Ed Gray's Magic Tube

[wings]

Thanks Wings, good links.

I think I need to try the carbon resistor in the tube... Will see what I can find...

Here's a website with loads of cool home experiments - including making CR tubes...
http://www.teralab.co.uk/Glass_Blowing/CRT_A/CRT_A_Page1.htm

Edit: And another gray tube replication:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1aCmHL2xL8

during your test try to experiment different material
http://www.upv.es/satelite/trabajos/Grupo9_99.00/multipac.htm#prin
....because the effect is different
....probably the multipactor effect is also used by Dr.Schwartz in his ERR Fluxgenerator where plate of Aluminum and Bismuth


see US2739084 [/size]are interconnected  with coils
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:ERR_Fluxgenerator_by_Noah's_Ark_Research_Foundation
ADDED
http://www.overunity.com/7842/selfrunning-3-kwatts-err-unit-powering-3-x-800-watt-lamps/#.UtjFsGSwbVM
there is an ESA program that predict multipactor effect
http://multipactor.esa.int/

[wings]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJFCnAA5oVQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aY2vzmwfEs



original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS4zl3f1fFI&list=FLjGRhW_qGi4sZZZG4wXhIgw&feature=mh_lolz

the spike converter ?
http://www.overunity.com/7669/method-for-converting-hv-static-into-usable-low-voltage-power/msg213893/#msg213893

[tim123]

I spent some time reading about the Correas, and Pavel Imris again... The Correas work with plasma is similar to many others so I wanted to try something out...

So, I've been playing aroung using a 70w Metal Halide bulb - which is an arc bulb - as a spark gap. It's pretty cool.

Using the car ignition coil to drive it:
- plasma will form with under 1w of input power.
- If I put a capacitor in parallel - it pulses nicely as the cap charges & discharges.
- Above 2-3w input, with the cap, a permanent plasma forms.
- As the power goes up - you can see the plasma rotating about the axis - it spins fast...

There are some interesting effects - but nothing overtly OU...

However, I have a HPS (high pressure sodium) bulb i bought for testing, and that has given me some interesting results - but I ran out of time... Will do more tomorrow... The HPS bulb:
1) Is pressurised to about 200 Torr (EDIT- Um, that's just 1/4 atmospheric pressure...)
2) Gave me one massive 'radiant event'. It's resistance is high - the capacitor built up a big charge - and when it dumped it thru the bulb - it was quite exciting... But i now have shorting problems at the connector...
3) Produces a huge electric field when it's powered - so much it stops the TV from working (10 feet away)

So - plenty more fun to be had...

Tim

[tim123]

Just a note - the Solid State Relay I'm using is a Teledyne 603-3 - man those things are fantastic. 250v 5A DC, and up to 32KHz switching speed... Another worthwhile ebay bargain...!

I think I may have burned it out - good job I have a few spares - but sometimes they just need a rest, it may be ok tomorrow...

[tim123]

Another thing I tested yesterday was: Placing the pulsing bulb (70w halide) on a ferrite-cored coil, and also inside a larger coil.

Interestingly - I was able to get usable power out of the coils - enough to just light my test LEDs (a few milliwatts i'd guess)...

It's similar to having a spark gap inside an (air-cored) coil - I get a little bit of power out. The voltages are high - but the power is low. I'm not sure if it's an inductive or electrostatic effect - maybe a bit of both?