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Engineers John Christie and Lou Brits, who have endured intense criticism after they first unveiled their invention in The Cairns Post in 2001, are now preparing to construct a prototype of their revolutionary power device they hope to market within the next two years.
Originally posted by TheAssociate
So, for what it's worth, they're allegedly going to have a working prototype within the next two years.
It does not work via perpetual motion, rather it relies on natural magnetic forces and a pulsed electrical input.
same article
The Lutec draws its power from a bank of batteries, with the motor turning due to powerful permanent magnets at its core being attracted and then repulsed from steel cores of fixed coils.
(same article)
Originally posted by Funk bunyip
Using the term "system to control a rotary device" would simply be a shortcut of the red tape to push the invention through the patent offices.
The results of the generator were verified by independent engineers from SGS Australia following a test earlier this year, which confirmed the energy output from the generator was indeed greater than its input.
Originally posted by TheAssociate
It would be an enormous challenge to get a "free energy device" patented if you specifically called it that. Thanks for pointing that out.
Originally posted by TheMoose
I just searched for 'Lutec 1000' on SGS' Website (whom the article claimed verified the results of this machine) and it drew a blank...