Atmospheric Electricity Powers Small Motor [video]

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At one point he refers to someone claiming 300W off of a 2 meter antenna. It seems too good to be true; that'd be free cheap power no one would pass up. It also sounds like something you'd be accidentally picking up all over the place with anything conductive whether you wanted it or not. Has anyone tried this? I find his demo of a tiny, barely moving engine and a 100ft wire much more realistic.

I bet it's not the "Atmospheric" power but comes from RF. Same principle of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_radio

I tried to reed the references, but I couldn’t find a complete description of the motor he is using.

The crystal radios have a diode. Does the device have a diode? Does it work without the diode? Does it work if the diode is reversed? (The black thing in the right side of the motor looks like a diode, but I couldn’t distinguish the cathode bar mark.)

I’m not sure, but if this were based in atmospheric electricity, this should work even without a diode and don’t work if the diode is reversed. If this were based in RF, this shouldn’t work without a diode, but it shod work with the diode in the other direction.

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