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Inventor Says He's Found Free Energy
IOL ^ | 1-22-2002 | Kevin Smith

Posted on 01/22/2002 5:43:47 AM PST by blam

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To: VadeRetro
I'd like to go back and do a few things over better.

If the young me were visited by the present me, in an effort to change some things, it would be an absurd encounter. The young me would consider the current me to be a medling, opinionated idiot. And I would view my younger self as an inexperienced, arrogant idiot (who somehow managed to get some good-looking women). Both of us would be correct, and I fear that neither would gain from the meeting.

201 posted on 01/22/2002 5:03:02 PM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: RadioAstronomer
Hey, I thought the rules were that it had to be invented in a basement, not attic!

True inventors are in the attic. Too damp in the basement for inventing a time machine. Corrosion can cause temporal displacement errors. I suppose a perpetual-motion machine could be in the basement. But you'd need a lot of WD-40.

202 posted on 01/22/2002 5:08:16 PM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: Wm Bach
How many spare 12 volt batteries will fit in a dishwasher sized "device"?

'e 'ad one o' th' wee little people inside, filled with Guiness, turnin' a crank.

203 posted on 01/22/2002 5:09:31 PM PST by Thumper1960
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To: US_MilitaryRules
That was my first thought as well. This guy is a dead man walking if there is even the slightest truth to his claim.
204 posted on 01/22/2002 5:12:21 PM PST by Ronin
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To: KneelBeforeZod
Just an underground pipeline.
205 posted on 01/22/2002 5:21:23 PM PST by Come get it
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To: blam
the machine powered three 100-watt light bulbs for the duration.
The machine went on to run for around two hours
The draw on the batteries was estimated at more than 4.5 kilowatts.
With any existing technology the batteries would have been drained flat in one and a half minutes," said the inventor.

It must be some of that NEW math.
300 watts for 1 hr=300 watt/hrs.
for 2 hours =600 watt/hrs
600 watt/hrs=0.6 kilowatt/hrs.
Where does the 4.5 kilowatts come in???
4500 watts(4.5 kilowatts)/10 volts=450 amps
4500 watts /100 volts=45 amps
Standard trolling motor batteries (deep cycle)have around 100-200 amp/hr ratings.
I think the inventor had his head down the hole of outhouse too long or has a Honda generator in there just to screw with the minds of clueless reporters.

206 posted on 01/22/2002 5:24:59 PM PST by HP8753
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To: Come get it
Bandini scam: perpetual motion engine.

Ignore.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

207 posted on 01/22/2002 5:25:12 PM PST by section9
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To: blam
Inventor Says He's Found Free Energy

Yeah, Enron's giving it away.

208 posted on 01/22/2002 5:28:36 PM PST by IronJack
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To: blam
Inventor Says He's Found Free Energy

Yeah, Enron's giving it away.

209 posted on 01/22/2002 5:28:39 PM PST by IronJack
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To: randog
This device should do especially well in France, where even well-educated people are able to laugh at Jerry Lewis.
210 posted on 01/22/2002 5:31:25 PM PST by Clioman
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To: freedomlover
However, it got real quiet when I disconnected the alternator belt and the thing went 50% further.

I can see the logic behind his idea, but he didn't account for friction or the rate of power use and replenishment. Tell me, did his alternator do anything at all other than cause more friction? Did he have it wired right?

the guy who had found a way to get "free energy" by using AC out of the wall

Somehow this doesn't seem to qualify for "free energy".

Any more stories of crazy inventors? Those were good.

211 posted on 01/22/2002 5:33:02 PM PST by Come get it
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To: blam
Fine....put him on the payroll and lets see where it goes.
212 posted on 01/22/2002 5:35:23 PM PST by VaBthang4
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To: HP8753
I think the inventor had his head down the hole of outhouse too long or has a Honda generator in there just to screw with the minds of clueless reporters.

I don't overly concern myself with the math of such, shall I say, snake-oil endeavors. I also suspect that he may have a very good chess playing midget for hire. On the other hand, if you ever hear of an invention that puts the smoke back into chips, I'll be very interested.

213 posted on 01/22/2002 5:42:19 PM PST by AndrewC
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To: Come get it
Any more stories of crazy inventors?

Eric's History of Perpetual Motion and Free Energy Machines.
Perpetual Motion Machines, Free Energy.
Perpetual Motion.
The Museum of Unworkable Devices .

214 posted on 01/22/2002 6:11:23 PM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: blam
So-called "laws" of science have been shattered.........consistently..........for centuries. Sometimes in these discussions here on FR, I can "hear" folks from 5-600 years ago insisting that the Earth is flat.......or that the Earth is the center of the Universe.........or that "bleeding" a man was the way to cure him.

This guy may be full of peat moss, but he just might have something of interest. Either way, a little open mindedness, people. Sheesh.

215 posted on 01/22/2002 6:18:26 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: RightOnline
So-called "laws" of science have been shattered.........consistently..........for centuries. Sometimes in these discussions here on FR, I can "hear" folks from 5-600 years ago insisting that the Earth is flat.......or that the Earth is the center of the Universe.........or that "bleeding" a man was the way to cure him.

Major revisions in physical theory have occurred, and will likely occur again, but these victories are hard won in the laboratory, and working in the open and with cooperation and collaboration among colleagues and peers, not by placing black boxes on shelves and making wild claims to the media and getting publicity for oneself. The subject of the article is making an extraordinary claim, and that requires solid, objective proof that is open for examination and replication. You don't hide things in a box with lightbulbs on it, and stick a voltmeter across some terminals connected to who knows what and palm that off as proof for an extraordinary claim. If these people want to be taken seriously then they'll have to be a bit more above board than they have apparently been to this point. Secrecy and mystery and razzle dazzle lends itself more to the atmosphere of a carnival sideshow than serious scientific study.

216 posted on 01/22/2002 6:33:15 PM PST by chimera
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To: chimera
Not disagreeing with you, and many say that the era of the "garage inventor" are over..........but I don't buy that. This guy could be a minor league charlatan, no question about it. On the other hand, he just might be onto one edge of something quite interesting. All I'm saying is that I believe in giving someone the benefit of a doubt..........i.e., let's see what ya got, let others pore over it (which is what you are saying as well), and we'll see if there's anything to this. That's all. To automatically write the guy off as a nutcase because we've been "programmed" to do so is equally nuts IMHO.
217 posted on 01/22/2002 6:37:53 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: blam
And Bat Boy has a thing for Chelsea, (and I thought Bat Boy had better taste. Or was it taste better?)
218 posted on 01/22/2002 6:46:04 PM PST by Young Werther
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To: blam
WHO IS JOHN GALT?
219 posted on 01/22/2002 7:26:32 PM PST by Optimist
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To: aruanan
Where are the refereed papers? The replications?

It's surprisingly easy to see what appears to be excess energy. Droge's work about 10 years ago (mostly posted on the internet) shows some of the problems. There's still no there there. Lack of neutrons is another indication.

Another problem is that the hydrogen adsorbed into the platinum-group metals still exists in molecular form. The hydrogen's electrons are still associated with the hydrogen, not with the metallic lattice.

220 posted on 01/22/2002 7:26:46 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic
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