Hendershot Generator

[GM Forsythe]

I've received an ad for plans for a Hendershot generator, claiming that it
will produce power sufficient to run an entire house for virtually nothing. I
find this hard to believe, but I'm not current in my understanding of the
physics of this device. Can someone here explain how this works and explore
the possibility of using it to power a household?

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[Jim Thompson]

On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:18:03 +0000, GM Forsythe
<f6ceedb9c75b52f7fcc0a55cf0cfbf5d_956@example.com> wrote:

I've received an ad for plans for a Hendershot generator, claiming that it
will produce power sufficient to run an entire house for virtually nothing. I
find this hard to believe, but I'm not current in my understanding of the
physics of this device. Can someone here explain how this works and explore
the possibility of using it to power a household?

It works just like Obamacare.

...Jim Thompson
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[Helmut Wabnig]

On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:18:03 +0000, GM Forsythe
<f6ceedb9c75b52f7fcc0a55cf0cfbf5d_956@example.com> wrote:

I've received an ad for plans for a Hendershot generator, claiming that it
will produce power sufficient to run an entire house for virtually nothing. I
find this hard to believe, but I'm not current in my understanding of the
physics of this device. Can someone here explain how this works and explore
the possibility of using it to power a household?

You are asking for an explanation "how it works"
for a device which actually does not work.

It is a hoax.
Hope you did not spend money on it.

w.

 

[GM Forsythe]

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http://www.electrondepot.com/electronics/hendershot-generator-126287-.htm , GM
Forsythe wrote:

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It works just like Obamacare.

...Jim Thompson

-- That well, eh? Glad I didn't spend any money on it.

 

[GM Forsythe]

responding to
http://www.electrondepot.com/electronics/hendershot-generator-126287-.htm , GM
Forsythe wrote:

hwabnig wrote:


You are asking for an explanation "how it works"
for a device which actually does not work.

It is a hoax.
Hope you did not spend money on it.

w.

-- Fortunately, I have not. Also fortunately I came here before doing so.
Thanks all.

 

[Ian Malcolm]

GM Forsythe <f6ceedb9c75b52f7fcc0a55cf0cfbf5d_956@example.com> wrote in
news:94f88$527be7a6$43de0cc0$13504@news.flashnewsgroups.com:

responding to
http://www.electrondepot.com/electronics/hendershot-generator-126287-.h
tm , GM Forsythe wrote:
hwabnig wrote:


You are asking for an explanation "how it works"
for a device which actually does not work.

It is a hoax.
Hope you did not spend money on it.

w.



-- Fortunately, I have not. Also fortunately I came here before doing
so. Thanks all.

Its a *SCAM* as the plans for said worthless device are freely available
on the internet anyway.

If any such perpetual motion machine with electrical output actually
worked, (a physical impossibility), the power companies would build power
plants using them and stop buying fossel fuel. Its simple economics + it
would get all the Greens off their backs ......

--
Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND.

 

[Tim Wescott]

On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:18:03 +0000, GM Forsythe wrote:

I've received an ad for plans for a Hendershot generator, claiming that
it will produce power sufficient to run an entire house for virtually
nothing. I find this hard to believe, but I'm not current in my
understanding of the physics of this device. Can someone here explain
how this works and explore the possibility of using it to power a
household?

The physics of the Hendershot Generator is that it is a perpetual motion
machine. Perpetual motion machines violate the known laws of physics.
(Specifically, they violate either the first or second law of
thermodynamics, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_thermodynamics.)

Perpetual motion machines do _not_ violate the known laws of psychology,
because it seems that everyone wants something for nothing, and will pay
you for the privilege of having a chance to do so.

Now I can explain how it works: The Hendershot Generator is a device for
harvesting money from gullible people who don't know the most basic law
of physics, or of psychology, or even of common sense.

And that leads directly to how you use it to power a household: buy the
plans, or just study the various perpetual motion machine scams over the
years. Then figure out how to run your _own_ perpetual motion machine
scam, and use the proceeds to pay your power bill. I suggest that you
don't try to make a completely new scam -- it'll be much easier to revive
one that hasn't seen the light of day for over half a century. Getting
some really old Popular Mechanics magazines is probably a good starting
point.

Unless you're a really really good scam artist, you may find it a more
productive use of your time to get a job at Walmart.

--
Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting
www.wescottdesign.com