The Ossie motor

[captainpecan]

It has got me thinking, now that I have seen my battery increase in voltage, when the bridge was disconnected and my reeds were sparking themselves to death, I need to look into this further.

I come up with a small variation of the circuit diagram I posted earlier.  This time I eliminated the shottky bridge, and replaced it with spark gaps... Tesla would be proud, lol... If I'm thinking clearly, the small amount of resistance in line with the reeds will make it easier to get the spark to jump the spark gaps instead of the gaps in the reed switches.  If the gaps are tuned precisely, it may be possible for the reeds switches to open and not spark at all, while all the energy jumps the spark gaps instead and absorb into the battery.  Please share your thought's on this new variation idea I shared.  I think it may hold some promise.

[neptune]

@Captaipecan . why not use old car spark plugs? You can beg old ones at any garage that does servicing . They will last years . When you get them adjusted , enclose them in an earthed can to prevent stray RF radiation.

[futuristic]

@captainpecan:
I like your setup with spark gaps. Do you think of doing it with two wire ends or will you make something more sofisticated?

Frenky

[mscoffman]

It has got me thinking, now that I have seen my battery increase in voltage, when the bridge was disconnected and my reeds were sparking themselves to death, I need to look into this further.

I come up with a small variation of the circuit diagram I posted earlier.  This time I eliminated the shottky bridge, and replaced it with spark gaps... Tesla would be proud, lol... If I'm thinking clearly, the small amount of resistance in line with the reeds will make it easier to get the spark to jump the spark gaps instead of the gaps in the reed switches.  If the gaps are tuned precisely, it may be possible for the reeds switches to open and not spark at all, while all the energy jumps the spark gaps instead and absorb into the battery.  Please share your thought's on this new variation idea I shared.  I think it may hold some promise.

Typically the solution is to put medium sized capacitors across the
arcing contacts. Capacitors sized to suppress the arc but not affect
circuit operation. Here is the thing; Those arcs represent combustion,
not necessarily oxygen combustion, to some extent and may themselves
be a source of energy in MHD form.

They really need to be fully suppressed in the long term. Lower
voltage then inductive kicks cause those arcs, and they start-up
when the switch contact gap is tiny. Sparkplugs need a much higher
voltage before they start to arc in air. Other discharge gasses might
accord some promise. Neon, Xenon, or Argon in the form of discharge
lamps across the contacts. But switch arcs can form even when there
is no inductive voltage rise at all.

:S:MarkSCoffman

[Magluvin]

How about surge suppression devices that are rated just above the operating voltage? Im not sure that they exist at that low of a voltage, but they could act as a great precision rated spark gap. And if it is just above the operating voltage, it would be a one way trip back to the battery and eliminate sparking in the reed as well.
Caps are ok to reduce the spark in the reed, but it would seem to be a waste to put any energy into that kind of suppressive action.
Mags