Howard Johnson Replication Tube Claim

[canam101]

...thats why I think he is using pressure air or some other form of propulsion system.

In one of his 'it's a fake' comments, mylow added: 'it was air', not that anything he said can be believed.

[chrisC]

@ Chris,

Horseshoe magnets made out of steel or Alnico will deplete simply by not using a keeper. That is why it is called a keeper, it keeps the magnetism intact. Leave the keeper off and you will have measurable depletion after a few days without doing anything else. I think it is the position of the poles in relation to each other that does that, as you will not see the same type of depletion in a bar magnet made from the same material.

I have not played with a neo horseshoe magnet so I don't know if the same phenomenon occurs there too. Maybe someone knows.

Hans von Lieven

Hi Hans:

Did you know what happened to these 2 gentlemen from your backyard?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efCelx7qe_M&NR=1
Are they also 'fakes'? Sorry about this tangent post.

cheers
chrisC

[pinestone]

In one of his 'it's a fake' comments, mylow added: 'it was air', not that anything he said can be believed.

Yes, it's very obvious to us all that the last video does not show a free running motor.

Is it just me, or has anyone else said anything about the drastic change of magnet placement on the rotor.
His first running video uses a completely different arrangement, and it doesn't appear to change speed for a couple of minutes.

Call me crazy, but something is really 'fishy' about all of this. Why would he go through all this trouble to make such a scam video, when his early video shows the rotor turning smoothly and without winding down?

I think he did the final video intentionally to throw everyone off track and discourage anyone from replicating. And, judging from the lack of his enthusiasm at the end of all this...maybe someone WAS forcing him to quit and show a fake motor.

[jester]

Yes, it's very obvious to us all that the last video does not show a free running motor.

Is it just me, or has anyone else said anything about the drastic change of magnet placement on the rotor.
His first running video uses a completely different arrangement, and it doesn't appear to change speed for a couple of minutes.

Call me crazy, but something is really 'fishy' about all of this. Why would he go through all this trouble to make such a scam video, when his early video shows the rotor turning smoothly and without winding down?

I think he did the final video intentionally to throw everyone off track and discourage anyone from replicating. And, judging from the lack of his enthusiasm at the end of all this...maybe someone WAS forcing him to quit and show a fake motor.

has anyone else said anything - I thought it was fishy back on page 160
http://www.overunity.com/index.php?topic=7039.msg168285#msg168285

[PaulLowrance]

Few days ago I thought about doing the calculations, but decided not to because it's not worth it. FEMM, free software, comes with a package capable of doing it if you're interested. Anyhow, my conclusion was the same as yours. The flow of thermal energy from the temp gradient would most likely far exceed the friction of mylow's rotating machine.

Adding to the above: Within FEMM (it's free software) create a new problem (Ctrl N), then select "Heat Flow Problem."  BTW, you can't use the thermal properties of "air" used in FEMM because that's for perfectly stagnate air-- vast difference.

PL