What is OverUnity™?
By Robert Pritchett
We cannot get something for nothing, but we sure can try!
What is the definition of "Overunity"? The first thing to come to mind is Perpetual Motion.
Perpetual motion is a
system that runs itself without any new energy applied. The second thing to
come to mind is Synergistics,
“an interdisciplinary science explaining the formation and self-organization of
patterns and structures in open systems far from thermodynamic equilibrium”. However, I
would like to think Overunity is really a closed-loop system that is
self-powering, producing more power than it apparently consumes and perhaps
uses Zero-Point Energy Fields to do so.
I see Overunity as the scientific equivalent of the holygrail™ as a process
that somehow overcomes friction or gravity and goes beyond the known laws of
thermodynamics – until it is “explained”.
There is a competition by Stefan Hartmann for an
Overunity device for a monetary prize with specific conditions to be met at
OverUnity.com and the prize keeps getting bigger
These are the conditions –
“1. You need to build 3 working units, all must work in overunity mode,so
to make sure, it is a replicatable device.
2. Each of the 3 devices must at least put out 50 Watts of contineous
electrical AC or DC power. If your device is more a mechanical or chemical ( e.g.
electrolyis or cold
fusion devices) device, you must build also into it the
converter to get electrical power out of it, so it is producing at least
contineous 50 Watts of free power without using any fuel other than water or air.
3. Batteries can be used in it, but must be declared and must not be
hidden and battery lifetime and recharge time must be specified.( If batteries are
used as a buffer the testing time must be prolonged to test, if not just the batteries are
delivering all the output energy).Battery life should be at least 3 years and to change
the batteries should not cost more than 50 Euros (each 3 years or better after a
longer time period).
4. The 3 devices must be shipped to 3 different favourite Website owners in the free energy news and discussion movement.
One device must be shipped to me at OverUnity.com (Dip. Ing. Stefan
Hartmann) and the 2 other devices can be shipped for instance to Mr. Jean Louis
Naudin (jlnlabs.org) and Mr. Sterling D.Allan (freeenergynews.com) or simular
entities, which are able to test and measure these devices and publish in
details the reports about these devices.
5. Patented devices do not apply, cause we want a solution that has no
rights yet on it and which would be free to build by anyone. Commercial replications must pay
at least 10 to 20 % license fees to charity organizations or simular
organisations, that "feed the world" and help the poor. This should
be watched by the community to verify that commercial builder companies really
pay these licenses to charity organisations.
6. The inventor will get the prize money from me, if all 3 devices work
at the website owners and will still work after 3 months of time. 3 Months
should be long enough to study and verify the 3 units and also do extensive
tests and measurements with them and first replications would be then already
available from the community.
Internet to spread quickly together with the blueprints PDF File building instructions.
The verification tests will be published widely all over the
7. The device should not cost more than 500 US$ in part- and material-
prices to build and the inventor must also supply a DOC or PDF
file with pictures and building instructions and an
explanation how he thinks that it works.
8. The inventor of the devices must build 3 devices from his own money
and loan these 3 devices to the 3 website owners for the 3 months test periods and after
this he can choose, if he wants to get the 3 devices back or would like to sell
these 3 devices to the test website owners to keep for themself. The inventor
needs to ship the 3 devices on his own costs to the 3 website owners. If he can
supply convincing videos in advance of the functioning of his 3 devices,
shipping charges can be paid by me, if he is low on money.”
The prize money keeps increasing. No takers so far that I know of...
The New Energy Congress posted this over on the PESWiki
website –
“The phrase "Over Unity" typically refers to systems in which more
energy comes out than was apparently put in. That is most likely a function of
a new, unseen input source not yet recognized or measured. Theoretically all
energy comes from existing energy and is only transformed from one form to
another. Some over-unity claimants purport that the new energy is being
generated ex-nehilo (out of nothing). Most would reject that stance and just
wait patiently for new discoveries of where that energy is coming from.”
A fascinating compendium regarding Perpetual Motion
information is found here.
Jean-Louis Naudin has posted a list of websites dedicated
to the pursuit of OverUnity.
Tom Bearden may have the real technical answers on
obtaining Overunity with charged barrier devices and negative resistors.
Patrick Bailey wrote up an article on testing practices for Overunity back in 2001.
We look towards electrical power as a means to possibly
obtain Overunity, but only come close with “free energy” devices that absorb ambient electromagnetic fields like we see with the crystal
radio (I made one when I was a kid).
We have harnessed Alternating Current (AC) and Direct
Current (DC). What’s next, electrical power through Self-Sustaining Current
(SSC) or Magnetic Current (MC)? - http://www3.sympatico.ca/slavek.krepelka/exper/magcur.htm
http://www.josephnewman.com/Single_Magnetic_Charges.html
We use transformers and
amplifiers to get things done, but they take energy and produce work and
generate “waste” heat as a byproduct. Electrical devices can be built without
creating heat. Curiously, I see ultracapacitive electrical power as possibly
achieving Overunity such as a device made by EEStor.
Magnetism is also another
“source” of power -
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Magnetism
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Magnets
A 50-minute 3-part video on “Running on Water” by Authur
C. Clarke from 1995 is also rather interesting.
Another direction is in harnessing hydrogen.
There are more videos produced by Sterling Allan and the PES
Network on the topic.
Will water, magnetism and electricity mix? Maybe if we add
photophoresis or light –
http://physics-animations.com/engboard/messages/121.html
http://peswiki.com/index.php/PowerPedia:Solar_Energy
By the way, if you are now coming full circle with me and
thinking, “what about Nuclear Power?”. It is not Overunity.
In reality, it all depends on what we include or exclude to
determine if something is Overunity. It is like watching magic. It is magic if
we don’t understand how it is done. Once we figure out how the trick is done,
it is no longer magic. We say something has reached Overunity until we can
explain where the power is originally coming from to operate a device. Then it
is no longer Overunity in our minds.
Again we look to Patrick Bailey (from 1996) for a
definition;
“The
definition of "over-unity" depends entirely on where you draw the
circle around the device that you are considering. If the circle is small
enough, the device is obviously and without question "over-unity",
and energy may appear to not be conserved. Actually, it is. When you draw the
circle large enough, then energy is seen to be obviously conserved.
A good example is that of putting
new batteries into a flashlight. To someone in the 17th Century, this would be
an "over-unity" device and a "perpetual motion" machine!
Light comes from nothing!!! Energy from nothing!!! It lasts for days and days,
etc.
By drawing the circle around the
flashlight and the batteries, we see that energy is NOT conserved, and that the
flashlight is a "free-energy" machine (just like a car) - until it
runs down. Then it needs to be recharged. Ah hah!
Drawing a circle around the
formation of the flashlight and of the batteries, we see that energy IS
conserved, and that the potential energy generated by putting dissimilar metals
together causes the voltage potential that creates the energy to power the
light bulb. The whole process, is actually way "under-unity", as it
takes energy to create the batteries and the flashlight. "God" or
some other force was responsible for making those chemicals first.
The same argument applies to Hoover
Dam, where we are obviously getting more energy out than any humans put in, due
to the weather patterns and rain and snow filling Lake Mead. Draw a circle
around the Dam itself, and you have a free-energy device and a perpetual motion
machine. No question on that! Draw a circle around the Earth and Sun and you
have conservation of energy. Where the energy of the Sun came from is quite
another question...
There are LOTS of potential energy
sources around here on the Earth's physical plane. The process occurring in
"cold fusion" is the latest new one that is investigated right now.
Let's uncover some other ones as well.”
Check out the newly released "The Practical Guide to 'Free-Energy' Devices" by Patrick J. Kelley and the Panacea University. It is a 1,637-page PDF.
Update: Patrick J, Kelly keeps this book current at Practical Guide to Free-Energy Devices.
Perhaps in striving for Overunity, we can use devices that
are close enough to mass produce and give us a positive sea shift in energy
use. The fun is in the striving!
