To be honest, each version's fine, in my opinion. V3 felt a bit unnecessary to me but at the same time, it's probably an improvement.
I sort of planned that, to a certain extent, I think, @t00tt33t. In essence, it should allow the power cell to maintain relatively equivalent amounts of energy.
after ~17 secs the lithium in the capacitor melts resetting spark storage
The ARAY is my current solution to the output problem, as the idea is that it compacts the SPRK back into one SPRK and passes it along, sort of like how a resistor effectively acts like a squeezed water pipe, limiting the water / SPRK flow.
Realistically, this works, but the lithium capacitors would squeeze out a more realistic amount of electricity than in the Powder Toy. I've been experimenting with Lithium capacitors so that I can produce a more realistic lithium ion capacitor, but that's easier said than done, so this is relatively close enough, so far, but it's an ongoing work in progress.
The Lithium batteries / capacitors effectively get charged as the sprk goes through, which simulates how real capacitors store and release electricity as it goes, allowing it to squeeze out more energy from the circuit with less losses. Of course, due to the Powder Toy's SPRK lacking a measurement system, as far as I know, to differentiate SPRK, the SPRK is sort of multiplied instead to a certain extent. As such it squeezes out way more energy from the process than it realistically would.
In essence, @ae15, the device works by using a layered material consisting of iron and gold. In essence, when the device is SPRKed from the green button, you have to hold it down for a few seconds until it becomes relatively self sustaining, it uses electrolysis to split water down into hydrogen and oxygen. When HYDR and OXYG interact with the PTNM, a reaction takes place, fusing them back into some form of water (Distilled) and some SPRK.
can you explain to me how this works