Howard Johnson Replication Tube Claim

[PaulLowrance]

I think maybe my FEMM stator PM is not the same orientation as mylow's. Note, this has nothing to do with the noted affect. At 2:05 in the video it's clearly aligned as if the entire field is parallel with both poles. At 2:35 mylow has an issue with measurement the field. I think it's only because the compass is not level (heightwise) with the PM because you can see the compass needle is trying to point in an vertical (upward/downward) angle.

PL

[mscoffman]

My recommendations to MYLOW and other replicators are to:

A) Replace the rotor magnets with standard neodymium magnets purchased from
a reputable source to allow repeatability.

B) Use a “U” or “V” shaped electromagnet as the drive magnet simulating
a permanent magnet.

The reasons are: Neodymium magnets have a high self energy and therefore can not
be degaussed (erased) easily. Their operation is biased more towards how magnetic
fields work in theory and do not have behavior biased toward material theory. I'd
rather not have neo's interact with other neo's however.

The electromagnet cannot be erased at all but is adjustable in field strength with
a rheostat, and adjustable to various field strength levels, so that it can be optimized. This
magnet takes a lot of magnetic “hits” as the rotor rotates and current from a regulated DC
power supply will increase or decrease as needed as the electromagnet does mechanical
work but it will always return to the same level determined by the current flowing through it.

Quit frankly, if you don't do it this way it won't be reputable because of the erasure
or degaussing of magnetic fields allowed by Alnico or Iron magnets is allowing energy
into the motor to cause its rotation.

In a Degaussing Tool the overriding energy used to degauss a magnet comes from
utility power lines. In this motor this energy to degauss the magnet has to go somewhere
and is currently being used to cause rotor rotation.

So “Yes” this existing experiment is demonstrating how to replace a battery with an iron
magnet to retrieve stored energy. But changing either batteries or magnets can be a pain,
especially if you have to supply every watt into the device that you get out. So I recommend
you do this a correctly as possible and make real history IF this motor still works. It's
not that much harder to do it correctly, and it may even be somewhat easier.

I am glad to see that user OMNIBUS seems to be coming around to this point of view,
because destroying a magnet on the Macroscopic level is different from destroying
it on the Atomic level because on the atomic level we need to be concerned about
conservation of energy. In the motor, destroyed magnet's energy has to go somewhere.

:S:MarkSCoffman

[lostcauses10x]

"He said the all-aluminum (including the screws) stator holder that he made works better than the previous one that had wooden support legs"

Well this removes the possibility of a coil and battery  in the wood. Yet it could cause problems.

[PaulLowrance]

I'm beginning to think mylow's stator PM's are magnetized the same way as his rotor PM's, which appears to be on the other axis, which you see in his video at 5:18 -->

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5QUhI1IQE

PL

[sterlinga]

Here are some photos Mylow sent of his new set-up.

Note that the stator holder is a little high, so he'll need to put some kind of spacer under neath the rotor so that the stator magnet aligns with the rotor magnets.