Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!pur-ee!pur-phy!piner
From: piner@pur-phy (Richard Piner)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: high current
Message-ID: <2430@pur-phy>
Date: 10 Aug 89 11:07:39 GMT
References: <4Ypvw2600WAHE0VzYL@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: piner@newton.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (Richard Piner)
Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., W. Lafayette, IN
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To get power from a DC magnetic field, use a rotating coil.
"flip coils" are used to measure magnetic fields. A big one
in a strong field should be able to deliver 10 watts. Never
mind that it may take more power than that to turn the coil :-)

				Richard Piner