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| File Name      : DYNAMO.ASC    |  Online Date     :  07/04/96      |

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                  Is there a Dynamo in your Driveway?



Blizzards, hurricanes, and other disasters can bring down power lines

and plunge your house into darkness. Wouldn't it be nice, mused

engineers at Aura Systems Inc. if your home could then draw electrical

power from your car?



Turning a car's engine into an auxiliary generator would take ONLY

MINOR REVISIONS, they decided.  So technicians at the former defense

contractor in El Segundo, California, rolled up their sleeves.  They

tore out the mechanical starter motor and alternator, replacing them

with a combined electrical system.  Then they added electrical coils

to the flywheel, the heavy metal disk that spins to dampen engine

vibration, so it could double as an electromagnetic rotor for power

generation.



Result: an engine that can easily power an entire household when

idling - producing 7,000 Watts, says Aura Chief Executive Zvi "Harry"

Kurtzman.  Aura has applied for a patent and will unveil its engine-

generator at the Society of Automotive Engineers show, scheduled for

late February in Detroit.  The redesign also makes sense for

tomorrow's cars, which may need a new source of power if auto makers

keep adding more electronic gizmos.



Cars already on the road, Kurtzman reckons, could be equipped with

power outlets FOR A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS.

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This news report came from the January 29, 1996 Business Week,

although it ain't free energy, it offers an interesting alternative to

power generation.



Why not buy an old junker car motor, set it up in a small shed and

convert it to run on water?  If it idles with gasoline, it should do

the same burning hydrogen or a mix of hydrogen/oxygen.



The problem with home generation is the expense of inverters which

convert DC to AC.  Although it is not stated, they must be producing

an alternating current at 60HZ to avoid the high cost of these

inverters.......>>> Jerry

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