Giantkiller moves forward into Full Heterodyning.

[Grumpy]

That is an interesting experiment.  If you can put a primary in parallel with the cap, and
then still charge the cap, what do you get on the secondary when the cap discharges through
the primary?  Is there an "Amplification" here?  I would be very interested on what the
output would be.

Until you get a primary that is doing something, you don't need to worry about a secondary.

[aleks]

"Highspeed" is the velocity of the "whatever you call it" that Tesla clocked at something like Pi/2 x C (291,375 km/s) - smokin'!  Wheatstone also clocked a similar velocity of 430,000 km/s (the difference is probably due to the resistances he used) - it is worth look at what he was doing when he did this.

Grumpy, judging from your avatar, I think you'll like this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNt0hEfwMVM

[giantkiller]

So I put a tank circuit in series or inline with the spark gap of the stun gun. I measure 820vac @ 1.4mghz on the secondary of the tank coil. The stun gun has no degradation in operation. I still see blue sparks and I ain't touchin' it.

The cap does and should charge up but faster than we can take note of to produce a usable voltage. But I will now install a rectifier bridge on the secondary for dc.
OBTW... my scope is still alive.

After the bridge I get 6vdc with hash @ 2-6mghz.

Next I will put a fat cap after the bridge.
186vac @14mghz. 51vdc short lived because of the speed of the spikes. won't drive anything yet.

I could make another setup like this on the other side of the gap. There seems to be no degradation to the stun gun output.

--giantkiller.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpovwbPGEoo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cootexkMmrY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEiEBEadZFI&feature=related

[Grumpy]

I like you GK.  You are a hard-headed searcher.

All the energy in the universe is right in front of you.  You just need a decent gap.

Not a tank really - that is an EM point of view.   More like an impedence and alternate path that is a trap.

[sparks]

   Below I have posted a diagram of a gravity vs. inertia pump.   And yes it uses a GAP.  This is the little waterfall on the front of the train ramp.  Voltage changing to current at this point.