Can I use gravity to power my home? Why not?

Question

i do not live near water (stream nor ocean)

Answer 1

Maybe you can.

Can you build a waterfall on your property without having to pump water uphill?

Answer 2

No for water you need a source and its basically the potential energy of water.  

Answer 3

they already do that with water systems; the greeks thought of that before you, sorry.  

Answer 4

Gravity is a conservative field whose equations are phase functions.  This means that any work done with/against gravity will return when going against/with gravity.  

So no.

BUT, you could rig a system of weights that you push up and let fall down to power a generator, or do the same thing with buckets of water, or you could hook up a generator to a static bicycle or erg that you just exercise on and let it make some electricity for you.  

Answer 5

If you are talking about the so-called perpetual machine, NO!

However, hydro-electric plants use gravity to generate huge amounts of electricity which powers many homes.

If you live near a stream you can set up a waterwheel-generator and power much of your home. You could also use a wind-powered generator. Many people are doing that off-grid.

Answer 6

good idea

you should work on that

Answer 7

You need to find away to create power from the force of gravity.

Using dropping weights to create energy will work, but only only on one cycle.  A couple of centuries ago, a few quacks tried to design "overbalanced wheels" as perpetual motion machines.  The obvious problem with all of these designs is that they quickly reach an equilibrium point and stop generating power.

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/ove...

http://www.jimloy.com/physics/perpet.htm

Answer 8

I'm not sure, how do you think you COULD use gravity to power your home?

Answer 9

Yes, in several ways.  

Here's one example:

If you live next to the ocean, you can harness the gravity of the moon to power your house.  The ocean's tides are caused by the gravity of the moon. There have been experimental generator systems built that retain the higher water during high-tide and then allow it to return to the ocean during low-tide by channeling it through a hydro-electric generator.  In effect, that is a system that harnesses gravity to create electricity.

Answer 10

good question....i fink if it was possible, there would be an extremely complex invention behind it.

it probably isnt.

Answer 11

a watermill is an example of gravity at work.

its just has lots parts to it and is veyr noisy- do u happen to live by a stream?