V gate question

[ace569er]

Well I can't add stuff to a PM.........lame, damn.......

[mangyhyena]

One thing I've wondered about is substituting coils for magnets in a vgate formation.  Shouldn't the coils repel a magnet traveling down the V as they transduce electricity?  Also, if the coils in the next V formation are not shorted or loaded, wouldn't they allow the magnet into the gate because they wouldn't repel it?  Maybe short or load them after the magnet has entered, driving the magnet toward the next V to repeat the cycle?

For that matter, couldn't the coils in a magneto be left "open" as the magnet approaches, then loaded or shorted as the magnet passes by it?  Seems like that would eliminate repulsion against rotation, then repel the magnet as it passes, driving rotation.

There is a lot about coils I don't understand, so probably none of that is correct.  I just thought timing the loading of the coils might help generate electricity using less input energy.  All this is based on my assumption that unloaded coils don't repel the magnet as it approaches or passes.  Just figured if you kept the coil unloaded as the magnet approaches, then load or short the coil as the magnet is leaving, you might see the coil "kick" the magnet away in the direction of rotation.

If it were that easy, though, folks like you all would have licked this free energy thing a long time ago.