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[shylo]

To DonL and all....hi I've been testing various bolts and pieces of steel wire .......I use a magnet suspended by a very fine thread ....it self aligns with the earths field......it seems that every piece (bolt or wire) as I bring it close to the magnet .....the magnet will rotate to align with the end of the piece........one direction for one end the other direction for the other end.....it seems to me that any piece of steel is polarized...when I approach the magnet I come from the east ...then the west....the same end of the peice always attracts the same pole of the magnet.....is this maybe the result of the manufacturing process?.....and does the left hand rule for electromagnets apply to NS coils?

[shylo]

some other testes showed that by winding one layer of steel ,layer of cotton, one layer bare stranded copper....with starts and ends at each layer.....(instead of continous wire like Lasersaber).....1st layer of steel,1 start ,1 finish...2nd layer of copper 1start, 1finish...and so on...test each layer copper + steel-.....each layer has approx. same voltage.....hook them in series and the voltage increases......I built 2 coils (same amount of wire and cotton).... 1 like Lasersaber (continous)....the other with starts and ends...Lasers, read .5v....Individual reads .5v for each layer ....added the individuals by hooking in series .98v....there were 3 layers of steel and copper in each coil ...why wouldn't the 3, .5v layers add up to 1.5v,..instead of .98v..........also the magnetic effect seemed about the same for both coils.........thanx for any input .....shylo

[Pirate88179]

shylow:

Interesting, 3 coils in one.  That is a cool idea.  The only thing I can think of to explain them not adding up fully to 3 times the single coil is that possibly, if the wire lengths are not exactly alike, maybe they are out of phase in some way with the single core?  I really don't know.

Bill

[shylo]

Hi Bill thanx for the reply....1 thing I did notice is when winding....the steel is tighter than the copper .........steel is solid whereas the copper is strands..........so more steel than copper....also the steel is a little bit heavier guage than the copper strands........because I twisted the strands in order to try and get it equal.....also the voltages between each layer were close but not identical~.002v...........also the continuos build is a week older than the layered build..... maybe that's a contributing factor as well...............shylo

[Pirate88179]

shylow:

Also consider that, if you are winding your "separate" coils by the layer, the outside layers will be larger in diameter and will therefore have more wire than the inner layer or layers.  Just another thought as to what might be happening here.  This would create different inductance and resistance on the different coil layers.

Bill