Van, there are gaps between magnets. The poles are compressed together but that is also the only thing where they touch see for yourself:

These magnets have 18 degree bend on them, this would make a wheel with full contact with each other if only 20 magnets were used. Since Ed used 24 magnets, they would need to have a 15 degree bend in order to get them in circle and full metal contact. Ford T magneto used only 16 magnets and as the bases of the magnets were almost together, the ends were far apart from each other.
I tried putting 4 extra coils on the wheel and pulse all 8 coils in parallel using 24V, that makes a huge spark but still nothing happens. I am sure that we need the lock effect somewhere on the wheel, but I guess it wont be the magnets. Maybe the clover shaped ring on top. I will get the colver shaped ring lasercut for me and see how this works
nat1971a, what experiment exactly do you propose?

These magnets have 18 degree bend on them, this would make a wheel with full contact with each other if only 20 magnets were used. Since Ed used 24 magnets, they would need to have a 15 degree bend in order to get them in circle and full metal contact. Ford T magneto used only 16 magnets and as the bases of the magnets were almost together, the ends were far apart from each other.
I tried putting 4 extra coils on the wheel and pulse all 8 coils in parallel using 24V, that makes a huge spark but still nothing happens. I am sure that we need the lock effect somewhere on the wheel, but I guess it wont be the magnets. Maybe the clover shaped ring on top. I will get the colver shaped ring lasercut for me and see how this works

nat1971a, what experiment exactly do you propose?
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