Robert Groh wrote:
> Well, your idea certainly hit home for me! Way, way back in the olden
> days (probably 1950'ish when I was about 8 or 9 years old), I had
> exactly the same idea. I was very excited about the idea, drew up a
> sketch and tried to convince my father to help me build it. Perpetual
> motion! Why not! Well, he was a bit more pragmatic and the idea died a
> quiet death after a couple of weeks. Don't remember when I had learned
> enough physics to figure out it was a non-starter but I sure do remember
> the excitement of the idea!
>
> 73
> Bob Groh, WA2CKY
Interesting you say that. I wonder how many other kids have had the same
idea. It is probably the easiest concept of a perpetual motion machine
to understand. I can't think of an easier example myself.
A guy was telling me at work once his mate managed to get free
electricity - enough to heat his green house. This idea does sound
plausible, though its not perpetual motion.
Many homes in the UK have the mains electricity coming into the house
via 3 cables - live, neutral and earth. The earth and neutral are joined
at the sub-station, but due to the resistance of the wires, and the
unbalanced load on the 3 phases , there can be a small voltage between
neutral and earth. That does not pass through the electricity meter, so
you do not pay for it.
No chance of it working here - I have a 3-phase supply, but no earth is
supplied to me.
Dave, G8WRB
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Dr. David Kirkby <david.kirkby@onetel.net>
> *To:* Bob Sutton <zl1rs@yahoo.com>; AMPS <amps@contesting.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:33:16 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Amps] [Moon-net] Major breakthrough with regenerative yagi.
>
> --- snip
>
> For what it is worth, when I was a lot younger I had this idea to make
> free electricity. One had a motor and dynamo (generator) connected via a
> belt. One powered the motor up, which turned the generator, which made
> enough power to power the motor and some extra you could use. Once it
> was started, it kept going.
>
> I was convinced it would work! I'm not sure how old I was when I had
> this idea, but I know I would have known it was fundamentally flawed by
> the age of 16. Antennas are a lot more complex to understand properly
> than the simple generator/motor idea of mine.
>
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