Re: motor power?

["acmnovak" <acmnovak-at-msn-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

What works better is to use a large (2-3foot diameter) copper tube ring with
the two ends of the tube connected in series with a motor and a diode. I've
only tried this using a lightbulb as the load, but why not a diode and motor
as well?
Don't laugh too hard if you try this and you end up with a big skinny
torroid and a burnt diode...
careful though
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Subject: motor power?


> Original poster: "Richard Barton" <richardbarton-at-caving5.freeserve.co.uk>
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> Hi all
> I've got this idea for powering a tiny D.C. motor, without any
> connecting wires, from my tesla coil.
> If I hooked up a tiny antenna, feeding into a coil, with a variable
> capacitor
> for tuning, and a diode, into a subminiature brush motor, could I get it
to
> run?
> Has anyone ever tried this ?
> Richard Barton.
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