On Tue, 8 Dec 2015, Terry Blanton wrote:
Sorry, Bill, Shaun (Sean) McCarthy just announce that they won't be
available until late January.
DON'T BUY! Seriously.
Steorn appears to be making Volta's mistake. (Or, it's a devious hoax
based on Volta's mistake.)
Alessandro Volta believed that voltaic-pile batteries were free-energy
devices, and would last forever. He called it "electrification by
contact." (As opposed to his detractors' chemistry-driven theories.)
The "dry piles" of DuLuc and Zamboni appeared to support this, since they
provide microwatts for centuries. WHen using high-resistance electrolyte
and such a low power-drain, it's nearly impossible to measure the amp-hour
rating of Dry Piles by running down the battery to zero. Dry Piles use
paper as a solid electrolyte.
The mistake is in believing that insulators are insulating.
No, insulators are actually just electrolytic conductors of high
resistance. If we use carnuba/beeswax "electret wax" to form a battery,
it will only supply power until the dissimilar metals provided by the
electrodes are exhausted. (Well, in theory only one plate will be
destroyed during normal batt operation.)
So, wanna make a "Volta hoax?"
Then use a large mass of metal (lots of fuel, high amp-hours,) and use
high-resistance solid electrolyte which prevents anyone from rapidly
extracting kilojoules and exhausting the battery within hours.
Then include a "no repairs" clause, so when their extremely expensive and
perfectly conventional battery stops working, nobody can complain.
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Also, here's a cool one below, dunno if it's been discussed:
Waller motor, electrostatic PM hoax?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YreCJDvIX2Q
It might genuinely operate as shown, if the plastic disk had first been
"charged" by rubbing with fur. If true, sell it as a toy!
Or, if fur-rubbing can't provide sufficient energy to spin the wheel,
instead use dielectric absorption, "capacitor soakage" with a 20KVDC
supply and wetted metal electrodes (or conductive rubber, for intimate
surface contact with surfaces of the plastic disk.) Deeply charge up the
plastic disk, then add the foil rectangles later. The "de-sorption" of
charge from the plastic should re-charge the foil slowly, and run the
motor perhaps for many minutes, perhaps hours.
The wood in the video would serve as a conductor, so those who build a
plastic model would fail. Replications:
w/6KV supply https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S072ScKjx8s
Fake, w/#40ga connecting wires https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfSydbKEBpQ
w/VDG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiqEtigpJaI
Available again are high-volt negative-ionizer blocks, $4 power supplies,
6K to 8K VDC, on eBay, search eBay: anion 12v
I found that these work fine if powered by two 9V batt connected as 18V,
and only draw excess current at input of 20V and above. Crank the supply
down to zero, and the KV output decreases roughly in proportion. Build a
many-KV variable bench supply for electrostatics. Output below 10uA. I
haven't tried buying ten for series connection, and rigging up a 100KV
supply powered by independent floating batteries.
On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 6:29 PM, William Beaty <bi...@eskimo.com> wrote:
Phone charger version. Heh, buy a bunch as xmas gifts!
http://dispatchesfromthefuture.com/2015/12/steorn_taking_orders_for_ocube_preorders.html
http://boingboing.net/2015/12/08/free-energy-for-sale-steorn.html
http://steornnews.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Orbo-217496297671/timeline/
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