by Ripper on Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:39 pm
The guys from MythBusters did not even attempt to follow Bedini's instructions. Attempts were apparently made to show them how the device is supposed to work, but all correspondence has been ignored. Even if they left out the "charging" circuit, the motor would run for much longer due to it being a monopole motor.
This is not a perpetual motion machine! The energy is coming from somewhere (the vacuum or void). I don't quite understand it myself and it was probably oversimplified, but this is how it was it explained to me:
When electricity flows through a wire, you always get less out than what you put in. The Bedini motor reverses this process and actually gets more out that what is put in. Think of it as regaining some of the energy lost by all other circuits.
I've seen the device work... Charging 4 batteries while draining one (swapping them around as to not deplete the primary battery). It ran in this configuration for weeks.
My brother built a few recently which he is currently testing and I am busy building one of my own.
Components can be bought at any electronics (Communica) store for less than R100:
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1k ohms variable resistor
Transistor (2N3055)
Diode (IN4001)
Diode (IN4007)
120V Neon bulb (Ne-2)
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12v DC Computer Fan
12v DC power supply (12v Car battery / transformer)
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Full instruction video(s):
http://www.metacafe.com/tags/Imhotep_-_Bedini_Fan_Project_/
Rather than saying it sounds too good too be true so it must be false, why don't you build one and prove that it doesn't work? If it doesn't work, then you've wasted R100 and you get to come back here and brag that you were correct all along. If it does work, well, up to you what you will do with the technology.
By the way, Bedini has put this in the public domain, so it is not protected by his patents any more. If you come up with a commercial product, you are free to sell it without having to worry about licensing the technology and paying royalties.