Magniwork Perpetual Motion Scam!

Perpetual Motion Impossible

***Update -7/27/09 - I've confirmed with my own eyes that Magniwork is a SCAM! One of the readers was kind enough to share the Magniwork plans with me and they are laughable. The whole "document" is 57 pages long and looks like something a kid in high school put together. The final "generator" is basically a magnet that is 2" high sitting on a turntable that is 4" high! They claim that its output is 24.5 Watts! That is 1/100th of what my house uses when the AC is on. That is nothing! Basically the plans tell you how to make a mini-electrical generator, but they dont even tell you how you are supposed to turn the thing to produce energy! The thing is about the size of your palm, so even if you did find a "free" way to rotate the shaft, it wouldnt put out enough power to light up a standard light bulb. It's completely ridiculous. Please don't even attpempt to build this thing, just look at the plans if you want a good laugh. Here is some text in regards to how the Magniwork is supposed to be powered:

This power source is not predicated on a continuous flow of energy but predicated on the consistency of the transmutation process of the magnetic molecular structures within the Earth's pressure flow.

What does that even mean? By reading the text it doesn't look like it was a native English speaker who wrote the thing. I bet the author has some money they need to wire to you from a Nigerian bank account.

Whatever you do, don't waste your money on this!

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***Update #2 - 7/30/09 - See the Magniwork plans online for free at this site: Magniwork stole the plans from here. Thanks to Ajax Chen for finding the link. While the site is not the exact version of the plans, it looks like the Magniwork authors just copy and pasted (without even bothering to change the images at all) from the site. From now on, don't even bother to ask for a copy of the plans in the comment section, just see the above link!

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***Update #3 - 8/5/09

Since I'm still getting comments from people saying that they will try to build the generator if they see the plans, I realize I just have to post some pictures of the plans. Once you see the ridiculousness of the "machine" there is no way anyone would try and build it. It's like if I told you I knew of a ground breaking way to cool your home for free, then gave you plans to build a standard refrigerator. Would you still try and build a standard fridge? Pictures coming tonight!

Well, here's the picture I promised. The picture below is taken from this site, which Magniwork stole the plans from.

The amazing Magniwork Generator!

I don't know if you can see, but the device will put out an amazing 24.5 Watts. Maybe enough to charge your phone! All you need is a few thousand of these and maybe you can power your house. But wait, what's going to spin them? Who knows.

Also, the only equipment they talk about is a Multimeter and a Soldering Iron. Ha! The only reason I'm not posting the plans is because I'm sure these scam artists would threaten me with a lawsuit and waste my time.

I am really bothered at how many sites there are when you Google "magniwork" claiming it is for real. This just means that these are also scam sites that get a commission for selling the fake plans. Don't trust these sites!

***Update #4 - 8/7/09

It's amazing (and infuriating) how many scam sites come up when you Google "magniwork". They have been able to weasel their way into a high google ranking. The one site with a high ranking that is not a scam is this great article on PESWiki regarding Magniwork. If you don't take my word for it, read their review.

***Update #5 - 8/18/09

Magniwork has been my most popular post by far. There were 210 people who found this post through Google just yesterday, so these scam artists have made their mark on the web. Based on a recent comment, I want to make one thing clear: I am not calling out this scam because it violates laws of physics (which it does). I am calling out this scam because I have seen where they stole the information and read through their laughable instructions that look like they were written by a 10 year old. Even if the generator actually worked, they completely fail to show how it can power anything bigger than a light bulb, much less your home! This was put together by someone who wanted to take advantage of people trying to save energy. I'm sorry if you've been suckered into this. If you really want to save energy at home, spend $15 and buy The Home Energy Diet: How to Save Money by Making Your House Energy-Smart (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series). It is the most comprehensive analysis of conserving home energy, and it is not a scam! All I can say is follow Mapawatt Blog and hopefully you'll prevent yourself from falling into these scams in the future!

***Update #6 - 8/22/09

I've dedicated a whole post to Magniwork and other Renewable Energy scams . One thing it points out is that Magniwork and Ambigrid are the same thing. It also raises the question, Are Magniwork and Earth4Energy related?

***Update #7 - 9/13/09

Thanks to everyone's help, it looks like our exposure of Magniwork has got them squirming. Seems like they've changed their tune a little bit and are hawking Magniwork with a new name called Magnets4Energy. No, I am not going to link to them, but you can do a Google search for yourself to see how these scammers operate.

***Update #8 - 10/20/09

The guys at off-grid.net have done a great story on the scammers behind Magniwork and a great review of the Magniwork Scam and how it works.

***Update #9 - 01/24/10

I found this great history of perpetual motion machines. Guess what, none of them worked. Reminded me of Magniwork.

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Original Post

I recently added some Google Ads to the site (yes, I am a capitalist) and I ran across this add for a company called Magniwork showing up on my sidebar. They were advertising "free energy" so of course it caught my eye. On their site they say, "How would you like to create a generator which creates free electric energy?" They then show some diagram that is completely useless (and actually includes an diesel generator?) and finally go on to say:

A Zero point magnetic power generator is basically a Free Energy Generator. It uses magnets, and magnetic force to induce perpetual motion. It runs by itself, indefinitely without stopping, thus creating completely free electrical energy, which can fully power your home for free. A Perpetual motion device refers to a machine that runs perpetually i.e. indefinitely, and produces a larger amount of energy than it consumes. Thus, it produces free energy indefinitely, runs by itself, without having to need a third-party device or resource to power it.

Perpetual motion! Woo Hoo! Sounds like a great deal huh? Unfortunately it violates that First Law of Thermodynamics. Physicists and Engineers don't call it the LAW of conservation of energy just to have a clever marketing name.

Why can you never have a perpetual motion machine? Because you will always have friction! Whether it is air friction or friction of a rotating shaft on a bearing, you will always have it! Friction causes things to slow down, so no matter how much energy you start with, friction will slowly eat away at that energy. And this is just a machine that moves forever, not even a machine that has to create electricity with its movement. If you have to create electricity, it requires much more work , so how are you going to overcome natural friction AND create electricity without any losses?

You can have machines that take advantage of wind, solar power, batteries, temperature gradients, etc., but these are not perpetual motion machines. They are just taking energy from one form and converting it to another. You can't create anything from nothing!

The website isn't even selling a machine, but just plans for a machine. Obviously that is a smart idea for an energy scam artist. They can always claim that you just hooked it up wrong. And they claim that the reason you haven't heard of this wonderful device yet is because corporations are suppressing the information. Let me promise you this: If a perpetual motion machine existed that created electricity, it would make a corporation the richest corporation in the world. That's a fact. Corporations would love to sell a machine that created free electricity!

They also have several customer testimonials on the site. As I covered in my article on the Power Factor scam device, never trust customer testimonials on a website. Do you know how easy it is to make one up. Here, let me show you:

John McGillicutty from Kalamazoo, Michigan says, "MapAWatt Blog is the greatest blog in the whole entire world. If you aren't reading this blog you are crazy. Mapawatt has saved me millions in energy bills. Millions I tell you!"

See, I just made that up, but I bet you thought it was real because there was a name and a city attached to the quote. Don't believe customer testimonials on websites that sound like a scam! The website states, "Hundreds of successful magniwork generators have been built around the world, which is a proof that this technology really works!". This means there are many fools that took the bait, not that it works (Thanks Randy for providing this last insight.)

If you are some sucker that got pulled in to trying to sell one of these devices or if you actually bought this, I'm sorry. If you are going to try to argue that it really does work, show me this device hooked up to an energy meter like the TED or any other energy meter. Then prove to me it isn't hooked up to any external power/battery sources. If you can prove that it works, congratulations, you just won the Nobel Prize......

Until then, I'm calling B.S.!

Click here to learn why perpetual motion free energy machines don't work. Make any comments regarding perpetual motion on the post in the link. You can make Magniwork scam comments below.

***Update - 11/03/09 - One of the Mapawatt team members sent me the Mythbuster's Free Energy segment. Guess what? They busted the Free Energy myth!

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Comments

Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 01/01/2010 - 21:18

VLADIMIR: Thanks for your reply. I have the plans from Chris. Magniwork looks very much like a scam so very probable that it is. On the other hand I think their plan is rather interesting. I have concluded that it is 100% that it will not work on the way as it it presented, but the setup is so unusual that it would worth reproducing and modifying and give a comprehensive feedback. Do you know anyone disappointingly reporting that they have built it? I still think that when you criticizing something you have to be very careful. Even than when you face a certain scam. I do believe that even in those cases you have to provide precise reasons and should be emotion free. That's where I feel this page could be better. Also, I very much dislike that google ads are present. I think it is controversial. Regards, Gabriel

Anonymous (not verified) Sat, 01/02/2010 - 11:22

GABRIEL-- SO SAD!! IF YOU HAVE REALLY READ IT, PLAIN COMMON SENSE WILL TELL YOU THAT NO-ONE HAS, OR CAN, BUILD IT. I KNOW OF NO-ONE STUPID ENOUGH TO THROW THEIR $100.00 (MOST LIKELY CONSIDERABLY MORE) DOWN THE TOILET ON A MERE WISH THAT MAYBE, MAYBE IT'LL WORK.

Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/02/2009 - 15:13

Someone said the plans were 50 bucks, thats outragious. I could see maybe 5 bucks just for the educational content, meaning if it dont work maybe to whatever extent any truth is there it might could be used later in making something that is better or does work. But 50 bucks geesh. And you act like your trying to help the world or spread the truth,,50 bucks is steep in my book. If you want to help the world, if your device works even a little as in it has some educational quality that be modified perhaps then just give it away, write it on a webpage anyone can read for free. And that will help the world or at least be educational possibly to someone. Im all for alternative and free energy, but to help is to give not charge.

Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 01/03/2010 - 21:21

The MagiWork product is fraud by an Australian Business named Lutech - they have been around for more than 10 years and have scammed money from Investors world wide (At one time they conned hundreds of thousands of dollars from japanese investors) keep away from these Scammers

Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/18/2010 - 03:12

Well with a few more tools than are recomended you can fabricate this device if you can find several of the parts prefabricated. As to the Law of reserved energy bravo there must always be a cost for motion. Flat earth, bah what are you some sort religious nut the earth does not ignore this law either (Dumb-^#$). The moon moving away from us the slowed period of rotation in the planet caused by major quakes around the fire ring should open your eyes a bit on that score. There are ways to get this to work a little are possible. No I didnt buy the plans its easy enough to find them P2P and at debunking sites... One way to impart motion in the spindle is to rig the device in close prox to an AC line. The bearings need to be higher quality to to allow the motion toa actually occure, you must also construct a motion check device that does not impart any significant amount of resistance to the spindle. The EM field that the AC line generates will repel the fixed magnets the angle of the spindle in relation to the alternating field will cause the spindle to advance the check prevents the spindle from just jittering in the high speed field created by the AC. Mind you, just to get it to turn you have to impart its initial rotation. But even then the AC field is occilation so fast that the device ever gains much momentum and as soon as a load any greater than a tiny DC gen is put to it it cause all motion to be stopped. Even with a small enough device to allow the spindleto move it barely created enough power to register on the fluke. So is it a scam. Most assuridly do not blow your cash here. Is it a cool thing to play with yea, is it worth paying for the poorly crafted plans not go to a P2P to grab them, do unto others as they would do unto you.

Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 01/31/2010 - 22:51

After reading a 'copy' of said literature, I also conclude it is a big steamy pile. If you follow the first 3/4 of the book, you certainly will save money on your power bill. Let's see, run a full load of wash, air dry stuff, use CFLs... groundbreaking... As far as the magicsauce-hackalogical-quantumparallax-dystopic field absorber, um... no. My favorite part is at the end in the Q&A section where it explains why there is an acrylic dome on top. Apparently, it contains the air volume so it can stay 'magnetically charged'. Two things I didn't previously know, one, that plastic stops EMF, and second that the magnetic permeability of air could be improved by 'puttin a lid on it'. I think I need to start slinging my "Free Energy Field Absorber" plans. Spoiler alert... It's a tin-foil viking helmet with alligator clips and a battery attached. Oh, and some magnets...oh and a diode or two...yeah...very complicated, you wouldn't understand... Just please purchase before the men in the black suits and hats come to my door...which could be any minute now.

Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/02/2009 - 08:09

Definelty a scam. I could see some arguments for a device that harvests the magnetic field of the planet for energy, but they even claim it needs no inputs. Energy has to come from somewhere - the closest we can get to free is matter to energy conversion (as the energy released is so huge for the volume of matter used) but we cannot do this yet. Fusion is a step towards it but is still a long way from being efficient, and is very complex to manage. RED: On the oil companies - yes, they have invested billlions in oil, but if a paradigm shift technology appeared such as this, they would rapidly move into it. The reasoning is simple - if they did not, someone else would - there is always capital for a profitable venture. That soemone else would compete with them, and if they could offer cheaper/better/greener energy, the oil companies would vanish. It would take a long time, but they would eventually merge or be bought out by the new guys. Therefore, all the oil and energy companies are investing heavily into all sorts of research and technologies - they cannot afford to be left behind! Sustainable energy at the moment is more expensive to generate than oil, but as oil prices rise and technology improves, we will eventually reach a crossover where it is better for companies to swich all new investment to that - regardless of the environmental effects.

Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 05/20/2010 - 16:51

Jim, I'd like to find that video somewhere! But how do you know there wasnt a battery connected to the device somewhere? You may also remember a fraud who appeared on the tonight show named Uri Geller. He claimed to be a psychic, but Johnny pulled the old "switcharoo" on him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNKmhv9uoiQ I guess you cant believe everything you see on TV (or the internet) ! :)

Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 01/01/2010 - 12:30

hi chris.have you had a look at the steorn efforts at free energy.interesing subject.

Anonymous (not verified) Sat, 12/19/2009 - 09:57

I was looking for a product on clickbank to market and came across magniwork. I believe in doing due diligence and have no intention of promoting a product I have no faith in - so I searched for information and came across your site. Good work!! I am not a physicist - but I do know that if something seems too good to be true it probably is - scepticism can be very healthy. I know that you can't get anything for nothing - as far as energy is concerned you cannot create it or destroy it - merely convert it from one to another. Logically - why would anyone sell plans for something for a few dollars that is worth billions? One interesting point - I noticed that the google ads displayed on your website contained an ad for motowork.com - a feeder site for magniwork. I found the irony amusing. I know you have no control over what ads are displayed - but I clicked anyway - you might as well get a few cents for yourself - and cost the scammers a few cents of their hard earned cash. Regards Phil

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