user TURBO?s replication of Steven Mark?s TPU ?

[hartiberlin]

Hi Turbo !
WOW !!!!

Your new video is really amazing !

Such a brightness of the 75 Watts bulbs from
just such a small Lithium cell for such a long time !
It is really Super ! Wow,
I guess I can?t sleep tonight and I will only
ponder, how you did this...

Now we can see, that it is not just a short
discharge but seems to be real usable power...


Please can you tell us more ?

Will you go soon public ?

Please all, don?t "hit" on Turbo so quick,
as it takes time to document all the effects
and he probably likes to play around
with his new toys more likely, than to write
documentation..
but a few more words would be very nice Turbo,
so please let your heart speak and give us
poor soles some more hints, so we can sleep again,
without pondering too much, how you did it...

Anyway, how did you modify this Tesla coil ?

You must have a real powerful high frequency AC
on your one wire output, otherwise this 75 Watts  bulb would
not glow this bright.

Will you post some more tips or some simple steps to
modify these standard ? Tesla coils ?

Where could such a Tesla coil be got from ?

Maybe a good thing to start could also be to modify such
a PC 12 Volts to around 1000 Volts AC converter,
which is used for these cold cathode fluorescent tubes,
which are nowadays used to MOD a PC case with some
light effects.

These 12 Volts DC to around 25 Khz AC 1000 Volts
converters are also pretty efficient.

Regards, Stefan.

[AhuraMazda]

Ok now that you asked no, I am not X or Dave. AhuraMazda is my stage name and I will try to be true to the spririt of Ahuramazda. Sorry no sermon here but look it for yourself.

Dave has kindly donated a coil to me and here it is:
http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,1761.msg19787.html#msg19787
He has done this a lot longer than me and I will try to do him pride.
I shall publish all my findings.
The following comments are based on my gut feeling and what I've read.
I believe you need proper uController for this project. Think of it like flying a kite one day you take your kite to the park and it flies beautiful and next day nothing. Probably this is why a o lot of people in this field fail at their demos from time to time Coller, Hendershot etc.

There are no magic frequencies. The resonant frequency of each coil has to be found. A u-controlled coil can be interacted with using commands to set the different frequencies and pulse widths etc.

If you are getting involved in this project you should have dedication, experience in electronic/electrical software design, physics and money and equipment.
As for me the ideas have not yet gelled in my mind but before you put soldering iron to the PCB have a plan.
Make friends along the way and share information and results. Decide up front whether you want to be a driver or a passenger. If you submit information that you are not sure of, say so. The worst kind of people on these forms are the ones that spread other peoples rumours as fact.
I am not good at PCB design but software is my forte and if we come to a concensus about a board we can share the same board design and software so that people who are not good at software design can still use the board with out hasle. I am not promising at the moment but I may design this board in the future. I have a few ARM boards but they are a bit of overkill for this application and I find it difficult coming down to a PIC.

Best wishes

AM

[AhuraMazda]

I forgot, Alex has aso kindly donated a PCB. A 555 based board provides a start and you can still run trials with it. Take note of attension to detail like heat sinks etc.

AM

[hartiberlin]

Hi Alex,
maybe you can make a few more 555er boards and
sell them over here ?

I would also like to buy one.

If several people would use that,
we can compare the results much easier,
so please post a price, for what you
would sell a kit or a completed checked board.

Any other one doing a uControler board ?
MrAmos ?
I would also later buy one of these.
Many thanks.

Regards, Stefan.

[Liberty]

@Turbo,

Can you describe in detail what we just saw in operation on your video clip when you turned on the clear light bulb please?


Thank you.