SinkScience #10 – Shake Flashlight Shaker
December 14, 2009 by
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MrfixitRick demonstrates the Shake Flashlight Shaker, which generates electric power from faucet water pressure. A Tesla CD Turbine is used to convert the kinetic energy of water into rotation through a magnetic coupler. From the coupler, a connecting rod to a magnet charges the built-in battery of the shake flashlight. A second shake flashlight is shown charging simultaneously by wireless magnetic attraction to the first one, just by mounting it nearby. Pondering Question: If the turbine …
The water can go where it is needed…to fill a sink, water a garden or any other low-pressure supply. I have a well that costs 5 cents an hour to run to provide the water, and live in a rain forest with no lack of the wet stuff!
Where is all that water going…down the drain?
Thanks for the reminder; it’s been approved.
Can you allow me video respond, that can ewerybody see what we are talking about.
Cool! Thanks for the video. I wish you success in your turbine building, and let me know how it goes.
So have add wery short video respond, about turbine what will in short time build
Looking forward to it!
I mean real one, i work like designer in compani who manufacture fans, we have all kind of machines. And 2000 USD is weri weri hight, I will tomorow create at work one tesla turbine from metal and will show it here, will put there drawings and price.
What kind of turbine are you interested in? A CD Turbine like this one, made from a CD case and CD’s and magnets? Or do you mean a true Tesla Turbine that will run on steam? How big do you want?
I don’t currently have technical drawings. They are available at places like Phoenix Navigation and in Tesla Turbine books.
The cost for a 23 disc CD Turbine like in my movie is about $80. The cost for a small Tesla Turbine with metal discs would be from about $200 to $2000, depending on materials.
Hi, MrfixitRick if you have any technical drawings, can make you calculation of real cost for one and ten turbines. Or enibody who is interest.
I can understand that, and the mass production would be a massive initial investment until the production line and sales got going. It’s a bit out of my ballpark as far as disposable cash goes, heh, but I’ll keep an eye out for other investors.
That is hard to estimate. It would depend on many factors. It would likely cost between $2000 to $20,000 to build a 10-20 horsepower Tesla Turbine. With mass production these costs might only be 1/10 of that estimate.
Can you estimate the cost of building a Tesla Turbine powerful enough to run a small vehicle like a golf cart or a scooter?
Thanks for the suggestions.
The Tesla design uses only flat discs with spacers, and relies on the boundary layer adhesion (drag) on the discs, in a smooth gradual manner by the fluid, rather than by diverting the flow abruptly. Fins change the nature of the turbine into a normal cupped or bladed design.
The Tesla design must maintain pressure in the case to work properly. The fluid exits out the centre after doing its work on the discs.
I appreciate that some folks have concerns about the faucet water used. I live in a rain forest where a lack of water is not so much of a concern.
My latest movies show a recirculating system with 12 volt bilge pump run by battery and solar panel, and compressed air through a 12 volt compressor, battery and solar.
Wait I got more. Why don’t you put some type of fins such as old Cd’s cut into slices in between the Cd’s in the turbine so that you can get better rotation from the same amount of pressure. Maybe even drill holes in the center for the water to run out of where the fins meet the center, I think you would gain a bit more force there to. Also might relieve some of that pressure that is bloating out the spindle case. But I wouldn’t listen to me.
Thanks for the reply. I do apologize to a point. And yes I was having a bad day/night. And I watched that one already. And that ain’t my truck and thank you for letting me know that is was still on my page so I could delete it. As for your stuff in general it ain’t that impressive but neither is mine. But don’t waste stuff when your doing it. Use a pump. And I’m some what sorry about all the language.
Quit wasting water on dumb shit like this. Asshole. Work with a pump or something and reuse it. Fuck make a pump out of that thing that can power it’s self. Fucking bullshit.
The first thing I did with the first turbine I built was mount a skilsaw blade on it magnetically and run it at very high rpm.
I admit it did have low torque and would only carve a pumpkin or cut 1 x 2 pine. But hey, its a CD case and CD’s !!
If I had money I’d build a powerful Tesla Turbine for a vehicle.
But I don’t, so I do funky home experiments of ideas that might inspire others.
Well all I see is is water spinning a thing held together by magnets… And those magnets hold another thing to the top of the case. it’s a cool thing but it wouldn’t work as a saw as that would require torque something this device does not have. if you would concentrate on taking this idea and turning it into something that produces energy I would be impressed. I hope that I haven’t dampened your spirits.
The magnets do more than just hold shit together. Yes, they do help hold the disc pack together, but the crazy glue works better.
The magnets act as a drive system for many attachments.
The magnets make possible to eliminate the shaft and bearings and seals of the turbine, which is a very big idea.
A shaft-less, bearing-less, seal-less turbine could have many applications.
The magnets can also give power directly by using coils of wire to pick up the energy.
the thing that gets me is that your using magnets to hold shit together… they have no real use in your “tesla turbine” except to hold shit together… your thing works but there are better ways to do what your doing… lol
Yes, very similar to a steam engine setup on a train.
so its like a train wheele exept reversed
You misunderstand… the point was not to make it quiet and efficient. It’s to make a cool mechanical way to charge 2 flashlights at once. For the fun of it.
I am building a dedicated turbine-generator similar to what you speak of, but that is a whole different project, as the N-S magnets cannot then be used as drive magnets like I have done here.