earth ZPM, new theory for interface

[immhotep]

ok we know that our naquada generators are compatable with ancinet technolgy or at least atlantis and the rings/stargates, so why can we use multiple generators in a ZPM interface to better distibute(not sure if thats a correct term) the energy.
from what i can tell our interface it sloppy at best, esp. in atlantis, so if we created a ZPM shaped device; from what i can tell the ZPM is a big crystel or arangement of crystel (presumable with information or programing allowing the device or the thing its plugged in to to draw its power from subspace/time); and our naquadah generators interface with a crystel node, so if we created a node that was shaped like a ZPM so we can plug more NG in to the city, by using a ZPM node to interface the ZPM node to provide a more suitable interface between the two technology's.
basicly its getting an adapter for our technolgy to let us plug in to atlantis better, like going to europe from england

comments?
immhotep

[Qasim]

if we had the tech to make a zpm adaptor we could probably make a zpm

[immhotep]

no because im only talking about changing the way we plug the NG's in, now we use 1 crystel shapped node, plugged in to X socket, but if we made a ZPM shaped node then the NG's might become more compatable with ancient technolgy;
to make a ZPM ius a whole other story, if im correct and the ZPM crystel only contain information for a device to draw its energy from, we might be able to read that information and copy it on to another device that has an exact copy of crystels and the configureion of the crystels as a real ZPM........so really were just pretending to have a ZPM when we really dont, for both senarious.

[Qasim]

but just making the interface the same shape as a zpm interface wont necessarily mean it will work and how would we copy this information from crystal to crystal

[immhotep]

carter does it all the time, daniel said in lost city...............and it would help because the ZPM power distibutor is alot more efficent at powering atlantis that what we do, if we can plug ourselves in to that then we cna power the city alot better than we are at the moment.

[Three PhDs]

I don't see how where you put the power into Atlantis will make a difference. x Watts are x Watts.

[immhotep]

because at the moment our interface with atlantis is sloppy at best, but the ZPM powered t he entire city perfectly, watts are watts yes but you can lose power through resistance or sloppy wireing.........if i recall science lessons properly.

[Three PhDs]

because at the moment our interface with atlantis is sloppy at best, but the ZPM powered t he entire city perfectly, watts are watts yes but you can lose power through resistance or sloppy wireing.........if i recall science lessons properly.

Yeah, but it's not the interface that makes a ZPM powerful. It's the fact that it exploits zero point energy which is several orders of magnitude more powerful than anything you could expect from a Naquadah generator.

[immhotep]

i know im not saying that we are going to get anything like the power of a ZPM, all im saying is that we could improve the efficentcy of the power we are delivering already.

[Three PhDs]

i know im not saying that we are going to get anything like the power of a ZPM, all im saying is that we could improve the efficentcy of the power we are delivering already.

But all you'd be doing is adding in another potential source of inefficiency.

NG -> Atlantis

is more efficient than:

NG -> Some Adapter -> Atlantis

[Qasim]

Good point

[immhotep]

no but we still have an adapter, it more like this

NG -> single crystel node > secondary power distribution system > atlantis

with the ZPM adapter it would be

NG -> primary distibution through ZPM node >atlantis

we use the secordary not primary system to power atlantis with our NG, it however we could power the city with NG through a ZPM node interface then the city would get the power better because the primart system is a better system for distibuting power than wht we currently use.

[_Owen_]

Ok, yes, X watts does equal X watts, however X watts distributed over X amount of time does not equal X watts distributed over Y amount of time, with one, energy will be being forced into systems faster, and if the systems do not require it, they will overload.

What immhotep is trying to say, is that simply connecting a naquadah generator to atlantis' power grid, is not as easy as it sounds, right now, we bassically plug them in wherever we can find, using our primitive wiring, with wiring there is a slower energy transfer, and energy is lost. With a diffrent type of transfer say through crystals, the energy transfer rate is higher. So, the naquadah generator can produce X watts, but by the time the energy reaches the system in which it is being used, the energy will have been reduced to Y watts.

As for how we could copy information from crystal to crystal, which I don't really think is relevant, but whatever, it is very simple, a crystal stores information like a hard drive, except the information is stored as the structure of the crystal, all you need to do is copy the structure and molecular make up of the crystal.

Owen Macri

[Qasim]

If Owen is in favour then I will agree that it is possible

[Three PhDs]

Ok, yes, X watts does equal X watts, however X watts distributed over X amount of time does not equal X watts distributed over Y amount of time, with one, energy will be being forced into systems faster, and if the systems do not require it, they will overload.

What immhotep is trying to say, is that simply connecting a naquadah generator to atlantis' power grid, is not as easy as it sounds, right now, we bassically plug them in wherever we can find, using our primitive wiring, with wiring there is a slower energy transfer, and energy is lost. With a diffrent type of transfer say through crystals, the energy transfer rate is higher. So, the naquadah generator can produce X watts, but by the time the energy reaches the system in which it is being used, the energy will have been reduced to Y watts.

Owen Macri

So you plug the wires into the crystals, and you still have the inefficiency in the wires.