Single circuits generate nuclear reactions

[Feynman]

My power unit is a 'micro' size... I will test both toroidal and cylindrical collectors, possibly biased with strong current.  You can see the rubber spacers, a couple of N45 neos,  a carbon rod out of a 'heavy duty' battery  (not alkaline!) , a small ferrite toroid with some magnet wire, and a nice cap I pulled out of a computer power supply.  I also have a zinc cylinder for collecting beta electrons but it is not pictured because I am soaking it to remove the potassium permanganate electrolyte.

I might also add insulator wrap to the carbon rod so I can also try using the neos as beta collectors.  OR I might wind a coil directly on the carbon and bias that with current and see if I can pick up the emitted beta using that method.   

[Inventor81]

And for lack of a scope, the theoretician is left behind...

I'm giong to go to sleep now guys, and in the morning, I should have something similar to Feynman's device. Mine is a small resistor with two 2mm neo's for biasing, and a hand-forged iron toroid, plus triple layer aluminum sheilding for direct beta capture. I'll have some multimeter numbers off it, but the idea is to get it to self run (low resistance, but enough to limit peak currents) and see if I can't get a quarter watt or half watt out of it. If so, then I'll charge my phone battery up with it! Right now the whole circuit fits on a little DIP breakout board, about 2 inches square. With the input capacitor. And the toroid and sheilding.

I'll post a photo, but right now I'm going to think about blondes, brunettes, and redheads for a little while, and hopefully dream of them as well, instead of my electrons, beta particles, and protons hanging out with someone else's toroid.



best of luck to all,
R3cur5!v3

[wavez]

This is really exciting. I'll start gathering parts tomorrow.

A couple thoughts: The device creates AC at 250ma and 1k plus volts? Sounds like you could use a step down transformer to get the amount of current you want, and then a diode bridge to make DC if you need that... of course, transformers only work for AC, so it goes before the bridge.

It sounds like this device could be simplified down to a carbon rod encased in aluminum (with insulation between?), each part having a wire on each end, surrounded by a permanent magnet (I'm excluding the signal driver and output circuit). Does that sound about right? This is probably the design I will try.

[zerotensor]

A note of caution regarding neo magnets:  The Curie point for the really strong ones is quite low -- 80 degrees Celsius-- If they get this hot, they will begin to lose their magnetism.  (Don't cook 'em!)   There's an inverse relationship between the max working temperature and the magnet grade (N45s can get hotter than N50s)

[zerotensor]

I might also add insulator wrap to the carbon rod so I can also try using the neos as beta collectors.  OR I might wind a coil directly on the carbon and bias that with current and see if I can pick up the emitted beta using that method.   

If you do insulate the carbon, try to keep the insulation as thin as possible, so you don't block the betas.
Wrapping the coil directly on the rod seems like a good idea, since it will maximize the cross-section of beta flux, but you may run into problems when you run current through it, since it will generate its own magnetic field -- possibly disrupting the magnetic alignment within the carbon which seems to be so crucial.