Originally posted by dragon
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Your build looks excellent. Your initial test shows how important the flywheel is in overcoming the back emf of the generator. From your posts, you seem to have a firm grasp of the issues.
If you wire 3 light sockets in parallel between the generator output and the capacitor, then you can play with the ballast resistance by inserting different light bulbs in combination.
Once the external commutator is operational, then it is just about finding the right balance between the armature and field in the motor to produce the largest torque bursts from the capacitor discharges.
Keep up the great work. I think your model looks very promising.
Peter
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