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Homopolar Motor

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

posted by DaVyWaVyBaBy
3/12/2007 5:29:08 PM

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Cloud89 : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

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536 days 11 hours ago...

Awsome, I gotta try that. I'll have batteries all over my room.

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poison_R34 : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

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536 days 9 hours ago...

freaken cool. That is probably the coolest thing i've seen this month.

\/ \/ and who r u calling gay? u homo-sapien

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HE4DHUNT3R : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

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535 days 23 hours ago...

Homopolar huh, bet a gay dude came up with that name.

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JonGuzman : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

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535 days 23 hours ago...

Amazing, such simplicity

.... Homo

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3XTR3M1ST : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

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535 days 23 hours ago...

is it nessary that we use a neodinum orwhateveritis battery?

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Myungish : LVL 6: VP 1.5: said:

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535 days 23 hours ago...

cool homo

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Henri_ : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

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535 days 22 hours ago...

A homopolar motor can take many forms, but all have a magnetic field that does not change in strength or direction, hence "homo-polar"...

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Lunearetic : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

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535 days 22 hours ago...

Can't they call it unipolar or monopolar? Not a big whiz at these things, but the children seem to enjoy the word homo...a bit too much.

Pretty cool, but where do you get a magnet like that? Or where do you buy magnets, period? ha ha!

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BLiNDFury123 : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

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535 days 22 hours ago...

How do people think of this stuff? Pretty cool, I wonder how long it can be left running like that, is it actually using the battery?

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Nabucco : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

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535 days 20 hours ago...

It does use the battery. What happens is that a current starts flowing through the wire, which in its turn creates another magnetic field around the wire. This magnetic field interacts with the magnet you placed at the bottom, making the wire turn. You don't need this exact type of magnet and battery, but you will need a very strong magnet. The stronger the magnet, the harder your wire will start spinning...

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3XTR3M1ST : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

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535 days 20 hours ago...

the wire dosent need to come in contact with the magnet right? does wire thickness matter?

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fagbag : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

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535 days 20 hours ago...

now to put razor blades on them and throw em at spider man!

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killer88 : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

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535 days 19 hours ago...

would a paper clip work?

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phuneverdie : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

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535 days 19 hours ago...

haha, interesting
I should try that :D

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GoldfishGobbler : LVL 3: VP 1.2: said:

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535 days 19 hours ago...

^ Lunearetic "but where do you get a magnet like that? "

http://www.neodymium-magnets-uk.com/

they're seriously powerful for their size. dunno where you'd get them in america

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