@ storrie
A shorted turns tester would be the instrument of choice to use to find shorted turns, next best thing would be to get a add on kit for the multimeter that can read really low ohms.

jim

Quote from: electricme on July 03, 2008, 09:16:36 AM
@ storrie
A shorted turns tester would be the instrument of choice to use to find shorted turns, next best thing would be to get a add on kit for the multimeter that can read really low ohms.

jim

Thanks Jim. I will get one of those. Any suggestions on a good internet store in the US that sells them?

@ storre:

Well, I'm no expert with a meter but I would have to agree that it appears you have a short, or two, or more.  Why the ohms change I have no idea unless, multiple shorts along the length of the coil with some of them being intermittent.  In other words, if you have a short halfway down the coil and another 3/4 of the way down the coil, and you test....then the short halfway down the coil suddenly is no longer shorted, I believe the ohms would then read differently for the short 3/4 of the way down the coil. Or something like that.

I agree that as long as one wire is insulated from the core and the other wire, I can't see how it would make a difference.  On my coil, in effect, both wires are insulated from each other with the cotton string, and insulated from the core with cotton cloth, also cloth between layers.

When you get your shorts fixed, you will see decent mA's, I truly believe this.

Bill

Hi all - you've got a newbie here
i'm just a mr nobody who messes about in this crazy world in the free energy gig - lets do it! - and I must say how humble i feel to be here with such great minds.

ive done a few earth probes myself and found pretty much the same using just a (approx) 4mm diam copper wire and a 9inch piece of corroded iron, a stainless steel knife and more ive forgotten!
lol but have found similar results - .74 - .95 dc and oddly 1.1 ac always using digital tester and yes polar orientation affects results too (I'm southern uk)
tried to rig them in series using diodes but i think my lack of knowledge is maybe doing something wrong!
oh anybody done a scope probe on the frequency? might be useful electric for something else? especially if it were amplified

but there definately seems to be a pattern the world over with our data - dare i say it so we all seem to be tapping the same wave - thats good useful data perhaps?

hope my ramblings make some sense to people hehe!

@ Anothertruthfinder (newbie lol)
Hello and welcome aboard 

Good to have someone from the UK in this group now, dont be shy asking for advice or sharing ideas, tell us what you are doing, something you have done may help others.

Loved the bit of using a good old stainless steel knife and 4mm copper wire as electrodes, prity good idea.
Must do this sometime to.

I have about 5meters of 13mm copper wire which was on a buss bar just lying about, didnt even think to use it.

Word of causion using scopes, just make sure you have no earth leakages from anything around the house cause it will give falce readings, the cro earth alters it. Seems not to occur with battery powered cros.

@all
Yesterday afternoon, I moved my rod setup from the back yard to just in under the house, didnt seem to make any difference to readings, but I noticed the bottom of my 13mm X 3ft long copper pipe it was corroded at the bottom for the first 6" and it was eaten away in some places, looks blue in colour.
My ally pipe 3' x 1" has no corrosion

Snippert of info, just discovered the gas flexable hose has a stainless steel protecting outer sheath, (like the braid on a TV coax) checked it with a magnet, no iron in it at all, going to use this in my water doover test jar.

jim