Thanks for the link, Ion.
If all results to date have ended in failure, why believe that there is something that could work?
Dear F6FLT
You have a good point, however I personally believe that most folks have been traveling already well worn paths, hence they will not uncover new modes.
Bibhas De infers "The Foundation is the Frontier" and in the basement of the physics ediface are experiments that have been shrouded or otherwise covered over and ignored as they do not fit into the existing framework of the establishment.
This is not to say that the existing framework is wrong, as it has brought us many wonderful inventions, but it may be incomplete or have some interesting unexplored areas.
My long study (12 year) of the TPU of SM and it's history timelines etc. has compelled me with the desire to study the basic laws of electrodynamics and try to understand them more clearly.
The normal electrodynamic paths are well traveled and I seriously doubt they will reveal any violations of current laws of thermodynamics.
Most pulsing of coils etc seems to lead to null experiments, as most seem to treat the TPU as an exotic Faraday transformer. They will get nowhere IMHO.
A viable gain mechanism a priori must be the basis of a hypothesis.
When we have looked at nearly all the known means of induction and production of current flow in a conductor, we then need to back up and rethink.
If the TPU has done nothing more than that, it was worth the exercise, but I am a mere beginner, there are others on the forum far more advanced in understanding electrodynamics than I.
Of all the FE devices, The TPU is still the main one that intrigues me especially because of it's history, how it came to be known, how it came to disappear, and precisely because of all the unsuccessful replications.
I can point to numerous supporting data why I believe it was real and only a very few reasons why I also believe in some instances it could be faked . So it keeps me exploring, and maybe while pondering these things I may accidentally hit on some method that may be helpful, perhaps even unrelated to the basic quest.
At age 73, I suppose one might say "there's no fool like an old fool".
Regards
P.S. Other devices of interest: Coler, Moray, Hendershot, Colman-Gillespie etc. and experiments in LENR, however I look with a jaundiced eye at 99.9% of the FE claims out there. It's the 0.1% that gain entry to my door.
"Secrecy, secret societies and secret groups have always been repugnant to a free and open society"......John F Kennedy