reynobond sheet
Cal Schindel ( cal@spinweb.com )
Tue, 19 May 1998 11:12:03 -0600
Mr. Williams: I find I am somewhat surprised that anyone on the Keely
list wouldn't have some equipment. But, that's ok, we all start
somewhere. Now, a meter of a type you might buy at Sears or Radio Shack
isn't going to read anything from just several pieces of Reynobond
sheet. The voltages and currents being measured by the Hodowanec device
are in the millionths portions of volts or amps. The detection device, a
capacitor of perhaps 10kuf (that means 10 thousand micro farads), is
inside, two rolled up sheets of aluminum with a nonconductive material
between them. If unrolled, this material would be several square feet in
size. The rated capacity of any condenser is dependent on the surface
area, the type of insulating material, and the physical distance between
the layers (the closer, the better). The actual construction of a
capacitor has alternate layers sticking out of the stack on opposite
sides so that the alternate layers can be connected to wire connectors.
The Hodowanec device then uses a series of very sensitive solid state
power multiplier chips to amplify the voltages and amperages actually
developed in a capacitor up to power levels that can be measured and
recorded by his chart recorders. Everything in that device is relatively
cheap to buy as parts from Radio Shack except the chart recorder. You
can listen to the output with earphones. The output will be very boring
hiss or similar which will only vary over hours which is why Hodowanec
hooked it to a chart recorder. Anyway, my whole point was that if a
"normal" capacitor reacted to gravity waves; then a huge pile of
capacitor type material might produce a small but measurable relatively
steady output. Now, the initial sparks coming off the Reynobond skids
are due to static; however, after the static is discharged there is
probably a continuing buildup that is measurable. I don't know that
anyone in the world has ever tried to build a capacitor of the size that
you have described. You might try printing the Hodowanec website
material along with this email and take it to a plant electrical
engineer. If that's not something you would do, find an electronic
hobbyist to work with and show the information to him. Building
experimental circuits is an art form and you will accidently ruin chips
in the assembly and testing process and it takes some experience to
recognize when things are broken and when they're just not working as
planned. I would definately NOT recommend the Hodowanec devices to an
amatuer. Electronics as a hobby can be relatively inexpensive and fun as
a startup and it can go on to bigger and better. The skys the limit. A
little like entering an old junk car in a demolition derby and working
up to the Indianapolis 500. Good luck, Cal at Missoula