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The Lenz reaction is GOING to happen. That’s why it’s a law. (Guys like me view it as a “reaction” not a “law”, but that’s me) WHEN it happens is all you can control and that affects the OUTPUT of your coil. This is a fact.
Magnets are attracted to iron cores. UNLESS that core has been turned into a repulsing electromagnet through the action of Lenz or by supplying it with external power. This is ANOTHER fact.
You say one coil is at TDC in attraction and one is at TDC in repulsion. This creates a neutral situation. Entirely possible. But YOU think about it for a moment. That means one of the two coils is NOT outputting it’s maximum as a generator coil. It CAN’T be. If a coil is being used to accelerate, it does not put out its maximum. If a coil is being used as a drag, it does not put out its maximum. There is only one position where a coil puts out its maximum and that is when it is neutral.
Thane is using Lenz to “neutralize” the attraction of magnets to the iron core, or magnetic drag. I completely understand EXACTLY what he is doing. It is one of the things I experimented with early on. It absolutely works. Positively. I’m a believer.
But you sacrifice coil output as a generator coil to make it happen. It’s just math. Do the math. When you start manipulating Lenz it becomes very interesting, and there is usually more than one way to skin a cat. If you ever get more than one coil on your machine, you will be able to try to do what Thane is doing. I wish you luck. I know what I know because I HAVE built it, and it led me in a different direction.
If one coil is in attraction at a specific point in time that another coil is in repulsion they CANNOT have the same capacitance or their reaction would be exactly the same. Therefore one CANNOT output the same as the other. This means Thane has done the work to figure out EXACTLY the capacitance he needs for these two coils to completely offset each other. It also means he has two different coils on his machine. Half are one capacitance and half are the other. Figuring that out is a tremendous amount of work and my hat is off to him for that. I understand better than most how incredibly difficult that is because I have been there.
I’m not saying what Thane is doing doesn’t WORK, I’m just saying I do not believe it is the most efficient solution. I could be wrong. I’ve been wrong before. Ask bistander. He’s probably got a list of times I’ve been wrong. But from what I have SEEN, I believe there is a more efficient way.
There is usually more than one way to accomplish every goal and we each approach a goal according to our strengths and understanding. I’m sure there may be better ways to do what we are doing. I’m open to new ideas. But I have tried a lot of different things over the last 12 years with this machine, and I understand a lot about what will work and what won’t, and about what is more efficient. Thane is way ahead on core material and probably on the kind of wire to use. Figuring out what is BEST is not something I want to spend the time on. That is for others who want to pursue developing this. I had two goals with this machine and I accomplished both of them. Time to move on and let others take it from here. There are two groups I am associated with that are working on it. Better them than me! I’m finishing this prototype because it is a solid, SAFE build I can present at the conference. If I can change core materials or wire between now and then, or even show output differences between different KINDS of coil pairs on the machine, I am up for that. I have two iron cores, two home made ferrite cores, and two factory ferrite cores. I would love to add two met-glass cores and two cores with the other possible core material you were talking about. It would make a great demo machine and provide a lot of information about what is possible. I’m going to work on making that happen once the machine is together. Still waiting on magnets and pieces for the magnetic opposition.
Magnets are attracted to iron cores. UNLESS that core has been turned into a repulsing electromagnet through the action of Lenz or by supplying it with external power. This is ANOTHER fact.
You say one coil is at TDC in attraction and one is at TDC in repulsion. This creates a neutral situation. Entirely possible. But YOU think about it for a moment. That means one of the two coils is NOT outputting it’s maximum as a generator coil. It CAN’T be. If a coil is being used to accelerate, it does not put out its maximum. If a coil is being used as a drag, it does not put out its maximum. There is only one position where a coil puts out its maximum and that is when it is neutral.
Thane is using Lenz to “neutralize” the attraction of magnets to the iron core, or magnetic drag. I completely understand EXACTLY what he is doing. It is one of the things I experimented with early on. It absolutely works. Positively. I’m a believer.
But you sacrifice coil output as a generator coil to make it happen. It’s just math. Do the math. When you start manipulating Lenz it becomes very interesting, and there is usually more than one way to skin a cat. If you ever get more than one coil on your machine, you will be able to try to do what Thane is doing. I wish you luck. I know what I know because I HAVE built it, and it led me in a different direction.
If one coil is in attraction at a specific point in time that another coil is in repulsion they CANNOT have the same capacitance or their reaction would be exactly the same. Therefore one CANNOT output the same as the other. This means Thane has done the work to figure out EXACTLY the capacitance he needs for these two coils to completely offset each other. It also means he has two different coils on his machine. Half are one capacitance and half are the other. Figuring that out is a tremendous amount of work and my hat is off to him for that. I understand better than most how incredibly difficult that is because I have been there.
I’m not saying what Thane is doing doesn’t WORK, I’m just saying I do not believe it is the most efficient solution. I could be wrong. I’ve been wrong before. Ask bistander. He’s probably got a list of times I’ve been wrong. But from what I have SEEN, I believe there is a more efficient way.
There is usually more than one way to accomplish every goal and we each approach a goal according to our strengths and understanding. I’m sure there may be better ways to do what we are doing. I’m open to new ideas. But I have tried a lot of different things over the last 12 years with this machine, and I understand a lot about what will work and what won’t, and about what is more efficient. Thane is way ahead on core material and probably on the kind of wire to use. Figuring out what is BEST is not something I want to spend the time on. That is for others who want to pursue developing this. I had two goals with this machine and I accomplished both of them. Time to move on and let others take it from here. There are two groups I am associated with that are working on it. Better them than me! I’m finishing this prototype because it is a solid, SAFE build I can present at the conference. If I can change core materials or wire between now and then, or even show output differences between different KINDS of coil pairs on the machine, I am up for that. I have two iron cores, two home made ferrite cores, and two factory ferrite cores. I would love to add two met-glass cores and two cores with the other possible core material you were talking about. It would make a great demo machine and provide a lot of information about what is possible. I’m going to work on making that happen once the machine is together. Still waiting on magnets and pieces for the magnetic opposition.
Let me think it over.
It is at this point that I enjoy all of your thesis, sharing your years of advanced research. Stay open. I also feel bad for Thane as I watch him struggle for words in his board talks.
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