Inventor Jeff Baird unveiled an electromagnetic engine

[TinselKoala]

...with a hint of influence from John Ecklin.

And a bit of John Deere in there, too, I believe.

[derricka]

...and a bit of Gustave Froment , Daniel Davis, and Charles Page.

Don't recognise the names? Not to worry, they are just a little before your time. They built electric motors in the 1840's.  Solenoid driven, reciprocating electric engines are nothing new.

http://www.sparkmuseum.com/MOTORS.HTM

[gmeast]

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Or, more likely (or rather, more possible, since the alternative that you mention is impossible) he is making the same old same old mistakes made by Bedini and other pulse motor builders, who do not understand how to measure energy and power properly.
It is this failure to actually make more energy out than in, not some esoteric chemistry or weird physics of lead-acid batteries, that prevents them from closing the loop and running without batteries.
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I have noticed that "they" always insist on using 'new' batteries for these experiments ... yes I know ... good science, good baseline data, etc.  But here's what I have found in years of tinkering with pulsed motors.

Bedini, Newman and the other COP>1 designs using batteries (new), have ended with the following result (my testing).

The batteries "appear" to remain charged and may even increase in voltage a little, but upon checking the specific gravity of the battery acid it is discovered that the batteries are actually going dead.  New or reconditioned battery chemistry seems to maintain the voltage but not the capacity of the battery.

I have noticed this before when I have taken readings on a new battery that has been used, NOT recharged but left to sit.  The Voltage will creep back up and read 12.8 - 13 volts or so but even a small load will 'take it down".

[petersone]

hi gmeast
Even a complete novice knows voltage on it's own means nothing,but it seems that people, who should know better, give it as proof,I don't understand it.
peter

[Xaverius]

Perhaps Mylow and Archer Quinn can close the loop on this one?