Quantum Energy Generator (QEG) Open Sourced (by HopeGirl)

[TinselKoala]

Note that their scope has both channels set to AC coupled.

This is probably the most misunderstood and misused feature of oscilloscopes. It is about as unfortunate as Franklin's choice of current direction naming. Had the early scope makers called it "Direct Coupling" and "Capacitor Coupling" instead of DC Coupling and AC coupling, we would be a lot better off.

AC coupling moves the Average value of the waveform down, or up, to the channel's baseline setting. This pretty much destroys most math done on the traces, except for Peak-to-Peak, which obviously doesn't change when you offset a waveform. But it means the positive and negative _peak_ values themselves are most likely wrong. For a pure AC waveform that is actually symmetrical about the zero baseline, there isn't any difference. But as soon as there is any asymmetry, setting the scope to "ac coupled" removes information and gives false math computations.

I'm not saying this is a huge effect in the QEG measurements that would affect conclusions very much, but it does show some questionable scoposcopy and possible oscilloscope abuse on the part of the QEG folks.

That oscilloscope has full-on math capability, by the way. It can compute an instantaneous power curve and even the integral of that curve, live on screen. Why aren't these capabilities being used? I really hate to see an oscilloscope that costs more than my house is worth, being used like a toy etch-a-sketch, useful only for its pretty squiggles and its numbers in boxes.

[TinselKoala]

I think the spikes on the current trace are probably just hash from the drive motor.

[MileHigh]

TK:

That oscilloscope has full-on math capability, by the way. It can compute an instantaneous power curve and even the integral of that curve, live on screen. Why aren't these capabilities being used?

Another great question, and I can only think of the harshest answer: They (James) don't know how to do it.  For every person there is a "competency threshold" for things like this.  I can't go very far with Word or Excel, and I am mad at myself about that sometimes.  I can't "drive" Excel and Word and demonstrate real competency to someone that is proficient, I can only do decent "hunting and pecking" with it, and I often have to plunge into the "help" maze.  There is a chance that that's the case for The QEG world tour with respect to the DSO.

MileHigh

P.S.:  Another clue or inference is that they only reported the cold filament resistance for the light bulb array in their report, essentially useless data.  Why didn't they report the hot filament resistance in their report also, something much more useful?  I know I am being picky, but it suggests a pattern.

[pmgr]

The waveform they are talking about is shown below.
MileHigh

Compare their measured waveform for primary current with my simulated waveform (see http://www.overunity.com/14443/quantum-energy-generator-qeg-open-sourced-by-hopegirl/msg402334/#msg402334 ) for primary current and see the similarities (only look at the shape and forget about the axis numbers and their primary voltage and my secondary current, only look at the primary current in both graphs).

Similar "double" peak behavior. And no, you can't tune the double peak away by tuning the resonance. It will remain in place; but you can move it slightly left left and right relatively within the main peak.

@Milehigh, I am curious at what your explanation is for the "double" peak. Should be pretty easy to guess 

PmgR, Ph.D. EE
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[MileHigh]

PmgR:

Yes indeed, you can see the similarity in your simulation.

I actually don't want to offer up my explanation for the double peak right now.  I honestly think James should explain the double peak, not me.

If someone else explains it, so be it, but I would rather let the "experts" that had an over unity QEG running for 150 hours explain it to us.

MileHigh