At 12:37 AM 2/16/2010, Wm. Scott Smith wrote:
I don't see the problem? Since when is it supprising if alternating current or pulsed dc from one coil induces a current in another coil?
That's not necessarily surprising in itself, but consider that the "input" coil is a toroid and the magnetic field is supposedly confined. Further, Naudin shows what happens when he lowers the "output" coil toward the input coil and the LEDs light up. The current and voltage in the input coil do not change.
As his lights turn on, so should yours! He is showing that there is energy picked up by the output coil. That same energy could, instead, apply torque to a rotor, if it is timed right.
With a normal transformer, load current will affect primary current. This is not a normal transformer. It's the Steorn/Orbo effect, all right. (Very likely related, that is.)
There may indeed be some effect on load current, but it is, at least, below what his instrumentation will show.
If the laws of thermodynamics hold, we can expect that when energy is being drawn off by a pickup coil, less heat will be dissipated in the core....
