Why do electric motors have the copper coils spin rather than the magnets?

by Admin on August 31, 2010

Magnetic Motor Plans Review

I took apart a couple of small motors and found that they all have the copper coils attach to the shaft and spin around stationary magnets, rather then the other way around.

The reason I’m asking is because they also have those two copper prongs touching the shaft in order to transfer the electricity back and forth, which wouldn’t be necessary if you had the magnets spin and the coils stationary.

Previous post:

Next post: