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Been using Quartz for over 7 years

now. I believe the effect is piezoelectric and the quartz is converting EMF/RFI fields into heat, if you can mount it so that the quartz can mechanically vibrate a bit ( simple rubber cement and blue tack works).

I believe The Shun Mook discs utilize this effect in addition to the Shakti. Ben Piazza of Shakti does have a patent on his designs , however, and his stones, I believe, creates a waveguide to focus the EMF fields on the crystals.

I do not use it to tune the chassis, however. I use it by placement close to sources of EMF/RFI. The IEC inlet plugs have a lot of EMF between the three terminals. Digital IC's, motor assemblies, transformers and chokes are also big sources.

Since in the US, AC is 60 HZ, I also use tuning forks tuned to about 120 Hz to tune chassis and racks (the second harmonic of 60 Hz). With the trend to extra thick chassis and faceplate, I am wondering why manufacturers can't machine long slots tuned to 60 or 120 Hz and help dissipate the 60 Hz EMF fields. The slots could also serve as cooling slots. This would be a direct application of the laws of thermodynamics. We would simply be converting the EMF field resonant frequency into heat by the mechanical motion of the tuning fork.

Stu

PS. The tuning fork idea is not patented, BTW. If any one decides to utilize it a little credit would be nice.



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