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

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

Warren, any specifics you can provide on making a battery?
Carl


Warrend Greenway wrote:
> 
> 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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