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  • Some Rolled Earth Battery Capacitor Questions

    built a rolled earth battery capacitor. It is about 12" across. I used 200 square feet of metal with a different metal 3/4 core pipe. I used a plastic type mesh material with a 10 year in ground life span.

    I understand that the the thicker the plastic mesh material the more capacitance my earth battery will have. What are the limits and how do I test? It takes several hours to roll an earth battery capacitor.

    Right now I have it in a salt water bucket for testing purposes. I will soon put it into the ground outside.

    I need some help on the readings of my multimeter. (I always have trouble)

    AC Voltage
    750 Setting I get reading of 001
    200 setting I get 00.8

    DC Voltages
    1000 Setting I get 001
    200 Setting I get 00.6
    20 Setting I get 0.62
    2000m setting I get 614

    DC Currents
    10A Setting I get 0.01
    200ma Setting I get 126.0 (about)
    20ma Setting I get 16.49

    So how many volts do I have?

    Thank You for your help.
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