Turquoise Energy News #208
reporting September 2025 -
(posted October 6th 2025)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
* Re-install of Cabin's Solar Charge Controller - Dump Load
Controller: New Experiment - Nissan Leaf 12V Battery; Lead
Battery Renewal - Caik Motor - Cabin Construction - New Computer
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Tides of Titan
* Survival of Idealism
* Scattered Thots
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems -
no reports
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Faraday Cabin Construction - Cutting more styrene foam
insulation
* Haida Gwaii Gardening - Summer
Electricity Generation
* New Grid Tied System
* Old System - The usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #207
reporting August 2025 -
(posted September 12th 2025)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* Tlell Fall Fair - Electric Caik Motor Refurbishment for
Unipolar Operation Tests - Reflection on Old Battery
Experiments: Why was it 2.6 Volts? - Making Copper Powder for
Copper Electrodes - Solar Powered Car Charging - New Solar Power
System - Tinnitus & "Faraday Cabin": Better Grounding Rods
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Scattered Thots
* ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Making the New 12 Coils Electric Hubcap Motor - Caik
Motor refurbishment for "Unipolar" tests
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Faraday Cabin Construction - Cutting more styrene foam
insulation
* Haida Gwaii Gardening - Summer
Electricity Generation
* New Grid Tied System - The usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #206
reporting July 2025 -
(posted August 8th 2025)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* Another 50 Amp T-Socket (+ extra info about the design) - Supercorder
Straight Flute Making Instructions - Puzzling Power
Monitor Readings - Thinking toward new chemie battery Production
- New Electric Hubcap type Motor (breaking huge project into
three; making coils) - Plastic Recycling 2.0
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Electrosmog - Electrosmog in the Faraday Cabin - Ultrasonic
Audio "Smog"
* ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Making the Mythical New Electric Hubcap Motor: -
separating the unmanageable project into three - Coil Winding
with ilmenited epoxy - motor controllers
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Solar Deep Well Pump
* Haida Gwaii Gardening - Fruit & Nut Trees - Corn -
Greenhouse
* The Claw-Hoe: a Better Hoe for Weeding -
?
* Plastic Recycling 2.0 (...for Motor Housing parts - see under
Electric Transport)
Electricity Generation
* The usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et
cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #205
reporting June 2025 -
(posted July 13th 2025)
Month In "Brief" (Project
Summaries etc.)
* SeaWing (addendum) - OLAHP - 36V Popcorn Experiment - Off
Grid: Charging The Nissan Leaf from DC Solar/Battery Power - New
Grid-Tied Solar System - Cabin Construction - Plug-in Got Hot
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Aging Eyes: Lens Hardening & Cataracts
Reduction/Reversal with Bromeliads?
* Electrosmog
* ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(No Reports)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Charging The Nissan Leaf from DC Solar/Battery Power
* Faraday Cabin: Wall Insulating, Board, Painting - More
Scaffolding - The "Electrosmog", Tinnitus, blah blah...
* Haida Gwaii Gardening
Electricity Generation
* New 7 KW Grid Tied Solar System: 20 x 350W solar panels -
Installation [part 1] - Solar Panel Efficiencies
* The usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et
cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #204
reporting May 2025 -
(posted June 9th 2025)
Highlight: The SeaWing: Very
high speed water transport with low power
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* The SeaWing - Cabin Construction - etc.
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Scattered Thots (South Africa - Classes/Schools of
statesmanship - Progressing Knowledge Vehicles - Starving Whales
- the Infinite) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* SeaWing (was Waterski boat): concept for very high
speed, low power, smooth riding water transportation
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Faraday Cabin
* WiFi & Radio Also Cause Tinnitus !?! Ack!
Electricity Generation
* The usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et
cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #203
reporting April 2025 -
(posted May 6th 2025)
Highlight: Waterski
Boat: High Speed Smooth Riding Water Craft Design
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* Misc - Open Loop Air Heat Pumping - Home EMF/Tinnitus
Reduction
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* What Is China's Real Population? - Democracy in Peril -
Scattered Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Waterski Boat: High Speed Smooth Riding Water Craft
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Open Loop Air Heap Pumping (OLAHP): Compressor/Decompressor;
Tests - Air flow sensor
* Spring Gardening
Electricity Generation
* The usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et
cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #202
reporting March 2025 -
(posted April 7th 2025)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* Low Cost Electricicty Storage - New EV Motor - Open Loop Air
Heat Pumping - Faraday Cabin - 36V DC Solar Energy Improvements
- Dump Load Controller - 36V Electric Heater
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Tinnitus Report: Purpose of Tinnitus - Canada Election -
Scattered Thots (DST) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Unipolar Electric Hubcap Motor: Potential Improvements
Found: Novel Rotor Design! (even more novel)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* "Faraday Cabin" Construction: Wall boards;
* Open Loop Air Heap Pumping (OLAHP): Compressor/Decompressor;
Tests
* Dump Load Controller
* Resistance Wire Radiant Heater(s)
Electricity Storage: Batteries
('Everlasting' Zinc-zincate Chemistry Works. The Research is
finished.)
Electricity Generation
* A little note on the safety & efficacy of 36 volt house
wiring
* Solar Power System Additions: - New Power Monitors for load
& charging
* The usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et
cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #201
reporting February 2025 -
(posted March 7th 2025)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* "Sand Battery" experiment - OLAHP: Setup, Tests, Rotary
Compressor/Decompressor - 3D Printing - New DC/Solar Power
Monitor - Faraday Cabin Construction - Gardening - Approveable
Grid-Tied Solar System Kit Arrives
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Planetary Management: Unrepresented Constituencies -
Scattered Thots (Conductive Fabric) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Unipolar Electric Hubcap Motor... Plastic Recycling?
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* "Faraday Cabin" Construction - insulating with styrene foam -
SW floor joists
* "Bedroom Sand Battery" Experiment
* Open Loop Air Heap Pumping (OLAHP): finish setup and some
tests - Optimal Compressor/Decompressor Designs
* Multiple 3D Printing Projects
Electricity Storage: Batteries
(no reports)
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - New Power Monitor for House Solar
Charging
- Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera
- Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #200
reporting January 2025 -
(posted February 9th 2025)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* New Unipolar BLDC "Electric Hubcap" motor (for Sprint Car) -
Hot-wire Foam Cutters - Faraday Cabin: Insulation, Some floor
joists - "SCABA" devices (Self Contained Arctic Breathing
Apparatus) - More Practical Magnetic Refrigeration?
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Scattered Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Unipolar Electric Hubcap Motor Construction
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Hot-Wire Plastic Foam Cutters - small one - "plastic mill" -
large one & cutting styrene foam
* "Faraday Cabin" Construction - insulating with styrene foam -
Some floor joists
Electricity Storage: Batteries
(no report on battery development)
* My 36V Power Systems: Charging the LiFePO4 Cells
* Some Thoughts on Storing Solar Energy as Heat: "Dump Loads" --
Sand Battery Experiment for February
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #199
reporting December 2024 -
(posted January 9th 2025)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
* Faraday Cage Cabin: Insulation, Interior walls - Rewinding
Motor to 36V for Sprint Car
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Ganymede in Stereo (followup to last month) - Scattered Thots
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Induction Motor Conversion to 36 Volts for Chevy Sprint
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Low EMF Cabin Construction
Electricity Storage: Batteries
(no reports)
Electricity Generation
* Power Outage: Running Freezers Off-Grid &
Measurements for Tinnitus
* My Solar Power System: - Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #198
reporting November 2024 -
(posted December 4th 2024)
Extra Special Feature:
Galileo Launch 35th Anniversary: What NASA Missed on
Ganymede
Month In "Brief" (Project
Summaries etc.)
* Ganymede! - Faraday Cage Cabin: Insulation, Interior walls -
End of Unapproved Solar Grid Tie System - New Grid Tied Solar
System Subsidy - Connecting the Other Solar Panels to the Cabin
- Easy Fixing Rusty Vehicles? - Rewinding Motor to 36V for
Sprint Car
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Referendums are Not Always the Right Way
* Scattered Thots: - More on Potassium (or Sodium) BROMIDE for
Essential Tremors - Grounded Conductive Fibers for Blocking AC
Fields/Tinnitus - Hair Today...
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Induction Motor Conversion to 36 Volts for Chevy Sprint
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Low EMF Cabin Construction
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* "+" Electrode 2-axis Compacting Ideas (ideas are cheap)
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual (and this month UNusual)
Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera -
Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #197
reporting October 2024 -
(posted November 7th 2024)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* New Style "Microinverter" Grid Ties - The "PowMr" Solar Charge
Controllers & Cabin Heat - DIN Rail Circuit Breakers - Self
Contained Arctic Breathing Apparatus (SCABA)? - New 3D printer
ordered - No osmium powder yet!?! - Cabin Construction
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Cause & Cure of Arthritis
* Potassium Bromide for Essential Tremors?
* Scattered Thots: Home Ownership Rates vs. National Wealth -
How the Printing Press [further] Ruined English Spellings
- Detailed Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems -
No Reports
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Cabin Construction
* 36V DC Wiring
* Tinnitus Reduction
* Fall Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries
- No reports (When do I get my osmium powder?)
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #196
reporting September 2024 -
(posted October 9th 2024)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* Tile Floor - Renewable Energy Symposium - Tinnitus Recap -
Cabin Construction - "Sand Battery" for heat storage - "For what
it's worth"
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
Unipolar EV Motor (just thoughts)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Cabin Construction
* 36V DC Wiring & Tinnitus Reduction
* Gardening: Fall harvests
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Double Compaction - Copper (Monel): It Works!
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #195
reporting August 2024 -
(posted September 5th 2024)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* Cabin - "DC Appliance"=AC Appliance+Attached Inverter? -
Battery R & D
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* An Inhabited Planet?
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(no reports)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Cabin Construction & 36V DC Wiring
* Gardening: Fall harvests
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* More experiments - Need for double or triple axis compaction
of powders?
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #194
reporting July 2024 -
(posted August 9th 2024)
Feature: Some Thoughts on DC Houses & DC
Appliances (Under Other Green & Electric
Projects -- also more on the subject under Cabin
Construction & 36V DC Wiring immediately following
that, and in August in Brief)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* New Chemie Batteries - DC Wiring Demo Panel - Cabin DC Wiring
& Construction
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Scattered Thots: What Makes an Inventor? - AC Body
Voltage Levels - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(no reports)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Some Thoughts on DC Building Wiring & DC Appliances
* Cabin Construction & 36V DC Wiring
* Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Various-Zincate cells - gold plating - Electrode Powder
Compaction
Electricity Generation
* New Grid Tie(s) - My Solar Power System: - The Usual
Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera -
Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #193
reporting June 2024 -
(posted July 11th 2024)
Highlights:
'Everlasting' Zinc/Zincate Electrode Works!; At Least a
'Forever' Nickel-Zinc
Cell? [Brief; Detailed]
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
* On the Woes of Inventors & Creative People - Copper
Oxyhydroxide-Zincate Battery - Cabin Construction & Wiring -
Vehicle Coefficients of Drag... and of course Rolling Resistance
- Charging an e-Bike from Solar - Spring Gardening
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Scattered Thots [Declining white populations] - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(no reports)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Open Loop Air Heat Pumping ("OLAHP")
* Cabin Construction & 36 V DC Solar Wiring
* Spring Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Copper-Zinc cell - Nickel-Zinc cell
Electricity Generation
* New Old Solar Panel - My Solar Power System: - The
Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera -
Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #192
reporting May 2024 -
(posted June 13th 2024)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- DC Power: Thermostat on Heaters in Bedroom;
"New(?)" LED "Mushroom" Ceiling Light; Broken solar Panel
Mounted
- Copper Oxyhydroxide-Zincate Battery - Electric Fields
& Tinnitus - Cabin Construction - Gardening: Coffee!
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Scattered Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(no reports)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Open Loop Air Heat Pumping ("OLAHP")
* Cabin Construction
* Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Copper-Zinc cell - Reference Electrode: Zinc side is good,
copper isn't.
Electricity Generation
* New Old Solar Panel - My Solar Power System: - The
Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera -
Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #191
reporting April 2024 -
(posted May 13th 2024)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Solar Battery Install - 36 VDC Bedroom Outlet &
Heater - "Everlasting" Cu-Zn Battery
Development - Cabin Construction Work - Tinnitus ("ringing in
the ears") Relief Project - "Miles the Second" (EV Truck) -
Cabin Construction
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* Population Explosion/Implosion - Scattered Thots (DST Gripes
etc) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
[No Reports]
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Electrical Noise Reduction for Tinnitus Relief: A way to
Measure AC Field Effects!; Beanie & Pillowcase; EMF Meter;
Car Shields; Video Links, Titles
* Cabin Construction
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Copper-Zinc cell is fantastic! - April's developments
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #190
reporting March 2024 -
(posted April 12th 2024)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- "Everlasting" Cu-Zn Battery
Development - Zinc-Air Batteries for Aircraft! - Open Loop Air
Heat Pumping - Cabin Construction - Gardening
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
* More on Tinnitus & AC Power: Beanie &
Pillowcase; EMF Meters; Car Shields - Scattered Thots (DST
Gripes etc) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(No reports)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Open Loop Air Heat Pumping ("OLAHP")
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Copper-Zinc cells: Experiments, Designs...
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #189
reporting February 2024 -
(posted March 9th 2024)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Five Years of Solar Power - "Everlasting" Cu-Zn
Battery Development - Terminology: Anode,
Cathode & Electrodes - Open Loop Air Heat Pumping: Making
the heat exchanger - Better Peltier Coolers Project - Cabin
Construction
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Scattered Thots (Viewpoints, Citizen Participation in
Governance) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(no
reports)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Making indoor-outdoor heat exchanger for Open Loop Heat
Pumping ("OLAHP")
* Cabin Construction
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Much work and several experiments - 'everlasting' Copper-Zinc
cell looks closer
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: Figures for Five Years of
Solar Power - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar
Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #188
covering January 2024 -
(posted February 13th 2024)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- "Everlasting" Cu-Zn Battery
Development - [Electro]Magnetic Torque Converter: Better Designs
- Open Loop Air Heat Pumping: - Even Better Air Compressor &
Decompressor Designs - Recap: How OLAHP Works - Better
Peltier Module Project
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Scattered Thots: Tinnitus Measurement in dB - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Perfecting the Magnetic Variable Torque Converter: Video - An
Even Better Design!
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Even Better Air Compressor Design! for Open Loop Heat Pumping
("OLAHP")
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Copper-Zinc cell is fantastic! - Many buids and tests etc,
etc, etc, etc...
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #187
covering December 2023 -
(posted January 10th 2024)
Highlight: Battery Breakthrough:
Copper! (See December in Brief, Electricity Storage)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- High Energy Cu-Zn Battery
Development - Open Loop Air Heat Pumping - Cabin Construction
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Scattered Thots: Protective gear for tinnitus - How to
turn polyethylene into clean heating fuel [LDPE, HDPE, UHMW...
grocery bags, food containers saying HDPE] - Cities in
"Overshoot" - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(No
Reports)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Open Loop Air Heat Pumping ("OLAHP")
* Cabin Construction
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Copper-Zinc cell using cupro-nickel for the copper?
- with Perforated Tube Plastic Pocket Electrodes -
Charging & Initial Tests - Flat Cell
- A Design for a Manufactured CuNi-Zn Battery?
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #186
covering November 2023 -
(posted December 8th 2023)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Miles Mini Cargo Van EV - "Everlasting" NiZn Battery
Development - New Air Compressor-Decompressor Design for Open Loop
Air Heat Pumping - Power Line Electric Fields - Cabin Construction
& 40V("36V") DC
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Jet Contrails or "Chemtrails" and Climate Chaos -
Scattered Thots (a better way to kill hair mites - ... - Strange
Lunar Surface) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Miles Truck - for now: Fixed ratio Drive. Running, has too
much vibration - Handheld Programmer working... sort of.
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Air Compressor-Decompressor Designs for Open Loop Air
Heat Pumping ("OLAHP") - & a great indoor heat radiator?
* Cabin Construction
* Shielding from Power Line Electric Fields
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* New Build with Perforated Tube Plastic Pocket Electrodes -
Charging & Initial Tests - Problems
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #185
covering October 2023 -
(posted November 3rd 2023)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Miles Mini Cargo Van EV - T-Plugs & T-Sockets
(12V, 36V DC Wiring): Double Plugs - Cabin Construction -
Hydro Dams Versus River Flow Hydro
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Israelstine - Scattered Thots () - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Miles Truck - for now: Fixed ratio Drive
* The Long-Planned Unipolar "Electric Hubcap" Motor
- New Idea: Hallbach Stator Configuration? ...as
well as Hallbach Rotor - HUGE magnetic flux, torque!
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* T-Plugs & T-Sockets (36V DC Wiring)
* Cabin Construction
* Handheld Bandsaw Mill - some notes
* October's Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries
[no reports]
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #184
covering September 2023
- (posted October 13th 2023)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Just Thinking About Home Heating - Cabin Construction
& Troubles - A Different Car Motor Project - Magnetic
Variable Transmission/Miles Truck - Nissan Leaf Turns 100 -
Fake "Copper" Wire - EV Fires
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Life on the Moon??? or ??? - Scattered Thots (
Updates: - Tinnitus - Hair Loss/Gain: Mites gone! - Eyelash
mites - Population - Changing Borders: China, Ukraine ) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Miles Truck & Magnetic Variable Torque Converter - for
now: Fixed ratio Drive
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Cabin Construction
* September's Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries
[no reports]
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #183
covering August 2023 -
(posted September 8th 2023)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Excuses - A Better Peltier Module? - Magnetic Variable
Transmission/Truck - Fires: Another Reason for Metal Walls on
the Cabin - Masset Airport Solar Power: Winter Sun Angles -
Wind Power on Cargo Ships - Ship Fire: Wasn't a Lithium Ion
battery?
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- The Cause of Tinnitus: AC power fields - Scalp
Mites/Hair Loss: A Factoid & Exterminating - Hot Weather
Ahead - SUDDEN SEA LEVEL RISE (it's coming!) - Scattered Thots
( - ) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Magnetic Variable Torque Converter
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Cabin Construction
* August Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries
[no report]
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #182
covering July 2023 -
(posted August 11th 2023)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Several Possible Materials for Improved Peltier
Modules? - Magnetic Variable Torque Converter - Lithium Ion
Battery Explosions - Cabin Walls: Cellulose Fiber Insulation
& Heating Energy
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Unqualified Legislatures - Hair Gone, Back Tomorrow? -
Scattered Thots (Tinnitus, les Geurres) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Magnetic Variable Torque Converter
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Oxy-hydrogen ("HHO") Gas: A Better Way? - with Reducing Flame
* July Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries
[no report]
Lithium Ion Battery Resurrection from the Dead?
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - New Grid Tie Inverters, New
Wiring
- & The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #181
covering June 2023 -
(posted July 12th 2023)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Two Videos: Bandmill, NiMn2Ox electrode - "Premium"
Peltier Cooler Experiments - & Better Peltier modules? -
June Gardening - Electric Fields & Tinnitus Experiment -
Magnetic Variable Torque Converter - Sprint "Mileage" - "Long"
Highway Trip in Nissan Leaf - Moscow: Electric River Ferries -
China: World's Largest Wind Turbine
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Discriminatory Laws and Policies - Scattered Thots -
ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
[No Reports]
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Premium Peltier Cooler Experiments: Copper Cools Better! -
Better Peltier Modules with Beryllium Oxide Ceramic?
* June Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries
[no report]
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #180
covering May 2023 -
(posted June 14th 2023)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
New Chemie Battery - Cleaning Oxidized Copper Wires,
Pipes: HCl ! - Magnetic Variable Torque Converter - Copper
Peltier Heat Transfer Elements
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Scattered Thots/Editorials - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Magnetic Variable Torque Converter with Planetary Gear: The
Future of the Automotive Industry!
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Peltier Module Cooler: Copper Heat Transfer Parts
* Toward Open Loop Air Heat Pumping (New outdoor air heat
exchanger design)
* Spring Gardening (Lots of it!)
Electricity Storage: Batteries
[no report]
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #179
covering April 2023 -
(posted May 3rd 2023)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Volunteer Citizen Grievance Panels (recap) - Magnetic
Variable Torque Converter - Copper Peltier Heat Transfer
Elements - Acoustic Heat Pumping - End of EV Adoption?
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Safer Tree Cutting? - Journalism: Shoot the
Messenger! - Scattered Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Magnetic Variable Torque Converter with Planetary Gear: The
Future of the Automotive Industry!
- Casting a copper Rotor
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Peltier Module Cooler: Copper Heat Transfer Parts
Electricity Storage: Batteries
[no report]
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly
Solar Production log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries,
Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #178
covering March 2023 -
(posted April 8th 2023)
Special Feature:
Local Volunteer Grievance Panels: No cost, timely and fair
adjudication of minor disputes between Individuals and
Institutions/Organizations (See in "In Passing")
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Magnetic Variable Torque Converter - Renewable Energy
Symposium #2 - Magnetic Cooling with Gadolinium? Nah! - Copper
Heatsinks? - A Better Air Compressor? - A Working Battery!
(for a while)... Exploring Battery Making Video Series
- Solar Frame Fix - Magnetic Variable Torque Converter - "New
Chemistry" Battery Research & Development - A Second Means
of Taming Zinc Ions! - Exploring Battery Making Videos -
Plastic Recycling 2.0 - EV from Victoria Visit - Gardening
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Federal, Provincial & Municipal Local
Grievance Panels - Scattered Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Magnetic Variable Torque Converter with Planetary Gear: The
Future of the Automotive Industry!
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Open Loop Air Heat Pumping
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* This month's progress
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #177
covering February 2023 -
(posted March 5th 2023)
Highlight: ZX40 Mini
cargo Truck; Build & Tests of Magnetic Variable Torque
Converter (See February in Brief, Electric Transport, Video Link - 7
minutes)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Magnetic Variable Torque Converter: Build + Tests,
Video Link - "New Chemistry" Battery Research &
Development - Home Solar Power: 4 Years - Plastic Recycling
2.0 Demo
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Scattered Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Magnetic Variable Torque Converter with Planetary Gear:
The Future of the Automotive Industry!
Assembling/Installing one for Miles Truck: working. - wants
still more magnetic interaction
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects (no reports)
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Gelled Ni-Zn: 3D Printed PVB Case - Copper wire strands for
zinc current collector? - Assembly - Keytone wetting for NiOOH:
YAH! - Testing. Mn-Zn cell: Rechargeable?
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
- FOUR FULL YEARS!
Turquoise Energy News #176
covering January 2023 -
(posted February 12th 2023)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Magnetic Variable Torque Converter for ZX40 truck -
Soldering Alume: Wow, easy! - Another Peltier Module Heatsink
Idea - Battery chemie, design, experiments... not without some
Success - Living Titan (the planet orbiting Saturn)
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Scattered Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Magnetic Variable Torque Converter with Planetary Gear:
The Future of the Automotive Industry!
Assembling/Installing one for Miles Truck: Almost
working.
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Indoor & LED Gardening
* Plastic recycling 2.0 - No smells at 500° in kitchen oven;
PETE failure; PE Bleach bottle melt... not long enough in the
oven.
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Oodles of eperiments: Gelled Co(OH)2 + Zn Salt Cells -
Theoretical about cobalt & its oxides - Didn't work as
expected but the lower voltage redox reaction that does work has
double amp-hours: 3 to 5 times the amp-hours of nickel! - Cobalt
electrode conductivity additive: copper powder - Zinc grit from
alkaline 'D' cells - Super lightweight "packaging tape" cell:
over 100 WH/Kg - 35 WH rechargeable 'D' cells? - A Ni-Zn cell
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #175
covering Decmber 2022 -
(posted January 8th 2023)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Magnetic Variable Torque Converter for ZX40 truck -
Battery chemie, design, experiments... and some Success!
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Smol Thots (Fraud & corruption... corporate &
individual; Ukraine) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Magnetic Variable Torque Converter with Planetary Gear:
The Future of the Automotive Industry!
Assembling/Installing one for Miles Truck
* Axial Flux Unipolar BLDC Motor - 5KW? - Magnet Rotor
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Indoor & LED Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Gelled NiMn2O4+n - Zn Salt Cell - A.K.O. New Experiment
Details - NiMn2O4(+n) apparently has low reaction voltage
but high amp-hours - Zinc dendrite problem solved!
by sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate gel & osmium doped film -
Cobalt Oxides "+"?
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #174
covering November 2022 -
(posted December 5th 2022)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- I Want a Better Camera? - Improving a Peltier Cooler:
"New" Experiments - New Battery Experiments - Magnetic
Variable Torque Converter: Better than The Best! (making
for Miles Truck) - Axial Flux Unipolar BLDC Motor (5KW? -
Magnet rotor cut)
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Amazon: A Den of Thieves! - Car Key FOB Hidden Health
Hazard - Smol Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Magnetic Variable Torque Converter with Planetary Gear:
The Future of the Automotive Industry! (Building one for
Miles Truck)
* Axial Flux Unipolar BLDC Motor - 5KW? - Magnet Rotor
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Peltier Cooler Performance: Greatest Cooling is
running at 9-10 volts
* Indoor & LED Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Gelled Ni-Zn Salt Cell - A.K.O. New Experiment Details
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #173
covering October 2022 -
(posted November 5th 2022)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Climate warming? - Solar Panel Energy Payback - Magnetic
Variable Torque Converter: Better than The Best! -
Housing/Mountings to put the truck on the road - Plastic
Recycling 2.0 Video - New VanMoof (E)-Bicycle - Tom's Solar
Storage
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- The East-West Split in the Ukraine - Smol Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Magnetic Variable Torque Converter with Planetary Gear:
The Future of the Automotive Industry!
- Ratio of Planetary Gear: I Chose Too Low? - making
housing et al
* New VanMoof (E)-Bicycle (Well, not "E-" unless I go to who
knows how much work)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Gardening: More Fall Harvesting
* Bay Window Garden
* A Nifty Dirt Sifter - Get out Rocks & Weeds, Roots!
* CNC Gardening Machine - Bed Prep Tools (just thoughts)
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Ni-Zn cell gelled with PVA
Electricity Generation
* Ocean Wave Power: Another Novel Approach? (just thoughts)
* My Solar Power System:
- The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #172
covering September 2022
- (posted October 9th 2022)
Feature:
Successful Tests: Magnetic Variable Torque Converter
with Planetary Gearset Moves Miles ZX40 Truck (see in Month
in Brief, Electric Transport; also see Video of
test prototype working. This design works really well --
will change the automotive industry!)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Cabin - Halbach "Array" Magnet Rotor Configurations -
Great Variable Torque Converter at Last! - Power Outage
Preparedness
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Proactive Approach to Democracy - Asteroid Dimorphos:
Ahrrrg, Monochrome Again!!! - How Famines Develop Rapidly -
Satellites or Armed Drones? - Smol Thots (Planetary Carrying
Capacity Chart, more...) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Variable Torque Converter with Planetary Gear: a Magnetic
Method - Assembling the unit - Installing batteries and getting
the truck running again - Halbach Magnet Rotor Configuration:
Double the magnetism (for axial flux BLDC Motors, too!) -
Installation - Tests: Problem; then SUCCESSFUL OPERATION
- Video on Youtube - Improved with Halbach magnet rotor.
* Sprint Car: Tires, TK15 Coulometer to track state of charge,
volts, amps
* Thoughts: Unipolar Electric Hubcap Motor With Halbach
Magnet Configuration
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Gardening: Some Fall Harvesting - Salal berry Rake
Electricity Storage: Batteries [no reports]
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #171
covering August 2022 -
(posted September 1st 2022)
Feature: Simplest
Concept Automatic Variable Torque Converter - using
planetary gear and magnetic disks (see under August in
Brief, Electric Transport)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Cabin Construction - Ground Effect Craft Model: test (ESC)
failed - Chevy Sprint Shenanigans (Smaller tire =
Performance!) - Variable Torque Converter, Take 123 - Bandmill
Use & and Improvement - Plastic Recycling 2.0 - Dual EV
Boat Motors - The Wuling HongGuang "Mini EV" - Lithium Gripes
(Sponsored by Petroleum Industry as usual?) - Grid-Down
Necessities: Well Pump!
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Smol Thots (Big Bust, Ignoring Symptoms, Mincing
Words) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* More Chevy Sprint Shenanigans (Smaller tire = Performance!)
* Variable Torque Converter with Planetary Gear: a Magnetic
Method
* Axial Flux EV Motors Discussion (from Youtube Video Comments)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Plastic Recycling 2.0
* Gardening
Electricity Storage: Batteries [no reports]
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- The Usual Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #170
covering July 2022 -
(posted August 5th 2022)
Feature: Free Electricity
from HE Rays with Tesla Coils? (See in Month in Brief - scroll down,
down...)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Testing Cut, Dried Lawn Grass as Building Wall
Insulation - Solar Batteries - not enuf? - Ground Effect
Vehicle (R/C model) - Chevy Sprint: F/R switch is not good
enough; Tire "gear ratio" - Honey Bumble Bees!? - Cabin: Some
Progress! - Free Electricity from HE Rays with Tesla Coils? -
Solar Boat & Car Charging in Victoria - Another Ground
Effect Craft Design Critique - Regular Water Heater for Solar?
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Tinnitus: Caused by High Voltage Electricity? ...
Radio Radiation Studies are Needed - Smol Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
[no reports]
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Lawn Grass Building wall Insulation: R-value tests & more.
Electricity Storage: Batteries [no reports]
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera
- Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #169
covering June 2022 -
(posted July 9th 2022)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Misc - New Chemie Battery - DIY EV Stuff - Sea
Glider Electric Ground Effect Ferry: a Critique - Water
as energy storage? - Solar Deep Well Pump - New 302AH LiPo
Cells
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Everybody's Garbage Problem - USA: "Civil Service" Run
Amok - Russia & Ukraine Again (Oh no, not again!) - Smol
Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
[no reports]
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Gardening
* Plastic Recycling 2.0
* Lawn Grass Building Wall Insulation
Electricity Storage: Batteries
* Gelled Nickel Zinc Flat cell with external face
clamps
Electricity
Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera
- Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #168
covering May 2022 -
(posted June 8th 2022)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Gardening - Brief Projects Mentions - Panasonic 5.5
amp-hour Lithium-Ion Batteries: "Compression Case" -
Nickel-Zinc Flat Cells with compression case? - Solar PV
Addition results - Off-Grid Infrastructure: Another 3D printed
case - The Grid: "Smart" meter Readings online - The "Low
Rolling Resistance" Tires - Bitcoin Miner - "Solar" 24V DC
Deep Well Pump
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- The West Versus Itself Versus Russia... with FARMING
& FOOD, FUEL, US 2019 PLAN TO "BREAK" RUSSIA, Zelensky the
Kremlin Agent?!? - Freezer Chicken Coop? - No Smol Thots
- ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
[no reports]
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Just a bit more on Gardening
* Just a bit more on Plastic Recycling 2.0 - Big Oven -
Flattening curved steel plates from big propane tank.
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- Inverter Test - Rewiring Some Solar Panels - Yet More
New Solar Panels? - Switch Ratings
- Latest Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera
- Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #167
covering April 2022 -
(posted May 8th 2022)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Spring Gardening - Plastic Recycling 2.0 - Solar PV
Addition - Worth of Solar PV? - More On Solar PV... &
Latitude - Huge Duct Fan - Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries
Arrive
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Food Shortages? - Ukraine... A.K.A. USA (by proxy)
Versus Russia - Smol Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
[no reports]
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Spring Gardening - Tiller for Lawn Tractor and Barley
Patch - Seedlings - Purchased Tomatoes - Corn - Potatoes
* Plastic Recycling 2.0 Development (for Vertical Axis
Wind & Water Plant, multi-use flat sheets)
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- Not So Great Grid Ties? (Hmm... they seem pretty good
after all!)
- Three New Solar Panels: On Carport Roof (sunniest place
of all)
- Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera -
Monthly/Annual Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #166
covering March 2022 -
(posted April 3rd 2022)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Gardening - Handheld Bandsaw: Milling &
Improvements - Various... - Ni-Zn Batteries & Open Loop
Air Heat Pumping thoughts
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Justice & Elimination of Antisocial Predators - Ukraine
(again/more) - Smol Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
[no reports]
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Spring Gardening
* Plastic Recycling 2.0 Development (for Vertical Axis
Wind & Water Plant, multi-use flat sheets)
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera
- Monthly Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #165
covering February 2022 -
(posted March 7th 2022)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- My Solar Power System: 3 Years - Wind/water plant +
Plastic Recycling Development
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Shadow Banning and Biased Narratives - Ukraine - Smol
Thots (the Need to evolve Democracy) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* The Large, Efficient Centrifugal Clutch - thoughts
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* CNC Table & HHO torch system
* Winter Gardening
* Vertical Axis Wind and Water Plant with plastic recycling
development
Electricity Generation
* Vertical Axis Windplant (& Waterplant) & Plastic
Recycling 2.0: - Videos: Rotor as a waterplant; Plastic
Recycling 2.0: Making a mold and casting a flat plate - Recessed
Panels, Shingle Shapes
* My Solar Power System:
- Three Years with Solar
- Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera -
Monthly Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #164
covering January 2022 -
(posted February 6th 2022)
Special Features:
• Plastic Recycling 2.0 - remanufacturing/recycling
plastics a simpler way! (Month in Brief, Electricity
Generation)
• Water Wall ! the Wind Wall
repurposed for stream, river, tidal power! (Month in
Brief, Electricity Generation)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- "WindWarp" VAWT Windplant... and waterplant
Development & Research
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Smol Thots: Fertilizer & Food Shortages; Trucks
Tied Up; Excess Deaths 2021; Land Living Frogs (Permian
evolution); A Local Environmental Collapse? - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
[no reports]
* Unipolar Electric Hubcap Motors: Cast PP Bodies?
* Potential Driving Range of the Chevy Sprint EV with the Ultra
Efficient Drivetrain
* Unfairly Maligning the Low Rolling Resistance Tires? -
Sticking Brakes
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* CNC Table
* Winter Gardening
Electricity Generation
* Windrap™ VAWT Windplant (& Waterplant) & Plastic
Recycling 2.0: - Plastic Recycling 2.0: General Discussion
- Some more casting rotors from PP ropes - Brushless generators
arrive, test - Failure of the "Transparent PETE Greenhouse
Panels" idea - Water Power Plant ! - Casting Disks
* My Solar Power System:
- Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et
cetera - Monthly Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #163
covering December 2021 -
(posted January 4th 2022)
Highlight: The Best
Vertical Axis Windplant Blades & Rotor
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- "Wind Wall" VAWT Windplant Development & Research
- Solar Panels Connection & Switching Board -
Cross-Current Tidal Power
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Smol Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* (A few measurements for me for later: Planned Unipolar
Electric Hubcap Motor Diameters)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* CNC Table (still not working)
Electricity Generation
* Wind Wall Windplant: Mold & recycled polypropylene
rotor blade development/production -- and some more design
research
* My Solar Power System:
- Improvements: Switches to switch panels between AC
and DC systems, and Another Grid Tie
- Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera -
Monthly Summaries, Estimates, Notes
Turquoise Energy News #162
covering November 2021 -
(posted December 4th 2021)
Feature: Efficient, Quiet,
Low-Speed ("Savonius" flavor) "Wind Wall" Windplant for
Light to High Winds
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Wind Wall: New design has it all: low
noise, high power capture (40%?), power in low winds, bird
grille, to be made of abundant recycled PP plastic. - New Grid
Tie Solar Inverters - Handheld Bandsaw Mill Kit Status - At
Last: A Superior way to fasten magnets to an axial flux
rotor!
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Grass Building Insulation (R4.2 per inch) - Smol Thots
- ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* "Low Rolling Resistance Tires" -- So Called? -- An Adverse
Report
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation
* "Wind Wall" with New "Savonius" Rotor Design, Vanes,
"Darrieus" level performance, even in low winds
- "Wind Jammer" rotors - Mini Wind Tunnel - better flat
"air scoops" rotor - new "compound rotor" design better
yet - These plus stationary wind guide "vanes" improve
performance to "Darrieus" levels: around 40% instead of under
20%.
* My Solar Power System:
- New Grid Tie Solar Inverters: One installed
- Power Outage and "Off-Grid" System Improvements
- Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera -
Monthly Summaries and Estimates
Turquoise Energy News #161
covering October 2021 -
(posted November 4th 2021)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Pick One Project? - Windplant As Emergency Generator?
- Battery Stack #3 - UHMW for Motor Molds? - Handheld Bandsaw
Mill Kit - Oxyhydrogen (HHO) Gas Torch: CNC Steel Cutting Idea
- CNC Router Mounting - Equipment for CNC Gardening? - A Metal
Trimming Technique (for thick sheets)
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- New Thought on Tinnitus - Eelgrass Building Insulation
- Smol Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Lithium Ion Battery stack #3 Assembly (for Miles truck)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* CNC Router Setup
* Handheld Bandsaw Mill Kit
* DC Plugs & Sockets: - 12V wall plates - 36V "click lock"
plugs & sockets - 36V Porcelain High Current Sockets - North
Coast Gardening, Greenhouse, LED Indoor Garden
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- A Power Test (Fridge draws 430 watts?!?: Oooh!)
- 2 New Solar Panels on a Pole
- Daily/Monthly Solar Production log et cetera -
Monthly Summaries and Estimates
Turquoise Energy News #160
covering September 2021
- (posted October 4th 2021)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Handheld Bandsaw Mill Kit - Cabin Wall - CNC
Router Setup - Plastics & Shredder - Other Things
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Factors in the Climate - many Smol Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems [no
reports]
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Handheld Bandsaw Mill Kit progress
* CNC Router Setup
* Plastic & Plastic Shredder
* Greenhouse, Gardening
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Daily/Monthly Solar
Production log et cetera - Monthly Summaries and Estimates
Turquoise Energy News #159
covering August 2021 -
(posted September 9th 2021)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Ground Effect Vehicle - Peltier Cooler Experiments -
Handheld Bandsaw Mill Kit - Unipolar "Electric Hubcap" Motor
New Thought: a Higher-RPM-Safe Flat Magnet Rotor for Axial
Flux? - Cabin Wall
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Institutions of Governance - Smol Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Preliminary testing of the Ground Effect Vehicle RC model
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Peltier Cooler Experiments: Lower Voltages for Greater
Efficiency Etc.
* Handheld Bandsaw Mill Kit progress
* Greenhouse, Gardening
* Attracting a Swarm of Honeybees?
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Daily/Monthly Solar
Production log et cetera - Monthly Summaries and Estimates
Electricity Storage *
Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn
in Mixed Alkali-Salt electrolyte)
- There may be No further reports on this subject: Hey, I
tamed zinc, and I even tamed manganese as a negative electrode!
Anybody who does batteries should be able to take it from there!
Turquoise Energy News #158
covering July 2021 -
(posted August 4th 2021)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- The Everlasting Zinc Electrode: Why
Am I Just Sitting On the Gold Mine? - Firewood Shed -
Vehicle Transmission Efficiencies - Chevy Sprint:
Forward-Reverse Switch, Bicycle Speedometer - Lithium Ion
Battery Charge Voltage - Solar Installations in Qinghai -
Another Floating Tidal Flow Power Unit
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Food Security: A Constitutional Right to Grow
and Trade Food? - Small Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Programming for the Ground effect Vehicle RC model
* Chevy Sprint Add-ons: Forward-Reverse Switch, Speedometer,
De-clunking the Motor Mounting
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Off grid infrastructure (T12 sockets deficiency)
* Handheld Bandsaw Mill Kit progress
* Greenhouse, Gardening
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Daily/Monthly Solar
Production log et cetera - Monthly Summaries and Estimates
Electricity Storage *
Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn
in Mixed Alkali-Salt electrolyte)
- poor performance testing continued - Trying to make a
one-piece copper can from copper pipe
Turquoise Energy News #157
covering June 2021 -
(posted July 7th 2021)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Ultra Efficient Chevy Sprint Revival: Direct Drive
to CV Shaft With 96% Efficient Reduction Gear - New
Motor design -
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Public Committees - Small Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Making & Driving 96% Efficient Direct "Motor to
Planetary Reduction to CV Shaft Drive" for Chevy Sprint: -
Coupling the components - Mounting them - Torque improvement - Driving
(on acreage only) - Conclusions
* Designing "car drive size", unipolar, outrunner, BLDC,
"Electric Hubcap" type motor
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Off grid infrastructure: "Plug-and-Play Solar"
* Greenhouse, Gardening
* Innovative Beekeeping for the BC Coast
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Daily/Monthly Solar
Production log et cetera - Monthly Summaries and Estimates
(27 months)
Electricity Storage *
Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn
in Mixed Alkali-Salt electrolyte) (No Report)
Turquoise Energy News #156
covering May 2021 -
(posted June 9th 2021)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Roofing Screws the Easy Way! - Ground Effect Craft:
Promotion of the Designs - Sundry - Plastic Recycling - "Plug
& Play?" DC plugs, sockets, circuits
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Tinnitus Treatment - World: Dangerous Phase? - Small
Thots: (Reader/viewer comments under articles; Rudeness and
Intolerance; Toxic Vanilla?) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(no reports)
Other "Green" & Electric
Equipment Projects
* Off grid infrastructure: "Plug-and-Play Solar"
* Greenhouse, Gardening, Chickens
* Innovative Beekeeping for the BC Coast
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Daily/Monthly Solar
Production log et cetera - Monthly Summaries and Estimates
(26 months)
Electricity Storage *
Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn
in Mixed Alkali-Salt electrolyte)
- Assembling C Cell - Tests (ug!) - Drawing Copper Pipes
into C-Cell Cans?
Turquoise Energy News #155
covering April 2021 -
(posted May 6th 2021)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- More Snow! ...then nice weather - Zinc Plating the C
Cell - Sodium Sulfate lead-acid Battery Life Extender - Toyota
Echo Plug-in Hybrid Conversion? - The Low Rolling Resistance
Tires - Handheld Bandsaw Mill Kit - Solar PV: Cheapest Energy
Ever - Supercorder Making Instructions
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Titan's Elliptical Orbit - Auroras of Ganymede - Small
Thots (CoViD again (sigh!) - Hair Loss Recovery) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Improved Configuration for a 100% Efficient Torque Converter
* Miles Electric Mini-Cargo Truck: Chargers?: Killer
Battery Dischargers! - Shaft balanced, reinstalled
* Toyota Echo Plug-in Hybrid Conversion?
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Handheld Bandsaw Mill Kit
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Annual Summaries and
Estimates (2 years) - Daily/Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Monthly Summaries and Estimates (26 months)
Electricity Storage *
Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn
in Mixed Alkali-Salt electrolyte)
- Zinc Plating Onto Graphite Felt
Turquoise Energy News #154
covering March 2021 -
(posted April 7th 2021)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Snow - Handheld Bandsaw Mill: Kits? - A New Chevy
Sprint EV Plan - Miles EV Mini Cargo Truck - New Chemie
Batteries - Plastic Recycling - Beehive - Ground Effect
Vehicle (R/C model) - More Stuff
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- The Way Forward? Part 2 - Silverware Drainer Mark II -
Small Thots (CoViD) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* A New Chevy Sprint EV Plan
* Miles electric cargo truck delayed project - Balancing of new
shaft from motor to planetary gearbox - The Other Things
* EV Efficiency: Better Tires -- Lower Rolling Resistance
increases EV range
* Lawn Tractor Starter Motor Repair
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Handheld Bandmill To Double As Bench-Mounted Shop Bandsaw? -
Commercialization: Kit?
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte)
- Making New Cylindrical Cell - Trying to plate Zinc -
Drawing copper cans?
Turquoise Energy News #153
covering February 2021 -
(posted March 2nd 2021)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Zincing battery cans - Outbuilding Siding
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Gardening & Chickens - The Way Forward? Part 1 -
Small Thots (Food Sustainability; Progress and Longevity;
Local Plastic Recycling) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(No reports)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (No reports)
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera
* Lithium-ion Battery Peculiarities
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte)
- Making New Cylindrical Cell - Trying to plate copper
cans with zinc
Turquoise Energy News #152
covering January 2021 -
(posted February 5th 2021)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Cylindrical New Chemie Batteries - Projects halt again
- Solar & Wind DC Power -
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Death of Democracy? - The Way Forward? - Small Thots -
ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(No reports)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (No reports)
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera
* Windplant Woes
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte)
- New Cylindrical Cell Design Idea: "Eureka!" -
Planning a Cylindrical Cell - Making the Cell's components
Turquoise Energy News #151
covering December 2020 -
(posted January 4th 2021)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Carport - Lithium Ion Battery Assembly - Mini-T-Plug
& Socket Shells
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- The Coming Years - Tooth Repair Toothpastes -
Conspiracy Theory - Small Thots (lots on CoViD and Ivermectin)
- ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle R/C Model: Thrust and Steering: thrust
table and programming; wiring - Battery Balance Charger
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* 12 Volt Mini-T-Plug & Socket Shells
* Lithium Ion Battery Stacks
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte) - No Report
Turquoise Energy News #150
covering November 2020 -
(posted December 4th 2020)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Carport - A renter comes and goes - Lithium Ion
Battery Assembly - Small 12V COB LED Panel Light - Mini T-Plug
Shells - Misrepresentations about renewable energy:
Discernment
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- USA: Corrupted Processes and the Need to Evolve
Democracy - Efficacy of Ivermectin for treating CoViD-19 (This
pandemic should be HISTORY!) - Chickens & Gardening -
Small Thots (Carbonated Beverages and Tooth Decay - Gold
Confiscation?) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Just the start of a writeup on Ground Effect Craft ducted fan
controls
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Small 3D Printed 12V COB LED Panel Light
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Notes: Cloudiest weather ever.
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte) - No Report
* Assembling my LG 120 AH Lithium Ion Cells Into 36V 'Stack' -
Some thoughts on those
Turquoise Energy News #149
covering October 2020 -
(posted November 5th 2020)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Ground Effect Vehicle motor controls - A Tesla Motors
Secret
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- "Remedies Ratings" Website to Find the Best Cures? -
Eye Floaters Teatment? - Gardening and Chickens - Small Thots:
Freedom of Speech; Coronavirus insanity; Ice Melt Effects;
etc. - ESD: an eventful military carreer; etc
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle - motor-steering control circuits (oops)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* "T-Plug-12V" Connector System
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Notes.
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte) - No Report
Turquoise Energy News #148
covering September 2020
- (posted October 10th 2020)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Wall construction - "Mini T-Plug" Connectors for
12 volts - Li-Po Cells - A 3D Printed 12V LED "COB" Light -
Ground Effect Craft model: Motor/Battery Tests & Where is
the time going? - Nissan Leaf replacement batteries
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Eliminating Skin Moles: It Works! - Explanation For
Those Nasty California Fires - Gardening and Chickens - Small
Thots (Calendar idiosyncrasies, Needless CoViD woes,
Palestine) - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle (1/4 scale model)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects - No Reports
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Notes.
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte) - No Report
Turquoise Energy News #147
covering August 2020 -
(posted September 21st 2020)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- CAT, HAT and "T-Plug" Connectors - Low Voltage
Shocks?!? - Winston/Thundersky Batteries: Tight strapping and
Failures? - The New Lithium-Ion 3.7V Batteries - Culvert
Hydro? - A 12V LED Light
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Cure for COVID19 (Why does nobody seem to
care?) - Telling Fake News from Real News - Gardening and
Chickens - Small Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Miles Mini Cargo Truck - Shaft works but vibrates
* Ground Effect Vehicle - working on the model: Sigh, battery
& Control issues!
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* "T-Plug-12V" Connector System Replaces "CAT-12V" System
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Notes.
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte) - No Report
Turquoise Energy News #146
covering July 2020 -
(posted September 12th 2020)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- 100 amp-hour LG Lithium Ion Batteries
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Gardening and Chickens [with Sept. addendum] -
Population and Pandemics - Small Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Miles Truck: 5:1 Planetary Gear replacing 40 pound
transmission (Why isn't this finished?)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Better CAT 12V Equipment [all rendered obsolete at end of
August - see "T-Plugs" next issue #147]
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Notes.
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte) - No Report
Turquoise Energy News #145
covering June 2020 -
(posted September 6th 2020)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Bugs Ugh! - Building a Wall - Ground Effect Craft: a
little more work - Lithium Battery Charging - A Thought about
Open Loop Air Heat Pumping (OLAHP) - Electric Transport
Infrastructure is Improving - Compressed Air Locomotives
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Gardening and Chickens - Bug Bite Rash - Food,
Economic, Population and Disease Woes "Medley" - Wall Building
Pictures - Small Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Miles Truck: 5:1 Planetary Gear replacing 40 pound
transmission (Why isn't this finished?)
* 'Electric Hubcap' Unipolar Motors: "Outrunner" Radial Flux
Design?
* Ground Effect Vehicle - working on the model: Sigh, battery
issues!
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects - No Reports
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System:
- New Panel Connected & Heavier, Shorter Wire
improvement - Monthly Solar Production log et cetera -
Notes.
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte) - No Report
Turquoise Energy News #144
covering May 2020 -
(posted June 4th 2020)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Attributions - Bugs and More Gardening - Miles Mini
Cargo Truck - OLAHP: Open Loop Air Heat Pumping
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Dimetrodon & Edaphosarus Finally Explained:
Aquatic swimmers! - Gardening and Chickens - Seaweed Shredder?
- Small Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Miles Truck: 5:1 Planetary Gear replaces 40 pound
transmission, much improves performance
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Very High COP Open Loop Air Heat Pumping
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar
Production log et cetera - Notes.
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte) - No Report
* Miles mini cargo truck battery restoration
* Set of 144 Lithium Cylinder Cells (recovery of some cells)
Turquoise Energy News #143
covering April 2020 -
(posted May 3rd 2020)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Gardening: Window Greenhouse - Chicken Sled -
Compressor Design for Open Loop Air Heat Pumping - Miles
Battery Resore - Ground Effect Vehicle Batteries
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Gardening & Chickens - Gingko (or Ginkgo) Biloba
for Better Memory - Small Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Lawn Tractor as "Rototiller"? - The "Rototiller" Idea
- What Really Happened - Electric Conversion Kit Arrival
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Very High COP Open Loop Air Heat Pumping - Means for
Improvement? - A Little Theory - Rotary "Bellows" Heat Pump Air
Compressor/Decompressor?
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - New piece of solar equipment
= Monthly Solar Production log et cetera - Notes.
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte) - No Report
* Miles mini cargo truck battery restoration
Turquoise Energy News #142
covering March 2020 -
(posted April 6th 2020)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Open Loop Air Heat Pumping - Better Peltier Modules
for Solid State Heat Pumping? - Lawn Tractor Electric
Conversion
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Catastrophes Galore (and gardening) - Curing Eye
Floaters with Pineapple?: Bromeliads, Bromelaine - Small Thots
- ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Lawn Tractor as "Rototiller"?
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Very High COP Open Loop Air Heat Pumping -
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Notes.
* Stirling Engine Electric Generator with Hot Water Solar Energy
Storage? (Concept)
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkali-Salt
electrolyte)
- New Case, 3D Printed from PVB - Base for electrode
Compactor
Turquoise Energy News #141
covering February 2020 -
(posted March 7th 2020)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Carrying Heat Uphill: A way to look at heat pumping -
Open Loop Air Heat Pumping Experiments - Another Higher COP
Device - Nickel-manganate/Zinc Battery Developments - High
Efficiency Titanium Dioxide Solar Cells and "Pebble" Surface
Cover Glass - NiMH D Cell Refill
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Permian Period Amphibian Evolution (continued) - Small
Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(No Reports)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* End of the Solar Hot Water Tank (the mineral rich water stank)
- Hot Water Tank Protective Anodes
* Very High COP Open Loop Air Heat Pumping - With Water
Cooler Pump - Means for Improvement? - New Heating Unit -
Compressors Today Are Not Made For Air Heat Pumping (&
compressor design ideas) - Value of the outdoor heat exchanger -
Install & test of that - A Better Way to join PVC Pipes to
Copper Pipes (no pipe fittings) - The Grand Potential -
Additional Heat Pumping/Air Compressing Info Gleaned From Web
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Notes. - Analysis of a Whole Year's
Figures
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (NiMnOx-Zn in Mixed Alkaline
Salt electrolyte)
- Powder Electrodes Conductivity - Solid Porous Electrode
Briquettes; Plaster - Some theory/ideas - 50x50mm Electrode
Compactor - tests - Cylindrical Cells? - Okay, How About Flat
With "Rebars"? - Cupro-Nickel Current Collector
Turquoise Energy News #140
covering January 2020 -
(posted February 8th 2020)
Features:
* Open Loop, Free Air Heat Pumping: COP > 10? - or:
How to Heat a Building Really, Really Cheap! (see: Month in
Brief, Other Projects)
* 12 Years of Green Energy Projects in Review (see "In
Passing")
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- Brr! - Free Air Heat Pumping - Theory - Heat Pumping
Experiments - Meanwhile in Other News - Bringing a Dead NiMH
Battery Back to Life
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Von Braun and the Apollo Moon Landing Project - 12
Years of Energy Projects in Review - Reversing Desertification
- Small Thots: Columnating out-of-line binoculars, Hair mites,
Earth heat... - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(No Reports)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* HAT & CAT Plugs & Sockets
* Very High COP Open Air Heat Pumping
- Cooling - Heat Pump Heating - Some Simple Tests -
Experiments - Copper Pipe, Soldered Copper Fins - A Test - More
Compressed Air Piping and Test 2 - Outer Ducting and Test 3 -
Building-to-Outdoor Heat Exchanger and Tests #4 - Michelin Air
Compressor Tests - Air Compressor Noise Solutions? - Custom Air
Pumps? - Refrigerator Air Pump
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Notes. (December & January: trivial
power output!)
* "Carmichael's Woodstove Engine" (& generator) --
Called off for now for greener pastures & easier projects.
* An Experiment: Woodstove Electricity with Thermoelectric
Generators (TEGs)
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (Mn-Zn or Ni-Zn in Mixed Alkaline Salt
electrolyte)
- Thinner copper current collector - nickel electrode -
pure zinc electrode - Nickel-manganates Again - Low Currents -
Back to Graphite Felt? - Chemistry seems fine but Mushy
Electrodes Don't Conduct Well
Turquoise Energy News #139
covering December 2019 -
(posted January 5th 2020)
Month In "Brief" (Project
Summaries etc.)
- 12/36 Volt DC CAT/HAT plugs and sockets - Woodstove
Steam Engine Generator - Power outage and running 230 V well
pump on an inverter - Ground Effect Vehicle - New Chemie
Batteries - A Solar Kayak
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Hair Loss: the Demodex Folliculorum Mite /
Helpful Methods for Keeping (& Restoring?) Hair - Social
and Political Evolution - Small Thots: "5G"≠"5 GHz",
Supercorder, Nuclear waste - Disaffected Generation - How food
shortages anywhere become a global problem - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle (Still the Prototype 1/4 scale
R/C Model... continued)
* EV Transmissions: 5 to 1 planetary gear for the Miles
electric cargo truck
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* HAT & CAT Plugs & Sockets
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Notes.
* Woodstove Stirling Engine "Carmichael's
Woodstove Engine" (& generator)
- Rapid design metamorphosis - Design Arrival: A "Closed
Cycle Steam Engine"
- Noted in passing: Woodstove or Stirling Engine as a
potentially very high COP Refrigerator or Heat Pump
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise Battery Project (Mn-Zn or Ni-Zn in Mixed Alkaline Salt
electrolyte)
- "layed down" flat case - Gold electroplating copper
current collector - Natural Resources Canada's Charge The
Future Battery Challenge Rejection Notice
Turquoise Energy News #138
covering November 2019 -
(posted December 2nd 2019)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- 12/36 Volt DC Infrastructure - WIFI/5G
Countermeasures - Ground Effect Vehicle - 100% Efficient
Infinitely Variable Torque Converter - Woodstove Stirling
Steam Engine Generator - New Chemie Batteries
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Gardening - Winter Cabbage, Sugar Beets - Hearing
Improvement Further Notes - 5G Countermeasures: Biologically
Harmful - Small Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle (Still Prototype R/C Model...
continued)
* EV Transmissions: 100% efficient infinitely variable
torque converter.
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Working with the Handheld Bandsaw Mill (& Alaska
Mill)
Electricity Generation
* 5 Blade Windplant - Windplant Ducts
- Clarkson University Experiments with Windplant
Ducts
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - Notes.
* Woodstove Alternator with Stirling Steam Engine?
Electricity Storage
* Turquoise
Battery Project (Mn-Zn or Ni-Zn in Mixed Alkaline Salt
electrolyte)
Turquoise Energy News #137
covering October 2019 -
(posted November 5th 2019)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- House - New Chemie Batteries - Ground Effect Vehicle
- Two Lithium Battery Charger Circuits; AC and DC Sources -
Internet! - Planetary Gears!: Miles Truck & Chevy Sprint
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Gardening, Growing Barley, Processing Grains into
Flour With Common Kitchen Appliances - Hair Preservation with
Recap - Continuing Fatal Financial Flops - Small Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle (R/C Model)
- Ultimate Key to Longitudinal Stability and Pitch
Control: a Canard - Modern Fabrics and Paints
* EV Transmissions: Off-the-Shelf Planetary Gears, More.
(Miles Truck & Chevy Sprint)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Working with the Handheld Bandsaw Mill (& Alaska
Mill)
Electricity Generation
* 5 Blade Windplant
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production
log et cetera - 8 months! Notes.
Electricity Storage
Turquoise
Battery Project (Mn-Zn or Ni-Zn in Mixed Alkaline Salt
electrolyte)
* Electrolyte to Depassivate Discharged Manganese Oxides? - Air
Leaks? - Bleach - Nickel Oxides Electrode - Making NiOOH -
Better Technique - Paste Electrodes? - 3D Printer Insulated
Surround
-- Other Battery Related Projects --
* Honda NiMH Hybrid Car Batteries (installed in solar
system)
* Two Lithium Battery Charger Circuits: for AC and DC
Power
Turquoise Energy News #136
covering September 2019
- (posted October 3rd 2019)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- More Battery Experiments - Handheld Bandmill, Milling
Lumber - Polyurethane Paint on Polypropylene Cloth: Modern
version of cellulose dope on canvas for aircraft? - Five Blade
Windplant
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Hearing Improvement? - Fatal Financial Flops - Insane
Acts: a Hint of Twisted Rational Purpose? - Small Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle (R/C Model)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Working with the Handheld Bandsaw Mill (& Alaska Mill)
Electricity Generation
* 5 Blade Windplant
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production log et
cetera - Six month summary, notes.
Electricity Storage
Turquoise Battery Project (Mn-Zn or Ni-Zn in mixed
electrolyte ?)
* Nickel Manganates Electrode Toasting - Backing Up: What Works?
- Experiment #1 - Printing An ABS Electrode Shell - Experiment
#2: Nickel NiOOH electrode - Extracting MnO2 from old dry cells
- Experiment #3: Jelled MnO2 - New Electrode Compactor, Punch
and Die - Sewing Carbon Fiber Cloth - The Electrode - 3D Printed
Battery Cases (Deja Vue?) - Compactor Die Slit for Graphite Foil
Terminal Tab - MnO2 Electrode with Loose Carbon Fibers - Painted
Zinc Electrode - A Better MnO2 Current Collector: Conductive
Graphite Painted Copper Fingers - It's a Product! - Cell with
Graphite Coated Copper Current Collector (canceled) -Second Cell
with Calcium Oxide instead: Assembly & Testing
Turquoise Energy News #135
covering August 2019 -
(posted September 7th 2019)
Month
In "Brief" (Project Summaries etc.)
- "Charge the Future" Challenge
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Third Stage Democracy - Truth and Truthfulness - The
Epstein Saga - Rational and Irrational Numbers 10-99 - Small
Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle ("GEV")
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Some more Handheld Bandsaw Sawmill Notes
Electricity Generation
* Wind Power: 5 Blade Windplants Better Than 3?
* My Solar Power System: - Monthly Solar Production log et
cetera - Six month summary, notes.
Electricity Storage
Turquoise Battery Project (Mn-Zn or Ni-Zn in Potassium
Hydroxide electrolyte ?)
*Re-agaring the zinc electrode - More Research Needed - The real
reason all my NiMn cells had high self discharge - Painting
Parts of Electrodes to Prevent Gas Generation - Making
Nickel-Manganates '+' Electrode - Tentative Procedure for Making
Positive Electrode (Aug 22nd 2019) - "Kneader Reactor" - FWIW:
Cupro-Nickel as Alkaline "+" Current Collector - Electrode
Powders Compactor: Pneumatic-Hydraulic Bottle Jack -
Commercialization and the "Charge the Future Challenge"
Turquoise Energy News #134
covering July 2019 -
(posted August 5th 2019)
Feature: Batteries: "Everlasting" Zinc
Electrodes! √ (See Month in Brief, Electricity
Storage)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- All the Answers at Once! - Picking Up Steam -
CNC Table - More Things - The Covered Wagon (solar E-Bike) -
Donation
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Stop Colds Fast with OJ - Homegrown, Homemade Quinoa
Flour Bread: Mmm! - Another Hair Loss Preventative - Small
Thots - ESD
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle ("GEV") - only slight progress as usual
- wing shape and stability
- Testing Ducted Fans, Radio and Motor Controllers
- Revised Ducted Fan positions: Outboard, in line with wing
* More Unipolar BLDC Motor and Motor Controller Ideas - ? Turns
per coil - Sizing
- Permanent Magnet Assist, Magnet Fitting - Tuned
Circuit Coil Drive - Rotor Design - Figuring Out Activation
Sequences
* More Variable Torque Converter Ideas
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* 36 Volt DC Wiring & Infrastructure
* Some Handheld Bandsaw Sawmill Notes - Update
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System: - "Floating" Panel Voltage Grid Tie -
Combining More Panels on One Grid Tie or Charge Controller? -
east-west facing panels - Monthly Solar Production log et
cetera
Electricity Storage - * Dried
Out(?) NiMH Dry Cells
Turquoise Battery Project (Mn-Zn or Ni-Zn in Potassium
Hydroxide electrolyte ?)
* Non Dendrite-forming Nickel-Zinc Cells:
- Cost comparison and estimate - Preparing a Zinc Alkaline
Electrode - Electroplating - Egg Albumen Coating - Assembly and
testing - Antimony Sulfide or Zirconium Silicate? - 14th - Duck
Eggs - Electroplating Rack - A Positive Electrode - Parchment
Paper Separator - 3D Printed Positive Electrode Shells -
Ethaline Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) - Ethaline Electrode Jell
for Zinc? (nope) - Agar Jell (seems to work, including in KOH,
but low currents) - Getting Current - Osmium Doped Film Again +
Agar? - Apparently Successful and Practical 'Fuzzy'
Electroplated, Osmium Filmed and Agar Jelled Zinc Negative
Electrode! - Microcontroller for Cycle Tests and Cycling
Cells? - How Many Ni-Zn Cells for 12 Volt Battery? (Seven.) -
Positive Electrodes and 3D Printers
Turquoise Energy News #133
covering June 2019 -
(posted July 3rd 2019)
Feature:
"No Dendrites!" Coated Zinc Electrodes for Long
Life Nickel-Zinc or Manganese-Zinc Batteries
(See Month in Brief, Electricity Storage)
Month In "Brief"
(Project Summaries etc.)
- "New chemistry" battery Breakthough and Progress -
Beaten to it!: an "Ultra Efficient" Electric Car! - the
Lightyear - Workable Unipolar BLDC Motor Concepts (at
long last)! - Better Variable Transmission Concept
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- World Unity - Witch Hazel & Red Spots - "Rivers
from the Sky"? - ESD... egg whites for burns?
- Detailed
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle ("GEV") (scant progress)
* More Unipolar BLDC Motor Ideas
* Jim Harrington's Latest Electric Outboard Motor
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* 36 Volt DC Wiring & Infrastructure
* Laser Engraver
Electricity Generation
* Solar Car Charging Trailer(!)
* My Solar Power System: Monthly Solar Production log et
cetera
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn in Methyl Hydroxide
electrolyte)
* Electrode "Pocket" with Nafion Ion-Selective Membrane Face -
What Next? - Making Barium Hydroxide? - Nafion Delamination -
Film-On-Electrode? - Lead doesn't work in alkali! - Nickel-Zinc
in KOH - Some Conclusions... and some Dissolved Oxygen? - Nafion
Versus Osmium Doped Film - The Filmed Zinc Electrode - Next:
jelling the electrode... egg albumen?
Turquoise Energy News #132
covering May 2019 -
(posted June 3rd 2019)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Lower Power Hot Water Tanks - Under Kitchen Sink Solar
Hot Water Tank - Air Injection Iron Filter - Pipe Battery
Assembly Improvement - Biggest Mistake in Solar: Not Going
Solar? - Batteries
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- More on Time Zones - The Weather and The Corn -
American Armyworm Invades China - The
Sudden Drop in the US Crime Rate: Many Misattributions and the
Real Reason - ESD [Eccentric Silliness Dept.]
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle: Multiple Ducted Fans? - Selecting
Ducted Fans for the RC model
* Seen on youtube: a very large Fully Electric Ferry and a Solar
Electric Passenger Train.
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* "Off Grid" (etc) 36 volt DC Infrastructure - HAT clay
socket - "DIY" Blades for High Power HAT36V-50A Plugs? - Kitchen
Solar Hot Water Tank: Plumbing & Wiring (Yay, instant hot
water!) - Solar Hot Water Panel(s) Versus Solar-Electric Water
Heating - Badderies - Fried Charge Controller- Oops - Charge
Controller Vagrancies
Electricity Generation
* [In?]Efficiency of 1000 Watt Y-Solar Microinverters - More
solar trivia - Lots of cloudy days make for low power generation
- Miles truck charge controller goes berserk, doubles house
power usage for 10(?) days (see May 25th) - Extra Solar Panel on
Lawn ups production
* Beach-Launched Tide Power: the Beach
* Off Grid Solar Installation for a neighbor
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn in Methyl Hydroxide
electrolyte)
* Electrode "Pocket" with Nafion Ion-Selective Membrane Face
* "Mounting" NiMH D cell Tube Batteries
Turquoise Energy News #131
covering April 2019 -
(posted May 6th 2019)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Greenhouse and Garden - HAT36V-50A Plugs and Sockets -
The Last of the Month - Shingles! - Chemical-Free Iron Filter
for Domestic Water - Solar PV Hot Water Heating - To make the
Main Hot Water Tank Grid Plus Solar - Turned the hot water
tank to 1/4 power - Tugboat Solar Panels - Ground Effect Craft
(R/C Model) - Tesla 3 versus 2019 Nissan Leaf (video) -
Cigarette Lighter: 120/240 Volts AC Power From Any Electric
Car?
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Hearing Improvement - Shingles - The Weather - ESD
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle (R/C Model): Snail's pace but moving
* Car Charging Mystery Solved: There is no such thing as a 3 KW
charging station (they're 4 KW!)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* "Off Grid" (etc) 36 volt DC Infrastructure
* High Current HAT - 50 Amp Plugs & Sockets
* Today's AC Wire Color Conventions NEED TO BE CHANGED!
and unified with DC conventions
* Solar Water Heating: 36 volt water heater elements
* Hybrid system?
* Regular Hot Water Tank as Combo Solar 'preheat' and Grid Water
Heater
* Chemical Free Iron Filters for (eg) Well Water
* Need for voltage controlled operation... & Components for
that
* "Custom" Heatsinks for LED Lighting
* DC to DC Down Converters to run 12-24 Volt Equipment From 36
Volts
Electricity Generation
* Another month (April) of solar collector performance logging
* Another palette of solar panels ordered - watts, efficiency
are still creeping up: 315 W.
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn in Methyl Hydroxide
electrolyte)
* Nafion & Osmium Doped Acetaldehyde film Notes
* The Continuing Saga of the NiMH Dry Cells Car Starting Battery
(a little repair and it still works great! - 7-1/2 years old
now)
Turquoise Energy News #130
covering March 2019 -
(posted April 5th 2019)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Finishing the solar PV system infrastructure - 36 volt
HAT Plugs, sockets, wall plates and driving any lower voltage
appliances from 36 volts - Thermal Pane Window disassembly
& glass cleaning - Gardening and greenhouse.
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- The Value of Social Ratings - Self, Other and Together
Interest - Climate Disasters, Chapter One - On and Off Beefs -
More on Recycling Plastics into Valuable Products,
Recycled Transparent Plastic for Greenhouses? - ESD
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle (R/C Model): Beginnings
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* "Off Grid" (etc): 38 (33-45) Volt DC "HAT" Plugs & Sockets
...and other 40 volt components.
- Instructions for making plugs, sockets, wall plates
(with 3D printer) - Revised HAT plugs and sockets - Wall Triple
Outlet & Cover - 36-40 V DC System Breaker Box - Special
Duplex Outlet with Switch - Hole Caps and Glands with 3D printer
- Power Monitor - Anderson Connectors (70 Amp) - More Wall
Plates - Weak NiMH Battery Repairs
* Disassembly and Cleaning of Thermal Glass
- Disassembly: "Success by 1000 Cuts" - Cleaning: Magic
Baking Soda
Electricity Generation
* My Solar Power System - Crappy Alligator Clips! - Energy
collection readings for March - Winter Solar Panel Reflectors? -
All the Angles - Power Outage Power From Grid Tie Inverters? -
For America to go 100% Solar...
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn in Methyl Hydroxide
electrolyte) (no reports)
Turquoise Energy News #129
covering February 2019 -
(posted March 3rd 2019)
Special
Report: The Second Industrial Revolution: Exciting
New Machines for Local and Home Manufacturing
(Report follows "In Passing")
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Better LED Lighting - Expanding My Solar Systems -
Solar Electric Hot Water Experiments - HAT 36-40 Volt Plugs
and Sockets - New 3D Printer - Amazing New Production Machines
- My CNC Router... and Plasma Cutter - Tidal & Wind power
notes - Ground Effect Vehicle
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Oceans Tell of Global Warming - Jet Streams &
Global Circulation Patterns - Recycling Plastic LOCALLY - ESD
(Eccentric Silliness Dept.)
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle (not a lot to say)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* "Off Grid" (etc): 36-40 Volt "HAT" Plugs & Sockets - New
3D Printers
* New 3D Printer: Anycubic I3 Mega
* Better LED Lighting & Plant/Grow Lighting
* CNC Router & Plasma Cutter
Electricity Generation
* Further Expanding my Solar System - How many watts are those
panels, again? Never full nameplate power: 75% seems to be a
practical figure - Panel Efficacy: Crap in winter as expected -
Still More Solar Panels - and Monitoring Output.
* Solar Hot Water Panels: simpler to make than ever
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn in Oxalate
Methyl Hydroxide electrolyte)
* Thinking of Options with Nafion Membranes (no actual project
work)
Turquoise Energy News #128
covering January 2019 -
(posted February 1st 2019)
Month
In Brief (Project Summaries etc.)
- Battery Project - When EV's were "Killed" - Carmichael
Mill - Lumber Cutting - Ground Effect Vehicle Improvement? -
Expanding my Solar Power System - NO Tidal Power project
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- World's Most Costly Garbage Pickup Service? - Sardine
Tins and Bathtub Designs - Clinton & the "Deep State" -
Why They REALLY DON'T Want the US-Mexico Border Wall -
Yellowstone Volcano: ready, set, ...? - Coming Collapse:
Contempt & Disdain - Cryptocurrency Exchange Failure? -
ESD (Eccentric Silliness Dept.)
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Vehicle - New wing profile & restart of
design - Trying out RC components
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Carmichael Mill ("Bandsaw Alaska Mill")
* Mining Beach Sand?
Electricity Generation
* Expanding My Solar Power System - grid ties - 36 volt DC LED
lights - Solar Hot Water? - Batery consreving controls? -
Putting up some of the New Solar PV Panels
* Magnetic Flipping HE Ray Energy?
* Woodstove Thermoelectric Generators (TEGs) (Didn't get very
far...)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn in Oxalate
Methyl Hydroxide electrolyte)
* Experiments mostly with Mn-Zn... - Attempts by Others to use
Zinc - Oxalate Electrolyte or Not? - Lead-Zinc in Oxalate (with
commercial lead oxide electrode plates) Again (Jan 9th -
Aborted) - Totally Common Ingredients!?! New Mn-Zn Cell With
Very Weak Potassium Hydroxide - Was it the Water? - Thicker KOH
Electrolyte: Finding Solutions - Sodium Oxalate - Alcohol:
Methyl Hydroxide - Proton Membranes
Turquoise Energy News #127
covering December 2018 -
(posted January 7th 2019)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries etc.)
-
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- No Clean Air Anywhere - Hybrid Potatoes? - Yikes!
More California Fire Stories? - Wonder Weather - BC Referendum
on Proportional Representation Results - ESD
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
(no reports)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Carmichael Mill Handheld Bandmill (more operating than
building this time) - Bonus Tip: stack excess firewood under a
tree to dry
Electricity Generation
* Solar: Storage & Going Off-Grid, CAT & HAT plugs &
sockets - Real Life "Off-Grid" Tests during power failure
* Magnetic Flipping HE Ray Energy? - Dual Frequency Pulses -
more tests and trials
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn in Oxalate
electrolyte)
* Ugh! Zinc hydride!
* Problems charging oxalate - JUST calcium hydroxide as
electrolyte?
Turquoise Energy News #126
covering November 2018 -
(posted December 3rd 2018)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Milling Trouble - New Chemie Batteries - A Better
conductive Paint - Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Etc.
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- America at the Crossroads: Restart and Fresh
Progress, or a New Dark Age? - NO MORE WARS! NO MORE
VIOLENCE AGAINST SYRIA! - "Proportional Representation" and
the Third Stage of Democracy - The Exponential Function &
Global Growth - More California Fire Oddities - Qualifying to
Run for Office - CIA: Rogue from Day One - Coffee Roasting -
"ESD" etc.
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Just a bit of work on the reluctance motor
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Carmichael Mill Handheld Bandmill (more operating than
building this time) - Bonus Tip: stack firewood under a tree to
dry
* Recycling Scrap HDPE (or UHMW or PP?) Into Useful- (millable)
Shapes - plus: Who needs to Have a Kitchen Stove?
Electricity Generation
* VAWT Designs: A bewildering variety of blades, vanes, shapes
and designs. What's really best?
* Magnetic Flipping HE Ray Energy?
* A Water Wheel Hydro Power Project
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn in Oxalate
electrolyte)
* Conductive Polyurethane Paint: Painted Copper MnO2 Pocket
Electrode - New MnO2-Zn cell tests
Turquoise Energy News #125
covering October 2018 -
(posted November 3rd 2018)
Month In Brief (Project Summaries etc.)
- Solar Rewiring - HE Ray Energy - Bandmill Improvements
& More Milling - VAWT
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Putting up the Beveled Siding - Home Milk Pasteurizing
- Treating Foot Corns - The Moral Dilemma of Uninvited
Migrants - Be Prepared for Economic Trouble - A Minor Service
Sector?: the Average Financial Salary in New York
431,000 $US - Orange and Red Peppers from the Greenhouse &
Indoors - Metric System Length Problem: the real reason
English/Imperial measures are better - Black Flamingo Event
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electricity is cheaper than gas - but it does go on your home
power bill (duh!)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Carmichael Mill ("Handheld Bandsaw Alaska Mill") -
Band Sharpener - New Bands, Cutting & More & More
Cutting - UHMW Main Wheels & more cutting - Production Model
Design?: As is! - Sell the special components as Kits!
Electricity Generation
* How Not to Build a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) - Initial
Theories - Construction and Testing
* Solar Panel Rewiring
* Tidal Flow Power Unit: Cheaper, Better! - Cheap Floating Power
Vessel Hulls? - Ducted Fans and Venturies
* Short Space Ray Energy: a new design?
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Now Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn)
* Another idea for a Conductive Graphite Material?: Conductive
Polyurethane Paint
Turquoise Energy News #124
covering September 2018
- (posted October 6th 2018)
Highlight: "Improved 2 KW" ultra-efficient
Piggott Generator built and works great!
(See Month in Brief, Electricity Generation)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Milling - Nails - Water Pump - Ordered 305 W solar
panels - Piggott Generator - Sprint 36 V car charging -
Swiilawiid Sustainability Society Symposium - Energy Co-op for
Tidal Power?
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- HOW Much Money?!? - Monsanto Sellouts: Justice
Served?
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Solar Battery Charging for the Electric Chevy Sprint and Miles
Cargo Van - a better plan
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Carmichael Mill ("Handheld Bandsaw Alaska Mill") -
Milling Alder - Spruce: Nails - Automatic Band Sharpener - 1295
$?
Electricity Generation
* Improved Piggott Axial Flux PM (permanent magnet) Generator -
magnet rotors - coil winding - case - assembly - testing - What
to use it for? - VAWT, Tidal Experiments - Saving Mixed Epoxy
for Later - commercial prospects: 1295 $.
* A very small hydro project using Sprint car alternator I
converted to PM generator in 2016
* Tidal Power Project: 100 KW Floating Tidal Power Vessel -
Smaller Propellers in Venturis? - Self Steering to Optimum
Position in Stream, collision avoidance, "return to shore" for
maintenance
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Now Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn)
* Manganese-Zinc Cell
Turquoise Energy News #123
covering August 2018 -
(posted September 4th 2018)
Highlight: Carmichael Mill cuts beautiful,
straight lumber with little waste sawdust (see Month in
Brief, Other Green" Projects)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Concert - Swiilawiid Sustainability Society talk? -
Carmichael mill - Batteries - Reluctance motor -
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Electromagnetic Induction Arson: Burning the world!
- "By Prescription Only": Overregulation is Causing
Shorter, Less Healthy Lives
- Democracy Denied in California - South Africa:
White farmers want to flee en-masse to Russia - More Hypocrisy
from the Main Stream Media (MSM) & Extension of Censorship
- Big Oil Subsidies - Changing Language... All well and good
(unwell attempted humor)
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Jim Harrington's 2.5 HP Electric Outboard
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Carmichael Mill ("Handheld Bandsaw Alaska Mill")
- Various improvements and changes, blah blah blah -
Finally: Good Results! - Dulling Bands
Electricity Generation
* Solar Panels
* Tidal Power Project on Tlell River?
* Scot Power Floating Tidal Power Vessel: 3 GWH in first year!
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Now Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn)
* Lead-Zinc Cell From Scratch With Rolled-up Sheet Metal
Electrodes (as made it was a flop)
Turquoise Energy News #122
covering July 2018 -
(posted August 4th 2018)
Feature:
Bandmill Design Breakthrough: Self-Adjusting Band Guides for
reliable straight cutting
(see Month in Brief, Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries etc.)
- Scenery! - Batteries - Solar - Reluctance Motor -
Development Centers - Bandmill breakthrough
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Election Reform: Corrupting Influence -
Keeping/Restoring Your Hair - A Hydrocortisone Cream Healing -
Bad Grammar: "Mine" versus "Yours" - Peace Between USA and
Russia - Quinoa as an emergency food grain? & Vegetable
Gardening - Birth Control: Helping Ourselves by Helping
Underdeveloped Countries - South Africa: No genocide after
all? - More on Bankers Creating the Money Supply, by a banker
- What is News? - Double Agent Strzok
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Revisiting Reluctance Motors and Unipolar Motor Controllers -
Considering the 2015 AFSRM Motors & Studies - Note: Current
density - First project: Back to the old Motor, with new "Rotor
Poles"
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Carmichael Mill ("Handheld Bandsaw Alaska Mill")
- "Front Pivot" Self Correcting Band Guides - blade
protector - Conclusions (in short: yes, it works!)
Electricity Generation
* Solar Panels Installation - nasty cable run job - Grid Tie
Inverter: NOT as advertised! - - - Synchronous
Rectification?
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (Now Mn-Zn, Ni-Zn or Pb-Zn)
* Mn-Zn rechargeable 50/75 amp-hour cell with ABS sheet plastic
case (1.5" t x 3.25" w x 5.75" h)
* Pocket Electrodes: Perforating Sheet Metal with a "Bed of
Nails"
* Lead-Zinc Cell From Scratch With Rolled-up Sheet Metal
Electrodes (not finished)
Turquoise Energy News #121
covering June 2018 -
(posted July 3rd 2018)
Features:
* Stable Zinc Electrodes, The "Holy Grail" of battery making...
hundreds
have tried and (more or less) failed: Grail TAKEN by new
electrolyte! (See Month in Brief, Electricity
Storage)
* New Bandsaw Mill Concept: Self-Correcting Band Angle
always cuts straight! (See Month in Brief, Other
"Green" Projects)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries etc.) - Band mill - Band - Batteries! -
"Electrafest":Portable 6 KW J1772 EV charger
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Battery Commercializations?...Useless SDTC
Again-Changhong-DIY Crowd-Factory? - Crystal Sponge? - Moles
and hydrocortosone cream: Update - Feeding the 9 Billion? -
After the Thugs (bad poetry that doesn't rhyme) - Age of
World?
- Project
Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems (no reports)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Carmichael Mill ("Handheld Bandsaw Alaska Mill")
- "railway" band guide wheels: Mounting, adjustments
& Cuts - Self Correcting Band Guides?
* Proposed New Electrical Standards "RFC": a new standard
Voltage (38/36 VDC) + Standard Connectors for 12 VDC, 38 VDC
- Idea: If making 38/36 volt connectors, why not market
38 volt lights and appliances along with them? - Other notes
Electricity Generation
(no reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc.
* Zinc: notorious battery electrode substance, TAMED by
the new electrolyte!
* Nickel-Zinc Batteries - Compacting electrodes - Glue &
Jell - Why, suddenly, Zinc instead of Nickel?
* Manganese-zinc & Lead-zinc cells & experiments (They
all work!)
* Zinc Sheet Electrodes work great - Shaping Plates to gain More
Surface Area
* Mn-Zn cell from scratch: works great!
Turquoise Energy News #120
covering May 2018 -
(posted June 3rd 2018)
Feature:
Nickel-Nickel Battery: Should be better, cheaper than
Lithiums. Next step, developmental production.
(See Month in Brief, Electricity Storage)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries etc.)
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics, editorial comments & opinionated
rants)
- Project
Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Chevy Sprint Car, continued
* Reluctance Motor Designing Idea: Make it Flexible!
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Carmichael Mill ("Handheld Bandsaw Alaska Mill")
- potential competition? Nope! - Various constructions
and trials - Cutting (a few) real boards - Superior band guides
* Proposed New Electrical Standards "RFC": a new standard
Voltage, and Standard Connectors for 12 VDC, 38 VDC
- New "38 volt DC" (+/- 15% = 33 to 43.7 volts) proposed
as a "standard wiring voltage"
- midway between 12 volt and 120 volt (3
times 12 volts; 1/3 of 120 volts)
- 1/3 the current and wire size of 12 V
- much lower line losses than 12 V, good for
moderate power appliances as well as low power
- highest 'safe to touch' line voltage
- Revised CAT standard 12 volt plugs and receptacles (a
little smaller, better connections and grip)
- New HAT standard 38 volt plugs and receptacles (size is
close to original CAT std., longer and stiffer prongs/blades)
* "The Indoor Vegetable Garden" - Year round gardening
with LED Lights! (and other gardening) (Last update for the
season?)
Electricity Generation
* HE Ray Energy - notes on magnetic saturation &
grounding
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc.
* Nickel-Nickel Batteries - Further cell experiments -
Cell construction and test - Water electrolyte cell - More tests
- High Resistance Electrode can be solved by VERY VERY
powerful compaction - NiNi Must Next Move to Developmental
Production
- Negative Current Collector Metal as a metal hydride for
double energy storage?
Turquoise Energy News #119
covering April 2018 -
(posted May 4th 2018)
Month
In Brief (Project Summaries etc.)
In
Passing (Miscellaneous topics, editorial
comments & opinionated rants)
- 7CoreValues.org - Plastic beaches and oceans - US
Government: a failed democracy? - Guarded humour
- Project
Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Chevy Sprint: got it running. (YAY!) Complications &
inspirations... Stereo & music - Controller & motor -
Clutch slipping - Another Try at "Sep Ex" Control - Take apart -
Motor - Field Drive DC to DC Converter? - Batteries -
Headlights: fixing problems from long ago - Moving along - Solar
charging?
* PM Assisted Reluctance Motors, Improved Performance Unipolar
Motor Controllers(?) & Electric Transport
* Some Nissan Leaf Notes - EV Market
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Carmichael Mill ("Bandsaw Alaska Mill")
* "The Indoor Vegetable Garden" - Year round gardening
with LED Lights! (and other gardening)
Electricity Generation
* Hydro Power: Turbine Shaft & "Spiral Staircase" water
wheel
* The Electromagnetic Spectrum, John Bedini & (V)HE Ray
Energy: Ideas and experiments
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc.
* Nickel-nickel: How good would it be?
Turquoise Energy News #118
covering March 2018 -
(posted April 3rd 2018)
Month
In Brief (Project Summaries etc.)
Special Feature: The Fantasy
Budget! What if someone offered me a fortune for
the purpose of helping to improve the world?
In
Passing (Miscellaneous topics, editorial
comments & opinionated rants)
- The need for teaching the core values of social
sustainability
- Inbread humour?
- Project
Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Chevy Sprint: Battery placement - Motor Controller
* A BLDC Motor Disassembly
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Carmichael Mill ("Bandsaw Alaska Mill")
* "The Indoor Vegetable Garden"
- Year round gardening with LED Lights! (and other gardening)
* LED Light Making Update (how the ones I made some years ago
are faring now - dimming - repairs)
Electricity Generation
* Small Creek - And Larger - Hydro Power Units? - The spiral
staircase "Turbine Pipe" with "Intake Head"
Electricity Storage - Turquoise Battery
Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc.
* Doped conductive coating separates graphite current
collector from electrode
* Ethaline DES with potassium oxalate and calcium
hydroxide electrolyte
* Nickel-Nickel test cell seems to
work! (real, practical cells for EV.s now seem
possible)
* Use NO Graphite or conductive carbon black powder - It
caused the self discharge in all those previous cells
Turquoise Energy News #117
covering February 2018 -
(posted March 3rd 2018)
Month In
Brief (Project Summaries etc.)
- Battery Electrolyte Experiment - Revised and Revived:
the Electric Chevy Sprint Project (the car moves!) - EV Power
Consumptions - No Carmichael Mill ("Bandsaw Alaska Mill") this
month - More Electric Ferries! (update)
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- More Arctic Warming-Accelerating Sea Level Rise-Topsy
Turvy Weather - Spinosaurus: a gigantic Amphibian or a
Reptile?
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Chevy Sprint Car (again? still?) - Forklift Motor &
Fixed (8.9:1) reduction: The car moves!
* J1772 EV Charging Stations
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Indoor Vegetable Growing With LED Lights
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc.
* Nickel-Nickel: DES & KC2O4 Electrolyte Experiment
Turquoise Energy News #116
covering January 2018 -
(posted February 3rd 2018)
Features:
* Carmichael Mill ("bandsaw alaska mill") First Tests!
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries etc.)
- Nissan Leaf (light blue) - Carmichael Mill ("Bandsaw
Alaska Mill") - Motor Development Thoughts - Electrolytes for
Nickel-Nickel (& Air-Nickel?) Batteries
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Beach Plastic & Burning Plastics - Wall Street
Woze - Plagues
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Caik and ARM Motor Production Thoughts - Development of the
new types
* Experiment: Melting and Molding Scrap Polypropylene
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* "Carmichael Mill" AKA "Portable Bandsaw Alaska Mill"
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc.
* Electrolyte: Potassium Oxalate?
* Electrolyte Medium: Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) "Ethaline"
-- a salt that's liquid at room temperature -- instead of
water?
* Getting the stuff
* Making the DES
Turquoise Energy News #115
covering December 2017 -
(posted January 11th 2018)
Features:
A Decade in Review
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries etc.)
- Internet - Shrinking World - Carmichael Mill ("Bandsaw
Alaska Mill") - Battery Lab & Nickel-Nickel Batteries -
Hybridizing the Toyota Echo... Wait, how about the Miles
truck?
A Decade in Review
* What's been done?: Listing the projects
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Sea Foam is natural (Ooops!) - Cryptocurrencies -
Fraud in the Stock Market? - John MacAdam - Carmichael
Projection World Map & Virtual Reality
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Ground Effect Craft: Fixing Lateral Stability Problem
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* "Carmichael Mill", a "Bandsaw Alaska Mill" - Meat cutting
band is better(?) - Building It, continued - Home Sheet Metal
Tools - Motors and Duty Cycle - Drive Belts
* Power Supply: Photos Simplify Repair. But is it worth it?
Electricity Generation
* Tiny Solar Cells (purchased)
* A couple of VHE Ray Energy Notes
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc.
* Another round with Nickel-Nickel chemie: in oxalic acid -
Battery Lab - Chemistry - electrolyte - Building a Cell -
Expectations: The Reactions - Testing & Observations -
Conclusions - Next Electrolyte: Potassium Oxalate? - Cell with
KH(C2O4)? - Positive Electrode Characteristics (seemingly
Favorable: with slightly lower voltages)
Turquoise Energy News #114
covering November 2017 -
(posted December 2nd 2017)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries etc.)
- Format - Feedback is welcome - Bandsaw Alaska Mill -
Hybridizing the Toyota Echo - Alaska Milling - (note:
Palaeos.com URL)
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Arthritis Cure: Borax. Still Working. - "Foambergs"
(More Sea Foam from aerosol spraying?)
- Project
Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* An Off-the-Shelf Centrifugal Variable Pulley?
* Back to a centrifugal clutch? - some design considerations
* Double Set Screws: Make sure it won't come loose
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Bandsaw Alaska Mill: Wheels and bands - making plywood wheels
Electricity Generation
* An Attic Windplant? (just an idea)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise Battery
Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc. (no reports)
Turquoise Energy News #113
covering October 2017 -
(posted November 3rd 2017)
Feature: Finally!!!: A
Simple, Practical Plan for an Add-On Wheel Drive Motor!
(See: Month in Brief, Electric Transport)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries etc.)
Note on Motor Controller Repair/Power Transistor
Replacement - Chevy Sprint Electric Conversion with Improved
Transmission? (thought of and then abandoned... because
-->) - Finally! A practical plan for an add-on wheel drive
motor!
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- English Alphabet: Like a Number System Without a Zero
- British Columbia Place Names (Where does the cat wipe its
feet? Kitimat)
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Chevy Sprint somewhat variable transmission
* Wheel Drive Motor Revived: Hybridize a gas car, the 2001
Toyota Echo *** The Simplest Plan Ever! ***
* The Unique Feature: Single Variable Pulley on Pivoting
Shaft... best choice?: automatic centrifugal pulley
* Then there's the Slipping Clutch with Flywheel
idea(again?)... or a centrifugal Clutch?
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Plan for a portable "Bandsaw Alaska Mill" for cutting
lumber?
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc. (no
reports)
Turquoise Energy News #112
covering September 2017
- (posted October 14th 2017)
Month In "Brief" (Project
Summaries etc.)
- Electric(?) Bixel Ground Effect Vehicle - Chevy
Sprint Electric Conversion with Improved Transmission -
Electric Caik Outboard Motor - Leftover Articles From the
Past Summer: EV.s Pickup - NiMH Battery Stick Fix...
Duh! - Solar Panels for the Miles EV Cargo Van? - Lead-Salt,
Lead-Alkaline Batteries: Belated Revelations - Electric
Sawmill Rides Again - NOT!
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- A bit more perspective on the Permian Period &
Evolution of Life - An Entirely New Take on the Second World
War
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Caik Motor & Electric Caik Outboard
* Chevy Sprint extra-efficient transmission conversion
project: on again, with Curtis motor and controller.
- A few transmission explorations & ideas for using
stock transmissions
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation
* Short Space Ray/Lambda Ray/VHE Ray Converter
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc. (no
reports - but see lead-salt article in Month in Brief)
Turquoise Energy News #111
covering April, May,
June, July & August 2017 - (posted September 12th 2017)
Month In
Brief (Project Summaries & short project
reports)
- House Move - Project Selections - Electric(?) Ground Effect
Vehicle - Lambda Ray Converter - Upgraded Electric Caik
Outboard Test ...& the next "Hubcap" type motor
improvement - A Nickel-Air Battery Note - LED Lighting -
Suzuki Swift: Burned an EV (Yow!) - Miles Electric Truck Chain
Drive
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Haida Gwaii (AKA Queen Charlotte Islands) - The Move - A
Trip Back to Victoria - Antigravity in a Dream? - Time of day
- Sigh, Chem Trails Again! - Possible Health Ideas: Cyst and
maybe Mole Removal or Shrinking? - Easier Shelling of Peas and
Beans?
- In Tedious
Depth Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Bixel Ground Effect Vehicle: - Ducted Fan etc. -
The "paper airplane" delta wing design - back to Catamaran
design
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation
* New Water Flow Turbine Design Thoughts
* Ocean Wave Power Thoughts
* Short Space Ray/Lambda Ray/VHE Ray Converter: - Circuit
Board is working - Programming - How it Works: A bit of
speculation
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc. (no
reports)
Turquoise Energy News #110
covering March 2017 -
(posted April 1st 2017)
Feature: Ground Effect "WIG" Craft: Fast,
smooth marine transport: aircraft speeds just over the waves;
1/3 the fuel of an airplane. [see Month in Brief]
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- House Move Proceeding - Fastest Water Transport Technology:
"Ground Effect" Low Flying Craft - Bixel WIG Craft (a better
design!) - Bixel WIG Craft Project?... Just RC models?
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- More on Arctic & Global Warming
- In Depth
Project Reports (NONE this month) -
Turquoise Energy News #109
covering February 2017 -
(posted March 3rd 2017)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Improved Piggott Alternators - Solar Panels & Grid Tie
Inverters on AliExpress.com - Turquoise Energy Motor
Controllers? - Unipolar Motors and Controller - Chevy Sprint
& "Ultra Efficient EV Conversion" Project - A Reader
Reports on batteries in real life use: Lead-Acid battery life
extension, NiMH D cells, Li-MnO4, Lead-Acid off-grid - Nickel
Air Cells - Wind Turbine Ships & Boat.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Advanced Fast Catamaran Ferry - Make a small catamaran? -
Arctic Warming - Easter Island: "the old story" of a
Civilization Grown Too Large - Quarkcoin Cryptocurrency -
Small attempts at humor
- In Depth
Project Reports (NONE this month) -
Turquoise Energy News #108
covering January 2017 -
(posted February 5th 2017)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Improved CNC Router - CNC Gardening Machine - Electric
Suzuki Swift Notes - Moving to Haida Gwaii Halts Projects -
Improved Solar Panel Cover Glasses? - Solar Cells & Panels
for Electric Truck
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Replacing Plastic Bags - Shower Nozzles - Pro-baa-baa-ly not
Funny
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems (no
reports)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (see Month in Brief)
Electricity Generation
* Making Piggott Generator - continued
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc. (no
reports)
Turquoise Energy News #107
covering December 2016 -
(posted January 6th 2017)
Month In
Brief (Project Summaries)
- HAPPY NEW YEAR! - Solar PV Price Continues Dropping - Making
Improved Piggott Alternator - Piggott Unipolar BLDC Motor? -
Air-Nickel Battery Experiment - Electric Suzuki Swift Notes -
Moving To Haida Gwaii - Sustainable Energy Courses and
Enterprise?
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- The Bottom Line: the Core Values - The War on Free Speech -
A Broader Perspective of Economics - Cartoon: Trickle Down
Economic Theory Explained
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems (no
reports)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation
* Building Improved 2000-4000 Watt Hugh Piggott Frictionless
Axial Flux Alternator
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc. (no
reports)
Turquoise Energy News #106
covering November 2016 -
(posted December 4th 2016)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries)
- Project holdups - Improved Hugh Piggott 'frictionless'
alternators - Improved Tesla Air Turbine for wind power &
OWC ocean wave power - Water wheel blades, & (better)
"Spiral Staircase" Underwater Turbine idea, for energy capture
from flowing water - Floats for Floating Hydro Units - Setting
up for another Sprint fixed ratio differential transmission
test - End of the Old e-Motorcycle Story
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Voter "Dating App": Impartial and Comprehensive
Candidate Information to help you decide who to vote for - The
Power of Groups with Intentions - USA "Electoral College"
System needs to be Dropped - More Precious Metals Price
Manipulation
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Hubcap motor, Chevy Sprint & Differential gear
Variable Transmission - Another Fixed Ratio Chain (still being
made)
* Asymmetric Epicyclic gear with Spur Gears: Gears & Gear
Cutting
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation
* Improved 1500-4000 Watt Hugh Piggott Frictionless Axial Flux
Alternator
* Tesla Turbine Windplant
* Hydro Power Wheel with Curved Blades... or Spiral Staircase
propeller shaft?
* Floats for Floating Hydro Power Units?
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc. (no
reports)
Turquoise Energy News #105
covering October 2016 - (posted November 10th 2016)
Coming Next month
(November): * Tesla Turbine Windplant? * Hydro Power
Wheel with Curved Blades? * Plan for Floats for Floating Hydro
Power Units --- I didn't have time to finish these writeups,
so I'll just note here that some interesting ideas have been
thought of and are coming for next month.
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Late Newsletter, etc - Differential Torque Converter: Gear
Cutting - The Electric Suzuki Swift! ... Regen Braking ...
Swift compared with "ultra-efficient" Ideals - Big Oil is on
its way Out - Personal Doings & 'Business' Trip - Tidal
Power in Haida Gwaii? - Building Renewable Energy
Mechanisms Workshop/Lecture Series?
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Evolution of Democracy
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Hubcap motor, Chevy Sprint & Differential gear
Variable Transmission:
- Gear Making
- Kelly Motor Controller Troubles
* Electric Caik Outboard Upgrade
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation
* Improved 750/1500 Watt Hugh Piggott Frictionless Axial Flux
Alternator?
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc. (no
reports)
Turquoise Energy News #104
covering September 2016 - (posted October 2nd 2016)
Highlight: Differential transmission concepts
proven by experiments, work progresses (see Month in Brief,
Electric Transport)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- UIVT: from Sprint/Variable Transmission project - Conversion
of a car alternator to a permanent magnet alternator - Tesla
Turbine Windplant Concept
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- World Nearly Loses an Inventor - Fruit Picking Pole Makes
Picking High-Up Fruit Safe & Easy - Tilapia update - The
Ultimate Theft: Private Central Banks are Buying Up the
Whole World with Money They Print Out of Thin Air - The
Web of Conflicts of Interest of Officials, between the
USA Government and "Corporatocracy" - Canadian
Parliamentary Voting Reform Committee meeting - Honey
Bee Ecological Catastrophe - Improve Health and Increase
Life Expectancy: Metformin
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Hubcap motor, Chevy Sprint & Differential gear
Variable Transmission:
- Sprint Prototype with Third Shaft?
- Single Variable Pulley with Third Shaft - or
Controlled Idler Arm
- Chain Drive Experiments/Tests
- Conclusions (proves concepts)
- Electric Hubcap Motor Troubles (Wiring)... &
Electric Caik Motor Upgrade
- Gear Cutters
- Gear Making Calculations
- Other ways to Make Plastic Gears!
- The Spur Gear Differential Gear Unit & Variants
- Configuring a Production Model
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation
* Conversion of a car alternator to a permanent magnet
alternator with a ring magnet
* Tesla Turbine Wind Turbine?
Turquoise Energy News #103
covering August 2016 - (posted September 2nd 2016)
Feature: UNIVERSAL INFINITELY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (UIVT):
Reverse-Idle-Low-Street-Highway reduction ratios
with One Smooth Lever. Efficient. Cars, Boats... windplants?
aircraft? [see Month in Brief, Electric Transport]
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- UIVT: from Sprint/Variable Transmission project - Ocean Wave
Power - New Chemistry Batteries (Air-Nickel) - DIY Pelton
Hydro Power with a 500W EBike Hub Motor; 3KW Zambezi Pontoon
Hydro
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Material and Social Sustainability - Rain
Bombs - Local Societal Dysfunctionallity - Precious Metals
Price Manipulation
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Hubcap motor, Chevy Sprint & Differential gear
Variable Transmission:
- New refinement: Belt & Pulleys Variable
Torque Converter ("CVT") replaces slipping belt, making a...
- UNIVERSAL INFINITELY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION
(UIVT)
* Double Barrel Torque Converter - Design Refinements... to be
used in the above!
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation
* Oscillating Water Column (OWC) Ocean Wave Power Buoy
Drawings
* Waves are angled: Angled Buoy idea
* Green opposition to wave power?!? Really?!?
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc. (no
reports)
Turquoise Energy News #102
covering July 2016 - (posted August 1st 2016)
Month In Brief
(Project Summaries)
- Sprint/Variable Transmission - Ocean Wave Power - New
Chemistry Batteries (Air-Nickel) - Solar Panels for the Miles
Electric Truck? - Hydro Power from Small Creek on the Cheap (a
Video)
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Rising Sea Levels? Not so fast! - Platinum Gets Rare -
Turkey Shoot - Violence Starts with Ruthless People - More
Lawlessness - Where are the VHE/Lambda Ray/"free energy"
Collectors/Converters?
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Hubcap motor, Chevy Sprint & Variable
Transmission:
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation
* Solar Panels for the Miles Electric Truck?
* Oscillating Water Column (OWC) Ocean Wave Power Buoy
Drawings
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc. (no
reports - see month in brief)
Turquoise Energy News #101
covering June 2016 - (posted July 8th 2016)
Month In
Brief (Project Summaries)
- Commercializations? - Variable Torque Converter (PGTC)
Transmission - Taxes - LED Lighting - J1772 adapter - Rocket
Stove
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Climate Chaos: Jet streams weaken, cross equator
- Mass Animal Die-Offs - Speculation to Help Fuel High
Food Costs - Very Hot Drinks Linked to Esophageal Cancer -
Coffee is good for you - Precious Metals Price Breakout -
Screw for Denmark! - BREXIT - A War Would Have No Winners -
Dimetrodon: Contrary Statements? - Huge Beetle (what is it?)
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Hubcap motor, Chevy Sprint & Variable
Transmission:
- Take-apart of Sprint manual transmission
- Two-Sun Planetary Gear?
- Simplification: differential gear to replace
planetary gear
- Slipping gear to link to drive shaft to return
previously wasted energy
- The Sticking Brake: Half the Problem All Along!
* Idea for a New Type of Flat Belt Torque Converter: A
"Double Barrel Torque Converter" (might actually be useful?)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc. (no
reports)
Turquoise Energy News #100
covering May 2016 - (posted June 3rd 2016)
Features:
* Planetary Gear Variable Torque Converter is The
Ultimate Automotive Transmission! (see Month in Brief,
Electric Transport)
* Permian Period Revisited: The Age of Evolving Amphibians,
not Reptiles (Special report)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Variable Torque Converter Transmission... & crab fishing
- Permian Period Revisited - Commercializations?
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Mexican Silver Money - Financial Collapse Timeline?
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Permian Period Revisited: The Age of
Evolving Amphibians, not Reptiles
Electric
Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Hubcap motor, Chevy Sprint & Variable
Transmission - Conclusion: PGTC looks like the ultimate auto
tranny, May's frustrations solved... I think - miswired phases -
better planetary gear?... buy it! - Stronger Spring - Various
experiments and adjustments with springs and mountings
* A small note on permanent magnet assisted motors: just by luck
I made the ARM motor that can be converted
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise Battery
Project (NiMn, NiNi, O2-Ni), etc.
- Source of Electrolyte - Oxidizing Graphite for the Positrode -
Nickel Ion Battery: another form of nickel-nickel cell
Turquoise Energy News #99
covering April 2016 - (posted May 6th 2016)
Features:
* A New Battery Chemistry: Air-Nickel in Potassium
Sulfate - High Energy & probably Easiest DIY Battery
Ever! (see Electricity Storage)
* Chevy Sprint/Variable Torque Converter Transmission:
Basic Driveability at Last! (see Electric Transport)
* Another New, Super-High Performance Motor Type: Permanent
Magnet Assisted Motor (see Electric Transport)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Chevy Sprint with Variable Planetary Gear Torque Converter:
it rolls! - Nickel-Air Battery - Electropermanent Magnet
Motors - Permanent Magnet Assisted Motors
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Geo-engineering, Climate Disasters, Social Evolution
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Hubcap motor, Chevy Sprint & Variable
Transmission
* "Permanent Magnet Assisted" Unipolar Motor?
* Unipolar Motor "Breakthrough"? Oops.
* A flat drive belt idea?
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise Battery
Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Self Discharge: Probably Caused by Graphite in the Positrode.
(Graphite surface needs to be oxidized)
* News Report Confirms that Jelled Electrodes make for Virtually
Indefinite Cycle Life
* Conductive Carbon/Graphite Rods
* Notes on the Nickel Negative Electrode
* Self Discharge: Attempting to eliminate it. ... It must come
from the positive electrode.
* Nickel-Air (Air-Nickel) Battery
- Graphene or Graphene Oxide Layer on Plastic Film
- Rethinking It!
- Nickel Advantage?
- Cell Design & Humidity: moisture level maintenance
- 2 Test Cells
Turquoise Energy News #98
covering March 2016 - (posted April 2nd 2016)
Features:
* Planetary Gear Torque Converter with Flywheel Drives Chevy
Sprint! (see Month in Brief, Electric Transport)
* Nickel-Nickel Battery in Potassium Sulfate Holds Charge!
(see Month in Brief, Electricity Storage)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- The 28th - Miles Electric Cargo Truck Repair -
Hands-On Democracy Updated - a small tilapia/aquaponics update
- Electropermanent Magnet Motors: A Whole New Field... or is
it "new"? - THREE Variable Transmissions & Sprint Car: 1.
Frictionless Centrifugal Clutch; 2. Add-On Motor & Wheel
Drive; 3. Planetary Gear Torque Converter (PGTC) with Flywheel
(Now Working) - Nickel-Nickel Battery: the simple secret! -
Canada Revenue Report (What, late again?!?)
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Life on Pluto - preposterous?
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Lower RPM, Frictionless
Centrifugal Clutch - Making progress and tests - finally...
abandoned.
* New direct-to-wheel belt drive with clutch and flywheel idea -
exploratory work.
* Planetary Gear Torque Converter (PGTC) installation and tests:
it works... Sprint to hopefully be made roadworthy with it.
Other
"Green" Electric Equipment Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise Battery
Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Nickel Foam Arrives
* Filling a nickel-nickel cell with potassium sulfate
* Making and testing a new test cell and purer potassium
sulfate... It works!
Turquoise Energy News #97
covering February 2016 - (posted March 3rd 2016)
Feature: "Electro-Permanent"
Magnets Could Revolutionize Motors & Electric Vehicles
-- 500 mile range? (see Month in Brief & longer
article below it... also "Detailed Report" - actually my
first thoughts on the idea.)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Hands-On Democracy - Electro-permanent magnet motors - LED
Plant Growth Lighting Idea - Chevy Sprint: Electric Hubcap
motor, frictionless centrifugal clutch - An E-Bike with Motor
Components Around Wheel - Miles Electric Cargo Truck Repairs
Electropermanent Magnets & Motors
- seems "COP" may be over 5x(?) input power!
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Rising Financial Woes - USA Election Rigging - a
funny or two
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electro-permanent Magnets
and Motors (yet another little write-up - my early thoughts when
I first found out about the idea.)
* Lower RPM, Frictionless Centrifugal Clutch Making progress
Other
"Green" Electric Equipment Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise Battery
Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc. (no reports)
Turquoise Energy News #96
covering January 2016 - (posted Feb. 2nd 2016)
Month In Brief (Project Summaries)
- Hands-On Democracy - Electric Hubcap motor, Chevy Sprint
& variable transmission (January's main focus) - NiNi
Battery Chemistry: Nickel Foam; salt bridge? - Bitcoin
Miners/Mining
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Sea Levels Rising - Bank Problems Rising ($)
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Hubcap Motors: Rotor Magnet Placement Jig, motor
rebuilt with improved rotor.
* Variable Torque Converter Transmission/Chevy Sprint car
- installation progress: several essential parts
made and installed.
- Test shows centrifugal clutch doesn't engage well
enough at the low RPM.s involved: right idea but not good
enough.
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise Battery
Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc. (no reports)
Turquoise Energy News #95
covering December 2015 - (posted Jan. 3rd 2016)
A Highlight: - Self-turning Magnet Motors are
Powered by VHE/Lambda Rays? (see Month in Brief,
Electricity Generation)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Unipolar Motor Controller - VHE Lambda Ray Converter - and -
Magnet motors appear to be lambda ray converters! - Chevy
Sprint & variable transmission - Miles ZX40 Electric Truck
- Mazda RX7 EV & battery longevity notes - LED/Aquaponics
& Space Lighting Note & Peltier Fridge
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Lifting the Veil: The Pathocracy (book) - Bail-Ins
Coming? - Techniques for Suppression of Clean Energy - Peace
and Forgiveness - Pluto images
- In Depth
Project Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Unipolar Motor Controller: pulse speed control input to
improve performance.
* Hubcap Motors: Rotor Magnet Attachment
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation
* VHE/Lambda rays - ideas
* "self turning" magnet motors are apparently powered by lambda
rays!
* microcontroller triple timer for the converter
Electricity Storage - Turquoise Battery
Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc. (no reports)
Turquoise Energy News #94
covering November 2015 - (posted Dec. 3rd 2015)
Highlights:
- Theory and Methods of Generating Electricity from Lambda
Rays (AKA "VHE Gamma Rays") (See: Month in Brief,
Electricity Generation)
- Variably Engaging Drive Rod: a new type of variable
torque converter? (See: Month in Brief, Electric
Transport)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Lambda Ray Converter - Unipolar Motor Controller -
Microcontroller based unipolar controller? - Variably Engaging
Drive Rod Variable Torque Converter?
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Energy is everywhere; Where are we? - Small space update:
Pluto, Ceres, Comet 67P - Obstruction of Democracy: social
treason.
- In Depth Project Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Unipolar Motor Controller: pulse speed control input to
improve performance.
* Coil heating problem became diode heating problem with new
coil.
* Variable Crank Rod Gear (Another possible type of variable
torque converter? - FWIW)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation
* Lambda Ray Energy Converter:
- "Well known" but unexplained electrical "DC kick"
phenomenon is doubtless indicative of simple lambda ray energy
conversion. This is the starting point!
- Multiple frequency resonating oscillations "kick the
kick of the kick" up to powerful (even destructive) levels.
- Construction - Control Circuit Schematic & PCB
Files - Programming Strategy
- Notes on Steven Mark e-mails compilation (the source
of much info)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc. (no reports)
Turquoise Energy News #93
covering October 2015 - (posted Nov. 8th 2015)
Month
In Brief (Project Summaries)
- Pulse Width Modulation for motor controllers - Atmospheric
Energy - High vacuum pump for evacuated tube radiators for
thermoelectric cooling? - NiMH Battery connection problems.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Legislation must be Ratified by the People - Energy
Density: Gasoline vs batteries? - Importance of Location for
Industrial Activities - Negative interest rates - Another High
Frequency Trading Scam - Itchy chocolate - Book Barn Mini
Library - Supercorder at Band & more interest in it
- In Depth Project Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Unipolar Motor Controller: pulse speed control input to
improve performance.
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Peltier Module/Thermoelectric Cooler ('TEC')
Experiments: supply voltage versus attained cooling - 15 amp
Peltier module - better ice tray - internal fan - evacuated
tube heat radiator - DC to DC converter
Electricity Generation
* Atmospheric Ions - free energy from the electrical charge of
thin air?
* Sigh, month ends with far more questions than answers.
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Lead? Lead? The acid battery element has potential uses for
alkaline or salt batteries, where it just might have 'forever'
cycle life.
* Lead-acid battery charging & cycle life extension: pulse
charging.
Turquoise Energy News #92
covering September 2015 - (posted Oct. 4th 2015)
Highlights:
Free Energy from Thin Air? - Lambda Rays, or Atmospheric
Electrical Charge? (see Month in Brief, Electricity
Generation)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Further peltier module 12 V fridge experiments - ARM
Reluctance Motor Runs! - New (used) Batteries NiMH &
Lithium iron phosphate - Free energy... where's it from again?
- Timing of inventions, a perspective.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Syrian Girl's video: an 'on the spot' perspective on what's
happening in Syria - Loose Change - Perpetual War - Arguably
somewhat humorous things & "Political Spin".
- In Depth Project Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* ARM reluctance motor project
* "Transverse flux" SR motor rotor idea
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Peltier Module/Thermoelectric Cooler ('TEC')
Experiments: supply voltage versus attained cooling - 15 amp
Peltier module - better ice tray - internal fan - evacuated
tube heat radiator - DC to DC converter
* Water Conservation: Best Shower Nozzle and Video
Electricity Generation
* Electrostatic Perpetual Motion Motor?
* Thomas Henry Moray: not only free energy collector -- he
invented semiconductor electronics, in the 1920s... and lots
more!
* Free energy from the electrical charge of thin air?
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Honda Insight NiMH Battery - converted to 14.4 volts, 65AH.
Turquoise Energy News #91
covering August 2015 - (posted Sept. 2nd 2015)
Highlights:
TWO Improved Axial flux Switched Reluctance Motors: "AFSRM"
or "ARM" and "Transverse Flux" Motor (Building ARM is in
progress - see Month in Brief, Electric Transport topic) -
Battery DES Chemicals arrive
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Plan that got changed - ARM Motor - An even better(?) SR
motor layout! - Mounting a Motor for a Car Wheel Drive - Solar
Water Heater
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
* Solar PV Power coming of age - Comet 67"P" for "Perspective" -
Putin/leadership/spread of power - More Collapse Warnings and
Signs Add to the Chorus - chem trails seriously interfere with
solar collection - Fuchsia Berry Pie - Funnies(?)
- In Depth Project Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* ARM motor project
* "Transverse flux" SR motor idea & project
* Making an offset motor with belt drive "Electric Hubcap"
Plug-in Hybrid EV Installation: wheel end parts.
* Sprint: work stopped again owing to competing attractions.
(ie, by very promising looking new motors, again!)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Solar Hot Water Heater
* Peltier Module/Thermoelectric Cooler Experiment: supply
voltage versus attained cooling.
Electricity Generation (no
reports [but see Solar Water Heater in Other Green
Projects, and Solar PV coming of Age in In
Passing])
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc. (No reports)
Turquoise Energy News #90
covering July 2015 - (posted August 2nd 2015)
Highlights:
BDLC 4:3 Motor and Controller: A superior BLDC system,
prototypes finished and working
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- BLDC4:3 Motor & Unipolar Controller - an order for CAT
12VDC plugs, sockets, wall plates! - fickle ceramic capacitors
- Variable transmission/Chevy Sprint progress (with Kelly BLDC
motor controller) - DES battery electrolyte (I'll make it, I
hope) - Electric Caik Outboard/fishing/anemometer for boat
speed - Motor failures - Kia Soul production EV.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Resistance to Change - Greek Example - PETE/PET is burnable plastic - Life in the Solar System... On a
Comet? - Pluto - More on
(Ugh!) Chem Spraying -
Turquoise Energy taxes/SR & ED 2014.
- In Depth Project Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* "BLDC4:3" Electric Caik Motor and Unipolar
Controller
* Variable planetary gear transmission with Centrifugal clutch
in Chevy Sprint
- Installation in car
- Kelly Controller over-revs motor with old magnet
attachment
- Will replace rotor... with BLDC4:3 configuration and
good for much higher RPM.s
* Electric Caik Outboard: fishing trip & problems
- planning next improvements
* Copenhagen Wheel Electric Bicycle Wheel - link et al
* Original GMC EV1 Brochure (attached)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (no reports)
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc. (No reports)
Turquoise Energy News #89
covering June 2015 - (posted July 4th 2015)
Highlights: New Configuration Electric Caik BLDC
Motor Runs great, with superior new "Single Ended" or
"Unipolar" Motor Controller! (see Month in Brief,
Electric Transport)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Clean burning plastic - Chem spraying continues - Eating
crow - TPP, TPA or whatever it is - Greece: First Domino? -
New Horizons Approaches Pluto
- In Depth Project Reports -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* "BLDC4:3" Electric Caik Motor & unipolar/single
ended/half wave motor controller: making, running, testing,
reports & ideas.
* Axial Flux Switched Reluctance Motor? (AFSRM)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Vertical axis lathe?
* Aquaponics & LED Plant Lighting update - Manual
aquaponics?
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Making cylindrical Ni-Ni cell (but it didn't work well -
what am I doing wrong?)
Turquoise Energy News #88
covering May 2015 - (posted June 3rd 2015)
Highlights:
* New configuration Bipolar BLDC Motor to use improved
reliability Unipolar Motor Controller (Month in Brief)
* Electric Weel: 'finished' at last, but... (Month in
Brief, Electric Hubcap Motor Systems)
* Geo-engineering: Playing Russian Roulette with Earth's
Environment (In Passing)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- NiNi cylindrical batteries - Electric Weel Hydro
Generator - Using a Unipolar Motor Controller for Bipolar BLDC
motors! - Electric Ooutboard from Scratch Revival? (with Caik
motor & unipolar controller, and double U-joint at
foot) - Making a Flat Drive Belt - Various NiMH
Batteries & RX7 EV - Aquaponics... wheat field -
Thermoelectric: fridge update, heat pumping - Solar Hot Water?
- Paperwork for CRA - Commercialization?.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Borax for Arthritis? - Geo-Engineering... potential human
extinction: Chem Trails!... HAARP Too!... Unnatural Disasters?
- The Three Core Values of Social Sustainability.
- Project Reports In Tedious Detail -
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Giant Electric Weel Generator
* Making Flat Drive Belts from Polypropylene (or other)
Webbing/Strapping (Flat belts are 99% efficient!)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Aquaponics & LED Plant Lighting update
* Thermoelectric (Peltier Module) Fridge & Space Heating
Update
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* The Battery Construction Puzzle
* Sheet metal Roll-bender; rolling up a negode sheet
* Making up NiMH "sub-C" power tool batteries, Electric Mazda
RX7 NiMH "D" cell pipe batteries
Turquoise Energy News #87
covering April 2015 - (posted May 4th 2015)
Month In
Brief (Project Summaries)
- NiNi cylindrical batteries - Axial Flux Switched
Reluctance Motor (AFSRM) - a spare Electric Caik motor -
Electric Weel Hydro Generator - RX7 EV Update: brake
trouble - Paperwork for CRA - Commercialization? - Lawnmower
Motor, Generator for Windplant.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- How to Foster Sustainable Energy Product Development -
False Flag Terrorism - JADE HELM 15 [HELM = "Homeland
Eradication of Local Militants"!] - Uncovering the Collapse
2210 National Geographic Documentary: Archeologists
uncovering the ruins of 20th century civilization - Human
Evolution will Continue; a glorious future lies ahead.
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Electric Hubcap Axial Flux Switched Reluctance Motor (AFSRM)
* Variable Torque Converter Transmission
* Giant Electric Weel Generator
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Aquaponics update
Electricity Generation (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Improved nickel 'negodes' from cupro-nickel sheet,
micro-fine nickel flakes/powder, gum arabic - & Easier
cylindrical cell assembly
* Cylindrical 'posode' compactor press
* Aluminum Ion DES Battery - "Moving Target" battery
chemistries?
Turquoise Energy News #86
March 2015 - (posted April 3rd 2015)
Highlights:
* A new design concept for an add-on wheel motor system
(see Month in Brief)
* Porous nickel sheet and powder for nickel battery
electrode (see Month in Brief, Electricity Storage)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Aquaponics & LED Lighting Progress - 'Ultra
efficient' Electric Chevy Sprint project to be resumed - Axial
Flux Switched Reluctance Motor (AFSRM, replacing unipolar
motor) - Add On Wheel Motor: a New System Design - AFSRM
Generator for Windplants et al - Electric Weel Generator -
My/R & D finances? - The Usual Mazda Batteries Update -
Turquoise Battery Project: Ni-Ni battery production ideas,
great new nickel negode idea!
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Ceres, Vesta and Vegetation - Unsustainable World
Population
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* 'On hold' Chevy Sprint Electric Hubcap/Planetary gear torque
converter & Centrifugal clutch is to be completed.
* Electric Caik Axial Flux Switched Reluctance Motor - AFSRM
(was unipolar motor)
* Active Reluctance Generators: no cogging and output voltage
regulation!
* Another Switched Reluctance EV Motor (85KW!), AFSRM EV motor
design papers
* Electric Weel - Huge low RPM generator [at last] nears
completion
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Aquaponics & LED Grow Lighting - tilapia pool - Beans?!?
* Cordless Lawnmower with NiMH dry cells: User Review
Electricity Generation (No
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Cylindrical cells with carbon rods?
* Ni-Zn or Ni-Ni acid battery with oxalic acid?
* Ni-Ni cell with nickel-brass sheet for negode?
* To make porous nickel sheets and porous nickel powder! (from
nickel-brass sheet and monel powder)
* Packing peanuts for carbon film, carbon nano-particles?
Turquoise Energy News #85
February 2015 - (posted March 2nd 2015)
Month In
Brief (Project Summaries)
- unipolar motor & controller - variable reluctance
motor - magnetic shielding material? - aquaponics & LED
lighting - Giant Electric Weel motor/generator & floating
hydro power
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Improving Systems of Governance: Election CampaynCentral.com
web page - Airless World Life in the Solar System: alien plant
seed found... vegetation on Ceres too!?! - Offensive Cartoon -
Precious metals: Silver investing video series; the investor
fleecing game; Operation Chokepoint - Feedback on Patent
Suppression of energy inventions - NO MORE WARS!
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Unipolar Motor & Controller
* Turquoise Bipolar BLDC Motor Controller Problem Identified?
* RX7 New Battery Notes
* Electric Weel Generator/Motor
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Aquaponics & LED Grow Lighting
Electricity Generation (No
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Leonardo Elionix's Manganese-air cell
Turquoise Energy News #84
January 2015 - (posted February 5th 2015)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Mazda battery 'upgrade' - 'New' EV? - Rick's energy
projects - Unipolar motor (& controller) construction -
Aquaponics & next LED grow light
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Energy Invention Suppression Cases Cataloged in 2008
- Patent System: Far More Disgraceful than I Ever
Dreamed!
- Woodrow Wilson apparently soon regretted creating the
US "Federal Reserve"
- Financials
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Unipolar BLDC Motor & Motor Controller Project
* Vehicle Transmission Thoughts and Ideas: RWD vs FWD, gear +
belt
* Mazda RX7 NiMH "Battery Upgrade"
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Aquaponics - beans, tilapia, hatched tilapia
* Next LED grow light
Electricity Generation
* Some scattered thoughts on Lambda Ray 'collectors'
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* A Lead-Acid Battery renewal success story
* New NiMH Battery Pack Blow-up: Cordless Power Drill Battery
* Lithium-Iron phosphate versus Nickel-Metal hydride Battery
Life - report from a LiFePO3 battery user
Turquoise Energy News #83
December 2014 - (posted January 4th 2015)
Features:
Home-done Dental "fillers" (see "Month in Brief")
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
Seven Years(!) in Review
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Keep the Corrupt from Power
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Unipolar BLDC Motor & Motor Controller Project
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* CAT Standard 12VDC Connector products line extended:
- 4-plex receptacle faceplates
- cigarette lighter socket adapters.
* Aquaponics & LED Grow Lighting Project - Water pH,
Aquarium.
Electricity Generation (No
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Battery-Supercapacitor Hybrid Car Starter Battery
* New Soldered "D" cells, 100AH 12V NiMH batteries for RX7 EV
etc.
Turquoise Energy News #82
November 2014 - (posted December 4th 2014)
Features:
Unipolar BLDC Motor & Controller Progress (see
"Month in Brief" and or detailed report)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Unipolar motor controller circuit & circuit board
- aquaponics & LED lighting - variable torque converter
transmission - Coursera.org's "Wind, Waves and Tides"
renewable energy course - Electric Mazda & EV Mixed
Batteries update - a small peltier fridge update: it works
better in cold weather.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- The Need to Enable Citizen Initiated Binding
Referendums - Need and Reasons for the Coming Collapse?...
Superficial People Elect Superficial Leaders.
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Unipolar BLDC Motor & Motor Controller Project
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Aquaponics & LED Grow Lighting Project - 7" x 7" plant
growth light
Electricity Generation
* Wind Power: some VAWT calculations and schemes
* Wind Powered Vehicle goes straight downwind 3 times faster
than the wind! (Honest!) ...EV applications?
* Woodstove Thermoelectric Generator? - nah.
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* New Soldered "D" cells, 100AH 12V NiMH batteries for RX7 EV
etc.
* Real Lead-Acid - and NiMH - Capacities?
Turquoise Energy News #81
October 2014 - (posted November 3rd 2014)
Features:
Aquaponics! (see October in Brief, Other Projects)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Aquaponics - Solar Panels, CAT wall socket & LED
"clear cracked ice" diffuser - Variable Transmission -
Unipolar Motor - Coursera: free university education! - Wind
Wave and Tides course.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Another "History of Money" video - Let's BE the
Government - Population Control - Spiritual Teachers and
Students
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Variable Torque Converter Transmission
* Unipolar Motor & Controller
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Aquaponics & LED Grow Lighting Project
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Reason for self-discharge: Oxygen entering cells?
* Next Cell - not very good (so far)
Turquoise Energy News #80
September 2014 - (posted October 5th 2014)
Features:
* Unipolar 3-phase brushless motor configuration offers
greater performance and inherently better motor controller
economy, efficiency and reliability (see bottom of Month
in Brief and or Electric Transport - Unipolar Motor
and Controller)
* Government Program for Sustainable Energy Development:
Lots of Hype, no Support (SDTC Funding Workshop &
Critique - see month in brief)
* Simple Ocean Wave Power System (originally from
TENews #59 - see month in brief)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Solar panels: cheaper and cheaper! Get yours now
because the low prices may not last. - Electric Hubcap motor
family developments - peltier fridge notes - Sustainable
Development Technology Canada (SDTC) funding workshop at
University of Victoria (UVic) & Ocean Wave Power -
Unipolar motor & controller.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Electric Transport's Effect on Power Grid - New
Institutions must have Provision for Future Growth - Pandemic:
Worst Case Scenario Video - Shoot the Messenger! - Truth on
the Internet
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Electric Weel project progress: body molds done,
body done, bearing holders done.
* Variable torque converter transmission
* An ultra-efficient manual transmission with flat
belts?
* Unipolar Brushless Motor and Motor Controller
* Kelly 300 amp BLDC Motor Controller
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* CNC Gardening Machine: Tools
* Aquaponics & LED Grow Lighting Project
Electricity Generating (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Conductive Carbon Black Arrives (no other developments)
Turquoise Energy News #79
August 2014 - (posted September 2nd 2014)
Month In Brief (Project Summaries)
- Electric Hubcap Motors are more powerful than
previously thought! - Electric Weel - Turquoise Battery
Project - Write-ups & Website - Shopping & supplies -
Aquaponics Greenhouse & LED Lighting - VA Wind Turbine?
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Research and development tax credit programs - New video on
financial system - Overpopulation & Epidemics
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Major magnet rotor improvement!
* "Bedini" unipolar motors?
* Huge Torque, Low RPM Electric Weel Motor-Generator
Project
* Lightest magnet rotors
* J1772 car charging plug
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (see month in brief: LED grow lights)
Electricity Generating
(see month in brief: VAWT)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project (NiMn, NiNi), etc.
* Improved plastic electrode pockets: two-piece 'boxes' with
'lids'
* Nickel-Nickel cell tests
* Lead-acid battery renewal update
Turquoise Energy News #78
July 2014 - (posted August 3rd 2014)
Features:
Ni-Mn 2-1/2 volt battery self discharge reduction (see
month in brief, Turquoise Battery project)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Flat Panel LED Lighting - Electric Weel
Motor/Generator - Battery Renewal - Car Transmission - EV
Individual Battery Monitor - NiMn Battery Development -
NiNi Battery Idea - Electric Caik Outboard boat trip - 3D
Printer repaired.
In
Passing (Miscellaneous topics, editorial
comments & opinionated rants)
- Illustration: "Price of electricity versus gasoline"
- A planeload of people killed to eliminate free energy?
- Slight of Hand: Repeated Insinuations Batter the Brain
to Manipulate Perception
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Electric Weel Motor/Generator - Plastic for Molds: at long
last, the project proceeds
* Individual Battery Monitor - El Cheapo version (7-segment
voltage displays)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Flat Panel LED lights: - assembly, circuit boards...
Electricity Generating (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(NiMn) Battery Project etc.
* Reducing or eliminating the NiMn self discharge
* Lead-acid battery renewal - Learning more chemistry - lower
voltages with higher pH.
Turquoise Energy News #77
June 2014 - (posted July 5th 2014)
Features:
* Flat Panel LED Lights: production steps & a great
'cracked ice texture' diffuser acrylic
* Turquoise Battery: Self discharge problem of positive
electrode eliminated!
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- distractions -
flat panel LED lights - torque converter, manual transmission
et al - Peltier woes - NiMn batteries: self discharge of
postitve electrode solved - VEVA Electric Vehicle meetings.
In
Passing (Miscellaneous topics, editorial
comments & opinionated rants)
- Ooops: 'unsold cars sitting everywhere' was in
2009, not 2014. - ISIS & Iraq
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Suspension for Bicycles! - Loopwheel and Shockwheel
- game changers for cycling and e-cycling?
* Application of my rim motor design to new wheel types
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Flat Panel LED Lights
- some more printed circuit board making techniques
- case production
- 'pebble texture' acrylic diffuser material gives great
'ice cube' look, passes more light!
Electricity Generating (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(NiMn) Battery Project etc.
* Positive electrode self discharge problem solved: it was the
impure graphite powder.
Turquoise Energy News #76
May 2014 - (posted June 7th 2014)
Feature:
Plan for complete torque converter transmission
(see month in brief, Electric Transport)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
* Hundreds of thousands of unsold gas cars fill hundreds of
fields all over the world
* OMG: Nuclear War? USA considers a nuclear missile first
strike? EVERYONE WILL LOSE! NO MORE WARS!
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* "Centrifugal Torque Converter" is only a "Centrifugal
Clutch"?
* A Bigger Plan: "CVT" transmission with planetary gear torque
converter and centrifugal clutch
* Magnetic clutch torque converter: a new concept?
* Mushroom outboard: Leg from PP-epoxy composite?
* Individual Battery Monitor
* Mazda RX7 EV news: 18 V, 100 AH, 5 lithium-ion cells
* New concept in aluminum-air cells (can't recharge): install
them in vehicle for when regular range runs out
* Caik Motor: Ready-made Rotors
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Peltier Module Refrigeration
* Flat Panel LED Lights & Plant Grow Lights
Electricity Generating (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(NiMn) Battery Project etc.
* Carbon Black (or graphite) from old dry cells (sigh!)
* Lithium Ion 100 AH Battery Set
Turquoise Energy News #75
April 2014 - (posted May 3rd 2014)
Feature:
Flat Panel LED Light: simple, low parts cost, looks nice
(see Month in Brief, Other Green Projects)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
* Prep Brochures, finances, gardening, aquaponics, the Spark
of God Within
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Centrifugal torque converter - new version 1/2 made
* Bedini style bicycle motor-generator?
* Lithium cells are heavy?
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Power Adapter Battery charging components printed circuit
board
* Prototype flat panel LED light: promising design, simple,
low parts cost.
* Thermoelectric Fridge & heat pumping experiments
continued.
* Bane of Peltier modules: nearly all are rated 15 V max:
22-28 V gives much higher COP at 12 V.
Electricity Generating
* Flux concentration for magnet motors?
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(NiMn) Battery Project etc.
* Need pure graphite powder
Turquoise Energy News #74
March 2014 - (posted April 2nd 2014)
Month In
Brief (Project Summaries)
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
* Hit squads murdering ForEx traders and other banking
executives who 'know too much'.
* Coast Capital Savings: a rigged election and the need for
the choice ranking vote and for an independent member
communication vehicle. (How about
"CCS-governance@yahoogroups.com" ?)
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Thinking again about centrifugal torque converter: A weighty
missing piece: a flywheel !!!
* Mazda RX7 update: weather effects; battery monitor
* 100 amp-hour NiMH D cell battery for electric car (installed
in electric Mazda RX7)
* 200 amp-hour Lithium-Ion cell battery for Electric Caik
Outboard
* Supercapacitors start cars!
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (No reports)
Electricity Generating
* Solar Panel east-west facings to extend daily collection
period
* Glass texture idea [just mentioning it again] to extend and
increase daily solar collection
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(NiMn) Battery Project etc.
* "Carbon Black" from charcoal
* Nasty self discharge with the charcoal: the nitrAte-NitrIte
shuttle?
* Probably the graphite powder is also impure - could explain
ALL the self discharging!
* Video: How to make open cell graphitic carbon foam (purest
"carbon black"? and potential replacement for carbon felt?)
TENews #73
February 2014 - (posted March 6th 2014)
Spotlight:
Graphite Foam & Graphite Foil Yields Good NiMn Battery
Performance (see Month in Brief, Turquoise Battery
Project Report)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
* Economic Collapse Nearing? Ready?
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Centrifugal Clutch for Planetary Gear Torque Converter?
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* LED Lighting: New 12V driver boards; Emitters performance
update: degrading - higher voltage over time
* Peltier Modules Heat Pump
* New design "pins" heatsink
* Graphite as heatsink material
Electricity Generating
* Magnet Motor - magnet twisting idea
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(NiMn) Battery Project etc.
* Graphite felt, graphite foil
* New Electrode Flat Compactor
* New cell "OJC1" with graphite felt & foil PERFORMS - 100
mA/sq.cm current density!
* Performance deterioration
* Zinc current collectors gradually corrode
* Graphite foil negode current collector: Doesn't bubble
hydrogen and cause self discharge!
* Tentative conclusions: this cell is workable, should last a
long time, next cell should be better.
TENews #72
January 2014 - (posted February 4th 2014)
Highlights:
Self-Turning Magnet Motor Experiments (see Month in
Brief, Electricity Generating)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Huge Electric Weel Motor & Generator
Construction (and maybe other large sizes): Plywood?
* Another in-wheel motor (adding unsprung weight to wheels) in
the news
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Thermoelectric Fridge Repair: graphite gaskets open new
possibilities.
* Improved Performance Peltier Modules are (probably)
coming!
* Large flat panel LED
lights to replace fluorescent fixtures
Electricity
Generating
* Magnet Motors: Johnson, Reed, Yildiz, Brady
(demonstrated to thousands), V-gate ramp... spiral ramp.
* Magnetic "shielding": attraction by iron counters like-poles
repulsion to create magnetic imbalance.
* With "shielding", rotor *seems* to turn more readily &
spin longer in one direction than the other. Maybe.
* Alternative shield?: repulsion by bismuth would counter
opposite poles attraction.
* If all else fails, one electromagnet coil pulsed briefly
will ensure rotation, uses less energy than can be produced.
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(NiMn) Battery Project etc.
* NiMn cell next try: inconclusive so far.
* Graphite Felt to improve electrode conductivity
& chemical % utilization
* Pulse Chargers for lead-acids: limited success.
TENews #71
December 2013 - (posted January 6th 2014)
Highlights:
Lambda Ray Collector Experiments
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Battery Making
Book - centrifugal torque converter - lambda ray collector -
evacuated steam radiator tubes - a forgotten planetary gear
torque converter video from Sept. 2012 shows it was working
better than I remembered (but still needed a clutch - a part I
couldn't seem to make decently!)
6 Years In Review
- oodles of projects!
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Planetary Gear Centrifugal Variable Torque
Converter Transmission
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (No reports)
* Evacuated steam radiator pipes - Experiment with 12V Peltier
module refrigerator.
Electricity Generating
* Lambda Ray Collector - Brazilian Lambda Ray Collector
* Magnet Machines
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(NiMn) Battery Project etc.
* Battery Making Book, URL: See December in Brief. (no
separate report)
TENews #70
- December 6th 2013
Highlights:
Centrifugal Variable Torque Converter Tests (take 2? 3? 4?)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Planet Titan: More exciting than Mars! - John F
Kennedy assassination 50 year anniversary
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Electric Hubcap motors: Metal rotor end covers?
* Planetary Gear Centrifugal Variable Torque
Converter Transmission
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (No reports)
Electricity Generating
* Lambda Ray explorations
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(NiMn) Battery Project etc. (no report)
TENews #69
- November 6th 2013
Headline:
Unexplored region of the spectrum: Ultra Short Wave Space
Rays, "Lambda Rays" with up to 10 terra electron volts per
photon, constitute the main radiant energy of the universe!
(CMBR in fact is low energy.)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Lambda Rays - Torque Converter Flywheel - Battery
electrodes - huge evacuated heat transfer pipes, expanding
spray foam, fridge control PCB & Thermoelectric
Refrigerator.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- New Models for Society - Money 3.0:
Cryptocurrency - Is WW3 still on? - The Roc, Fandor
or... Argentavis?: Giant Flying Bird Fossils found
(30' wing span!)
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* More Mazda Miscellany
* Variable torque converter transmission quest, continued:
episode XVLIMX, "The Flywheel" (part 1 of "n").
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (No reports)
Electricity Generating
* CMBR - not much energy there
* Expanding the electromagnetic spectrum past gamma rays: 10
terra electron volt "Lambda rays" pack a wollop
* "CLBR" Radiant Energy Harvester construction continued:
control coils drivers circuit board.
* A vertical axis wind turbine improvement idea?
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(NiMn) Battery Project etc.
* Single 2.6 volt cell lights a 2.9 volt LED (if not too
brightly): Take that, lead-acid!
* Seems there should be more Ni than Mn in the Ni(OH)2 + KMnO4
mix, so the cells should really be "Ni-Mn", not "Mn-Mn".
* Using still more nickel and less permanganate might reduce
the initially high self discharge (use Ni:Mn 60:40 to 65:35 -
proportions per Sanyo dry cell design)
* Next Plastic Jar Cell, PJC2: "double" cell with four plates
instead of two
* Adding monel adds weight to posode: now 44g (negodes 50g);
advantages of using monel.
* Smaller electrodes and faster production?
TENews #68
- October 4th 2013
Headlines:
** CMBR: Abundant, omnipresent, free radiant energy
is real and it can be tapped!
** High energy storage Mn-Mn Batteries are working! - High
self discharge drops off 'all by itself' over weeks.
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- "Discovery" of free, abundant, omnipresent radiant energy:
it's well known to astronomy as "Cosmic Microwave
Background Radiation" (CMBR or CMB). ...So that's
what all those 'free energy' people have been groping for
without being able to name it! - Other stuff - Mn-Mn battery
project - More other stuff getting left behind -
Thermoelectric Fridge performance update - 3D printer repair.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants) (none)
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* More Mazda - NiMH Battery Tube Stuff: reduced from 3 to 2
NiMH batteries, increased them to 90 AH each.
* Front suspension adjustment (it adjusts!) - new brake pads
& shoes
* Cable to monitor any single battery: uncovers 2
unexpectedly weak batteries... that tested 'okay' when the car
wasn't going.
* Replaced: 2 "new" ("reconditioned") batteries increase range
& reserve (8-9 miles/13-15Km?)
* Quick defoggers: small 12v heater-blower dies fast with
small battery. 120v hair dryer before starting works well,
windows stay clear surprisingly long.
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects (No reports)
Electricity Generating
* Vertical axis wind turbine from PVC pipes, my motor shafts
& bearings, lawnmower motor as generator. (Sigh, not
finished)
* VLF Radio Wave/power line waves Power Pickup unit: made one
- little bang for the buck.
* "Space Energy", "Zero point energy", "Vacuum energy"
etc, etc... Really means CMBR !?! - Wow!
* CMBR = "EHF" radiant energy, between microwave and far
infra-red bands, centered on 1.8mm, 160 GHz.
* CMBR is "omnipresent", comes from all directions, and
penetrates Earth's atmosphere.
* CMBR constitutes "most of the radiant energy in the
universe". (Wikipedia)
* Tesla, Moray, Markovitch, and quite a few others: CMBR
energy pickups/converters/electrical generators?
* Simplest pulsed coil "TPU" CMBR harvester - has been
replicated by third party.
* Dropping other electricity generating projects? -
Geothermal.
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(MnMn) Battery Project etc.
* The high self discharge gradually drops off (maybe ceases?)
by itself over a period of weeks. All you need to do is wait!
* Mn-Mn, permanganate-manganese, batteries may now be
considered to be working!!!
* They can be used from 2.5 volts and gradually drained down
to as low as 1.5 volts without damage.
* The negode appears to remain more negative than zinc for the
entire discharge (so theoretically the zinc current collector
and zinc powder additive won't corrode) - it's more the poside
that loses voltage.
* Utilization of active substances and performance could still
be a lot better.
* Improved soldered NiMH dry cell battery packs.
(well... improved over my previous techniques...)
TENews #67
- September 4th 2013
Headline
MnMn batteries: Self discharge is the last problem; cause
identified
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Improved(?) Peltier module camping cooler
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Book: Limits to Growth - a financial educational
documentary; Hungary, doing it right - USA to attack Syria?:
"DHS" to be deployed there? - Cold PNW winter ahead? -
Challenge for the next civilization.
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Improved rotor magnet attachment?
* Electric motorcycle with belt clutch?
* More Mazda/Battery tidbits.
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Improved Thermoelectric Camping Cooler
Electricity Generating
* Magnet machines: Spiral(s), More Magnets!
* Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
(MnMn) Battery Project etc.
* 20 ton hydraulic press with gauge - indicates my electrode
compaction until now has been insufficient
* "Pin Frog" AKA "Flower Frog" from florists to perforate zinc
and graphite sheets
* Manganese electrodes with stibnite & zircon additives
appear to hold valence 0 metallic charge, at room temperature
and below pH 14.
* Last Major Problem: self discharge is via an internal cell
reaction is causing both electrodes, the whole cell, to
discharge overnight.
* Solutions? (1) trap permanganate ions within +ode container
(2) make Ni(OH)2 +ode... Various tries to trap
permanganate.
TENews #66
- August 2nd 2013
Feature:
Permanganate-manganese Battery Breakthrough! High voltage,
high energy cells now work consistently and should hold
their charge.
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- Electric Mazda: batteries again - MnMn: Best Battery
Chemistry Ever! (the short version!) - Wiring up PbPb
interface to solar PV system - Evacuated tube with ammonia
test seemed to work except it leaked - a couple of better
photos of the Electric Hubcap motor.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- continued erosion of financial system - USA war on
journalists claims another one - Cassini photo: Earth as seen
from Saturn
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Turquoise Motor controller realizations: 80 amps DC means
maybe ~240 amps peak with a motor stopped or at very low RPM,
helping to explain why I can't seem to get higher currents
without blowing dual 120 amp rated mosfets.
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Summer Thermoelectric Fridge Notes: It's struggling to keep
cool in the heat. More insulation helps.
Electricity Generating
* Wave Power for Boat Propulsion?
Electricity Storage - Turquoise MnMn
Battery Project etc.
* Calcium hydroxide prevents gassing on overcharging.
* MnMn chemistry & construction seems "good enough" for
solar use if "prismatic" constructions are employed.
* MnMn never "dies": the voltages just keep gradually getting
lower.
* Theoretically infinite cycle life.
* Electrode compaction
with hammer works if there's no press.
* Simple cases that don't leak for stationary applications! --
wide mouth jars, plastic or glass.
* Low temperature is the key to charging manganese to metal,
and to it holding its charge. Cool room or fridge works.
* -Mn additive: zirconium silicate raises hydrogen overvoltage
- Now cells work at 'normal' temperatures!
* NiMH pipe battery
Connection Problem Tracked Down -- beware of unspringy, high
resistance spring clips in battery tubes!
TENews #65
- July 5th 2013
Month In
Brief (Project Summaries)
- Next Projects possibilities, Building the Green Economy
event, Electric Mazda, Solar 'DC grid tie', 3D printer repair
(sigh!), 'Ultra-efficient Transmission' work, new chemie
batteries - MnMn still looks best
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- extended supply chain breakdown
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* PGTC Transmission: Clutch mechanism figured out and built.
Now motor controller has quit - sigh!
* Idea: A simple 2-speed transmission with one clutch pedal
shifting? - pedal down is low; pedal up is high; pedal
centered is neutral.
* Electric Weel motor design change: 24 coils as 2 sets of 12,
2 motor controllers @ 48V, 150+amps.
* Homemade "Segways"! from Germany - with schematics,
source code, ...
* Mazda RX7 stuff - maximum range 13Km, individual battery
float charging system, NiMH batteries are charging more slowly
than lead-acids - and not to very full
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Solar PV main distribution panel things & lead-acid
batteries
Electricity Generating (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project etc.
* Production Prototype Cell #4 (PP#4): MnNi - a nickel negode
to try to isolate MnMn electrode/cell problems
* Worked crappy - rebuilt.
* Low pH (6) causes high self discharge! (Well, duh!)
* PP#5: Ni-Ni. Even with "traditional" Ni(OH)2 posode and pH
(near?) 14, same self-discharge problem and even lower
conductivity.
* Carbon fiber cloth separator sheets to improve electrode
conductivity
* Mn-Mn is better. I'm returning to it - with carbon fiber
cloth, paper and nylon separator sheets, and any other new
tricks I can think of. With a 5-fold improvement (over PP#3)
it would be a practical battery, whereas the NiNi would need a
20-fold improvement over PP#5 - and even then it would be just
1/2 the voltage.
* Perforating metal for 'porous' electrode conductors: a
silkscreen with tiny holes and acid? ...and faster PCB
etching?
TENews #64
- June 3rd 2013
Month In
Brief (Project Summaries)
- day by day... mostly related one way or another to the
electric Mazda RX7
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- DirectVotes.ca: The Referendum Site - at least, the idea.
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Mazda RX7 & mixed batteries... and still more repairs...
continued.
* EV Individual Battery Monitoring System - software
development.
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Solar PV system + inverter charges electric car via its
usual charging system.
* Solar PV system main panel improvements
* MSP430 software development: in something that should be
simple, roadblocks are thrown up by inconsistent C syntax,
lack of assembly language documentation and lack of examples.
* Roadblocks surmounted -- working, effective software written
in Assembler!
Electricity Generating (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project etc.
* New chemical Ideas: Prussian blue & Potassium-Ion,
Barium chloride & barium manganate (stable, insoluble!)...
* NiMH: 14.0 volts is a better float charging voltage
than 13.8 or 13.9V: it holds a lot more charge using 14.0
volts, and the float current after charging is still low.
* More NiMH D cell "Handy Battery Sticks" (tubes): 12v, 60AH
batteries - just 25 pounds (for electric Mazda, of course)
* My last NiMH soldered battery pack disaster! (I trust.)
TENews #63
- May 6th 2013
Features:
- NiMH Compact, stackable 12V D cell battery cases (12V,
10AH per case) - CAT standard click-lock 12VDC plugs &
sockets
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- CAT Standard click-lock plugs & sockets - Getting the
Mazda RX7 & renewed batteries going - Compact, stackable,
12 volt NiMH "D" cell battery cases with 3D printer -
Programming microcontrollers - Fridge
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Investing in the future - "Cold fusion" (catalytic fusion)
evidently works, was suppressed... by universities, MIT.
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Getting the Mazda RX7 going
* Superior battery charging and automatic battery monitoring
* Ungrounded "floating" high voltages are less hazardous
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Fridge: 15v + 8v Peltier modules in series for more
efficient and effective operation
* Getting Started with TI MSP430 microcontroller (µC, uC)
software development (under Ubuntu): µC controls are wanted
for fridge, heat pump, EV battery monitoring, motor controller
overcontrol, and still other projects
Electricity Generating (no
reports)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project etc.
* Lead-acid Battery Renewal with Sodium Sulfate - New
Techniques
* NiMH compact, stackable 12V battery cases for making
large batteries from D cells (first one is 12V, 60 AH
for electric RX7) - a more compact alternative where "handy
battery sticks" don't fit well.
* "Super battery stick" proves less than super.
TENews #62
- April 4th 2013
Features:
Electric Mazda RX-7 & a Better Battery Strategy
for EV's
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- New Electrode Edge Compactor & MnMn Battery #3,
Thermoelectric heat pump & fridge, Evacuated Pipe "Heat
Diode" radiators, Mazda & EV battery strategy.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Inequitable Wealth Distribution - Banking System Suicide -
Magnetic Projectile Launcher Idea - Poland Attacks Germany
Replay?
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Lead-acid battery renewal & better battery charging
system for Mazda RX-7
* Better clutch idea for Sprint transmission
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* Peltier module tests & research for making a heat pump
for space heating
* Peltier fridge uses 1/2 as much power for the same cooling:
Max efficiency!
* Evacuated water/steam tube radiators - "heat diodes"
Electricity Generating
(nada)
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project etc.
* New edge-feed electrode compactor
* "Production Prototype" Cell #3 - assembly - testing:
- Much better than #2... and gradually improving with
charging.
TENews #61
- March 5th 2013
Features:
* Woodstove Thermoelectric Generator: 60-150W of free
electric power from heat
* Electric Caik Outboard Motor test on the water: Great
performance & efficiency! Quiet!
* Peltier Heat Pump for House & EV Heating: 200% COP
(~400W heat for 200W electricity!)
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- modified newsletter format - MnMn batteries: improving, and
just 5 cells makes 12 volts! - Electric Caik Outboard Motor on
the water - woodstove thermoelectric generator - Efficient
thermoelectric heat pumping & refrigeration! - magnetic
heat pumping crossed off the project list.
In Passing (Miscellaneous
topics, editorial comments & opinionated rants)
- Bursting Bubbles - Upside down economy
Electric Transport - Electric Hubcap
Motor Systems
* Electric Caik Motor [Honda 7.5] Outboard motor.
- Boat Launch & tests!
* Centrifugal clutch for car PGTC transmission system (why
didn't I think of it sooner?)
Other "Green" Electric Equipment
Projects
* need for an all-inclusive hub to tie in various energy
sources, storage devices, and loads.
* New design of Peltier module heat pumps for space
heating: 200% coefficient of performance!
- evolving designs & COP measurement experiments
- Peltier fridges: same design principle cuts power
consumption in half!
Electricity Generating
* Woodstove Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) - Perfect
complement to solar panels!
- Picking the right TEGs
- Heat transfer with water
- Evacuated heat transfer tubes: thousands of times
faster heat transfer than copper or aluminum!
- Pressurized pipe to remove woodstove heat only if
temperature hits TEG max rating of 190ºC.
- Better Peltier fridges and Peltier heat pumps with
evacuated pipes?
* Low temperature steam turbine with evacuated pipes?
* River/stream Hydro power with surface water wheels.
Electricity Storage - Turquoise
Battery Project etc.
* Production Prototype Mn-Mn Cell #2: not great, but continues
working without leaks or deterioration.
- updated cell assembly instructions
* NiMH cells - safety issues - causes of troubles in January
and Februaury.
TENews #60
- February 3rd 2013
Features:
* The New Electric Caik Motor
* MnMn Production Battery Designs
Month In Brief (Project
Summaries)
- PCBs by laser printer iron-on transfers - Caik Motor -
Production MnMn Battery designs - 12 VDC outlet properly
wired
In Passing
(Miscellaneous topics and editorial comments)
- EV Sales in BC - Electric Ferry (Norway) - Ominous
developments & progress as applied to weapons.
Electric Hubcap Motor Systems
* Electric Caik Motor ("Mini Electric Hubcap") is
built and runs great. It's about "cake" size!
* PCBs by Laser Toner Transfer: works decently with
the right techniques, glossy magazine paper, and practice.
(Made Caik motor magnet & temperature sensor board.)
* Assembling the motor
* Magnet Rotor: Magnet Placement Jig, magnet adhesion
failures on first run & rebuild.
* Rebuilt rotor, second tests: runs great - I decided it's
0-2000 RPM instead of 0-3000.
* Projected improvements - Proper motor performance testing?
* Motor controllers need a programmable function to prevent
motors from over-revving (Caik could hit 5000RPM?)
Planetary Gear Torque Converter
& Ultra-Efficient Vehicle Transmission Project
* Put clutch pedal/cable in Sprint car. (Not a big
accomplishment for a month.)
Outboard Motors Projects
* Fitting Honda outboard for the new Electric Caik motor:
Square shaft & joy couplings, motor mounting.
Turquoise Battery Project
* Toluene: Still seems to improve graphite conductivity.
* Iron: seems to rust at lower pHes.
* Manganese: theory says it's a "cycle forever" negative
electrode.
* Production prototype: case - filler cap/airlock -
end compaction for electrode briquettes.
* Battery Cell assembly, step by step procedure
* MnMn Battery Cell: Self discharge... pH 13, a bit high?
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