Steven Marks secret

[Mannix]

@whattsup
Great observations.

This device was well before he was silenced.

Do you think the magnet is "sticking" to the centre torriod?

or does it fall back when he inverts it?

[wattsup]

@Mannix

When he places the FTPU on the VCR, you can clearly see there are two metal terminals going out and up from the metal bracket base that holds the center toroid in place. SM puts the magnet on those two terminals so the magnet holds in place even when he turns over the FTPU. (See image below.)

The only thing that "falls" when he turns over the FTPU is the back end circuit that when turned overs falls into the palm of his hand, but that does not modify the device function.

You see, when he put the magnet and had the steady voltage reading, then he took off the magnet and the voltage fell gradually. Falling gradually to me means the circuit device is still functioning but not at a gain but simply losing .1 volts every few seconds.

Now when he turns it over, this time the voltage drops to his starting voltage of 12 volts. This confirms to me two things. That there is a base voltage and a second level voltage gain that is probably activated by a mercury switch used as a safety. If in trouble turn over the device. You could do that with a 10 foot pole if you wanted to stay away from the device.

The "I don't know why it does this" bit is simply an act to add some spice to the whole demo. "Wow, did you see that, it stopped when he turned it over, hmmmmmmm". Nice act. If the reason it did that was something inherent in the way the device worked (or had to work), then why did it not do it in his other devices. Because it was nothing to start with.

Added:

I am putting up a second image this time with the magnet in place.

[Mark69]

what happened to SM?

[Grumpy]

The "I don't know why it does this" bit is simply an act to add some spice to the whole demo. "Wow, did you see that, it stopped when he turned it over, hmmmmmmm". Nice act. If the reason it did that was something inherent in the way the device worked (or had to work), then why did it not do it in his other devices. Because it was nothing to start with.

SM stated later in a video that the attitude of the device was no longer an issue.  So, whatever caused it to turn off when flipped over was resolved.

If the TPU was somehow interacting with something outside of itself, then you may have to flip this soemthing over with the TPU to maintain the correct interaction.  Earth has a magnetic field and an electric field.

It could be that the polarity of the output reversed and the control circuits block it (like a diode) when it was flipped over.

If you reverse the magnetic field of a homopolar generator, will the polarity of the output reverse?  What if a diode is in the output circuit?

[wattsup]

@Grumpy

Good points but the voltage did not drop to zero, but to 12 volts. I also thought about a diode, turn over, internal current reversal that can't go through a diode and the meter reading falls to nothing, but to 12 volts, why would that be if there was a diode blocking the output?

Just got my manual for SMs meter. I'll look it over and report anything major.