Re: Regenerative Power supply



In article <1119985230.879523.5890@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
fynnashba@xxxxxxxxx <fynnashba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is this concept that I don't understand. Its all about
> generating power (AC of course)from from a group of batteriers and
> tapping some of the output to charge the batteries-- so it becomes a
> cycle. Infact I have challenged this concept until I head it in the
> news that someone has developed one in Ghana and he is actually using
> it to power his house and a car. My simple college physics tells me
> that this will not be possible since no machine or device is 100%
> efficient.

And converting AC to DC to charge batteries and then back again to AC is
going to be *very* much less than 100% efficient.

Snake oil springs to mind.

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Dave Plowman dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx London SW
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