This is my replication of Jagau's Micro-Generator:
The circuit for those who want to do it.
If you need advice, just ask, I'll be happy to help you.
Jagau
| "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." | ||
| Nikola Tesla | ||
Mine is working for one month already:
The 4.7M variable resistor is not connected yet, I'll need some soldering to extend the pin which is in air right now.
For the 2.2M variable resistor, it will be delivered when TME will have it available within a few weeks.
Will be shutdown briefly while making changes and experiments related to a possible virtual grounding in air.
Also I need to start working on the miniaturized versions on permanent boards with soldering.
Thank you Jagau !
Regards,
Fighter
| "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." | ||
| Nikola Tesla | ||
Un choix fantastique, mon ami. Merci beaucoup!
While waiting for the other 2.2M variable resistor from TME I found two other variable resistors: 2.5M and 4.7M.
I installed them on the board and played with the pulse luminosity and frequency to see the behavior.
Everything worked fine then I decided to install a socket for the LED to make sure there is solid connection for it on the board.
The mistake I've made: I let the device powered up without the load (LED).
When I connected the LED it had a bright flash and probably it's destroyed.
My guess is the 10uF/100V capacitor was charged up too much and too much voltage destroyed the LED when I connected it. The problem is even with a new LED it's not working anymore, probably that voltage hit other one or more components.
Conclusion #1: try to use a capacitor with voltage as close as possible to the voltage of the LED.
Conclusion #2: never let the device powered up without a load (LED); when changes are needed, first disconnect the input wires.
So this is a setback, I wanted to start some experiments and try some ideas related to the in-air virtual grounding.
The problem is I don't know exactly what component should I check first. The 1N4148 diodes ? Any of the transistors ? I suppose the UF4007 diodes are okay.
Jagau, where should I start ?
Thanks,
Fighter
| "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." | ||
| Nikola Tesla | ||
Hi Fighter
As you say, the circuit should not be without a load, the voltage can rise very high and burn the LED. Another example the ZPM without charge is not a pretty sight.
Started with this, the circuit on the left, up to the anode of the LED is the circuit that powers the whole circuit and makes the LED light up, so you must have a positive voltage where I put the red arrow, just at the capacitor . If you have nothing go no further the circuit on the right is just a switch. So if there is no voltage, one of the diode bridge UF4007 is faulty.
to avoid other problems C2 must be very low in voltage.
Jagau
Yep, I'll try that.
Thank you Jagau !
Regards,
Fighter
| "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." | ||
| Nikola Tesla | ||
Yes, I had nothing at that measurement point.
You're right, one of the UF4007 diodes was affected too. Also the initial LED is gone.
It's a good thing I have replacement components, I'll take them from the ones I bought for the miniaturized versions of the device which I intend to build.
I'll come back with more details, I'm currently making some modifications.
As you say, the circuit should not be without a load, the voltage can rise very high and burn the LED. Another example the ZPM without charge is not a pretty sight.
Did you ran ZPM without a load ? Didn't tried that. What happened, what was its behavior ?
Regards,
Fighter
| "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." | ||
| Nikola Tesla | ||
When I am in test reseach, I try all kinds of situation but at low voltage input, without any load at the ZPM output, I reached more than 1KV almost instantaneously at output with only 5 vdc input and burned some components including the IGBT.
In any case it is always reasonable to connect a load on our types of circuits especially when the safety configurations have not been optimized.
Good job you found the problem, It's the result that counts.
Jagau
Sorry for the delay, I'm gonna present the new layout of the device:
I needed to do some modifications on the testing board to accomodate the variable resistors but the electronic schema is the same as presented by Jagau. Just instead of the 2.2M and 4.7M fixed resistors I have 2.5M and 4.7M variable resistors.
I played a bit with the variable resistors in order to learn the device's behavior. Basically I have full control of the voltage where the electrolytic capacitor is discharging (luminosity) and the frequency of the pulses.
It's a tradeoff between pulses luminosity and frequency. You just decide what to do with the energy. If you want higher luminosity that means you'll have lower pulses frequency. Also if you want to distribute the energy to more LEDs (as I did in this experiment) you can lower LEDs luminosity or the pulses frequency.
If you try to enforce the device to have pulses with high luminosity and also high frequency the device will cease functioning temporarily until you return to a certain balance between these two parameters. Basically the device will tell you: "not enough energy for what you're asking me to do, what about a bigger metallic surface on input in order to do what you're asking me to do ?". 🙂
As you may notice there is also a very small LED on the board. That is a permanent load and the solution to avoid the charging of the capacitor to dangerous voltages when I want to to change the LED (or LEDs) on the output and accidentally burn the components of the device like it happened to me. That little LED will keep discharging the capacitor even if there is no load (big LEDs) on the output. I tested this solution and it works.
I temporarily added a second big LED, I just wanted to push the limits of the device. I wanted the same luminosity as it was with just one big LED so as a result the frequency of the pulses is much lower than before.
This is the video with two big LEDs on the output (plus the little permanent LED):
The second big LED is there just for this experiment, I'll remove it and keep only one big LED, it's good enough for the in-air virtual grounding experiments.
The input energy is variable as before, it depends on the energy in the area. Sometimes it's more, sometimes less. The device is surprising me sometimes, for example last night (when the output was just one big LED) I saw it pulsing so fast that it was almost continuous light. I don't know the cause. Energy caused by natural activity ? By human activity ? It's hard to tell. It was about 3 A.M. so I doubt at that hour one of the neighbours turned on some big device nearby. Most probably the extra-energy had natural causes.
It's a very interesting device showing the energy in your area and behaving accordingly.
I'll continue using it for the virtual grounding experiements (I want to try some ideas) and in time I'll work on building the few miniaturized versions of the device on permanent boards with soldered components.
Regards,
Fighter
| "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." | ||
| Nikola Tesla | ||
I love the tests you've done and the conclusions you've come to. If everyone does it, we will be able to see its behavior across the planet.
When there is wet weather in your corner of the country with rain and lightning, the lamp will be almost constantly on, it's beautiful to see.
Jagau
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