Jerry W. Decker wrote:
> Hi Norm et al!
>
> I just wrote (I know - self-referentials are a major mistake..<g>..);
> > In the Tesla Sphere, he reports one half became COLD, the other
> > became HOT, much like a REVERSE PELTIER JUNCTION!!! I do not
> > recall which half was HOT, but I think it was the top half of
> > the sphere. The point here is one half of the sphere might have
> > been demonstrating pure magnetism, the other half of the sphere
> > pure electricity and the equator of the sphere functioning like
> > a Bloch Wall. I neglected to mention there was a wire around
> > the middle of the sphere which produced the effect.
>
> Do you remember a few years ago when you gave me those Peltier junctions
> to play with? I remember we were talking about them on the BBS and you
> said this same thing.
>
> I'd forgotten it but after reading this, it sounded like someone had
> said that before, and it was you!!!
>
> I don't recall if, at the time, we talked about doing any kind of
> experiment to SEE if there was WEIGHT LOSS in these things when powered
> up with DC. That was probably also while the Seike 'infinite oscillator'
> was being discussed. I held the things in my hand and it was still
> heavy when current was flowing through it.
>
> I'll bet SURFACE AREA is a key ingredient here because of the area
> covered by gravity. I never saw any dimensions for this Tesla Sphere,
> but something tells me 3 feet diameter minimum. Searl and Hamel both
> say their machines don't work as tabletop versions, at least the
> levitating versions. Hamel says 6 to 8 feet is what he recommends for a
> prototype.
>
> With the Tesla Sphere, I understood it to be one material, like copper
> or spun steel. In the case of a Peltier junction, it is two different
> materials. With the Dotto ring, it was constantan and copper, but the
> constantan was a much smaller surface area than the copper, but those
> machines were reported to lift from the floor.
>
> I always attributed the Dotto ring levitation reports as due to the
> intense current (30,000 amps) with an equal polarity facing downwards to
> the earth (North to North) to cause magnetic repulsion.
>
> Very puzzling and to me, most fascinating. Do you think there is any
> chance the Peltier Junction might have something odd going on with it?
> Worth buying a scale, but I'll bet there is no perceptible weight loss.
>
> Something about an energized ring...<g>...
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