Advise on adding together multiple power sources ......

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ramblin Newbie Joined: 26/03/2024 Location: United States Posts: 39	Posted: 03:22pm 17 Aug 2024         phil99 said   What material are the coil cores made of? If solid iron the efficiency will be low, if powdered iron the cross-section seems too small compared to the diameter of the coil. There doesn't appear to be a laminated iron yoke to complete the magnetic circuit between the free ends of the cores. Conventional generator designs are the result of almost 150 years scientific research and engineering development by many thousands of people. This has resulted in reliable, predictable and energy efficient machines (98.7% for the biggest ones). I think it will be difficult to achieve stability and efficiency with this design. You are correct, iron is not efficient and causes a lot of drag. Core material is what we have researched the most and is a key factor. I have experimented with the iron yoke with little results on this machine. It played a larger roll in my early designs when rotor mags were all N on one side and S on the other. Now you are correct, stability has always been a big issue to overcome. Efficiency, however, I would argue can be very high. Conventional it is not and one of the reasons I picked up the project. Neo mags are remarkable things and are becoming stronger and more affordable. Many experimenters are playing with smaller, slower versions of this and having great results. I`m told this is has been employed in experimental windmills (might be why I see so many burn to the ground). I thought this project might be of some interest to the windmill guys here. My biggest issue lately has been combining the inputs and getting all the available amp out of it. Really need some guidance there. And besides, wheres all the fun in conventional ! Edited 2024-08-18 03:02 by ramblin