New Steven Mark video released April 2006 !

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And what is next?
A jet engine inside running on kerozine?

Edit:
Sorry about my stingy remark Razor, but I don't think it is a Searl type device.

[Freedomfuel]

I have concluded that Steven was justified in expressing disapointment in our inability to follow up the clues he had provided in one of his letters to Lindsay.  Most of the discussion has been about how does it work rather than where does the energy come from and although Steven did not say we should pay particular attention to the videos they have become a focus for speculation about the energy coil's construction.  Earl says the world is hurtling towards chaos and we don't have time for lengthy theoretical discussions.  He could be right about time running out because this is something that is sixty years overdue but there is no shortcut that can eliminate the need for good theoretical understanding.  Once you know where the energy comes from and how the device interacts with the environment then the details of construction will become obvious.  You may even find an engineering paper that has an experimental setup that illustrates the phenomenon and which you could use as a basis for design.

The essence of what Steven has been telling us about where does the energy come from is that the electrical transients from switching receive energy from the Earth's magnetic field.  I remain sceptical about this hypothesis but I believe that it deserves serious attention because one of Steven's associates is a scientist and the device could be utilyzing something really simple that people have overlooked till now.  All I had to do to confirm the reality of the phenomenon was key the following into Google 'electrical' 'transients' 'earth's' 'magnetic' 'field'.  This brought up a large number of articles for the layman that reveal that magnetic storms do indeed create electrical transients and that the Earth's magnetic field does store energy.  I also found out what Steven was getting at when he told us to consider what causes the EM pulse from a nuclear explosion, but I don't suppose anyone would be interested in discussing the subject.

[Elvis Oswald]

Freedomfuel - the atmosphere does store energy the same as a capacitor.  We see this everytime we see a lightning storm.  The concentration and/or discharge of energy is due to ionized particles creating a path for this energy. 

After noticing the 'surge' on a DC line when the switch was thrown... Tesla's experiments led to the spark-gap tesla-coil.  Yes - he used power from a generator... and capacitor-banks to store the high-voltage input for his coil... but the 'special' thing about it was that by discharging that energy across a gap and DISRUPTING the discharge... he was able to free something that may be best described as pure potential.  But whatever we call it... it was ionization or at least whatever precursor causes that.
His experiments show that this potential could be increased 10,000 times per foot of his conical coil. 

Do you think this device operates like that?  Is it possible that the magnets interaction with the device creates this ionization on a smaller scale and steps it up?

There is no doubt that if nature can produce lightning out of the atmosphere, then we should be able to reproduce that on a smaller scale.  And if this device actually works... then odds are that's the only way it could work.
If the magnet placed on the outside induced enough current to start oscillation in an LC circuit - then it must be set up to use that oscillation to resonate with another coil and/or circuit... and the two (or more) of them compliment each other with more and more energy.
This is the only way - since the original magnet is not moving.  Unless the coils in the device are moving.

If the device stops when the magnet is removed... this *could* point to resonance - since the removal of the magnet would change the resonance of the circuit it was interacting with.

As for the controller circuit... this must be a major part of the secret.  What do you think it does? 

OH!  You know... it is possible that a small amount of energy is stored in a capacitor before  it even begins running.  Nothing observed by anyone can preclude that... and I'm not sure if Steven's ever answered that. 
And for Mannix... even if a cap were charged ahead of time, there's nothing wrong with that... so don't call me a 'yapping terrier of doubt'... you 'lapdog of gullibility'

[Liberty]

"electrical transients from switching receive energy from the Earth's magnetic field"

Perhaps, but that will not cause a constant dynamic 5khz AC output.  It would be more like a static electric discharge (which are one time events and not dynamic and continuous).  I think that it is interesting to think about, but probably not the source of the power that we seek to tap.

Steven already said that the device uses the earth's magnetic field for the energy source and that the device which he made is only a conversion device.  So the next logical thing to do is to understand the method of conversion. 

I think the patent that I posted earlier of the aerial generator gives valuable information on how to achieve this power conversion from the earth's magnetic field, using magnets and iron wire coils.  Perhaps Steven read the same patent and used the understanding from the aerial generator to create his own TPU device using bailing wire on his first device?  The patent is from 1913, so there are no secrets to withhold the information.  The aerial generator was designed well before the TPU existed.  The TPU appears to be a better conversion device with higher power output levels.  I wonder if Steven used copper windings instead of zinc plate to act as the collector of the 5khz AC power?  (This may have the advantage of a higher voltage output?)

[nrg_revolution]

All in all, a very good discussion we have here, thanks to all who have participated.

One thing I'd like to add is that no one yet has discussed the permanent magnets used in
the device and their importance. I?ve noticed that the PM?s (permanent magnets) used in
All but the first device are disc shaped. Poles assumed to be on the large faces of the PM?s. These can especially be seen in the videos with investors, he has some gold plated ones in his hand that he keeps pulling in and out of his jacket pocket. In the device he shows on the cardboard box in his garage (2nd device?, transparent) he uses 2 PM?s and notes the strategic placement of them. I believe the PM?s are the INPUT and OUTPUT of the device. One PM acts as the gateway/portal/receiver to the aether and the other PM acts as the outlet/exhaust.

Myself personally, I have what I believe to be a good understanding of PM?s but not electronics. I understand basic electricity and basic thermodynamics well also. But, when it comes to advanced electricity and electronics, I?m lost. There seems to be many here that understand my deficiencies well.

In regards to PM?s lets look at what a PM wants to do.

It would seem that their sole purpose/desire is to circulate flux efficiently. Whether it be North to South Pole, or South to North (many have debated) its purpose would seem to be to act as a conduit or super highway of flux. The question is what flux? Its own flux or flux from the aether? I tend to believe (just recently) that the earth is its self is acting a large magnet, in regards to aether flux, pulling it in one pole and circulating to the other.

Why is ferrous metal attracted to a PM? The ferrous metal acts as a conduit of flux that provides a better path back to the return pole of the PM than does ambient atmosphere.
So by pulling the ferrous metal to it, it can more efficiently circulate its flux. In return, one could theorize that ferrous metal itself, acts as a weak PM of sorts? (Flux willingly jumps in one and exits out the other) The difference I believe is the ability of the PM to kick start the process or attract a large enough density of flux in one area to begin the circulation.

What happens to aether flux once it enters SM?s device and before it exits is the mystery to me. I would assume that the coils and circuits, ect., act as the harnessing/amplifier that processes the AF (aether flux). Maybe it starts with a basic magnetic generator principle, and is amplified. Or, maybe what happens in between the PM?s, causes an enormous vacuum of sorts (void/black hole) that draws in the AF like a cyclone?

Just some thoughts that popped in my head after reading through this thread.