Say that you built a torroidally configured, birdcage-like, copper-wire construct, that mirrored the shape and locations of the Earth's primary lines of magnetism, and oriented it to be in line with the planetary orbital plane…hung some--or a bunch of--magnets inside of it…or outside of it…then maybe wound a coil--or coils--around the outside in either a counterclockwise or clockwise direction, either south-to-north or vice versa, whichever way gives a higher resonant voltage-reading…then maybe either spun the copper apparatus--or the magnets--with a small solar-powered mini-motor--like the slow ones in the moving beer-ad displays you see in some bars…or maybe hung an array of magnets outside of the copper, torroidal, oblate spheroid-contraption…experiment with all the different possible relationships between magnets and copper…maybe even leave the insulation on the spheroidal, copper cage-wire, and wind more coils of copper wire around each separate copper wire--again either counterclockwise or clockwise, depending on which orientation delivers the higher reading (if such should prove to deliver any significant juice)…
Such an assembly might be ensconced within a wind-driven 'fan'-construct…
All I understand about electricity is that by passing copper coils past magnets, or vice versa, [this] will stimulate electrical activity in the wires.
Earth being a magnet….
Do you remember an experiment by NASA where they launched a rocket, that had a coiled antenna hanging off of it, that had somehow accidentally become unravelled and stretched out in loose coil [that was] dangling through some hundreds or thousands of meters (or feet) below the rocket, as it shot at an angle upwards
and that dragging this wayward, lengthy coil through the Earth's magnetic field
suddenly excited enough electrical energy in the coil to DISINTEGRATE the whole mess in an instantaneous puff of smoke?
I saw the video of this and instantly had some kind of an AHA, 2plus2, moment of clarity (?) that said: Sure, electricity was generated in that antenna-wire, from being whooshed through the magnetic field of Earth, and 'generated' some awesome, huge amount of electricity, to blow the whole mess into smithereens…
All really a pretty vague sensation, of a momentary glimmer, of a EUREKA moment.
I made some Ambient Power Modules many years ago. Adam was in on it too. It worked using a long wire antenna and ground connection. When the ground and antenna were connected to the APM, a few volts of electricity became available at the output terminals. Read about it here. http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/energy21/ambientpower.htm
ReplyDeleteYeah! My dad used to tell me about it sometimes! I like to imagine that my dad's interest in the torus gave him a leg-up on the next world. 36 Volts/9 Watts sounds like enough to power my mother's laptop. She's moving up here! We're on solar panels. They're my landlord's. His place and mine (where I live with my girlfriend Jade (!) who is 5-1/2 months pregnant) share his system. He's got eight deep-cycle batteries and I think four panels: We do OK with LEDs, even through the winter. But he's not going to be hooking up my mother's place. We've got her lighting covered, and internet, but I am definitely on the lookout for a way to get her enough power to watch her precious movies. Any leads on the best, cheapest solar panels? or should I build one of these (with my 55-year-old, morbidly obese, Christian, virgin electrician-friend? I think I know the answer: Build it! I'll keep you posted. My mother's moving into her new place in a couple weeks. I sure wish my dad had been on the internet…. He is now!
ReplyDeleteJoe, I am wondering if I can use a 12-Volt DC battery to push electricity backward through one of those 12-Volt adaptors and get 120-V AC from the wall-plug side: My mother's on-demand gas water-heater needs a brief 120-V AC to ignite the gas.
ReplyDeleteAlternatively, I've got one of those old computer backup power-supplies, which is essentially an inverter, and it is designed to charge a 6-V car battery then draw from it to produce 120-V AC when switched on: I am wondering what the specs would be to trickle a charging supply of current to the battery in between uses absent a solar panel.
I these questions are absurd, I will pursue independent solutions.
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