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Uploaded by on Jan 20, 2008

This video show how to make a steel ball go up hill using just magnets.

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  • i would like to build one, is it a magnetized steel ball , and are the little magnets all faced with the same polarity or do they alternate n-s . thoughts please thank you in advance.

  • @Sliverinski Yes they are all facing the same way, the magnets are 5mm cubes, space the pairs about 5-10mm apart. The ball is magnetized. Have fun.

    Dan

  • wow...this is cool can you make some ladder to it? and continue ?

  • @maxinpains You can make it longer and I have done u bends etc You cant make it loop though.

  • maybe at the right time a copper piece could help in breking the field so it drops with gravity. as copper is non magnetic

  • @yourroaddog The problem is that at the end of the magnetic field the ball is pulled to a stop and you can't release it without providing extra energy. I have tried gravity at that source but I could never get it to work reliably.

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  • When you finally take the ball off of the track with your hands, you pull the ball away from the magnetized track and reestablish the state of potential energy between the ball and the first magnet on the track. You have "cocked the spring" and to release the spring all that you have to do is position the ball at the bottom of the track.

    If you make the full track circuit, you will find that it does not work, just like Mother Nature intended.

  • Once the ball passes the first magnet, all of the other magnets are doing nothing with respect to speeding up the ball. The other magnets are simply keeping the ball on the track. There are also delaying the "sticky point" so that it is at the end of the track associated with the last magnet.

    When the ball is going up the track, it is slowing down to overcome gravity, but we can't see it. The energy to get the ball moving came from the first magnet, which came from were you placed the ball

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  • @djburke135

    guess need some extra energy then.... thanks for reply.

  • @tradur1 Thanks for the comment, I'd love to keep on experimenting but life and money get in the way. If I ever find a way to make some money I will return to this and a few other ideas.

    Dan.

  • "Enter test here" it says but how to enter any text? Impossible...

  • This will interest everybody, I promise, I have plenty more where this came from, I collect them, Hydrogen experiments as well, I love to share notes, no money involved, just people helping each other, I plan to hopefully get a return from doing further R&D and building the complex designs for people.

    youtube(.c)om/watch?v=Pxy8phi6­I74

    Drop me a line if you can't find it

    All the best, happy experimenting.

  • I liked your magnet experiments, it's a shame you stopped.

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