Motors and Generators – 5K40.00

DC Motor – 5K40.10

Motor_5k4010

  • Place the battery between the uprights.
  • Place the coil in the bent sections above the magnet.
  • The coil should start spinning because each half turn the current is flowing through the winding and repelling off the magnet.
  • As it rotates the current stops but momentum will carry the other side on around until the loop again makes connection with the current from the battery.

Location: Jacobs B122 – Shelf 276

Hand Crank Generator – 5K40.80

HandCranck_5K4080

  • Crank until the lamp shines.

Location : Demo Room