Hi all, i just finished building a new incandescent light bulb heater and i was pondering building an improved heater, something going above a C.O.P. of 1.
I remember reading this PDF awhile ago, though i have yet to act on it.
Eddy Current Heaters
So i plan to build a small test model, using one of my small DC powered, brush-less air plane motors.
I will make a small aluminum disc and rotate this in front of some neo magnets.
I will use a speed control to find the rpm needed to cause the proper phase shift or delay, which will then nullify the mechanical back torque upon the prime mover motor.
I have already verified this can work.
I used my TV ferrite flyback c-core, which i was using with the sucahyo pulse drive circuit.
I then placed part of a thick piece of aluminum heat sink material in between the gap of the c-core.
I started at a low frequency, which caused a noticeable increase in amperage.
I then progressively increased the base resistance on the PNP transistor base, which increased frequency, until i was able to observe the amperage stop increasing, when the aluminum was inserted in the ferrite c-core gap.
With a 100 kohm base resistor, the frequency was barely audible and i observed the amperage decrease from 11.3 milliamps down to 9.5 milliamps, when the aluminum was in between the gap, compared to without and same gap distance.
Your thoughts about this and the PDF are most welcome.
peace love light
I remember reading this PDF awhile ago, though i have yet to act on it.
Eddy Current Heaters
So i plan to build a small test model, using one of my small DC powered, brush-less air plane motors.
I will make a small aluminum disc and rotate this in front of some neo magnets.
I will use a speed control to find the rpm needed to cause the proper phase shift or delay, which will then nullify the mechanical back torque upon the prime mover motor.
I have already verified this can work.
I used my TV ferrite flyback c-core, which i was using with the sucahyo pulse drive circuit.
I then placed part of a thick piece of aluminum heat sink material in between the gap of the c-core.
I started at a low frequency, which caused a noticeable increase in amperage.
I then progressively increased the base resistance on the PNP transistor base, which increased frequency, until i was able to observe the amperage stop increasing, when the aluminum was inserted in the ferrite c-core gap.
With a 100 kohm base resistor, the frequency was barely audible and i observed the amperage decrease from 11.3 milliamps down to 9.5 milliamps, when the aluminum was in between the gap, compared to without and same gap distance.
Your thoughts about this and the PDF are most welcome.
peace love light
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