Renewable energey; the sheppard factor
Diagram 1 illustrates the basic make of the mechanism. Components of the mechanism:
There is a weight (1),
A material attracted to the electromagnet (2) eg iron and an insulator (black component) and
An electromagnet (3). The arm attached to the electromagnet is also attached to a shaft, which is attached to a magnet which is in a coil of the copper wires (the generator). The copper wires link back to supply current to form the electromagnet (3).
In diagram 1, the weight (1) will fall leading to (2) moving towards and pushing the electromagnet (3) provided the gravitational force of (1) is greater than that of (2) and (3). Movement of (3) will result in movement of the magnet in the coils of wires thus generating a current which will make (3) magnetic. Once (3) is magnetic, it will attract (2). At the end of (2) is a non magnetic part (the coloured part) to keep (2) and (3) separate thus (2) and (3) will attract each other but not come into contact. I was thinking that this would result in (2) being attracted to (3) resulting in (1) continuing its movement in the counter clockwise direction because electromagnetic force (attraction between (2) and (3)) is much stronger than gravitational force (sum of weight of (2) and (3)) which in turn will produce more rotation leading to more electricity further reinforcing the cycle above.
DIAGRAM 1
Eventually, (2) and (3) will reach the top of the circle and what occurs next is shown in diagram 2.
In diagram 2, (3) will begin to fall due to gravity and as it does so it will result in movement of the magnet within the copper wire which will produce a current which will attract (2) resulting in movement in the continued movement in the counter clockwise direction of (1).
DIAGRAM 2
The assumption that underpins the mechanism is the electromagnet (3) is only magnetic when it is moving resulting in (2) being attracted to (3) while (3) is NOT attracted to (2). This is because
To elaborate on this point, attraction occurs when two opposing charges experience a pulling force towards each other then they get closer resulting in an increased strength of the pulling force between them. So when (2) moves towards (3) this occurs, however, if (3) moves towards (2), the electromagnet (3) will slow down leading to a reduced current resulting in reduced charge and a reduced force between (3) and (2). So if when (2) moves towards (3) the force increases thus attraction is occurring however if when (3) moves towards (2) the charge of two decreases leading to a decrease in force between suggesting that (3) isn’t attracted to (2). If this is the case then you may be able to get the circular motion described above and in the process generate electricity.