Amazing how getting back to basics helps so much. What Tao just posted is it. That's the whole enchilada, right there.

Dave, you are on the right path with going back to transformers. But it doesn't mean you have to start over again, as you basically already have a toroidal transformer.

If you wish to rewind some standard htrs and replicate his first experiment for purity's sake that will work as well. Then we can wind toroids that are resonant to those frequencies...

At one point in this thread it did some research on magnetometers, and it's here somewhere, but I can't find it. I'll look back into that and report back.

It always amazes me how easy it is to chase rabbits down the hole, and get off track. Not that we were, and not that it's bad, because we can come back and read the basics with fresh eyes afterwards. This is a process of iteration. Reading, and re-reading, and then reading it again. And then reading some other stuff, then reading it again.....  I will also go back to the amasci stuff and re-read that, as it comes back into play on the third key point that tao posted.

Regards,
Rich.

@Jacob

No theocracy that man has created, ever has, nor ever will work. There is only one theocracy that ever will work, and that is the one put in place by god himself, even then, man will end up screwing it up.

And that wasn't the point. Context was the key. The guy piping in could has easily been piping in with, "42!". Which everyone knows is the secret to life, the universe, and everything; But not really relevent to the conversation at hand. Catch my drift?

sorry for being  another newbie who chimes in, but I've read through most of this, and am trying to follow intelectually.  I've reread all of mannix's posts and a quote from the man who "almost got it" really struck me.   

"3.  Flux can switch directions within a ferrous material instantaneously, and some say superluminally.  It takes very little switching power to flip flux "bundles" from one direction to another, given that there is a good path for the flux to move through.  The toroid is perfect for this.  If one were to turn on a magnetic field in one coil, that flux permeates most of the toroid, but more importantly is perceived by the next coil.  This in turn triggers that coil to operate, and the first coil field is shut down.  In this way, one could use coils to move the flux in PULSES around the toroid.  This switching from coil to coil, accomplished with low power, high voltage pulses occurs at a natural frequency of the circuit and that frequency that can be handled by the power transistors."

It seems pretty relevent right now.
p.s.  I am greatly impressed with the teamwork of this forum.  keep it up,  there are 6 billion people cheering for you. 

What drive circuit/configuration are you going to use?
I am thinking something like mine but with more control channels?
You know you gotta use square waves... I guess that doesn't need to be stressed.

Hello marco,
it seems that you are replicating the Molina-Martinez apparature !
For me it does not matter,
somebodies thought that SM=M-M

S
  dL

That is quite the accomplishment. ...!
Congrats.

I agree!
Quite impressive...

Yes, you obviously put in the hours on that one! Good work always pays off.

Quote from: giantkiller on September 29, 2006, 02:56:35 AM

What drive circuit/configuration are you going to use?
I am thinking something like mine but with more control channels?
You know you gotta use square waves... I guess that doesn't need to be stressed.

hi

im thinking about some fast high power transistors to start with and most of the control wiring connected as a stairway down.
its like segment a from collector coil 1 is connected to segment b from collector coil 2 so segment c from collector coil 3 is connected to a from collector coil 2 and segment b from collector coil 2 is connected to c from collector coil 3 and so for segment c of collector coil 2 is connected to segment...........  

well thats a bit hard to explain but i want to see if i can get it rotating down somehow.
and i will also use CAPS offcourse.
and maybe some diodes.

i think of it cant be that simple but lets try it anyway

marco

Guys let's keep it simple! SM says that there nothing intricate about his technology. Actually, the trickiest part is the control circuitry to prevent the device from tuning in too precisely. The rotating field itself is a cinch to obtain once you know what the frequencies are. You have to remember the account of the imploding tv sets. That is a key in understanding how the TPU operates. SM told us about the importance of this.

Ok, now it should be obvious to all of us that what sets a tv set apart from a radio is the image, right? Well in order to produce this image you have to scan the screen horizontally and vertically. Magnetically, this is done with the deflection yoke which basically consist of 4 separate coils working by pair to produce two perpendicular magnetic fields. Fact is if you operate two resonant LC circuits perpendicularly with a slightly different frequency (and maybe with a  frequency difference of approx. 7.8 hz) you achieve two goals: you create a rotational magnetic field and you combine two out of phase signals into the same magnetic flux which according to SM can yield some interesting results...

SM also sais that the collector was really 3 coils and insisted on the importance of this number. He talked about connecting these coils in series or in parallel. But I don't think he was referring to the fact that they could be connected in this manner with each other. Otherwise it would be easy to engineer the collector in the right way to start with, and one coil would be sufficient instead of 3. No, I think the reason 3 coils are needed is because 2 of these coils need to be connected (in parallel or in series) with the two resonant LC circuits in order to feed the rotating field. The third collector coil is the one that provide the output power.

The TPU is indeed a very elegant device. This is a fabulous technology! How much cheaper can it get? Now this is what I call true democracy: free power for the ordinary man... A device affordable to all. 

Aye lads!
I say weez propoze a bit of a toast now ta tha wee controller. Raise yer coils in thee air and all shout 'Hip hip hoorah!' to tha mother of all designs!
Take a beltin' sip now of yer ale and sit back down fer ye put yer eye out! dunt ya know thars werk to be dun, Argh!:D

ZPE pirates setting sail in the aether? 

I too am now working on my part...
Currently compiling 3 component square wave simultions,
I'm looking for the combination while you build the lock...

I will be posting observed anomalies in coming days.

~Dingus

P.S. Any suggestions for lowest to highest fequencies to include would be quite helpful.
(by limit of availible electronic components, example 5hz-999Mhz)