggest, adding some salt water to your soil, or trying it on a salt water river system banks.
Magnesium Joint Sachet The magnesium filings were saved. I placed them in a piece of paper towel. I laid a bare stranded copper wire in the filings. Then rolled the group like a joint. I then bent the metal joint in half and sealed it shut with a second piece of copper. I completed the magnesium sachet by twisting both wires together. I then tested the magnesium sachet with carbon in a tap water bath. The amps came in at 1.3 milliamperes. Again, the shaving have points and powered metal has alot of surface area by mass. This was a very small amount. This is the technique of modern battery manufacturing. It works well.
Are each ice cube battery connected in series or in parallel please? When the copper wire is merely inserted into dirt of next cube tray. Am confused to discern how to tell if this is in series or parallel. Thanks.
How could you hook up a conventional plug outlet to this? Would wire in the dirt then hooked to a converter work if you used with 3 or more trays in sequence? Could a set up like that potentially run a coffee maker, toaster, etc.?
No. Though he was showing 4 -5 volts you wouldn't even get a full amp of current out of one of these trays. Coffee makers and toasters draw way too much current for something like this. You would probably need like 30 or more trays wired to give you the correct voltage and enough current, tied to an inverter and then it still might not work. With three or four trays you might be able to charge a phone if you regulated the output.
Never ever. These trays may produce 5 volts but the current is more like if you are lucky 20mA. To put that in perspective you would need 4000 of these trays to run a toaster.
so I'm just guessing on how this works. the copper is more conductive so it pulls the heat or electricity or whatever to the bolt which is not as conductive but still more so than the soil. so the power is able to flow in one direction making a positive and negative charge? and the moister makes the soil more conductive making the energy created from the heat flow more freely? if so could you enclose the soil so the moisture stays in the soil and leave it out in the sun after spraying the container a satin black to absorb more heat/energy?
How many amps did you record? Did you wet the soil? Clay, sand or organic topsoil? I figure I may as well ask to make it easier to copy you. Thank you.
hi since the amps on these are typically low compared to the voltage i just measured voltage. you definitely need to wet the soil. if it's dry the battery won't work. the soil i used was from my backyard. it's high in clay and very dense. sand or regular soil should work too.
Hello. First of all, thank you for the nice video. I have two questions. 1.) Which soil is best for this, what kind of "saturation" should i look for? 2.) How much Watt hours can i expect? Im talking about how long will things run with this until the soil is "emptied" of electrons ?
Amazing! I'm not sure if you mentioned it already but how long can these be expected to last given than you keep them moist and they're being used permanantly?
That's neat! So how long will the dirt last if I keep adding water to the soil whenever it drys out? Also what's the theory behind it? How does it work :?
hi. yep, you can recharge it. i have a video showing how it worked after it sat on the shelf for 4 years. here the link th-cam.com/video/SFc72LYrIIQ/w-d-xo.html
hi there. one way is just to make the project. you'll see similar results. for the record, i don't post "fake videos". everything i post is 100% real. Unfortunately, there are a lot of fake youtube channels out there. the best way to tell if a channel is real is to watch several of their videos. try to pick up cues as to their authenticity. here's a list of a few things to look for: do they use gimmicks to get views or do they talk 'straight to you"? do they talk in their videos at all. or do they just use lots of high energy instrumental music? do they use lots of jump cuts or fades right when they're showing you a 'great result'. do they use lots of 'voice over' or are they talking to you while they are filming? lastly, does the person seem genuine. (you can gauge this by watching 5 or 10 of their videos). one other thing is to see if they answer questions. i answer questions everyday. lots of channels don't ever respond to anyone.
omfg! first time I did this in my life. got 12.66 volts!! it works!! I used the gold looking zinc plated bolts and squeezed half a lime in cup of water.
Is it dry dirt? Or do you wet it? Where was the cup of water with lime in this?
this actually works, made myself one yesterday for my electricity class
What kind of dirt do I use?
@@ericjohnson8586 you too man ? :)
@@ericjohnson8586 the dirty kind .
DId u get any amps?
Electricity class?
Love the information. I enjoy your videos. If an apocalypse happens, people are going to regret not watching these. Thanks for all the work.
Batteries won't really help in the acutal apocalyspe.
@@llllllllIIIIIIIIIIIwhat actual apocalypse?
you’d have to be living pretty comfortably to want to move on to generating electricity amidst the apocalypse. I’d be more worried about collecting food and water! Lol.
I actually tested my own after watching this to confirm its not a scam, but it's real!!
yep it's real 🙂✔
I am from India and I have achieved 1st prize in my science project competition . Thankyou for sharing your knowledge and helping me . I love your behaviour and explanation .
Thankyou so much
thanks for helping me get first place for engineering in the science fair 4 years ago. i even got accepted into nationals but i was stopped there. not like i wanted to go any further, i just wanted the pizza party
Electricity is induced when two dissimilar alloys are in the presence of an electrolyte. You would improve upon this model by having a copper rod, your zinc coated bolts (galvanized) in each of the cells (cubes) then connecting them in series until the desired voltage is reached (may have to increase the number of cells under a load) then connect the same about in parallel to increase the amp hour rating of each earth battery so that is can power useful things (chargers ect.) You might also introduce a bit of salt water (an electrolyte) to improve conductivity and the electrolysis process.
So metal blends touching something that has electrolytes (or heat)?
@@TheLadyaec You may consider looking up "the Seebeck effect". Fascinating stuff
You realize they’re already in a series, right? The individual cubes are the cells, and the they’re in a series to make the “battery”, and he can then wire more “batteries” in parallel to increase the voltage and amperage to one load. Also, salt water likely wouldn’t increase the voltage at all because the dirt is already acting as the electrolyte and producing 0.5v per cell which is about average especially for that small of a cell. Adding more electrolytes to the solution that already has enough electrolytes won’t help and can actually cause the voltage to drop if the cell becomes too viscus.
I just realized your comment is from 7 years ago lol
@@eprater1234 I’d forgotten all about this. In series, voltage is additive. In parallel current is additive. Your comments are appreciated, thank you for your input.
My question is how long can it light a light bulb
If you push the bolts deeper in the dirt (if possible) then you get a bit more voltage. In your case you couldn't do it. A bit more deeper cells and longer bolts could have made it. This advice was only for the bolts and not the copper. No need to get the copper deeper. However, a few more cells do the same thing if needed, to get more volts. A combination of Stainless steel and aluminum works also well and I prefer that, especially if you want to dip often.
Very nice video, by the way. Thanks!
dip often?
What do you mean dip often?
@@Randy2747 By that I mean to water it more often. If its to dry, the experiment want work. There much be always moisture in it or no electricity.
Desertsun wrote what was also my thought:
"Note: every couple of days the dirt will "dry out" and the voltage will decrease. TO RECHARGE THE BATTERY; just add 1 or 2 teaspoons of water to each "cell" and the battery will be "recharged"."
Adds a whole new meaning to the phrase, "connect your circuit to _ground_!" ;~P LOL
you sir, are a genious! :)
... thats where the meaning came from in the 1st place. all sayings etc have profound roots.
David Irving That was what I was referring to. sigh. and so was the OP. sigh x 2 seems you were the stupid one (no offence (not spelt with an s)) for not getting that.
oh the roots of the power of words lol
AuralVirus Or offense. I think that spelling is dependent on location or just personal preference.
This is Science for everyone! Great video for simply gadgets!
Could you do this for outdoor lighting with pot plants for your energy source ?
I was thinking the same?!
If I understand, the dirt is neutral. Isn't the reaction between the copper and the nail?
good eye.
+Andrew_Owens I tried similar esperiment at home and everytime i failed. I used a common 1,2 v 0,22A light bulb. I have to get some leds... Then i'll try again. Soil is neutral? should y use some acid?? :)
***** then the acid becomes the electrolyte, just like your car battery. if this produced a charge it would be because the dirt is wet. the capacitance of dirt is weak, and in this demonstration would only be a matrix to Hold an electrolyte not yet added. this is basically an unfinished battery.
@@sajkdnsaklfhnj what if you use dirt with an acidic ph level?
im thinking would using several 55 gallon plastic bins with big rods and thicker gauge copper in them make it have a higher voltage output?
What's the internal resistance of something like this? Open circuit voltage is one thing, but how much does it drop when there's a load?
dirt cheap
lol
I cant aford tho :^(
stonks
Which kind of dirt is it sand and water
instructions unclear i ended up making an arc reactor...from plastic bags.
woah...
I accidentally made a black hole, how to stop it please help
@@Andrew-ci1dg Glad you were able to figure it out man... You deserve a Nobel for all the accomplishments!....
@@Andrew-ci1dg get a divorce
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I just made this using zinc plated iron bolts and got 6.8 volts out of it.
Can you kindly tell me what current range you are able to pull? Thank you
@Budget Boost DIY could you explain that, please?
Boooohoooo mines bigger than yours 🤣
Will it work attached to an inverter to convert the bolts into a higher former electricity
What if you mixed epson salt with the water would it have more volts
How do you connect it to something? I see you have one screw / nail at the end on the left and the coffee wire on the right. Do you need to connect both the nail and the wire to whatever you’re connecting it to? Or just touch the copper wire to the object? If you had a lightbulb how would you make it light up? And which side is which (positive and negative) if you did have to connect both
How do you connect it to a thing like a calculator or in my case a string of LED lights… like fairy lights…
The Great Pyramid of Giza was actually a power producing machine ...
There are large aquifer's under these pyramids which add to the earths generation of power ....I think it you applied this technology to an area where there is a large under ground aquifers you would produce more power ..
Since you have the voltmeter/Amperemeter in hand, tell us how many Amps does it provide! That is more important that Voltage.
@Underrated Inventions You could try planting herbs in the soil cubes and see if you can put more energy energy into your food 😂🤣😆
Are the screws at the end hooked together? It wasn't clear to me what the ends looked like.
Please enlighten me. Thank you
Pretty cool!. Any amps in that? I would relay like to know. If you made larger cells, Would you get more voltage?
This would be really cool to make a big one of these. What would you say would be the limit, or is there a limit? That may sound silly but this could be a life saver! Not much to carry around in a bug out bag, cause everywhere you go there is dirt!
I wonder if moistening the soil with salt water would increase the efficiency/power?
The copper pole and nail in the ground caught me . How does that work.?
That is pretty awesome but how do you keep it attached to the item you want to charge?
if i use a bigger ice cube hence the amount of dirt is increased, should the length of copper wire need to be increase too?
what did you use the battery that was put directly into the earth? Have you ever used these batteries for gardening purposes? My hypothesis is that this is one of the missing elements for use in the gardening situation. I might give it a try this season. but I would like some input from someone that's made one already....
If one Ice Cube Tray puts out five volts, will two put out ten volts or three put out fifteen volts? I wonder what would happen if I were to use several small bowls, say eighteen, do? I will have to give it a try some time and find out. This curious mind wants to know.
It may be that the challenge is to use only dirt and metal. but what about adding acid and a bit of water to the dirt.. understadibly it will up the voltage but what about the amps
Well, this is rather interesting, so i'm most likely going to use this sometime, but oh man, didn't know you could literally take power out of earth, that's just... logical... yet quite cool :)
That moment you wake up and your NEO
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What about using a series of 5 gallon buckets? what would the output be on something like that?
mmerchant79 .... It would be no different. The idea of this is misleading. The dirt is NOT providing the "free energy". It is just the electrolyte, or medium, that the energy is passing through. You could use almost anything from lemon juice to potatoes as the medium. The energy is coming from the reaction between the zinc on the bolts and the copper in the wire. Eventually, they will be used up and corrode, and all the dirt in the world won't give you any more energy...
Of course, the energy required to make that zinc and copper is more than what you get from them. That's why it's considered a Battery, and not an energy Source...like oil or nuclear...
jc knight Some part of me is taking issue with you calling oil or nuclear an energy source, but I'm sure you know that both of them are extremely unsustainable..
kai2698 That's the political/partisan side of you taking issue. Scientifically, there is no doubt that all fossil fuels and nuclear are an energy source.
That is simply defined by getting more energy out of it, than we put in extracting it from the Earth. Solar and Wind can be an energy source as well, it's just that they are a more expensive one with a much longer payback time.
I happen to run on 100% of both of them, but mainly because I enjoy being self-sufficient. Not so much because they are cheaper, per se....... (Although, ironically, once you add in Govt. taxes & fees, it is. Particularly since most utilities charge you fees just to be hooked up, even if you don't use a bit of them.)
jc knight It's awesome to know that's you're running 100% on wind and solar! Are you living in somewhere with a lot of sun and/or windy? Or do you just have a lot of solar panels and/or windmills?
kai2698 I live full time in my RV and generally travel to the desert Southwest for winter and Montana,Wyoming, etc for Summer. I have 800 Watts of Solar panels and a 1KW pop-up wind generator. Between the both of them, they take care of all my electrical needs, and I often have enough extra to recharge other campers who are boondocking.
I haven't had rent or utility bill in 8 years...and with a 38ft slide out, I have all the comforts of any nice apartment...Plus, if I don't like my neighbours, or just chose to have any at all, I can just move anywhere I like...
It would be interesting to see several of these ice cube tray earth batteries stacked together in series. Maybe a stack of 3 trays would give you around 12V?
Tools2Survive hi there. you should be able to make a "12v battery" using as few as 2 of them (as i was ultimately able to get this earth batteries output voltage to just over 6v by "fully saturating" the soil).
desertsun02 Using a drip hose with a timer could make this maintenance free. You could also make several double stacked ice cube tray earth batteries (12v) and connect them in parallel to increase the amperage.
+Tools2Survive yeah .. let's do this. Im gonna try to power a dc motor using this.. will tell you the results in a few days..
+Tools2Survive funny thing is they made these thousands of years ago in huge clay jars, wonder what they used those for back in the day.hmmmmm.......
+Abhimanyu Kashyap So?
Not sure what you mean by, “dirt”. Mix of sand, clay, eta all?
Would the voltage increase if the dirt wasn't watered but rather moistened with distilled vinegar or another acidic liquid?
yes or lemon juice
Is it the amount of dirt, the type of bolt as a rod ?
Hello sir can I use a solid copper wire instead of this strip wire. Thank you
hi there. yes, solid copper wire should work too. i've recently bought scrap pieces of copper sheet to make one using that.
how can it be equalized acid-lead battery which is 12 v, and can it be connected to inverter to make 220 ac volts.?
Gotta keep some copper wires and galvanized bolts in my car in case of an emergency hahaha
wow, you've got yourself some fancy dirt there!! very cool project
How much current did you get out of this?
If you used two ice trays would that double the voltage?
Sorry if that's a stupid question
hi there. it's not a stupid question. and yep, it would double the voltage (as long as you hook them in series)
Wire a few up in parallel and you could probably melt metal.
Can the dirt be any type of dirt like the one found in backyard?
hi there. yep. any dirt should work. sand also.
this may have been asked but what kind of milli amps will it put out?
Can the dirt be sand? Would it be possible to adjust the voltage to 120 in order to power a small refrigerator 24/7?
How much time you battery last until it needs to be replased - dirth ?
Keep exploring my friends, you're on to more than you can truly understand. May I also suggest, adding some salt water to your soil, or trying it on a salt water river system banks.
Can this be put into a inverter and a toster or tv for camping
Magnesium Joint Sachet
The magnesium filings were saved. I placed them in a piece of paper towel. I laid a bare stranded copper wire in the filings. Then rolled the group like a joint. I then bent the metal joint in half and sealed it shut with a second piece of copper. I completed the magnesium sachet by twisting both wires together. I then tested the magnesium sachet with carbon in a tap water bath. The amps came in at 1.3 milliamperes. Again, the shaving have points and powered metal has alot of surface area by mass. This was a very small amount. This is the technique of modern battery manufacturing. It works well.
amazing....bro wwat is the principle?
Are each ice cube battery connected in series or in parallel please? When the copper wire is merely inserted into dirt of next cube tray. Am confused to discern how to tell if this is in series or parallel. Thanks.
hi. it's series
@@desertsun02 thank you
What’s the use of the stainless bolts? Why not just install the wire without bolts?
Would using vinegar instead of water with the dirt increase the effectiveness of this at all?
But what do you use it for? And how do you hook it up?😊
A tip from a curious Brazilian:
Try to use salt just below each earth cell, it will probably help when they are refilled with water.
Have you tried having the copper-end towards north and galvanized iron towards south?
What could you use this for?
So 4× these will reliability run 12volts???
How could you hook up a conventional plug outlet to this? Would wire in the dirt then hooked to a converter work if you used with 3 or more trays in sequence? Could a set up like that potentially run a coffee maker, toaster, etc.?
No. Though he was showing 4 -5 volts you wouldn't even get a full amp of current out of one of these trays. Coffee makers and toasters draw way too much current for something like this. You would probably need like 30 or more trays wired to give you the correct voltage and enough current, tied to an inverter and then it still might not work. With three or four trays you might be able to charge a phone if you regulated the output.
Never ever. These trays may produce 5 volts but the current is more like if you are lucky 20mA. To put that in perspective you would need 4000 of these trays to run a toaster.
Substitute water with vinegar, or with salt water. Increases the acidity and conductivity. Should increase the voltage.
We are going to use this one for class thanks!
How can I up the voltage and current?
can we put table salt solution to wet the dirt? does it will give higher amps?
using normal dirt?
Thank You for the video and information. Could you take 20 of those and make 110 volts? Also what kind of amps would these produce? Again Thank You.
hi. i'm not sure the limits of these but theoretically you could make a pretty powerful setup if you used enough trays
Could you start a fire this way by shorting out the circuits over some tinder?
so I'm just guessing on how this works. the copper is more conductive so it pulls the heat or electricity or whatever to the bolt which is not as conductive but still more so than the soil. so the power is able to flow in one direction making a positive and negative charge? and the moister makes the soil more conductive making the energy created from the heat flow more freely? if so could you enclose the soil so the moisture stays in the soil and leave it out in the sun after spraying the container a satin black to absorb more heat/energy?
How many amps did you record? Did you wet the soil? Clay, sand or organic topsoil? I figure I may as well ask to make it easier to copy you. Thank you.
hi since the amps on these are typically low compared to the voltage i just measured voltage. you definitely need to wet the soil. if it's dry the battery won't work. the soil i used was from my backyard. it's high in clay and very dense. sand or regular soil should work too.
How many milli-amps did you get?
can you ad vinegar to it? would that boost it?
Hello. First of all, thank you for the nice video. I have two questions.
1.) Which soil is best for this, what kind of "saturation" should i look for?
2.) How much Watt hours can i expect? Im talking about how long will things run with this until the soil is "emptied" of electrons ?
What if you use an acid like lime juice or vinaigrette in place of the water? I think the Baghdad battery used liquid with high acid content.
Thank you so much ... I'm building mine tomorrow
How did that go?
I really like this. Thanks for sharing.
works with tap water as a medium too, same results
How many milli-amps did it generate? Love the video.
Yeah, that is my first thought if it even generates an amp or would it take to get it up a few amps, then we would be cooking.
Clouds Rain Any ideas of the amperage of what this could kick out?
@@danielwilson2109 0.000000001
I'm thinking this could possibly charge a kindle without much work.
I doubt it, without any information about actual power produced.
So is each individual cell connected to the next one?
hi there. yes 🙂👍
delighted with this... better than a big bucket. this is portable. and i got the ice cube trays too.
well . 8 years ??? - did you build it or just post a pointless , meaningless message with nothing
I wonder if the current could be attributed to Thorium content.
Amazing! I'm not sure if you mentioned it already but how long can these be expected to last given than you keep them moist and they're being used permanantly?
it depends on the bacteria releasing electrolytes
That's neat! So how long will the dirt last if I keep adding water to the soil whenever it drys out? Also what's the theory behind it? How does it work :?
Learn something new everyday. Thanks!
How long does it work for?
What happens when it gets out of charge ? You can recharge it ?
hi. yep, you can recharge it. i have a video showing how it worked after it sat on the shelf for 4 years. here the link th-cam.com/video/SFc72LYrIIQ/w-d-xo.html
this was pretty cool, it makes me wonder how we are not using this on a bigger scale, for things like a cloths dryer maybe
A clothes dryer 🤣🤣, maybe we can power a city. Lol
oh ... only 6 years and nobody advanced it ...... and you believed it ....... hahahahahh
I might sound stupid, but does these soil batteries supply electricity forever?
+Cameron Hjeltness if there is gold in the soil it will plate the anode a pretty yellow
you can put salt water and will improve, but you do not need much
Also if it gives off volts is it a positive polarity? I am not very electrical savvy. Savvy?
How many milliamps from your array ? How long does it last ? Do you have to recharge it back with another electicity source ?
Is there a way to take this dirt power and use it to charge car batteries or laptop batteries?
this. is very Cool stuff man you are a gift...!🍄
How do we know that you haven't connected the circuit to an actual battery,while you were testing the voltage and connecting it to light bulbs?
hi there. one way is just to make the project. you'll see similar results. for the record, i don't post "fake videos". everything i post is 100% real. Unfortunately, there are a lot of fake youtube channels out there. the best way to tell if a channel is real is to watch several of their videos. try to pick up cues as to their authenticity. here's a list of a few things to look for: do they use gimmicks to get views or do they talk 'straight to you"? do they talk in their videos at all. or do they just use lots of high energy instrumental music? do they use lots of jump cuts or fades right when they're showing you a 'great result'. do they use lots of 'voice over' or are they talking to you while they are filming? lastly, does the person seem genuine. (you can gauge this by watching 5 or 10 of their videos). one other thing is to see if they answer questions. i answer questions everyday. lots of channels don't ever respond to anyone.
will this work with nails? do they have to be polished to work?
Does it produce heat? I wanna try it for a project.
can it be made with dirt from anywhere or does it need to be a certain type of dirt?
I got the same question...