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Homopolar Motor

A simple electric motor made from only a battery, magnet, and a wire.

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15 Comments

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FAM : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

FAM

1 votes NegativePositive

991 days 18 hours ago...

wtf..!! dats really amazing..

Minor_Threat : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

Minor_Threat

1 votes NegativePositive

991 days 17 hours ago...

awesome! I gotta try that...

tokentiki : LVL 44: VP 5: said:

tokentiki

13 votes NegativePositive

991 days 17 hours ago...

i used a milk dud for the magnet and it doesn't work

Arm : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

Arm

1 votes NegativePositive

991 days 17 hours ago...

One day we shall power our cars with this!

Lunearetic : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Lunearetic

1 votes NegativePositive

991 days 16 hours ago...

Ah, thanks Goldfish. There's a market for everything! I should know that by now. And people can always resort to e-bay.

shasha : LVL 4: VP 1.3: said:

shasha

-4 votes NegativePositive

991 days 16 hours ago...

that would be great for impressing the chicks and make em' take off their panties and have sex with you

stunttt : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

stunttt

7 votes NegativePositive

991 days 15 hours ago...

^ wtf

blink : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

blink

1 votes NegativePositive

991 days 14 hours ago...

I might be wrong, but couldn't you just find a neodymium magnet inside an old speaker lying around?

*Wr3ck* : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

*Wr3ck*

Hidden (Show Comment) -11 votes

991 days 14 hours ago...

Does homopolar means, that the motor is gay?

black joke : LVL 21: VP 3: said:

black joke

2 votes NegativePositive

991 days 13 hours ago...

would this work with other types of magnets such as rare earth magnets? whitch are easily pilfered from any highschool science room

hotsos : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

hotsos

1 votes NegativePositive

991 days 12 hours ago...

thats bad ass

KickMeElmo : LVL 10: VP 1.9: said:

KickMeElmo

0 votes NegativePositive

991 days 12 hours ago...

I suppose it should work with any rare earth magnet. I think that's basically what that magnet is.

Mr. Snickits : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

Mr. Snickits

0 votes NegativePositive

991 days 12 hours ago...

neat vid

JayClericus : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

JayClericus

0 votes NegativePositive

991 days 12 hours ago...

exellent clip :)

WackyTurtle : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

WackyTurtle

-2 votes NegativePositive

991 days 11 hours ago...

Cool.. pretty useless though..

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