Knitel's InfinityPump

[Steven Dufresne]

Hmm, what about valve V2 ?
Will the water really run out, when it is opened or does the external air pressure prevent this ?

V1 is open when V2 is open. There is the same external air pressure pressing down on the water in the bottom tank so air pressure is balanced. If I recall correctly, air pressure is the same at all points on a fluid, so the fact that the bottom tank has a large surface area doesn't multiply the air pressure.
-Steve
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[hartiberlin]

Okay, I edited the GIF animation and made the animation slower
and included Igor´s name with it.

Here it is:

[hartiberlin]

V1 is open when V2 is open. There is the same external air pressure pressing down on the water in the bottom tank so air pressure is balanced. If I recall correctly, air pressure is the same at all points on a fluid, so the fact that the bottom tank has a large surface area doesn't multiply the air pressure.
-Steve

Okay, you are right Steve,
I can not find any error , why this should not work !

I think this is the most brilliant and easy idea I have ever seen with
a gravity type water using converter.

I made this topic now sticky and added it under the news section.

As I am involved in some other projects right now, I hope somebody
could test it as soon as possible at least in a basic way and let us
know, how it works with real hardware.

Many thanks in advance and many thanks to Igor having it released
freely !

Regards, Stefan.

[brian334]

Why not put a water wheel under valve 2 so the thing will do work?

[TinselKoala]

This device is functionally identical to the Sinclair Siphon.

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/unwork.htm#sinclair

The 100kg weight is just a red herring. If the device was going to work, it would work without the weight. But it won't.

Don't believe me? It's a simple device. Build one, and show it working. PROVE ME WRONG.

(One problem lies with getting the weight to be buoyant and to rise up after it hits bottom.)