@josephdupont I've measured over 12000 rpm on this motor and much faster on others. The currents that electrostatic machines produce are so low that their associated magnetic fields are very weak. They can be detected, but they aren't really useful in interacting with permanent magnets. So sure, I tried magnets in various ways but I never noticed any special effects from them.
@TheLangfords I gnawed it out of plastic and brass and aluminum with my bare teeth.
Just kidding! I used a lathe. The Moore's Dirod electrostatic generator general design is available on the internet in many places. If you compare my Dirod with the published designs you will see a few differences; they aren't really significant, except that carbon fiber makes better brushes than anything else I've used or seen tried by others.
wow this is cool, i have a hypothesis electrical generating systems are a continually feed system and not a closed loop as we are taught, i think the high spin state ejects electrons from the air molecules and those electrons are added to the system, I also predicted whole doping would aid in superconductivity and that water vapor was not electrically neutral, both recently discovered.
For the motor demo I had them out of the circuit, but then I put them in (the fiddling with the knobs) for the NE-2 demo... and that's why I got shocked, the 400pf or so at 30kV packs a bit of a jolt.
Yep. The caps are 400 pF 30 kV doorknob transmitter caps, basically just a solid chunk of barium or strontium titanate with electrodes and insulation. They are in 3s-3p stack, so if I did the math right that still gives 400 pF but raises the standoff voltage to 90 kV, nicely above the max voltage of the Dirod. But I have seen it spark across the stack on occasion... dust or hair maybe.
It's enough to startle -- as you see -- but not to kill. 15 J across the chest....maybe different.
Sorry, correction, the caps were IN for the motor demo and after I zapped myself I took them OUT for the NE-2 demo, to get dimmer but more frequent flashes.
Good !
HorizonDelta 1 month ago
What kind of generator is that?
rocketman221projects 7 months ago
@rocketman221projects It's a Dirod, of the basic Moore design with some TK mods. It can reach 60 kV on a dry day.
TinselKoala 6 months ago
so how many rpms..
and.. have you tried magnets on this???
josephdupont 1 year ago
@josephdupont I've measured over 12000 rpm on this motor and much faster on others. The currents that electrostatic machines produce are so low that their associated magnetic fields are very weak. They can be detected, but they aren't really useful in interacting with permanent magnets. So sure, I tried magnets in various ways but I never noticed any special effects from them.
TinselKoala 6 months ago
How did you make the generator?
TheLangfords 1 year ago
@TheLangfords I gnawed it out of plastic and brass and aluminum with my bare teeth.
Just kidding! I used a lathe. The Moore's Dirod electrostatic generator general design is available on the internet in many places. If you compare my Dirod with the published designs you will see a few differences; they aren't really significant, except that carbon fiber makes better brushes than anything else I've used or seen tried by others.
TinselKoala 6 months ago
@TinselKoala Cool, thanks for answering.
(have you seen Instructables-dot-com? This would go down a storm there.)
TheLangfords 6 months ago
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wow this is cool, i have a hypothesis electrical generating systems are a continually feed system and not a closed loop as we are taught, i think the high spin state ejects electrons from the air molecules and those electrons are added to the system, I also predicted whole doping would aid in superconductivity and that water vapor was not electrically neutral, both recently discovered.
1freedomfighter11 1 year ago
Very impressive little motor. What is the rotor made out of?
mksboysal 1 year ago
Finally!! Free Energy!!! (I didn't pay for anything :) )
dareka11 2 years ago
Other hand in the pocket.
janne808 2 years ago
Yep, always. Except when stupid.
I have gotten a very strong conditioned reflex.
I can't touch these things with both hands. Except when stupid, or when someone's watching.
What's really "Funny" is when my bodycharge discharges through the soles of my shoes into the concrete floor.
OUCH!
TinselKoala 2 years ago
Heck, that was only 10 kV or so. Better than a Venti Espresso from Starbuck's, and cheaper too.
TinselKoala 2 years ago
@TinselKoala bud did you see the battery of capacitors on the generator?
AKAtheA 6 months ago
@AKAtheA
Sure... I put them there.
For the motor demo I had them out of the circuit, but then I put them in (the fiddling with the knobs) for the NE-2 demo... and that's why I got shocked, the 400pf or so at 30kV packs a bit of a jolt.
TinselKoala 6 months ago
@TinselKoala so many caps & only 400pf? That would be 0.198J @ 30kV, not very much...
AKAtheA 6 months ago
@AKAtheA
Yep. The caps are 400 pF 30 kV doorknob transmitter caps, basically just a solid chunk of barium or strontium titanate with electrodes and insulation. They are in 3s-3p stack, so if I did the math right that still gives 400 pF but raises the standoff voltage to 90 kV, nicely above the max voltage of the Dirod. But I have seen it spark across the stack on occasion... dust or hair maybe.
It's enough to startle -- as you see -- but not to kill. 15 J across the chest....maybe different.
TinselKoala 6 months ago
@TinselKoala
Sorry, correction, the caps were IN for the motor demo and after I zapped myself I took them OUT for the NE-2 demo, to get dimmer but more frequent flashes.
TinselKoala 6 months ago
ouuuch the lights even blinked :-)
BoSJo99 2 years ago
Great combonation of a Dirod Electrostatic Generator, Corona Motor, Flashing Lights, and being Bitten by a Spark... Excellent!
only1egg 2 years ago