[rescue] Re: why not _two_ little g@#&d%^$m U1 fans?

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at 01:43:10 (-0400), George Adkins wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Re: why not _two_ little g@#&d%^$m U1 fans?
>
> Umm, not always.  I tried this with some 12V case fans the other day...  They 
> would twitch, but not start turning on their own.

Almost all box fans use AC motors and have tiny DC-to-AC converters in
them.....  Pull one apart and all you'll find is a multi-pole stator and
a ring-shaped field magnet in the rotating hub of the fan blade.  Tesla
technology at its best!  ;-)

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