Lenz effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenz's_law
If anything, it will impede the motion of the motor. Terry On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:03 PM, OrionWorks <[email protected]> wrote: > From Michel: > >> 2009/5/5 OrionWorks <[email protected]>: > >>> ...eddies within the rotating aluminum disk... >> >> Ah, is he? (your comment called for this Arthur Dent quote didn't >> it Steven ;-) > > You've got me in the cross-hairs, Michel. I doubt my clunky prose will > ever be as eloquent as Douglas Adams'. But I keep trying. ;-) > >> More seriously, 36 hours is no big feat, a simple pendulum can run >> much longer than that while swapping potential energy with kinetic >> energy, just like magmos do. >> >> Also, since when is aluminum "magnetic", or "ferrite material"? > > My "sientifec-speek" on occasion leaves something to be desired. > > In an attempt that is likely to be perceived as digging myself even > deeper into the black hole of "low-tec Dent-speak" in lemme just say: > It seems obvious to me that the alnico magnets are generating > electrical currents within the aluminum disk. (Apparently, Mylow > suspects this as well.) This, in turn, generates accompanying magnetic > fields within the rotating aluminum disk. Methinks it's got sometin to > do wit dat "Lorentz force" law, or somptin like dat. > > The result is that, IMO, the combination of electrical and magnetic > forces is causing the alnico magnets to slowly demagnetize. Ergo, no > OU. > > I also wanted to point out that, IMHO, Mylow should be commended > instead of vilified for his efforts. OU or not, he got the disk to > rotate for quite a spell. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > >
