Simple Experiment: Extraction of Energy from Permanent Magnets

[TinselKoala]

Nice work Bertoa, this is the best thing I've seen on this forum in a while.

A diode or two and a reservoir capacitor should make it work with about any JT circuit, I should think.

(Of course it's not really "extracting energy from permanent magnets"; the magnet is just a tool to enable your system to extract and convert energy of motion, also called Kinetic Energy.)

[Bertoa]

Thanks, TinselKoala. You are right, opening and closing of the iron core around the coil needs kinetic energy. What did surprice me was that breaking a passive permanent magnet fluxfield in the iron around the relaycoil, by kinetic means, induces electric current inside the solenoide. The mechanical energy necessary to function as a fluxbreaker is minimal. I can imagine that the right parts and right dimensions can make the rattlegen to a more efficient generator.