I tried to rebiuld a Don Smith Device

[Goat]

Thanks Paul-R

The pdf files were a good read, but I now have some questions if anyone is interested in looking into them.

Concerning the drawings and descriptions from http://www.free-energy-info.co.uk/Smith.pdf

Page 3/92 shows a 5 turn coil on the plasma globe.
Page 8/92 show the copper and aluminum plates as a capacitor on the plasma tube.

Drawing 2/4 on page 16/92 shows the capacitor plates connected to the battery then to the inverter.
Drawing 3/4 on page 17/92 shows the capacitor plates connected to a terminal block as in the picture on Page 8/92.

Is there drawback(s) or gain(s) from using either a coil or capacitor plates as shown?

If the coil on the plasma globe/tube is connected as shown on Drawing 2/4 page 16/92 you'd end up with a short across the battery.  If the coil goes to a terminal block, then to a load, it would depend on the load match as far as it being dead short or a nearly open circuit.

If the capacitor on the globe/tube is connected as shown on Drawing Drawing 3/4 page 17/92 the configuration wouldn't be a short on the battery but would the capacitor actually give back anything to the battery?

Regards,
Paul

[Paul-R]

Dear Paul,

It is very important to realise that Don Smith is describing several different setups
and to keep them separate. There is the plasma tube with its huge capacitor
half way along - there is the plasma globe with its coil sitting on the top - there
is the wheel of shielding material rotating infront of eight pairs of magnets shrouded
in pick up coils.

The coil sitting on the plasma globe works a bit like two LC tank circuits that I
described above, EXCEPT that the left hand circuit needs an adjustable spark
gap. The plasma globe gives off a high frequency voltage which drives the
right hand tank circuit and MUST BE IN RESONANCE. And there is the left hand
tank circuit (with capacitors in common with the first circuit) with its output
transformer which must resonate along with the right hand circuit.

Anyway, that's what I think.

Paul-R

[Paul-R]

Sorry, folks, Message 16 is not right.
The left hand tank circuit needs an adjustable spark gap:

            ------------------------------------
            !                        !                        !
  <--- output                   !                        !
  <--- transformer       capacitor                 coil (fed from high frequency signal from plasma ball)
            !                        !                        !
            !                        !                        !
            -------o   o-------------------------



Paul-R

[Paul-R]

Thanks Paul-R

The pdf files were a good read...

You might like to see this:
http://tinyurl.com/lvv62r
Paul-R

[the_big_m_in_ok]

Sorry, folks, Message 16 is not right.
The left hand tank circuit needs an adjustable spark gap:

            ------------------------------------
            !                        !                        !
  <--- output                   !                        !
  <--- transformer       capacitor                 coil (fed from high frequency signal from plasma ball)
            !                        !                        !
            !                        !                        !
            -------o   o-------------------------


Paul-R

Have you, or anyone, tested this circuit for overunity?

--Lee