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Old 05-19-2009, 09:26 PM   #28 (permalink)
stevet47
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I'm not saying you guys are wrong about the dampening effect, but I don't think you are right either. lol Please explain to me how a magnet inside of a coil of wire produces any sort of dampening.

A magnet inside of a coil of wire creates no dampening or resistance when it moves in the coil (like a shaker flashlight). I mocked one up quick today, a couple of neo magnets inside of a coil of wire. Shook it, and it made about 80mV.

As far as I can tell you guys are comparing this to a motor, or linear motor where you are putting electricity though the coil which will create dampening when you slide a magnet through the coil, because you are really just making an electro magnet. But that isn't what would be happening here.
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