I am experimenting with generating DC from a generating coil and attempting to feed it into a circuit in order to power that circuit.
The circuit runs a motor at ~4.5V @ 1/2A DC and has been tested up to 12V @ 1A DC. My generator coil (separate device) outputs ~10V @ ~1A DC, after rectification. These measurements were made using a multimeter.
I expected to be able to simply plug in the output of my generator into the motor circuit and have it run, but it does not.
Can someone explain to me WHY this is? The multimeter shows more than enough voltage and current. Do I have to use a capacitor to store enough charge to power a circuit or am I missing something else? I do have 2 x 220uf caps in my rectification circuit.
Yes I am somewhat new to electronics![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The circuit runs a motor at ~4.5V @ 1/2A DC and has been tested up to 12V @ 1A DC. My generator coil (separate device) outputs ~10V @ ~1A DC, after rectification. These measurements were made using a multimeter.
I expected to be able to simply plug in the output of my generator into the motor circuit and have it run, but it does not.
Can someone explain to me WHY this is? The multimeter shows more than enough voltage and current. Do I have to use a capacitor to store enough charge to power a circuit or am I missing something else? I do have 2 x 220uf caps in my rectification circuit.
Yes I am somewhat new to electronics
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