Re: Time to get rid of the resistor.

From: Silver Surfer (h.mcguffinspamouflage_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/13/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 20:25:48 -0500

Tom asked:

"Could we power a generator with a motor and power the motor with the
generator and have a continuous supply of motion?"

Even if the generator and motor did not each have inherent losses then what
would this accomplish?

"Tom Biasi" <tombiasi@REMOVEoptonline.net> wrote in message
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> <currentresident@veloemail.com> wrote in message
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>> As I understand it the resistor wastes energy by converting it into
>> heat. Consider this simple circuit a battery connected to a light bulb.
>> The light bulb shines onto a photocell the photocell charges the
>> battery. Thus the light bulb functions as a resistor but some of the
>> energy has been recovered. Now that the problem has been defined
>> someone who understands the physics better can work on making a
>> resistor that does not waste power.
>>
> Hi,
> The resistor doesn't waste energy it just transforms it.
> If you have no need for the heat then to you it is wasted.
> What you are saying is that a portion of the energy that supplies the
> light bulb does not make light.
> You wish to recover the energy that does not make light.
> It can and is done now.
> Take a look at some of the efficienticencies of transforming energy and
> see what is feasible.
> Could we power a generator with a motor and power the motor with the
> generator and have a continuous supply of motion?
> Regards,
> Tom
>
>

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