Practical Guige to Free Energy Devices

It is recommended that this simple-looking circuit has an inductive load, preferably a motor, but consider the
results of that very extended period of testing. If the switching rate and switching quality were of a sufficiently high
standard, then the load could be powered indefinitely. The batteries used were ordinary lead-acid batteries, and
after the three years of tests, the batteries appeared to be in perfect condition. Their tests revealed a number of
very interesting things. If the circuit was switched off and the batteries discharged to a low level, then when the
circuit was switched on again, the batteries returned to full charge in under one minute. No heating occurred in
the batteries in spite of the massive charging rate. If the circuit was switched off and heavy current drawn from
the batteries, then heat would be produced which is quite normal for battery discharging. The system operated
lights, heaters, television sets, small motors and a 30-horsepower electric motor. If left undisturbed, with the circuit
running, then each battery would charge up to nearly 36 volts with no apparent ill effects. Control circuitry was
developed to prevent this over-charging. This, of course, is easy to do as all that is required is to place a relay
across one battery and have it disconnect the circuit when the battery voltage reaches whatever voltage is
considered to be a satisfactory maximum voltage.
These test results show spectacular battery charging and battery performance, quite outside the normal range
associated with these ordinary lead-acid batteries. Are they being fed very short, very sharp pulses, like the
previous two systems? It would look as if they were not, but one other very interesting piece of information
coming from Electrodyne is that the circuit did not operate correctly if the switching rate was less than 100 Hz
(that is 100 switchings in one second). The Electrodyne switching was done mechanically via three discs
mounted on the shaft of a small motor.
One other detail reported by the Electrodyne testers, is that if the switching speed exceeded 800 times per
second, that it was “dangerous” but unfortunately, they didn’t say why or how it was dangerous. It clearly was not
a major problem with the batteries as they were reported to be in good shape after three years of testing, so
definitely no exploding batteries there. It could well be as simple a thing that the voltage on each battery rose so
high that it exceeded the voltage specifications of the circuit components, or the loads being powered, which is a
distinct possibility. It is possible that at more than 800 pulses per second, the charging produced excessive
cooling which was not good for the batteries.
It is generally accepted that for a circuit of this nature to work properly, the switching has to be very sudden and
very effective. Most people have an immediate urge to use solid-state switching rather than the mechanical
switching used by Electrodyne. A 'thyristor' or 'SCR' might be suitable for this, but the sharp switching of a
PCP116 opto-isolator driving an IRF540 FET is impressive and a TC4420 FET-driver could substitute for the optoisolator
if preferred. It is possible that having a slight delay after the switches have turned On and Off, can prove
very effective.
The Electrodyne Corp. staff used three identical discs mounted on the shaft of a motor as shown above. This
allows the contact "brushes" to be located on opposite sides of the discs. There are, of course, many possible
alternative constructions and I have been asked to show how I would choose to build this type of mechanical
switching. The common idea of using mechanical relays is not very practical. Firstly, relays have trouble
switching at the speeds suggested for this circuit. Secondly, with a contact life of say, two million and a switching
speed of just 100 times per second, the relays would reach their projected lifespan after two weeks of operation,
which is not a very practical situation.
The objective is to have a simple construction which produces several switchings for each revolution of the motor,
easy adjustment of the timing of two separate sets of three switches (one set being OFF when the other set is
ON), a construction which can be taken apart and then assembled again without altering the timing, and an
electrical connection method which is straightforward. Obviously, the construction needs to use components
which are readily available locally, and ideally, only require simple hand tools for the construction.
This suggested construction allows adjustment of the timing for both the start of the first set of switches and the
start of the second set of switches. It should also be possible to introduce a short gap between the operation of
these two sets of switches. This particular design is assuming a gap between each switching operation as that
may be beneficial.
The switch contacts are rigid arms, pulled against the rotating drum by springs. The contacts touching the drum
can be of various types and the ones shown are brass or copper cheese-head screws or bolts which are
particularly convenient as they allow standard solder tags to be used to make the connections to the switch wires
which then run across to ordinary electrical screw connectors, all of which can be accessed from above. I would
suggest that four screw connectors should be used as a block as that allows them to be fastened in position with
two screws which then stops them rotating when the wires are being tightened. There should not be any need for
the conducting inserts in the switching cylinder to be particularly wide in the direction of rotation.
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