New TPU build

[innovation_station]

the output is basiclly dc ....  lol

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[Farrah Day]

Hi Grumpy,

I concur that the fact that the device does not work when inverted is likely a very important clue, as (if true) is the statement whereby the current is said to reverse when the device is operated in the other hemisphere. If this is indeed the case, could we not expect some people to have built TPU's that do not work because they have been effectively built the wrong way up, and they never thought to turn them upside down... just a thought.

So what would cause this particular phenomenom, after all it's basically just a bundle of coils?

OK, this is what I have to go on so far.

The collector is made up of 3 individual coils of wire, not interweaved, but placed one above the other. These are coiled around the circumference of a non-ferrite, neutral former, such as plastic or wood.

Around these 3 collector coils and former are wrapped so-called control coils at 90 degrees to the collector coils. These control coils consist of numerous (at least 3) coils that each cover one third (if 3) of the collector coil, along with one control coil that completely covers these 3 coils.

Now things get a little sketchy. Question: Are there smaller coils located within the larger coil assembly, such as Caduceus coils collecting energy, and are the control coils pulsed by a small IC such as a 555 timer?

In a reply to Lindsay SM says, quote: 'It took several years of experimentation to discover what frequencies and most importantly how to make small integrated circuits work to perform the control functions necessary to make the demonstrations you see on the video tapes today'.

This clearly suggests that ICs are used to produce the necessary pulsing of coils.  Possibly a 555 timer cct that has been modified to provide the necessary 3 phases to pulse each of the 3 main control coils in sequence.  This would resemble very closely the model proposed by Spheric.

There has never been any mention of a battery power source, but you would imagine that even a small IC oscillator would require such a thing.

So what about the power source for this IC?  Ever heard of a crystal radio set?

This is where things are confusing, because in one video SM seems to start the device oscillating simply by the proximity of a small magnet... or is this simply operating a reed relay that then powers up the oscillator from something like a button cell?  I don't know what to make of this as yet.

Why would this device cease to work when inverted? Its obviously not something SM implemented for effect as it would make no sense to highlight a potential problem. SM himself genuinely seemed to have no explanation for this perculiarity and I certainly felt he was illustrating this simply to emphasise just how unusual the device was.

So, why does inverting the device affect its operation?  Have you given this much thought over the years Grumpy? Any ideas?

Incidentally, does Lindsay still frequent the forum or is she one of the dear departed?

[innovation_station]

linsey is a she ..... ?

really ?

hummmmm

i think the coil bucks the earths feilds ...  when flipped it would attract .... 

??  no 

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[Grumpy]

So, why does inverting the device affect its operation?  Have you given this much thought over the years Grumpy? Any ideas?

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[Farrah Day]

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Do I take it then that you have not yourself given this any thought then Grumps and hence have no opinion on this?