On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 00:13:34 +1300, you wrote:

>> To my limited knowlege I have never seen Mr Brown
>> claim free energy or "over unity" effects, claims
>> like that as always made by the feel-good hippy
>> energy crowd that have too much excitement and
>> not enough training.
>>
>> -Roman
>
>Has anyone practical experience of de Palma's over-unity
>motors/generators ? I was given construction details of one
>some time ago and impressed at the apparent simplicity (if it
>actually works)=20
..which of course it doesn't
>but haven't as yet got around to making one.=20
Don't waste your time
>The
>plans I have are for a claimed 600% efficiency, ie the generator
>on the same shaft as the motor produces 6 times as much
>power as the energy needed to run it. If this isn't too good to be
>true,=20
Which of course it is
>why aren't they in general production ?=20
Because it doesn't work - 'Ye canna change the laws of physics
captain'
>Or will they be ? The
>most recent advances in motors I've seen (and I admit to not
>looking around that hard) have been more to do with the use
>of supercooling ceramic magnets to increase efficiency
But not to over 100%, and that's before you look at the energy needed
for cooling.=20

'Free energy' inventors tend fall into 2 categiories - the misguided
and the fraudulent. The former group tend to have a poor understanding
of the meaning of power measurements, especially in AC systems.

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