DODGY KickStarter: The Gravitational Power Generator

[EEVblog]

I thought these things were banned on Kickstarter?
At least they tell you it produces no energy because they don't have a generator connected yet!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sunteljp/the-gravitational-power-generator-eco-turbine?ref=discovery_category

[pidcon]

For a simplified explanation from a similar tech, go to:

[Jeroen3]

Somewhat, they pump water to the top tank, this creates a torque. And torque can be energy if given radial velocity.
However, there is no such thing as free lunch, and pumping water to the top tank consumes energy of which half of that energy is lost immediately since that bit can't count as torque, right?
I don't know if pumping water up scales linearly in energy. The efficiency probably doesn't.

So a more correct description would be a gravity battery?

[Haenk]

Read the statement of the patent office at the end of the patent file:

https://suntel.jp/doc/WO2020065902.pdf

It rejects basically all functional claims and calls this BS.

[EEVblog]

Read the statement of the patent office at the end of the patent file:
https://suntel.jp/doc/WO2020065902.pdf
It rejects basically all functional claims and calls this BS.

It's one of the best self-owns I've seen!