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Old 05-31-2008, 11:44 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by trikkonceptz View Post
Regarding the video above about the 8 wheeled car, I see that a major challenge was winding the copper around the motor. My question is; Why not melt the copper and mold it to a thickness around the piece? Would a solid piece of copper conduct better than hundreds of wound turns?

Just seemed like the obvious answer ...
Maybe you are making the common mistake of thinking that is bare copper wire.
It's insulated wire (with a clear coating). If it wasn't, the windings would be
a dead short, and not generate a magnetic field. (Just heat).
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