Simple Experiment: Extraction of Energy from Permanent Magnets

[TinselKoala]

Measuring velocity is such a critical measurement that I am almost shocked that I have never seen someone do it around here by optical means.

So soon we forget, eh? I've done optical speed measurements in at least three different experimental contexts that I've reported on this forum.

[MileHigh]

Indeed, we should get some "Hoffman-Lenses" to demask those Agent-Smithes, telling us to forget and get back into row with the other cattle ^^

You can also master the very simple concept of "when I pulse a coil, how much of the provided electrical energy becomes waste heat energy and how much of the provided electrical energy becomes useful output."  You are on an energy forum where you are supposed to try to understand how energy actually works and do experiments to confirm or deny hypotheses.

This is basic stuff that anybody should be able to understand and if you have a DSO, a ruler, and a scale you can do the experiment for yourself and prove it to yourself.  Make the magical transformation from a sheep into energy brainiac!

[gotoluc]

Here is what I said, "Measuring velocity is such a critical measurement that I am almost shocked that I have never seen someone do it around here by optical means."

Yes but here is what you also wrote

I am almost shocked that I have never seen someone do it around here by optical means.  (Or you can flip the whole experiment on its side and measure the maximum height the pulsed coil jumps against gravity.
MileHigh

So I was going by your Or (option) comment

Are you saying you didn't write that?

Luc

[MileHigh]

So soon we forget, eh? I've done optical speed measurements in at least three different experimental contexts that I've reported on this forum.

Sorry, but I have been an extremely light reader around here for years so your work was not noticed by me.

[MileHigh]

Yes but here is what you also wrote

So I was going by your Or (option) comment

Are you saying you did not write that?

Luc

This is what you said:

Taken from your quote above "I am almost shocked that I have never seen someone do it around here by optical means"

And then you link to your clip.  Is there any optical velocity measurement in your clip?

Enough Luc, go reread everything and I know you will understand it perfectly well.  If you are trolling me then shame on you.  I posted an experiment to advance the understanding for everybody so they could prove to themselves that "a bigger magnet is not 'adding energy.'"  That is the topic of discussion.