Thane Heins Perepiteia.

[blindsangamon]

Lenz's Law, la-di-da.  Do you understand magnetic hysteresis? Against his low-speed rotating magnetic disc, a carbon steel rod will create far more drag than a shorted coil of wire.  Look at the numbers.  Why would his induction motor draw so much current with the coils open, unless there was significant drag on it?  When the coil is shorted, Lenz's law induces current in the coil that tends to keep the magnetic flux in the steel rod at zero, minimizing its magnetic hysteresis.  Lenz's Law will result in drag on the shorted coil, but eliminate the drag on the steel core rod.

Again, I say BUSTED!

[blindsangamon]

Look at:  http://www.magtrol.com/tensioncontrol/hysteresisbrakes.htm
and:  http://www.djautomation.co.uk/html/hysteresis_brake___clutch.html

He has a hysteresis brake that is turned off by shorting the coil windings.

[chrisC]

See:

http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,2794.msg75560.html#msg75560

for my comments and answer to Top Gun.

Answering questions to your own questions via multiple persona isn't exactly rocket science. As to your answers, those people on your thread already know you're a rather silly comedian!

cheers
chrisC

[Thaelin]

@blindsanxxxx
   Ok, then tell me just how is it that the main guy at MIT "does" agree with him. "And" he is stumped as to why.

thaelin

[ltseung888]

Look at this simple video:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/665396/how_increase_speed_of_electric_motor/

Just repeated the experiment with my oral B electric tooth brush.  The frequency (or the sound from the vibrating brush system) changed with the approaching of a strong magnet.

So there is nothing revolutionary with the Thane Heins discovery???