Reactive power - Reactive Generator research from GotoLuc - discussion thread

[gotoluc]

Hi everyone,

I made 2 new videos which hopefully will serve as an update to demonstrate that a MOT is no longer needed and to also serve as a tutorial to guide you in the best direction for those who wish to replicate.

Tutorial 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hr2C1vvvx4&feature=youtu.be

Tutorial 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6SaAjQaLkM&feature=youtu.be

Hope this helps answer questions and not cause more!

All the best in your experiments

Luc

[havuhung]

Hi Luc,
Thank you

Have fun

[tinman]

Hi Luc
I made a comment on your video,but will make one here aswell.
One of your scope probes is hooked up backwards,and channel 1 needs to be inverted to read correctly. In a capacitive circuit,current always leads voltage,but your scope shows voltage leading current ??. You are infact consuming 3.1 watts from the grid(which is being disipated through the 10 ohm resistor),not returning 3.1 watts to the grid.

Some helpful information can be found on this page,along with the links on the page.
Hope this helps.
http://www.electrotechnik.net/2010/08/understanding-power-factor-part-1.html

[gotoluc]

Hi Luc
I made a comment on your video,but will make one here aswell.
One of your scope probes is hooked up backwards,and channel 1 needs to be inverted to read correctly. In a capacitive circuit,current always leads voltage,but your scope shows voltage leading current ??. You are infact consuming 3.1 watts from the grid(which is being disipated through the 10 ohm resistor),not returning 3.1 watts to the grid.

Some helpful information can be found on this page,along with the links on the page.
Hope this helps.
http://www.electrotechnik.net/2010/08/understanding-power-factor-part-1.html

Hi Tin Man,

you have it backwards, channel 1 is voltage and channel 2 is current. Current is leading when capacitor is connected.

Luc

[tinman]

Hi Tin Man,

you have it backwards, channel 1 is voltage and channel 2 is current. Current is leading when capacitor is connected.

Luc

Luc,could you put up a circuit diagram of the setup in your second last video please,as it looks to me like you are looking at the current used to charge up the cap. Once the cap voltage starts to drop,is when the cap is giving back it's energy to the system. With the cap in series(which i believe it is) current will only flow while the cap is charging up.This is why the voltage rises,while the current drops-the potential difference become's less. Is there a way you could put channel 1 of your scope across the cap?-so as we can see the voltage and current then?. It also looks like the cap has some inductance or something?,as the wave form was good until you added the cap.