Let's get a power generator solution.

[Elf1nDrak3]

One mind may be able to design a power generator but 40000 minds will be able to design a power generator.

What I got is the following:
Take a 12Volt battery and use one of those nice looking coils that amplifies the Volt. Those divices they use on Car Sound Systems to push it up to 220Volts. With 220V you can keep a magnetics coil running to generate more power and also power an alternator to keep the battery running. The only problem I have is understanding how much power is needed to power a house. I would guesse about 20kW.

Anyone have some thoughts?

 

[HavocXphere]

Anyone have some thoughts?

Not to rain on your parade, but that is seriously flawed. You cannot magically get more power out of a battery than its charge. Increasing the voltage decreases battery life and/or decreases amps. Also read up on perpetual motion machines.

 

[jmak]

One mind may be able to design a power generator but 40000 minds will be able to design a power generator.

What I got is the following:
Take a 12Volt battery and use one of those nice looking coils that amplifies the Volt. Those divices they use on Car Sound Systems to push it up to 220Volts. With 220V you can keep a magnetics coil running to generate more power and also power an alternator to keep the battery running. The only problem I have is understanding how much power is needed to power a house. I would guesse about 20kW.

Anyone have some thoughts?

1. An inverter is used to convert 12 volt to 220 volt, but it is not very efficient and will be loosing around 15% of power.
2. Unfortunately I believe the problem is not understanding how much power is required to power a house, but rather understanding the field of electronics a little bit better. In short, you need an energy source such as the sun. It is not possible to have a closed-loop solution to generate energy since there will always be losses of some sort. So in theory it is not even possible to have a system keep itself going, so generating energy in a closed loop... not gonna happen.

 

[frozt01100101]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy ::

In physics, the law of conservation of energy states that the total amount of energy in any isolated system remains constant but cannot be recreated, although it may change forms, e.g. friction turns kinetic energy into thermal energy. In thermodynamics, the first law of thermodynamics is a statement of the conservation of energy for thermodynamic systems, and is the more encompassing version of the conservation of energy. In short, the law of conservation of energy states that energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.

Read on from there.

 

[Ricard]

One mind may be able to design a power generator but 40000 minds will be able to design a power generator.

What I got is the following:
Take a 12Volt battery and use one of those nice looking coils that amplifies the Volt. Those divices they use on Car Sound Systems to push it up to 220Volts. With 220V you can keep a magnetics coil running to generate more power and also power an alternator to keep the battery running. The only problem I have is understanding how much power is needed to power a house. I would guesse about 20kW.

Anyone have some thoughts?

I have read about such a system... strangely it was on the same web page as cold fusion, perpetual motion, Anti-gravity and the lochness monster

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be converted from one form to another.

 

[Moederloos]

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be converted from one form to another.

For example, here in SA we turn potential energy into stupidity.