Strange Magnets: Unusual Experiments & Free Energy

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This discussion centers on a video showcasing a permanent cylindrical magnet dropped into a copper tube, which demonstrates the phenomenon of eddy currents slowing the magnet's descent. The participants highlight that while the experiment appears intriguing, it does not produce free energy, as claimed by the video's creators. The consensus is that such demonstrations can mislead non-scientific audiences into believing in the possibility of generating energy without cost, which is fundamentally inaccurate.

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Hi all !

I've looked at a strange video on the net of an obscure compagnie
that pretend to create electricity (5 times more energy than it consume).
This video was very entertaining, I laughed a lot. But, there was
something special that intrigate me...
The pseudo-scientist take a permanent cylindrical magnet, and droped
it in a copper(?) tube. The magnet then falls of course, but at a very very
low speed.

First I could not explain that, but it is simply due to the moving magnet
that generate Foucault current in the copper...

Morality, do impresive experiments to a non-scientific audience, try to
make them believe you can offer them free power, electricity and so on,
but you can't because of a lack of money and because of the politicians
and big compagnies... and you'll be a big... swindler !

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I remember that experiment being performed at an open day quite a few years back when I was applying to universities. They certainly didn't claim it was producing energy from nowhere :D.
 
Eddy currents in the copper pipe slow the magent's fall. However I am not so sure about the free energy.
 

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