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Re: Capacitor madness
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Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:44:34 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Jeff Elliott writes:
> I've hooked up the motor (mini 9v) to another motor (same) and the
> capacitor. When you wind the crank on the "generator" motor, it powers
> up the cap in about 30 or 40 rotations, and the ferris wheel (and
> generator crank) start moving on their own.
How hard is the gearmotor to turn? I briefly fiddled with that at Calum's
last week and could barely turn the shaft! Maybe I was going the wrong way...?
> every 8 to 10 seconds with the 1:32 gearing I've got now. Seats 12. No
> safety bars.
Mondial makes some wheels with capacity of nearly 1 000 :)
> I think it'll be a real crowd-pleaser. *I* keep playing with it.
Do you know what would be a real crowd-pleaser? If you built me a model of
the Inferno or Topscan or Revolution (as seen here:
http://members.rogers.com/militaryduckjock/psyclone.html )
:)
Iain (dying to see a Jennifer Clark Jump2)
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| iain (...) in this picture a perfect stranger is in the background looking at you as if you are some sort of freak. -- Chris Why do solar calculators have an off button? (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Possibly. Although it's not noticeably harder to turn the 'wrong' way, just that the LED never lights, and the total charge is much, much lower when you stop. I used a pin stuck into a z40 gear to wind it, and I found it easy to wind at a (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| I'm going to need to borrow some real estate in Lower Altenburg. Jeff? Can a grab a small chunk of portland next to the road? It's FunFair time! See, I've had a ferris wheel model languishing for some time. So last night, I rebuilt it in brighter (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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