Hi-
 Check out this little generator. Does it seem like it has more HP in electricity produced than the HP of the motor that drives it?

 http://www.duropower.com/item.asp?PID=132&FID=1&level=0

Reply for Legendre-

Hi-

 Thanks once again for your information. Here's your reply from over at the moped thread-

pg46,

Ok, since you're obviously interested in this, here is the explanation for the 7500W rating on the 9HP generator (the key to this is the surge rating):

9HP is equal to about 6700W, which is in line with the continuous rated output of this generator - 6500W claimed. Ok, so far no overunity - average power output is rougly equal to average power input, with some losses.

What you aren't considering, is that most all devices which supply or consume power (in this case, engines and dynamos) have multiple ratings; continuous, surge, design maxiumum, do not exceed, etc. The fact is, both the engine and the dynamo in this generator have surge ratings that exceed the continuous rating. There is nothing special about this, just reasonable design. In fact, a 7500W surge from a 6500W rated generator is about right - 15% or so above continuous.

Also, since we were discussing flywheels, let's not forget to include them as well. The engine crankshaft and dynamo rotor work together as a large flywheel. Flywheels work like this: If 10HP can spin the flywheel to a given speed in 10 seconds, and you then put the flywheel to work so that it stops in 5 seconds, it will perform an average of 20HP of work over that 5 seconds - more at first, less at the end; twice the power over half the time. In the end, the same amount of work (minus losses)

 Ok thats good then- for now at least Legendre and I agree and can go along with the manufactures claims about their stats. By the way, I wrote into the company the other day and asked how long the generator could run at 7500 watts but they were a bit vague by answering '30 to 60 minutes'. Still, it seems like a lot. Well the next question might be like "well OK then, how long a time is required before you could produce the 30 to 60 minutes of 7500 watts again?" It would be important to know the cycle times but never mind that detail for just now.
 So then a HP can be equated to what about 746 watts of electricity?  This generator manufacturer claims that their 9HP engine runs the generator at 6500 watts continuously. If it were 100% efficient then it would produce a steady 6714 watts but it doesn't according to the stats but at this rate the generator is already 96.8% efficient. Hey that's not too bad already! but its as Legendre says it sn't overunity at these rates that's for sure.
 The manufacture says it can run up to 7500 watts some of the time but not all of the time or as Legendre explained it can sometimes "surge". Legendre goes on to say that it is normal for a good generator to "surge" up to 15% above the normal continuous ratings.(I think the manufacturer mentioned 10% there somewhere in their stats) But 15% of 6500 is 950 so plus the 6500 continuous rating which is close enough to the declared 7500 surge rating.   
 As one such as I who is not formally trained in these specific energy arts, I can only read what others are stating about various systems and products such as what this manufacturer and folks such as Legendre are saying and try to make common sense of it all. Lets have a look at it then from my simple perspective. If this generator was 100% efficient it would have to produce 6714 watts ( 9(engine hp) x 746(1hp =746watts) = 6714 ) is that right?
 If for fun we tossed off that stinky desiel generator for ease of a test and in its place we put a nice 9 HP electric motor which was at least as efficient we'd be able to also run the 6500 watts continuously. The 9 HP motor would take 6714 watts to run it an hour.
 At 6500 watts it's producing 108.33 watts/minute  Whenever it surges to 7500 watts it is producing 125 watts/min
 If this generator ran 46 minutes out of an hour with a 6500 watt load and the remaining 14 minutes out of the hour at a 7500 watts load then the overall production would be 6731 watts ( 46 x 108.3 = 4981.8 plus 12 x 125 = 1750)....hmmmm?
Ok, so what gives here? a 100% efficient machine would produce 6714 watts and here this unit in this example produced 6731.8 watts ?? This is already over 100% efficient if the unit ran only 14 minutes out of any hour at 7500 watts where it's likely the manufacturer would claim it can run at those rates longer than 14 min/hr.
 If you were to store this 6731 watts into batteries for example and then the next test ran the 9 hp electric motor from the batteries you might expect to run a closed loop with some energy to spare. So this generator can run 97% efficient most of the time and then 115% some of the time....is there not a unique energy opportunity here?
 Well...likely I am missunderstanding or leaving out entirely something major here. Perhaps someone could point out just what that is exactly.

Best Regards,
 

 Hi All-

 For Legendre-
Yeah, I took the chance that someone might thrash me because of my likely misuse of the terminology  thats OK. I must make a note to quit writing so late at night!
 Just because I am not trained in these 'particular' arts doesn't mean I don't know what a watt is at least in a practical sense. After all it is part of our everyday lives with all our electrical appliances, heaters, lights and such that have their electrical ratings in watts. For the work I've done in the past I needed to know that volts x amps = watts. This small formula allowed me to rig up extensive systems for DC lighting and control systems on mobile heavy equipment. This of course included upgrading alternator and battery systems to match the new demands.
 Yeah, I do know what is meant by the 'surge' but I like your description - thanks. I also owned portable welding equipment and knew too the continuous power ratings of the units and what that all meant.

 Ok so back to our example generator here. I will try to place a more direct question where one won't get lost in the verbiage. This of one of course is open to anyone out there as I am not trying to convince anyone but only ask the question and get an answer.
 So again its a commercially available 9HP diesel motor rated to run at a continuous 6500 watts with a surge capacity of up to 7500 watts. Let's say then for example that we are using our little generator with its 9 HP diesel motor and we've hooked up all sorts of appliances and tools etc. so that the output is now cruising along at 6500 watts. Then we plug in yet even one more appliance that draws an additional 1000 watts so that now our generator is putting out 7500 watts to keep up to the demand.
 Now the question is - while this generator is putting out the 7500 watts be that for 1 second, 1 minute, 10 minutes or how ever long it does, is it producing more HP in electricity than the HP it takes to run it?

 The Answer is simply a Yes or a No

Best Regards,
 

 The Answer is simply a Yes or a No
 

No, the engine and dynamo are under excess load and while both components can match this demand both components also create excess heat in the process which means inefficientcy... The result being the diesel engine burning more fuel less efficiently to match the demand, the analogy to using a DC motor would be using more amperage and converting most of it to heat. You would drain your battery faster then if you ran the motor with no load. Sorry but I think every person interested in this field had this same idea. I had this idea at age 10, I tried to build it with "Capsella"...

Unfortunately its just not possible unless the motor is overunity...
And at that point we won't need to put the motor under excess load.
 

the lost power (heat) . is an "PRODUCED" Power.
Caloric Power to heat , stored in warm (hot) water.
revers the heat to make ice (frigidaire)
it must not stored in electricity.
In any case , this is power. (if in addition
over 100% ? Than its Overunity!)

THINK about : Not all MUST be stored (with many losts)
in electric power !!   Thin on "Air-Compressor"

(example: Windmill can store hydraulic (air-pressure) and
than work to tools directly as to air powered electrogenerator)
- I found nice construction is US-WEB-


I can belive that this diesel engine + e-motor
produce over 90% efficient power and only (less)
10% heat. Something is possibly wrong on "this"
datasheet from this generator..
Pese

Pese and Dingus Mungus-

 Exactly right! Pese makes a good point regarding the heat as being energy itself anyways. Both of you bring up good points regarding the peculiar specs of this generator set. The website was pointed out to me from someone else and I thought it was rather odd specs too and that is why I posted it back here at the beginning of the thread. Yeah, who has heard of an ICE engine being real efficient?? I have politely enquired to the company that sells these units but haven't got much information back I'm afraid. Perhaps someone else can have more success.
 Their data basically reads that their 9hp unit puts out 8.7 hp in electricity with surge capability to 7500 watts or 10 hp
 If their data is anywhere right then that dynamo they have there must be very very good indeed.