Stubblefiled & Meucci

[Pirate88179]

Hans posted this a while back on the earth battery topic.  I believe it is a small piece of radioactive material exciting a coil that lights an incandescent bulb.  I believe the article said it would run for a very, very long time.

Bill    ***EDIT***  Sory about the small wording.  if you save this photo and blow it up you can read it easily.  i did not want to post it in a very large size here.

[mikewatson]

@Marco, I am not so sure that Moray did not use RF stimulated radioactivity to get power. See for example Moreland's  US patent application 20030076005 "Method and Apparatus to Enhance Electric Currents" April 2004.
also see the attached.

Mike

[AbbaRue]

@Pirate88179
Where can I find a better quality picture?
The radioactive source says _214
Can't read the first part but Th-214 is used for Thorated Tungsten welding rods.
So this may be  just a piece of Throated tungsten welding rod in a glass tube.
When left for a while in an enclosed tube like this the tube will slowly fill with Radon gas (Ra-210).
If this is the case then anyone on this forum should be able to replicate this device quite easily.
Anyone can purchase Th. Tungsten welding rods at the local welding supply store.

Here is the info on Thorium-214:

90-Th-214

    * Atomic Mass: 214.0114510 ± 0.0001000 amu
    * Excess Mass: 10666.000 ± 94.000 keV
    * Binding Energy: 1646185.000 ± 94.000 keV
    * Beta Decay Energy: B- -8652.000 ± 215.000 keV

    * Spin: 0+
    * Half life: 100 MS ( 25.0000 % )
    * Mode of decay: Alpha to Ra-210
          o Decay energy: 7.826 MeV
    *

      Possible parent nuclides:
          Alpha from U-218

I suggest getting a Th.Tungsten welding rod and wrapping some wire around it then place the whole rod and coil into a plastic straw.
Seal the two ends with glue gun glue so only the ends of the wire stick out.
Then wrap another coil around the outside of the straw.
Simple experimental setup to see if this produces significant amounts of power.
We will need to know the NMR frequency of Th-214 to know what value of capacitor is needed for the big white one.
The coil and capacitor need to resonate at the right frequency.
Maybe someone can research the proper frequency needed.

I knew those Th.Tungsten rods I bought for the carbon rod device would come in handy someday. 

[AbbaRue]

After taking a closer look it appears to be U-238 and not Th-214.
But in any case I still plan on trying this one out with the Th.Tungsten rod.

Also found a sight with closeup pictures of the unit.
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Resonant_Nuclear_Reactor

[AhuraMazda]

Didn't Beddini use welding rods?

Please read this information for your own safety with regards working with Thorium:

http://files.aws.org/technical/facts/FACT-27.PDF

also

http://www.orau.org/PTP/collection/consumer%20products/weldingrod.htm