Perpetual motion

[Gerry Baby]

Ran into a few minor teething problems with my perpetual motion wheel.......it keeps stopping, I know it's just a minor glich, any ideas?? What could I be doing wrong??

[Phlapp]

Hmmm! Sound like a time/space problem!

[Gerry Baby]

Thanks phlapp, but I spend lots of time on the wheel, and I have made plenty of space for it in my kitchen, so allthough I deeply appreciate your assistance, I don't think that is where my problem lies. :)

[sylvday]

Drat! You really needed that perpetual motion wheel, didn't you Gerry, to help with your transumation of base metal into gold? But don't give up. I've always found perpetual motion is reasonably easy to achieve once you solve the "irresistable force meets immovable object" problem; but unfortunately explaining that would take up more space and time than AB allows.

[thekraut]

two things you can do: 1. try to get your friction to zero 2.cheat

[sylvday]

I've been giving the problem with your perpetual motion wheel further thought, and I think perhaps you had already got over the irresistable force/immovable object hurdle; so I looked for possible solutions on this AB page. So, are you sure you haven't lost the instructions; or the battery hasn't expired; or is there a clue in the error message? And if all else fails, try connecting the wheel to your PC!

[thekraut]

Nonsense! here's what you have to do. Unscrew the backside, find the little cage (usually behind the solar panels) and feed the hamster.

[Gerry Baby]

Hey as I said before, I love you guys. So much useful info, however here is the state of play at my place right now. I overcame the irrisistable force/unmoveble object back in the summer of 84, got it down to a fine art the following bank holiday monday, so that ain't the prob. Got the hamster fed also, so thanks again there. Have taken time to read all the instruction manuals that come with the particle acelerator (principa mathmatica, foquets theorm, and The Famous Five to name but a few) so herein may lie the problem. Someone has mysteriously ripped out the last page of "The Famous Five Does sub-atomic-quantum-mechanics" You are all such a great bunch on this site, I fear I may have yet more problems for my mates here at AB to solve, in fact I feel another one comming on right now.......................lol ;)

[rinkytink]

Try rebooting !