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[IotaYodi]

When I shorted the two ends of the copper together and short the two steel ends, the current between the two went up to 106ma. Instantaneous current is over 200ma, then it drops down to a steady 106.

My thoughts. In essence there is a galvanic current bridge between the copper and steel through the wet cotton. When you tied them together you put a load on the coil by short circuit. Sort of like putting 2 wires on a battery and shorting them out. You would draw more amps from the coil or battery because you are feeding the output back to the input instead of out to a load. That should heat up the coil also to a certain degree. Untied and using a meter,the meter itself only reads the input to the meter. Putting meters on both input and output the readings should be basically the same.

bet you could get the same results with two sheets of metal coiled up like a capacitor with some cotton in between.

You could try a cotton layer over the copper,then wrap aluminum foil over that,then a layer of cotton over the aluminum and see if it raises the voltage/amps up.

[Rosemary Ainslie]

Hi all. I think I've discovered the problem with the glue.  I didn't mix the two types right.  Anyway have just redone this so hopefully they'll stick now.  Also.  I was advised to clean everything off with thinners.  Maybe the answer is there somewhere. I've just redone it and will leave it until morning in the hopes it will dry.    Me and this little coil have had words.  Most of them unprintable.  LOL. 

But I've finished one whole winding.  I need to photograph this as proof.     But not sure that it's the best example of winding that's ever hit this forum.  LOL.  This is definitely the last time I'm going to try it.  I did try stripping the copper first off - but I found that the winding became impossible because I couldn't fit the copper between the nichrome.  It sort of sat on top.  Not sure that this was the best thing. 

The good news is that I get a voltage reading in millivolts - and everything is as dry as a bone.  But it fades away to nothing in no time at all.  I also can't find my little compas so can't test that until the morning.  I also tried systematically shorting the wires - just to see if I could elicit a response from my little rotor and there's a definite 'moment' - but fades out just as quick.  I can, apparently, get reed switches from campus - so will try and attach that tomorrow.  But I think I first need a few more windings.  I get it that this might help the general effect. 

Frankly - I very much doubt that I'll get that spin.  But I'll give it my best shot.  I might have to build another 'lighter' rotor or invest in some heavy duty magnets.

Regards
Rosemary

[Ted Ewert]

Manually heating up of the coil makes a difference also.
I used a hair dryer to warm up my coil a little and the volts increase from .400V to over .500V in 30 seconds.

DonL

I went to check on it this morning and I think it died overnight. It read only .2 volts and the current was a paltry 10ma.
I stuck it outside in the sun to warm it up. Perhaps that will revive it. Maybe it needed a constant load to keep it going?
We'll see if the patient revives in a couple of hours.

Ted

[Rosemary Ainslie]

Hi all.  Just some record of the troll menace.  Any likeness to any person living or dead is purely co-incidental.   

Not sure where the broken lines came in.    ???I need to try and redo this.  apologies

[truthbeknown]

To Rosemary Ainslie:

Why do you post such things? Its like you are trying to start an argument with someone....Yeesh! Maybe you can post this stuff on threads that YOU have started and then we know not to bother reading there...How immature.

J.