Re: "Scotty, Beam me up!"

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 2/28/01 1:23:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 



>
> Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz < 
> twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> 
>
> Tesla list wrote: 
> > 
> > Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz 
> <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz> 
> > 
> > Just by way of explanation: 
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> > In my case it was a small PM motor. Far from a convincing 
> > demonstration of Tesla's dream, however. I used a second resonator a 
> > few feet away on a stainless bench, loop a few turns around its 
> > belly, and rectified and smoothed the output. Cute little demo but I 
> > wasn't about to proclaim a world first and the limits of its 
> > applicability were obvious. 
>
> OK. But what is a "PM" motor? 
>
> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz 
>
>



I believe PM stands for Permanent Magnet, a very small DC motor of the type 
used in toy cars, boats, etc., using a permanent magnet for stator field. and 
powered by a 1.5v - 9v DC source. 

Matt D.