Its just an Idea, a 8' 2000lb flywheel supported by a real good bearing would spin for a long time, yes it would tak alot of wheeties to get it moving. Ive seen low compression small engines with a real heavy fly wheel <not 8'> run at 200 rpm with a very little amount of fuel.
Energy in must equal energy out, if you include friction losses, heat from the resistance of the wires, etc you will see why these motor/gen sets could never work
It really does NOT matter if it is hand powered or Petroleum Powered, it still takes the SAME Amount of BTUs, (energy) to spin up that flywheel, and what ever energy you extract MUST BE Replaced, plus any losses, to keep it going. Still no Free Lunch....
I guess that may be theoretically possible, but quite a few ram pumps would be far easier then millions of capillary tubes. Just my
Has I say its just all in my head, remember those old merrygo rounds we rode on when we were kids, a little push could move alot of "weight " for a long time. I realize its still no "free lunch" but try to haul that much weight pulling a wagon. Im sure it would be far better than these bycycle generators that are being sold or <peddled>.
Not quite. That climb is capillary action, and depends on surface tension of the fluid. If the straw is dry, the level will be depressed, not rise. If the straw is wet, it will rise. Getting water to rise the 30 odd feet (altitude dependent) is if there's a vacuum in the pipe. For siphons to work, the delivery has to be to a lower elevation than the level of the source tank. Some fluids won't wet the tubing at all, and the surface always has a dome rather than like water that wets the surface and may show a depression. Mercury does not wet the surface that contains it and always has a dome. If your doctor still uses a mercury tube for blood pressure, you can see that. (Bet he doesn't, I think they are outlawed.)
Larry, you're thinking. A good thing, and more, your are making observations. A good thing for preps.
This one I do know about. The water climbs due to surface tension of the fluid, for the same reason, it will not exit the straw at it's holding tank.
I have not studied Bedinis before this, I thought I was missing something derived from a pulsed duty cycle VS a steady draw duty cycle. On close examination, all I am really seeing is energy transferred from one battery to the other. The one example I was looking for showed meters on both batteries, and a slight but steady climb in voltage on both meters simultaneously. It must have been faked. I guess you don't have to be stupid to buy snake oil, it just helps. P.T. Barnum would be proud.
Now, the waste water from the ram pumps could still be used to turn a water wheel or turbine for a secondary use of that falling water( change in elevation) or even a secondary ram pump.
My ex wife's voice box is as near to a perpetual motion machine that I can think of....I've not ever been able to interrupt it once it gets going.
Hydro-electric. Stainless Steel Waterwheel Hydro Power - YouTube Inglenook Water Wheel Electrical Generator - YouTube WaterWheel - YouTube Hands On (Japan version) Micro Hydropower Part 4 of 5 - YouTube Waterwheel with geartrain for increased motor speed Waterwheel Gearing - YouTube
Thermo-electric. PowerPot uses cooking heat to power campers' devices Scientists create inexpensive new thermoelectric material World’s most efficient thermoelectric material developed could see this one used applied to wood burners, and exhaust stacks, hot water pipes, dishwasher discharge lines, generator mufflers, Bar-B_Q grills, shower drain pipes, ect.)(still in lab though.) Yet another automotive gas-electric hybrid technology looms stuff for now)
Kinetic-electric. New piezoelectric device harvests wasted energy from electronics (this one is still in the lab stage) Pavegen tiles harvest energy from footsteps i have seen these in action. My though would be to install them under livestock. The nPower PEG - US$150 kinetic energy harvester charges smartphones off-the-grid could be added to a water wheel to increase the output. lashed to a tree branch, or carried on the dash of the car, collecting power from movement.
DIY conversions convert a washing machine into a water powered generator. INDUCTION MOTOR DIY hack Alternator 40 watt low 800 RPM Neodymium Motor Generator Conversion - YouTube an AC fan motor into a DC magnet motor generator. I found this interesting. it could easily be set up to generate power, from a smaller flow of water. Designed as a mock up from scrap lumber, with a passive axle. But with a keyed axle, and geared dor the right output speed, this could do nicely.
The oddball stuff (possible, just not feasible) RCA Airnergy claims to charge gadgets using ambient WiFi signals You could store these, and they would grow in charge from existing WIFI signals. They will take a long time to charge, but it is free power (after initial cost) Bat-hook device taps into overhead power lines (a pirate's tool) PowerTrekk fuel cell charger allows for power on the go This WOULD go into a BOB. but the cost is a bit steep, and not yet in production, last I heard. Don't know if (discs) could be hand reloaded or not. shallow water wheel water pumping.
The WiFi thing is TOTAL BS.... Your batteries will self Discharge faster that any recovered WiFi power could possibly charge them... Again TOTAL BS....
Portable Solar. SOS in a Box rolls out the solar power when you really need it The Forty2 portable solar power unit pins production hopes on crowd-funding
If one just put an OutBack MX60 Charge Controller to that flexible Solar Panel, it would drive ANY Inverter, you could possibly hook up... The wonders of MPPT Charge Controllers....
