Meyer type WFC - from design and fabrication to test and development.

[Farrah Day]

For anyone that's interested, I've converted an old greenhouse, removed the roofing glass and replaced it with a solid wooden roof

For safety I have fitted a dedicated extractor fan in the apex. I also have a greenhouse fan heater fitted high on the opposite wall; this not only provides heat to keep me warm, but also has an open electric filament along with another fan option.  Hopefully then, I won't get any hydrogen build-ups if I'm experimenting without containing the gas.

The equipment shown are:

Goldstar 20MHz dual trace scope
Racal-Dana 9905 Universal Counter Timer
Coultant LC60 PSU
Hewlett-Packard 5316B 2 channel Universal Counter
Dana-Exact Function Generator Model 7271
E-H Research Laboratories Pulse Generator Model 139L
Compton-Parkinson 30 Amp adjustable range Ammeter

Also, not shown:
Farnell DM131 Digital Bench Multimeter
Farnell DM141 Digital Bench Multimeter
Electrostatic Locator
Griffiin HT 400v supply
Advance Audio Frequency Generator
Ex-RAF Geiger Counter

[oouthere]

Just remember the basics of the patent.

A minimal of five pulses of a single polarity increasing voltage, followed by an equal timed dead zone, followed by the same previous wave.

Doing armchair research is not really productive but I have found that no one seems to be doing this.  Everyone appears to be using double polarity or single polarity with a full duty cycle. 

Also, his pipe clearances were around .060".

Rich

[Farrah Day]

Hi Outhere

I'm afraid I don't trust a single thing that Meyer said or wrote, either in his patents or his technical briefs, so I'll be doing things my own way right from the start. Why a minimal of 5 pulses? What's happening in the 'dead time'? Why does the duty rate need to be 50%?  Meyer said a lot of things, but explained very little.

I don't now what you mean by double polarity?

I do know that Meyer's rising pulses were probably just a figment of his imagination as I can't see how this would happen in his resonant charging cct.

Anyway, for everyones interest I'll be detailing my experiments, observations and results as I go.

[starcruiser]

Does/did Meyer then think he has negative resistance in his design? Just a comment.

[Farrah Day]

If you'd asked Meyer that question, I'm sure you would have received a very blank look, followed by a lot of on-the-spot waffle!