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Growing food with Bedini/Tesla devices...
I feel it is becoming important for people to be able to grow their own food, and to do so having protection from adverse elements (junk being sprayed in the air, radiation from various sources, and increased bad UV rays). Therefore, one must consider growing food indoors. However, that would suggest providing an artificially welcome environment for them (temperature/ humidity zones, and proper light spectrum, etc).
I have already experimented with some plants (dwarf lemon and lime, various other food plants) for nearly a year (while I had been convalescing) Using LED fixtures I had built myself. I had fabulous results using 12 volt LED strings (5 meter 600 LED) used in the automotive industry--very inexpensive.
I had researched that a combination of 6-7 red LEDs to 1 blue and 1 white would be best. My first fixture have only the red and blue, but my future ones will contain white, as well. So, they do work, and very well. This winter, we (my wife is the "plant-whisperer and I am the techie guy) plan to do side-by side tests with various food plants, one in a solution used in hydroponics (kind of a hydroponic variant using plants suspended in plastic tote boxes) and the other planted in our own version of potting soil.
The LEDs are adhered to 3/8 inch think by 8 inch composite house siding (super cheap) that is 16 feet long, cut into 4 foot sections--each light fixture is assembled on one of those 4 foot sections. I can show anyone interested in building these fixtures in a step by step fashion.
The trick will be doing this with little or no energy usage, as I do not believe we will always have the grid (solar activity, etc). So, my idea is to build a solid state or wheeled version of Nityesh Schnaderbeck's "Tri-Symetrical Switch" design using John Bedini's technology, to test run 4-6 of these fixtures over this winter.
The wheeled version might employ low-drag coils such as the one Peter Lindemann demonstrated on the intermediate/advanced SSG at the 2014 conference. I don not know if a solid state version would be viable--Others might know more about that than I do. If there is need for a small bit of solar/wind, that would be better than not being able to use such a technology, even if it is just used to stretch out and/or limit overall energy usage.
I hope to inspire others to DO SOMETHING, even if it is just something small like this, to become more self-sufficient, and/or to work toward getting off the grid...small steps first...I sort of learned my lesson about BIG things. I have 2 other projects that will be going on concurrently. One involving a 4-coil SS SSG for my big batteries, and a charger for small batteries--possibly another version of your "Tri-Symetrical Switch" idea.
Nityesh, Gary Hammond, and ANYONE else out there interested, I would greatly welcome your participation/collaboration. Cheers
James, somewhere in Idaho
Growing food with Bedini/Tesla devices...
I feel it is becoming important for people to be able to grow their own food, and to do so having protection from adverse elements (junk being sprayed in the air, radiation from various sources, and increased bad UV rays). Therefore, one must consider growing food indoors. However, that would suggest providing an artificially welcome environment for them (temperature/ humidity zones, and proper light spectrum, etc).
I have already experimented with some plants (dwarf lemon and lime, various other food plants) for nearly a year (while I had been convalescing) Using LED fixtures I had built myself. I had fabulous results using 12 volt LED strings (5 meter 600 LED) used in the automotive industry--very inexpensive.
I had researched that a combination of 6-7 red LEDs to 1 blue and 1 white would be best. My first fixture have only the red and blue, but my future ones will contain white, as well. So, they do work, and very well. This winter, we (my wife is the "plant-whisperer and I am the techie guy) plan to do side-by side tests with various food plants, one in a solution used in hydroponics (kind of a hydroponic variant using plants suspended in plastic tote boxes) and the other planted in our own version of potting soil.
The LEDs are adhered to 3/8 inch think by 8 inch composite house siding (super cheap) that is 16 feet long, cut into 4 foot sections--each light fixture is assembled on one of those 4 foot sections. I can show anyone interested in building these fixtures in a step by step fashion.
The trick will be doing this with little or no energy usage, as I do not believe we will always have the grid (solar activity, etc). So, my idea is to build a solid state or wheeled version of Nityesh Schnaderbeck's "Tri-Symetrical Switch" design using John Bedini's technology, to test run 4-6 of these fixtures over this winter.
The wheeled version might employ low-drag coils such as the one Peter Lindemann demonstrated on the intermediate/advanced SSG at the 2014 conference. I don not know if a solid state version would be viable--Others might know more about that than I do. If there is need for a small bit of solar/wind, that would be better than not being able to use such a technology, even if it is just used to stretch out and/or limit overall energy usage.
I hope to inspire others to DO SOMETHING, even if it is just something small like this, to become more self-sufficient, and/or to work toward getting off the grid...small steps first...I sort of learned my lesson about BIG things. I have 2 other projects that will be going on concurrently. One involving a 4-coil SS SSG for my big batteries, and a charger for small batteries--possibly another version of your "Tri-Symetrical Switch" idea.
Nityesh, Gary Hammond, and ANYONE else out there interested, I would greatly welcome your participation/collaboration. Cheers
James, somewhere in Idaho
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