Dia. Mag. Alternator

[nievesoliveras]

Hope for the best!

[z.monkey]

Gave it a spin this morning...

Keep in mind here that the peripheral magnets are not spinning, and their strong magnetic fields are possibly interfering with the center magnet that is spinning.  Also, I am spinning it with a battery powered drill which has a maximum RPMs of 1400, and that equates to 23 Hertz.  So we are not spinning it nearly as hard or fast as it potentially could be spun.  Remember that it should be able to spin up to 24000 RPM, or 400 Hertz.

Open circuit voltage is around 14.5 VAC.  I used a 68 Ohm power resistor for a load.  Under load the voltage dropped to 4.1 VAC, and with a 65 Ohm (measured) load that is 63 milliAmps.  So that's a little more than a quarter watt.  I expect this thing to do much better when I get the peripheral magnets spinning.  Waiting for the timing gears now.  They may be here in a couple of days...

[nievesoliveras]

At least it is working!

[z.monkey]

At least it is working!

Thanks Jesus,

Here is a little video I made of it spinning at a very slow speed.  I put a compass on the mounting plate so you can see the magnetic  field spinning.  It is turning at maybe 1 or 2 Hertz, and it is still producing 1.5 VAC.  I am feeling good about this.  Once the peripheral magnet timing is worked out, then this little alternator is gonna rock...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1LD9X1QxMo

[nievesoliveras]

Again. you deserve to have a successful generator!

Jesus