Quote from: IotaYodi on March 20, 2010, 06:16:25 PM
I doubt it. Apparently Your getting about the same as Laser. I would like to know if these are digital meters or analog. Im thinking the coil is holding its charge like a cap. If folks are getting 2 amps with half a volt Im impressed. Id like to see a 2 amp load hooked up with a digital clamp amp meter with a hold function already in place, or an analog scope preferably before connecting the load..
I must be missing something here and I would like to know what it is. Its been stated by a few people that digital or analog meters dont work well with NS coil measurements as its a different type of energy being produced. They seem to only work to a point.
If anyone can tell me why the amps are so high let me know.

I would suggest analog meters. From my research digital meters get borked by the radiant/zpe/your fav term/ whereas analog I have heard numerous times seem to be fine, although I would suggest wiring the meter some distance away from the collector/converter device(s).

Iota_
I used an analog meter this time and although I am not sure if it is calibrated correctly or not, (can't find my manual on it right now) here are the readings:
V~ was half way between 2 and 3
V-... (line with three dots under it) was 45

Then I tried a different digital from the first digital and the readings were:
DCmA = 3.63
DCV = .445  (it went up to .448, but I am going with the .445)

I will elevate it tonight and see what happens, but why would the elevation help any?  What is the purpose?

Anyone know how to calibrate the analog meters?  I know it has to do with the little screw in front...but I forgot how to measure what when you calibrate.

@ protonmom,

Quote from: protonmom on March 20, 2010, 07:27:16 PM
Iota_
I will elevate it tonight and see what happens, but why would the elevation help any?  What is the purpose?

Anyone know how to calibrate the analog meters?  I know it has to do with the little screw in front...but I forgot how to measure what when you calibrate.

I think Iota wants to see if the effect remains the same or diminishes with height.

jim
 

I just looked at lasersabers latest video, very good indeed, but couldnt download them, never mind.

Very impressive work there.
The reed switch seems to be working to switch the magnetic field in a similar fashion to JB motors, I would like to see a scope waveform to see just how much spikes are on this thing.

It's a pity I am not back at my place or I would post a JPG of a wiring up diagram.

       Batt Pos --------------.___.-------------\/\/\/\-------------- Bat Neg
                                   Reed SW               Torch Bulb

Try this experiment, make a completly seperate circuit up containing a battery, reed switch and a torch globe all in series, hold the reed switch to the strongest magnetic field and see if the bulb flickers on or off.
Do the same with a LED, it will switch quicker.
       

Well done lasersaber.

jim

QuoteI will elevate it tonight and see what happens, but why would the elevation help any?

In his Lectures on Physics, Richard Feynman stated that as you go up from the surface of the earth, the electrical potential increases by about 100 volts per meter. Thus a vertical electric field gradient of 100 volts/meter exists in the air.
As a means of explanation, imagine the existence of a very sensitive voltmeter that could measure the voltages present in the open air. If you pushed the negative terminal of the instrument's probe into the earth's surface and you positioned the positive lead one meter above the surface, about 100 volts would be detected. If you then moved the probe vertically by another meter above the surface, the voltmeter would measure 200 volts. This voltage difference would continue to increase as you moved the positive probe upward until it reached the top of the atmosphere, some 150,000 feet (46,000 meters) up. At that point, the instrument would finally measure an average potential difference of about 4 million volts.
This naturally occurring 100 volts per meter electric field gradient exists everywhere in the earth's atmosphere and can even penetrate inside most buildings.

To calibrate the ohmmeter, you touch the red and black leads together and turn the adjusting screw until the needle is at 0.