On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:15:01 -0500, you wrote: >On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:02:15 -0400, you wrote: > >> >> >>Mark Iverson wrote: >>> I haven't seen any mention of Thane Heins' Perepetia Generator yet, >>> which really surprises me... >>> Too much watchin' the ladies at the Dime Box Saloon and not payin >>> attention to the fun stuff? >>> >>> http://www.overunity.com/index.php?topic=4047.3280 >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/user/ThaneCHeins >>> >>> I've been following this thread almost since it began, and it's really >>> quite fascinating... They have been set up in the Univ of Ottowa for >>> about a year, and now have a decent idea of what's happening... in >>> Thane's own words below! >>> >>> /Mark / >>> ------------------------------- >>> >>> YOU HAVE A HV COIL WITH A VERY HIGH IMPEDANCE - SO VIRTUALLY NO CURRENT >>> FLOWS - WHEN A ROTOR MAGNET APPROACHES IT, >>> >>> IT STORES ITS ENERGY IN THE ELECTROSTATIC FIELD LIKE A CAPACITOR. >> >>Sorry, electrostatic field between what and what? > >--- > > >The capacitance between the insulated turns, (the"winding capacitance") >with will store charge when there's a voltage difference between the >turns. > >Any inductor will act like a self-resonant circuit when: > > 1 > f = ------------- > 2pi sqrt LC > >where f is the resonant frequency, in Hertz, > L is the inductance of the winding, in Farads, and > C is the winding capacitance.
--- Aaarghhh!!! L is the inductance of the winding in henrys, and C is the winding capacitance in farads. JF
