Go to Otherpower.com Home Page Go to Forcefield Shopping Cart Go to Wondermagnet.com Home Page
Front Page - [Homebrewed Electricity-- (wind) (solar) (hydro) (steam) (controls) (storage) (mechanical)] - Classifieds - Site News
Everything - Newbies - [Remote Living-- (housing) (heat) (light) (water)] - Rants & Opinion - Diaries - Our Products
Magnets & Coils & Phases (revisited)


By Electric Ed, Section Homebrewed Electricity
Posted on Thu May 8th, 2003 at 11:31:41 AM MST
With regard to magnet spacing - - -  

- - -My thoughts are similar to what Chuck said in his comment on DanB's post. I think a wider spacing might give better results for two reasons.
  1. less leakage flux between the magnets. Of course, dual rotor construction helps with this problem also.
  2. less voltage cancellation where the coil "leg" is over a N and S pole at the same time.  

Ed
Magnets & Coils & Phases (revisited) | 1 comment (1 topical, 0 editorial)

Bird Power (none / 0) (#1)
by Johnny Cool Pants on Sat May 10th, 2003 at 03:04:23 AM MST
(User Info)

Okay now I'm in your turf Ed, looks like anyway, ha ha, I'm gonna get it now huh?  Oh well, I'd better take it if I can dish it, right?

Question:  You've seen those flashlights that you shake for a few seconds and they light up a led for a minute, right?  Some are clear so you can see inside a single magnet is going back and forth through a single coil.  With me?

Now I have this idea, don't laugh, okay you can laugh but try to refrain from "Can't"
What if I hook up magnets hanging from slinky toys, from a ten hole bird house, on a thin diving board style mounting?  Our 10 hole birdhouse is full of birds, they move right in as soon as you put it up and there is always one landing or taking off, all day long.

The magnets would bob up and down through coils, say ten in a row.  Slow, low, but free.  
Can the Fancy Pants come up with them or what? huh? huh? huh?
My gift to the world, don't mention it.



Magnets & Coils & Phases (revisited) | 1 comment (1 topical, 0 editorial)
Display: Sort:
Menu
· create account
· How to use the board
· FAQs
· search the board
· Google search the board
· Old Otherpower Board

Login
Make a new account
Username:
Password:

Total Views
  107 Scoop users have viewed this posting.

Related Links
· magnet
· Also by Electric Ed

Powered by Scoop
You must be a registered user to post here. It's easy and free, and the link is on the upper right side of your page.
All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective companies. Postings are owned by the poster, but may be deleted or moved at the ADMIN's sole discretion. The Rest © 2003 Forcefield.
You can Email the board ADMIN here. PLEASE include the username you signed up with!