If you need assistance, please send an email to forum at 4hv dot org. To ensure your email is not marked as spam, please include the phrase "4hv help" in the subject line. You can also find assistance via IRC, at irc.shadowworld.net, room #hvcomm.
Support 4hv.org!
Donate:
4hv.org is hosted on a dedicated server. Unfortunately, this server costs and we rely on the help of site members to keep 4hv.org running. Please consider donating. We will place your name on the thanks list and you'll be helping to keep 4hv.org alive and free for everyone. Members whose names appear in red bold have donated recently. Green bold denotes those who have recently donated to keep the server carbon neutral.
Special Thanks To:
Aaron Holmes
Aaron Wheeler
Adam Horden
Alan Scrimgeour
Andre
Andrew Haynes
Anonymous000
asabase
Austin Weil
barney
Barry
Bert Hickman
Bill Kukowski
Blitzorn
Brandon Paradelas
Bruce Bowling
BubeeMike
Byong Park
Cesiumsponge
Chris F.
Chris Hooper
Corey Worthington
Derek Woodroffe
Dalus
Dan Strother
Daniel Davis
Daniel Uhrenholt
datasheetarchive
Dave Billington
Dave Marshall
David F.
Dennis Rogers
drelectrix
Dr. John Gudenas
Dr. Spark
E.TexasTesla
eastvoltresearch
Eirik Taylor
Erik Dyakov
Erlend^SE
Finn Hammer
Firebug24k
GalliumMan
Gary Peterson
George Slade
GhostNull
Gordon Mcknight
Graham Armitage
Grant
GreySoul
Henry H
IamSmooth
In memory of Leo Powning
Jacob Cash
James Howells
James Pawson
Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Thomas
Jesse Frost
Jim Mitchell
jlr134
Joe Mastroianni
John Forcina
John Oberg
John Willcutt
Jon Newcomb
klugesmith
Leslie Wright
Lutz Hoffman
Mads Barnkob
Martin King
Mats Karlsson
Matt Gibson
Matthew Guidry
mbd
Michael D'Angelo
Mikkel
mileswaldron
mister_rf
Neil Foster
Nick de Smith
Nick Soroka
nicklenorp
Nik
Norman Stanley
Patrick Coleman
Paul Brodie
Paul Jordan
Paul Montgomery
Ped
Peter Krogen
Peter Terren
PhilGood
Richard Feldman
Robert Bush
Royce Bailey
Scott Fusare
Scott Newman
smiffy
Stella
Steven Busic
Steve Conner
Steve Jones
Steve Ward
Sulaiman
Thomas Coyle
Thomas A. Wallace
Thomas W
Timo
Torch
Ulf Jonsson
vasil
Vaxian
vladi mazzilli
wastehl
Weston
William Kim
William N.
William Stehl
Wesley Venis
The aforementioned have contributed financially to the continuing triumph of 4hv.org. They are deserving of my most heartfelt thanks.
Registered Member #902
Joined: Sun Jul 15 2007, 08:17PM
Location: Pacific Northwest USA
Posts: 1042
Bored Chemist wrote ...
" wait, you've known that it is functioning in the same reaction as a potato battery? and kept it from the thread? THAT would have ended this fiasco of a thread "
Third post, and no, it didn't.
you asked why to not use a potato battery, you never said the same chemistry as a potato battery was going on in the nuclear cell... I never knew that, and that is one of the reasons I needed to do more experimentation, the rest of this thread is the result of nothing I intended... since I can't experiment until summer, people are really confused about what is going on (and I can't explain) and this thread is becoming very wrong in general, far from intended by me - I am asking the moderators to lock it, until at least someone can come along with actual experimentation...
here is the post that I refer to when you state that they do use the same chemistry:
Bored Chemist wrote ...
OK. Let's have another look at this thread. It seems that "part of the point of this is the extremely long life." Well, as far as I can see, it won't have a long life in any meaningful way. The half life of the uranium (or whatever) isn't the issue. This thread is in chemistry because it's a chemical reaction. Once the zinc is used up, the reaction stops and there's no more electricity. Exactly the same as with an ordinary battery.
Registered Member #902
Joined: Sun Jul 15 2007, 08:17PM
Location: Pacific Northwest USA
Posts: 1042
usaman65 wrote ...
I think ths thread MIGHT go somewhere if a sort of totorial is made and the results posted. a vague discription is not helping anybody.
kev
as i have said, until summer comes I likely won't work on the battery... but when I do, I'll document just about everything done, a build description, and attempt to maximize efficiency and results... which I will try to have examined by my science teachers, and possibly a local professor who has shown some interest.
Registered Member #1364
Joined: Thu Feb 28 2008, 09:09PM
Location:
Posts: 55
sounds good. It would be nice if you could get it to get around 1-2v dc and then step it up to around 110 and run a telivision set off nuclear power.of coarse you would need to convert it to AC...but...
Registered Member #27
Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 02:20AM
Location: Hyperborea
Posts: 2058
As Bored Chemist has pointed out several times this thread is not very helpful so I am closing it.
When someone has any new devleopments to report on or clear questions to ask they can open a new thread so people will not be confused by the contents of this thread.
This site is powered by e107, which is released under the GNU GPL License. All work on this site, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License. By submitting any information to this site, you agree that anything submitted will be so licensed. Please read our Disclaimer and Policies page for information on your rights and responsibilities regarding this site.
nuclear battery - no fission, fusion, or betavoltaics.
