Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #07489



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: JVernonM@aol.com
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 03:12:59 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: solar engine


In a message dated 11/10/99 3:09:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
gpowell@engr.uvic.ca writes:

> perhaps I am ignorant but I am having trouble getting my SEs to work. I have
> breadboarded a 1381 a dozen times with different trannies and none of them
> worked properly. With a 1F cap in my 1381 J SE the cap charged to around
2.7
> volts and then froze. The pager motor just buzzes. If I replace the cap
with
> a 4700uF then it seems to work.
>
If your 1F cap is one of the stubby short ones that could be your problem.
The caps in the long or "AL" type case have a lower internal resistance. I
had the same problem.

See ya,
Jim
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8281/beamart.html



7490 Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:57:41 +0100 [alt-beam] Re: Prefrances on Tutorials beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Simon Jim Taylor wrote:

> I'm thinking of making a tutorial on some aspect of BEAM. Generally what do
> people want to see?
>
> James Taylor
> URL: http://fly.to/springmeadows

As a newcomer on the beam scene (and in this mailing list) I notice there are
tons of circuits and tutorials on the net on the various beam designs and
thousands little tricks and hints to improve them. It would be really nice if
someone could kind of compile this information on one site. I'm thinking of
something of a database of links.
What do (all of) you think ?



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