Does Lenz' law apply to a conventional homopolar generator?

[jadaro2600]

http://www.overunity.com/index.php?topic=8262.msg212860#msg212860

I posted a short series of experiments here, you may have read them already, but it involves conducting across the disk, rather than from the axis.

[leeanderthal]

Thanks Jadaro,
I'll have a look.
I noticed on the other HPG thread that you are working on a continuous current generator. (I send a PM about it but for some reason, i don't think it went thru).  After reading your other posts, I was wondering, to what end would you attempt this?  Maybe the link that you referred me to will explain this.

[jadaro2600]

I've only be able to make flinch motors..   they just 'flinch' towards the closets reference frame.  Everything is obeying the laws of physics, etc.

I'm not sure to what end I'll be testing these, most likely till I give out.  I still have yet to grasp the basics, still finding myself referring back to tests.

[jadaro2600]

I thought it prudent to mention this document.

Not necessarily the actual experiment so much as the 20+ articles it sights at the end of the document.

http://www.fjp.org.ar/PDF-6.pdf

[KWP]

The answer is a resounding YES !!!

In order for Lenz' law to apply, there must be a current path-- not just an EMF.  Hook up a load to (or short the output terminals of) your HMG, and you WILL notice the back-torque.

The advantage to an HMG is that the magnetic field is stationary-- regardless of whether the magnet moves with the disk or not.  Because the field is stationary, there are no eddy current losses in the surrounding housing, etc.  You might have eddy current losses in the conductive disk, but only when current is flowing, and this can be reduced by making slots in the disk (from the axis to the rim, only where the magnetic field is concentrated).