WATER MOTOR

[ResinRat2]

I'm having trouble with this.
Osmosis?
Is this invention about water being drawn up a wick by capillary action and then evaporating,
this process happening more on one side of the wheel than the other (causing imbalance)?
Paul.

Yes, the water is drawn upward through capillary action, it then is deposited off the other end of the wicking material. Some will naturally evaporate but the great majority of it is deposited on the other side. Water naturally able to run upwards, against the flow of gravity. Kerosene lamps use it to draw fuel into the wick for burning.

[exnihiloest]

Yes, the water is drawn upward through capillary action, it then is deposited off the other end of the wicking material. Some will naturally evaporate but the great majority of it is deposited on the other side. Water naturally able to run upwards, against the flow of gravity. Kerosene lamps use it to draw fuel into the wick for burning.

Capillary motors are not working concepts dating 19th century, question of tension surface.
For ex. see this clever design :
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/capillar.htm

[ResinRat2]

Hi exnihiloest,

Capillary action I think is different than osmosis. One is caused by the surface tension through very tiny tubes, the other is movement of fluid through membranes. So my previous term was probably wrong. The osmosis works because I have used it to water plants while I was on vacation. It moves the water upward and drips off the other end, like in my drawing above.

Personally, I don't believe water-wheels will give perpetual motion, my osmosis wheel was just a concept. I have not tried it and I probably won't. I just don't think it would work. I can't think of a reason why not, it is just a gut feeling. You are probably right.

[dankie]

lol , you wanna power what with that?

[yoyo]

dos this work?

can it recharge my cell phone?