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IamcurrentlyworkingonaschoolprojectandmyaimistobuildanelectricmotorusingDC.Iamlookingatadesignsimilartothis:Solenoid
EngineandIhavebuiltmajorityofithoweverIamhavingtroublegettingthesolenoidtopullwithenoughforce.AtthemomentIamusingPVC
pipingwitharound2mofinsulatedcopperwirewrappedaroundit.Iamusing12Vofpowerwhichaccordingtomymultimeterisproducing
about0.02mAmps.AlsoIamusingasupermagnetasthecorewhichwasfoundinaharddrive(Ibelieveitisneodymium).
MyquestionishowcanIcausemoremagneticforcewithinthepvcpipingusingthematerialsIhavestated?AlsowoulditbebetterifI
purchasedsomemorewiringtogoaroundthePVC?
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editedAug31'13at12:25
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askedAug31'13at12:01
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closedasofftopicbyChrisWhite,akhmeteli,EmilioPisanty ,DavidZ Sep1'13at1:23

Thisquestionappearstobeofftopic.Theuserswhovotedtoclosegavethisspecificreason:
"Thisquestionappearstobeaboutengineering,whichistheapplicationofscientificknowledgeto
constructasolutiontosolveaspecificproblem.Assuch,itisofftopicforthissite,whichdealswiththe
science,whethertheoreticalorexperimental,ofhowthenaturalworldworks.Formoreinformation,seethis
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Engineering'snotontopic.Dimensio1n0Aug31'13at12:25

Sowhyisitallowedasatagforquestions? ReallyGoodPie Aug31'13at12:30

Idon'tknoweither.Butitmaybeburninatedsoon.Ijustretaggeditassuchtodifferentiateitfornow.See
meta.physics.stackexchange.com/questions/4535/.Dimensio1n0Aug31'13at12:33

1 Doyouhavesomethinginserieswiththewiretolimitthecurrent?A2mwireconnecteddirectlyto12Vshouldpull
alotmorecurrentthan20mA.Whatkindof12Vbatteryisthis?Isthebatteryvoltagestayingat12Vwhenyou
connectit?Batteriestendnottosurvivelongwithwiresconnecteddirectlyacrosstheirterminals,perhapsitisdead
ordieing.Twowaystoincreasethemagneticfield:morecurrentand/ormorewire.user6972Aug31'13at17:37

@ReallyGoodPieForwhatit'sworth,itisn'tallowedanymore:meta.physics.stackexchange.com/questions/4540/
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