New design
I tried a new design that popped into my head during meditation. I don't know how it works but it seems to be a lot better than anything I've done yet. If anybody can explain it, go ahead. Here is what I did.
I took two rotors and stacked them on top of each other. The posts are staggered. (See photo). The bottom rotor is wound clockwise then the wire goes up to the one on top and runs ccw. Then down to the next cw.
I used single wire. (Tried bifiler #32 & 28. Didn't work.) The power wire is on two of the posts, one bottom then to the top. All the other posts are wound for the trigger.
I found that I didn't need the pot so I removed it. All coils are wound 132 turns with #28 awg.
I have 8 neons for the safety bulb. I used 3 on the original which had less winds using 26 awg. It burned the neons out and they formed a continuity.
The 8 neons were rather bright so I hooked in one neon and it ran white/purple for a few seconds, then it went bright orange, then it flickered and my fan hesitated. I turned it off to avoid damage. I added another bulb which also ran white/puple on start up with the first dark. Then they both ran orange for a few seconds and then the flickering and hesitating fan.
I rehooked the 8 bulb assembly and was running it to take pictures and as I was setting up the camera the bulbs went dark save one which ran white/purple. At the moment I don't trust the 8 neons to handle the load if I'm not hooked up to charge.
I don't think the brief white/purple light is an indication of damage to the transistor. It seems to be damage to the bulbs that cause the phenomenon.
I'm charging as I write this. The final say on effeciency and output power is it's charging ability.
I tried a new design that popped into my head during meditation. I don't know how it works but it seems to be a lot better than anything I've done yet. If anybody can explain it, go ahead. Here is what I did.
I took two rotors and stacked them on top of each other. The posts are staggered. (See photo). The bottom rotor is wound clockwise then the wire goes up to the one on top and runs ccw. Then down to the next cw.
I used single wire. (Tried bifiler #32 & 28. Didn't work.) The power wire is on two of the posts, one bottom then to the top. All the other posts are wound for the trigger.
I found that I didn't need the pot so I removed it. All coils are wound 132 turns with #28 awg.
I have 8 neons for the safety bulb. I used 3 on the original which had less winds using 26 awg. It burned the neons out and they formed a continuity.
The 8 neons were rather bright so I hooked in one neon and it ran white/purple for a few seconds, then it went bright orange, then it flickered and my fan hesitated. I turned it off to avoid damage. I added another bulb which also ran white/puple on start up with the first dark. Then they both ran orange for a few seconds and then the flickering and hesitating fan.
I rehooked the 8 bulb assembly and was running it to take pictures and as I was setting up the camera the bulbs went dark save one which ran white/purple. At the moment I don't trust the 8 neons to handle the load if I'm not hooked up to charge.
I don't think the brief white/purple light is an indication of damage to the transistor. It seems to be damage to the bulbs that cause the phenomenon.
I'm charging as I write this. The final say on effeciency and output power is it's charging ability.
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