On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 2:41 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > Terry, did you come to the conclusion that most if not all of these magnet > motors operated by extracting the energy stored within the magnets? Of > course, that would imply that only a finite amount of total energy could be > extracted.
The only pure magnet motor used magnets in opposition and those would rapidly deplete their strength. You can also take a hammer and tap on a magnet and accomplish the same thing. All others used some type of electrical assist. > I would be afraid to remain close to the motor pictured. How much force is > internally generated and could it self destruct? It was a concern. We had a prony brake in case of runaway. Alas, we never got it to run since we could not get the solenoid close enough to the sticky spot due to the required size. I was just an advisor and on-looker for the first 18 months. I got suspicious when the prony brakes showed much lower torque than the $15,000 meter. I got permission from the angel investor to work without anyone present one weekend lifting weights with the motors; and, well, none of them were OU. You can't fool gravity.
