1869 The Twisted Serpent A Generator For Everyone

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@TerryGilsenan Жыл бұрын

I tune in here just to hear Robert cackling like a madman, and its worth it. The science and the fun, all comingled. Awesome!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

lol - cheers mate

@Stubby0266 10 ай бұрын

@@ThinkingandTinkering How to determine the length or width of the jib bolts for building/winding the coil?

@rikmoran3963 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if you'll ever come up with an item that people will say "Yep, that's the one I am going to build", but the real prize watching your videos is the education and inspiration. I truly believe that you are getting people thinking about how things work and how every aspect could possibly be improved. I've always been into physics and electronics, but I feel that I have a much deeper understanding of these areas having watched your videos. So, thank you Rob, for all that you do.

@ACloud27 Жыл бұрын

The rose generator is my "I'm going to build that!"

@mememan2344 Жыл бұрын

When SHTF, "Makers" are going to be the best off. 👌

@TerryGilsenan Жыл бұрын

This is one of the ones that I am definitely going to make. I have multiple printers with octoprint, and I am sending the sliced models to them now.

@RoadRashSpirit Жыл бұрын

I'm going to have a go at a variation of this generator. I hate resin and winding coils so I really like the less is more philosphy on this. For small wind the efficiencys are miniscule anyway.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

lol - cheers mate

@dr.froghopper6711 Жыл бұрын

You have absolutely the best mad scientist laugh because it’s so full of genuine joy instead of malice!

@robertbodner4390 Жыл бұрын

Truly intelligent people, take the hardest concepts, and explain them in the most simplest, logical way. Thank you so much sir😊.

@tonyrusso9088 Жыл бұрын

"45 Volts!" Robert cackles maniacally, with good cause! Well done!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@chuckles1808 Жыл бұрын

I look into battery Chem, I find your channel. I start making little hobby generators, I find your channel. I start printing homemade generators and look for designs, you're here again. I wish KZfaq would actually notify me when you uploaded so I could find your things sooner, you always make the best content.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

wow cheers mate - I think there is a little bell you have to click if you want notifications

@juliananthonyzufer 5 ай бұрын

Hey I’m all the way from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) I’m actually a photographer but I built my own cnc machine thanks to people like you who share knowledge. Was never a A grade student but I love experimenting and creating stuff. Thank for your inspiration Wish you great heath and a beautiful life as well say in Singhalese Ayubowan

@Trials_By_Errors 3 ай бұрын

Keep it up Man 👍👍👍.

@ghost-wm1hw Жыл бұрын

Please Robert, put on a load. Or charge a battery wind power overnight. Then the possibilities will be realised. Cheers

@richardmarkham8369 Жыл бұрын

45v O/C doesn't really mean anything of course, but judging by the comments lots of people like it! Next Robert should do a van der graaf generator and 'generate' 20,000V....

@hive_indicator318 Жыл бұрын

The machine he uses has a static load

@EpIcHoBoGuY Жыл бұрын

@@hive_indicator318 yea he got it because of these comments

@chriskelly4619 Жыл бұрын

The meter he is using has a built in load, listen to the previos videos. He GB ives you the make modle and loading built in. He thourough and tries not to be dull and repetitive.

@ET_AYY_LMAO Жыл бұрын

@@chriskelly4619 Well I kind of agree that voltage does not say anything without knowing the resistive load or the actual power draw. Just slap a power resistor in series, tell us the value and everyone is happy.

@conordunne547 Ай бұрын

Legend👍. I love watching your videos. There's always so much food for thought. You're a natural teacher.

@pikotech1 Жыл бұрын

You've actually got me ordering an Elegoo this month thanks to all these videos mate! Some great explainer over the past couple of weeks and it's been fun to see the evolution. Looking forward to trying to put together some of the best best elements together as one full build (once I get to grips with printing). I will of course give you a full credited update with whatever I manage to get together! Thanks as always!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

I don't care about credit mate I just want to see what you do I am sure it will be awesome give me a heads up will you cheers

@janabrahamplessis1617 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic Robert, I always love how passionate you are about your topic of interests and appreciate how much time you put into your videos.

@victoryfirst2878 Жыл бұрын

i JUST LOVE WHEN YOU MAKE SOMETHING ULTRA BETTER THAN WHAT YOU MADE BEFORE ROBERT. THIS IS WHAT PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE, USING ONE'S MIND FOR THE BETTER. This is what really irks me to no end with items for sale in the marketplace Seems making headway with technology is a dead art form. Good video with great results.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

thank you mate and I am glad you liked it

@hippie-io7225 Жыл бұрын

Excellent demonstration of applying first principles thinking. You are an awesome physics teacher!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@donscottvansandt4139 Жыл бұрын

I'm loving learning from you! Thank you so much.... I've always felt electric is my weakest subject. Though I've always been a inventor of sorts... you are giving me info that I can understand...

@j6nighttrain Жыл бұрын

I love how you’re nearly 2000 videos in, and still laugh like a maniac when it works :)

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

lol - well I like it when it works lol

@igorschmidlapp6987 10 ай бұрын

The video numbering system threw me at first. "Wow! They did this in 1869?" LOL ;-)

@mr.makeit4037 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Outstanding once again, Rob.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@davidross4723 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely outstanding Robert. Thank you so much for these posts.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@alexmousley7213 Жыл бұрын

As ever educational, entertaining and inspirational- and making physics fun is no mean feat!

@makerslife Жыл бұрын

Such a great design! 44 Volts out of a plastic flywheel is great. I'm sure you thought of this, but what about putting another serpentine coil on the inside? Make the magnet flywheel shaped like a jar lid to allow room for the coils to generate off of the reverse side of the magnet. Two side of a magnet, double the potential!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

it's a good idea mate and you are quite right I have thought about it lol

@makerslife Жыл бұрын

@Robert Murray-Smith Maybe that could be a future video? If so, I can't wait to see the results!!! It would essentially be a dual power source. Add a third on the bottom, too!

@makerslife Жыл бұрын

A wacky idea I have for a generator is to have a hollow torus with ball magnets inside and wire winded around the torus. Then there are a number of ways to move the inner ball magnets, one being with another magnet that rotates around the perimeter. As the balls move through the hollow torus, the magnetic field will induce a charge in the coil wrapped around the torus. What do you think?

@MACLADILLY Жыл бұрын

Watching these generator videos avidly. Getting better and better!!!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@georgeross9834 Жыл бұрын

Amazing enthusiasm for a simple subject 😊thank you

@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie Жыл бұрын

Feels like i'm back in school again. but with the coolest teacher 👍

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

lol - cheers mate

@jamesleonard4259 6 ай бұрын

All your videos are perfectly understandable. Thank you.

@MerwinARTist Жыл бұрын

Always Impressive Robert .. amazing what you have been doing!! You are great at teaching the world.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

wow - cheers mate

@anotherdave5107 Жыл бұрын

I only stumbled upon your channel.a few months ago but you've already inspired me to buy a 3d printer to bring your and my imaginations to life.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

oh wow - awesome - thanks for letting me know mate

@anotherdave5107 Жыл бұрын

@@ThinkingandTinkering - I was a protyping tech, building functional proof of concept models and electronics to sell ideas to customers before retiring. I 've wanted a 3d printer of my own since they were $10K monsters that sat in closets in the bosses office as a trophy to his importance. Since watching your fan/generator video I had some some ideas to add some teflon low friction parts (blade carrying shaft and horizontal disks above and below the blade disk and glueing axial.disk magnets on it and the coil/ magnet fixture to levitate the blade assy to reduce friction. The printer is now on its way. You"re so bubbly and full of enthusiasm. I would have liked to have been the guy who built your ideas for fun and profit.

@unicornadrian1358 Жыл бұрын

You hit this one for six, Rob! Love the design!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@ryanlebeck259 Жыл бұрын

Truly magnificent sir.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

thank you mate

@keithfloyd1178 Жыл бұрын

You started the video with pulling a string and ended it with pulling a string. Love it. With that voltage it makes it practical for my 12 volt off grid system. Love this one.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@keithfloyd1178 Жыл бұрын

@@ThinkingandTinkering Things that make no sense to me 🤔 Have a you tube channel where you make generators... with a 3 D printer. 😂 40 % of the peeps in my area are off grid, I don't know a single person with a 3 D printer, I've been off grid 8 years now. Now make generators with welders and grinders like actual OFF GRID People live and I'll follow you, like you used too.....

@angelusmendez5084 Жыл бұрын

Awesome 👏 Great masterclass, interesting and easy design! Thanks mate 🌟

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

thank you mate

@tonysmith8747 Жыл бұрын

Bloody marvellous Rob !

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@Rouverius Жыл бұрын

That's brilliant! Also really shows the advantage of speed at the rim.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

thank you mate - I think it does too

@slrnuttall Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. That was exactly what I was hoping you would do. Looks fantastic. Cheers!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@KokoroDenshin Жыл бұрын

Thank you. lol few hours after watching this I'm half way to finish making one. hopefully getting decent volt too.

@TheWorldBelow360 Жыл бұрын

You have convinced me to use snake oils for my next, new, latest labors in mycrohydro madness!

@archibaldvonkranski8881 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic Rob. Way to show there's always room for improvement without making it more complicated. Looks like my werly birds are getting a makeover 🤔......

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

awesome mate - it occurred to me too that roof whirlybirds could be easily adapted to generate with this idea

@Spinningininfinity Жыл бұрын

Inspirational, fun, and a joy to watch🥰

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

awesome lol

@reeferbeleafer9912 Жыл бұрын

That's probably the best homebrew generator demo I have seen yet. Awesome result! 45v from such an easy design is impressive. Just one question; why no read of current & voltage drop under load? would only take another few seconds to do. The curious amongst us are left itching for the overall wattage.. What RPM did you get with the (ingenious) ripcord PM? Surely you have an old tachometer knocking about?!

@budwilliams7908 Жыл бұрын

rough guess of around 700 +/- 40 rpm. figuring ~6ft cord (~2m) , a ~2in spindle, and around one second for him to pull the cord. My math may be wrong but the circumference of the spindle is about 6in. two rotations per foot, 12 rotations per second lands at 720 rpm. all of this is based off of estimated scaled measurements. Hopefully Robert will answer your other questions, but he does tend to take a while at best...

@archibaldvonkranski8881 Жыл бұрын

My tac meter said fast enough for a good reading. Robs using a thin gage wire for his coil. Notice that he tells you exactly how he made it. More turns means higher voltage. Using thicker wire means more amps but less turns of wire, so lower voltage. Best bet is build one and do your own readings. That's the world of TnT🤠

@reeferbeleafer9912 Жыл бұрын

@@archibaldvonkranski8881 Agreed in part - however, some of us would be more inclined to replicate if we had an expected result to go by, to justify our efforts.. I do feel Rob is ever so slightly erroneous in this.. Thoroughness should be a cornerstone of science IMO.. whatever the cost may be. If I could see it doing an amp or more I'd seriously consider building one myself, as it stands, I know of other designs that would definitely do over 46w in this form factor, if I needed a DIY gen. like this. Often easiest to just whack some n52's in an old synchronous thing really. It's still recycling/upcycling, and no 3d printer needed. Most often the real thing is unparalleled. (premade PMA)

@archibaldvonkranski8881 Жыл бұрын

@@reeferbeleafer9912 I agree the ends should justify the means and cost. Robs not offering a magical solution to your/the energy crisis. He shares the concepts and blue prints. I'm an Australian so solar beats most mechanical generating hands down. We still rely on coal for majority of our power tho. Watch the last 12 months of robs videos and you'll find he's not the solution but you are.

@archibaldvonkranski8881 Жыл бұрын

@@reeferbeleafer9912 it's not hard to make these things out of stuff you can find laying around. Give it a go😎

@johncronin7843 Жыл бұрын

Happy Spring! 🎉

@yaka2490 Жыл бұрын

outstanding you gave the serpent a big "KISS" well done and thankyou for sharing

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@wannabemgtow2540 Жыл бұрын

That was absolutely amazing how much power you got out of that little thing by spinning it like a top.

@jay90374 Жыл бұрын

We have no idea how much power it is putting out! Voltage is just potential, we need the amperage to calculate power (watts)!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

for sure mate

@greenenergy9969 Жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, Your a master of learning

@marcfruchtman9473 Жыл бұрын

Great work... and also much better voltage!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

for sure mate

@lukasvandermerwe929 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy watching your videos. Thank you

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

indeed

@stewiex Жыл бұрын

That is an awesome design! Well done sir!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@ElizabethGreene Жыл бұрын

Anyone else read the title screen as "Thinkering and Tinkering"? :) Thank you for another lovely video.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

lol - I haven't if that h helps lol

@zmavrick Жыл бұрын

Interesting and by moving the magnets to the horizontal position you have moved more of your mass to the outside edge at least slightly improving the flywheel effect.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

yep

@blainethompson6510 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the explanation and all of your wonderful content

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@Syn3rgy-DMS-HANZ Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Awesome video.

@TrollFaceTheMan Жыл бұрын

Thanks again for another awesome video.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@AndreaDingbatt Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Robert and Luke!! Awesome video , as always!! Now,,,, I have to find someone who Owns a 3D printer!! This has started the Old Gray matter agitating!! Yay 🎉 Thank you again!! Andrea and Critters.. ...XxX....

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

lol - bless you Andrea

@tomwilliams2753 Жыл бұрын

I'm printing a copy of the stator, I shall be able to play with it this afternoon....Thank you.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

Nice leet me know how you get on cheers

@agritech802 Жыл бұрын

Very nice Robert, thanks for sharing 👍

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

I am glad you liked it mate

@pvc988 Жыл бұрын

I think you could get up and down sections even straighter (more straight?) if you made plastic separators in the form of up and down facing alternating triangles or trapezium shapes instead of rectangles. Like V A V A V A.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

I am not sure mate - but interesting tight - thanks for sharing

@robtherub Жыл бұрын

I love the way he bursts out laughing when something works

@hawkinsn31 Жыл бұрын

That was incredible !

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@felewoverthecoocoo2556 Жыл бұрын

🙆‍♂Brilliant work Rob! You're Awesome! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@rolandferguson1209 Жыл бұрын

What a joyful duo!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@st33ldi9ital Жыл бұрын

Amazing lil thing! Now with opposing magnets on both sides of coil. N on one side S on other. Make a hollow cavity for coil or sandwich it between plates.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

indeed

@chrisgage9731 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely awesome!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@DesignPrintLab Жыл бұрын

Great video, this inspires me so much.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

awesome to hear mate - cheers

@nathantschetter5830 Жыл бұрын

Good job as usual

@glennrainey1227 Жыл бұрын

Rob, we need to bottle your great facility with explanation, and that boundless enthusiasm! The next step is to get yourself a decent microphone, and perhaps a smidgen of home brew acoustic engineering ....

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

I do have a zoom H2n mate and I used to use it but I got the same comments - I suspect it's because I am not in a studio rather than the quality of the microphone

@wethepeople1871 Жыл бұрын

Wow!!! That was outstanding good sir 😮👍

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@edwardhughes352 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@EUPThatsMe Жыл бұрын

Funny, this is the close to the design I was thinking of for a generator inside the Darwin wind pipe. Imagine a number of turbine blades with a ring around the tips - like the small helicopter toys - around the ring are the magnets. Blades are inside the pipe & free to spin on either a central bearing or with support around the ring. The coil is as you have it here but around the outside of the pipe.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

it would work well there mate and it is on my mind too

@mariem5990 Жыл бұрын

WOW ! Love it . Thank for the video

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@tuberdave1 Жыл бұрын

Simply fabulous 😊

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@pinnipedsandpianoproductio9606 Жыл бұрын

Very nice! Please let us know the number of turns and the wire gauge that you used. The deep groove bearings used as radial bearings can take a bit of thrust as well. You could probably eliminate the thrust bearing. A heavier load would bring it to a stop sooner, but an impressive amount of spin time nonetheless.

@unicornadrian1358 Жыл бұрын

Tapered bearings similar to car wheel bearings would be a great alternative to running a standard bearing and a thrust bearing.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

0.1mm and 350 turns

@juliananthonyzufer 5 ай бұрын

@@ThinkingandTinkeringI’m assuming that’s about 1w?

@DonnyLA 2 ай бұрын

Interesting video 👍 thank you 👍

@hendrikjbboss9973 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the very informative video series. I'm bowled over as this is EXACTLY WHAT I NEED 👍👍 How many windings have you put on the serpentine coil please?

@jamesdim Жыл бұрын

Twisted Serpent! Cool title!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

lol - cheers mate

@peterwiley4383 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!thanks Robert.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@dancolquhoun5593 Жыл бұрын

This is perfect for your vertical wind turbines. Can't wait. How do you design and print so fast? It takes me days and many failed prints, on allot simpler designs. It is great stuff pal.

@loucipher67 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant....I need a crunchie now.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

and who doesn't lol

@ChrisMcNeely Жыл бұрын

Bless you Robert

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

and you mate

@BobSmith-vq3uo Жыл бұрын

Interesting take on the generator, Robert. I sense you're homing in on something that will actually use Lenz' Law to your advantage. All the best.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@jbb3141 Жыл бұрын

Now combine the flat feather "vanes" from video 1864 to the top to spin the magnet rotor :)

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

indeed

@steveblayer342 Жыл бұрын

great work , now attach an outer rotor to the inner rotor so that the serpent coil will be sandwiched in the middle between two magnets and check if the output will be doubled with lower rpm's . All the best .

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

no - it won't - the output doesn't depend on the number of magnets beyond a level - it depends on what force is input and what the efficiency of the machine is

@steveblayer342 Жыл бұрын

@@ThinkingandTinkering physically higher magnetic field means more efficiency on which same output power with lower rpm, i am talking after reading some really deep books in this field or i might be wrong hope not , all the best , it is a huge breakthrough since your first video about turbines generator.

@fredcaveman3892 Жыл бұрын

Absolute Great!!! :o) Soon I send you a parcel - it may be useful to combine the content with this awesome generator. Still testing and optimizing my "thing", but nearly finished. Cheers, Fred

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

awesome mate lol

@philj1975 Жыл бұрын

That video makes me want to buy a 3d printer. Just for this project, fantastic video boys. 👏👏

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@robertoguerra5375 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome :D thank you for this video :) You are very close to making my dream “magnetic planetary gear”… instead of a single internal rotor with magnets, create a middle rotor with “modulators”, and an internal rotor with magnets. Run a Dc current, and there will be a rotation reduction or multiplication… run an Ac frequency, and there will be an addition of rpm 😮

@zavatone 9 ай бұрын

Great stuff, that's for sure.

@teslar1 Жыл бұрын

Rob there’s a way to make circular part more smooth in tinkercad. Just set it to 60 sides then copy and rotate by 3 degrees, 1.5,.75,.375 then group

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate - good tip - I do know it an tend to print rough as I want the prototype quickly - I would use the tip in more finished machines not in ideas I am still working out if it was me

@jizburg Жыл бұрын

Another cool thing about this design is that the frequenzy is going to be quite high so the resistance in the wire is less of a problem.

@ZX81v2 Жыл бұрын

LOL Robert, I love it when you find something impressive, your Mad Scientist laugh comes out to play lol. Keep expecting you to scream "IT'S ALIVE!!" Amazing work, thank you for what you do

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

lol - now I am tempted lol

@ZX81v2 Жыл бұрын

@@ThinkingandTinkering ROFL :) Keep it up mate :)

@veganlolo Жыл бұрын

You sir, are a genius! 👏

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@paulbrouyere1735 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations! Now something popped up my mind watching this video 3 times. You have your conductive ink. Could you roll it up on a printed page with this same principle? That would be a printed stator without copper. Don’t know if I’m clear enough to express what I mean.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

the ink has a very high resistance when it comes to this kind of work mate - it would work well in electrostatic applications

@witsend236 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Very good. Impressive.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@justtinkering6713 Жыл бұрын

Now that's a Real Radial flux alternator.I like where the tape is, great idea.😊

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@jonathanrobinson73 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic Robert 😁

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@massriver Жыл бұрын

👍Cool. Magnet fields real head scratcher. They drop off linearity but then the vectors start canceling. Think drop is 1/4 the gauss a magnet diameter away.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

force is proportional to the square of the distance mate - that's all

@darrenleahy7877 Жыл бұрын

Amazing. That is awesome! I need to save for a 3d printer. That would be perfect to charge my camping trailer batteries.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

awesome

@peterkent2138 Жыл бұрын

Add some weight to it for more flywheel effect Rob. Absolutely brilliant. Thought!! Would making the plastic formers iron, ie giving it an iron core, improve it further?

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

yrs it would mate but it would also introduce cogging and raise the start torque

@chuckthebull Жыл бұрын

I built a generator out of an old ceiling fan by installing rare earth magnets around the edge and i get that level of voltage out of it just spinning by hand.. I'm not sure they use serpentine wingdings but i suspect its that way... great video again TnT

@brandonfranklin4533 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding!

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

cheers mate

@jimt00lman Жыл бұрын

Robert, I love your videos and enjoy being challenged to think about improvements. How would adding a second row of magnets on the outside of the coil affect the efficiency or power output? If the magnets are close enough to each other to begin attracting to each other and you move the wire between then, isnt that the best situation for eddy current generation?

@antoniospanayiotou8619 Жыл бұрын

This coupled with your flat winddisk is viable ,practicle and simplicity in motion. Make a prototype and I will be buying in!

@8ank3r Жыл бұрын

awesome generator. What was the power output in watts?

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

no idea

@stewartpalmer2456 Жыл бұрын

Thinking in terms of fly wheels, if you place the (rotor) magnets on the outside and the (stator) coil on the inside, you can get more magnets and a greater weight ratio for the rotor. The magnets would be held in the rotor by centrifugal force. Additional weight can be added to the outer rim of the rotor as well. Well done Dr. Smith. I love this design.

@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын

magnets are expensive mate - UK£3.60 in this model - wire is cheap - 35p in this model - I wouldn't rush to more magnets if it was me

@stewartpalmer2456 Жыл бұрын

@@ThinkingandTinkering Id pull magnets out of old harddrives. I only have several hundred drives on my shelf from my computer recycling days. Can you say teck pack rat. Each drive is 2 lbs aircraft aluminum.

@stewartpalmer2456 Жыл бұрын

@@ThinkingandTinkering LOL You are almost ready for a 400K coin. Well done sir.