Magnetic Beastie Project #10. Some changes to improve accuracy..wmv

[aterack833]

yes i agree that 1 tenth will change a lot but you need roughly 190 mmw to produce enough gass to run a car , and what you have is too big for assist so i assume thats what your doing , any ways with todays alternators and the efecency of the 1.6l engine in a 1984 vw jetta , and thats with no drivability , so you would only have 3 hp left , just enough to run the engine and maby give a bit of power , so any higher than 190 mmw and you have over unity

[KyleCarrington]

Hey Larry! cool vids, good walkthrough on SS show as well. Curious: how did they lab grade shunts compare to your Fluke on % error?

[najman100]

Larry

in-case all the bublers in one insulated box only tubes coming out and insert an temperature sensor in the box or in one of the bublers to be more accurate ,i know that you are using fluke but the laser temperature thing failed me many times .

[insAneTunA]

Question: Why do you want to heat it up? Is it to get benchmark numbers? And what was the difference in accuracy with the clamp meter and the shunts?

Happy New Year !!!

[HHOPWR]

@insAneTunA Tuna, Heating it up results in better effeciency by lowering the entire reactor resistance. With what I am doing later with the magnets I must have good actual numbers to see just what the difference is.

As for the difference between the clamp meter and the shunts. At higher current draw the clamp meter seems to read a higher amp draw but not by much. Not enough to make a huge difference. At low amp draw the clamp meter reads too low by .2 to .8 amps.

Larry

[SmartScarecrow]

did wrapping the cell actually help you increase your temperatures ?

I am going to disagree with Boyce on one item. If you shoot for 130F, you are right on the verge of boiling your KOH off ... so I think you will find that you have to be happy with a compromise of about 90-100F as a max operating temperature ... would be more efficient if could go higher but at the cost of boiling off your electrolyte ...

until you get into pressure cooker designs that is ...

[najman100]

@SmartScarecrow

i found 90f to 110 fwas my perfect number when i was doing the tests before weird stuff happens to the cell .

[HHOPWR]

@SmartScarecrow I only had about 3 hours of run time at 100 amps last night after I wrapped it. I did get it up to 108 degrees in the hot spot. The real goal is 110 to 120 degrees and to keep the temp stable while conducting lower voltage tests. As it sits now I lose temp FAST as I lower the voltage.

Larry

[afdhalatifftan92]

Nice vid, as always...

Hey, just a thought here.

Since your Beastie likes heat, why not you make your Beastie become an 'Endothermic' waste heat absorbing generator?

Well, the waste heat could be anywhere...

Maybe you could route your bubbler return line to the waste heat source, like the car radiator water line...

Keep 'em coming!

[sylvanenergy]

Nice shunts! the insulation....

[gemrough]

cool. :