On May 26, 2011, Dr. Steven E. Jones demonstrated a simple solid state circuit he has been working on that produces more than eight times more energy out than is electrically put in, implying that energy is being harvested freely from the environment somehow. He shows the results he has gotten both from his oscilloscope as well as a high-end Techtronics oscilloscope he used at Brigham Young University where he served as a Professor.
The plans for this circuit are posted at a story we've posted at PESN.
Video shot by Sterling D. Allan.
@knet99 exactly
batsali99 6 days ago
hook the output to the input of the same circuit, if it really has an efficiency of more than 8 as you state, then you wouldn't need an energy source (battery). My guess is that the measurements are being done wrong.
batsali99 6 days ago
Why don't you take the output power and use that to power 7 or 8 more of these circuits, effectively multiplying your total available output power. Something like this would make it easy for a non-engineer to understand the reality of this.
conspiracyfactist 1 week ago
I'll pay 10 000$ for a small plant to power my house + cover airplane fees etc. I will pay when it's set up and actually is proven to power my house in a stable fashion for a week. Ya dig?
allowambeBOWWAMB 1 week ago
@bloggulator That would still throw the 2nd law of thermodynamics into danger. Coz room heat cannot be utilized without doing any equivalent work and the work must be done by the circuit itself...if it is true the input will always have to be greater than the output.
quantumparanoia 3 weeks ago
@Xero555000 : In deriving Maxwell's original equations Maxwell never heard of entropy function popularized by Clausius, in fact he derived it using the concept of fields as strains in ether. Neither mathematical form of Kelvin-Planck's statement existed in 1864. Picking up energy from the vacuum background won't affect the 2nd law if it is assumed that vacuum energy distribution is non-uniform in space. Over unity may be possible...the above experiment shows this. Isn't it?
quantumparanoia 3 weeks ago
All components and connections in a circuit have a degree of resistance, which causes dissipation of energy in the form of (primarily) heat. If the output energy exceeds the input, then to balance the equations and avoid violating the laws of nature, it would imply that the excess energy is being pulled from "somewhere else". Maybe: place the circuit in an insulated container, and carefully measure the air temperature as the circuit is running. If the air gets colder, that would provide a clue?
bloggulator 3 weeks ago
My guess is his shunt resistor calculations are off (how he's reading his current). If you had 0.92 watts across that little resistor it would get hot and burn out in a matter of minutes. DC power in a resistor manifests itself as heat, so feel your output load and see if it gets warm. Take my advice "professor", trust your fingers more than those oscilloscopes.
crudip 1 month ago
I believe that the input power measurements are not reflecting the actual load of the battery, but as mentioned, if he can disconnect the battery and run the circuit on a self-charging capacitor, that runs indefinitely, then that would indicate overunity.. (can't find the followup capacitor test though)
rtom09 1 month ago
@quantumparanoia but the fact that energy is just being concentrated from the vacuum violates the second law... maxwell's equations were derived with energy and entropy well in mind... over unity is not possible
Xero555000 1 month ago