Big efficient DC motor driving a capacitor excited AC generator. Belt losses around 5-10 % at the light load shown. Load looks like 13 Watt CFL. So maybe a max of 20 watts total consumption from the batteries. This could run quite a while on those batteries. When he disconnects the batteries and shows the underside of the thick base, I'd be interested. Why use a belt with it's losses when you can direct drive at no loss? his pulleys look to be around 1:1 or slightly higher ratio, maybe 1:1.3. Running direct drive he will get more speed out of the alternator and less loss. Physic prof: why no interest in this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a2LXj48s_howhere the batteries are actually disconnected and it is lighting real incandescent lamps (not CFL's) at about 500 Watts capacity? Sterling A. should be ashamed to post the headline he did on this unit, as it is more than slightly misleading although correct: Philippine inventor, Jason Daz, has posted a video that appears to show a self-looped motor-generator system. An external power source starts the system and then is disconnected, at which point the 1 hp (~746 watt) motor turns the 3 kW generator via a belt, which loop back to power the motor, with energy left over. An outlet from the generator then powers a light bulb. (PESWiki) He fails to mention that the motor and generator are basically freewheeling in a feedback loop as there is no real load except the CFL, minor copper and friction loss, and belt losses. Also, the batteries are not disconnected, so there is the source. If he could maintain a few large incandescent lamps well past the amp-hour capacity of the batteries, I would be impressed. JD claims he will use a capacitor instead of batteries to prove it works, but I won't be holding my breath for that. These guys never state the operating principle because there is probably none. Looks like the ambassador to peswiki (Mark Dansie) who is regular guest of the smartscarecrow show made an offer to visit JD in the Philippines to check it out. Will probably be heralded on an upcoming show, so stay tuned for more hoopla.
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