In alt.conspiracy, Geoff Blackmore
<geoff_184@xtra.co.nz>
 wrote
on Sun, 20 Feb 2005 03:51:06 +1300
<dnIRd.2599$1S4.299432@news.xtra.co.nz>:

Kohei Minato and the Japan Magnetic Fan Company

by John Dodd

A maverick inventor's breakthrough electric motor
uses permanent magnets to make power  -- and has
investors salivating

When we first got the call from an excited colleague
that he'd just seen the most amazing invention -- a
magnetic motor that consumed almost no electricity --
we were so skeptical that we declined an invitation to
go see it. If the technology was so good, we thought,
how come they didn't have any customers yet?

[rest snipped]

[1] You can't win.
[2] You can only break even on a very cold day.
[3] It never gets that cold.

This is not to dispute the results of the demonstrator.
No doubt one can achieve some interesting results by
harnessing the Earth's natural rotation -- such is proposed
for such things as tidal energy extraction devices.

http://www.questionsquestions.net/docs04/minato.html

is a virtual copy of your diatribe, BTW, after Googling.

One item of note:

Input: 1.8V 150 mA
Output: 9.144v 192 mA

I would suggest putting the unit in a copper-clad room,
then redoing the measurements.  Removal of all batteries
except the one specifically powering the device under
test (or, even better, using a hand crank) is also
suggested.  Since it's a magnetic motor, there should
be no need for batteries.

Irritatingly, common battery specs include voltage,
physical size, and energy capacity, but not current output.
But a couple of 9V "transistor" batteries would fit
just about anywhere.

Another plus, though I don't know how easily it is done,
is the measurement of the strength of the magnetic field
in the magnets before and after the test.

And of course one should swap meters at some point during
the test, just in case one or both are gimmicked.

Followups to sci.skeptic.

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