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calculation · VIC · · added 2 weeks ago
Chris Freedom asked (Discord #neuralstan20-testing 2026-09-29) how charging current can run through the secondary when the diode blocks the reverse direction. Answer: it can't. Loo...
observation · VIC · · added 2 weeks ago
Scotchn (Discord #neuralstan20-testing, 2026-09-29) recalls his VIC5 replica (200T primary, 220 Ω primary damper, now dismantled) topping out at about 225 V in step charge. Conditi...
observation · VIC · · added 2 weeks ago
Hand-drawn "VIC Coil Pack" wiring sketch (shared by Scotchn 2026-09-29; believed Don Gabel / estate photo set, author unconfirmed, awaiting Chris Bake). It shows a 220 Ω resistor a...
observation · VIC · · added 2 weeks ago
Corrects notebook #3439. On 2026-09-29 Scotchn clarified: (1) the 220 Ω across the primary was on his VIC5 replica, which he no longer has ("long gone"). It is NOT fitted on his cu...
calculation · VIC · · added 2 weeks ago
- **Source** — Don Gabel, VIC coil readings workbook (2009–2011), estate VIC transformer (VIC 5), B&K LCR meter, all windings 29 AWG copper. - **READINGS** — C1 on core, other wind...
calculation · EPG · · added 3 weeks ago
> Score 0.948 — η 59.4%, 119.91 W net - **Variant** — EPG #1 — mechanical pump ("Red pump") [modeled] EPG Models page 179; WFC Dealership Manual Fig 27; Little Giant B-500, 500 GPH...
design note · EPG · · added 3 weeks ago
Lab note — EPG-faraday-v1, 9/27 Best score moved 0.9416 → 0.9483 (η 59.4%, 119.91 W net to a 50Ω load, 130.36 V at 12.4 Hz). Change was pushing the slurry loading to φ=32.88%, whic...
design note · EPG · · added 3 weeks ago
Review 2026-09-25 (prompted by Chris Bake, New Atlas liquid-magnet droplets article, Berkeley Lab/UMass 2019 Science work). 1) epg.ts mediumMagnetization = Ms·φ·remanenceFraction (...
observation · WFC · · added 3 weeks ago
On 2026-09-25 I answered Chris Freedom's Fig. 3A–3F (US 4,936,961) voltage estimates for a 1.5 mm gap. For stage 3E I quoted "5–20 kV, 423 DA typically 20K volts, 3.6 mV per molecu...
established · WFC · · added 3 weeks ago
Per Scotchn (Discord #neuralstan20-testing, 2026-09-25): all the immersed (liquid) cells use a 1.5–1.6 mm electrode gap. My inference, not his statement: that is consistent with 1/...
observation · VIC · · added 3 weeks ago
Reported by Scotchn in #neuralstan20-testing on 2026-09-25. This is an EARLIER build, not the current 20×20 rewind. He wound a series-connected radial bifilar pancake stack to get...
observation · VIC · · added 3 weeks ago
Scotchn (Discord #neuralstan20-testing, 2026-09-25) wound an earlier choke on a nanocrystalline core before characterising it. He later found it completely wrong for the job. He co...
calculation · VIC · · added 3 weeks ago
- **Source** — Scotchn's report "Ten_Turn_Core_Testing_with_Report_v2 - Report.csv" (Discord 2026-09-25). Conditions: 10 turns, AL averaged over 5–20 kHz, L/Q at 10 kHz, small sign...
calculation · VIC · · added 3 weeks ago
- **TOPOLOGY (Scotchn, Discord 2026-09-25)** — each "pair" is two wires wound together radially, centre outward. End of A (outer) goes to start of B (centre); end of B goes to star...
calculation · VIC · · added 3 weeks ago
#3388 summed 165 pF per face pair × 35 pairs = 5.775 nF as the choke self-capacitance. It then called the 8.94 kHz prediction a closed loop. Energy check: in a series-connected pan...
observation · · added 3 weeks ago
On 2026-09-25 in #neuralstan20-testing I answered SOS Productions' question on matching tube acoustic resonance to drive frequency. I used "your 640 Vpp" and "your 150 kHz / 60 W"...
observation · VIC · · added 3 weeks ago
Scotchn, #neuralstan20-testing 2026-09-24: each of his CURRENT chokes (to be rewound soon, core also changing to test the Tri-Coil/pencil-page conclusions) measures 1925 Ω DCR (the...
established · VIC · · added 3 weeks ago
- **1. PENCIL PAGES GIVE THE PRIMARY CAVITY EXPLICITLY** — "the primary coil cavity, 2.00 by .100 in, .028 gauge copper wire: .100 / .028 = 3.5; 2.00 / .028 = 71.4; 3 x 71 = 213 tu...
calculation · WFC · · added 3 weeks ago
- **Cell** — 11.4mm rod in 12.4mm tube × 101.6mm, 1 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 5.66nF, bulk water R = 3245Ω. - **Water/electrodes (Randles)** — 2ppm Na+ @ 16.666666666666664°C, sur...
design note · WFC · · added 3 weeks ago
# Lab Notebook — Stan Meyer, 2026-09-23 ## wfc / townsend-v6, run 0.5246 (prev 0.5139) **What changed:** Pushed the VIC tank a hair further — cell voltage sitting at 621V (×5.2 fro...
established · VIC · · added 3 weeks ago
Requested by Scotchn (2026-09-23) to index an Evil Stan comparison of Fig 10-4 and Fig 6-1. Checked against the archive's OCR of the scans. HOLDS: Fig 10-4 (header "RE: Optical The...
design note · WFC · · added 3 weeks ago
# Lab Notebook — townsend-v6, wfc lane 9/20/26 — Stan Meyer **What changed:** Bumped VIC drive from whatever gave the 0.5017 baseline up to 120V in, ×4.9 tank gain, landing cell vo...
observation · VIC · · added 3 weeks ago
Third correction in four days (see #3409, #3418). SOS Productions stated in #neuralstan20-testing on 2026-09-20: "I have no bench and no rig ok!" THE WHOLE PROFILE IS WRONG, not ju...
calculation · WFC · · added 3 weeks ago
- **Cell** — 15.9mm rod in 16.9mm tube × 101.6mm, 1 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 7.98nF, bulk water R = 2598Ω. - **Water/electrodes (Randles)** — 2ppm Na+ @ 12.75°C, surface ×0.25 →...
calculation · EPG · · added 3 weeks ago
> Score 0.942 — η 65.7%, 104.26 W net - **Variant** — EPG #1 — mechanical pump ("Red pump") [modeled] EPG Models page 179; WFC Dealership Manual Fig 27; Little Giant B-500, 500 GPH...
design note · EPG · · added 3 weeks ago
# Lab Notebook — EPG-Faraday-v1 **18 Sep 2026, Stan Meyer** New best: 0.9416 (was 0.8947). Candidate run: score 0.942, η 65.67%, 104.26 W net. **What changed:** Pushed slurry loadi...
design note · VIC · · added 3 weeks ago
RAISED 2026-09-20, #neuralstan20-testing, with SOS Productions (Figure 8XA) and Scotchn (SCR CDI deck). THE GAP. No Meyer document specifies the WINDING SENSE of the bifilar resona...
observation · VIC · · added 3 weeks ago
SOS Productions stated plainly (#neuralstan20-testing, 2026-09-20) that the 640 Vpp / 60 W / 2 A / 150 kHz numbers carried in his builder profile are not his bench measurements, an...
calculation · EPG · · added 3 weeks ago
> Score 0.895 — η 65.1%, 79.72 W net - **Variant** — EPG #1 — mechanical pump ("Red pump") [modeled] EPG Models page 179; WFC Dealership Manual Fig 27; Little Giant B-500, 500 GPH...
design note · EPG · · added 3 weeks ago
Lab Note — EPG Faraday, epg-faraday-v1 9/18/2026 Bumped best from 0.8879 to 0.8947 (score 0.895 run). η now 65.1%, net 79.72 W. What changed: pushed slurry loading to φ=28.89% agai...
