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Old 09-14-2008, 01:55 PM   #2
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Default Re: George Green's Magnetic Motor

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Originally Posted by arcora View Post
Assuming all have seen this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkgyY47duCM

Has anyone experimented with it?

Could it be used to turn an alternator to charge a battery?
What you are seeing is like one of those pump driven spinning tops - the spring is the magnetic repulsion and the subtle movement up and down of the supporting hand drives the disc's rotation. It has been reported that when the top magnet is held rigid, say clamped, there is no rotation.

Lovely toy though.

I am sure that there are going to be ways of harvesting free energy, but I dont think this is it.
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