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Gardening Area => The Eco-Garden => Topic started by: ONandONandON on January 21, 2017, 02:30:49 AM
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Came across this Earth battery on youtube,
just thought it might be a cool experiment..
https://youtu.be/aCCK132OIGA
https://youtu.be/RaPUGNe6nl8
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Seems like a cool idea, but I'd be worried about the metals leaching into the soil and killing the plant after some time... Anyone else wanna chime in? Am I worrying about something I don't need to?
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This is impractical in pots, and would probably hurt the plants, but maybe it could work outside.. i need a multimeter to figure out if this works.
ive heard in a documentary that using copper tools can somehow benifit the plants, but idk it could be set up outside of the garden area also.
({almost related idea:} it's easy to copper plate metal objects (garden tools) using electrolosis of copper sulfate (available at hardware store)
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i have some copper pipe cut into pieces, might try something with that eventually...
anyways i found some interesting videos about howto create electricity in the garden..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X6pHlENnCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQBXU-C6PR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCsAfEbVRc
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In my eyes the problem with this is: Its not even rechargeable, it is a simple battery. This means: There is no net energy generation, much more metal electrode and anode are eaten away over time, producing new ones would require serious energy. So its more like a poor way of energy transfer, since the energy for production of the metal already was available to humanity once.
If one now could replace the electrodes; say a piece of coal from renewable source and a compatible renewable partner for it, that might work in terms of making energy available for human use.
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"If one now could replace the electrodes; say a piece of coal from renewable source and a compatible renewable partner for it, that might work in terms of making energy available for human use."
=^.^= that sounds a lot like the 'albanian style' microbial fuel cell..
sorry i haven't been working on this, there is just not enough time.
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Minute amounts of copper create the conditions for beneficial micro-organisms
Penetrate the soil easily -low coefficient of friction- less tendency for clay to cling to the tool
Copper is not magnetic - so does not disrupt the electrical fields in the soil
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