This motor is certainly not a perpetual motion machine, but it is an electrostatic motor. It bears a striking resemblance to a Wimshurst generator, which could be used as a motor, and also to Jefimenko's electrostatic motors. Electrostatic motors are real - the original demonstration may not have been faked. The Earth's electric field varies from 500V/m to >50kV/m and this can be harvested to do work as Jefimenko showed with his motors (I have an electronic copy of his book somewhere).
So, this device does have vertical extent and will have an environmental electrostatic field across it. If made with sufficiently low rolling resistance, this field may be enough to power the motor. Bob Higgins On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 11:06 PM, William Beaty <bi...@eskimo.com> wrote: > > 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. > >> >>> (((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) )))))))))))))))) >>> William J. Beaty http://staff.washington.edu/wbeaty/ >>> beaty, chem washington edu Research Engineer >>> billb, amasci com UW Chem Dept, Bagley Hall RM74 >>> x3-6195 Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700 >>> >>
