Allegedly, not only does TWM Technology, LLC's motor produces enough electricity to keep its batteries topped off, with energy left over for other use, but it also produces torque. The motor does not heat up at all under load, so it can be built from cheaper materials, including wood. A 600 HP version is nearly completed.
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Henry Johnson, with TWM Technology, LLC, contacted me yesterday with some updates on their motor technology.
The last I heard in January, TWM had a super efficient motor that was maybe approaching overunity (more out than in).
The update information Henry provided spoke of a motor that produced enough energy to loop back and keep itself running, while providing plenty of extra energy for external use -- enough to enable an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to run indefinitely, for example. That claim is in the opening statement in a new PDF document he had me upload to our site to add to our PESWiki feature about their company. They like our page enough that for now they have been referring people to it instead of building a site of their own.
Henry also wanted me to note that their patent filing is now "pending," expected to be awarded in about a month. He also emphasized that the engineer who reviewed the technology last January, Chris Philbrick, is an "independent" agent, not affiliated with TWM; so the technology has technically been "third party tested".
In a follow-up email, Henry stated (slightly edited):
"We have built a 15 x 30 [inch] motor. It looks like we may need as much as 200 VDC input. However the output we expect to be 600 HP and 5,000 VAC. That will keep the batteries full, plus do significant other useful work. The next few days will give us some significant answers."
I then followed up by doing a recorded phone interview with him this morning. You can download the 16-Mb mp3 file from that interview, which lasted 45 minutes, and is one of the most jaw-dropping interviews I've ever done. If these guys truly have what Henry is describing, it could be the holy grail of energy, providing a bright beacon of hope for mankind, helping pull us through these troubled times.
According to Henry, the motor-generator has some amazing characteristics.
- Not only does it produce enough electricity to keep its batteries topped off, with energy left over for other use, but it also produces torque.
- The permanent magnets in the motor increase in strength with use.
- When an increased electrical load is placed on the output coils, they increase their output to meet the load.
- He also said that the motor does not heat up at all under load, so it can be built from cheaper materials, including wood.
- TWM intentionally shot the motor with a bullet, wiping out part of it (several coils), and it still ran.
It turns out that the moped that the engineer ran for 8 miles in a gymnasium last January, ended up with the same charge in the batteries as it started out with. The statement released by the engineer attests to that. The combined weight of the moped and rider was about 350 pounds.
Henry said that the other guys at TWM prefer to downplay what they have, both out of a desire to be conservative, as well as being concerned about how unbelievable their claims will be to most people.
They're putting the finishing touches on a version they expect to produce between 600 and 1200 HP. They plan to attach one of these to a 1951 Ford 1-ton pick-up truck and drive it several thousand miles to demonstrate the technology in use.
If real, this technology, scaled to various sizes, could fulfill the "imagine" statement we have before each of our radio segments:
"Imagine a world in which each home has its own power generator that obtains its energy in such a way that no fuel has to be added. Imagine every vehicle being able to run without ever stopping for fuel. Imagine each appliance having its own power source that never has to be recharged."
How it Works
According to their pdf, the generator-motor (producing electricity and torque) has 5 electromagnets in each stator power the two permanent magnets in each of three rotors. As the permanent magnet comes face to face with the electromagnets, the electromagnet polarity is reversed, compressing the magnetic field, impelling the magnet away. The opposite permanent maget is being repelled by the last electromagnet and attracted by the next electromagnet, causing rotation. A secondary winding on the electromagnet generates AC power. They are using both sides of the magnetic field. All the input energy is being used for is to change the polarity on the electromagnets. The permanent magnets and flywheel effect do the work. The transformers are 97% separated from the operation of the motor.
The synopsis statement we've had on our feature page is: "We've figured out how to make magnets the fuel." -- Todd Thorpe, TWM President (Jan. 5, 2009)
This evening, Todd sent me the following (slightly edited excerpt):
I am editing a small video of three different prototypes. The first one is hollow-core/electromagnets, high-rpm design. The second is a proof-of-concept/moped test motor. And, of course, there is the large beta prototype.
Since the last time we spoke, I've learned a lot about our technology, but still much is to be learned. For example, electromagnets can be almost any material. We've proved this with hollow core design. That motor is activated off of 10 pieces of wood! Phenolic to be exact. All our models' cores not only drive the motor, but the same 10 coils are also pickup coils. So, in turn, we are recycling the DC input through dissipation and absorption. The secondary wires absorb and output pure AC power. That's just one example of why this motor is special. This motor is versatile in the fact that it can be wired multiple different ways and many different materials can be used, all achieving different results. The motor is more equitable to an internal combustion or turbine in the fact we compress and release the magnetic fields in a stroke similar to a combustion motor or turbine. The motor is in fact a contained linear accelerator. Our circuitry is ahead of its time. I'll explain more later.
I hope this helps clarify our updates and perhaps will help the engineers out there with doubts of our findings.
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>"We have built a 15 x 30 [inch] motor. It looks like we may need as much as 200 VDC input. However the output we expect to be 600 HP and 5,000 VAC.
>That will keep the batteries full, plus do significant other useful work. The next few days will give us some significant answers."
See, that is the problem with many of the peswiki articles. do you even care for facts?
Since you are publishing articles about electrical machines and generators so often one would assume that you know that Voltage is not Power/Energy. What does 200VDC say? Nothing!
I can transform 200VDC to any amount of voltage i want, that does not say anything about the energy.
Also note the "we expect [..]"
I'd want you to examine the background of the articles a bit more instead of posting everything unevaluated.
He mentions 600 hp, which is 448E3 watts. If input voltage is 200 watts and current is less than 74.6 amps, he's achived overunity, assuming >1 ohm resistance.
Reading the PDF reveals that they state something like "Wow!!! Our unit is providing 3600 Volts and powering a house only takes 220 Volts." To the uninformed reader, this sounds like the device is a miracle energy producer. However, in order to really determine how useful this device is, a measure of "Power" is necessary. Power is the value that you get when you multiply volts times amps. Interestingly, the PDF also says that they were unable to measure current. This leads me to believe only one of two things: 1. They either do not know what they are doing. 2. They are scammers. Why? Even someone with an AS degree in electronics technology could devise a test to provide some measure of the power that this device is producing, so why can't these guys do it. I am sure that they will tell you something that sounds good, but has no real meaning.
Besides, the "bike" they are claiming to power clearly has a chain attached to pedals that drive the rear wheel. IMHO, likely its a scam.
As always: if it's overunity, connect the output to the input and demonstrate it IN PUBLIC to be self running indefinitely without power input. Overunity DOES NOT NEED BATTERIES! If there is a battery, it's a fraud, scam, nonsense, etc. etc.
By now, I'd expect Sterling to know that. Similarly, if it's in the future, forget it. Promises are worthless.
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>He mentions 600 hp, which is 448E3 watts. If input voltage is 200 watts and current is less than 74.6 amps, he's achived overunity, assuming >1 ohm resistance.
voltage is 200Watts?? power is watts, voltage is Volts obviously. And the power input is not mentioned anywhere, nor the current nor the resistance.
Sterling, even you must groan when you see another of these scams or deluded tinkerers. I understand it's a living, but doesn't it chafe sometimes?
Isn't it interesting how one of the gentleman in the photo of the inventors
blog.mlive.com/bctimes/2008/11/this_motor_spins_with_magnets.htm
resembles this guy:
www.fbi.gov/wanted/fugitives/wcc/oliver_cj.htm
They probably aren't the same person, but they might be in the same line of work.
It will indeed be a miracle if this outfit has a working over-unity motor since they don't appear to have the slightest understanding of how to even measure power - and that's the most basic necessity. All this talk about voltage with no mention of amperage is silly. Example: saying that 220V volts powers a home is nonsense. Watts are power - watts power a home, not volts. The abbreviated short/basic version of the equation is: watts = amps x volts. This is FIRST day electronics/electrical training material. Voltage is only 1/2 of the equation (you must add amps). When I see silly explanations like this I have a strong feeling of deja-vu. Wanna guess what that feeling is?
BTW, OU exists, but you have to know at least a LITTLE about basic electrical/electronics to have much hope of succeeding.
If you truly stumbleded onto an OU generator design and had no electrical knowledge, the first thing any intelligent person would do is obtain a little training regarding how electricity work
Forget the 600HP. Make a 1HP bicycle and if it can create overunity, ride it from NY to LA to prove that it really works. Simple, no BS, no showing amp/volt meters on video, no lighting bulbs in a lab. You cant fake it out on the road. If ANY of these Free Energy devices really worked it is a simple experiment to put them in a public place, away from power sources, with witnesses, and run it for a week. Besides if this really creates overunity why would it need 6 motorcycle batteries to run? Once started it should run with no batteries at all. A simple power supply should feed the energy back. So Guys forget the For truck with the 600 HP just make a small bicycle or motorcycle and prove the concept. Run it for 500 miles on your batteries and shock the world or go back to the drawing board.
In the PDF someone mentions that the (battery connected) motor powered a bicycle for an hour. Then they stopped and measured the batteries, and found them "fully charged."
Woo-ee.
If the batteries *were* full, then isn't it odd that nobody thought to just keep on riding that bicycle? If this generator actually worked, it would be the most important invention in the history of the world. So why stop testing it after an hour, which just happens to be about the amount of time a normal, non OU, battery-powered bicycle would run down?
Well... one obvious reason springs to mind! Wouldn't want to put those investors off now, would we?
Sweet!! This is the future of green technology. I'd like to see one of these on a Mustang... or a TESLA... hint hint
"maryyugo says:
Overunity DOES NOT NEED BATTERIES! If there is a battery, it's a fraud, scam, nonsense, etc. etc. By now, I'd expect Sterling to know that."
NOOOOOO, THE BATTERIES ARE THERE TO *STORE* THE ENERGY IT CREATES. WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU STORE THE EXCESS ELECTRICITY!! GEEZ.THE MOTOR IS RECHARGING THE BATTERIES ITSELF. THE BATTERIES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE EQUATION. THE POWER IS NOT COMING FROM THE BATTERIES, IT'S JUST BEING STORED THERE AND USED TO POWER THE ELECTROMAGNETIC MOTOR GENERATING THE ELECTRICITY. USE YOUR BRAIN.
There is no mention of how long the device has actually run, and how many times. Have they tested it several times for many hours, or just for short periods a few times? There is a pattern with Sterling and these things. They seem to show something like "Over Unity" but then the device is not reliable, and needs to be re-engineered. In the process of being re-engineers the input/output data "changes."
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