The other day I watched some videos on magnetic amplifiers. This is one example:
So I replicated it and it indeed works.. I also monitored power input.. The AC across my resistor load DID raise when I added DC to the other side of the circuit.
I also watched AC current from the variac supply. While the output did rise, so did the current coming from the variac obviously.
This got me thinking, what if we were producing AC from a source that does NOT cost more when we pull more power out, Like a solar panel. Say we took a solar panel and paralleled the output into 2 branches. 1 branch we run through an inverter to make AC and the other branch we feed the DC side of the magnetic amplifier. Will the magnetic amplifier still work and will we get more out of the panel?
Is this simply a way to draw more from a source, or is it creating energy? If it is creating energy, we wouldn't know because all the current is forced to loop through the supply, giving the illusion the supply is producing it.
I assume if we did the same with a generator, it MAY produce more output, but since more current is running through the pickup coils, it would just cause more drag.. But there are other questions with this also that should be explored..
This thread is for discussions on magnetic amplifier possibilities and NOT a build log. Feel free to post and reply with anything even mildly related
So I replicated it and it indeed works.. I also monitored power input.. The AC across my resistor load DID raise when I added DC to the other side of the circuit.
I also watched AC current from the variac supply. While the output did rise, so did the current coming from the variac obviously.
This got me thinking, what if we were producing AC from a source that does NOT cost more when we pull more power out, Like a solar panel. Say we took a solar panel and paralleled the output into 2 branches. 1 branch we run through an inverter to make AC and the other branch we feed the DC side of the magnetic amplifier. Will the magnetic amplifier still work and will we get more out of the panel?
Is this simply a way to draw more from a source, or is it creating energy? If it is creating energy, we wouldn't know because all the current is forced to loop through the supply, giving the illusion the supply is producing it.
I assume if we did the same with a generator, it MAY produce more output, but since more current is running through the pickup coils, it would just cause more drag.. But there are other questions with this also that should be explored..
This thread is for discussions on magnetic amplifier possibilities and NOT a build log. Feel free to post and reply with anything even mildly related