Hi Mark
This is the second video in a pair. Clicking on the "more from
this user" link brings a list with the first one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iGEsVaIftk
One of the comments to it says:
"I have a NEC memory cap 5.5V 0.047F and it gives about 16mV
all the time without any magnets. Even after a long time of
shorting it builds the 16mV in 2 minutes. It is a chemical
reaction in the cap because it is ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR!!!"
Yes. Electrolytic caps - and especially caps which are near to failure
are known to operate for extended periods as chemical batteries.
I'm pretty sure this was what was happening in the "Mike Motor" variant
of the Bedini-Cole window motor - where he had a large (~1 F.) old
electrolytic, probably nearing failure... (and no one else could
duplicate it) ---
--- but also would be willing to bet that a new cap would not never
register in ~10 mV range.
... meaning that this begs for replication with new parts.
At any rate, if I had a few hundred matched magnets and new caps - it
would be interesting to see if something in the form of a stacked array
would offer results which are a little more unequivocal than if a few mV
or picowatts which may have shown up ... but like you, I am skeptical of
that.
What if it took a few thousand such cap+Neos units (with a cost of
several thou$and) to get to an unequivocal microwatt? Does anyone think
that the beloved prize-offering genius known as "Randi" would fork over
the megabucks he has claimed to give, if such a totally impractical
device did show even tiny but unequivocal OU?
... at least for Randi it would be "put up or shut up"
Jones
