Mag-Lev Bobin Motor---reed switch version with wireless energy transmission.ASF

[LXXITobinator]

also if you could, would you explain how I would go about finding the right thing to add on, or could you explain the reason why the reed switches break. and how i could find the right diode or resistor to add on to the circuit, so i can make this darn thing spin. please oh please, I've been stuck on this for months.

[LXXITobinator]

hahaha, shhhh. so im trying to make an extremly simple pulse motor. im using HAA26 Magnetic Switch ( i think its supposed to go to window alarms) I am also trying out HAA27 Reed Switch For Alarm ( I think this one is for smoke detectors). I have some coils built, my strongest one is 21 gauge with a steel bolt as the core. i was wondering if you could tell me what else i need to add on, so i can prevent my reeds from breaking, and taking all the energy.

[EastcoastTinker]

Hi Lidmotor, been watching and replicating your stuff. (lots of fun). I do have a question reguarding the Reed Switch. I've got a vid uploaded using one in a motor, but I just use the North -South poles as I call them, the West-East I leave unattached. It can't tell if you're using them? The vid jumps a bit when you're explaining things. If so, could you explain. I'm still learning and want to add to what I know. Thank, EastcoastTinker.

[Lidmotor]

@EastcoastTinker ---If you are talking about the other two leads on the reed switch-- they go th the coil in the reed switch. I have never used them. The Radio Shack reed switch that I used in this motor was built so that a current running through the reed switch coil would trigger the reed. I am not using the reed switch the way that it was intended---- but it works. Not all reed switches are like this one.

[LXXITobinator]

thanks for the video, very cool stuff.

I was wondering if you knew of a way to put a reed switch beside a roller blade wheel with magnets on it to work as a pulse motor, as opposed to facing the magnets ( like most pulse motors shown on youtube.) would a reed switch be able to work next to the coil? I know these things are not ideal for quick work, but do you think its doable?

[Lidmotor]

@LXXITobinator ---- The drive coil would have to face the magnets and then the reed switch would just have to be placed somewhere near the spinning magnets to fire the coil at the right time. That is an interesting idea ---- and doable! You might have just invented the first pulse motor powered rollerblade.

[kafr8413]

Another really nice project. What does the circuit look like? I see a potentiometer, but I could not see how it was hooked into circuit and if there were any other parts in the circuit. You usually have such nice paper drawings that let us know exactly what is in the circuit. If you could clue me in to the xircuit design, that would be really helpful. I am in the process of building your hall effect motor, but I like the simplicity of this one. Thanks,

Paul

[Lidmotor]

@kafr8413 -----The circuit on this one is as basic as it gets. The battery is connected to the small electromagnet via a reed switch. When the rotor magnet turns on the switch the electromagnet fires and spins the rotor. The hard part is finding where to put the reed switch and how to position the reed switch "control" magnet so that the switch only turns on when one pole of the N/S rotor magnet goes by. The Led light is connected at the reed switch and captures the BEMF spike.

[kafr8413]

@Lidmotor What does the potentiometer connect to?

[Lidmotor]

@kafr8413 --- That is a 25 ohm wire wound variable resistor (rheostat) that I got at Radio Shack. It is wired in series with the battery so I can control the speed. It also controls the amp draw at the same time. It is like adding a ballast resistor to the circuit.

[IMQuazimodo]

just wondering how much of this has been done in vacuum environments?

[Lidmotor]

@IMQuazimodo ---I don't know. 

[overunitydotcom]

Great magic pill for Maggie !

Well done Lidmotor !

Amazing how far it works !

I wonder, if you would use a bigger ball magnet,

how much power you could extract from it...

Regards, Stefan.

[Lidmotor]

@overunitydotcom ----Actually the size of the rotating ball magnet is important. Smaller is better here as long as the main rotor is spiinng fast enough. A larger ball is too much drag.

[slinky460]

Ok thanks Lid. Maggie can do all sorts of things, even multitask, plus I like her eyes, a nice shade of blue. Still watching and learning here,

[sypha0x]

can you have a chain of these working in serial?

[Lidmotor]

sypha0x---Jonnydavro (who started this work months ago) did alot of tests with multiple "satellite" rotors. You might go to his channel and watch some of his older videos on it. My experience it that you can add more satellites but when you load them the effect is a cumulative drag on the main rotor.

[slinky460]

Lid the reason I was thinking about using solar cells run from a bank of blue leds powered by Maggie, or Maggie powering a Slayer device that powers a blue bank of leds, was because solar cells like blue light.

They seem to have a higher output on blue light. Even if a solar panel charging your motor battery operated by a bank of blue leds won't fully close the loop, it might help it to get closer to closing the loop and also help the battery last longer. Just a idea.

[Lidmotor]

slinky460-- I am working with photovoltaic cells and powered devices right now. What I am looking for is something that runs on ambient room light from a small panel. It is hard to do. The two Mars rovers (that are still alive) are my inspiration. Their only energy source is sunlight ----and they are a long ways away from it.

[tyrodogg]

I love your videos, but you got to stop putting balls in Maggie's mouth. Just kidding, keep up the great work. I'm really learning allot from your videos.

[Lidmotor]

tryodogg---Thanks for watching.

[skycollection]

this motor, or skycollection motor, johnidavro motor, is the same matter...! for me is more important that the motor don`t have friction, no bearing, and this is the principal part of the investigation. this motor can be the most efficient motor in the world...!

[Lidmotor]

skycollection---Friction and energy loss due to heat are the enemy here. If we could free float the rotor in a vacuum these pulse motors would produce even better results. If you could get the circuit very very cold the system would become more efficient also.

[slinky460]

Lidmotor, have you ever used a Stroboscope to watch your motors rotation and Maggies magnet? They will stop motion and show slow motion. Very small differences in rotation can be seen also that can't be seen otherwise. It would be easy to tell if your motor was slowing down or speeding up under different loads, check your bearings operation too. The newer ones have a speed readout also. I picked up a new one on E Bay for about $100. Sometimes there are good used ones for less on E bay too.

[mikepowers420]

Lid, if you are looking for something to interfere with the mag fields, laminate aluminum foil to paper to copper foil to thin low grade iron plates, and do it in several layers.

If you want to put a drag on your rotating mag field, place an aluminum can next to the rotor.

Lid, this is a very cool vid, and you are doing Great work.

[Lidmotor]

Mike--Thanks for the ideas.  I already tried aluminum and it does just what you said--drags the motor down. Scooterscottii here at Youtube tried the same experiment on his motor.

[m3sca1]

thats a strange place for the reed switch indeed-as usual great work Lid-so the ball is tuning Maggie's coil but it works at larger distance when its spinning?

[Lidmotor]

m3sca1--- I don't know if the neo ball is "tuning" Maggie or not ---but it might be??? When the ball starts spinning though, then Maggie turns into an alternator and she works at a much further distance. It is an interesting effect.

[m3sca1]

@Lidmotor try sticking the ball with blutac or sticky tape or put some ferrite material in there to see if it is tuning-the rotation is definatley in interesting effect at such distance

[slinky460]

I seen on the net somewhere that a large torrid shaped Neodymium magnet will interact with Earths magnetic fields. So much so that when carried by hand, you can feel the difference in the magnet as it wants to align with Earths magnetic fields. A torrid or round Neodymium magnet works best in this application for some reason. I don't know if this applies to your work or not, but is is interesting to think about.

[slinky460]

I have to wonder if Maggie is loading the motor? I mean, where does the energy to actually operate the leds come from? "Normally" there must be be energy from, "somewhere" to light the leds and that energy must supplied by "something". If Maggie is taken away from the area, does the motor unload? Does Maggie produce more current than the magnetic flux transferred from the motor supplies? Is there a free energy situation of some sort going on here? It really is getting interesting here!

[llewgnal]

There use to be a reward for anything that could block magnetism.

[Americankettler]

Love watching your experiements. You are the next Mr. Wizard ;) Keep em coming!

[Lidmotor]

Americankettler---- Thanks. As long as this is fun I'll keep doing it.

[slinky460]

Thanks Lidmotor. I understand now. I will keep watching and learning. You are doing some great work with simple devices. This I find very interesting. Thanks, Slinky

[slinky460]

I too wonder how many Maggies could be operated at a distance without causing a problem with the motor. If you had several Maggies with enough eyes to run a solar panel to operate your motor, you would have a closed loop which would run for ever. Which can't be done of course according to modern science as this would be PM. But what if you could do it anyway? Might be worth a shot.

[Lidmotor]

slinky460---Unfortunately there isn't enough light to do much with that idea. You CAN run several "satellites" off the main rotor but each load on the motor slows it down. I have seen nothing that points to a "self-running" situation. Energy is consumed here---it is just that simple. "Efficiency" is another story though, and that is really what this is about.

[skycollection]

for me is interesting how the rotor works....! when you approach the second circuit is increased the speed considerably!

[Lidmotor]

skycollecton--- This has some very interesting characteristics. The magnetic fields on this motor are very complex. Notice where I had to place the reed switch to get this to work.

[valveman12]

Good video and nice find.

[Lidmotor]

valveman12--Thanks.

[slinky460]

I am glad you are feeling better now. This is interesting how Maggie works or don't work depending on just that little ball bearing. I have to wonder how little we really know about magnetic fields. In my other post I suggested that maybe by Maggie powering your Slayer device running a bank of leds, then using the solar panel DC output to run your motor to to make a total closed loop system. I would think the Slayer-leds would be enough to power your solar panel to run your motor. Might work.

[flippinrawks]

nice vid, maggie looks lonely for a pancake coil buddie!

[Lidmotor]

flippinrawks---Thanks for the pancake coil buddie idea. I might make one and call him "Flounder". lol

[harpbloke]

arrr, maggie for life, or maggie through life, in this case.

another great vid.

[Lidmotor]

harpbloke---"Maggie through life". Good one.

[scooterscottii]

Hay Lid ....... I wonder if there is enough EMF or magnetic flux that you could in turn clone Maggie and distance Mag #2 even further away from the bobbin motor? Probably not perhaps because the tiny mag sphere's field effect would taper off sharply because it's field strength is not equal to the Mag on the bobbin motor? Happy motoring!

[Lidmotor]

scooterscottii----Hold a neo magnet in your hand while you are running your motor and move it around the motor. You will feel the magnet shake and that is where this energy field is. If you get too close to the rotor it will slow the motor down though.

[jackscholze]

Lidmotor: Quite interesting that maggie's "pill" enhances the inductive pickup of energy, much more than just the coil alone. There is always some load on the source rotor. Have you compared how much more power ( volts x amps = watts )  you get with balls rather than sans balls, so to speak.

It seems you are getting more...

Aloha, here is a bucket of sunshine

[Lidmotor]

Jack---This does seem to enhance the pickup coil efficiency BUT---it is easy to stop the little ball from spinning. Another mag-lev arrangement for the pickup coil spinning magnet might work. We have had lots of SUN here in Ca. lately. Almost feels like summer.