Single circuits generate nuclear reactions

[AbbaRue]

What kind of tube is used? I don't think a regular Xenon tube could handle the current.

The info I was refering to is this statement.
"Juan say's. He loops the system after the first pulse. small self runner was 2000VDC @ .68uF per pulse"
I don't remember reading that, I must have missed it.

[eldarion]

Hi Uncle Fester,

Understand the numbers above but slightly confused as to some values.  If  2000VDC @ .68uf will excite a rod, (I have everything to duplicate this level right now except for carbon)  why have we been so hung up on the high value 108J per pulse except for high power output.  It would now appear that under the right conditions, there is a wide window of excitation and output!  It also appears that the pulse need never be longer than 200us (and can be MUCH shorter!) and the conditions such as rep. rate, etc are totally dependent on voltage/resistance, etc. in the loop!  What a rich area for R&D!  Darn it, I need my carbon.

My good friend Ossie has also put me on to the idea of using a Xenon strobe tube which is virtually indestructible to fire this sucker!
Right on Ossie.

Ben

I feel the same way!   What I am planning to try now is a photoflash capacitor of 80uF charged to at least 175V.  Discharge that 60 times per second...

Apparently it is more important to zap the carbon with high voltage and fast impulses than it is to have a certain amount of energy.  I can go up to around 1Kv and run some tests in that region as well.

UncleFester,

In your video, how large is the toroidal transformer (I.D, O.D., and width)?  I assume it has some kind of ferrite core (designed for 60Hz operation)?

Thanks for all the information--it is greatly appreciated!

Eldarion

[kewlhead]

well dern, the video is gone   

[kewlhead]

its there sorry bout that. Thanks for sharing. 

[k4zep]

its there sorry bout that. Thanks for sharing. 

Hi Gang,

Found that a #2 pencil lead was good for about 2 ohms/inch.  Interesting waveform off lead.  400VDC, 1 uf fired into lead via a relay contact, lead inserted into a 70 ohm solenoid with 100 ohm load.

Pulse across lead is about 20us, normal R/C discharge curve.  Output of coil is most interesting.  Not what I expected.

You get a ragadity waveform for about 10us then a strange almost noise like burst for about 10-25us.  This is with NO magnets, just basic carbon.  This is also folded back in the solenoid so most of the input pulse is canceled out. 

Learning a bit about this beast.  Oh, I do get a very good burst on my radiation detector too.  About 200 ppm.  Picture attached is hard to see but it is there.  10us/div.

Ben