Energy from the Ground - Self powered generator by Barbosa and Leal

[MileHigh]

What a pleasant surprise it would be to find that a certain ground "array"
under "certain" conditions could harvest energy in this way.

I don't even see the fat lady around here yet......

Time will tell.

Let's suppose that 10 people replicate and spend $2000 each.  Let's suppose we say that the labour that they put into digging up their backyards and building the setup is worth $2000 each.

That's $40,000 USD poured down the drain for bullshit, very possibly just to stroke somebody's ego.

How many DSOs can you buy for $40,000 assuming $500 total cost for each one?

Answer:  You can buy 80 digital storage oscilloscopes.   That's about one brand new DSO for every single known and active experimenter across all three main forums.

[TinselKoala]

Leaving aside for the moment the issue of SWER systems like are used in Brazil... (Which, by the way,a.king21 brought up a long time ago, on Page 20 of this thread ...)
http://www.overunity.com/13721/energy-from-the-ground-self-powered-generator-by-barbosa-and-leal/msg381197/#msg381197

Here's the answer to MH's question. The Magic Non-connection that is the heart of the "Captor": a few loops of insulated wire looped around another insulated wire, and connected back to itself without actually making actual connections between the two insulated wires.

I would love to see some experimental examinations of such a system, showing some kind of measurable effects of such a "connection" or rather non-connection. Particularly showing transfers of high power through the non-connection, using DC from the "ground" applied to the loop. Anyone?

@MH: You forgot to put the "dots" in on this Magic NonConnection Captor Coil !!

[MileHigh]

Indeed TK, here is my spin on it, I marked up the main schematic with some annotations.

A lot of you experimenters out there that are supporters of this proposition need to learn basic circuit analysis.  Stop pretending that electronic circuits act "differently" just because somebody told you so.  They don't.

[MileHigh]

Here is some more information using the CAD version of the schematic.

Time for you guys to wake up.

[MileHigh]

Choice quotes from Clarence:

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the last time during rain time I ran it for over 4 + hours and it went from 13+ to 12 so i removed the loads and let it charge.
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I did not under stand your question about earth resistance (between the two sets of ground rods) with regard to my arrangement? I have not made any resistance test at all to date.
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Wake up boys and save your time and your money for a better project!