Building a Generator

Elijah

Design

You will need a strip of cardboard, 200 feet of magnet wire, four ceramic magnets, a 3.15 inch nail, and a small light bulb.

Firstly, fold the strip of cardboard to resemble a rectangular box. Secondly, find the center of the side of the box and stick the nail all the way through. Thirdly, put two of the ceramic magnets on either side of the nail. next, tape the beginning end of the magnet wire to the side, then wrap all of the 200 ft of magnet wire around the box, not covering the open gap. Lastly, remove the tape from start of the wire and connect it and the end of the wire to the small light bulb.

Objective

I am attempting to built a small magnetic generator. The generator will illuminate the small light bulb using the generator I built.

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Expected Outcome

I think that the generator will work great, maybe a few flaws in the wires and the light bulb, but besides that nothing.

Conclusion

The light bulb did activate in the end, but the light is barely noticeable in bright areas. The nail spins the magnets and turns on the light. Although, the nail is sort of tough to turn and the light is faint.

I could use a smaller light bulb attached to the generator, allowing less energy to be used to activate the light bulb.

Magnetic Generator

I never thought of power generated by magnets in anyway was possible before. For my project I attempted to build a magnetic generator. My goal was to create a generator that could activate a small light bulb from its energy.

Firstly, fold the strip of cardboard to resemble a rectangular box. Secondly, find the center of the side of the box and stick the nail all the way through. Thirdly, put two of the ceramic magnets on either side of the nail. next, tape the beginning end of the magnet wire to the side, then wrap all of the 200ft of magnet wire around the box, not covering the open gap. Lastly, untape the start of the wire and connect it and the end of the wire to the small light bulb.

The average time it took to illuminate the light bulb was 2.97 seconds. To get this answer, I started a stopwatch to see how long it would take to get the light bulb to light.

I learned how to use magnets to create a source of power. Although, the energy created by the generator is a bit small, it was just enough to see the light bulb’s faint light.