Stubblefield coils (bifilar) and speculations

[protonmom]

I wonder if someone could post a picture of the NC ...AND.. the NO Reed switch.  I have seen some online but they don't appear to be what you are talking about...they look to be too big for our purposes. (but what do I know?)
I am in the second reading of this forum.  The first reading ended at page 37, so I guess I am actually in the first reading, in part, as I am now on page 54.  I want to just continue reading and learning, but such things as housework, dishes, lawn mowing, laundry, etc., seem to get in the way.  I also have wire and bolts to start making more coils.  So if I take time out from my reading to make a nice, tight, coil in preparation for the eventual reed switch, then I lose out on learning more new ideas.  You are all so far ahead of me and I am not sure just how far you have progressed in the making of the NS EB as per patent.  Pictures would help so much.  On that note...sometimes I cannot see the photos when you post links to them, or downloads to them.  I only have Acrobat 5 and my computer runs 98.  It is lousy, I know...but what I have to deal with at this time.  So I miss out on all the youtubes (computer locks up every time) and when I try to open your pdf's, it cannot be opened.  Perhaps I could transfer the file over to another 'puter with acro 6.  Would that work?  I feel like I am so far behind I will never catch up.  I have all the equipment to make the rods for inground (not eb) yet have not got that far.  Have plenty of the mag blocks, and copper, and alum etc.  So much to do and so liitle time.  And yet if I take time out from reading, then I get further behind.  You are all going so fast.  Maybe I will turn off the phone, lock the door, and stay up all night reading, and perhaps one of these days I will be in tune with the rest of you.
Any pictures of the reed switch so I know which ones to buy?  Also where do I order them?  (cheapest place, please)  Thanks
Reason for using this old computer instead of the other:  The viruses are much easier to clean off win98.  Too many little places to hide files in winXP.  Wish I had a MAC!  Anyone want to donate one....for the "cause"  (cause I want one)

[jeanna]

Ah protonmom,
I could have donated my old iMac but I made it into a linux box instead!
That might be a way for you to go, but it will take time away from catching up. oh well, it IS all great stuff.

The direct answer to your Q is we never really got there. One person bought a few reed switches, but then his life got busy and I think?? we decided it won't work too well.
The problem is the mechanical devices need to operate too many times per second and their life expectancy is exhausted in a few short hours.

Have you switched to firefox yet?
Once you have that onboard, you could get adobe's latest update for the pdf reader and the flash so you could view the smaller videos. ( as with so many things flash has morphed from a slim beauty to an overweight hulk).

Where did you get your mag blocks? I may not end up going that way, but I would like to know.

I hope some of this helps,

jeanna

[protonmom]

@Jeanna
I am up to page 60.  Twenty nine more pages to read yet tonight. At least, I hope I can.  Sometimes I fall asleep at the computer.  Not that I am bored, but that I am just tired!  I push myself too much sometimes.
The mag blocks I got from Walmart camping section.  I also bought those metal tent stakes they have (with the removable orange plastic stops at one end).  They are very magnetic, but not sure if that means they are soft or hard iron/steel.  I also have a box full of long bolts.  I think I will use the stakes for the earth probes, and the bolts for the ns earth batteries. 

So, then...it turns out the reed switch is not the way to go?  It seemed like the answer.  Guess I will find out why as I read along. 

I just read on page 58 Gary suggested using a Joe cell along with an NS EB.  I was thinking the same thing, only Gary says to use dirt instead of water.  Did he try that yet?  Again, when I get back to the "rest of the story" I will probably find out what happened. 

I am going to try to read the NS brochure you uploaded for us.  I am transferring it over to the other computer. 

I actually have a few ideas, myself, which I will eventually share if I find them to be at all useful. 
I WILL get caught up on my reading tonight...I will, I will.

[Pirate88179]

Protonmom:

Well if you have the mag blocks, go for the carbon rods for the plus side.  If you want a good source for almost free carbon rods, as someone told me once, you can take D cell batteries apart (very carefully due to the acid nature of the paste filling) and there is a carbon rod inside each bat.  I think it is about 1/2" dia. x the length of the D cell.  you could band about 5 of these together and have a pretty good mass of almost free carbon.  I am sure you can ask around from friends and find some dead D cells and then it would be free to you.  This will give you very good output.

Bill

[Cap-Z-ro]

As I recall Bill, I believe they are about 1/4 inch thick in a 'D' cell.

Regards...