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by stevethetinker
Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:30 am
Forum: Design
Topic: i'm trying to build a dodecahedron polywell reactor
Replies: 35
Views: 30533

electrical grade tubing?

Where would a person get tubing made of electrical grade copper? Is it readily available? Normal tubing for plumbing (soft tubing is the purest) has enough contaminants to raise its resistive heating quite a bit compared to electrical grade, especially at high currents. Remember, power = current squ...
by stevethetinker
Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:07 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Proliferation
Replies: 15
Views: 10266

What you say is true, of course, but I suspect that there are easier ways to get fissile material. Making the Polywell technology widely available addresses proliferation in a different direction. A society that has sufficient energy without having to bother others is less likely to want a bomb. Whe...
by stevethetinker
Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: The reality of alternative energy
Replies: 2
Views: 2496

I live in the St. Louis area. Several years ago Union Electric did a test program with "smart grid" type technology. They offered $10 off per month if we would allow them to put a radio-controlled device on our air conditioner that would allow them to do load control. They promised that we would not...
by stevethetinker
Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:06 pm
Forum: Design
Topic: WB6 Coil question
Replies: 40
Views: 27125

I was told once some years ago that if you published an idea, you had a year to patent it. Might be worth looking into. The only thing I see about your idea is that it has the same problems that anything has that does not use round conductors: the electrons tend to collect at the regions of highest ...