Steven had to be able to answer 'NO' to the question does it contain any batteries.
This meant he had to improve the design to a level where it could power itself.
That's quite the turn of events when you analyse it.
The feedback makes the thing so dangerous.
He called it a furnace which feeds itself, the hotter it gets, the more fuel it gives itself to burn.
You can think in terms of chain reactions.
You can have a sub critical mass, a critical mass, and a super critical mass.
So lets look at these.
A sub critical mass does not have the ability to sustain a chain reaction.
A critical mass is able to sustain a chain reaction.
In A super critical mass the chain reaction will proceed at an increasing rate.
There is a quote in the doc:
the only thing that will stop a red collector is the disintegration of the matter acting as a receiver. IE. the wires all burn up.
This is not to say that is is not possible to create a device that is safe and that does not have the dangers of the runaway event but one that has to be powered in a different way as in the feedback mechanism will have to be either removed entirely, or modified to the extent where no direct feedback loop is present.
Lets say the iron wire is at a sub critical state.
And it moves to a critical state when the sub atomic sub harmonic frequency is applied.
Sub because these atomic frequencies are way too high to generate, but you can use a lower frequency.
This is like pushing a kid on a swing, but only pushing the swing 1 out of five swings.
If you make sure that your push is strong enough, and contains enough energy, you can still power the swing with an increasing result.
Also remember that the target frequency can be altered by using a bias field.
Only when there is a direct feedback loop, will there be concern for a runaway event.
So that state is super critical, because there is no limiting factor.
Unfortunately the design with the 3*3 coils is the one that is so dangerous because of the direct feedback loop.
So this is why i advised to start with the basic effect,
It can be as simple as
Two coils and a magnet, and one frequency.
I would also want to refer to the carl doc.
1. When one builds a bifilar coil, using one winding for power, and one for trigger, and drive this with a transistor, there is a certain point, when you bring a magnet close to one end of the coil, you will get a loud squealing noise from the coil.
This feedback is the result of the trigger and power coil constantly switching the power transistor used to drive that coil off and on again.
It is also a point where that coil/transistor combination produce a high voltage output which one can gather from the collector of the transistor.
If left unchecked, this resonant frequency of on/off switching will burn up the transistor, and thus a resistor must be put into the trigger winding circuit to lessen the voltage produced in the winding.
So now this boils it down to two coils and a magnet and a transistor,
That is 4 parts and a power supply or battery.
It's not exactly bifilar in the same plane, but think tunnel, CRT beam, aerodynamic wing design.
The meaning in this experiment is to understand that:
* There could be a point where the frequency interacts with the electrons at the atomic level,
* Feeding them energy in their own phase,
* So that they gain kinetic energy.
* And break free from their bonds.
And that:
* The magnet is used to force them into a specific path, combining their kinetic energies.
* The magnet is also used to control the frequency.
Do you think this experiment is difficult ?
Two coils and a transistor ?
I was just waiting for one of these joule thieve enthusiasts would hit on something but it just never happened.
I'd recon the idea of the microphone that is too close to the speaker.
Everybody knows the sound of the high pitch whine that will arise.
The air between the mic and the speaker starts vibrating and the input can 'hear' the output.
And this is a type of feedback loop that is comparable in a sense that the 'frequency starts to feed itself'.
Itself, and not themselves, because there is only one in this SIMPLE experiment.
That is, until you hit the center frequency, and then you have two frequencies to work with.