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**Dean2** · 03-05-2011, 07:38 PM

**gyula** · 03-05-2011, 09:30 PM

Hi Dean,

Thanks for showing this interesting setup. Would like to ask that in case you had made the rotor out of ceramic magnets would it roll through all the same as the present rotor made from 'metal' i.e. electrically conducting magnets?
Is electrically conducting rotor a must? IF so, are eddy currents involved?

Thanks, Gyula

**Dean2** · 03-05-2011, 10:57 PM

**broli** · 03-06-2011, 07:28 AM

NOTES ON AN UNIPOLAR DYNAMO

So basically use the "side effect" to do something useful.

I'm really excited about this and which you much more success.

**gyula** · 03-06-2011, 11:46 AM

Hi Dean,

Well, I have never heard about your observation on the neccessity of using conductive rotor in a setup like that... thanks for the info. Yes, using ceramic magnets would give much less forces but my aim was ceramic magnets are electrically bad conductors.

Gyula

**Iotayodi** · 03-06-2011, 01:25 PM

Really interesting. I wonder if its possible using a closed loop or conveyor scheme. Great demonstration!

**Dean2** · 03-06-2011, 03:45 PM

**Dean2** · 03-06-2011, 04:21 PM

**Joit** · 03-06-2011, 04:52 PM

Hi,
Thank for your kind Words, i agree with you, the biggest Barrier is in our Head, when we dont have the right Picture there, to figure, how some Things do really work, and all what we got are some theoretically Assumptions how Things could be. I am sure, that there is way more symmetrie at Magnets as we may do guess.
In that case, it is allways better, to got a Imagination from something to follow one Track.

**broli** · 03-06-2011, 08:03 PM

I'm curious, is your next build a circular version?

**Dean2** · 03-06-2011, 09:07 PM

circular possibilities

I have started a version for experimenting in circular fashion. Although, I tend to have "too many" projects going on at the same time.