Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!dwns From: dwns@doc.ic.ac.uk (David W N Sharp) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: A violation of the law of conservation of energy Keywords: paradox Message-ID: <1049@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> Date: 28 Sep 89 22:28:29 GMT References: <318@massey.ac.nz> <234@fe2o3.UUCP> Reply-To: dwns@doc.ic.ac.uk (David W N Sharp) Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK. Lines: 28 From: dwns@doc.ic.ac.uk (David W N Sharp) Path: doc.ic.ac.uk!dwns Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: If Capacitor Affected Radio What Does Mechanical Stuff Effect ? Expires: References: Sender: Reply-To: dwns@doc.ic.ac.uk (David W N Sharp) Followup-To: Distribution: world Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK. Keywords: Some recent articles explained that if you connect a battery to an uncharged capacitor using wires of zero resistance then some electromagnetic radiation is emitted ( which you can hear as a click on a nearby radio) and thus the energy finally stored in the capacitor is less than that given out by the battery. A follow up article pointed out that energy is also lost when a mechanical clutch is used to connect a rotating wheel to a stationary one. Supposing that inertial radiation was emitted (in addition to heat) ... what device would one use to detect this radiation ? David Sharp (dwns@uk.ac.ic.doc)