Energy from the Ground - Self powered generator by Barbosa and Leal

[wistiti]

Hi Clarence!
Strange they dont understand you run it completly out of the grid... Only with a 12v lead acid battery and a 120vac inverter ...!


Anyway, i have (again) some question!
With the setup you have now (near 60 ground rods) when it is running in loop , what is the max load you can put on it?

Other question, the ground "captor" seem to be the key. But do you think we must have a high power inverter or just adding ground rod will be find? (Meen nead 100w inverter to drive 100 w load + selfloop or we can drive bigger load than the "inverter driving part" is rathing for??)

Again, thank you!

[Hoppy]

Hi Void,

In the same way as the ground loop situation you describe may well apply to Clarence's device, I also think this may well be the basis of Kapanadze's 'box' setups.

[mrzlica]

 Hi Clarence,

Thanks for your quick answer.
I was checking the company which produce your transformers, but I can't find any power ferrite ones.
The one mentioned in your invoice seams to be ordinary laminated toroid transformer ( core 60Hz).
Nothing special about them, or I'm missing something?
I just want to be clear on the captor part and don't get it in the leg, like you mentioned.

transforem link TD 300:
http://www.tortran.com/standard_designs_117v_60hz.html

have a nice day

[a.king21]

Clarence:  re Void's and Hoppy's  comments.


There is one thing you have to watch out for.
Most inverters DO NOT have an isolation transformer between battery input and mains output.
This means that if you plug into your  household appliances, you have to make sure that they are independent of your house mains. IF you simply hook your inverter into your mains wiring, it will cause a ground loop with your grounding rods.
I know because I inadvertently looped my inverter in  one experiment.


Anyway congratulations, and remember, that having gotten this far, you are bound to get more attention from the community.

[Clarence]

Hi Clarence,

Thanks for your quick answer.
I was checking the company which produce your transformers, but I can't find any power ferrite ones.
The one mentioned in your invoice seams to be ordinary laminated toroid transformer ( core 60Hz).
Nothing special about them, or I'm missing something?
I just want to be clear on the captor part and don't get it in the leg, like you mentioned.

transforem link TD 300:
http://www.tortran.com/standard_designs_117v_60hz.html

have a nice day

Hello mrzlica'

I have attached again the copy of my invoice from Bridgeport Magnetics for the type and design of the toroid transformer that I use from them.
it will definitely help when you speak to them to use the old invoice number shown AND the complete description of what is shown as listed in the
wording of the part description.

when you say laminated that implies that is a METAL toroid made of laminated sheets of METAL and not ferrite material as mine are.
I know from experience that sometimes it is hard to get across to these people what you are wanting. I also experienced that scenario too way back at the beginning.
that is why I say to give the description and my old Invoice number because they ALREADY have this data on file within their records and they can just CLICK to it!

hope that helps.

thanks and cheers!

Clarence