Testatika Generator and Over-Unity
Testatika Generator and Over-Unity
Testatika Generator and Over-Unity
ByCyrilSmith
JLNLabsPostedon4thFebruary1998
HavingreadNelsonCamusarticlepurportingto"explain"theTestatikaoverunitygenerator
(http://members.aol.com/overunity2/nelson/testatic.htm)Iamoftheopinionthattherealexplanationishiddenamongstthe19th
centuryelectricalmumbojumbowhichmakesupmuchofthemachine(LeydenJars,HorseshoeMagnets,WhimshurstGenerator
andsoon).Fromthedescriptionofspiralwoundfoilcapacitorscontainingradioactivematerialandplacedwithincurrent
carryingcoilsitstrikesmethatperhapstherealenergycomesfromBetaparticles(fastelectrons)absorbedintotheelectrical
circuit.
ToextractenergyfromBetaparticlesitisnotjustenoughtocapturethem.Clearlythiswillresultinacurrentflowaccordingto
thecapturerate,butcurrentbyitselfisnotpower.Thekineticenergyoftheparticlemustbecapturedandthiswillresultin
potentialdifferenceorvoltage.IfaBetaparticleentersathinfoilconductornormaltoitssurfaceandiscaptured,thenthe
potentialdifferenceassociatedwithgivingupitskineticenergycanbeexpectedtooccuracrosstheoppositefacesofthefoil.If
howevertheBetaparticlewereturnedsoastoenteratashallowgrazingangletothesurface,notonlywouldtheprobabilityof
capturebeincreased(sincetheparticlewilltravelfurtherwithinthematerial)butthepotentialdifferencewilloccuralongthe
lengthofthefoil.Betaparticlestravellingevenatrelavisticvelocitiescanbeturnedwithinshortdistancesbyrelativelyweak
magneticfields,sotheconceptshowninthefollowingFiguresuggestsitself.
AradioactiveBetasourceisatthecentreofaspirallywoundcoilofthinconductivefoil,e.g.copperoraluminium(insulation
betweenturnsisomittedforclarity).BetaparticlestravellingradiallyfromthissourcetravelatrightanglestoaDCmagneticfield
(e.g.fromapermanentmagnet),hencefollowcircularpaths,theyspiraloutwards.Whentheirtrajectoriesalignwiththefoil
curvaturetheirprobabilityofcaptureincreases.Voltageimpulsesfromeachcapturearriveattheoutputterminalsallatthesame
polarity.
Thisissuchanobviousschemeforgettingelectricalpowerfromaradioactivesourcethatitisdifficulttobelievethatithasnot
beeninvestigatedbefore.Hasanyonetriedit?Perhapswithjustasingleturnoffoil.Doesithavetobeinvacuum?
Cyril Smith
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