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Unexplained Phenomenon Ver. 2 - Simple Electric Motor

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Uploaded by on Sep 4, 2010

Simple homopolar motor demonstration. Make this electric motor in less than a minute from only a magnet, a screw and a wire. This one is even easier to build than my first variation.

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  • Why do you call it unexplained though?

  • @Schoening91 Because I didn't explain it.

  • what kind of copper wire u use and magnet?

  • @MrJarvischeng123 Single strand copper wire - neodymium mamgnet.

  • Not working the wire just gets hot

  • @ibiemac You just need a little tuning. maybe the wire is contacting the magnet to hard or something.  You need to get the wire to just barely touch the magnet.

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  • where is the unexplained phenomenon? Thats just elictricity isn't it ?

  • @SGTmoomoo I never quite understand why someone feels the need to toss out expletives when they don't know a word or concept. Would your question not have been understood if you had asked "What exactly is a meodime magnet?" (In case nobody has answered you yet, the word you are looking for is 'Neodymium', a rare-earth metal used in magnets and as a lasing medium in some lasers.)

    A little free advice: There is no easier way to seem more mature than by dropping curse words from your vocabulary.

  • it\s something called electro magnetic induction where current is induced in wire cause magnetic field that will rotate the screw

  • i may be dumb but...WHAT THE FUCK IS A MEODIME MAGNET!?!?! *warning words may be spelled wrong*

  • no magic rear the rule of the right hand it will explain you everyting

  • dude no magic, this comes from the electrical law

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