The "Brandon motor"

The "Brandon motor" has been designed by an Australian

fascinated by free energy researches. His new innovative design motor
is based on very high efficiency pulse motor. The "Brandon motor" is
able to run in closed loop for months and self-charge its own battery,
its efficiency is very close to 100% and may be more...

The "Brandon motor" uses four AIR CORE coils and four NdFeB
magnets mounted on rotor.

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 The rotor can be build from a computer fan or anything that may
come in handy.

Let me explain the principles of the Brandon Motor:

AIR CORE is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is

produced by the flow of electric current. The magnetic field
disappears when the current is turned off.

Electromagnets are widely used as components for lots of electrical

devices, such as motors, generators, relays, loudspeakers, hard disks,
etc.

An electric current flowing through a wire creates a magnetic field

around the wire . To concentrate the magnetic field, in an
electromagnet the wire is wound into a coil with lots of turns lying side
by side. The magnetic field created this way passes through the center
of the coil, creating a very strong magnetic field there.

The direction of the magnetic field of a coil can be determined

using the right-hand rule. If the fingers of the right hand are curled
around the coil in the direction of current flow (conventional current,
flow of positive charge) through the windings, the thumb points in the

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direction of the field inside the coil. The side of the magnet that the
field lines emerge from is defined to be the north pole.

The main advantage of an electromagnet over a permanent

magnet is that the magnetic field can be rapidly manipulated over a
wide range by controlling the amount of electric current passing the
coil.

NdFeB magnets or neodymium magnets:

This type of magnet is widely

used.

It is a permanent magnet made

from an alloy of neodymium, iron,
and boron. 

This materials are used to form

the
Nd2Fe14B tetragonal crystalline
structure.

Developed in 1982 by General

Motors and Sumitomo Special
Metals, neodymium magnets are
the strongest type of permanent magnets ever made.

Neodymium magnets have replaced alnico and ferrite magnets in

many of the myriad applications of the modern products that require
strong permanent magnets, such as motors incordless tools, hard disk
drives, and magnetic fasteners.

Due to their greater strength allows us the use smaller, lighter

magnets for any given application.
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 Part List

Below are the additional components required to build the "Brandon

motor":

 BAT 42 schottky diode

 2.2 ohms ceramic resistor
 ILS reed switches

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BAT 42 schottky diode: is used for general
purpose applications. These diodes feature very low
turn- on voltage and fast switching. These devices
are protected by a PN junction guard ring against
excessive voltage, such as electrostatic discharges.

Such a diode is required to reduce voltage drop

during the charge of the battery.

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2.2 ohms ceramic resistor are almost universally used in the far
east for all radio, TV and industrial equipment applications.

Due to the excellent stability on high temperature, no damage can be

caused to neighbouring components;

They are resistant to humidity and shock and have a pretty low price.
Due to a very high degree of insulation and low surface temperature,
these resistor can be mounted with their bodies relatively closer to
the PCB.

 Instant overload capability; low noise figure

 Non-Flammable Construction
 Low-Inductance type is available

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  Low and High Resistance value available
 Temperature Coefficient: ±300ppm/°C
 Resistance Tolerance: ±5%

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ILS reed switches is an electrical switch operated by an
applied magnetic field. It was invented at Bell Telephone
Laboratories in 1936 by W. B.
Ellwood. It consists of a pair
of contacts on ferrous metal
reeds in a hermetically
sealed glass envelope. The
contacts are opened in state,
closing when a magnetic field is
applied, or they could be closed in
the origin state and opened when
a magnetic field is applied. The
switch can be actioned by a coil,
making a reed relay, or by bringing
a magnet close to it. Once the magnet is pulled away from the switch,
the reed switch will go back to its original position.

The reed switch contains a pair (or more) of magnetizable,

flexible metal reeds. The end portions are separated by a small gap.
The reeds are hermetically sealed in opposite ends by a tubular glass
envelope. One important quality of the switch is its sensitivity.

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You will find, below, the full construction details and diagram of the
"Brandon motor".

Magnets specifications:
4 NdFeB magnets (Bremag 27) of 27 MGoe (208 kJ/m3) polarisation N
outward.
Magnet size: diameter 22 mm, 10 mm thick

Coils specifications:
Four AIR CORE coils: Monacor LSIP 180
Inductance : 1.8 mH, Rdc: 0.55 ohm
Outer diameter: 70 mm, Inner diameter: 23 mm, thickness: 30 mm

Rotor specifications:
Rotor made from an old computer fan, diameter = 52 mm
less than 2mm gap beetwen the rotor and the air core coils

Battery: NiMh battery from 1.2 to 6V can be used

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 The blades of the computer fan have been removed and the
Neodymium magnets have been fixed with cyanoacrylate glue on the
rotor.

In the closed loop test, I have used 4 NiMh cells (4x 1.2v connected in
parallel),
Each cell capacity is 2650 mAh, this gives a total of 10600 mAh,
With this battery, the "Brandon motor" is able to self run for a very
long time...

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This is the schematic diagram of Brandon Motor:

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 The ceramic resistor 2.2 ohms is used to reduce the current flow in
the coils

Above, the voltage across the coils: Timing is very important here, the
1st ILS switch is used to set the start of the pulse, the 2nd ILS
switch is used to set the end of the pulse. Shorter the pulse is, better
the efficiency... The CEMF induced in the air coils by the strong
Neodymium magnets is used here to charge the battery, so the motor
is able to self-charge its own battery through the fast switching and
low voltage drop.

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This are the voltage recorded across the battery in closed loop mode.

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 To reduce the duration of the battery voltage measurement, I
have used a 4.8V NiMh battery (2800 mAh) (photo below),

Parts list for the "Brandon motor" construction

An old computer fan with its blades

1
removed

Neodymium magnets ( 22 mm diameter

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and 10 mm thick )

Air coils, Monacor LSIP 180 - Inductance

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: 1.8 mH, Rdc: 0.55 ohm

2 Schottky diodes BAT 42

2 ILS reed switches

1 Ceramic resistor 2.2 ohms

High capacity NiMH battery ( from 1.2v

1
to 6 V )

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I have reduced significantly the pulse current by adding two 22 ohms
resistors in series with the ILS reed switches and removed the
previous 2.2 ohms in serie with the coil. So, the coils are connected
directly to the battery through the Schottky diodes and thus the
charging effect is better while the current spent for the pulse is
significantly reduced.... See the new diagram below :

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TEST RESULTS

Woow... The result is indeniable, the "Brandon motor" still turns at full
speed and continue to produce a strong CEMF to contribute to the
charge of the battery while shape of the pulse begins insignificant
compared of the level of the CEMF. Only the start and the end of
pulse spikes can be observed... See the scope picture below :

In this case the "Brandon motor" is able to run itself for a lot of days...

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 After the long week test run in closed loop,
the NiMh battery has been recharged and 3028 mA have been
reloaded.

So, it is interesting to notice that during this long test run, the
"Brandon motor" has needed less than 20 mA per hour to run at full
speed... If we take in account the self discharge, non negligible, of the
NiMh battery and the mechanical losses, we can say that this motor is
very efficient...

Another replication of Brandon motor :

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