He shows the underside of the U-channel on this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvMbgGcHeEY
I don't see any batteries or coils. (Be sure to turn off captions so you can see it clearly) He then proceeds, without taking a break, to demonstrate the motor. Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: Horace Heffner <hheff...@mtaonline.net> Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009 3:18 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Latest from Mylow > On May 9, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Kyle Mcallister wrote: > > > I wonder about the aluminum U channel. One could hide > > a few AAA's in there, and a small 'kicker' solenoid, > > and some control circuitry. > > All it takes is a bolt (core) wrapped with a small sense coil and a > > larger energizing coil. You hook the sensor coil to a transistor > gate and the the power coil to emitter and battery. As a magnet > approaches the bolt it induces a current in the sensor coil and > thus > through the gate. With correct (feedback reinforcing) coil > connections the effect is also motion reinforcing. When the magnet > > is closest to the bolt, dB/dt is zero, the induction of current > through the gate stops, and the power to the bolt stops, permitting > > the magnet to escape the added attraction of the bolt due to the > current. It can also be designed to work in repulsion mode. The > nice thing about this set-up is almost no current is drawn unless > there is magnet motion to start the process, so no "on" switch is > needed. This is also a down side because any motor so designed is > not self starting without some other mechanism. It can work with a > single AAA battery. This kind of circuit is used in various > battery > powered spinning top type toys. Such a toy would be a good source > of > compatible parts to make a fraudulent motor experiment. > > > On May 10, 2009, at 12:55 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: > > > All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand. > > Has your hand raised yet? 8^) > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > > >
