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Creation date: Feb 13, 2018 9:00pm Last modified date: Feb 1, 2026 5:34pm Last visit date: Feb 23, 2026 9:44am
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Feb 1, 2026 ( 1 comment ) 2/1/2026
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Rick Rickoff (rickoff): edited 2/1/2026 6:04pm
The diagrams and documents found in this album are all directly related to the CEACU invention of Donnie Watts. Water jets at the perimeter of a rotor will cause the rotor to turn once a pump delivers sufficient water pressure to the inside of the rotor. After rotor speed increases sufficiently, the pump can be shut off, and the rotor will continue spinning. In fact, the rotor will spin faster and faster, so this necessitates incorporating some kind of speed reduction mechanism, such as a simple brake or perhaps expelling water through jets which are opposite facing from the normally used ones. Of course one would need to incorporate a rotor speed sensor that would bring about the desired action at a particular rotor rpm. There is a demonstration video of a CEACU unit constructed by Geoffrey Miller of EnergyBat Labs. Geoffrey constructed and experimented with several designs. The design demonstrated in this video was constructed in a steel tank which seems comparable in size to an ordinary top load washing machine, and this is why I included the washing machine diagram. A washing machine also has a pump, and a circular enclosure, plus a vertical shaft in the center, so already has much of what is needed. The agitating impeller would be removed from the shaft and replaced by a free-wheeling CEACU rotor. The circular enclosure would need to be held stationary, and the top of the central shaft steadied. You will see that Geoffrey used a series of vanes attached to the circular enclosure to help the jets provide better propulsion. The size of Geoffrey's water jets, which appear to simply be 3/8-inch brass elbows, appear to work well, but according to Donnie Watts the size of the jet orifices should be kept relatively small, such as perhaps the size of a football inflation needle. That caused me to think that an automotive grease fitting, such as shown in one of the diagrams which I included here, may do an excellent job once the spring and ball are removed. If the orifice proves too small, one could experiment by drilling the orifice successively larger until best operation is achieved. Donnie suggested that the jet streams should be at an angle to the rotor, rather than parallel to it, for best operation, and one can purchase grease fittings constructed with such an angle as the one shown. I will also upload a Word document which gives further details, and which also provides a link to a Canadian patent filed by Donnie regarding the CEACU. If you decide to build and experiment with a CEACU, please let me know, and keep me posted on your design and progress. In turn, I'll try and help with questions or concerns which you may have. |