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Tate Ambient Power Module. Joseph Tate Last Known Address 760 Waldo Point Sausalito Ca (4965) 415 331 8150 332 9918 U.S. Patent 4,628,299
This design converts radio frequency energy to power that can be usefully applied in power devices such as clocks,radios and smoke detectors.
This design makes use of a doubler, splitter and rectifier.
The device has been known to give 36 volt/9 watts.
This devices does away for the need for batteries by extracting energy from natural and man made radio waves.
THe device uses a coil made of the following design 479 turns of #22 wire on a 3" plastic tube, the coil should be loosely wound as a close wound coil tends to reduce power collection. One end should be connected to unit at antenna connection point and the other to an antenna of your choice .
Other coil types could be used in your experiments such as sliding induction coils that is inside one another and find the best position by moving them in different positions.
Other coil types can be found by referencing any good book on radio fundamentals. Check out the Telsa type coils as well.
Power could be also enhanced by placing a tin foil pyramid under the coil as this seems to also improve power.
The power produced also seems to improve near bridges,ships and any thing containing a great deal of metal.
A high antenna wire seems to improve the running of unit although a 7 foot whip antenna worked reasonably well too.
A interesting side line is the inventor claims to be able to detect earthquakes by the rise and fall of energy levels.
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