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[broli]

Oke first I made some illustrations so there's no misunderstanding. Please correct me if they are wrong.

As for my comments on the experiments.

I don't know why you performed the first experiment. I'm not following the whole discussion in this thread so you probably have a good reason for it. But it seems a bit silly to me. I see no reason why a stationary circuit like that would generate a voltage. Even using a shield won't change anything. The movement of mobile electrons is the crucial thing which there is none in that case.

As for your second experiment I'm missing the point you are trying to show. This is again normal behavior of a homopolar generator. As the conductor moves its mobile electrons move with it. As these move they will start to interact with the magnetic field of the magnet. If you like you can use the Lorentz force law which gives you the force direction and is indeed along the length of the conductor.

Please don't take this negatively. I just want to know what your motivations are for these experiments.

You have a nice setup which I like to exploit if you allow me to  .

[lumen]

Gee, your quick. I was about to post my sketches but you beat me to it. And you have color!

That is exactly what I tested.

[BWS]

wow, you guys really are fast!
Well, I can't post videos anything like that fast, I guess I'm too old or something, but I just took some of my setup, and dug some old ones out too.
In my setup I have a 4.5" dia magnet and a similar sized disc right next to it, but on a different shaft and motor so the magnet and disc can be counter rotated or clipped together to corotate, or independently rotate.  This setup clearly shows the field remains fixed and induction occurs best in the magnet itself.
I should point out that the use of any field shielding or cancellation will only diminish results.  The field must be symmetrically centered around the axis and only the portion of it that is so will generate output. 
-BWS

[BWS]

some further info...
This prototype was made in 2001.  It spent several years at Purdue university where it was nearly destroyed and abandoned.
Nobody there could figure out why the magnet alone generates the highest voltage.  I couldn't find a good powersource so I used a remote controlled radio set with PWM drives.
-BWS

[lumen]

@BWS

So at a given disk speed you get a set voltage and rotating the magnet in the same direction or in the opposite direction makes no difference on the output?

If this is true then this should work!