Jim:
Although your lead pencil voltage readings are sweet, but the mA reading is not 1/5 of what I get using the smaller aluminum capacitor cans that are 1/2 the size of your test tube.
When my capacitor cells are new they output 50+mAs, using only carbon/quartz, and the lead pencil anodes.
Your mA readings may be due to your only using a small piece of mg ribbon as the cathode. But, all in all, very impressive results...
I would try to make a coil of the Mg ribbon and insert that into the cell. Carbon does works well and does not rust. By using carbon you don't even need the pencil leads, as the carbon electrolyte serves as both, at least it has in my tests.
The running voltage/current test using an led will tell more about the long term affects.
The picture below is of the shape of the copper anodes that have given me the highest output, (when using copper anodes), this can also be heated up to be made into the semiconductor, but I have not tried that yet.
NickZ
Although your lead pencil voltage readings are sweet, but the mA reading is not 1/5 of what I get using the smaller aluminum capacitor cans that are 1/2 the size of your test tube.
When my capacitor cells are new they output 50+mAs, using only carbon/quartz, and the lead pencil anodes.
Your mA readings may be due to your only using a small piece of mg ribbon as the cathode. But, all in all, very impressive results...
I would try to make a coil of the Mg ribbon and insert that into the cell. Carbon does works well and does not rust. By using carbon you don't even need the pencil leads, as the carbon electrolyte serves as both, at least it has in my tests.
The running voltage/current test using an led will tell more about the long term affects.
The picture below is of the shape of the copper anodes that have given me the highest output, (when using copper anodes), this can also be heated up to be made into the semiconductor, but I have not tried that yet.
NickZ
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