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Source: The Cairns Post,
Published: 03/07/2 001 Author: Penny Robbins
Posted on 03/10/2001 23:46:55 PST by middle_american
Note - 'Ergon' refers to the local electricity supplier utility which used to be known as the FNQEB Far North Queensland Electricity Board).
Two Cairns inventors yesterday unveiled a world first commercial machine which can power a house from a permanent, clean, green and virtually free energy source.
The machine, developed by Brinsmead mechanical engineer John Christie and Edge Hil electrician Lou Brits, has an international patent pending and is expected to go on the market for $4000-$5000.
Relying on the attraction and repulsion of internal magnets, the Lutec 1000 operates continually on a pulse-like current 24 hours a day - producing 24 kilowatts of power - once it is kickstarted from a battery source.
The device is more than 500 per cent efficient, compared to a car which is less than 40 per cent efficient and loses power through heat and friction.
No powerlines would be needed to distribute energy from the individual power sources.
There is no heat, harmful emissions or airborne matter in the transmission.
If it were not for the magnets, which have a life of 1300 years, and the battery pack, which has a life of about five years, the machine would be in perpetual motion.
Demonstration of the motor from the carpeted study of Mr Christie's Brinsmead home revealed the device in all its glory - bigger than the average cyclone back-up generator but much less noisy.
M Christie and Mr Brits have been tinkering together on the motor in their spare time since they met in a Sheridan St cafe five years ago and began sharing ideas.
One and a half years ago, the design was perfected and the pair lodged a patent with Brisbane patent attorneys Griffith Hack.
Mr Christie said the next step was to develop a small-scale pilot plant in Cairns to begin distributing the motors to the places they were needed most - such as shops and homes in the power-starved Daintree region and the Torres Strait.
He said the price tag for the devices could vary in remote locations depending on government rebates, freight and installation costs.
The beauty of the device was that it was transportable and could be packed in a removalist van along with other earthly possessions when moving house, he said
The only problem the pair now face is in raising $500,000 to start their production plant.
"We're trying to keep it local, and trying to keep it in Australia, but it's hard because, offshore, they are more aggressive in taking up new initiatives," Mr Christie said.
Already, the invention has received interest from the United States, China, Japan and Indonesia.
"But we want to set up here and put the product on the market first, and then we'll take it to the world," he said.
Mr Christie said it had been hard to keep a lid on the invention which had such a huge potential in the quest for clean, green, energy production.
He said he and Mr Brit also feared the worst once they realised the significance of their invention.
"We were afraid the kids would be kidnapped or we'd be shot, I'm not kidding," he said.
"You hear horror stories about people running up against fuel companies, but it's all hogwash - people in the main are desperately looking for technologies that will help our environment."
The pair have begun discussions with Ergon as there is also the opportunity of selling energy back to the grid.
Mr Christie said the average home with a pool needed only 14kW of energy per day - which meant a 10 kW daily excess would be left over during the generation process
Griffith Hack partner Cliff Carew, who was speaking from Brisbane, confirmed the device was genuine and unique.
"An international application has been lodged, they've conducted an international search and haven't come up with anything similar, so it would seem to be a new concept," Mr Carew said.
He said it would be another two and a half years before the patent was recognised in 140 countries around the world - the usual length of time for an international patent to be processed.
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He said he and Mr Brit also feared the worst once they realised the significance of their invention.
"We were afraid the kids would be kidnapped or we'd be shot, I'm not kidding," he said.
1 Posted on 03/10/2001 23:46:55 PST by middle_american
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To: Vigilanteman
You work in the power generation industry. Please read and give us your thoughts on this.
2 Posted on 03/10/2001 23:53:39 PST by Rubber Duck
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To: middle_american
A stupid scam.
3 Posted on 03/10/2001 23:53:40 PST by Post Toasties
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To: middle_american
The device is more than 500 per cent efficient
Impossible. Energy in = Energy out.
4 Posted on 03/10/2001 23:54:10 PST by In veno, veritas
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To: middle_american
Doesn't pass the basic-science smell test.
5 Posted on 03/10/2001 23:58:37 PST by meta
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To: middle_american
1. The device violates the Law of Conservation of Energy.
2. The device also violates the Laws of Thermodynamics.
6 Posted on 03/11/2001 00:04:40 PST by punster
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To: middle_american
Sounds like a typical perpetual motion machine fraud to me.
7 Posted on 03/11/2001 00:18:08 PST by A6M3
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To: middle_american
Either this invention is a fraud or these Australians have actually made a major new discovery in physics. This article doesn't explain the source of the 24 KW of energy. This "invention" sounds so much like the "cold fusion discovery" from a few years ago. Although I'm a software developer, I have a chemistry degree and based on the laws of physics as they stand today this invention is impossible because there is no viable source for the energy produced.
8 Posted on 03/11/2001 00:22:06 PST by Patriot_from_CA
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To: In veno, veritas
It's not a fraud! There is too such a thing in science as "Free Energy," and now we're going to get it in the marketplace! Just wrap some pulse magnets in tinfoil......
9 Posted on 03/11/2001 00:24:17 PST by xm177e2
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To: punster
its a hoax
10 Posted on 03/11/2001 00:25:08 PST by JmeDale
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To: middle_american
The only problem the pair now face is in raising $500,000 to start their production plant.
If this thing does 10% of what they claim, this would not be a problem.
But, of course, it doesn't.
11 Posted on 03/11/2001 00:34:36 PST by BikerTrash
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To: middle_american
Those bad Aussies are at it again. Something is rotten in Austraila.
12 Posted on 03/11/2001 00:42:34 PST by cynicom
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To: middle_american
Simply plug it in, and it generates 24KW. Yeah, but how much electricity does it use?
13 Posted on 03/11/2001 00:50:07 PST by rebel_yell
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To: middle_american
Total BS. The old magnetic perpetual motion machine again… Too bad energy has to come from somewhere…
Gosh, looking for "investors" are they? Imagine that… At least they're only looking for $500k… That's a cheap scam these days…
14 Posted on 03/11/2001 01:00:51 PST by DB
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To: middle_american
The beauty of the device was that it was transportable and could be packed in a removalist van along with other earthly possessions when moving house, he said
What a kooky word for the movers-removalist Har-de-har!
15 Posted on 03/11/2001 01:00:52 PST by cport
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