Re: Spinning wheel O/U claim

SWB ( dev@icx.net )
Sun, 21 Nov 1999 07:46:36 -0500

Lawrence Dean Miller wrote:
>
> I have always had a scientific skeptical view of O/U devices with batteries.
> Would consider if the device ran continuously and output at least 10 times
> as much energy as is in the capacity of the batteries.

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Amen to that!

Think about it. If a device is truly O/U, then by definition it produces
enough power to run itself, AND a load. Even if it needed a battery to
get started, once it was up to speed a voltage regulator would then kick
in and remove the battery from the circuit, provide enough power for
itself and a load, and then dump the excess power to ground. The battery
could then be physically removed from the device, and it would still
"keep-on-ticking"!

SWB

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