Testing the TK Tar Baby

[TinselKoala]

Did you hear the buzz of an overannuated gadfly? I thought I did.


Mags, I'm not giving out the numbers because it's a Secret Project Mystery Experiment. Don't you get it?

http://www.energy-shiftingparadigms.com/index.php/topic,2308.msg2516/topicseen.html?PHPSESSID=55935edf38dfafc5db1873b5b5de4549#new

[SeaMonkey]

Most interesting project TK!  It is somewhat
reminiscent of the old single turn low impedance
T-R Metal Detector loops we used to make in the
old days.  Nearly identical to the two loops you've
made.  Although the Transmit and Receive loops
in the metal detector were offset to minimize
direct coupling while maximizing pickup of
reflected energy from metallic objects within
the search field.

The mode-shifting you've observed certainly
bears looking into.  There may be something
of extreme interest there...

Well done!

[Magluvin]

Did you hear the buzz of an overannuated gadfly? I thought I did.


Mags, I'm not giving out the numbers because it's a Secret Project Mystery Experiment. Don't you get it?

http://www.energy-shiftingparadigms.com/index.php/topic,2308.msg2516/topicseen.html?PHPSESSID=55935edf38dfafc5db1873b5b5de4549#new

Yes, I got it.  Its just to prove a point. ;]  But as you know, that point will never get across. 

Was this device by your design?

Mags

[TinselKoala]

Yes, I got it.  Its just to prove a point. ;]  But as you know, that point will never get across. 

Was this device by your design?

Mags

No, I give the source of the inspiration and the links in the Description in the first video. I saw the version that Marko made and thought it was the best of the inductive power transfer demonstrations, nice for a tabletop on-demand mind-blower (for certain audiences of course.) So I downloaded the PC template and made the PCB myself, then used some components that he specified and some of my own, but it's basically an exact duplicate, only different, of Marko's circuit and layout.

It was really cheap and easy to build, too. The mosfets are only about 2 dollars each, and I had nearly everything else on hand already. The major expense was the bottle of ferric chloride for the etching, nine dollars, and that's mostly reusable and will make many boards before it loses its strength. The blank piece of PC board was 4 dollars and I used about 2/3 of it.

[TinselKoala]

@SeaMonkey: Thanks, the shifting mode was unexpected and I don't find other builders of this project mentioning it, but I'm sure it's just a loose wire or something, or maybe it's that wormhole just starting to open up. I understand that the discovery that led to the development of the Stargate was from a tinkerer working with a similar device.

Oh... wait, that hasn't happened yet in this timeline. Never mind, you'll forget all about it in a moment. Just look at the flashing lights....

ETA: This thing makes a lousy metal detector though. It responds not at all to a crescent wrench, no matter the coils location/orientation or whatever. I can see no effect on the bulb brightness from moving metals around or between the coils, close coupled or not. This seems weird to me, I was thinking the same as you, until I tried it.