I wanted to add one other line-of-thought to the
previous suggestion that mechanical systems can offer
some insight into "impeded" electrical systems,
especially where the output is in in a different form
(photons) from the input (electromagnetic waves).
Normally the two are linked and conservative.
The concept of "jounce" has been mentioned many times
here. In a mechanical system, jounce can be equated to
what is known a "shock wave". In that case, the output
can be in a different form than the input and have a
"strikingly" different quality. Is the shock wave
always conservative?
To that thought we need to add the concept of Q
factor, which has both mechanical and EM relevance.
As Wiki sez: the Q or quality factor compares the time
constant for decay of an oscillating physical system's
amplitude to its oscillation period. Equivalently, it
compares the frequency at which a system oscillates to
the rate at which it dissipates its energy.
A higher Q indicates a lower rate of energy
dissipation relative to the oscillation frequency. For
example, a pendulum suspended from a high-quality
bearing, oscillating in air, would have a high Q and
there are pendulums which swing for a very long time
and cohere some of earth's rotational energy.
IOW giving any system a high Q will often "allow" (but
not demand) that it can cohere ambient or ubiquitous
energy from outside its immediate system.
Physical interpretation of Q = 2pi times the ratio of
the total energy stored divided by the energy lost in
a single cycle. For large values of Q, the Q factor is
the number of oscillations required for a freely
oscillating system's energy to fall off to 1/e^2pi, or
about 1/535, of its original energy.
When the system is driven by a sinusoidal drive, its
resonant behavior depends strongly on Q. Resonant
systems respond to frequencies close to their natural
frequency much more strongly than they respond to
other frequencies. The "ringing" of a ferrite magnet
would indicate a high-Q which can have both mechanical
and electrical crossover possibilities.
For an electrically resonant system, the Q factor
represents the effect of electrical resistance; and
for electromechanical resonators such as quartz
crystals, mechanical friction. Some hard ferrites are
in a crossover position.
IF (big if) there is to be an outside gainful input
into the system, such as from ZPE frequencies, then it
would likely come in the form of what is called
negative resistance (for EM systems) or jounce (for
mechanical systems.
We know that arc discharges can have a short range of
negative resistance. Look once again at the Pavel
Imris claims. If they are accurate, then negative
resistance probably comes into play in those multiple
tube discharges.
What about LEDs and a negative resistance range?
Does the acronym VCNR diode (Voltage Controlled
Negative Resistance diode) ring a bell?
CAVEAT. I am not offering this as anything other than
speculation towards what could be happening in the
Stiffler circuit when it is powering twenty of more
diodes in series, and all of them are in a negative
resistance mode. The circuit itself in EM terms may be
fully conservative, but the output in photons just
might be causally unrelated to the EM input - yet that
photonic output would then be related to another form
of input: to wit ZPE, which is coaxed in by the
negative resistance regime of the LED...
IOW the LED becomes what is NOT a load per se, or
should I say "not merely a load" but also an active
element.
Let me add that I have discussed this wild idea with
Dr.Stiffler but he is not at all convinced that it is
relevant... at least not so far.
When he gets the LED count upwards to a certain level,
however, especially if evidence chimes-in that his
kind of LED is operating in VCNR mode, then such a
"dispositive" finding (negative resistance ;-) may
ring like a bell with a shock-wave of eurekan clarity.
Jones
