Here's my spin on this guys. We now know from the latest discoveries from the great astronomical observatories and tireless work by esteemed researchers that a very great deal of the universe is made up of invisible stuff which they have dubbed 'dark matter'. Along with the dark matter thay have also found abundant energy of the same class. They call this stuff 'dark energy'. Some call it 'zero point energy'. As far as I believe, some clever wag is eventually going to discover way(s) to interface to this invisible power source and figure out how to plug a Nintendo or Play Station into it.
Add to my belief that there has never been a satisfactory explanation produced (to me) on exactly what this seemingly magical force called magnetism actually is and why it occurs. In our work with generators, motors and transformers we have a good understanding and have been able to craft "rules" on all the usual "expected' results, familiar to many of us here. For all the normal experience we have with electricity and magnetism the action of a moving magnetic field working on an electrical wire conductor producing a current flow in the wire, or the magnetic field that results when we send current through a wire, are phenomenon where the law of reciprocity ALWAYS exists right!? Well not entirely. There are some special cases where the action is only seen to work in one direction. One of these devices which demonstrate such unusual phenomena is the Faraday Disk Generator. When I learned that reciprocity did not work in this device (cannot turn electricity into motion) I became convinced that there was indeed much more to magnetism than we commonly know and that some claims that a magnet creates a link to another dimension may form the basis for a real explanation. Consider that the ancients didn't have to know the physics behind fire to use it to cook their food and heat their caves.
I fully expect that we will see Man invent devices that can tap the dark energy around us, now known to exist. Calling this
free energy is a bit of a misnomer, like calling wind derived electricity
free. It is a call that rallies the skeptics and nay sayers. In both case there would indeed be a real, if unseen energy source being tapped. I suspect that the use of magnetic fields holds near if not first in line status in the various technical means that may lead to success.
One big problem here I think is that we have many private basement tinkerers and experimenters who have not been taught a solid basic knowledge of the craft of electrical power, physics, etc. These folks sometimes spend a family fortune on the perfection of their brainchild, a complicated mechanical gizmo purposefully using the normally wasted radial energy of side fumbling in a loose bearing along with rotating widgets, gaussian magnets and bridge recitifers capturing 'kickback' from a open circuited inductor. They will often be seen showing off their alleged' over unity' motors and free energy machines pointing at a meter that shows voltage seemingly out of nowhere but do not realize that the phase angle to the AC current may be showing something that is not really there by the way of their measurement, or some misunderstanding between DC voltage and current and real power.
I like this practical response...
Posted by: mike90045
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Does he have grid feed coming to his house ? If not, it works. As for me? Maybe one of these guys is indeed onto something. I've actually had an idea for a magnetic motor for some time which I hope to take a stab at a test prototype someday soon. Need a whack of cheap neodemium magnets and one fresh, strong round tuit in order to build it.
