The Magnet Generator - More Than Just a Science Project

I have always loved building things and I have a realturbine. It looks like something straight out of a high
love for the sciences so when I read recently about aschool science project but it really has a solid practical
device called a magnet generator that can, apparently,application.
provide a stream of free electricity, I decided to tryYou see, a magnet generator is not only silent, has no
building one.emissions so its very green but, because it doesn't
To be honest I wasn't really expecting much but I haveneed the sun, or wind to power it, this device can run
to say, I was very impressed with the end result. DIY isindoors as well as outdoors, in all weathers and even
not my strong point but I am happy to say that thereat night. The prototype generator that I built was
are several excellent guides to building your ownenough to run a couple of light bulbs and a fan quite
magnet generator available from the internet, so Ieasily, but I know that by scaling the project up its quite
grabbed one and set to work.possible to produce enough power to satisfy about
The end result, after a bit of sweat and tears (no50% of the average household's needs. Think about
blood thankfully) was, to my amazement, a fullythis another way - with just 2 of these machines -
functioning alternative energy generator. This amazingthat's an investment of less than $500 you could be
device is powered entirely by magnets - hence thepowering your entire house for the next ten years or
name. In the same way that a wind turbine uses themore with free electricity.
force of the wind to turn its blades, so a magnetNow that's what I call more than just a science project
generator uses the invisible forces exerted by- thats a really serious money saving device.
magnets to turn a flywheel that, in turn, drives a small