ValyEnergiStar: Fact or Fiction?

Matt Watts

RE: ValyEnergiStar: Fact or Fiction?
« Reply #50, on December 21st, 2013, 07:47 PM »
Well gang, after studying the crap out of these types of devices, I have come to the conclusion they very well may be possible, regardless of the naysayers.  I had serious doubts not long ago, but fortunately I took a second look.  You may want to do the same; maybe even order some parts.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErrnPNweZR8

The simple evidence that reactive power does not impede the rotation of a generator is worthy of investigation and rethinking of what electricity truly is.


Matt Watts

RE: ValyEnergiStar: Fact or Fiction?
« Reply #52, on December 21st, 2013, 08:53 PM »
Quote from Jeff Nading on December 21st, 2013, 08:15 PM
Sounds good Matt, have you done any thing with your generator yet?:D
I'm a sheave and pulley away from finding out what can be done with this thing.  So far though, all things are looking good.


thx1138v2

Re: ValyEnergiStar: Fact or Fiction?
« Reply #54, on April 7th, 2014, 06:37 AM »
Quote from firepinto on November 13th, 2013, 09:27 PM
I'd have that thing hooked to a grid tie inverter till the bearings burned out and in the mean time id start building a second one so that when I needed to replace the bearings on the first one, I'd still be feeding the grid.  Who needs investors when you can build the next machine on the money generated by the first?  Some income is better than none, and if you play your cards right that income will multiply with investment in more machines.
I've been thinking along these lines myself but at an even lower scale. A device, any device, that could cut our electric bills in half could be worth the investment. Taking that a step further, what if we used multiple technologies applied to different aspects of what we are using power for now, i.e. a heterogeneous system that is part electricity, part heat transfer, part alternate fuels, rather than concentrating on one device to solve the entire problem.

There is so much talent on this forum is seems that should be doable. Even if we didn't get over unity, but reduced our grid dependence by say 80% or 90% that would be a good result.

Start a new thread?

Matt Watts

Re: ValyEnergiStar: Fact or Fiction?
« Reply #55, on April 7th, 2014, 11:49 AM »
I can only speak for myself with this one.  I would like to see an all electronic unit sit on my bench and power a small load with no external input, then understand how it works well enough to scale up to something that will run an RV coach.  From there a home and lastly, a vehicle.  I prefer an electronic solution due to its lower maintenance and initial investment.  Regardless of the solution, I feel a redundant system is needed so that one unit can be taken down while the other continues to provide power.  Spending time on improving efficiency of a COP < 1 system is not my goal.  I guess you could say "I'm all in".  I either find what I'm looking for or die trying.  I will settle for nothing less than a complete game changer.  I would hope others see why this is so critically important and are determined as much as I am.  Being only partially a slave to the system is still being a slave and this is totally unsatisfactory.  I've been dependent upon a system that wishes to eliminate me and my family for far too long--this $hit must stop.  Will time run out before I succeed in my mission?  Very likely.  In any event, what I do and what I build will be OpenSource for others to continue on with and some day, somebody will fulfill my goal.  That's a game changer.  I can only hope from there, it spreads like wild fire.  We are not dead yet, so lets make the most of it and put a finger in the eye of our opposition.  What do you say?  Shall we make a little history of our own for a change?

thx1138v2

Re: ValyEnergiStar: Fact or Fiction?
« Reply #56, on April 20th, 2014, 09:01 AM »
Quote from Matt Watts on April 7th, 2014, 11:49 AM
I can only speak for myself with this one.  I would like to see an all electronic unit sit on my bench and power a small load with no external input, then understand how it works well enough to scale up to something that will run an RV coach.  From there a home and lastly, a vehicle.  I prefer an electronic solution due to its lower maintenance and initial investment.  Regardless of the solution, I feel a redundant system is needed so that one unit can be taken down while the other continues to provide power.  Spending time on improving efficiency of a COP < 1 system is not my goal.  I guess you could say "I'm all in".  I either find what I'm looking for or die trying.  I will settle for nothing less than a complete game changer.  I would hope others see why this is so critically important and are determined as much as I am.  Being only partially a slave to the system is still being a slave and this is totally unsatisfactory.  I've been dependent upon a system that wishes to eliminate me and my family for far too long--this $hit must stop.  Will time run out before I succeed in my mission?  Very likely.  In any event, what I do and what I build will be OpenSource for others to continue on with and some day, somebody will fulfill my goal.  That's a game changer.  I can only hope from there, it spreads like wild fire.  We are not dead yet, so lets make the most of it and put a finger in the eye of our opposition.  What do you say?  Shall we make a little history of our own for a change?
I've been thinking about this since you posted it a couple of weks ago and I see all kinds of impediments but the basic it one is scale - not of the device but of distribution of the device. I don't expect the internet to be free and open much longer and especially so if control is turned over to the U.N.

I see a lot of people ranting about the oil companies but it seems to me they are only looking at their gas tank. Oil is used one way or another in almost everything you touch these days, plastics being a huge part of that. Take a look around you and remove the plastic from everything you see and what's left? Not much. look at all the plastic components in a computer and the plastic insulation on wires in the computer, connecting the computer to the wall outlet, the wiring in the walls, and in the breaker box itself and then out to the transformer. The chair you're sitting on probably has some plastic parts and if you're sitting in your car on your cell phone reading this, look around you again. Then think about getting rid of asphalt roads and the material to patch them with, not to mention the tires you're riding on. The gas tank is a very small part of that.

Pollution? Think about today's world running on wood powered steam engines or "clean electricity". Really? When the manufacturing polutants are factored in it's only a miniscule difference and in some cases even more polluting than doing the same job with oil based fuel.

There's a nasty little secret about wind farms that people aren't generally aware of - everyone of those towers supporting the fans has a 2" gas line running up through it to run a motor powering the generator to produce electricity when there is no wind.

Then think of the geopolitics of it. Most of the worlds leaders aren't going to allow their people to have what you want to give them and most of those people don't have the resources or knowledge to build it on their own or the will to do so. They are mostly concerned about where the next meal for their family is going to come from and they can get along without electricity quite well. Maybe they would do better with electricity but they've never known it and, being something new to them, will naturally be sceptical. My wife has worked in medical imaging her whole life and now she is doing digital mamography. We were talking to some people about breast cancer screening in third world countries, mainly Central America, and one of the men in the group was quite blunt when he said, "You don't get it. These people don't give on Poo about health care. They just want to eat. That's their major challenge and it's every day." We had to confess, we've never been in that situation and couldn't even imagine it.

So, no, I don't see any possibility of you reaching your stated goal happening in your lifetime or your childrens' or their childrens' lifetimes. It's not "the system" that you're fighting but human nature - those in power work hard every day to maintain that power over others - and they have the resources to do so.

You asked me what I thought. That's only part of it but it gets two of the main points across. Although noble goals, I personnaly think you have a lot of talent and it seems silly to me to waste it tilting at windmills. It seems you want to destroy "the system" that is enabling you to do what you're doing and live like you live. You don't have to be a slave to it. Make it your slave. Make it deliver what you want and show others how to do the same.


Matt Watts

Re: ValyEnergiStar: Fact or Fiction?
« Reply #58, on July 23rd, 2014, 11:46 PM »
Now this recent model shows us some interesting mechanics with its powerful levers and ratcheting drive mechanism.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9-nYKwcIiM#

If I could erase the previous history of this guy and start fresh, I would probably give a lot of merit to this latest machine.

What do you all think of it?

Lynx

Re: ValyEnergiStar: Fact or Fiction?
« Reply #59, on July 24th, 2014, 04:46 AM »
A machine that runs using levers and wheels and whatnot.
And some car batteries.
Still not impressed.
However, I'd love to be proven wrong.