--- the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 13:04 +0100 on 16/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: > > >If on;y I could work out how to drive the spindle > motors, they'd make > >brilliant fan assemblies for servers ;). It'd be a > bit noisy but it'd > > Mebbe, but I think the spindle motors are usually > some sort of mutant > combination of stepper motor and normal motor. I've > never been able to get > them to spin with simple DC application but I might > have been doing something wrong...
http://www.otherpower.com/anemometer.html They're a multi-pole, brushless DC motor. Quite similar to the ones in cooling fans but with several more poles. There's a ton of useful info at the otherpower.com website. :) ===== http://www.junkscience.com "All the Junk that's fit to Debunk!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
