Tag: Motors

Motors, Magnets, and Malice

The other day I came across one such motor- a small one, the kind used in toy cars and the like- and knew instantly that I had to pry those magnets out. Why? Because my destructive inner self (whom I have nicknamed curiosity, after the Martian rover) compels me to dismember everything I chance upon....

An Electric Motors Uses MORE Current When Stopped. Here’s the Physics.

I guess we should still start from the beginning. What exactly is an electric motor and how does it work? There are many different types of motors, but I’m going to be looking at the standard DC motor with brushes. A DC motor consists of a coil of wire (with electric current) and a permanen...