Hi Ufo.

The only resistance is the armature of the modified motor.  As I explained I added a slip ring to the motor and connected that to one segment of the commutator.  So as the motor is rotated the slip ring connection goes from one brush to the other which in the original Figuera connection would be feeding the positive back and forth from the end of one coil to the end of the other coil.

But in Floodrod's connection the slip ring connection is moving the ground connection from one coil to the other and the battery is connected to the ends of both coils.  I didn't at first see how that could work until I watched his first video that he did not post here.  You are basically bypassing one coil and then the other.

Take care my friend,
Carroll

Quote from: citfta on Jan 19, 2026, 07:42 PMHi Ufo.

The only resistance is the armature of the modified motor.  As I explained I added a slip ring to the motor and connected that to one segment of the commutator.  So as the motor is rotated the slip ring connection goes from one brush to the other which in the original Figuera connection would be feeding the positive back and forth from the end of one coil to the end of the other coil.

Hello my friend,

Well, I must say it is an intresting -and smart- way to make the Figuera circuit work with a spinning motor's Armature!

So, you use the Two Motor brushes set at 180 degrees to run the N & S Coils with just positive feed.

And the retracting (shrinking) pole never collapses, as it gets the full resistance of the armature, but still 'alive' correct?

Quote from: citfta on Jan 19, 2026, 07:42 PMBut in Floodrod's connection the slip ring connection is moving the ground connection from one coil to the other and the battery is connected to the ends of both coils.  I didn't at first see how that could work until I watched his first video that he did not post here.  You are basically bypassing one coil and then the other.

Take care my friend,
Carroll

Yes, I watched Floodrod's video with the light bulbs...where he shows the shrinking bulb never goes totally out of power.
It is indeed an interesting design.

Regard my friend

Ufopolitics

Hi Cifta,

I see what you did here- Very clever.  I attached a sloppy mockup so others can understand the hookup.

You are using the armature windings as the resistor, and rotating the whole resistor with stationary brushes..  Yes that hookup seems to do the same as my build, except that way needs the extra brush.

I think your way has a hidden advantage.  Your wiper circuit through the armature slipring will have AC going through it as it bypasses the individual coils.  You should be able to either move the brushes 90 degrees, OR rewind the armature shifting the coil to commutator hooks by 90 degrees.  That should align the armature's magnetic field with the field coils..  Then you can potentially collect more output from the AC going through the armature by using the field coils as additional outputs..  So you can also essentially tap the resistor's field for additional output..

Hi Floodrod.

Your drawing is correct.  That is exactly the way I have the circuit connected.  The brushes are in the original position.  The only modification to the original motor is the added slip ring and the disconnection of the field coils.  So the field coils should be getting some induced current as you said.  When I get a few minutes I'll check that idea out and see how much voltage and current is actually there.  Thanks for your brilliant idea for powering the Figuera circuit.  Also thanks for the suggestion about the field coils.

Carroll

Hello All,

Gentlemen, You Two (@citfta & @floodrod) just shared Two Brilliant Ideas!

Thank You both!

I do not want to anticipate too fast, but I am almost sure you two have cracked (debunked) the Main Idea behind the Lockridge Device.

@citfta, I believe once you Load the Stators, not even connected to Armature, they will generate their own Field...and so they will either turn the armature CW or CCW.

This is a Universal Motor...it could run on DC or AC (or Both) And according to Floodrod design you are already powering the armature by the two brushes.

All you need now is a Stator Magnetic Field. (which could be "independent from the Armature", meaning: Not connected)

If this works as I am thinking, it would be funny that trying to debunk Figuera, we may also debunked another Free Energy Device...the Lockridge.

@citfta, like I mentioned before, your idea to use this Universal Motor to do the job of the Static R Box on Figuera was very smart, clever and amazing!

@floodrod, my apologies about my early and poor analysis about your design, not having the correct diagram, ending on my wrong conclusions...However, I did say that "I only hoped that I am wrong.."....and I was.

Regards

Ufopolitics