Solar Powered Levitating Mendocino Motor

[DadHav]

Hello, I didn't notice if you mentioned the voltage of the solar cells.

By the way: Nice job.

John

[kevij04]

do you know how many RPMs it gets in various light?

[disabisa]

cool music, who is playing that?

[thevoice4you]

Love your work man, in the hope you look up info on the Muller Generator. Try in the middle a Muller PM generator (has also no friction) and run the flywheel on compressed air and there you go ! ...how much air pressure it would take to get a frictionless MULLER generator on frictionless magnet bearings running at 3000.rpm ? Veeeeeery little ! So there you go! Energy storage in abundance for whenever you need It ! I hope you soon put up a video your working on it LOL... regards from Spain

[Magneticitist]

righteous

[giacotey]

need schematic circuit....(



[saintveil]

@giacotey - Order the kit from stelmos-fire(dot)com/mendocino­motor(dot)html

[spanglerangle]

is it possible to turn a generator with it?

[sypha0x]

If you put a mirror on the bottom or Dark side of the solar cells you would get more speed. =]

[2perfects]

Very Nice!

Congrats!

I sent you a message!

Thanks!

[speedstakerguy]

amazing..

[LexxK]

Я охуевайтунг!

[VideyoJunkei]

Might run even better if the lower half was shaded?! Nice work!!

[locouk]

Hi Tom, I've bought 4 solar garden nightlights that illuminate paths at night from the £1 shop, assuming they'll do the trick, with the wire, would speaker cone wire work?

I can see this is going to be quite a long build! LOL

Thanks,

Nigel.

[goldslinger]

@locouk

This particular one was My 4th build. The first one worked, but ugly. It got 'prettier' the more I made! Good luck.

[three0234]

pretty nice. just think of it scaled up & geared up. it has me thinking of a street racer i saw with a clear hood cover for his engine chassy. the tesla roadster engine is small & 250 hp so what if your set up was about the same size? not sure about every engine chassy, but it might fit beside the that engine.

[locouk]

Because of the magnetic field created by the light in relation to the base magnet, dose it matter about the angle the light hits the solar panels? I find these apparent free energy devices really fascinating, I'd love to try building one myself.

Thanks for the video.

[RCT3Projects]

i wanna c sum one make this thing do work

[lastpatriot4America]

Thats cool. Yes artistic. Art. Well done

[TheTruthPusher]

Can the back EMF be collected on these?

[pr0nify]

awesome, very beautiful object!

[DarknessOverlord666]

I love you

[fronkenpoop]

Brilliant. What an innovation. Thanks for the very interesting video.

[kaduisaui]

Could this be done with full size solar panels? Not the levitating bit but just the spinning part.

Hook it up to a generator... create your own energy... piss off PG&E

[OregonDARRYL]

Why would you "hook it to a generator"? the solar cells have already produced the electricity. You would LOSE energy in the un-necessary step....

[vlasktom]

@kaduisaui if you could get the power to the rotor without getting the wires twisted around the shaft then yeah

[brennant74]

This motor is for decoration only. Too bad it cannot be used to generate electricity.

[1fanstockmister]

wow you did it you solve the energy problem cant you build one 1000x bigger and run a city?

[OregonDARRYL]

The solar cells produce electricity....

[jonathanspindler]

wow....i love this project!!! good job mate!!!

[jbrun009]

I'd like to build my own, though I have no electrical experience, in the meantime, say you put a mirror (parabolic if possible) on the bottom so light is shining on all sides: would it be more powerful or not work?

[OregonDARRYL]

I like the mirror idea... sounds totally workable. I think this motor could also be suspended from strings with small bearings at the end of the shaft.

[rpraver1]

The plans you are selling is for this model displayed?

Thanx,

Ron

[iulian28ti]

DAMN ME !

[goldslinger]

MrSpartica,

I appreciate Your comment, however I think the real Genius is the one Who thought of the concept, I just took the plans and built it 'My Way.'

Thanks!

[sharkfan1212]

Somebody is onto something big here.......

[joebriffa60]

beautiful idea ,,,, well done

[Chaced187]

I think it needs a disco ball at the end. Yes a sun powered disco ball

[goldslinger]

Chaced187,

A good addition to 'Guitar Hero! ' while I jam on the Ion drum set ! !

[nullflux8is]

I can't seem to find a patent on the Mendocino motor, can anyone assist?

[muddymuddymuddmann]

This one is too cool!!! It comes right out and SCREAMS SIMPLISTIC GENIUS.

MUDDMANN

[Nullflux8ight]

Nice job, thanks for posting the vid. Can you tell us the voltage and amperage each PV cell you used is, and did you hook the two cells in series or parallel to supply power to one of the coils? In regards to electric789 question, how is it that you find that the Mendocino motor is MUCH less efficient? Thanks again, great demonstration.

[goldslinger]

as per description, each cell generates .5volt @ 500mA.

You could take the 4 solar cells and make a small brushed motor scream with alot more torque.

[nullflux8is]

True. I guess the way I'm looking at it is this. The device is a very efficient switch that utillizeses the expanding and collapsing electromagnetic field to rotate the shaft, changing sunlight to motion/momentum. It's quite fascinating.... genius in design and concept.

[goldslinger]

I really enjoyed building it; You can use about any solar cell; these I bought off of E-BAY. They are powerful and are glass laminate for added strength. Radio Shack has solar cells that work well, but they are FRAGILE.

[electric789]

is this more efficient than just using the pv cells to gather the sun? only 1 panel showing at a time.

i feel that the inertia or momentum makes up for only one panel getting sun at a time. the turning motion adds some exponential power generation it seems. im no engineer though.

[goldslinger]

No,

It's MUCH less efficient; but a heck of alot more novel !

[electric789]

lol excellent video and beautiful worksmanship either way. dig the funky Mario remix too :D

[nullflux8is]

I'll give it a shot

[blyid1]

Awesome !!!

[szeiro]

SIMPLY CLEVER

[JoshatSuzuki]

cool...

I am gonna get either a sterling engine, gyroscope, or this for my b-day... maybe all 3 o.0

[goldslinger]

JoshatSuzuki,

Yea, get all 3 ! !

You'll have to build this one, though; very rewarding, though. Need any help, just e-mail Tom Vales or Me if You like.

[WingedMark]

Brilliant! I'm definitely going to have to make one of my own.

[goldslinger]

WingedMark,

get the plans; only $18.00 if I remember correctly and build one. I think He also sells the kit. Check out his webpage at the end credits. I didn't like the RadioShack magnets; the ones from MAG-CRAFT (check end credits for address) are much stronger and cleaner looking and not much more expensive, if any.

It's not really that hard; just requires patience, a little soldering skills.

Good Luck!

[AlastairWright]

Nice one! It's a very sensitive motor and I like the antique styling of the woodwork.

[goldslinger]

Thank You very much.

[bluemanca]

Very nice and tiny device, Bravo !

You should now try to make another one with different concept in order to run an electric generator making free energy !!!

Good luck !

BlueManCa

[jasontimmer]

this is an awesome motor, but there's no such thing as free energy.

I really want to make one of these, nonetheless!

[goldslinger]

jasontimmer,

Yea, but I like the levitating and seemingly perpetualness of it; as long as there is some light. Cool toy for the office shelf or near a window where no-one can bother it.

The better the solar cells, the better it works. The radioshack ones are very good, but VERY fragile. I used some I got off e-bay awhile back; lots of leftovers there for sale.

[jasontimmer]

it is very beautiful, I'd love to get a kit but I don't think I can swallow the $80 price tag and I'm not good enough at machining, (not to mention I don't have the tools) to make it from scratch.

[OregonDARRYL]

The solar cells already create the electricity...... what would a generator do?

[NovaN0va]

...you dont get the concept