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calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
- **Cell** — 15.9mm rod in 22.3mm tube × 101.6mm, 1 cell(s) parallel → C = 1.31nF, water R = 87585Ω. - **Chokes** — 2 × 0.001H (100 turns, AWG 24, 12m wire, AC R 1.2Ω each). - **At...
breakthrough · VIC · · added 1 month ago
- **Cell** — 12.7mm rod in 19.1mm tube × 101.6mm, 6 cell(s) parallel → C = 6.56nF, water R = 17497Ω. - **Chokes** — 2 × 0.001H (100 turns, AWG 24, 12m wire, AC R 1.0Ω each). - **At...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
- **Cell** — 15.9mm rod in 22.3mm tube × 101.6mm, 1 cell(s) parallel → C = 1.31nF, water R = 87585Ω. - **Chokes** — 2 × 0.001H (100 turns, AWG 24, 12m wire, AC R 1.2Ω each). - **At...
observation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
Chris pushed back on treating the water capacitor as one lumped cap for the design-loop tank math — right call. Physical model is a Randles cell: two capacitances in series — my bu...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — sweep choke turns/wire gauge to raise coil Q past 707 toward theoretical ceiling, testing if tank Q exceeds 65 while holding adopted cell geometry fixed - **Cell** — 22...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Hold L at 1mH, sweep AWG20-22 for lower coil R to test if tank Q exceeds 62 while current stays under 1A limit - **Cell** — 15.9mm rod in 22.3mm tube × 101.6mm, 1 cell(...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Decouple tube wall/cell length around adopted geometry and test multi-cell stacking (1-3) to find Q gains beyond choke-fixed cell tuning - **Cell** — 22.8mm rod in 29.5...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Lock choke at 130t/AWG18 near-optimal L; sweep gap/electrode-length via C and water-R proxy isn't a choke param, so fine-tune L around 130t operating point to confirm p...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Hold adopted choke design fixed; sweep rod/tube gap and length around adopted geometry to raise water resistance and tank Q without collapsing capacitance, and test par...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Choke turns/gauge unavailable as direct params, so instead push into water/electrode chemistry space (ppm, temp, surface_factor) at fixed adopted geometry to find non-g...
breakthrough · WFC · · added 1 month ago
- **Cell** — 21.8mm rod in 26.8mm tube × 60mm, 1 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 1.39nF, bulk water R = 119166Ω. - **Water/electrodes (Randles)** — 0.1ppm Na+ @ 5°C, surface ×0.5 → λ_D...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Vary gap/length/cell-count at fixed adopted water point (0.1ppm/3°C) to find geometry that drops series current below 900mA without sacrificing Q - **Cell** — 21.8mm ro...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Hold geometry/cells at adopted #1 (21.8/26.8mm×60mm), jointly sweep surface_factor lower with ppm/temp low-range to attack the ionic branch (Cdl/λ_D) directly rather th...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Actually reach temperature floor near 0-1°C at fixed #1 geometry, and sweep surface_factor down from 0.25 to test if reduced Cdl area breaks the 900mA current floor - *...
observation · · added 1 month ago
Under the WFC-as-DBD frame, the Faradaic current measured from the cell environment to ground — the extraction leg, my Electron Extraction Circuit (which functions like the VIC exc...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Wide choke geometry sweep away from 1mH anchor (varying L via turns/AWG) to test if a distinct inductance regime yields higher tank Q than the water-branch-limited 130t...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Map transition region between 1mH anchor and 0.1mH dead-zone at fixed cell geometry to find intermediate L keeping f_r in-band while raising tank Q beyond anchor's 0.73...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Sweep tube diameter and rod/tube gap to raise C_eff an order of magnitude, then re-run L across the 1mH-0.1mH transition to find where Q>1 lands f_r inside 40-70kHz - *...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Push L another decade below 0.1mH with further-shortened gap C_eff to test if f_r finally lands in 40-70kHz band, keeping low-AWG high-Q coil family - **Cell** — 9mm ro...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Hold L fixed at 0.1mH (per plan) while widening gap/tube geometry raises C_eff directly, to pull f_r into 40-70kHz without shrinking both L and C together - **Cell** —...
design note · VIC · · added 1 month ago
Lab note — 2mH choke sweep, target f_r < 100kHz Pushed L to 2mH against the same 9mm/17mm cell (C_eff 0.69nF) and landed f_r = 95.51kHz across the whole top-5, not the 2-5mH spread...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Hunt the cell-voltage/Td sweet spot by pushing tank Q via surface treatment and temperature/chemistry around adopted #4 cell, testing whether higher cell voltage lights...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — screen-guided: live [Choke L (each), Turns, Wire gauge], refined score 0.274 - **Cell** — 18mm rod in 34.0mm tube × 25mm, 8 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 1.37nF, bulk wate...
breakthrough · WFC · · added 1 month ago
- **Cell** — 6mm rod in 10.0mm tube × 150mm, 1 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 1.40nF, bulk water R = 117919Ω. - **Water/electrodes (Randles)** — 0.1ppm Na+ @ 5°C, surface ×1 → λ_D 228n...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — screen-guided: live [Choke L (each), Turns, Wire gauge], refined score 0.274 - **Cell** — 18mm rod in 34.0mm tube × 25mm, 8 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 1.37nF, bulk wate...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Move the real knob: sweep choke L up toward ~1mH to drag f_r into the 1-100kHz drive band, winding fixed at the AWG18 optimum; fine grid around the 3.8mH in-band build...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Directly raise per-choke L into 0.3-0.8mH to force f_r down into the legal 50-100kHz band against fixed 1.37nF/8-cell, holding light high-Q windings from anchor #1, the...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — screen-guided: live [Choke L (each), Turns, Wire gauge], refined score 0.274 - **Cell** — 18mm rod in 34.0mm tube × 25mm, 8 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 1.37nF, bulk wate...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — With C_eff forced up (~100-200nF from 40+ parallel cells), sweep the sub-0.2mH choke band to land Xl=Xc in 40-70kHz while walking low turns on heavy gauge to hold coil...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Attack the untouched sub-0.2mH choke band to re-match Xl=Xc into 40-70kHz at a much larger C_eff (~100-200nF from more parallel cells), walking turns/gauge to hold coil...
