Successful TPU-ECD replication !

[MeggerMan]

@Jason,
Great results for 2 frequencies - you just need to prove your input power.

When I did my mosfet tests last night at around 1MHz I also noticed voltage fluctuations on the PSU, except I think mine went down, but I cannot be sure.
I think Stefan is correct and you need to totally isolate the PSU using inductors and capacitors from the TPU.
My PSU is rated 30V at 2.5A but can go to 3A and 33V, this is the very first test for the PSU I did - full load 33V x 3A = 100W.

Another thing you could do is to add another lamp in parrallel.

@Robby,
You read my mind, some AA size Nickle-metal-hydride batteries, 9-10 off should be OK for 0.5A at 1.2V each.


Bypass capacitors:
See page 6 for the recommended capacitors for high frequency gate drive.
http://www.ixysrf.com/pdf/driver_ICs/DEIC420.pdf
0.01uF x 8
0.47uF x 4
4.7uF x 4

Regards
Rob

[Earl]

Hi Jason, hi All,

One thing to be careful about is that either RF or X-Energy gets into your power supply and causes the pass transistor to fully conduct.  This could easily cause the output voltage to climb to 40+ Volts, even though the regulation circuit with its potentiometer adjust can never reach this high.

I strongly suggest using a battery to replace the power supply.  At the ends of the battery leads where they reach your circuitry, you should have at least three parallel C's, an Electrolytic, and two disc ceramics each a different value, like 1nF and 100nF.

Regards, Earl

[nong]

Hi Jason,

Wow......

Im next....   

[Merkhava]

Hi All,

@ Jason

I understand the point of using LC filters to choke/shunt away RF back surges that would "frak" with your power supply.

I may be in the minority here on my next point...

For the test run on the ECD using a bank of AA rechargeable batteries to replace the PS, I would not want any LC filters in the circuit that would block and shunt away the power pump coming back from the Mobius collector. I would want the Mobius to attenuate I-flow and eventually reverse flow power back into the batteries to recharge them as the Mobius is powering the load (40W light bulb). The batteries are just chemical capacitors used to kick start the device. After the magnetic turbine effect is up to speed and pumping energy from the vacuum, the batteries may then be irrelevant.

If you can demonstrate a 40W light bulb operating for say... maybe 10 minutes... at full brightness and the AA batteries all stay at full charge, then you will have one heck of a demonstration to cheer about.

Eventually a setup can be made where the battery bank is replaced by a bank of capacitors that are kick started by a strong magnet across a coil.

See the video about anomalous continuous charging of a capacitor by a magnet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iGEsVaIftk

Robby

[Bruce_TPU]

Jason,

Thank you and Great Job!  The video's were awesome and will one day be classics for the TPU history.

I look forward to the .pdf and further experimentation.

Historic events are made up of historic people, and we have such a group of us assembled together, for such a time as this...!

Thank you for the safety information about the screening.  We will be using that technique now before starting my own experiments.

Psalm 150:6     
Bruce