Chas Campbell Flywheel Generator

[wattsup]

@Ash

Please confirm the pulley configuration as being Chas' original as this will reveal much of what I had anticipated and also on how I can consider making such a device for testing.

[ashtweth_nihilisti]

Thanks Stefan, but i feel the world should really thank you for providing all the data and support and encouragement.


@ wattsup

okay the only measurements i have on hiss original are what he has stated in the following paragraph.

First build a flywheel that will produce at least twice as much energy as you need to drive your alternator when finished you should have trouble seeing it moving as it runs in its own space, After a few trial runs i built one by having a h-t steel shaft keeyed each end before a flange or a disc was slipped along to the center and welded the flange was then drilled and tapped to take studs, using a router i cut a circle 600mm in diameter out of custom board with a hole in the center to take the shaft this was attached to the flange using studs with washers and lock nuts the second circle had a hole in the center large enough to fit over the flange this was fitted from the other end and screwed to the first wheel by doing this i could try diffrent speeds and drives until i was satisfied i had a combination that would work with what i had which was a .075 hp single phase electric motor and a 3.5 kva alternator,The flywheel ended up being 72mm thick and 590mm in diametor i then fitted a steel band around my wheel this added more power my theory being if you create centrifugal force you can drive anything as long as the wheel keeps spinning I ended up with an alternator fitted with a 4.5inch pulley driven by a 9inch pulley the alternator speed was 3146rpm at that speed it was easy to run electrical applicances for a period now to the most important part to keep the wheel spinning i wanted to build a power grid which had a single power supply to a switch that worked on a roating system to this i would have 6 identical electric motors connected they would all drive to a comon shaft in the center imagn a clock with your motors situated at 1-3-5-7-9-11 , The switch would direct power to one motor at a time with a overlap that provided power to the second before the first was switched off this means one motor is working while the others are cooling down on this drive shaft i would have a smaller flywheel to compensate the power required to drive 6 sets of belts as the motors are like the alternator they require very little power to spin Drive this shaft at approx half the speed of your motors from this shaft double your speed to your main flywheel then using pulleys as large as possible drive your alternator All you need then is a simple device that prevents your alternator producing more power then your system is capable of maintaining. I tried very hard to create enough interest in my invention to be able to fund the end product but i feel i am wasting my time so hopefully one of you good people will have more luck then me ,as for testing one of my original machines it would be a waste of time as no mater who tested it it would not satisify everybody thanks for your interest and good luck,Chas    PS I would like this passed on to as many as possible.

[ashtweth_nihilisti]

here it is guys,

More to come.

http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-2908785246610384828

[tao]

here it is guys,

More to come.

http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-2908785246610384828

Good work Ash..................

Appreciate the time put forth.

[hartiberlin]

here it is guys,

More to come.

http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-2908785246610384828

Hi Ash,
many thanks again for shooting this video.
Well,I have watched it now 3 or 4 times,
but there are many confusing things.

First you seem to have used different measuring devices.

On your Power-Mate meters theinout current into the RV motor
seems to be higher, around 4.2 Amps in idle mode,
where it was with the other bulkier meters
only around 2.7 ampsin idle mode.

Did you change the idle RPMs so the input current
was bigger ?

Also the pulsing of theoutput loads seems not to be:
4 seconds on, 1 second off, 4 seconds on, 1 second off, 4 seconds on, 1 second off, 4 seconds on, 1 second off, etc..
as you wanted to do.

You just made it maybe 3 to 4 seconds on and then waited much too long, until
you switched it on again..

Also using these saws as a load are very bad for measurements,
as they are drawing a very high current switchon-current.

It would really have been better, if you would just have connected an
ohmical resistive load  and pulses this out at
4 seconds on, 1 second off, 4 seconds on, 1 second off, 4 seconds on, 1 second off, 4 seconds on, 1 second off, etc..

So from this video it is all too confusing and there could be nothing
said about efficiency.

Also the picture in picture meters were unreadable from the google flash video.

Too bad, you did not do a real ohmical load resistor test.

Do you have another date with Chas to do further tests ?

Maybe it would be really good, if you would take Mark
from NEC with you..
Maybe he can bring in these resistive loads, so a better
output test can be done.
Many thanks.

Regards, Stefan.