this pyramid should produce electricity. (thomas trawoger's pyramid explaned.)

[nightwynd]

nitinnum, If I'm getting you right,  I've made the following adjustments:

1. Removed the ground plug (wire or w/e)
2. Added a coil in (what I presume to be) the sweet spot for the upper antenna
3. Added a support structure to keep the upper antenna in place (wood or plastic - non-conductive I assume)
4. Drawing wires is tedious, so let us assume that each coil is electrically connected to it's corresponding metal surface

Any Idea what would be an ideal material to build the pyramid structure itself out of? I was thinking either wood, or clear acrylic plastic. Or would an open framework work even better, and just wrap the metals around it in the proper spots?

Let me know, and I'll update again tomorrow. It's definately taking shape, once I'm happy with it I'll assemble a list of material requirements and do a little shopping to see If I can get everything local here...any idea on what size capacitor you'd be looking for on a 2 foot pyramid?

Nightwynd.

[wile_coyote7]

@nightwynd

Great graphic design work!!!

[nitinnun]

lower the base-antenna, so it is 1 inch above the floor.

and add a little more copper to the peak, and a little less aluminum to the base.
so that the copper is 40% surface area, and the aluminum is 60% surface area.

other than that, the design looks like what i planned in my mind.

[nitinnun]

here is how i want to make the pyramid:

1: cut many layers of big cheap rosin-paper from the hardware store, into triangles.
(they sell huge rolls of it for only $8.)

2: make the peak 76 degree's, and the 2 base angles 52 degree's. like the giza pyramids.

3: cup the peak off of each triangle, where you want the copper and aluminum to sepperate.
(if the triangle is made of several layers of paper, than duct tape them together at the edges)

4: wrap the peak in copper foil, and the base in aluminum foil.
(this is the easiest way to control the distribution of metals. trust me)

5: punch holes on the sides of each triangle. then zip tie 4 triangles together, into a pyramid.
(this will work, as long as the metals touch electrically. the pyramid does not require its metals to be in 1 solid isotope.)
(zip ties are cheap in bulk, at the hardware store.)

6: insulate the peak from the base. then secure the copper peak to the aluminum base.


you may have to be creative about making the edges secure. i wanted to bend one inch of each triangle side, into a "seam". then connect the seam of one triangle, to the seam of another triangle.

this "seam" technique would create an imperfect pyramid. but it should still work well enough for what we want. since most of the effect is due to the pyramids sides, and not the edges.

[jeanna]

here is how i want to make the pyramid:


2: make the peak 76 degree's, and the 2 base angles 52 degree's. like the giza pyramids.

Please let me make some suggestions based on experience.

The base is a bit longer than the sides, so to fit this onto a piece of poster paper:

The sides are .95 times the base.
So, start with a 26 inch side multiply that by .95 and you will arrive at 24.7 or about 24 3/4 inches for each side.
You will be able to construct this using a string and pencil if you don't have a metal tape.

When you have finished drawing your first triangle do 2 things:

1- draw 2 or 3 tabs each about 2 inches long and 1/2 inch wide along the right side of the triangle.

2- Cut it out and before you make any more, trace this triangle onto another piece of your paper and then flip it and make corrections if needed.

(This is to prevent insanity.)
ANY ERROR IN ONE TRIANGLE WILL MULTIPLY ITSELF.

5: punch holes on the sides of each triangle. then zip tie 4 triangles together, into a pyramid.
(this will work, as long as the metals touch electrically. the pyramid does not require its metals to be in 1 solid isotope.)
(zip ties are cheap in bulk, at the hardware store.)

I have found that clear packing tape (the more expensive kind sold in mailing shops) works really well.

Thing is if the attachments are not REALLY secure, the whole thing wants to twist and it becomes very wonky.

you may have to be creative about making the edges secure. i wanted to bend one inch of each triangle side, into a "seam". then connect the seam of one triangle, to the seam of another triangle.

The top is probably more important than the bottom.
Try to keep the point as sharp as possible.
This is where the packing tape helps again. It is rather stiff when folded and creates a rather strong point.
And any tab or seam added at the top just gets in the way.

I guess add the copper tape later.

In fact one could make a separate copper pyramid that slips onto the basic form. pyramids nest very well. This would allow some overall size changes that wouldn't effect the top.

I hope this helps,

jeanna