Question by red_rok07: What’s the validity of a magnetic engine?
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Answer by infogeek
There is a patent for one here:
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7105958-description.html
But based on most of the discussions I have read there does not seem to be any company actually selling them. The few that are selling devices seem to be viewed as scams. I gather the major problem is not so much making an engine that will go (rotate a shaft for example) but having an engine that can take any kind of load without external power to continue.
Good discussion here:
http://www.mustangsandmore.com/ubb/Forum14/HTML/022129.html
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Well, it depends on what you mean by “magnetic engine” electric motors use magnetism and they are certainly valid. if you mean a perpetual motion scam like the “Cycclone Magnetic Engines “, then not so much.
Some may wonder anyone got a patent for a magnetic engine when the US patent office will not issue a patent for a perpetual motion machine without a working demonstration, well, the answer is in the description of the patent:
“The electro-magnetic engine further comprises electrical means comprising an electrical connection and a source of battery power”,
it is not a perpetual motion machine at all, but a strange (and probably inefficient) electric motor,