Negative resistance via pyroclay.com material ?

[armagdn03]

Do you by chance have access to a signal generator? because if you did, it would be interesting to see if you can replicate this with a source of power that can be fine tuned, with some amp meters maybe in series with the motor, then if you changed frequency, but the amp draw was the same, your theory on self resonance could be correct. I would mix an ac dc, or have a biased ac signal to feed the motor.

[hartiberlin]

Hi RadiantEnRg,
many thanks for coming over here and reporting.

Please try to measure the input power during the arc burning with a Kill-A-Watt Power meter. Many thanks.

[dani1]

I think the powder is rich of pyrophylite see:
http://www.chemeurope.com/lexikon/e/Pyrophyllite

http://www.mineralien-ch.ch/mineralien_p.html

[RadiantEnRg]

Sorry i couldn't reply yesterday, I was getting some weird error message. Anyway I am creating a pulse gen right now. I have very promising results too. Using just one 555, a .001J poly cap and some 100k pots, I can make a wide range of square waves. From 555khz(max) all the way down into Hz. I have also wired it so I can use it straight on a transformer . Normally the reverse spike would kill a 555 quick right?, well all I did was put a SUPERFAST HV diode..(byv26e) across the negative and output of my circuit. But I put it in reverse...so on every off pulse instead of comming back and frying my timer, it goes back into the coil, pretty cool LOL. I don't have any meters yet:(, all I have is my analog scope....But I will be getting my financial aid soon, and thats on the list.

[RadiantEnRg]

I have gotten some truly remarkable waveforms off of the secondary side!! Well I am going back to work, will update you guys later