Help needed with Hyde Generator

[Paul-R]

The next step is to attach the segments to the disks and see if it still runs smoothly.

This is the point where you will need to pay immense attention to balancing since this operation
may well put the two rotors out of balance. If the two rotors are re-balanced separately, then
the problems of static v. dynamic balancing may be academic.
Paul.

[Steven Dufresne]

This is the point where you will need to pay immense attention to balancing since this operation
may well put the two rotors out of balance. If the two rotors are re-balanced separately, then
the problems of static v. dynamic balancing may be academic.

Yup. I'll be taking more care than usual in making these rotors to minimize the work I'll have to do in balancing. Even if nothing else comes up, this could still take a week or two, possibly with more than one version of the rotors.
-Steve
http://rimstar.org   http://wsminfo.org

[Steven Dufresne]

Hi All,
Just another update. I finished all the parts last Friday. It took me til noon today to do all the tweeking needed to assemble it. I ran it this afternoon and made this video:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_SI4266L5o
Sorry for the poor quality. It was much better in the camera and running off my hard disk.

I also started a dedicated webpage for the Hyde generator on my website and will gradually be adding more to it:
  http://rimstar.org/sdenergy/hyde_generator
I put some photos on the page to make up for the poor quality of the video.

I'm seeing some of the desired spikes on my scope but they could be any number of other things too. It'll take a week or so to get clean results (plus I want to box the unit in for added safety, I need a new scope probe, have to make sure I eliminate or account for all the other potential signals, I think I can modify my phototachometer some more so it can fit in between the stator disks, ...)
-Steve
http://rimstar.org   http://wsminfo.org

[Michelinho]

Hi Steven,

I am impressed, very nice piece of work. For the photo tachometer, can't you use an angled mirror so it could be easily setup?

Take care and good luck,

Michel

[Steven Dufresne]

I am impressed, very nice piece of work. For the photo tachometer, can't you use an angled mirror so it could be easily setup?

Thanks Michel. I guess the more you do of this stuff, the better you get at it.

As for the tach, the only place I can put it is in between the stators and it won't fit. So I was planning on cutting it in two (I can do that) so that it would fit. But if you mean to put a mirror in between angled at 45 degrees and then have the tach be external and pointing at the mirror, brilliant! That would also mean the tach electronics would not be in a pulsing high voltage electric field. The only question is will the tach's optics still work in that situation. I'll try it, thanks! The other bonus is that the tach's display would be easily viewable from the side (though if I end up having to put the tach internal, that can still be handled with via a mirror.)  There's no way I want to enter the danger zone when this is running at high speed.
-Steve
http://rimstar.org   http://wsminfo.org