Hi Bob, What this has to do with CS is a puzzle to me. :)
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 05:48:58 -0500, Tai-Pan <[email protected]> wrote: Getting power from the ground takes a couple of straight runs of wire about 1/2 mile long. It's easier to recharge from the air. It's fairly simple. You need a mesh "antenna" attached to an automotive spark coil through a spark plug. The low voltage side of the spark coil runs through a diode rectifier, into a battery (fancy setups use a voltage regulator so the battery won't get over-charged). The antenna is usually some kind of screening (yup, chicken wire works) that is supported by two tall poles -- say 30 feet (Channel Master makes some collapsible poles for TV antennas that work well). Fasten the screening between the two poles, keeping the bottom at least 10 feet off the ground for safety. Of course, use insulators on the support wires/ropes between the poles and the screening (electric fence insulators work well). Make sure the screen can conduct electricity throughout. Make a plastic plate (acrylic seems best) with a hole in it large enough to fit a spark plug -- the plug doesn't have to screw into the plate, just go through it. Also, mount an automotive spark coil on this plate. Mount the plate (making sure it's insulated from the pole) about 10 feet above the ground on one of the poles. Install a spark plug into the hole using 2 washers and 1 nut. Strip about 2 inches of insulation from a wire and wrap it around the spark plug threads between the 2 washers. Connect the other end of the wire to the screen. Connect a non-resistive spark plug wire from the tip of the spark plug to the high-voltage cap of the spark coil. Run a wire from the low voltage terminal of the spark coil down to a recifier diode, and from the diode to the positive battery terminal. Run a wire from the negative battery terminal to a copper pole stuck into the ground (buried 6 to 8 feet). You won't get gobs of power, but you'll get some. During dry, windy days you could get several hundred watt-hours of power (with really big screens you could get kilowatts). -- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moines (CDP, KB0ZDF) -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
