How to Make a Bedini Crystal Battery

[Branch Gordon]

Thanks Bob! I just bought this: http://bit.ly/HAEHzX

Cant go wrong with that haha! Just bought everything I need on ebay for around $17, so excited to put it together next week!

Cheers!

Branch,
Those fire starters will work, my first few cells were made with exactly that. Later I played around with other things and got some Electrodes, those were good but they have a steel core and it will corrode.

This is what I like to use now after much tinkering. It is pure magnesium .

Again it is only a suggestion as any magnesium will work but I prefer to keep other elements out.

http://www.rotometals.com/product-p/...mmetalrods.htm

[BobZilla]

Branch,
Those fire starters will work, my first few cells were made with exactly that. Later I played around with other things and got some Electrodes, those were good but they have a steel core and it will corrode.

This is what I like to use now after much tinkering. It is pure magnesium .

Again it is only a suggestion as any magnesium will work but I prefer to keep other elements out.

http://www.rotometals.com/product-p/...mmetalrods.htm

[Branch Gordon]

Ok good to know. Thx!

Branch,

no you want to drill a hole and tap it, use a rign terminal and bolt screw it in. use a stainless bolt.

Tom C

[Branch Gordon]

Ok I created a WishList on Amazon because I love Amazon and use it all the time. I added everything that I think I need to assemble this battery and circuit.

Does someone mind double checking my selections?

Link: http://amzn.com/w/4HLGHH37RD5S/

[Tom C]

Branch,

no you want to drill a hole and tap it, use a rign terminal and bolt screw it in. use a stainless bolt.

Tom C

[Branch Gordon]

I have sent the seller an email asking if it's solid copper. I will post here with response. As far as the magnesium goes, would this work: http://amzn.com/B0010O748Q?

Then I would just solder the wire directly to that magnesium block?

Hi Branch,
The description didn't say but assuming those are pure copper and not copper coated they would work fine. Any copper can be used as long as it is not just a coating over tin.

[BobZilla]

Hi Branch,
The description didn't say but assuming those are pure copper and not copper coated they would work fine. Any copper can be used as long as it is not just a coating over tin.

[Branch Gordon]

I am putting together a list of everything I need to replicate John's crystal battery at the beginning of this thread. I found these copper Buddhist offering bowls pretty cheap. $20 for 7 of them. That look like what I need?

TIBETAN BUDDHIST OFFERING BOWLS ~ Copper Set of 7 Bowls ~ 3" Diameter
http://amzn.com/B004UWKSYM

[Tom C]

i added them one at a time and waited 10 or so minutes tilltheir were no solids each time.... I wll get back to it eventually too much on my plate right now...

Tom C

[lcstier]

Tom,
After mixing the Alum first, did you put all the chemicals in the blender at one time or did you add them in one at a time?
I took John B response to Branch, to mean you had to watch the Hydrate for the gelling????
Linnie

[Branch Gordon]

Ok right on. Were you continually mixing it, or did you blend and then stop? Just curious for when I have a go at it.

I seem to remember John had a mixer he made from a windshield wiper motor he got from the scrapyard...and he was using that to continually mix something. Not sure if that was the same mixture or not...

so that would be right then branch I have only done batteries with straight alum, the one I tried with the mixture gelled up after I put it together in my blender... so there is something I did wrong. the one I got to keep working was a pure alum one.....

Sorry,

Tom C

[Tom C]

so that would be right then branch I have only done batteries with straight alum, the one I tried with the mixture gelled up after I put it together in my blender... so there is something I did wrong. the one I got to keep working was a pure alum one.....

Sorry,

Tom C

[Branch Gordon]

Err wait...can we doublecheck that? I'm looking back thru this thread at post # 356....and John B said the following to me:

"Do the Alum water first....
So about 3 cups of water 1/2 Cup of Sodium Silicate 1/8 cup SO4 One cup of Alum
One Table spoon of Hydrate 9/5 do not let it gel up unless you want to do something else. keep mixing then just let it sit and draw the liquid out for the battery."

So he is saying to NOT let it gel up, and to draw it out to put it in a battery.

Can you confirm?

[Branch Gordon]

Ok I see gotcha. I'm just gonna perfect my alum battery then...once I'm happy with my SG results.

guys the chemical mix is for a pasted style lead cell, you cant just pour it into a battery.... see his video how he made it, he melted lead and formed it in molds. an alum battery is just alum and water.

Tom C

[lcstier]

Branch,
I now have the 4 chemicals to make a new battery.......still waiting to see if anyone chimes in on the possible hazard
of mixing the 4 chemicals. One of my customers is a chemist and I'll ask her about the mix next time she comes in.
Linnie