I took a similar one apart many years ago (battery-powered kitchen clock died after 10+ years of use), and in the process of doing that, I destroyed the spring. What I ended-up with was a peculiar motor.
I believe the motor works by inducing a small current from the magnet into the coil, and in-turn the transistor causes a larger current to kick the magnet harder. When the spring was in-place, it oscillated. Without the spring, it sped-up. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/910fd2b1-e7d3-4001-a516-da2fdbc163bd%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
