This is hardly a way to extract useful energy.

You are correct about the Telluric currents but I wanted to inform you of some other details.  I get a little over 2 volts from my electrode set up and they are only about 12-15 feet apart, and properly aligned...but, I can light 48" long floro tubes and over 400 leds from this power source using a super cap and a joule thief circuit so I consider it to be useful.  I have run my exterior Christmas lights the past 2 years using this method.

The electrodes need to be far enough apart so they do not react with one another directly. (This is the only way I can explain this)  The further the better from what I have read though.

I noticed this right away when first seeing Kapanadze's videos which is why I began this topic.  I recognized some possible relationship to our earth battery and EER experiments.  The rest of what he, and now Naudin, are doing is over my head.

Bill

I know Pirate that you have done that.
I may add you are one of few people that can power a decent emergency light this way. (inexhaustible way)

Energy is all around us. From slightest air motion to faintest sunshine. What i am really concerned is about large scale electricity or power creation with ways more cost-efficient and enviromentaly friendlier that the methods used today. If Kapanadze have managed to achieve that, this is a matter of strategic importance to find out by any means.

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Regarding the grounds,

I have started in energetic.com forum a thread about ground based energy systems. In my view, ground can offer these practicalities to electricity:

1) Vast capacitance and electrons reservoir
2) A vast conductor for single wire power tranfer (ala Tesla type) or return cable
3) Energy flowing in it as telluric currents of DC nature (diurnal character) and AC nature located on the ELF, LF and various other higher frequencies. (created by solar wind and ionosfere lightning)

Regarding (3) I have argued that if a resonator (a magnifier transformer) could be built and syncronized to some natural LF range (say 40Khz) then a decent power could be extracted.
Unfortunately after some experimentation, i realized that if there is not a "ground potential" to an elevated plate of several hundred volts that is of AC character (eg  40 Khz) (not DC as the Tesla patent about radiant energy goes) then not useful energy could be extracted.

In my experiments, i have not find out any such scale AC voltage between ground and elevated plate. So this theoretical method is a dead-end
On the other hand, the DC nature between two ground or ground and elevated terminal is of very low power generation. (during storms the later way showns quite larger performance)

Regarding (2) this is suitable for power transfer as readily understood and not creation. This is particularly good for tricks!

Regarding (1) do not have a clue how can be usefull, apart from Tesla coil oscillators.

Hi Groundloop,

Great early experiment, as proof of concept.  JLN Labs is making tremendous progress, I just can't wait to see the details.  I have found the latest here:

http://jnaudin.free.fr/kapagen/

It is not done, but I have posted a picture of his latest progress below.  It would appear very impressive progress indeed...

Cheers my friend!

Bruce

From my referenced link.  Which I got some time ago from another forum.  But I keep checking back on the link... 

Hi Bruce,

WoW, JLN Labs is doing good work.

A normal microwave oven transformer is rated approx. 1000 Watt.
I hope he will post a circuit drawing soon.

Groundloop.

Hi Groundloop,

Check out JLN Labs latest Youtube!  Only 33 minutes old!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOvuQweJsV8&playnext_from=TL&videos=_RKf_HUp6a4

Cheers,

Bruce

Bruce:

On this video, it appears he has moved his grounds further apart.  Man, that spark gap was really smoking this time.  I wonder if he has to adjust it to stay in resonance as he increases the load?

Bill

I'm not so sure.  I thought so at first and then rewatched it a few times.  In the first part, he zooms as he shows the wire off to the viewers right.  Difficult to tell.

I do know that he moved the bulbs off of the device onto the wood off to the side, for the best results.  The load may have been interfering with the resonance, perhaps, where it had been.  Much stronger output after the load was set off to the side.

Cheers,

Bruce

It looks like Naudin is using a variable frequency motor drive unit for the input to save winding the coils to a particular frequency. Does anyone have any info on this unit? The only marks I can read are {  ATV3  } . Thanks 
Garry