Re: Regen, part 3

[Peter VanDerWal <peter_vanderwal@MSN.COM>]

>Dale Glubrecht wrote:
>>I would love to have a bag of those monopole motors :-)
>
>Almost all motors have an even number of poles (2, 4, 6...) But there *are*
>1-pole motors. They are called homopolar motors.
>
>A DC homopolar motor has no commutator. The rotor is a conductive disk on
an
>axle. One brush connects to the shaft via a slip ring, and another to the
>outside rim of the disk. Current from the power source flows radially from
>center to rim. The field (magnets or electromagnets) establish a magnetic
>field through the disk (axially; in the same direction as the axle).
>
>Just as in a conventional motor, the field and rotor magnetic fields are at
>right angles, and so it rotates!
>


    I've heard of homopolar generators, I didn't realize you could make them
run as a motor though.  Are you sure about this?


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