Question: Anyone know if WB6 ran on one long wire?

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mattman
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Question: Anyone know if WB6 ran on one long wire?

Post by mattman »

Hello,

I had it on good authority that WB6 rings had one long wire. I just want to double check this.


If this is true... then the wire would need to be ~960 Meters long. (6 rings, 200 turns at ~0.25 meter average diameter, plus some slack).


Anyone have input on this? WB6 rings sat on four feet for power supply...

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Re: Question: Anyone know if WB6 ran on one long wire?

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Each coil was wound seperately. They were joined via connections and the nubs. It was not "one piece of wire". But it was one wire electrically.
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Re: Question: Anyone know if WB6 ran on one long wire?

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Wasn't there a really old prototype just for testing some concepts that was made from a single copper-tube?

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Re: Question: Anyone know if WB6 ran on one long wire?

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Yes.
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D Tibbets
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Re: Question: Anyone know if WB6 ran on one long wire?

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vernes wrote:Wasn't there a really old prototype just for testing some concepts that was made from a single copper-tube?
One was made by a shaped copper tube (MPG1,2). Another was carved from a single copper block (PZLx-1). I think this second one was run at the highers B field thus far It was only one winding but it was fed a massive current.

As I've stated before I think this may be the most impressive machine of all, in terms of potential (not confinement., etc.). It ran at only 350 Volts , but because of the 35,000 Gauss B field, measureable D-D fusion at ~ 1 million fusions per second was reported. That measurable fusion was achieved at such a low ion energy where the fusion cross section is so low is impressive.

http://www.askmar.com/ConferenceNotes/2 ... 0Paper.pdf

page 3.

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