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Is using magnets and copper wiring to power light bulbs a money saver?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJr9T761TrY ^

Posted on 07/14/2018 1:06:56 PM PDT by Jonty30

Aside that it is neat, is it actually worth the expense over time?


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: fake; snakeoil
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To: CurlyDave

That makes sense.


41 posted on 07/14/2018 1:54:54 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cults.)
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To: LukeL

Actually, all the guy has to do is keep moving the bulb in the magnetic field. This generates enough charge to keep the bulb lit for a few seconds. The longest the bulb remains stationary and lit is about three seconds in the video.


42 posted on 07/14/2018 1:57:28 PM PDT by Skepolitic
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To: mad_as_he$$

Your uncle stole the wire from the utility, which passed the cost on to its customers, meaning he actually stole it from the customers.


43 posted on 07/14/2018 1:59:10 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Jonty30
Energy always has to come from somewhere, the laws of physics are very strict on this.
Just because they don't show you does not mean it was free.
There are YouTube clips where they debunk various perpetual motion machines and free energy scams. Have fun watching.

44 posted on 07/14/2018 2:02:04 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Jonty30

How are copper wires and magnetic fields not a factor in most electricity generation, transmission and use?


45 posted on 07/14/2018 2:02:22 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: mad_as_he$$

How were the lightning strikes?


46 posted on 07/14/2018 2:03:27 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: All
Read this PDF for the truth about harvesting 'free' electricity from magnetic fields.
47 posted on 07/14/2018 2:04:17 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: marktwain

Windmills.
Taxpayers are paying for every revolution.
K Street lobbyist are buying every vote by Congress.
Sit back and feel good about the green.


48 posted on 07/14/2018 2:04:51 PM PDT by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable)
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To: BitWielder1

Energy always has to come from somewhere, the laws of physics are very strict on this.
Just because they don’t show you does not mean it was free.


True. But sometimes it can be very cheap!


49 posted on 07/14/2018 2:07:52 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

Liberals want energy costs as high as possible.


50 posted on 07/14/2018 2:13:45 PM PDT by wally_bert (Just call me Angelo or babe.)
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To: PIF

Thank you! Now this thread is complete.


51 posted on 07/14/2018 2:20:18 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: marktwain

“I think most light bulbs are powered by magnets and copper wire.

They are called generators, and work in everything from hydroelectric plants to windmills...”

And they need lots of energy to move those parts relative to each other. All that generators do is transform kinetic energy into electrical energy. Without the externally supplied kinetic energy they don’t do squat.


52 posted on 07/14/2018 2:22:05 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: marktwain

> They are called generators, and work in everything from hydroelectric plants to windmills...<

But a generator is in constant motion - the copper wires must cut magnetic field lines in order to generate electricity. If there’s no motion, there’s no cutting of field lines, and no electricity.

In that guy’s video nothing is moving, and there is no obvious external power source, yet there is electricity. It’s just a clever trick of some sort.


53 posted on 07/14/2018 2:23:19 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: I want the USA back

“You have to KEEP MOVING the magnets!”

Or the copper coils. That being the case, what we do is surround the entire Earth with copper coils in space. The Earth is constantly rotating, and is magnetized, so we will produce electricity!! So simple.. (Yes, I’m joking..).


54 posted on 07/14/2018 2:24:02 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: marktwain

“Energy always has to come from somewhere, the laws of physics are very strict on this.”

Yes, but if we could only capture some of the energy that is untapped.. Which brings up the question of sources of wasted/unused energy on Earth. Let’s make a list..

We have sunlight - much of the energy of which is not captured for direct use. We have wind. We have water movement. We have geothermal. And we have Congress, and Jeff Sessions.


55 posted on 07/14/2018 2:27:18 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Skepolitic

> The longest the bulb remains stationary and lit is about three seconds in the video. <

That’s the key point right. It’s not obvious, but the guy is the external power source here. His stored muscle energy is being converted to light energy. No free lunch.


56 posted on 07/14/2018 2:27:44 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Jonty30

If it did work I would wrap that bulb with solar cells and see how much energy could be pulled from it...


57 posted on 07/14/2018 2:29:34 PM PDT by GraceG ("WWG1WGA")
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To: Jonty30

Surely you realize this is a trick, fake science. There’s an RF generator under the table, capacitively coupling energy to the copper plates, the magnets are just conductors and could be replaced with any metal object. Pure BS.


58 posted on 07/14/2018 2:30:24 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: mad_as_he$$
#10: "Fluorescent tubes will glow nicely near an RF source."

Yes we used to check RF transmitters by holding a neon bulb near the high voltage RF output stage. If the bulb glowed, you were good to go. Same thing worked on old TVs to see if the high voltage flyback power supply was working.

Ahhh, those were the days, when you could actually repair stuff.


 

59 posted on 07/14/2018 2:32:23 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Yep, even dumbass CBers like to play these games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSYj2lEaxhY


60 posted on 07/14/2018 2:33:19 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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