Are ZPM's Rechargable?

[Area 51-and-a-Half]

Just wondering.

[Kidwizz]

i don't think so. as they create an area of subspace then draw the energy out of that. but i suppose they could change it so it gets energy from a different one.

either that or just buy a universal adapter and plug it in to the wall socket...

[wise one]

nope. after there is no power it becomes a massive paper weight or something to throw at mckay!lol!

[ata_beckett]

Not at all.

Once they reach maximum entropy, they're useless.

[Ravroz]

Not at all.

Once they reach maximum entropy, they're useless.

I agree with you on that point however is it possible to replace the artificial region of subspace and make the zpm useful again? If so that could be very useful if the team were ever to find where the Ancients created the zpm's.

[P-90_177]

i think it's possible. but i'd like it if there was a big warehouse of zpm's out there though.

[Wraith_Boy]

Just wondering.

If they were rechargeable, I don't think Atlantis would have been lacking any spares.

The way they are made is thermodynamically irreversible, the ZPM will eventually reach maximum entropy, after which it's useless.

Perhaps if there is a tiny bit of juice left in them, they may be able to be used as a powerful explosive though.

Other than that though, they're pretty much useless when depleted. This is why they were trying 'Project Arcturus', so that they would have had limitless energy & never need will have needed to worry about running out of power ever again.

[jds1982]

I agree with you on that point however is it possible to replace the artificial region of subspace and make the zpm useful again? If so that could be very useful if the team were ever to find where the Ancients created the zpm's.

Sure it'd be like refurbishing an alternator.

[dannyboy24]

I can't remember which episode it was but when rodney is facing death he says something to weir about an idea he is working on to recharge a zpm using the stargate. mayge he is thinking about using the gate to channel a new area of subspace into the zpm?

[IcyNeko]

I can't remember which episode it was but when rodney is facing death he says something to weir about an idea he is working on to recharge a zpm using the stargate. mayge he is thinking about using the gate to channel a new area of subspace into the zpm?

And thus breaking laws of thermodynamics.

I'm curious why so many of these threads keep cropping up. Over and over. Use the search feature, folks.

[Jimbo-DR]

And thus breaking laws of thermodynamics.

I'm curious why so many of these threads keep cropping up. Over and over. Use the search feature, folks.

Yea, but remember, going through the Stargate defies the laws of physics to.

[turbo1889]

Even better question -- do they present a hazard once depleated? I'm thinking a comparison between nuclear waste hear -- are those things full of "exotic particles" what were to happen if one got broke open ?!?!?!

[Cap116]

After all the posts and info I have read, ZPMs can not be recharged, and when they are depleted they have two purposes, paper weight or door stop. There is nothing hazardous about them after they are depleted. Look at some of the other posts about ZPMs on this forum, some of them are really detailed.

[Halzman]

Yea, but remember, going through the Stargate defies the laws of physics to.

How do you figure that?

The gate is activated - its creates a stable wormhole between the 2 gates. The 'event horizon' is made (thing of the event horizon as the wraith transport beam or the asgards transport beam - all the event horizon on the gate is, is an 'interface' that dematerializes you and rematerializes you)

You step through the gate - the event horizon dematerializes you and send your matter stream through the wormhole to the other gate.

You exit the other gate - The even horizon rematerializes you and you walk out of the gate.

Gate shuts down after 38 minutes, due to running out of power. So which law(s) of physics did the gate break?

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And for the last freakin time - NO A ZPM CANNOT BE RECHARGED - As someone else pointed out, this question has been asked hundreds, if not thousands of times. Use the search feature... all it takes it clicking search and then typing in 3 LETTERS!!!! Z. P. M. I can assure you that you will be presented with a huge list of threads, and half of them with the title ' Can a ZPM be recharged?'

[Rac80]

BUT... whatever happened to the place the ZPM's were manufactured? (they didn't just grow you know ) Is there a zpm factory (or lab) on atlantis they simply haven't found?