@ DonL,

Quoteare you using both conductors in your aerial? If so, how are the 2 connected at each end of the wire?

Yes, via a 14 awg jumper wire at the female end of the cord. Then connected to the input of the circuit via radioshack jumper leads. Although, one or two wire in my experiment made no difference in charge rate. It was actually much better until I place the aerial in a "V" configuration. But I wanted to show worst case results and I have never tried a "V" shaped aerial before, so I figured it was about time I did.

Most will probably find that a straight line works best, although, you might want to try everything regardless. You may get better results using a bizarre shape that I never thought of, so try everything.


Thanks,
t3t4

Quote from: dllabarre on August 27, 2009, 03:27:29 PM
I've been working on using inductors for months with this setup.
This will need a lot more control and switching but here is where I'm going now:
DonL

@DonL
Wow.  That's about as simple as it gets.
But, the experimenter side of me asks these questions:

1) Do the plates need to be the same material?  Is there any advantage to using different materials?

2) Is very high voltage developed on the plates?  Is plate area a factor?

3) No ground is required?  Would using a ground improve the system?

4) Would using very lengthy wire aerials be of benefit?

--Lee

Quote from: the_big_m_in_ok on August 27, 2009, 05:48:36 PM
@DonL
Wow.  That's about as simple as it gets.
But, the experimenter side of me asks these questions:

--Lee

The picture is an idea.  That's all.

Tesla's patent calls for an aluminum plate high up in the air.
I started with 2 aluminum plates that are exactly the same size in all demensions and put them on a pole 11' (feet) in the air.
I'm only getting 300-400mV at 11' in the air.

You're welcome to try "any and all" combinations that you can think of and we'll keep posting and comparing notes here in the forum.

DonL

dllabarre said:

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I started with 2 aluminum plates that are exactly the same size in all demensions and put them on a pole 11' (feet) in the air.
I'm only getting 300-400mV at 11' in the air.

Is that AC?  300-400 mV is pretty good for a relatively small setup.

Is that without any single, diode 1/2 wave rectifier or 4 full wave diodes to DC?

--Lee

Quote from: the_big_m_in_ok on August 27, 2009, 10:49:14 PM
dllabarre said:Is that AC?  300-400 mV is pretty good for a relatively small setup.

Is that without any single, diode 1/2 wave rectifier or 4 full wave diodes to DC?

--Lee

It's DC.
Just a 4.7uF mylar capacitor.
No diodes.

DonL