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Originally posted by lordtyp0
Total bunk..
Everyone who knows ANYTHING about physics knows that the only way to get infinite energy is to put a bunch of magnets in front of a gear crank-held out by a long pole. The magnets will pull said crank in a circle which yields infinite power.
Originally posted by Havoc40k
Honestly, never going to work. the friction caused by the "water seal" would stop the air cells from beigh drawn up into the water tank item.
Alas, 'tis not so easy, this free energy thing... ~_~
I think MAC269 is right. It's not the force of water on "each" ball that's the problem, because on most of the balls inside the water, the net force is upward. The problem is with one ball in particular, the one at the bottom trying to come up through the seal.
Originally posted by gift0fpr0phecy
reply to post by MAC269
Don't forget the weight of the water on top of each ball.
www.hp-gramatke.net...
A closer look reveals that the force f1 acting on the bottom of the upper float is less than the force f2 acting on the lower float. The resulting force for this part of the chain points downwards, which for sure was not the inventor's intention. We can repeat this consideration for all pairs of floats. As the distances between the floats sum up to more than the height of a single float, the summed forces exceed the buoyancy force generated by the topmost float. Thus the machine won't work.
Nope, it's not another issue. It's the logical conclusion if you follow that analysis for each float in the series, the force keeps getting greater the lower you go, until you get to the bottom float when the force is greatest of all, and worst of all, there's no force at all pushing the bottom float up like there is all the other floats.
Originally posted by gift0fpr0phecy
When trying to pull an object out of water you experience resistance because of the weight of the water on top of the object. The weight of the water "increases the weight" of entire ball-chain on the right side of the pulley, and the upward force will not be strong enough to lift it.
The problem with the weight of the water on the seal is yet another issue.
I drew a sketch to show why that analysis is flawed.
Originally posted by gift0fpr0phecy
reply to post by Arbitrageur
www.hp-gramatke.net...
A closer look reveals that the force f1 acting on the bottom of the upper float is less than the force f2 acting on the lower float.