Selfrunning cold electricity circuit from Dr.Stiffler

[Freezer]

I think if you over power a neon it exibits <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputtering">sputtering</a> , but that might not be it.  Great progress here, I'm trying to learn more and more so I can start experimenting as well.

[Yucca]

I received my boards a couple of days ago and I've played with them for a few hours, great fun and some weird stuff going on.

The fact that Dr.S. has measured COP approx 2 is astonishing and very exciting, congratulations!

I am just waiting on a mixed bag of chokes from china so I can mod my SEC 15-3 as per the video instructions, I was tempted to desolder my 15-20 unit but I moght as well wait a little. I've found some nice flat tin sheet and nylon standoff to make the capacitance plate. Then I'll tune for brightness and low input current and do the calorimetry.

Good luck to all those searching for COP>1.

[DrStiffler]

I think if you over power a neon it exibits <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputtering">sputtering</a> , but that might not be it.  Great progress here, I'm trying to learn more and more so I can start experimenting as well.

@Freezer
Yes you are correct and if this were the case I would think one should see the metal as a rise or glob on the electrodes or at least maybe on the glass. This will be explored also when they are degassed and the gas is analyzed.

I did the video of the microscope images but will not get them on YT until Monday. What can be see through the glass is deep pits and no ridge buildup. Time will tell as we have just started here.

[DrStiffler]

I received my boards a couple of days ago and I've played with them for a few hours, great fun and some weird stuff going on.

The fact that Dr.S. has measured COP approx 2 is astonishing and very exciting, congratulations!

I am just waiting on a mixed bag of chokes from china so I can mod my SEC 15-3 as per the video instructions, I was tempted to desolder my 15-20 unit but I moght as well wait a little. I've found some nice flat tin sheet and nylon standoff to make the capacitance plate. Then I'll tune for brightness and low input current and do the calorimetry.

Good luck to all those searching for COP>1.

@Yucca
The boards were intended for demo of single wire and broadband exciter, hoping everyone had the same thing to look at and explore without modification required. I made a big error in thinking that someone would not want to go the full route, although I did feel there would be less than 1% or experimenters that would really do calorimetry.

The SEC15-20 is the demo of both worlds and the 15-3 is the basic work horse. Anyway if one is careful the 15-3 is a fun board for sure and with the plate and 24V it makes heat.

Looking forward to you results.....

[nickle989]

@ All ... here is some intersting read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_lamp

When my neon is going I only have have 1 electrode working.  Does anyone else have this or do yours have both electrodes lighting?