Water Battery?

jpanhalt

Joined Jan 18, 2008
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I'm still trying to figure out how it works. It is obviously static electricity, but how?
Here is a quick guess between football games. It is very much like an inverted Van der Graaf generator. Instead of a belt carrying the charge to a sphere, the water carries it to the containers. Each increment in charge is due to the potential change with altitude, which is about 150V/meter at sea level (Wikipedia). I will have to think more about why the cross-over is used, or is it simply a red herring.

John
 

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Wendy

Joined Mar 24, 2008
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I don't think it is a red herring. It is an old device, I love the way the professor made it seem new! I'd never heard of it.
 

loosewire

Joined Apr 25, 2008
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Logic says that the water Is acting as a hydo-dam that creates
electricty.Water In motion. Not a red herring,a salmon swimming
up hill. go to post #9
 
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