Re: The Egg Works - Well, Almost

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

I've got several rare earth magnets and they behave
similarly with copper and brass, when dropped onto
them, or slid across them. I think the brass should be
fine.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunnikillr@xxxxxxx>
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> Hey All....
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> for those who have been following this thread,  lets
> stop a moment
> and THINK of whats happening here...  we are dealing
> with a toroidal
> core a single phase system with 90 degree opposed
> fields and a
> brass  hollow egg...
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> lets examine the situation
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> 1.   egg not perfectly "shelled"  ( unbalanced)
> 2. 90 degree phase induction  ( only 2 opposing
> fields) per 4 fields
> ( this would explain the "4 lobed" visual imbalance
> in the video)
> 3. Brass egg  ( copper offers the highest
> "reluctance" (( is that
> proper)) to magnetic fields... copper hates magnetic
> field changes it
> resists them thus the "drag" it induces.... and the
> movement it
> incurs..   reverse the situation and you see a
> movement of the copper
> compared to the "revolving" field..
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> What can be done to make it work as intended??
>
> 50%- 100% thick walled copper egg ( high
> "reluctantce" ??  opposition
> to magnetic fields influence  ( ( sp?)) )
> 4 or multiple of 4 phases ( coils) of inductors
> maybe an 8 "phase
> coil system" would work better, instead of 4 do 8
> windings
> and POWER   think motor here...   stationary and
> rotor fields....
> 120vac @ 10+amps
>
> eventually the egg ( copper at best ) would spin up
> to the 60Hz cycle
> induced by the fields created by the coils....
>
> and you get The Egg of Columbus in its full glory
>
> Scot D
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