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

[giantkiller]

GK - Pull yourself together and stop freakin' out!

Point taken. I do know this. Tonight I will see more results just as easily as before. Today will mark the 1st day of 2 sets of results, morning and evening. It is just inevitable that when big things change quickly in a positive manner,  elation takes hold with suspicion. Things are cool. I am trying to take the next step safely. But man, this happened damn fast!

Everyone has everything they need since page 55. Garden wire is standard size and there are 6" leads coming out of the collectors. My 555s are @ 5v the tip41a-s are @ 12v. Bias ohms are 100.
All the content is off site already and I don't know who or where. I also have an HTML copy. Anybody can get their own too. But remember, it does not copy the quotes or the graphics.

I need to implement very stable clocks instead of the 555s. And that is after the foot switch and the thermal shutoff is installed. Thats right. I expect more phenominal results. Anybody want to jump on the clock design? I could use the help and they could use the inclusion.

I know that by using the different 555 cap values, it saved my butt by keeping the 3rd freq off. I approach this next result set with caution and intrepidation.

Again:
coil diam is 6"
3 layers of:
collector coil is garden wire, 22 turns.
control coils are 4 segments of 30 gauge magnet wire, 200 turns on each collector.
the feedback coil is 16 gauge speaker wire (single run) wrapped around all layers in 4 segments of 17 turns.

Then interconnect the whole system by Ottos diagram.
I power the 555s @ 5v and the tip41a-s @ 12v.

Freq range is 200hz for all 3 555s.

My new power supply is 12v @ 8.25a

First law of uncontrolled TPU power up is: It gets hot real fast when you hear the clicking.
You been warned!
If you are doing this then tell me on the side if you don't want to go public here.

--giantkiller. All posted again for the utmost enjoyment of others.

[boxofsparks]

Congrats GK
I agree  the best way is to share the info and replicate the heck  out of it so there is no "single point"... I am rereading it all  and will get wound within a day or two...some  points are a little tough but most of the info is there. Thanks
BTW I found a nice 555 at Centerpointe Elect. FG-500K $38  will go 1-100 khz
Ay more details would be great !!!!!

[starcruiser]

GK,

I am working on the clock circuit using a VCO, PLL and dividers. Waiting on parts right now. I will send you a PM when I have it completed.

You should try a regular old 9vdc battery dude, portable design. you can also use 8v and 12v regulators to isolate the clocks from the supply rails and reduce noise, also use a 47uf capacitor or 2 for filtering as well.

[orosado]

Hello GiantKiller:

I think I can speak for most of us following this thread, as soon as a full set of simple plans and instructions is available, many of us will start replicating the TPU. So GiantKiller, you have nothing to worry about. We will follow your footsteps and build our own TPUs.

They can't kill all of us. And if more than one person can replicate this, the first one to replicate it isn't necesarily the biggest threat. I am in this 100% till the end. No amount of threat can stop me. I guess I am a FE rebel!

Peace,
Omar

[giantkiller]

Congrats GK
I agree  the best way is to share the info and replicate the heck  out of it so there is no "single point"... I am rereading it all  and will get wound within a day or two...some  points are a little tough but most of the info is there. Thanks
BTW I found a nice 555 at Centerpointe Elect. FG-500K $38  will go 1-100 khz
Ay more details would be great !!!!!

the 555 here is a timer chip, right? the lousy ones can be to 1.5 mhz. and not $38bucks? u mean $0.38? But they drift bad and that is good starting out. Or get a real good stable clock and add the thermal shutoff attached to the coil and a foot operated dead man switch.

Remember: drift is you power up friend.

--giantkiller.