PhysicsProf Steven E. Jones circuit shows 8x overunity ?

[JouleSeeker]

Matt has a few vids on various things, found this on his Tesla switch which goes back -- over a year ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKrmM0skifI&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

[JouleSeeker]

  I spent much of today reading up on Tesla Switches and NP's work three years ago on switches + caps + inductor(s).   VERY interesting, and I can readily observe the admirable tenacity of many of you who have been at this for a long time, like NP.   I appreciate your humor also, NP, NerzhDishual and so many others.  Fun reading.

   As for me, early work in alt-energy was in muon-catalyzed fusion then cold fusion...  which we're still pursuing, although my involvement there at the university is less than it was:

Construction of a Low-energy Single-wire Z-pinch Apparatus for Metal-catalyzed Fusion Studies http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/4CF06/Event/55778  • B4.00001 Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics or The universe as seen from underground. • B4.00002 Low energy accelerator for studying laboratory nuclear astrophysics.

   From what I've learned over the past year or so on this and related forums, it seems the following have the greatest hope for early success -- and frankly, I'm not so sure this tail-spinning economy is going to fly much longer, so I sense some urgency in our joint efforts:

(No particular order)

1.  Joule Thief/ sj1 - style circuits -- the main subject of this thread.  Thanks to Nul-pts for his tenacity on this one!

2.  Gabriel and Thane-Heins bi-toroidal transformer approaches

3.  Motor-generators,  Adams, RomeroUK, Bedini, Konehead, Muller, etc.

4.  Tesla-Brandt switches

5.  Tesla coil approaches

(The above appear to have in common collapsing fields/switching) 

6.  Gravity/motion devices

Comments solicited on which path (or describe another!) --  is "most likely to succeed for mankind in a hurry"!

[Shadesz]

I have been interested deeply in the muller type generators, BUT I wonder if/when they do become (and are accepted as) OU, if they will really help humanity. They usually rely heavily on neo magnets. And neo magnets are mostly produced in China. Regardless of where they are produced, I feel if a generator using neos were to go OU, the price of the magnets would jump so high that it would be out of reach for most of the people who really need it. Sad but probably true.

[Pirate88179]

  I spent much of today reading up on Tesla Switches and NP's work three years ago on switches + caps + inductor(s).   VERY interesting, and I can readily observe the admirable tenacity of many of you who have been at this for a long time, like NP.   I appreciate your humor also, NP, NerzhDishual and so many others.  Fun reading.

   As for me, early work in alt-energy was in muon-catalyzed fusion then cold fusion...  which we're still pursuing, although my involvement there at the university is less than it was:

   From what I've learned over the past year or so on this and related forums, it seems the following have the greatest hope for early success -- and frankly, I'm not so sure this tail-spinning economy is going to fly much longer, so I sense some urgency in our joint efforts:

(No particular order)

1.  Joule Thief/ sj1 - style circuits -- the main subject of this thread.  Thanks to Nul-pts for his tenacity on this one!

2.  Gabriel and Thane-Heins bi-toroidal transformer approaches

3.  Motor-generators,  Adams, RomeroUK, Bedini, Konehead, Muller, etc.

4.  Tesla-Brandt switches

5.  Tesla coil approaches

(The above appear to have in common collapsing fields/switching) 

6.  Gravity/motion devices

Comments solicited on which path (or describe another!) --  is "most likely to succeed for mankind in a hurry"!

My money is on the JT circuit.  With the research and experiments I have done to date, I believe this is the most viable one.  I may be correct, I may be wrong, but this is my opinion.

Bill

[JouleSeeker]

My money is on the JT circuit.  With the research and experiments I have done to date, I believe this is the most viable one.  I may be correct, I may be wrong, but this is my opinion.

Bill

Thanks, Bill, and Shadesz for the input.  Very helpful.

I have obtained some toroids with very high permeability and low hysteresis loss, to compare with the ferrite toroids I've been using in the JT/sj1 circuits.  These are nanocrystalline/amorphous toroids -- with permeabilities as shown:

CWS CN32-20-10G  perm = 80,000

CWS CN40-32-15G  perm = 70,000   

I look forward to giving these a go!