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Free Energy Scams and Fakes
daqq:
--- Quote ---I'd kill a box full of kittens for a SPICE program that looked like that. It's like a cross between a simulator, The Simpsons, Super Mario, & Nyan cat ...
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Proteus has a nice UI and is quite friendly. Looks good as well, though it lacks said clouds! And you don't have to kill a box full of kittens, unless they changed the EULA considerably. If your looking for clouds and rainbows rather than functionality, you can combine whatever simulator you are running now it with some illegal herbage.
grumpydoc:
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--- Quote from: lewis ---My workshop aircon unit uses 1.6kW of electricity to produce 5.5kW of heat
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I think the origin of this lies in the fact that airconds did achieve some substantial leaps in efficiency some years back,& they could get more hot or cold air out with less power in.
From that the new system could be labelled as "equivalent to an older 5.5kW unit",which although it is right,is silly,as no one is selling the old types anymore.
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No, the origin is a slightly disingenuous description.
The aircon (edit: I assume that it is, in fact, a heat pump which can be used to cool in summer or warm in winter) in question does not produce 5.5kW of heat from 1.6kW of electricity - it moves 5.5kW of heat from elsewhere using 1.6kW of electricity. Elsewhere can be the atmosphere outside (dry air at 0oC has a specific heat of approx 1kJ per kg per oC) or the ground or water depending on the installation.
The physics in this case is sound but it isn't free energy - it's (once again) thermal energy from elsewhere.
cybermaus:
--- Quote from: skipjackrc4 on January 31, 2014, 03:56:42 am ---The increased capacity thing makes sense, due to the desulphation (did I spell that right?) caused by the high voltage pulses.
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Well, only if the battery had decreased performance to begin with. You can't desulphate (however it is spelled) a battery that is working as it is supposed to.
--- Quote from: skipjackrc4 on January 31, 2014, 03:56:42 am ---... a "different form" of potential that can't be detected using conventional equipment....
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That is such well-known tell-tale of of pseudo-science that professional con man know not to use it anymore. So it probably proves that your friend honestly believes this junk.
G7PSK:
All this type of stuff is what Richard Feynman called "Cargo cult science" They create their arguments and reasoning's as to what they expect then sit back to await the results and when they are not forthcoming it must be due to not being able to detect it or see it for whatever reason, such as you don't believe therefore you can't see it or don't get it. The great man explained it better but i will have to look it up again in order to quote directly. Personally I have given up trying to convince some people as one can only |O for so long.
dfmischler:
Cargo Cult Science by Richard P. Feynman. Worth reading.
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