Working Magnetic Motor on you tube??

[dean_mcgowan]

@Omni

Have you recieved all your parts for replication yet ?

Cheers,

Dean

[Dyamios]

Oh, good thing you got the tachometer. I just noticed that the useful energy equation calls for rpms as well.

As far as DC motors go, any type will do really. Just make sure it can get up to the desired RPM (and preferably higher).

And for a faraday cage, any fine metal/copper mesh will due. Most EM wavelengths which would interfere are far too long to penetrate a 16th inch mesh or something around there. Just look at the front of your microwave. That little mesh can block 700 watts of 2.4ghz radiation.

Although solid metal shielding would work just as well.


On another note, when performing the experiment, it would be beneficial to videotape all the meters and tachometer and such so it's easier to consolidate and measure the data later. Otherwise you'd need a lot of people watching and plotting each one.

Cheers!

[Omnibus]

Not yet. I got the magnets, was expecting the bearings today but didn't get them and the parts are probably gonna be ready by Monday, hopefully. They were supposed to be ready by tomorrow (Saturday) but things never work as expected, especially when you're so anxious to start as soon as possible.

[Dyamios]

Oh, and the data doesn't have to be like... 10 data points/sec, so an RS232 tachometer isn't really necessary. Even 1/sec - 1/4sec would be fine (since it would be possible to form a regression model after plotting the data points).

[Omnibus]

See, I'm more concerned about the effect itself which has to be documented in detail. That's why the RS-232. You know what ridiculous questions are asked. One would do better to be as thorough as possible.