Muller Dynamo

[kEhYo77]

Is it a Zener diode? Just thinking?

I've been thinking along those lines as well. A Zener diode would fit the bill but you would have to match the brakedown voltage to the sine's peak voltage to 'catch' the tip only and it would work well at certain RPM range.

[T-1000]

That's not quiet possible. Because when the magnet is away, produced voltage will be different. If the voltage difference between the coil and the capacitor isn't big enough the diodes will open the circuit. And when the circuit is open you can't draw current from the coil. So: no current, no drag...

Please study http://pesn.com/2011/08/28/9501905_Thane_Heins_Regenerative_Acceleration_Generator/

Also without sitting down and doing actual work it is hard to understand how coil reaction time relates to inductance and passing magnet and when high inductance coil has peak on sine wave where magnet will be when magnet is faster then Lenz force reaction time.

[darkwanderer]

Please study http://pesn.com/2011/08/28/9501905_Thane_Heins_Regenerative_Acceleration_Generator/

Also without sitting down and doing actual work it is hard to understand how coil reaction time relates to inductance and passing magnet and when high inductance coil has peak on sine wave where magnet will be when magnet is faster then Lenz force reaction time.

Thank you but I already did speed under load experiment... Sadly I lost the rotor it was turning a little bit fast...

[Magluvin]

lol, heck, maybe speed up happens when the normal generation reaches the breakover voltage of the zener.     This is a lot of good thoughts put together in a couple days. ;]  Its good to have 'some' direction and new things to try.

MaGs

[Cap-Z-ro]

My grandmother once made me what she called a 'buzzy'...a button strung through both holes on a closed loop of string.

With the loop strung on the middle finger of both hands and the button in the middle, she then wound it up in a skipping rope manner until the wind began to twist, drawing her hands closer together.

She then pulled her hands farther apart, unwinding the button in the process...once it unwound it rewound itself bringing her hands closer together again.

As she increased the speed she no longer had to pull her hands apart, the button and string were now moving her hands without her effort.

Kind of sounds like the same principle may be at work in Romero's build.

Regards...