Well I spent the entire day yesterday doing diode experiments and thinking about what could be causing the unknown effects. So I have dozens of photos showing measurements of the electrometer readout, but the battery ran out so I got my pad of paper and began logging data the entire day. Yesterdays logged data was for ...
2011-09-11 10:13:00
The 100 uF electrolytic capacitor connected to 100 Mohm load that's inside the freezer is still producing current. Yesterday it was producing 0.5 mV = 5 pA. That's amazing since the temperature is around 3 F. The piezo element, PS1720P02, connected to 20 Mohm load was producing 0.1 mV = 5 ...
2010-07-20 18:10:54
Yet another experiment was added yesterday. On 2010/7/15, 13:50, a 100 uF electrolytic capacitor connected to a 100 Mohm resistor was placed inside a thick small plastic container, which was wrapped inside a very thick sock with two wires connected across the capacitor extending slightly out of the sock. At 14:26 ...
2010-07-16 14:40:27
The following graph shows how the electrolytic capacitors current varies with temperature. At normal room temperatures it appears the majority of the DC current is due to electrochemical reactions due to the electrolyte. This will vary from capacitor to capacitor. The graph contains two different capacitors. As you ...
2010-07-15 18:48:38
I added two more experiments. 1) A piezo element. 2) An electrolytic capacitor freezer experiment. The rest of the electrolytic capacitor measurements are similar to yesterdays measurements. 2010/7/14 11:31, 1 x 0.47 uF #1, 22 Mohm, 74.4 F, 1.1 to 1.2 mV = 50 to 55 pA, ceramic magnet 13:42, 1 x 0.47 uF #2, 22 ...
2010-07-15 16:16:39
Another great day for electrolytic capacitor measurements. Here's the data. 2010/7/13, 13:42, 1 x 100 uF, 132 Mohm, 39.2 F, 0.0 mV, refrigerator setup 2010/7/13, 14:40, 1 x 0.47 uF #1 setup, 22 Mohm, 73.7 F, 1.1 mV = 50 pA, before placing on ceramic magnets 2010/7/13, 15:02, 1 x 0.47 uF #1 setup, 22 Mohm, placed on ...
2010-07-14 15:56:19
Someone has been emailing about some interesting electrolytic capacitor experiments. He's placed magnets around an electrolytic capacitor. He believes the data logging graph shows an increase in *DC* voltage, but when I look at the graph I only see a momentary pulse / hump in the graph, not DC. It's difficult to tell ...
2010-07-13 22:21:07
Some great / interesting news for the electrolytic capacitor experiments. The refrigerated electrolytic capacitor has been producing a positive voltage since late yesterday. This morning it was producing even more positive voltage. :-D Also the DC voltage produced by the 3 x 100 uF with 11 Mohm load is still slowly ...
2010-07-13 14:49:52
Yesterday was spent on fixing my car breaks, but here are some measurements taken from this morning. 2010/7/12 3 x 100 uF, 11 Mohm, 72.9 F, 1.2 mV = 109 pA 1 x 100 uF, 132 Mohm, ~ 36 F, -2.9 mV = - 22 pA The 3 in-parallel electrolytic capacitors have shown signs of slowly decaying. The temperature is a bit higher from ...
2010-07-12 15:23:08
It's still difficult to tell, but it appears the 3 X 100 uF connected to 11 Mohm has decayed down a lot, as expected. I'm expecting it to decay back down to what a 1 X 100 uF would produce. Also, close to 24 hours ago I placed the 1 x 100 uF w/ 132 Mohm load setup inside the refrigerator to see the effect. Here's all ...
2010-07-11 16:06:08