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

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

That is what is used in dry cells. Search for battery chemisty in
google. There is a wealth of info on batteries online.

Warren.

> Have you tried using a carbon sheet as the cath/anode? WOULD 
> this work?
> 
> EM.
> 
> 
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 10:28:15 +0800
> >From: "Warrend Greenway" <dub@linuxmail.org>  
> >Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Homemade batteries 
> (was:  nuclear psub? (fruity goodness))  
> >To: personal_submersibles@psubs.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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