I have noticed that most researchers and experimenters reach to the same spot in their experiments: static electricity where current, as we know it, is small or almost undetectable, while voltage is well pronounced.
Tesla, Paul Baumann (Testatika), Paul Newman, and many more do the same. I haven't read Bedini's works, but from what I have seen he's using pressure (voltage) almost exclusively. The same occurs with your experiments, Joel, where you try to avoid current at all costs.
I've been always wondering why people say there's no energy in the static electricity while you get a very solid shock when you get in touch with it. The human body works in a similar fashion. The currents are quite weak while the voltages are easily measured. The human is a very efficient organism and this makes me think that voltage-controlled operations are the most efficient.
I've just read a couple of Bedini's replies (to letters or on forums, not sure) and saw that what we are not able to detect or measure is what is actually doing the work. Joseph Newman also says something similar (recalling from memory): current is a measure of power dissipation or power loss. Tesla also detects current by seeing how much losses there are in an induction coil charged by static electricity (the Tesla transformer).
When Tesla describes ways to utilize the static electricity he presents new kinds of lamps and new motors. As most of those were not adopted (with certain exceptions like the fluorescent lamps) we are struggling to find ways to convert the electricity that is found in nature (static electricity) into the electricity we are using right now and I feel there's something totally wrong about it. It is like buying an expensive tablet to use it as a cutting board.
Tesla, Paul Baumann (Testatika), Paul Newman, and many more do the same. I haven't read Bedini's works, but from what I have seen he's using pressure (voltage) almost exclusively. The same occurs with your experiments, Joel, where you try to avoid current at all costs.
I've been always wondering why people say there's no energy in the static electricity while you get a very solid shock when you get in touch with it. The human body works in a similar fashion. The currents are quite weak while the voltages are easily measured. The human is a very efficient organism and this makes me think that voltage-controlled operations are the most efficient.
I've just read a couple of Bedini's replies (to letters or on forums, not sure) and saw that what we are not able to detect or measure is what is actually doing the work. Joseph Newman also says something similar (recalling from memory): current is a measure of power dissipation or power loss. Tesla also detects current by seeing how much losses there are in an induction coil charged by static electricity (the Tesla transformer).
When Tesla describes ways to utilize the static electricity he presents new kinds of lamps and new motors. As most of those were not adopted (with certain exceptions like the fluorescent lamps) we are struggling to find ways to convert the electricity that is found in nature (static electricity) into the electricity we are using right now and I feel there's something totally wrong about it. It is like buying an expensive tablet to use it as a cutting board.