Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03943
To: "Evan Kwong" evanhk@interchange.ubc.ca, "Beam" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Ed Jones Jr." sargon@gte.net
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 14:32:27 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Solar Engine
Evan,
I started a thread about this circuit a year or more ago . Nobody liked it
, they talked about latching problems in full sun . My point back then was
that I didn't use my robots outside & that I was happy to run my bots off
available light sources ( ala micro-power ) The thread died a horrible
death and I didn't bring it up again until now . I bought my kit from
Images Co. of New York , for about $25.00 ( I think ) My UJT-SCR powered
bot is still happily doing it's thing , even after all this time . Good
luck with yours.
Ed Jones
sargon@gte.net
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> From: Evan Kwong
> To: Beam
> Subject: Solar Engine
> Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 4:04 AM
>
> Hello all,
>
> I just stumbled across this website:
>
> http://www.kristech.com/hardware/solar.html
>
> about building a solar engine with a UJT and an SCR.
>
> Has anyone tried / analyzed / tested this circuit?
> Is it true that it is "...a new and improved circuit that surpasses the
> efficiency of the original circuit by about 100 %. "?
>
> What a silly question, why don't I just build one.
>
> Evan
>
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