From: John Fields on
On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 17:15:56 -0700, dplatt(a)radagast.org (Dave Platt)
wrote:

>In article <s3u936pei9m8avir637dp9njoan90tmkil(a)4ax.com>,
>John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:
>
>>And then, because of the inevitable losses at ordinary temperatures,
>>the sloshing about will cause decay.
>>
>>But what about if the tank was superconductive?
>
>Even if the tank wiring is superconductive, it seems to me that the
>alternating current flow is going to result in emission of energy in
>the form of E/M radiation, no? There's going to be some amount of
>"radiation resistance", when the wiring (having a non-zero physical
>size) acts as a small loop antenna and lets out a chirp of RF.
>
>>The real magic is in reactance, which allows charge to be freely
>>transferred, back and forth, between capacitance and inductance, with
>>resistance determining the limit.
>
>True... but you have to include "radiation resistance" in this, as
>well as the usual dissipative-into-heat resistance in the wiring.

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True. :-)

From: John Fields on
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:54:26 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:57:11 -0500, John Fields
><jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:00:12 -0700, Jim Thompson
>><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Larkin vaguely started his thread with no mention of an inductor
>>>whatsoever, then added the inductor and claimed "sloshing" forever.
>
>I said that certain posts were untrue. Which they were.
>
>>
>>---
>>Yeah, well, Larkin claims a lot of things are absolutely true which
>>break down around zero and infinity.
>
>Cite?

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Well, the one that always brings a grin to my chops is: "Latching
relays have infinite gain."

There are others, but they slip my mind and it's just not worth the
effort to find them.
---

>>>What-a-pile of BS...
>>>use real switches and real inductors and real
>>>capacitors.
>>
>>---
>>Indeed.
>
>It helps to understand ideal circuits before you consider real
>circuits. The ideals are the limiting cases. You CAN transfer charge
>between equal value caps without loss of charge, and you can more
>generally transfer energy between caps without loss; just use an
>inductor.
>
>For those who dislike theory, Spice will slosh charge around between
>two caps for millions of cycles. Try it.

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OK

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With the 0.1�F caps and 1mH coil shown, we have a frequency of ~
22.5kHz and an inductive reactance of ~ 141 ohms which, for a Q of 200
which you used in another post, calls for about 0.7 ohms of resistance
in the circuit.

I included it as the series resistance of the choke and, as reported
back by LTspice, once the charged cap is connected to the LC, the
circuit starts ringing, and after about 20ms (to be generous) decays
to essentially zero.

Thus we have a decaying 20ms period populated by 46�s wide cycles, for
a total of about 435 cycles, a far cry from your claimed "millions of
cycles".

From: AM on
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:40:48 -0500, John Fields
<jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:

>
>
>
>With the 0.1�F caps and 1mH coil shown, we have a frequency of ~
>22.5kHz and an inductive reactance of ~ 141 ohms which, for a Q of 200
>which you used in another post, calls for about 0.7 ohms of resistance
>in the circuit.
>
>I included it as the series resistance of the choke and, as reported
>back by LTspice, once the charged cap is connected to the LC, the
>circuit starts ringing, and after about 20ms (to be generous) decays
>to essentially zero.
>
>Thus we have a decaying 20ms period populated by 46�s wide cycles, for
>a total of about 435 cycles, a far cry from your claimed "millions of
>cycles".


Which proves that something is lost, or the process has a cost, as each
cycle is decaying.

It requires 'work' to 'cast' the electrons 'across' the face of the
plates. :-)

Kind of like playing "Trouble". The surface gets crowded with
electrons and a few get lost when the pressures bump around.
From: John Larkin on
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:13:53 -0700, AM
<thisthatandtheother(a)beherenow.org> wrote:

>On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:40:48 -0500, John Fields
><jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>With the 0.1�F caps and 1mH coil shown, we have a frequency of ~
>>22.5kHz and an inductive reactance of ~ 141 ohms which, for a Q of 200
>>which you used in another post, calls for about 0.7 ohms of resistance
>>in the circuit.
>>
>>I included it as the series resistance of the choke and, as reported
>>back by LTspice, once the charged cap is connected to the LC, the
>>circuit starts ringing, and after about 20ms (to be generous) decays
>>to essentially zero.
>>
>>Thus we have a decaying 20ms period populated by 46�s wide cycles, for
>>a total of about 435 cycles, a far cry from your claimed "millions of
>>cycles".
>
>
> Which proves that something is lost, or the process has a cost, as each
>cycle is decaying.
>
Which also demonstrates that, when he really tries, JF can use Spice
to break aby circuit he chooses to break.

What's shocking is that JT and JF need to use Spice to analyze
something as EE101-basic as this, and then manage to get things wrong.

John

From: John Fields on
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:40:48 -0500, John Fields
<jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:54:26 -0700, John Larkin
><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:57:11 -0500, John Fields
>><jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:00:12 -0700, Jim Thompson
>>><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Larkin vaguely started his thread with no mention of an inductor
>>>>whatsoever, then added the inductor and claimed "sloshing" forever.
>>
>>I said that certain posts were untrue. Which they were.
>>
>>>
>>>---
>>>Yeah, well, Larkin claims a lot of things are absolutely true which
>>>break down around zero and infinity.
>>
>>Cite?
>
>---
>Well, the one that always brings a grin to my chops is: "Latching
>relays have infinite gain."
>
>There are others, but they slip my mind and it's just not worth the
>effort to find them.
>---
>
>>>>What-a-pile of BS...
>>>>use real switches and real inductors and real
>>>>capacitors.
>>>
>>>---
>>>Indeed.
>>
>>It helps to understand ideal circuits before you consider real
>>circuits. The ideals are the limiting cases. You CAN transfer charge
>>between equal value caps without loss of charge, and you can more
>>generally transfer energy between caps without loss; just use an
>>inductor.
>>
>>For those who dislike theory, Spice will slosh charge around between
>>two caps for millions of cycles. Try it.
>
>---
>OK

---
Oops...

This is what I meant:


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>With the 0.1�F caps and 1mH coil shown, we have a frequency of ~
>22.5kHz and an inductive reactance of ~ 141 ohms which, for a Q of 200
>which you used in another post, calls for about 0.7 ohms of resistance
>in the circuit.
>
>I included it as the series resistance of the choke and, as reported
>back by LTspice, once the charged cap is connected to the LC, the
>circuit starts ringing, and after about 20ms (to be generous) decays
>to essentially zero.
>
>Thus we have a decaying 20ms period populated by 46�s wide cycles, for
>a total of about 435 cycles, a far cry from your claimed "millions of
>cycles".