How a Galvanic Cell Detects a Closed Circuit Without Using Electricity*

Within a circuit, galvanic reactants do not have a means of detecting a switch closing.  During the switch closing, no photons, electricity, electrical pathways, ion pathways or other communication within or between components necessarily exist within the circuit. 

 

When 2 molecules chemically combine, communications are established between them.  We (outlandishly) propose that the communication established via the switch closing is via all the molecules within the entire electric circuit temporarily combining into a single molecule. 

 

A galvanic reaction will not occur until the reactants have a place to put electrostatic energy.  The 2V voltage gradient from a lead acid galvanic reaction cannot be stably contained within a single atom. 

 

The molecules within a circuit can combine into a single molecule, to accommodate electrostatic and/or magnetic energy. 

 

As the molecules within the circuit chemically combine to become a container of electrostatic energy, the anode and cathode reactants automatically become part of the single molecule.  Once part of a single molecule, galvanic reactants can have a galvanic reaction. 

 

Our experiment indicated that the volts across the electrolyte of a galvanic cell within a galvanic circuit are less than the volts across the length of the circuit.  Therefore, the connections between circuit components that temporarily exist during a galvanic reaction can differ from subsequent connections.