Howard Johnson Replication Tube Claim

[rogerdpack]

The small movements of his hand are providing the propulsion, basically.

What's your take on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf1IesrHBh0&feature=channel_page? Fake?

[chrisC]

@ Chris,

Horseshoe magnets made out of steel or Alnico will deplete simply by not using a keeper. That is why it is called a keeper, it keeps the magnetism intact. Leave the keeper off and you will have measurable depletion after a few days without doing anything else. I think it is the position of the poles in relation to each other that does that, as you will not see the same type of depletion in a bar magnet made from the same material.

I have not played with a neo horseshoe magnet so I don't know if the same phenomenon occurs there too. Maybe someone knows.

Hans von Lieven

@Hans
Thanks for the info. Actually I was going to stick a similar sized NEO over the respective ends of the Alinico U Shaped magnet just to see if they will not deplete so readily in that experiment. However I did not have the right shape & size NEO and I decided not to try then because not only did I not have the channel magnets, I also added additional variables to the replication experiment. Perhaps someone else can try that.

cheers
chrisC

[0c]

Steel horseshoe magnets are pretty easy to demagnetize. Alnicos used like in the last of MyLow's videos should last for years. It takes a pretty strong repulsive field to hurt an Alnico. There are automobile alternators out there with Alnicos in them that have been working for over 20 years without degrading by much.

[Michelinho]

Hi chrisC,

The keeper does keep the magnetic flux from depleting and may increase the flux after a while but never let the keeper hit the magnet with force as it will reduce that flux. Pulling it away with force is beneficial as it will increase the flux of a near depleted horseshoe magnet.

Take care.

Michel

[lostcauses10x]

Hmm I see I am going to have to wait for the TV version of the mylow game. "keep looking at the news on t.v i will be on there with my idea for everyone to see"
I see no reason to purchase plans. Looks like you may have been out sourced with the TV thing. Ahh was that the MIB from TV???
Hey sterlinga did you catch date line on LEE??