Help needed with Hyde Generator

[gotoluc]

I just checked the exploded view diagram from the manual and there are two brushes. Anyone know if it's okay to run these at well over their rated voltage and current (110VAC, 1.5A under load)? I guess I can put an ammeter in series and see what my current draw is.

Unfortunately in this case I would not recommend to do this to a brushed motor as the extra current could start melting the commutator surface and basically ruin the motor.

I'll give you a call.

Luc

[Steven Dufresne]

Thanks to Luc, I got back on the horse and pulled away from testatika/hyde hybrid back to the pure hyde generator. 5200 RPM! Only 800 RPM to go. Full details and photos can be found at (scroll down to under the heading starting "May 19"):
http://rimstar.org/sdenergy/hyde_generator/index.htm
but here's a brief writeup and of course I couldn't resist a photo of the segment that went bang (see below.)

Luc pointed out to me how to get 2 phases out of my wall sockets to get up to 220VAC and even more using variacs (which I didn't realize variacs would do), but for starters I tried it with just one variac at its maximum output of 130VAC. I got 4660 RPM! My previous best at 4500 RPM at 110VAC so it looks like I'd get around 80 RPM for each 10VAC I add; not much.

Then I decided that since I had big success on May 5 with sealing just the area where the rotors were and since at 4660 RPM it was screaming like a banshee from the air coming out of the holes in the wooden box, I should seal the area where the motor was too, just as is done in the patent. Success, I got 5200 RPM! Only 800 RPM to go.

And then there was a muffled bang and the whole thing began to slowly slide across the floor. One of the segments flew off (the bang) and that unbalanced the rotor (the slow slide.) But thanks to you guys, it was totally safe and nothing came out of the box. Damage was limited to a small cut in the packing tape that was sealing the rotor/stator area and mangling of the segment.
-Steve
http://rimstar.org   http://wsminfo.org

[Steven Dufresne]

Thought I'd give an update on how this week's experimenting went. I think I hit a limit on how well my glue (Advanced Formula Instant Krazy Glue - gel type since that gives me about 15-30 seconds of play time) can hold the steel segments to the acrylic disks because another one flew off this week and had to be repaired. On the bright side, I did hit 5500 RPM with the improved housing I made.

I've ordered some higher current diodes for my circuit. I don't know what my current ones are rated at but I'm sure it's micro, if not milliamps. I have 200 1000V, 6A silicon diodes on order (6A100.) If this thing's going to start putting out real current at some time, I want to be ready for it.

Once I've got the new diodes in place I'll also experiment with mesh for the sectors, taking a page from testatika.
-Steve
http://rimstar.org   http://wsminfo.org

[leo48]

HEI steve how's your work for the generator HYDE?
thanks
leo48

[Steven Dufresne]

HEI A how's your work for the generator HYDE?

Hi @leo48,
Sorry for the lack of updates. The new diodes I mentioned in my previous post didn't help. Also, the test using mesh for stators mentioned above didn't help either.

The last thing I did was to modify one of my power supplies to put out both HV+ and HV-, both with respect to ground:
http://rimstar.org/equip/pos_neg_voltage_multiplier.htm
It's a Cockroft-Walton voltage multiplier and puts out HV DC with some ripple. The problem I've found over the years is that if there's ionization going on somewhere then that ripple becomes hugely amplified. And unfortunately that's what happened when I tried it with my Hyde generator. All the connecting wiring was fine so I guess there's ionization going on in the Hyde generator. I'll need to build new stators and end plates to get rid of the leakage before it's worth testing again. I'm working on some other approaches right now though but I'll get back to the Hyde generator eventually. I'll post back here when I do.
-Steve
http://rimstar.org   http://wsminfo.org
PS. In case anyone's curious, here's the experiment I did with testatika where I first ran into this ripple amplification:
http://rimstar.org/sdenergy/testa/potsmk1.htm
and here's what I'm doing now:
http://rimstar.org/sdenergy/vacuum_energy/index.htm