Re-Inventing The Wheel-Part1-Clemente_Figuera-THE INFINITE ENERGY MACHINE

[JohnMiller]

Primary P1:
Wire:                  4 square mm (ca. 2.5 mm diameter) multistranded
Layers:               3 tight packed  continuously wound: e.g. left -> right / right -> left / left _> right
                           It is recommended to start at outer end and finalize at inner end of coil
                           in order to have a short connection to the center coil.
Turns per layer: Maximum 92 possible at original setup
Turn direction:   Does not  matter. But ALL winds following shall be performed in SAME direction. 

Note:
- I will clarify the outer diameter of the original cable (seems to be about 5mm)
- Magnet wire gives less or no performance as the thickness of insulation matters. This fact is not understood but was experienced.
- In Europe (220V mains) the cable specified has an outer diameter of 4.2mm and is specified up to 1000V (but not to touch!!!). For 110V regions please check the conditions and post please!
With this 220V cable about 108 turns per layer should be possible.
- I strongly recommend to add to the wires between screw terminals and coils a sleeve out of plastic material (e.g. PVC hose from fishkeeping shop or silicon hose). Norms specify that for safety reasons two independent insulation layers need to be applied if a cable can possibly be touched.  And we shall not argue on how many bucks a life is worth!!!!
- Prepare to mount terminals in a plastic case (e.g. like hoaushold plastic boxes) if you have no professional and certified boxes available. This measure is requested by safety norms as well. Rationale like above.

                                                                                 ~o0o~

[JohnMiller]

2.5" core
Material:                    soft iron rods
Diameter:                  6 mm
Rods in a 2.5 " tube: 60
Total length of rods: 73.15m
Weight:                     ca. 16kg

Note:
- Rods come usually coated with iron oxide because of production process. Do not attempt to remove the iron oxide. This measure will increase eddy currents (losses) considerably.
- Last few rods may be hammered into the tube in order to get them tight

[RandyFL]

Hello All,

John:
Ramaswami Project.. He was using multistrand and in mm s
Figuera project... I am using AWG 18 AWG magnet wire for the primary and I think 14 AWG magnet wire for the secondary...
I still have red primary flame retardant paint that I used for my original steel transformers...so what you're stating is minimal gaps using paint as a insulating material ( plus flame retardant if the iron cores heat up? ... which I don't at this point thinks get hot...but saturation...? )
In your estimation how much power is needed to jump the paint gap?
( I can push 9 amps into each pulse into the cores I believe... 9 amps 12 volts = 108 watts )

ciao

[JohnMiller]

Randy:
- Normal paint is not heat resistant. We know that cores can become very hot in this device and therefore I would use a paint being resistant up to 150 °C - just for safety.
- Eddy currents do not develop high voltage. Imagine the core to be one single turn. Therefore the paint does not need to be high voltage resistant.

BTW: I diligently try to find out the smallest details of the original setup and be sure I find many! It might be not the best one that can be built ever but it is one that does what we expected. Any difference we introduce ourselves might cancel the effect - possibly. This way we add additional complexity and we need to deal wit possible drawbacks. Anyway the 6mm iron rods did work in India and they will do it all over the world. So please be very sensitive at modifications of your own and double check if it is worth.
John

[RandyFL]

John,
I will try all of what I have learnt here in the forum and will post my results as they come...I unfortunately will have surgery next week and so...my progress will be slow...

Good luck in your endeavors...

Ciao