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Author Re: Analize this article please, It is too good to be true,
Steve Spence

2005-12-21, 3:21 pm

Seethis Pass wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:54:15 GMT, phoneme@025379386.for.email.address
> (Eric Sears) wrote:
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> I guess the key to this is the adding of the voltages.
> Is that something that is relatively simple?
> Can I take a number of .7 volt feeds and couple them up to produce 12
> volts at a usable amperage?
> In different words could a bushel of 'potato clocks' or a number of
> tree spikes in this case, be coupled up to run a light or charge a
> battery?
>


yes, and in the case of the tree, the electrolyte maybe continually
recharged, unlike a potatoe. The copper and zinc nails (or whatever you
choose to use as electrodes) must be replaced on a regular basis, and
there may be detrimental effects on the tree, but in an emergency .....

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