Finsrud perpetual motion machine

[hartiberlin]

I saw it in Canada I do have it on my Personal video recorder. I dont kno how to make it into a comp vid yet. But for you Stephan I will try.

Sincerly Sypherios

Please try it and post it over here !
many thanks.

[Dingus Mungus]

I have viewed the video and looked at the pictures and I believe I know why this device really works.


Read these links for the secret...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Electric_Bell
http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/history.asp?page=Exhibit1
http://www.sparkmuseum.com/PERPMO.HTM

Note that the track and ball insulated from the center cylinder assembly and the placement of charging stations along the path. The balls momentum over assisting arms powers the pendulums (requires very little power if timed correctly) and the high voltage charging maintains the balls momentum. The magnets only helps to pull the ball over the pendulum assisting arms and the balls momentum and static charge help it escape the magnets sticky point. While the magent and pendulum sets are essentially useless (just for show), its still a captivating feat of engineering.

Even if this is not how the device works this is a way of creating a similar experiment and generate the same results. Altho if I was planning to experiment with this I would scrap the expensive magnets and over complicated pendulum sets and instead just allow the ring track a loose 2?-4? wobble. You should be able to see the same behavior from the steel ball on a ring track with a multi dry pile configuration. happy experimenting!

Hope this post was helpful... I dont mean to totally discredit this device too quickly, but I do know its possible to replicate with adaptations of very old technology.

While it does appear to be a very clever trick done with electrostatic it is still rather remarkable piece of engineering to see operate.

[alan2here]

http://www.steorn.net/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=13991&page=1#Item_0

[FreeEnergy]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=553061720631716456

i think it is just a clever way to get the ball passed the sticky spot/point. see the horse shoe magnet? as the ball gets attracted to the steel spring rod between the track it moves closer to the horse shoe and moves down becuase of the ball's weight and at the same time removes the spicky spot/point and the balls runs right through passed the shoe with momentum. just my opinion, what do you guys think?

[Dingus Mungus]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3078131163857744253

40 min video of device operation. Close examination of components.

@Free
The red horseshoes are magnets, but the red cylinders attached to the top assembly are negative static
collectors grounded to the dry pile in the tall base. See more about my theory of operation a few posts up.

@Everyone
To try and replicate the effects cheaply you need a power supply that can put out 3000+V @ .000001 mA.
Any voltage 4 digits or more will work but you can only get a few nanoampere from most known drycells.
Simply positively charge a metal track with the positive and then ground the metal collector. I also know of
a way to build homemade drycells, if anyone is interested in replicating a 1000V+ solid state battery.

This same form of static E propultion was used in the 1800's to build *perpetual* pendulums. *300+ years*
The added static energy helps maintain the charged objects entrance velocity, but the attraction to each
collector stops the instant the electrons escape in your grounded collector. Interesting stuff but not as much potential as the SMOT or TOMI devices.

~Dingus