The Earth Battery As A 'Free' Energy Generator 

If you use larger surface areas and bury the metal deeper so that all the of the surface is making contact ... it will increase the voltage dramatically. Also make a 5 gallon bucket of salt water. An entire box of salt to make it strong, and pour around the area where the metal is buried, you will increase the conductivity of the soil.... Also you can drive a nail into a nearby tree and connect to the nail for positive, and the metal buried as negative. The wind blowing through the branches and leaves generates a current down to the roots because of the constant movement of the branches and leaves due to the wind. Increasing the energy output at this point is only a matter of expanding to multiple trees in a parallel manner by doubling and tripling and so on the collectors. ( 1Tree = 1 collector) ... ( 2 trees = 2 collectors) ...

This is what Niccola Tesla was doing in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Our soil is very rocky, and quartz and granite full, which brings up our piezoelectric field, that's probably why he was here. ALL anybody knows, from seeing it, is Tesla running around putting into the ground what looked like "rods" (no one knows WHAT, a conductive device,) ESPECIALLY after thunderstorms. I am here because I have given myself the goal of not paying my gouging energy company anymore. My goal is do to this in one year, and I am just thrashing around at this point gaining knowledge. Thank you all for being here.

Thanks heaps Rob I have been suffering from severe depression and anxiety.i find that copying your experiments has helped me immensely and the way you teach feels like your explaining it for all ages so to speak.Keep up the great work

I remember a friend of mine who was a military contractor talking about tech like this. Basically, he said he saw a prototype prefab building with plates driven into the ground that had power with no need for an electrical grid. This was in Afghanistan back in 2010 or so. He only saw it once and didn't know if it was some proprietary corporate technology or what but it fascinated me. This is the first I've seen of someone actually experimenting with it because I never knew what it was called.

I love how you're amused at the readings you get. Your curiosity and wonder are contagious!

I did an art project few years ago with earth batteries but with plant pots. It was working pretty well using acidic soil (consequently with plants requiring this type of ph), copper and zinc rodes and I could gather 5volts, amps were a bit low but adding more "batteries" in serie was much better. I think humidity of the soil, the size, the surface and the distance of the anode and the cathode can make a big difference. Looking forward to try it in nature! Anyway thanks for your channel, great contents!

Great presentation. Might I suggest that you use a 4ft copper and stainless steel rods? The upper layer of the earth on how dry is really superficial. Boring in a 4ft copper rod by a creek as the positive and the stainless steel rod by your house as the negative. Let's say that the creek is a hundred yards away from the house. Bead a wire from the creek and one by your house. The positive line will be inches of touching the negative stainless steel rod. Coil up a 1ft tube of copper wire then exit to attach the wires to a pulse motor. Place a narrower coiled up tube to fit in the larger one. Volt test the coil. And see what you get 😁

Makes me so happy that someone goes beyond the obvious to venture where only geniuses do. Keep it up honorable good man. saying hi from Mexico.

I’ve experimented with earth currents. The changes in power from various materials indicates at least part of the power generated is electrochemical. The depth and composition of the “electrodes”, mineral makeup of the soil, pH, moisture content, and any number of other variables make a difference. I used stainless rods to minimize electrochemical reactions. There may be additive or cancelling currents as well. After experimenting for days in several locations I never did come up with definitive criteria. Inserting the spike as little as an additional inch or moving it a foot raised or lowered the voltage sometimes arbitrarily. Sometimes the power changed with moisture but not always. Sometimes it went up and sometimes it went down. I think it just depends on what the makeup of the subsurface materials and stratification, as well as the cumulative contact area between the various subsurface materials and the rods is at any given location. Like you did in the video, manipulating the rods produced variations. It was frustrating but fun.

I used to do some of these experiments when I was young. My father told me that they used to use this tech for a power source for the old school morse code system they used to run by the train tracks. Such mental flash back. I love it

I would of liked a close up look at you putting the different metals in the ground and configuration. I never heard of that in science class. You taught me something today. Thanks

My friend and I spoke of this a few years ago and it was such a great discussion. Galactic current sheet is connected to the heliospheric current sheet that is connected to the Interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) which is then connected to the global electric circuit. Movement of charge flows through the L-shell magnetic field induced by the global dynamo magnetic field. Current must go somewhere...it's simply tapping into whats already flowing.....grounding.

When looking for telluric currents Use the same material for both the anode and the cathode to isolate out galvonic reaction. You'll need seperation distance to have electrical potential. And you should try placing electrodes in a circle equal distance from a center electrode as youll find one electrode on the circle has the highest voltage, and another will have the lowest voltage with respect to the center electrode. Throughout the day You'll find that the direction of current will change.

And then we could amplify it somehow... Waedenclif... You know, I so appreciate how you just put this kind of stuff out there, that with the right ingenuity might turn into something amazing. Like your fusion video, with Boron. Which now a company called HB11 is patenting a similar system. You are one of those inspirers (spelling) of people, who will do greater things than we can thus far imagine. And here you are just playing around on the forest floor. Or local park grounds. Rock on Robert!

If you go to a weld shop or welding supply store and get carbon arc rods , they are carbon rods encased in copper and come in many sizes and lengths😊

Thank you for providing these videos mate- I truly appreciate your channel and all of your content. You’re definitely one of my top inspirations.

Thank you for the upload Robert. Your work and knowledge is appreciated at least by me sir. Please continue the progress you have made.

To add to the conversation, I had some thing interesting and surprising that happened to me a few years ago.. I am a Ham Radio operator. I had two copper ground rods just out side my ham shack window. One was a 4 foot rod and one was an 8 foot rod. I decided to connect their #8 wires coming into the house together in hopes of an improved ground area and better grounding effects... AS soon as I touched the wires together to bond them there was a loud snap and I got one hell of a shock... I never took this any further but think the two different length ground rods had a different ground potential and in essence a potential difference between them... Any knowledgeable Ham knows that if you have a potential difference you get a voltage and a current flow when they come together. I say forget the copper and the Zinc and work with the different lengths of copper 2 to 1, 3 to 1 length variance and take some measurements to see what is happening here...... Just sharing ideas here for maybe some thing to be developed that will help humanity with cheaper power. The best to all.

Like that one where the water going down the drain is reversed down under. I love to listen to these videos they are always very interesting. A man with great enthusiasm for what he knows and what he wants to find out.

I LOVE how fixed the mic audio!! its so dynamic

This is immensely important, and the audio is very clear. Thanks for talking on the subject.

*Carbon* and *Magnesium* metal gave me the best results *by far* when i tested this a couple of years ago.

you are one of THE BEST TEACHERS of (practical side) of physics & chemistry in the World i think.... fantastic work congratulations !!!!🙂🙂🙂💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

Great experiment Rob! I love how you spark curiosity in people, including my family. We are going to try this same experiment at some point with neodymium and copper (as well as some other rare earth metals and crystals[as we know quartz generates a frequency when under pressure]) to see if there is any correlation to Earth’s magnetic field. Thank you for your spark! 😊

Thanks for sharing this Robert. I hadn't seen a video on Earth Batteries before, So I'm really interested to experiment. Thanks for opening my eyes to something very interesting.

Thank you for another fantastic upload, earth batteries have fascinated me for a long time, this has re-sparked my interest...

Well, I never had heard about this subject, even though trying out many things myself. We all are kept in darkness. I enjoy Your English and the way of speaking very much. Greetings from Lüneburg/Germany

@2:59 I subscribed ... I like this gent already. Never hear of this device; i've lived nearly 2 generations and this could have helped on several camping excursions, if not several hours of boredom. The fact that this simple-technology is not taught in the 5th grade or higher, is proof that no one here is really trying for a better future. Thumbs up.

This reminds me of Nichola Tesla's work with Scaler Waves - This kind of research fascinates me - All sorts of electrical power in the Earth itself - At 8000 meters of altitude, one could tap into a whole lot more power with ionic electrical generation - Seems to make for one helluva Capacitor - If one could get a Hemp Graphene Super Capacitor Battery in the middle of all this naturally occurring power, then we'd make a huge leap forward - An electrifying prospect !!! As always, another outstanding and insightful educational video - Thanks so much ...

I remember reading about earth batteries maybe 20 years ago and was always going to investigate its usability. Over the years I forgot about it until now. Thanks for the video, you renewed that spark.

We had power from the soon to be defunct ESKOM over a SWER line, Single Wire Earth Return, granted it was an 11KV line, dropped to 220 volt through a transformer at our take off point. The line was 8km + long and we averaged 300 mm or so per year, there was a river flowing through our farm which might have been a factor, but these types of lines were and still are used supplying electricity over hundreds of kilometers in the country, so there is something about using the earth as a "conductor" Thank You Robert for all the fascinating videos

hey Robert, this channel has been one of my favorites the last couple months cuz it's just fascinating the experiments you do and this one is very interesting I'll have to look into it myself. Great video what it would be like to spend a week with you doing some of these experiments maybe an awesome thing. But I'm in the states👍😀🇺🇸

Sir thank you for sharing your knowledge and acknowledging where and how some these ideas might of come about... Great job professor

Hi I read somewhere that aligning the cathode towards the North and the anode towards the South whilst making one giant straight N/S line with (cathode, wooden paint mixer in between them, and anode, taped together and buried) cells at least 6’ apart, joined via copper wire as the ground was sprayed with saline water worked wonders. Someone else did the same thing only, in separate big planters and yielded much more voltage.

Excellent practical experiment. You can also get some pretty high voltages coming off the soil near your ground rod of your house main panel. Try being in the direction of your main power station.

Such an amazing process and concept. What a great explanation and presentation on how it works. Many thanks.

OMG...I just stumbled across and subscribed to your channel the other day. I absolutely love to be challenged and to learn. Your a breath of fresh air in a... Corroding World... Your a Positive ...not Negative Current of Change...Haha, see what I did there? Thanks for another enjoyable video 😊

Awesome! This earth battery gives me a lot of inspiration for "Land Art" sculptures. Would love to be able to light up LED's!. Thank you for sharing.

Love your generosity of knowledge & appreciate you taking your time to testing the methods out. I do hope your video saves some un expecting individual from a Frigate winter or a family to have lights. May The All Knowing All Aware compensate your knowing or unknown righteous actions by sources lease expected & where necessary now & in the places to come

I started watching this chanel as it would be Antony Hopkins talking about science. Absolutely superb!

Hi Robert , it's interesting harnessing the earths energy and using it for different things . I lived in the mountains near Byron Bay , Australia . I lived in a little hut in the forest . Now I received an injury , a cut over my eye splitting the eye brow erea . I'm not a fan of doctors or hospitals , but lean more to the alternative side of healing :) . I happen to be ,a little psychic . I was wondering what I should do to heal the cut over my eye , when I was inspired to get a tall staff , and a crystal with a deep root . I was guided to carve a hole in the end of the staff and place the crystal root into the end of the staff with the termination of the crystal pointing upwards from the staff . The staff had a v shape , at the base where it connected wth the ground . I was then guided to go into the forest , and find the spring I knew off , as the earth energy flows most strongly through this place through the spring water . A lay line , of earth energy :) . So I made the staff , and took it to the spring , and was guided to put the v shaped base of the staff into the earth at the spring , and to direct the current through the staff , and crystal that focuses the current into a beam or lazier like device , and use the force to heal my cut . Well , imagen my surprise when I drew the staff toward my cut ,a bit quick , and a strong spark come out of the staff and went up over and zapped me on top of my head . TRUE . :) Of course this made me jump back in surprise , and I then proceeded again with a slower manner and alittle more distance between the wound and the crystal . This time I could control it much better and proceeded to energitally sew the wound by moving the current which clearly tingled , back and forth across the wound . I share this Experence , to inspire folks to EXPEREMENT for themselfs . You can plug your own staff into a spring or lay line , and direct the force into any wound or area that needs healing . Your literally feeding life force , directly into the desired area , by doing this , and this heals you. The crystal condenses and focuses the force for your application :) the wooden staff is a conductor connecting the earth force, life energy , from the lay line to where you point the crystal . :) Sounds like the work of a magician , because it is . :) and it really does work ! Enjoy :) Magic Happens :)

My favourite bit was the reference to esteemed Professor Swiss Guy .. ;)

Really interesting: never heard of this. Showed it to my daughter (11) and suggested she could do a science project for school. If you can run a small electric motor off this you’ll get the kids hooked!

I love how English men wear a sportscoat to work in the garden. I am a new sub, so this just struck me as charming, like Doc Martin.

My neighbor revealed before he died he was using that to power his home. Dude was an engineering genius. I wish he had shared more about it before he went but terminal illness unfortunately.

Great experiment! I wonder, too, if the pH of the soil being used might make a difference as well. The lemon / Potato batteries come to mind. Keep up the great work!

Our ancestors were accessing earths and aether energies.. Freely.. Great incites on FPV Angel channel, ty Robert 🙏

You rock! Thank you for sharing this…interesting, informative, casual and fun 😃

If you rods had been longer you would have a stronger reading too. I tried it and it worked for me.

Great video. I too am always interested in energy from different sources.

I want to power a pump for a small bird bath, thinking this may do the trick. Time to experiment! Thanks so much for putting all this info out into the world! Also, if anyone has tried powering motors and such using this idea, I’d love to hear about it.

Biologist here that struggles with physics. I've heard of these and you explained it well!

Thank you for this, I'm going to look up other information, and do some experimenting myself now.

It seems like a really cool concept but I wish you had the camera angled so that way we could see exactly what you we're doing

Not if this comment is as if any significance i admire your channel sir for quite some time and absolutely adore it and what is yet simple yet absurdly naturally complicated, you may not ever see my post, I just want to humanly say thank you very much.! You reignite my some say naive and childish ambitions of how wonderful this life is constructed and may be possible to (discover) a potential benefactor or improved perception of what can be achieved.

Thanks Rob Great Video. I'm sure with moisture as the resistivity of the soils reduces, you should get more current flow

Always interesting Robert! But it seems like the matter could be settled by putting some of that earth in a flower pot away from the ground and seeing if you still get a current? You could actively change orientation as well. Am I missing something?

Thank you for this fascinating experiment. It suits my scrap metal bin and generally damp back yard to a tee. I don't have an outside plug and cheapy solar lights really aren't dependable enough, so this might fit the bill without rechargeable batteries. I'll let you know if I get this rigged up ...

Thank you Robert, for sharing this amazing energy generator from Mother Earth😍

Love these videos brother in light. Keep learning and teaching we need men like you to multiply everywhere. We need to get these video game playing kids thinking again . ✌️👍

You have a fascinating channel. I've always wondered if some of the expensive elements used for vanity would be useful in applications like this and battery chemistry. Gold, silver, platinum, etc. This also makes me think of Kelvin water drop electrostatic generators. Natures hidden physics are so powerful. Keep up the good work, thank you.

Thank you for doing these videos. I've been eyeballing earth batteries for years. Planning on running them in series along the property fencing perimeter. I really like your Magnesium/Carbon combo. Personally, I've always believed these work due to the ongoing electrical charge the earth itself acquires via exposure to solar ionization. Probably some electromagnetic induction from the Iron magma flows under the crust as well. I've got experiments re: a couple ideas I wanna try out w/ your Mg/C arrangement. Geometry of the cathode/anode for maximum surface area being one.

Thank you sir for the information. Probably, lots research is required in this field but very informative video.

I propose an efficient use for this type of battery may be in parallel with another generator, like a micro wind turbine: the voltage from the Earth battery keeps the diodes open in your rectifier, increasing usable power, even in low wind conditions? I wish to try it. My hypothesis: The Earth battery works similarly to the rain fuel generator; Different regions of moisture and charge within the soil act as the singular rain drop does. Prediction: different coating(s) of the electrodes in conductive ink (or similar) and/or polyurethane (or similar) will increase power. I want to experiment with various large surface area aluminum foil anodes on the south side of a freestanding plastic (electrically isolated) garden box and graphite rod cathodes on the north. Add two or three Daisy wind generators, and I might have a trickle (or better) 12v battery charger. This RU-vid channel rocks!

Fascinating. I think if you were anticipating microamps, then perhaps a 1K resistor might have been a smidge on the low side. Perhaps 1M to begin with? It's a pity that all "coking foil" is aluminium, be great to have access to a very cheap HUGE surface area that could be played around with. If there is any "non corrosion" based power generation, I am guessing two IDENTICAL electrodes should yield *something* - so perhaps there is merit in playing with a 10 metre roll of foil for about £1 :)

Hi, great content by the way - but I was wondering since Aluminium surprisingly seemed to produce 1 full volt as compared to most of the other scrap metals -yielding less output and people toss out their old TV antennas - which are seemingly aluminium tubing - and one commenter below suggested that driving the metal deeper into the ground so that its nearly completely covered - increases the voltage dramatically - then getting hold of as many old discarded TV antennas as possible and using relatively long lengths of that wasted or discarded source of aluminum tubing might actually be worthwhile doing and wiring them in series over an entire backyard might produce a sizeable set up that could even be used for recharging car batteries and everyday household items and tools that use batteries - and all for free - as you could charge tools etc constantly and thus reduce electrical grid power consumption - a big consideration these days with ever increasing mains power costs to householders.

Nice experiment. I only just now found your video. I discovered this for myself about a year ago. I was reading on a wet day, one probe of my multimeter in the ground and the other (positive) lead, I stuck into the bark of a tree and was getting .97v dc. I was surprised that I was getting any electricity within the tree because wood is an insulator, so I think I was reading from the water/moisture in the tree. Especially since it was wet, but I was still intrigued by it nonetheless. Especially was curious about the surface area of all of the roots because it was a very large tree.

Tesla, Henry Moray and Nathan Stubblefield did the most in this area. Tesla and Nathan Stubblefield were friends. Nathan Stubblefield used his knowledge with telegraph lines in this experimentation, and when he died, the men that went to go deal with his corpse found the house warmed and lit by some unknown source.

Would you also get a greater differential if anode was in shade and anode in Sun? Also can these be built into a series of sorts?

With the schools closed this is going to make a great experiment for my lad and I. I once arranged for a Well to be dug on Dartmoor, a man turned up with divining rods, found a source and two weeks later started boring. Found water. Always fascinated me. Maybe he tapped into some hidden electrical anomaly. I don't know but find the idea beguiling.

Very pleased to have this pop up in my feed. I have toyed with these ideas as well along with using trees and maybe even a corrosion based system for people near the ocean where you could cascade the salt water through boxes with dissimilar metals, maybe like a little labyrinth or something. There was a story or tale of an experimenter guy our here in Utah that was a scout master that lived about 100 years ago. The old timers claimed he would put out probes to light the area on campouts. My thought on this has always gone a couple directions. I always thought that if telluric, there may be more voltage be creating distance between the probes to better exploit the ground current differentials. I have done some experiments here but I live in the proximity of some high tension lines that may be creating induction on my conductors. I need new probes for my old O-scopes to look at the wave form but now they probably have soft o-scope good enough for what I would use it for.... I need to check that... Wish and Temu.. lol This brings up another point. I have suspected that if done correctly you should be able to somehow exploit the magnetic flux of the earth. IIRC is that about 7.8Hz? If so creating the correct LC tank may allow for better extrapolation of the energy. Now that we have 1 farad caps for car stereos and things it seems like it would be possible. Before I was toying with the idea of tuning "Wine Bottle Caps" popular amongst Tesla Coil enthusiasts, Of course I have some other ideas how I could use such a capacitance bank as we move deeper and deeper into low-voltage solid state devices... for which I won't mention publicly here as it might get the wrong kind of attention... lol Anyway I might revisit these earth and tree batteries and pair the experiment up with a "Joule Thief" style circuit as I think you could produce usable lighting in a long term grid down scenario. Always keep extra Diodes and transistors in your Faraday junk box.. just sayin'... lol

Robert, thanks, My first time hearing about this. It sure does spark an interest on some experimenting needed to be done.

My god man,,,, you just explained the mystery power source for the pyramids and every other ancient structures around the world.

Hi very interesting. just a note not so long ago when I worked in the telecommunications industry we used to drive I think it was stainless steel rod some 2 metres into the ground for the signalling for public telephone metering, I thought this may throw som more fuel into the fire thanks

One of my science fair entries as a kid was a battery from plates of copper and zinc with horse manure in between. Put out several volts and would light a small bulb. Thought about scaling up in our septic tank but copper plates that size very expensive.

It generally doesn't take much to get me interested in something if it is a topic that is of worth. I watched one of your videos. I am intrigued thank you very much for sharing I will let you know of my progress in my, experiment on your idea you have shared.

The steel fence, behind , would function as antenna, turning emw to emf. Check from fence to ground, if the fence is not grounded.

What would happen to the voltage if you used a pair of large 20m long and 2m wide electrodes of what ever the best conductor is. Do you think the voltage would jump substantially with using them in series etc. Cheers for the content

I love your videos and I have learnt so much information. I have a really small substation at the end of my garden and would be interested to see if I could get some free energy from it obviously without killing myself or something illegal

Very interesting, thanks. I'd like to try arranging them in a circle !

Amazing and very interesting Robert thank you

I have just a very basic understanding of electricity when I ask this question of you, but would it be possible to take the current and connect it to a capacitor to build up a charge, then when the capacitor discharges, run the discharge through a voltage regulator to charge a battery?

Super intresting. I wonder how the trees and plants feel iff you are making a battery from the ground. Wauw what an intresting subject, thank you

I had read an article years ago about telegraph lines that were generating their own power, enough power that workers had received a good shock even though the power supply was off. The explanation was that it was similar to a river. The river being the electricity wanted to get from point a to point b to achieve equilibrium, but had to follow a tortuous winding path. The telegraph line produced a straight line, like a canal that allowed a less restrictive path. Interestingly when these telegraph lines fell out of favor and had been cut for some period of time the effect was gone. As though the potential had found a different path. There were other examples of this phenomenon. I chalked it all up to an internet story like the 200mpg carburetor. Maybe there was more to it?

Great video! Thanks! I’ve been wondering about this. I was hoping you would have included the amp for the carbon and magnesium pair. (I would do it myself but have to order parts.)(And I am very much an amateur at all of this.)

I have seen a video albeit controversial where large rods and also a radiator like structure were buried in the ground, water then added, and a large amount of current was produced.

Awesome video, you really do learn something new every day. I think I might try this with our beaver group.

Hi Rob thank you for sharing this information I will be out with my meter experimenting all the best Paul

Just a query: You mentioned that the annode and cathode positioning might be different from Northern hemisphere as opposed to the Southern. Wouldn't it be the same, being that the energy flows from the north pole to the south pole? Like the earth being one large magnet? Or does it flow from pole to equator? Just trying to put this together in my head. Thanks, great vid!

We''re going back to a lot of this old technology as limitations on what we have now are showing themselves. I read that nickel-iron batteries are being looked at again. I'd like to try making one or ask Mr. Murray-Smith to run a video on that.

Very interesting video. I think that you would be intrigued by Star Forts. They were built by a previous civilation and use energy from the Earth like a giant generator. Most of these, "Star Forts", were built by a water source, or where water once used to be !!!

on a video game I play DayZ arma 2 version there is a map called Napf, there are a few places on this map that show the earth battery and how they are laid out and how big it really is, they used 7 foot long rods in the ground and there is 50 of them and on top of all the rods are wires set up in a series, its a good example of how it should look like

This was really interesting. Stainless steel and carbon seem to be the best options due to longevity. Plug 1000 of each into the earth and you should get yourself a generator :)

Always fascinating. Never heard of Earth batteries before. I wonder if you would get a much higher differential at one of the magnetic polls. Maybe even just a air anode and ground cathode since that's where we would find the highest concentrations of magnetic field lines.

Brilliant. Thank you sir

Thanks for sharing this information with us. I love all free energy

After seeing the voltage jump from copper against carbon to lead against carbon. I’d be very interested in seeing what the voltage of silver against carbon would be. Since silver has the highest thermo and electro conductivity of any metal.

I really enjoyed this video...very interesting and informative....i wonder if you did this in boxes and added a salt water solution if it would increase volts and amperage?

Don’t understand it all, but very interesting the idea of getting power from the ground! Thank you.SkipRay

This is interesting. Does larger diameter conductors increase voyage or amperage? Does more gap or less gap increase wattage in any way? You mentioned using pots, I was thinking hooking them in series to get 12V or 120V but would it generate anything hooked into pots on shelves? Now I have to try it out.