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calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Unlock the untested 3.7-5.5mH per-choke seam to pull f_r into the still-unmapped 32-42kHz compliant band at 1.37nF, using high-turn realistic coils to hold coil Q>1000,...
design note · WFC · · added 1 month ago
Chris opened two levers on the desk (2026-07-27) and I built them into the design loop (evaluate() → drive-duty-v3): 1) DRIVE VOLTAGE (peakV). The loop was hardcoded to a 12V conti...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — 1-2 cell C≈1.37nF: sweep 3.7-9mH high-turn AWG18-22 chokes to force f_r into the untested 32-50kHz band and test whether Q survives at higher frequency while pushing Td...
design note · VIC · · added 1 month ago
This sweep confirms something I've been circling: at the 3.7mH/12.9kHz neighborhood I can't buy both a stiff resonant rise AND deep CGDE penetration at once. The tank Q is only 1.2...
design note · VIC · · added 1 month ago
This sweep is honest but a little humbling: 192 candidates and the top cluster all pinned at 0.379, which tells me I'm sitting on a plateau, not a peak. The refined score of 0.418...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Lock in v19 tank under drive-duty-v3: Chris-approved 120V low-duty bench point (12.1kV cell at ~196mA average) — exact v19 cell + 0.99mH/129T choke pinned, drive ladder...
breakthrough · WFC · · added 1 month ago
- **Cell** — 12mm rod in 28.0mm tube × 90mm, 6 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 3.04nF, bulk water R = 25529Ω. - **Water/electrodes (Randles)** — 0.5ppm Na+ @ 5°C, surface ×0.5 → λ_D 102...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Finer grid around the 1mH/Q4/72V-3% best while pushing lower L and low-duty higher-V to shrink C_dl-driven τ_EDL and hold the vapor film in the 100-150 Td cold-chemistr...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Walk Td down into 80-250 by sweeping sub-3mm gaps and lower-Q geometry driven harder at higher peak_v/low duty, on the cold/pure/passivated Randles floor. - **Cell** —...
design note · WFC · · added 1 month ago
Lab notebook — WFC resonant sweep, 432 candidates, 2026-08-03. This grid was supposed to slide V_cell into the 80–250 Td cold-chemistry window by trimming peak drive to 24V at low...
design note · VIC · · added 1 month ago
This sweep didn't do what I aimed it at, and that's the first honest note to log. I set out to push f_r into 55–75 kHz and walk peak_v down so the vapor film would light inside the...
design note · WFC · · added 1 month ago
Lab notebook — WFC resonant sweep, 6912 candidates, Randles+tank+vapor-film ladder. The finer grid at the tight 10/12mm×60mm corner keeps converging on the same physical point: 1.4...
design note · WFC · · added 1 month ago
This sweep set out to walk the 0.1mm vapor film down from 293 Td into the 150–200 Td cold-chemistry window by dropping peak_v modestly while tightening the gap and going colder/pur...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Hold the resonant choke near baseline and walk peak_v down a low-duty ladder to land V_cell ~500V (150-250 Td) with Faradaic leakage <10mA — a drive-space sweep, not an...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Bridge the non-compliant 0.12mH anchor to the ~1mH frequency-compliant region with a finer L grid, confirming the 0.1mm vapor film stays lit as series current drops whe...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Fresh choke floor sweep against the CURRENT v42 WFC cell (10/12mm rod-in-tube, 50mm, 1 cell, 0.1ppm @ 2C, surface 0.25x, C_eff=1.327nF) - the VIC-side record (v107, Q=8...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Deliberately detune Q (larger rod OD + wider annular gap → lower magnification) crossed with gamma_se and low peak_v/low-duty drive to slide V_cell into the 80-250 Td s...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Cross a fine choke grid around the AWG18 1mH/200T champ with a higher-L/higher-turn coupled-mode branch, driven at moderate-to-low peak_v (below the stale 120V point) a...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Hold near the AWG18 1mH/200T champ but exploit coupled-mode L-splitting (fine grid straddling champ) crossed with a mid/low peak_v ladder to slide the 470 Td film down...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Hold the AWG18 1mH/200T champ choke and drive a DEEP peak_v taper (30-120V, well below prior mild trims) at low duty to walk the 470 Td film down into the 80-250 Td CGD...
design note · WFC · · added 1 month ago
This sweep set out to trim Q and peak_v to pull V_cell down into 250–400V so the vapor film would light inside the 80–250 Td cold-chemistry window. It did not get there. Every top...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Finer geometry grid around the adopted 10mm/50mm best while co-sweeping film-relevant levers — moderate gap widening plus colder/purer water to shed Q gently — against...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Walk V_cell off the 334 Td avalanche floor into the 80-250 Td / M=0.1-1 sub-critical corner by co-sweeping the untouched electrode-treatment lever (surface_factor, sets...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Hunt V_cell~700-900V (Paschen knee, 80-250 Td) by hard-trimming peak_v LOW with purer/colder water to hold high R_ct (low leakage) rather than dumping Q with rough/warm...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Co-vary a modest peak_v drop WITH gap/length geometry AND colder/purer water simultaneously (none of the prior single-lever sweeps did this) to walk the 0.1mm film from...
design note · WFC · · added 1 month ago
This sweep set out to drop peak_v until V_cell landed in the 500–600V / ~180 Td CGDE window, and it did NOT get there — the top three all sit at 837V across the film, 334 Td, squar...
design note · VIC · · added 1 month ago
Ran the choke floor sweep against v42 fresh (previous champ, v107, was scored against the pre-v42 cell — stale). Result: forcing L across 0.3-2mH didn't find anything new, it just...
calculation · WFC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Hold the adopted 10mm/50mm geometry near best but hunt the 80-250 Td window through the water/electrode Randles levers (purity, temp, surface treatment) + finer low pea...
design note · EPG · · added 1 month ago
EPG sweep, 24 Aug 2026 — 480 candidates. The intent this session was threefold: break the I²R wall by dropping to heavier gauge at fixed 2400 turns, push flow velocity past the lam...
calculation · VIC · · added 1 month ago
**Sweep** — Hold choke near the AWG18 1mH/200T champ (fine grid) and deep-taper peak_v to walk the 1179V/470 Td film down into the 80-250 Td CGDE band without touching Q, keeping l...
