At 04:40 PM 2/9/2010, you wrote:
Lovely page! Thanks, Harry!
JLN has done a really clear job of describing the effect, well enough
that it can be reproduced and fully analyzed, with, as far as I can see,
no hidden tricks.
Well, to a degree. The explanation is clear, I agree, and this is
what the "Orbo effect" is on the face, it's what I came up with from
slogging through the Steorn videos....
There are two states: toriod de-energized. The permanent magnets are
attracted by the ferrite core of the toroid, and that attraction does
work accelerating the coil.
Energized, the coil causes the ferrite core to be non-attractive to
the permanent magnets, so they can, having accelerated toward the
core, sail on past the core if the timing is right.
So the big question is how much energy it takes to turn on and shut
down the toroid and thus the attractiveness of the core. If it can be
done with lower energy than the rotor picks up from the "free energy"
of attraction, then, indeed, it seems we'd have energy gain.
But measuring that turn-on and shutdown energy isn't particularly
simple. Those are high-speed transients, and determining the energy
in them simply by watching them on a scope display isn't going to cut it.
Remember, Sean has insisted that he needs the rapid response of the
kind of battery he is using, an ability to source large currents.
Why? Obviously, large peak currents are needed!
I can't say I was disappointed by the promised February 1 demo,
because I didn't expect better. The demo did not convince one of his
own "replicators," and, reading Sean carefully, that's quite
deliberate. He does not want to explain what is going on, he wants to
*sell* that information. He was pretty explicit that he wasn't going
to give it away for free!
So what he is basically saying is "Trust me! Do I look like I'd lie to you?"
Yes, unfortunately, quite like that.
Is he lying? Well, I think he's slipped a few times and has lied.
Mostly it is obfuscation, deliberately unclear and inconclusive.
Is he committing fraud? Probably not.
Is he sincere? Probably not. Not by now.
