Howard Johnson Replication Tube Claim

[sterlinga]

I've posted a feature page over at PESWiki on this:
http://peswiki.com/index.php/OS:_MYLOW%27s_Mangetic_Motor_based_on_Howard_Johnson%27s_Design

Shortcut:
http://peswiki.com/energy/MYLOW

Discussion list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mylow_magmo

I did a few screen grabs to show the different components.  Working on an animated gif.

Pretty neat stuff.  I look forward to you guy replicating this.

Feel free to post your results over on our site at PESWiki (publicly editable).

Here's the opening text for the page:

YouTube user "MYLOW121363" (hereafter "Mylow") of Chicago has apparently successfully replicated the late Howard Johnson's all-magnet motor, Stonehenge model, that Johnson worked on in the early 1980s to demonstrate to the U.S. Patent Office. Mylow purposely kept his replication as close as possible to Johnson's design.

Mylow claims it has run 26 hours continuous in one setting. His replica begins to turn once the single stator horseshoe (U-shaped) magnet comes close to the rotor magnets on the perimeter of the rotor. The rotor spins up to a certain speed and does not go any faster. The speed limit could be due to an eddy current interaction between the stator magnet and the rotating aluminum rotor. If the rotor was changed out for plastic or brass, then it might continue to accelerate.

Mylow says he has seen some deceleration over time. Perhaps the energy supporting continued rotation is a function of the magnet gradually giving up its magnetism, like a battery. He had the stator magnet remagnetized, and the motor worked again.

The rotor consists of sets of 7 Alnico magnets attached to an aluminum disc with crazy glue. There is a gap between each set. He plans to fill the larger gap (that appears as of at least March 17, 2009) with another two sets of seven magnets. The aluminum disc rides on a high precision ball bearing that was forged at his brother's workshop. The single stator magnet (also U-shaped) is glued to the bottom of an aluminum bar that is mounted on top of two wooden stands.

On March 17, 2009, Mylow said he will be presenting documentation, schematics, drawings and instructions to allow others to replicate this motor. [1]

"I've been working on this idea of his for a very long time. All the credit goes out to him [the late Howard Johnson] and whoever owns that patent." -- Mylow

[Omnibus]

Again, no accent whatsoever should be put on whether or not there is degaussing of the magnets. That cannot be the energy source driving the motor even if there's such degaussing.What really needs to be understood is whether or not this is a self-starter sustaining its run for a sufficient time (11, even 27 hours claimed).

[Omnibus]

Why on Earth would he wanna do this, make multiple videos of an externally powered device pretending it's a self-runner? Besides, 11, let alone 27 hours of self-sustained run is far too long for a decelerating motor.

[Omnibus]

No, it doesn't. Why would he want to cheat in view of the fact that nowadays "liar, liar pants on fire" is easier than ever to be deservedly hanged on any overunity fraudster (recall @alsetalokin).

Also, what do you mean by this: "See the mathematical proof based on well-established conventional physics." What mathematical proof?

[Omnibus]

I disagree, the answer isn't at all obvious. What does he stand to gain by such allegedly blatant lying?

As for the "mathematical proof" it will take me some time to see what you have in mind by that in your text on magnetism. Diode array text is to be discussed elsewhere.