Simplest Electric Motor

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By: DELB
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Updated: 24-Jul-07
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This has got to be the world’s simplest electric motor. You can do it yourself, should be quite safe I think.
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Simplest Electric Motor

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nice, simple experiment
By your_angel 1167647657 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3867186~~
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- Does
  It have to be a copper wire?
  It wont work for me somehow.
  By SMB4EVANUBS 1190527631 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3893599~~
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Cool
Very nice experiment 5 stars for me
By Teddy28 1167736502 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2977748~~
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indef
it shouldn't accelerate indefinitly cose but untile the current gets the max amperage
it just uses the Lenz and Maxwell formulas
By cippolippoita 1178375766 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5291289~~
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ok
is good
By braik01 1173438535 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4639716~~
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Great Video
Nice work.
By samlaunch 1170986449 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4293230~~
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tell me
where can I get a electricity conductive magnet?

By DJpantera 1169742741 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4013477~~
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????
The battery +/- are from aluminium. How does the magnet attract the - pole of battery???
By silveretzu 1169621085 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4036236~~
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wohh
whats that bit of metal on the bottom???
i need this to show my friends its awesome
ill tell them all to get metacafe
By dj fat boy 1169587463 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3719321~~
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- Are you referring to the magnet?
  There are 4 components, from the top to the bottom:
  
  Electrical wire
  Size AA Battery
  Sheet metal or wood screw (needs to be magnetic/ ferrous)
  A round, flat magnet (the thing at the bottom)
  
  How it works:
  The battery has a pos and negative side, the same as the magnet. When the magnet is attached to the (ferrous) screw, and then stuck (magnetized) to the bottom of the battery, there is an exchange of charges (although very minor). When the wire is run from the top of the battery to the side of the magnet, it causes current to flow, which causes the magnetic field around the magnet to expand, which pulls harder on the wire, causing the magnet to spin faster.
  
  Eventually, as you saw, the magnet will spin so fast that it destabalized the screw, which broke the connection between the battery and the magnet.
  
  What you see here is one of the basic principles that drives "Bullet" trains and superconductors.
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