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How Does This Hendershot Generator Works
There were many variations of the generator that all seemed to work — producing up
to 300 watts. Hendershot's creations were made with a basket-weave coil containing
inner cylindrical capacitors, a vibrator circuit, and solenoid coils separated from
a magnet by a soft iron bar between two transformers. Many pieces of his generator
were obtained from telephone and radio parts of the time. Upon assembling the device,
Hendershot would spend anywhere from ten minutes to several hours connecting an
insulated wire to different terminals until a buzz from the magnet-solenoid combination
and a glow from the light bulb output load would signal energy production. In order
to get a steady buzz and the brightest light, he would adjust the gap between the
solenoid coils and magnet. This device could power televisions, radios, or small motors
when it worked, but often it did not work at all, which remained inexplicable.
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