All I want is a clock that I never need to wind. At this stage I think Steorn is overreaching by trying to make and sell a self-charging cell phone.
Harry On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: > It appears from the Steorn video description pointed to by Jones below > that the the "power packs" behave as an unusual capacitor. The device > appears to have separate charge and discharge modes. In charge mode the > capacitor-like "power-packs" are "charged" from a high voltage source (2x9V > battery with series 1Mohm resistor). While charging, the capacitance > appears to be very low, call it Cc, and it doesn't take much Coulombic > charge (not many electrons) to reach a voltage of, say 5V. Then the > capacitor-like "power pack" is switched to a load. In discharge, the > capacitance, Cd, appears to be much higher than Cc, allowing more Coulombic > charge (more electrons) to be taken out before the device reaches its > minimum discharge voltage. This is a quite unusual [classically impossible > over-unity] device, which still may be related to an electret. It appears > that the capacitor-like "power pack" elements are of "jelly roll" > construction due to their cylindrical form factor. > > If the "power pack" devices truly work in this fashion, I can easily see > how over-unity energy is delivered. > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Prototypes have been shown. Not sure of current status as there were >> legal disputes involved. Eye witnesses under NDA have seen it producing >> electrical power. There is a chance that “something like this” is >> involved in the Steorn device (to the extent that either device actually >> works over an extended period) but I doubt it - since Steorn doesn’t seem >> to work, firstly - and secondly doesn’t have a magnetic field. Here is >> an update: >> >> >> *http://dispatchesfromthefuture.com/2016/02/new-video-reveals-ocube-components-describes-problems/* >> <http://dispatchesfromthefuture.com/2016/02/new-video-reveals-ocube-components-describes-problems/> >> >> >
