On Oct 22, 2007, at 6:40 AM, Jones Beene wrote:
--- Horace wrote:
If you will notice there is no mention of closing
the loop or self running in the video.
Dr, Stiffler will not make such a comment until he can
float the system, with zero input.
As I stated, and the video demonstrates, the signal
can be disconnected now after startup, but not both
the ground and the signal.
Nonsense!
Certainly it is true that I am being optimistic in the
belief that there is no ground looping involved,
More than optimistic.
as
that is rare in my experience -- but admittedly, not
impossible, so I cannot blame you and Steven for the
apprehension. All I can say is give some time here -
Dr Stiffler is basically a one-man show, and does not
have a staff.
I consider him to be extremely generous for sharing
this information at what may be an early stage.
Obviously he does not think ground looping is involved
either and the experiment is progressing rapidly in
the number of LEDs which are driven. Remember also
that the "signal" is no more than a few milliwatts at
best and that when it is used, a resistor between the
device and ground is howing something like half a
watt.
This is all supposition. No actual power measurements have been
made. Have you read Bill Beaty's posts?
Eventually - IF nothing else happens first - it will
be possible to focus the light from these LEDs onto an
efficient photocell, and thereby eliminate ground.
Eliminating ground is not the problem. Accurate power measurement,
or self running is the problem. That will require hooking up the
photocells to an oscillator to drive the system.
That is what will silence all possible doubt.
I hope to see a self running system, but of course don't expect to
see it. This looks like a lot of wishful thinking.
I think I mentioned all of this before in various
scattered postings, so why the insinuations? ... My
advice - is to wait-and-see, unless you can add
something positive into the mix.
Well, I was interested in doing a replication, but Ron Doesn't seem
to actually want replications. I've lost interest in this at this
point, so no need to worry about negative posts. However, I would
point out that any earnest effort to analyze this, e.g. Bill Beaty's
experiment and analysis, *is* a positive contribution.
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
