Generation and Storage of Electrical Energy
By Lissa Donothito Nadul Wilgrim Caselle Whitehorn
The storage of electrical energy can be done by a few methods. Historically, energy has been stored in rods known as Mesmer Coils, but the ability to recharge those has been lost to the ages. Similar to a mesmer coil, this document will outline how to create a charged device in another manner.
A Simple Hydraulic Osculation Capacitor Kit (or S.H.O.C.K. for short) can hold an electrical charge of fourth circle arcane energies (at minimum). It is constructed with a copper (or gold) rod that protrudes out the top and is suspended inside a glass bottle filled three quarters with a brine mixture. The inner and outer walls of the glass bottle are lined with thin layers of copper (or gold) (Figure 1).
The most common way to charge a S.H.O.C.K. device is by directing arcane energies at the top of the copper rod. Alternatively, a number of devices separated by short distances can be charged with a single 'chain lightning' spell as the electrical potential will arc to the next device as each is filled. Care should be taken to provide enough devices to hold all of the energy, otherwise a catastrophic explosion can occur. With a standard size bottle (i.e. volume approximately 0.2 buckets) the relationship is based on the square of the arcane circle (i.e. 36 jars for chain lightning, but only 4 for electrical loop; also, meta magic will obviously increase these numbers using the modified circle energy required).
An Arcanist will not always be available to charge these devices, so an additional device (called a Variable Objective Local Transmission device or V.O.L.T. for short) that can convert mechanical energy into electrical energy can be created to bridge this gap. The V.O.L.T. would consist of a rotating disk in front of a fixed disk slightly larger. The fixed disk has two thin plates attached to it at diametrically opposite positions, with one or more points that project through wide windows in the disk that turns in a direction opposite to that points. In the front side of the rotating disk two charge collectors with series of points collect charge from the front surface of the rotating disk, and are connected to the terminals (attach S.H.O.C.K here) of the machine (Figure 2).
The disk of the V.O.L.T. device can be rotated by hand or for constant use, a steam powered device would be preferred.
With either method of charge, the potential energy of a S.H.O.C.K. device will decay at approximately a rate of half every three days.
Special thanks to Erin Caselle who, without her help guidance, this would have have been possible.)