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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Homemade batteries (was: nuclear psub?(fruity goodness))
Hmmmm. I could, but it would probably be just as easy to read the
online docs. Try searching in google for battery chemistry. There
is a nearly endless list of things you can make batteries out of.
One of the first batteries was thin zinc and silver disk separated
by paper soaked in saline solution. I do know that it is nearly
impossible to make a battery that will compare to an off the shelf
unit.
Warren.
> 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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