What's interesting is the suggestion that the cores get cold. That's really the
only effect I would be interested in regards to this experiment.
Paul Lowrance
Mike Carrell wrote:
> A description such as this lacks much essential information necessary to
> distinguish it from a 'mundane' electrical stunt. It's hardly wortth
> speculating about. A lead-acid battery can supply very large surge
> currents [as in starting a car] and with proper windings electromagnets
> can strongly repel and if left connected would get quite hot. Capacitors
> can be charged in parallel and discharged in series to provide
> extraordinary surge power for rail guns and electromagnetic forming. AC
> fields can configured to attract non-magnetic conductors and even
> insulators. Looks magical until you think deeply.
>
> Mike Carrell
>
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> Subject: [Vo]: E.V. Gray experiment
>
>
>> There's a specific experiment that the late E.V. Gray performed that
>> is fascinating -->
>>
>>
>> Quote,
>> ---
>> In the workshop, a 6-volt car battery rested on a table. Lead wires
>> ran from the battery to a series of capacitors which are the key to
>> Gray's discovery. The complete system was wired to two electromagnets,
>> each weighing a pound and a quarter.
>>
>> The first demonstration proved that Gray was using a totally different
>> form of electrical current --- a powerful but "cold" form of the energy.
>>
>> As the test started, Gray said: "Now if you tried to charge those two
>> magnets with juice from the battery and make them do what I'm going to
>> make them do, you would drain the battery in 30 minutes and the
>> magnets would get extremely hot."
>>
>> Fritz Lens activated the battery. A voltmeter indicated 3,000 volts.
>> Gray threw a switch and there was a loud popping noise. The top magnet
>> flew off with a powerful force. Richard Hackenberger caught it with
>> his bare hands.
>>
>> What had happened was that gray had used a totally different form of
>> electrical current --- a "cold" form of energy. The fact that
>> Hackenberger caught the magnet and was not burned was evidence enough
>> of that.
>> ---
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know how to replicate this specific E.V. Gray experiment?
>> Personally I would disagree this is a new form of "cold" electricity.
>> I firmly believe the energy comes from the magnetic materials ambient
>> temperature.
>>
>> Are there any photos of this experiment? What type of magnetic
>> material were the electromagnets made of? Was is merely capacitors
>> discharging across the electromagnets or was there a circuit? How
>> were the electromagnets situated?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Paul Lowrance
