wait one minute

OK this just poped in to my mind a second ago.

the earth Stargate draws its energy physically from the four capacitors that are clearly attached to it.

A normal Stargate draws its energy from the DHD. so how is the power transferred from the DHD to the Stargate? i have never seen wires connected to them and even in SGA the space gates are not connected to a DHD so how is power transferred?

i can't remember if it was ever said onscreen, but it's obviously wireless. and btw, wireless power is not sci-fi at all, tesla patented a system for wireless power over a century ago.

The capacitors arn't actually touching the gat as far as I could tell..

well i know air does have resistance and in order to to transfer power through air the voltage must be extremely high at long distances. and you would see the electricity jump across as a lightning bolt. and there is an other was to transfer electricity wirelessly and we have it already implemented in thousands of locations and thousands of devises. and it is by one coil to another coil. such thing like a transformer to step up or down voltages. but they have to be at close proximity to work.

underground connection maybe? Remember, the ancients were crazy smart, i'm sure they thought of something we havent

oh and never mind the gate is a capacitor and it connected to an outside power source via the red clamps that feed it in order to charge and open worm hole.

Yeah. This is a Lantean device. The power system is thousands of years more advanced than our technology, and on the spacegates you have the three round coordinate generators on the outside, those serve in a full the power and capabilities of a DHD.

They also keep them in stationary orbit so you dont lose them.. Or have than crash into the planet..

hey! you know that microwaves impart energy into any object they hit?

thats what excites water molecules in your food/drinks when you heat them up in your microwave...

or when birds fly through microwave transmitters and die...

oh i know! its all them pesky lightning bolts! because, only through lightning bolts does electricity move!

yea thats it!

its sy-fy we are not ment to understand it just happens

Originally Posted by keltrick

its sy-fy we are not ment to understand it just happens

Its like wraith ships...

It just works...

Originally Posted by Maneru

well i know air does have resistance and in order to to transfer power through air the voltage must be extremely high at long distances. and you would see the electricity jump across as a lightning bolt. and there is an other was to transfer electricity wirelessly and we have it already implemented in thousands of locations and thousands of devises. and it is by one coil to another coil. such thing like a transformer to step up or down voltages. but they have to be at close proximity to work.

you are right to a certain point, however, wireless power as it is now a days works through induction using frequency matched coils, meaning such close proximity is not required. also, this means the resistance of air is not the major issue and there is no need for lightning bolts! I have always assumed that this is how the gate is powered.

check out the trade name witricity, they are at the forefront of this. also have a look how your electric toothbrush charges up!

yes. very similar to that new pad charging witch eliminates cables. its nice for charging you cell phone or other small devises.

Originally Posted by Maneru

yes. very similar to that new pad charging witch eliminates cables. its nice for charging you cell phone or other small devises.

well i have 2 maybe more ideas...

1) they could be transferring it through some kind of subspace wireless power coupling.

2) other than transferring electricity through the resistance of air you can convert it to microwaves and transmit it like that from place to place.

there have been engineers who wanted to put satellites in space with solar cells and transmit the energy to earth in the form of microwaves to be converted back to electricity.

there are no wires. While I think it was said in the show. Ill just throw out a classic sci fi answer.

It draws its power from subspace.

problem solved

Then why when the power crystal is gone did they need to wrap it in wire and manually dial while waiting for lightning to stirke....

I dont remember the episode name though..

Originally Posted by zainea13

there are no wires. While I think it was said in the show. Ill just throw out a classic sci fi answer.

It draws its power from subspace.

problem solved

No, it draws power from the crystal inside of the DHD. When no DHD is present, the Stargate itself can be used as a capacitor. You can charge the gate just by running a current through ANY part of it. Thus the red clamps at the SGC power it by directly charging the outside of the Gate.

This thread is VEERING OFF-TOPIC! It was never an argument of WHERE the power came from, but rather HOW.

Also, The previous few posts, made me think of this:

That second cup shouldnt be full.... or it should be overflowing...

as for the space gates, remember that power is derived from the origin gate, not the destination gate. it was stated in SG-1 episode 48 hours where they said power is derived from the dialing gate and if power was cut to the gate prematurely, then the destination gate compensates via the dhd

Originally Posted by chevron9ine

as for the space gates, remember that power is derived from the origin gate, not the destination gate. it was stated in SG-1 episode 48 hours where they said power is derived from the dialing gate and if power was cut to the gate prematurely, then the destination gate compensates via the dhd

indeedy they did. I also think that when carter tried to dial the space gate out they had to connect a generator to it. but it has been a little while since i saw that, so i could be wrong!

Originally Posted by Azag_Thoth

well i have 2 maybe more ideas...

1) they could be transferring it through some kind of subspace wireless power coupling.

2) other than transferring electricity through the resistance of air you can convert it to microwaves and transmit it like that from place to place.

there have been engineers who wanted to put satellites in space with solar cells and transmit the energy to earth in the form of microwaves to be converted back to electricity.

or

3) induction through frequency matched coils, as said above.

Which, as our current level of tech stands, is way more efficient than option 1 or 2. Also, as as they base there tech on crystals instead of wires and silicon, so perhaps the power crystal vibrates and a second crystal in the gate is matching its frequency. allowing for the crystal alternative to the way witricity works.

Trough Power over Wireless. Founded by Nokia

Power over wireless. not sci-fi at all ^^

Just read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power
They want to deploy it by 2015 ^^

power over wireless is quite common, look at how transformers step up/down voltage, it is 2 independent circuits using a magnetic flow created by coils basically creating electromagnets that transfer the through the magnetic transfer it causes the chard in the secondary circuit at a different voltage.

and this is used in nearly all electronic devices, it's why on stuff like wireless routers/networks they tell you to keep it away from the power supply.

you can do a simple demonstration of this with a LED, some coiled wire on metal rod and a magnet, if the magnet moves past the coil often enough it will cause the LED to light, the need for a moving magnet is replaced in electronic devices by using the frequency of the power coming through the socket (in the UK it is about 50hz)

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