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Re: Do the CIM motors emit a magnetic field?

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Originally Posted by Denman
if you put a conducter near it, any movement will generate a current in the conductor and thus a field will form around it ....
Which is true but the field strength overall will be less. Why? Because you don't get energy for free. Some of the strength of the magnetic field goes into inducing the current in the conducter hence reducing the strength of the magnetic field overall.

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