Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Homemade batteries (was: nuclear psub? (fruity goodness))

["Warrend Greenway" <dub@linuxmail.org>]

Good question. I tried them all. I do remember that all of my most succesful combinations
included aluminum as one of the plates. I used brass, iron, and copper with the aluminum.
I think the copper and aluminum produced the most current in brine. You have to have a series
of plates if you want more than a volt and a half. 

Warren.

On Tue, 07 Jan 2003 03:59:25 +0800 "Warrend Greenway" writes:
>Were the probes dissimilar metals? I made a sea-water battery before,
>using plates that were arranged like gills that the brine flowed
>through. Worked great. Only problem is that the elecrton migration 
>consumes the plates and in the end it is more expensive then standard 
>batteries!

What metals did you use for plates?



Mike H.



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