I shorted crystal cell number 4 for a full 5 minutes and the voltage dropped very rapidly down to 0.01 volts.

After I removed the short, the voltage climbed almost instantly to about .5 volts and continued to climb at a steady pace.

Within one minute, the voltage had climbed back up to 1.20 volts.

Within two minutes after removing the short, the voltage was back up to 1.25 volts and climbing was much slower.

At 5 minutes after removing the short, The voltage on #4 crystal cell was up to 1.31 volts.  Pretty close to the 1.37 volts that it read before the 5 Minute Short Test.

These crystal cells seem to be pretty resilient as far as the voltage is concerned.  The next thing I want to test is the current capabilities of crystal cells.

When the ambient air is dry, the voltage seems to drop on these crystal cells. If I put a drop or two of water they immediately perk up.

Today I measured the voltage on #4 and #5 crystal cells and they were at 1.15 volts and 1.03 volts respectively.  After adding a couple of drops of water to the top of the cells, the voltage climbed to 1.41 volts and 1.30 volts.

When I checked about 10 hours later, the voltage on #4 was  1.37 and on #5 the voltage was 1.36.  That seems to be a pretty typical crystal cell voltage with no load.

I thought that if a little moisture increased the output like that, perhaps more moisture would improve the output even more. Well, not so much.  I added a few more drops of water to both crystal cells  and the voltage dropped about 1/10 of a volt on both of them.  It climbed back up after a few minutes but no higher than normal.

Crystal Cell #4 and #5

The magnesium rods arrived and I wasted no time in building some new crystal cells with magnesium in place of the aluminum I used in the first 3 cells.

April 7, 2015.  I used the same formula for the “Magic Powder”.  Equal parts of Epsom Salt, Alum, Potassium Chloride and Borax.

I used the compression method to compact the magic powder between the copper pipe and magnesium rod in the center.  As soon as I was done, I measured the output of crystal cell #4 and the reading was 1.492 volts as soon as I had finished pounding the powder in.

I detected no heat from the crystal cell but the magic powder seemed to be boiling.  It sort of bubbled out from the top where the powder was seeping from between the PVC pipe washer I had made and pounded in to somewhat seal the powder in.

the voltage started to drop immediately after construction of the cell and within a few minutes, the output was pretty stable at about 1.36 volts.

On April 8, 2015, I made crystal cell #5.

I used the torch method to make this crystal cell and the output voltage immediately after construction was 1.376 volts.  after a few hours it had stabilized at about 1.25 volts.

I was so impressed when I first saw the crystal cells being touted as INFINITY CELLS  or FOREVER BATTERY that I just had to look a little deeper.

I found a site that showed how some of these crystal cells are made.  The components were as follows:

Copper Pipe
Magnesium Rod
Magic Powder  (Equal parts of Epsom Salt, Alum, Potassium Chloride and Borax).

I had all the parts with the exception of the magnesium rods so I used  aluminum rods in place of the magnesium.  It was suggested that aluminum would work but at a lower output voltage.

On April 2, 2015, I made my first crystal cell with the aluminum rod, copper pipe and the magic powder.  I used a torch to lightly warm up the copper pipe so that the magic powder would dissolve and sort of melt into the space between the copper pipe and the aluminum rod in the center.

When this crystal cell #1 was cool enough to pick up with my hand, I put a meter on it and it read 0.536 volts.  Over the next few days the voltage ranged from 0.619 volts to 0.633 volts.

On April 6, 2015, I made two more crystal cells using the same components and ingredients as crystal cell #1.

For #2 crystal cell, I used a different method of construction.  I used a section of PVC pipe that just fit between the copper pipe and the aluminum rod.  I put some magic powder and compacted it with the PVC pipe.  To get it well compacted, I used a mallet to pound it in with lots of pressure.

For #3 crystal cell, I used the torch method to melt the magic powder into place.

In summery, the output voltage for the 3 crystal cells on April 6, 2015 were as follows.

Crystal cell #1 = 0.622
Crystal cell #2 = 0.522
Crystal cell #3 = 0.555