because nothing is 100% efficient.
Just running power down a wire wastes electricity. Convert ac to dc wastes convert voltage in a transformer wastes a lot of energy.
2007-07-21 05:30:46
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answered by Yoho 6
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If you hook an ideal generator up to an ideal motor (without the transformer) in such a way that the mechanical energy output of the motor is transferred perfectly to the generator and the generator's electrical output is transferred perfectly to the motor, the two electical devices would put quite a load on each other. Each would be able to convert just barely enough energy to keep each other running.
By throwing in an external load, you have introduced an energy drain into this system. This extra drain will reduce the output of the generator's electricity to the motor, which will reduce the output of the motor, which will further reduce the output of the generator and so on until the whole system grinds to a halt.
A transformer, even an ideal one, will not help. You can boost the amount of current available at the expense of voltage or vice versa, but you do not increase the overall power or energy available with a transformer - you merely make an adjustment to the form in which this energy appears.
In practice, real generators, motors, and transformers have losses when operating, as do the electrical and mechanical couplings between them. These will introduce what amounts to an external load and will prevent the output of one device from being enough to keep the next device in line from maintaining its current output.
This concept and its variations has been tested experimentally countless times over the years, always with the same result: the perpetual motion machine always fails to continue to run on its own. It may run for a while if an energy storage device such as a charged battery is incorporated into the design, but the device will still stop once this source of energy is exhausted.
2007-07-21 07:59:08
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answered by devilsadvocate1728 6
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It has to do with current. With a transformer, you can increase the voltage but not the current.
Think of electricity as water. You turn on your garden hose and measure how long it takes to fill a gallon of water. Let's say it fills 1 gallon a minute. The current is 1 amp. Now measure the length of the stream coming out of the end of the hose. Let's say it is 1 foot. The voltage is 1 volt. Now put your thumb over the opening of the hose. Now the length of the stream is 10 feet (10 volts). Your thumb transformed the voltage by a factor of 10 but the current is still only 1 gallon (1 amp) a minute.
The current is what really does all the work. A motor turns mostly because of how many electrons flow past a given point in a set amount of time. Your machine doesn't make enough current to do all the tasks you require.
Incidentally, the water example above is a good explanation of why people say that voltage doesn't kill: it's the current that kills. Change the garden hose into a fire hose that pumps out 1,000 gallons per minute at 5 feet and I'll bet you get knocked over!
Hope this helped.
2007-07-21 06:25:53
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answered by oneidacarpetguy 2
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The problem is in your step where you "change into more electrical energy by transformers".
Transformers dont give you more power (or energy). If the output voltage is higher, the output current is proportionately lower in an ideal case. ie., input of 10V and 10 A can become output of 100V and 1 A. Since power is V * I, the output power isn't larger.
In reality, the output power want even be exactly the same as the input - there'll be some lost, so you actually get less power (maybe more voltage, but less power).
2007-07-21 08:09:24
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answered by astatine 5
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The transformer can boost the voltage, but not the power.. Your idea has been tried many times, often with a car storage battery and a moter to run from the battery to produce output power, and a generator to charge the battery. The flaw is that when the motor tries to turn the generator,itdraws more current from the battery because the power developed by the motor requires that more current flow through the motor, and when the generator tries to deliver more current to charge the battery,it takes more torque and power to turn the generator, Just follow the conservation of energy at each step and you should realize why it can't work.
2007-07-21 06:13:58
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answered by Renaissance Man 5
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The circus bearded lady is right. Another way would be to put a weight at the end of a LONG and strong cable. At the equator wrap most of it around a generator. Take the other end (with the weight) into space past geostationary orbit, kind of like a space elevator. The rotation of the Earth will pull the string taught. As the weight drifts farther away from "centrifugal force" it will pull on the generator and make electricity. Keep in mind this isn't really practical for about 50 reasons.
2016-05-19 03:08:03
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answered by ? 3
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A transformer will step Up/Down the voltage from primary to secondary windings but the power is the same. 10V @ 1A is 10Watts applied to a primary, the secondary output will also be 10 watts so if its a 10:1 step up 10V becomes 100V but the 1A primary current becomes 0.1A on the secondary 10V*1A = 10W=100V*0.1A
You are not producing power with a transformer
Also transformers are not 100% efficient there are some losses.
As you convert fuel into heat in a steam boiler to run a turbine driven generator you have many losses, Heat loss, combustion efficiency, noise, pressure drops, steam leaks, friction etc...
2007-07-21 18:12:39
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answered by MarkG 7
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Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Same as the last 4 or 5 times you've posted the same question...
Spend some time here: http://www.phact.org/e/z/miltperp.htm
PLEASE!
2007-07-21 06:36:30
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answered by Jay 5
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2007-07-21 13:07:51
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answered by Anonymous
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You try to make "perpetuum mobile" and that's imposible.
2007-07-21 05:10:33
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answered by bikstorm 2
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