My Electric Motor first attempt
4,924 views · Published 26 January 2013 · 6:29 · Indexed 26 September 2026
Channel: GrandadIsAnOldMan · 2013 · Howto & Style
NOTE: Technically this should not work because the coil is powered continuously, but I think that it loses connection as it bounces when it rotates giving a commutator effect. I have seen other YouTube videos carefully scraping insulation off one side of the wire only to ensure the coil is charged over half cycles only, but as you will see, my coil works regardless. No doubt if I took more care in the preparation it would not work but a casual approach seems to be the success story here. Components - AA Battery Thin insulated wire - mine came from some old telephone wire Magnet 2 safety pins Sticky tape The safety pins are taped to the ends of the battery so they transfer the electricity from the battery to the coil. That makes the coil create a magnetic field that is repelled or attracted to the magnet. In my example here as the coil spins the wire loses contact with the safety pin briefly and the magnetic field stops long enough for the coil to spin far enough for the reverse side of the coil to be attracted or repelled when the circuit is restored when the wire makes contact again. A more reliable way would be to use paint as an insulator on some of the wire to ensure the circuit is broken. I was surprised my method worked but it does due to it's 'sloppy' construction. My related playlists Simple electronic projects https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0qd7Hrqoc3II0OU-bx64TA Simple projects https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2HXSqJPl6Kv9J_pHHp4cIF Electronic projects https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB00lxaX8BD46F1QDJTe7Em4 My Channels GrandadIsAnOldMan https://bit.ly/2T3x6RX GrandadsOtherChannel https://bit.ly/2yW5uYb Put a rubber band on it https://bit.ly/2T3OF4j Number4 https://bit.ly/3cG4fuZ You can help keep my channel running with coffee and cakes at Patreon https://bit.ly/35XFasL If you don't like Patreon you use Kofi instead https://bit.ly/3dNusI9 Merchandise on RedBubble https://rdbl.co/2yJv56H Merchandise on Cotton Cart https://bit.ly/2xZymOP Merchandise on Teespring https://bit.ly/2Zby02T Twitter https://bit.ly/3fMUgFN FaceBook https://bit.ly/3csbruk Pinterest https://bit.ly/2WTuuXP Instagram https://bit.ly/2WPLa2F Thingiverse https://bit.ly/35WfSem Tinkercad https://bit.ly/2WUrM4q Oldest videos https://bit.ly/2Z4RBl1 Most Popular https://bit.ly/3cx0lUP Newest videos https://bit.ly/2T3TryJ Playlists https://bit.ly/3dI9mdV I have thousands of videos on YouTube, to find one try my search guides https://youtu.be/ceBSOoOHcgw or https://youtu.be/Zj4UgwkwYRk #GrandadIsAnOldMan #GrandadsOtherChannel #Putarubberbandonit #Number4
