STEORN DEMO LIVE & STREAM in Dublin, December 15th, 10 AM

[Jimboot]

Has anyone posted on the implications of Metglas on the SS Orbos?

[teslaalset]

No yet, although there is a solid state Orbo thread which is discussing more the MEG type of solution.

Steorn has mentioned SSOrbo. I wonder how they implemented this.
Maybe we should start a separate thread on this to discuss non MEG SSOrbo.

[k4zep]

Hi Ben,
very well done.

I think the other diode 1N4148 is not doing much, only maybe shuttling some stray capacitance charges
back from the switch to the bootcap, so you could probably leave it out.
Or am I wrong ?

Nice blinking light.
If it would run faster you would probably have steady light, so the human
eye could not see any blinking anymore.

Regards, Stefan.

Thanks Stefan,

No the little 1N4148 does little with the LED in there as the first swing negative is dispersed in the Big LED. Without the LED, it had more work to do. All your ideas above are correct.

Another thing I did not mention is the ability to use that LED as a timing light.  Shine it on the switch area in a low light condition and you can see where the magnet is when the coil turns off.  Works very well!

Something, question just hit me. Sean has NEVER showed the timing or switching of the wheel! What if our timing is all wrong.  What if we should be turning on going in and SUCK in, then TDC turn off like the BEDINI, With no CEMF (In a mechanically correct motor) and very small BEMF due to low turns on coil, the viscous effect and the delay switching in the core IF magnets are at the right spacing would KICK out and add energy to the rotor?????  Just a weird thought!!!!!  Arrrgggghhh.

Coffee is a wonderful thing!

Respectfully
Ben

[gravityblock]

Paul   probably posted this already but I just stumbled across it today. http://www.metglas.com/products/page5_1_2_6.htm It is the spec page for the Metglas 2741a. Used in power supplies eh?

There was a small metglas toroid in my old PC Power supply that I removed and verified it as being metglas.  It is too small.  I have a newer power supply, and the toroid is much larger.  It appears to be really close to the correct dimensions we are looking for, but I haven't removed it to verify if it is metglas or not (I can't see the core due to the windings).  I plan on converting this power supply unit for other purposes and it doesn't make much sense to destroy it for a $3.00 core.

This could become important down the road if there is a long delay in ordering metglas cores due to supply and demand.

[dradak1]

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Something, question just hit me. Sean has NEVER showed the timing or switching of the wheel!
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Respectfully
Ben

If I remember correctly on first showing on 15th of December he mentioned optical switching on bottom of the rotor.

Thanks,

Dragan