by watkykjy » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:33 am
Hi Ravi,
Thanks for your help so far, it's greatly appreciated. I have found that a smaller gap also makes it easier to step charge, although, as you pointed out, shorting the tubes out also becomes easier... Anyway, about the inductors or coils that you use. I currently use a 4 bobbin telfon tape square section air core, with bifilar winding, all on the same core, instead of one by one. If you like, send me a mail to Baas at hixnet dot co dot za, and I will send you the picture of what it looks like. The reason I use these coils in this bifilar format on the air core is first of all, so I have distributed inductance, as well as distributed capacitance, and then the air core allows me a greater frequency response range, although saturation is more likely to occur at higher frequencies..
Just a note about the coils. The coils have to be built in such a way that the distributed capacitance between the 2 chokes must be greater than that of the WFC, which is why Stan had one of his chokes adjustable, to accommodate for the different water used. Also, the resistance of each of the coils must be greater than the resistance of the WFC. If you can do this, you are set to create a forced oscillation circuit, whereby the volts can climb exponentially, all without any amps, and that's what we want..
The right volts at the right frequency then stimulates the covalent bonds of the water molecules to disassociate, causing the release of the hydrogen and oxygen.
Hope this helps!
Cherio