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Old 09-12-2013, 02:44 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by stovie View Post
Why not put the magnets in a tube(say 4-5 of them) north to north south to south and then wrap a copper wire around the outside to make power from the movement of the magnets? If you have 4-5 500 pound magnets that should allow you to wrap the copper pretty thick to make more power?
The tube can't be a ferrous metal. The magnetic force won't penetrate enough to induce a current in the coils. Nonferrous metal wouldn't work well either, at least not for power generation.

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