15 x 30-inch motor prototype is expected to produce 600 HP and 5,000 VAC

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The discussion centers around the feasibility of TWM's 15 x 30-inch motor prototype, which is claimed to produce 600 HP and 5,000 VAC, potentially sufficient to power multiple pickup trucks. The conversation touches on the implications of superconducting technology in electric motors and the practical challenges of implementing alternative energy solutions.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants question the feasibility of the motor's claimed output, noting it is a superconducting design rather than a conventional electric motor.
  • One participant suggests that the output could indeed power two pickup trucks and expresses belief in the feasibility based on prior experiences with nitrogen-cooled superconductive machines.
  • A separate discussion emerges regarding the installation of a Stirling dish for energy generation, highlighting community resistance despite scientific understanding among some members.

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Participants express differing views on the feasibility of the motor prototype's claims, with some supporting the potential of superconducting technology while others remain skeptical. The discussion on the Stirling dish installation reveals a lack of consensus among community members regarding alternative energy solutions.

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The discussion includes assumptions about the capabilities of superconducting technology and the practicalities of community energy projects, which remain unresolved.

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TWM's 15 x 30-inch motor prototype is expected to produce 600 HP and 5,000 VAC -- enough to power a pickup truck. Is this claim really possible? I am not an electrical engineer. Please check the patent attached(link) here.
US20080143206 http://ip.com/patapp/US20080143206.
 
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I have no idea if it's feasible..but note it's a SUPERCONDUCTING design not a conventional room temperature electric motor...
 
Thats actually enough to power two pickup trucks. But yes, I think its feasible. I've seen some nitrogen cooled superconductive machines before that can generate ridiculous amounts of mechanical work in very small packages.
 
Well, and, I've been trying to get my folks and their 4 neighbors to allow the installation of a 12' stirling dish that would supply 80% of their year-round electrical energy needs at a 4.5-year break-even point, but not for just one house-hold. For three.

They don't get it! Half of them are well-versed in the sciences, but even still, they're not willing to get involved. Some claim, "I don't think our architectural committe would approve," to which I would respond, PHOOEY! We're well beyond the point of where doing what's right is based on whether or not something "looks good."

And stirling dishes look good, at least the same as the dishes still sitting in their yards from 20 years ago.
 

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