Project De Motu Imperium

This project is being shelved until my other project is at a stage I am happy with.

Uploaded some images of the test circuit I built. The rachet system is being redesigned and in later versions the generator will be able to generate power while moving in both directions. This design change involves swapping the ratchet system for a rack and pinion system that will rotate the generator clockwise even no matter which way the rack and pinion is moving.

I have tweaked the design a bit and settled on a relitively simple circuit for testing. My test circuit uses two DC motors one for generating power and one for creating motion to test the peak voltage output of the first motor. The test circuit spins a motor which has it's shaft tied to the second motors shaft the second motor outputs approx 2V which is used to charge a capacitor. When the motor stops spinning the capacitor holds its charge (excluding natural discharge) until a switch is pressed allowing the capacitor to discharge through the load.

The past two days I have been gathering parts and starting to build the prototype generator (designs coming soon). For the racthet mechanism is a freewheel out of an old bike that I dismantled and the prototype generator is an old DC motor.

In the past couple weeks leading up to this submission I have conducted research in order to figure out how to create my idea. I have settled on a ratcheting design that operates similar to the free wheel on a bicycles rear wheel. The prototype will be designed to mount to a users arm and will output DC to a capacitor.