Newman capacitor discharge prototype

[dom444]

I can't tell you how many turns there  are  they are standard microwave oven transformer secondary windings originally generated 2000 volts. at moment they are connected in parallel but also works in series at this
stage i am not sure which is better.

[antimony]

I can't tell you how many turns there  are  they are standard microwave oven transformer secondary windings originally generated 2000 volts. at moment they are connected in parallel but also works in series at this
stage i am not sure which is better.

Oh,  cool. I have also thought about using a MOT, but I have never tried it.

[antimony]

After you posted this thread about your project i started to think about the Newman motor and the Keppe motor, and what the difference between them except that the Keppe is switched with a Reed, and the Newman with a sparking commutator.

Are there any other difference?

[dom444]

first time i have heard of the keppe motor I had a look at it they are the same in operation  but different in principal I think Newman used the large momentum generated by a heavy steel armature with magnets attracted to a large magnetic field that with lots of windings that generated a large back EMF.
the keppe motor if it worked the same would fuse a reed in seconds Newman's machine gave real power with a massive back EMF that would produce big sparks that gave him problems. I don't think Newman utilized the back EMF appart from charging and was wasted. he was more interested in demonstrating the power of the machine pumping water.

[antimony]

I saw a video today about this guy called Geoffrey Miller that demonstrated that he used a tube core instead of a solid Fe core for a pick up coil.

He didnt make any comparisons between solid and Hollow, that i remember, but he sure thought that it was something really important.

Have you seen it?