Hey Russ,
Great stuff.
Do you have a circuit diagram for the output of the coils or know where I can get one from...?
I am looking at building something like this in the next couple of weeks and just want to make sure I have everything I need before I start :)
Thanks
Keep up the great work!
Simon
hey Simon,
basically its just a half wave bridge rectifier connected to each coil. then a cap after the bridge to help store any energy coming out of the coils.
then the motors are just running all the time.
i have not done any more work on this but i did try bigger magnets and my motors are to small for the bigger magnets.
i have found that this design is not going to work as thought, mainly sense the magnets are running in an arc past the magnets as they spin the other way. This dose lower the eddy currents but also lowers the out put. a lot!
all in all i would say from my experience that on a small scale its no good. but i did not explore a bigger set up. i also did not do much more than what you see in the videos.
best of luck and hoe this helps!
PS. magnetic cores (iron or steel) may be a big help? right now I'm using no cores...
~Russ