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Re: Figuring out the Steam Resonator
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2012, 03:09:12 am »
Yeah, the bridge rectifier is confusing me the most with that circuit....I'm wondering if it's not a bridge rectifier, but it definately looks like one.

TonyW pointed out before that the circuit is similiar to a H-Bridge circuit used to control the direction of an electric motor.

I think there are many different ways of making the steam resonator work....I'm just wanting to know how this one worked.....
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Re: Figuring out the Steam Resonator
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2012, 04:53:19 am »
The diagram you posted has 2 VIC coils to run one SR, yet in the VIC box with 11 units, it only has one 3-23 VIC for the SR. With a different switch over circuit you should be able to use one VIC. Or use two VIC coils and run two SRs at the same time as shown in the TB.

What are you thinking of building?
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Re: Figuring out the Steam Resonator
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2012, 05:40:22 am »
Donaldwfc, thanks for contributing.

I think your right on about the steam resonator VIC.

As far as building...Not sure yet but hopefully I'll start building this summer....

I gave up a few years back after I spent over 1,000$ on useless crap....I realized at that time that I was not educated enough to replicate Meyer, now I'm feeling ready!


BTW, still have no idea why there is a bridge rectifier in the circuit?
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Re: Figuring out the Steam Resonator
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2012, 06:37:15 am »
Yea, the thing about that item with the bridge is that it's not from the early stuff. He shows a multi tapped transformer in some of the patents as an input before the opto pulsing part of the circuit. It's not from those early patented systems. It used the same aluminum heat sink as the other VIC cards so it was made around the same time. Also it is heavy gage wire, and we see that by this time he was using 29 gage wire and mentioning 36 gauge wire in the newer patents. So why the high current transformer? Anyway I can't figure out what it's for... Maybe new details will come up in the future.

For the SR, we know his first one on the 1992 dune buggy was two flat plates, the later one was two tubes side by side with slots milled into them all along the length. Both appeared to have the same single VIC as the power source. The crossover circuit for them must be in the big VIC box somewhere.

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Re: Figuring out the Steam Resonator
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2012, 07:14:53 am »
what is the point to this resonator? what use is it on the car really?
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