Homopolar Generators (N-Machine) by Bruce de Palma

[Magluvin]

Oh. There were a few times where I thought I saw some little changes tight on top of the mag in the film. But ut was the foil burning. lol Just tiny holes. Also, sometimes the mag would stick to the top plate when lifting. When looking at the foil surface, I didnt see burning, like welding to the magnet. So a couple more times and I was a little convinced that the foil was becoming magnetic. Lol. But when I removed the film from the top, I could see the burn holes more clearly.  Ive had so many moments like that where I think Im seeing some crazy stuff, and it soon become it is me that is crazy.  Then Im brought back to reality..

Mags

[Magluvin]

Thinking.

Probably the top plate with currents flowing in the opposite direction relative to the magnet is producing an opposite push/pull on the magnet as compared to the bottom plate, so no roll.

So to get the current from top and bottom plates to flow to or from the mag, then say make both plates + and apply the - lead to the sides of the mag, possibly in the middle of each pole face, or, on the front and rear of the mag as it rolls.

Didnt see any field changes in the film. Ill retry using a magnifying glass to take a closer look.

Was odd that it helped the mag to align to earth poles. Possibly the mag is pushing up off the bottom plate and pushing the upper plate up. Just some, to reduce friction so the mag is free to spin easier than without the current.  Its the only thing I can come up with. Will try all these things more tomorrow to be very sure on what ive seen so far. Wanted to do a vid. But not much to put up a vid about. The mag being able to align to earths poles easier doesnt need any more explanation.

At first when it did turn, i was kinda hoping for a full possibly continuous spin. But when I work it out in my head, there shouldnt be any spin in this config. So Im left with the possibility of levitation and friction reduction for a reason that the mag reacts as such when current is applied to the magnet.

lol. Could do the original config and put a wall in front of the mag, then dump a cap into the mag and see if it jumps being it cant go forward? Such a simple set of ingredients and finding many 'odd' things that apparently have not been done before.

Just thinking here right now, I wonder if I set the mag on the foil like before, then apply current to the foil from one side to the other, front and back, or side to side and see if the mag moves/rotates.

Never ending things to try and learn more from.

Mags
Mags

[Real Boots]

Looking to try a small test unit based on the AC experiment shown in that Knoxx-lindeman video shown earlier in thread, that destini paradox experiment is very similar and tends to invalidate the " edge " of the magnet theory from the IEEE paper and validates the ac experiment from what i can tell.  Looking at 12 inch dia x .125" thick aluminum disc with n42 block magnets, will copper plate the Al and try to validate the brush pickup locations at the center shaft as mentioned in the video.  Center brush locations would make this much more easy to build and connect in series many machines, AC output should be able to run through a transfo, run a 4 magnet AC disc at 1800rpm should give 60hz.  Very interested to see if and how any back torque shows on input drive motor power.
More to come soon.....
-Boots

[Real Boots]

Ok, so I built something similar to what was shown in the lindmann video as the AC homopolar generator....  Only running a little over 500rpm but its 12' diameter .125" thick aluminum disc with 4 of those n42 magnets 2" long, .5" wide and .25" thick on each side of disc.  Put a 100A ct with a large copper wire through the middle to serve as the brushes for detecting current with scope and 51 ohm ct load resistor.  Seeing a few amps through ct with scope at outside 90deg apart locations and also at 90deg on center shaft.  The catch is it also shows the same current(or even greater) if i touch the two ends of the wire together near the brush locations to form a loop!  Looks like most of the induced current is from stray fields from the magnets so I put 4 steel bars on the magnets to close the flux through the disc through the adjacent magnets that are opposite pole direction to reduce the stray flux cutting across the "brush" circuit.  Unfortunately the .25 inch thick plates/bars do not contain all of the flux so I still get induced current with brushes shorted near center of disc, but induced current with brushes at 90deg on rim shows almost no induced current now that most of the stray flux is gone near the rim.  Will take some more precise voltage measurements with scope and post results with some pics when I have a chance for those that are interested.
Cheers;
-Boots

[gravityblock]

I'm going to build a mini-metal foundry to melt aluminum cans to cast customized aluminum logarithmic spiral discs.  The logarithmic spiral is the shortest spiral with the maximum electromagnetic torque.  A spiral conductor is a unipolar machine, whose rotation direction doesn't depend on the current direction.  When the current direction in the conducting spiral is changed, this implies changing simultaneously the current and the field direction.  The spiral disc is a universal machine, where it can run on both AC or DC.  No external permanent magnets will be used in this configuration.

I'll be stacking the spiral discs to form a large single cylinder disc.  The two outer most discs will have the spirals going in the same direction and will use either a centrifugal current (axis to rim) or a centripetal current (rim to axis).  The inner discs will have half of the disc with cw spirals, and the other half using ccw spirals.  The inner and outer discs will be connected in series.  The inner discs will be using a diametrical current (rim to rim), thus the reason for using both a cw spiral and a ccw spiral.  The external electrical contacts will be made at the axis of each outer disc in a conductive liquid using two sphere's that rotate in the conductive liquid.

Reference:  Electromagnetic Induction and the Conservation of Momentum in the Spiral Paradox