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  • Magnethos
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    Originally posted by level View Post
    I think discrete fields in this context means completely separate fields, as opposed to say an EM wave that has both electric and magnetic field components that are intrinsically linked together. Just think of it as two separate fields, one an electric field and one a magnetic field.
    I think that also. Use electric and magnetic fields appart.

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  • level
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    Originally posted by Magnethos View Post
    I've personally emailed to Steven and I got no answer from him. He has a website where he explains a little bit better the concept of his invention. The device doesn't seems very difficult to build, but I don't understand what he wants to say when he speaks about 'discrete fields'.
    I think discrete fields in this context means completely separate fields, as opposed to say an EM wave that has both electric and magnetic field components that are intrinsically linked together. Just think of it as two separate fields, one an electric field and one a magnetic field.

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  • Magnethos
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    Originally posted by level View Post
    Thanks for the info on Steven Mezini.
    US patent number is: US8913366
    I will read through the patent when I have time, but I have found that patents are often very hard to decipher or just too vague.
    I've personally emailed to Steven and I got no answer from him. He has a website where he explains a little bit better the concept of his invention. The device doesn't seems very difficult to build, but I don't understand what he wants to say when he speaks about 'discrete fields'.

    I've just openend a thread about the subject, if you want to participate in.

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  • level
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    Originally posted by Magnethos View Post
    I think there is a lot of bad information about the device, and there is a extremelly small amount of information telling the thruth. Some time ago I saw a guy saying that there was missing information in the conventional and modified versions of Barbosa. He shown a slightly different version that, in my oppinion, was better than the average ones.

    Well, the inventor is Steven Mezini. The patent is called Virtual Photon Power Converter.
    Thanks for the info on Steven Mezini.
    US patent number is: US8913366
    I will read through the patent when I have time, but I have found that patents are often very hard to decipher or just too vague.

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  • Magnethos
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    Originally posted by level View Post
    Hello Magnethos. It could be that if built right it will work, but the device Ariovaldo tested with and then later disassembled was supposed to have been built by Barbosa and leal, but Ariovaldo stated that he and the previous owner could not get it to work. Very strange, no?

    What is the name of this other guy, and do you have a patent number?
    I think there is a lot of bad information about the device, and there is a extremelly small amount of information telling the thruth. Some time ago I saw a guy saying that there was missing information in the conventional and modified versions of Barbosa. He shown a slightly different version that, in my oppinion, was better than the average ones.

    Well, the inventor is Steven Mezini. The patent is called Virtual Photon Power Converter.

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  • level
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    Originally posted by Magnethos View Post
    I believe that Barbosa leal system works if correctly built, because I've seen another patent from another guy that uses a similar system (but this second guy is not getting the power from the ground).

    This second guy 'breaks' the electromagnetic wave in two, having the electric and magnetic components appart. It amplifies the electric part and then mixes them to build the electromagnetic wave. In this case the output is higher than the input and the source of that amplification are the virtual photons.
    Hello Magnethos. It could be that if built right it will work, but the device Ariovaldo tested with and then later disassembled was supposed to have been built by Barbosa and leal, but Ariovaldo stated that he and the previous owner could not get it to work. Very strange, no?

    What is the name of this other guy, and do you have a patent number?

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  • Magnethos
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    Originally posted by level View Post
    I used 5.2mm diameter wire on the secondary and it could handle the 80 Amps OK with very little heating. Yes, the diagram you posted matches Ariovaldo's diagram. Ariovaldo based his diagram on a device that was supposed to have been made by Barbosa and Leal, which Ariovaldo purchased and disassembled, so it should be a correct diagram if that is true. The reason this setup works when plugged into the mains is bcause of a ground loop from the hot phase back to the grounded neutral at the mains service panel. Such a ground loop is not free energy. It may possibly fool some power meters however, but the power is still comeing from the mains. If you use a battery and inverter you eliminate this ground loop problem, but then you may find that the device doesn't work at all.
    I believe that Barbosa leal system works if correctly built, because I've seen another patent from another guy that uses a similar system (but this second guy is not getting the power from the ground).

    This second guy 'breaks' the electromagnetic wave in two, having the electric and magnetic components appart. It amplifies the electric part and then mixes them to build the electromagnetic wave. In this case the output is higher than the input and the source of that amplification are the virtual photons.

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  • level
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    Originally posted by Magnethos View Post
    I think that also, that the mains breaker is popping due a current imbalance.

    Well, the diagram I'm using if from another guy in youtube that got the same schematic running using the wall socket. Ariovaldo also used the same schematic and also worked. I think it's not working for me because there is a problem with the current imbalance that trips the main breaker.

    Another thing I've thought is that I'm using a thinner wire compared with other videos. Mine is 16 mm thick. In other videos I don't know how mm they're using, but they look thicker than mine.
    I used 5.2mm diameter wire on the secondary and it could handle the 80 Amps OK with very little heating. Yes, the diagram you posted matches Ariovaldo's diagram. Ariovaldo based his diagram on a device that was supposed to have been made by Barbosa and Leal, which Ariovaldo purchased and disassembled, so it should be a correct diagram if that is true. The reason this setup works when plugged into the mains is bcause of a ground loop from the hot phase back to the grounded neutral at the mains service panel. Such a ground loop is not free energy. It may possibly fool some power meters however, but the power is still comeing from the mains. If you use a battery and inverter you eliminate this ground loop problem, but then you may find that the device doesn't work at all.

    Edit: Ariovaldo stated that both him and the previous owner of the Barbosa and leal device couldn't get it working.

    Last edited by level; 07-03-2015, 08:36 PM.

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  • Magnethos
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    Originally posted by level View Post
    Hello Magnethos. I can only confirm what I have seen in my own tests. A few others have tested and could not get it to work either. My earth ground was a copper water pipe that runs horizontally buried in the ground. It is possible that you need a really extensive earth ground rod array system to get this setup to work, but with my more basic earth ground I did not see any unusual effect.

    You must wrap a few turns of the secondary wire closely around the outside of the toroid to limit the current in the secondary. I can't remember off the top of my head, but I think I was measuring around 80 Amps on the secondary with a few turns of the secondary wrapped around the toroid. The amount of current that flows in the secondary will also depend on the number of turns in your primary winding. You really do need a clamp on ammeter to test with a Barbosa and Leal arrangment so you can monitor the current levels closely.

    Your mains breaker may be popping due to a current imbalance between the phase and neutral (ground fault). You won't have this problem if you use a battery and inverter, but then you probably won't get the single transformer Barbosa and Leal setup to work at all if you use a battery and inverter. At least not if you use it the way you showed in your diagram, which does match one of Barbosa and Leal's patent drawings, more or less.
    I think that also, that the mains breaker is popping due a current imbalance.

    Well, the diagram I'm using if from another guy in youtube that got the same schematic running using the wall socket. Ariovaldo also used the same schematic and also worked. I think it's not working for me because there is a problem with the current imbalance that trips the main breaker.

    Another thing I've thought is that I'm using a thinner wire compared with other videos. Mine is 16 mm thick. In other videos I don't know how mm they're using, but they look thicker than mine.

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  • level
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    Originally posted by Magnethos View Post
    Oh sorry, about the answers of other users. Sometimes is difficult to me to understand the whole concept at once.

    I've discarded the possibility of drawing too much current because I'm trying to light a small 25 incandescent bulb. I don't know how many watts the toroid is consuming because I don't have a clamp.

    The secondary (the black thick wire) passes only once through the toroid center.

    So you suggest that if I use an inverter the device won't work at all? It only works if you plug it into the wall socket?
    Hello Magnethos. I can only confirm what I have seen in my own tests. A few others have tested and could not get it to work either. My earth ground was a copper water pipe that runs horizontally buried in the ground. It is possible that you need a really extensive earth ground rod array system to get this setup to work, but with my more basic earth ground I did not see any unusual effect.

    You must wrap a few turns of the secondary wire closely around the outside of the toroid to limit the current in the secondary. I can't remember off the top of my head, but I think I was measuring around 80 Amps on the secondary with a few turns of the secondary wrapped around the toroid. The amount of current that flows in the secondary will also depend on the number of turns in your primary winding. You really do need a clamp on ammeter to test with a Barbosa and Leal arrangement so you can monitor the current levels closely.

    Your mains breaker may be popping due to a current imbalance between the phase and neutral (ground fault). You won't have this problem if you use a battery and inverter, but then you probably won't get the single transformer Barbosa and Leal setup to work at all if you use a battery and inverter. At least not if you use it the way you showed in your diagram, which does match one of Barbosa and Leal's patent drawings, more or less.
    Last edited by level; 07-03-2015, 08:15 PM.

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  • Magnethos
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    Originally posted by level View Post
    Hello Magnethos. Your questions about why the breaker keeps popping have already been answered in this same thread, but for some reason you are ignoring those answers. The breaker is either popping because you are drawing too much current and exceeding the max current for the breaker, or if the breaker is a type that also detects an imbalance in current between the phase wire and the neutral wire, then with the setup you are using, which will definitely cause such a current imbalance due to the phase wire passing current to a load through a ground loop, it will pop the breaker due to the current imbalance.

    You have to test this type of device arrangement using a battery and inverter. You need a half decent clamp on ammeter to measure the current in the primary (both hot and neutral wires) and the current in the secondary which can be very high if you don't wind a few turns of the shorted secondary wire around the outside of the toroid core. The secondary wire should pass through the toroid center only once, or also the secondary current will be much too high. A few people here have tested this Barbosa and Leal single toroid setup including myself, and did not see anything out of the ordinary. If you use a battery and inverter, the device does not work at all, or so I and a few others have found in our tests. Barbosa and Leal did indicate that their devices should work with a battery and inverter in their patent application docs however. Be careful if you are experimenting with the mains or an inverter. The voltage is high enough to potentially kill you.
    Oh sorry, about the answers of other users. Sometimes is difficult to me to understand the whole concept at once.

    I've discarded the possibility of drawing too much current because I'm trying to light a small 25 incandescent bulb. I don't know how many watts the toroid is consuming because I don't have a clamp.

    The secondary (the black thick wire) passes only once through the toroid center.

    So you suggest that if I use an inverter the device won't work at all? It only works if you plug it into the wall socket?

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  • level
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    Originally posted by Magnethos View Post
    I started trying to use the power socket ground but a guy suggested to me to use another different ground, so I used a water pipe. In both cases the breaker pops. Another guy has said me that I'll need to use an inverter or a generator and don't use the power socket of the power grid because it's grounded. So I thought about using a square wave inverter (the only one I've) and try to light a 25 watt incandescent bulb.

    When I say it sill doesn't work I mean that the breaker is still popping.
    Hello Magnethos. Your questions about why the breaker keeps popping have already been answered in this same thread, but for some reason you are ignoring those answers. The breaker is either popping because you are drawing too much current and exceeding the max current for the breaker, or if the breaker is a type that also detects an imbalance in current between the phase wire and the neutral wire, then with the setup you are using, which will definitely cause such a current imbalance due to the phase wire passing current to a load through a ground loop, it will pop the breaker due to the current imbalance.

    You have to test this type of device arrangement using a battery and inverter. You need a half decent clamp on ammeter to measure the current in the primary (both hot and neutral wires) and the current in the secondary which can be very high if you don't wind a few turns of the shorted secondary wire around the outside of the toroid core. The secondary wire should pass through the toroid center only once, or also the secondary current will be much too high. A few people here have tested this Barbosa and Leal single toroid setup including myself, and did not see anything out of the ordinary. If you use a battery and inverter, the device does not work at all, or so I and a few others have found in our tests. Barbosa and Leal did indicate that their devices should work with a battery and inverter in their patent application docs however. Be careful if you are experimenting with the mains or an inverter. The voltage is high enough to potentially kill you.
    Last edited by level; 07-03-2015, 07:38 PM.

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  • Magnethos
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    Originally posted by tachyoncatcher View Post
    Your drawing is showing an earth ground. If this is coming from the Mains, then I would change that. That circuit is simply cheating meters if Mains neutral and ground are used. I would use a ground rod put in the earth. Not a water pipe. In many locale, water pipes are "grounded" to the Mains ground.

    When you say it still doesn't work, what do you mean exactly? The breaker is still popping? Then follow the direction I gave earlier.

    Good Luck,

    Randy
    I started trying to use the power socket ground but a guy suggested to me to use another different ground, so I used a water pipe. In both cases the breaker pops. Another guy has said me that I'll need to use an inverter or a generator and don't use the power socket of the power grid because it's grounded. So I thought about using a square wave inverter (the only one I've) and try to light a 25 watt incandescent bulb.

    When I say it sill doesn't work I mean that the breaker is still popping.

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  • tachyoncatcher
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    Agreement

    Originally posted by Magnethos View Post
    Hello tachyoncatcher,
    The toroid transformer output is AC, not DC, sorry for that wrong information I said. I've checked it.
    So you suggest to me to try to connect a load in series with the primary. The phase wire would be the primary of the toroid on the phase side, but.. what about the neutral wire? what would be the neutral?

    Some user in the other forum has said to replace the power grid ground connection with other ground, like a rod. I've tried it and it still doesn't work.
    Your drawing is showing an earth ground. If this is coming from the Mains, then I would change that. That circuit is simply cheating meters if Mains neutral and ground are used. I would use a ground rod put in the earth. Not a water pipe. In many locale, water pipes are "grounded" to the Mains ground.

    When you say it still doesn't work, what do you mean exactly? The breaker is still popping? Then follow the direction I gave earlier.

    Good Luck,

    Randy

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  • Magnethos
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    Originally posted by tachyoncatcher View Post
    Hi Magnethos,
    I agree with citfta. All I see in those videos are poor measurements and a misunderstanding of Mains. But, in the spirit of seeking understanding, if you want to proceed I would change up a couple things. Your toroid transformer has AC in and DC out. This means it has to, at least, have a couple FWBRs under that tape. I would remove them. Actually, "I" would remove the secondary windings. Next I would connect a load in series with the primary of the toroid on the Phase side. Maybe a 100watt bulb between the breaker and your next tap in your circuit. Then I would test the transformer without any load or large wire in it. The bulb should NOT light up. If the bulb lights up, Your transformer's primary winding has a short in it. Assuming all is well, measure power consumption using a amp meter on the "Phase" wire. Not some Kilowatt meter. Calculate your watts from there. The light bulb will act as a safety should something get shorted. If this device works as advertised, the bulb should not light or at the very most, very dimly. This is what I would do. I'm not suggesting anyone should try the above

    If you give us the dimensions of your toroid, I can give you a close idea of the primary windings assuming it is made from silicon steel. Most AC power transformers are.

    Good Luck,

    Randy
    Hello tachyoncatcher,
    The toroid transformer output is AC, not DC, sorry for that wrong information I said. I've checked it.
    So you suggest to me to try to connect a load in series with the primary. The phase wire would be the primary of the toroid on the phase side, but.. what about the neutral wire? what would be the neutral?

    Some user in the other forum has said to replace the power grid ground connection with other ground, like a rod. I've tried it and it still doesn't work.

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