There’s a good chance that right now, as you read this, you may be surrounded by a few motors in your vicinity. At least two in your laptop/computer, one in the ceiling fan, one in the exhaust fan and many more as you visit each room of your house!
Surprised?
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It can be said that today’s modern lifestyle is impossible without these motors! Electric motors are easily one of the most important inventions for humankind. Today we’re going to learn how to make one for ourselves! A really simple DIY with everyday stuff around you – not big enough to power anything huge but just enough to blow your mind! Let’s get started on this DC Motor DIY journey. Before putting on your creator’s hat, let’s first understand what an electric motor is!
The principle behind and electric motor
An electric motor is used to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy. Similarly, when you convert mechanical energy into electrical energy, it’s called a generator. The working of an electric motor is based on the fact that a current-carrying conductor produces a magnetic field around it. And once you introduce a magnet into this circuit, the conductor will move. If it’s shaped like a coil, it will rotate. Why does this happen?
The magnetic field of the magnet interferes with that produced by the electric current flowing in the conductor. Since the coil has become a magnet, one side of it will be attracted to the north pole of the magnet and the other to the south pole. This causes the coil to continuously rotate.
Still wondering how all this happens? Guess which scientific phenomenon is the cause of all this? Look closely at your hands, the answer is right there!
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We are talking about Fleming’s Right Hand Rule and Left Hand Rule. You can read all about it here.
There are various types of motors, so here’s a quick diagram of its many types:
While they’re all really exciting and efficient for their specific uses, today we are building the Permanent Magnet DC Motor type. Let’s get started!
Materials required:
Methodology:
There you have it! A small specimen of what’s inside your fan, toys and many other gadgets. In fact, the vibrating function in cell phones is also achieved through a tiny DC motor inside! Motors, motors everywhere yet only one in front of you, the one you built yourself! While you may understand everything about this motor, can you guess,
What does it take to reverse the direction of the coil’s spinning?
How can you increase the speed of this motor?
Take a guess in the comments section below!
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Comments
Sathvik namaji
May 10, 2021
Submit much more viedoes about dc motor
Sathvik namaji
May 10, 2021
Very super and easy I also want to make this andi love DC motor
Divyanshi Rathore
March 12, 2021
Nice ??
chaitanya
December 10, 2020
It is very nice.
Evansamuel
November 24, 2020
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Jhanvi Singh
October 29, 2020
Very nice
Anuj Kumar
October 25, 2020
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Alna kunjumon
October 13, 2020
Yes that will good
Samriddhi
October 8, 2020
Yaa the DIY is super good. I do tried it and got pentiful of praise
Anjali krishna. R
October 8, 2020
While increasing the number of turs of coil or insresing the strength of magnet we can increasing the strength of magnet
Rida Hifza
October 7, 2020
What Can I Use To Replace Ferrite magnets?
Srijani Mukherjee
October 6, 2020
We may change the terminals or the the magnetic poles to change the direction of the coil spinning and in order to increase the strength we
may increase number of coils or teh power supplied.
Tamanna paira
October 5, 2020
Wow!this is extremely a very good project to make up in this lockdown.I try make this project.I like it very much??
Dhyan
October 5, 2020
Nice!! I have done it in school but this time I will try it with a stronger magnet and many batteries.
Abishanka
October 5, 2020
Pls can you make a article on how to make a drone?
Aarav
October 5, 2020
That was cool try so make new videos
Archana Sahoo
October 4, 2020
It can be increased by adding more coils.
Avani
October 4, 2020
I will try it for sure
Hardik
October 3, 2020
???????
Parvathi Ajayakumar
October 3, 2020
Wow! Its Super
Vaibhav Dattatray Borhade
October 3, 2020
If we add more magnets d more copper wire then the speed will increase
Ahnaf Anees
October 3, 2020
We have to change the + and – position of cell to reverse the direction
For increasing speed we have to increase number of coils
Rajat
October 3, 2020
Amazing
Abhinav
October 2, 2020
It’s gajab….But I have made it earlier too in my school project
Muktasid
October 2, 2020
That was really awesome. Thank you Byju’s team for this many efforts.
Manan raninga
October 2, 2020
Super idea?????????????????
Suhani Chatterjee
October 2, 2020
This DIY was amazing ??
I tried and almost successful ??
Deeptanshu
October 2, 2020
To increase the speed speed by three ways:
1) increasing the number of turns of the coil
2) increasing the power supply
3) increasing the power of magnet
To reverse the direction of spinning we have to reverse the poles of the magnet
Tahreem
October 2, 2020
We can increase the speed of motor by adding more magnets
K. Mohamed Nayeem
October 1, 2020
Wow it is fabulous amazing
Samriddhi Gaur
October 1, 2020
We can also increase the number of coil to increase the effect .
By the way it is perfect think to do in covid 19
#stay_home
#stay_safe
Umar Anees
October 1, 2020
Amazing!!!
Allen pratap singh
October 1, 2020
It is really enjoyable.I will do at home.
Priyanshu bharti
October 1, 2020
Oh yes i will also try it
Vedang
October 1, 2020
Thank you byjus I will definitely try this…
Dhruv Suthar
October 1, 2020
Yes ofcourse thanks for this information…
vedant chhanam
October 1, 2020
i will try it looks intresting
Rishit
October 1, 2020
Thank you BYJU’S….
I’ll try to make a running homemade cardboard car by this…
Thanks a lot….
Tannu
October 1, 2020
Very nice
Deepika saxena
October 1, 2020
Useful.. Will also try to make it.. Thanku??
ansh
September 30, 2020
yes it is amazing . I will make it
chirag
September 30, 2020
We can increase the speed of the the motor by increasing the no. of turns in the solenid or current carrying conductor.
Sumit Dhara
September 30, 2020
Osam
Shreesh
September 30, 2020
Yeah I would like it too
Sanvi Tiwari
September 30, 2020
Nice principle
I am gonna make it definitely ☺️?.
Thanks Byjus ???
Shikhar
September 30, 2020
Yes .
Shikhar
September 30, 2020
Yes
Ritika
September 30, 2020
I will surely perform it
RUDRANSH
September 30, 2020
Nice
Yadu
September 30, 2020
Wooooow thank you byjus I loved it
MEHER ASHISH TANNA
September 29, 2020
Thank you for this information it’s very nice
Yashvi
September 29, 2020
I really liked it. And will definately try it out.
Thank u Byju’s!!
Divy Shroff
September 29, 2020
Wow! Very nice I have no words about this DIY. Fantastic ????
Riddz
September 29, 2020
Amazing….Nice …..Very helpful
Riddz
September 29, 2020
Amazing
Rudresh Mathruguru Saravana Praveen Kumar
September 29, 2020
WHEN YOU INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MAGNETS AND BATTERIES, THEN THE MOTOR IS FASTER
Shruti Sharma
September 29, 2020
It is really very interesting ??
Hari Krishna
September 29, 2020
Awesome it is speechless
Hari Krishna
September 29, 2020
Awesome it is speechless
Anupam Arya
September 29, 2020
Fantastic I will also do this thank you byju’s
Sk. Evan Samim
September 29, 2020
Best crafting ever. This is the best thing I had ever made
Emma
September 29, 2020
Awesome, cool and lovely.
Aarush
September 29, 2020
Hey it was nice guys
Nandini Girish
September 29, 2020
Cool!
Reva Karnik
September 29, 2020
It’s amazing!!!!!
Reva Karnik
September 29, 2020
Wow that’s really good.Thank you Byjus for this amazing activities.
Reva Karnik
September 29, 2020
Wow!It’s really good.l like such activities to do.Thank you Byjus for this amazing activities.
Haarika Y.M
September 29, 2020
Very nice experiment will try it! ??⚖????⚙???
Krish choudhary
September 29, 2020
Nice
kshitiz prakash
September 29, 2020
Really a useful knowledge !! Amazing experiment for fulfilling our thoughts❤️♥️
Dhruv
September 29, 2020
Very cool Experiment
More Tanuja Pramod
September 29, 2020
Great
Utkarsh
September 29, 2020
I made this electromagnet ?
Sarthak Rodge
September 29, 2020
HOW THE REMOTE CONTROL CAR OR REMOTE OF TV WORKS?
Parvathy Biju
September 29, 2020
Thank you so much for this… ? I always wanted to make my own mortor one day
And here it is! Thank you so much ?. You have made me love learning.
Vibhav Dhande
September 29, 2020
Wow
Thanks so much for DIY motor
I read every experiment and vlogs
And I always enjoy
I always read the career field volg
Thank you so much again ??
Vibhav Dhande
September 29, 2020
Wow
Thanks so much for DIY motor
I read every experiment and vlogs
And I always enjoy
I always read the career field volg
Thank you so much again
Aryan
September 29, 2020
It looks interesting but is bit hard for me
Aryan
September 29, 2020
wow very good
Athrv Pathak
September 29, 2020
This principle works on magnetic induction.
This explains why the mini motors which we have in our homes attract metallic objects.
This project is super cool I would love to try it out
Saanvi Neeraj
September 29, 2020
Awesome
Yash Mani Gupta
September 28, 2020
Bringing the opposite pole of the magnet will increase the speed.
Samruddhi Kanakdande
September 28, 2020
I was too egar to make a DC motor at home and this is what which helped me a lot for making it. Thanks byjus it is an aweful idea.
shantanu
September 28, 2020
You can increase the speed by increasing the power of the battery
Sanjeev Ranjan
September 28, 2020
Awesome
I tried and I successfully almost
Om Aryan
September 28, 2020
Awesome,since a long time I want to make it,
but knowing the science behind it I wasn’t be able to made it ,but
this Awesome DIY helped me.
Now I will definitely make it.
Abhinav
September 28, 2020
Thank you byju
Hasini
September 28, 2020
I learner many different diys from it. It was interesting ????
ABHISAR SINGH ⚡
September 28, 2020
Wow ! That just amazing. I will try that at home. I will try it with the cardboard car and I will fit the wheel in the copper wire ! And after that the car will move by the force of the DIY motor.
Vaibhavi
September 28, 2020
Thank you, You I am really confused about AC and DC current but feeling I am amazing ,Thank You agin
Piyush Singh
September 28, 2020
I tried and it works very well.
Thanks for this interesting content.
Shreya Singh
September 28, 2020
Wow ! Its very knowledgeable thing.
We can earn many things from this.
Sri harsha
September 28, 2020
Awesome
Revanth Sudhan
September 28, 2020
Very nice and very important and usefull. Thank you for sending me this
Ishwari p.
September 28, 2020
Very nice ? thanks
Samiksha pilankar
September 28, 2020
Oh! I can’t believe it how it really worked .
Siddhi
September 28, 2020
Wooooohoooo!!! It’s awesome. Nice information
Anshika
September 28, 2020
Awesome! I will try to make
Adithri Sreejish
September 28, 2020
#ThanksByjus!
Ayush Kumar
September 28, 2020
I will try
Mohammad Adil khan
September 28, 2020
I had prepared it for our school exhibition
Mohit maheshwari
September 28, 2020
It’s amazing.It is scientific experiment
Mohit maheshwari
September 28, 2020
It’s amazing.
Paras gupta
September 28, 2020
Nice idea
ARVI SHARMA
September 28, 2020
Thank u byju’s. I’ll try it and make it in science fair in my school
Debdatta Khan
September 28, 2020
Wow! It’s very beautiful. I shall try it.
Shreya
September 28, 2020
Me too ?
jagan
September 28, 2020
This just blowed my mind
Souvik Das
September 28, 2020
I want to make this for a long time, but I did not have any guidence.
Thank you.
YADUKRISHNAN
September 28, 2020
Wow soo interesting i love it thank you byju’s for giving this
Caroline Faria
September 28, 2020
Awesome!???
Soham Khedkar
September 28, 2020
This is just ammmmmmazzzzzinggggg DIY
I didn’t thought that we can make a MOTER at
home
B.Rajlaxmi
September 28, 2020
Really what a amazing one one of the most enjoyable expriment l liked it ………. I wish byju’s sends
more such think for fun ? I too love love the way Byju’s teacher teaches us ….☺️☺️????……….
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Aanya Sinha
September 28, 2020
Really liked it . I will try this at home.??
Samarjeetsingh Chandel
September 28, 2020
Nice method to study the DC motor
Samarjeetsingh Chandel
September 28, 2020
Nice method to study the DC motor practically
Surbhi Singh
September 28, 2020
Thank you so much Byju’s you always Gives us extra knowledge with adding fun
…As Pandemic is going on so I think doing experiment will really fun
And I will Really Try it
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THANK YOU BYJU’S ??
Drushya
September 28, 2020
Thanks it’s very easy I would like to try this
Lekshmi Jayan
September 28, 2020
To reverse the direction of a coil spinning, we have to interchange the poles of the magnet or the cell, I think so.
And to increase the speed of the motor, I think the no. of cells should be increased.
And Thank you so much to BYJUS DIY team. I am very excited to make the DC Motor.
Ar Ayush Kumar Sahoo
September 28, 2020
I was also wondering what if i can make a DC motor so now i can it by my own thanks byjus.
Manav Philip
September 28, 2020
awesome surely gonna try it
Sashibhusan Sahoo
September 28, 2020
You can also use with your phone or computer by**USB Ports**
Cut the port You Will Find Two Wires Chech + & – Conncect To It Cellotape it Now Insert in your phone or pc or charger it will work
Ambika Sharma
September 28, 2020
Wow !!!!
Parva Shah
September 28, 2020
I have made it in grade 6 in a science club of our school it works very well
Madhvi Goyar
September 28, 2020
Awesome thank you for this information Byjus
Reet Tiwary
September 28, 2020
I am going to try this out at home. This is really good. The best thing is I have all the things to make this at home.
Anushka Patil
September 28, 2020
Nice activity
Mukunth
September 28, 2020
To reverse the direction-
-1 Reverse the poles of magnet
-2 Reverse the battery itself (will be hard in this structure but still u can use D.P.C.T switch for this)
To increase the speed
-1 use stronger magnet
-2 use a rechargeable 9-12v battery (costly)
-3 use a soft iron between the coil (rare)
-4 increase the turns in the coil
-5 increase the number of coils and give it a series connection
-6 use a stand for it .. Enhances it’s stability.
Nandini lohana
September 28, 2020
thankyou for informing i will try it out at my home
Chand
September 28, 2020
I liked it
Chand
September 28, 2020
Helped a lot thank it worked
Saumya Mehrotra
September 28, 2020
Very nice
Saumya Mehrotra
September 28, 2020
Very nice motor … By using simple equipments .. really appreciatable ..
Anushka Ankush Khot
September 28, 2020
Really awesome ☺️?????????
Priyadarshani Dhaigude
September 28, 2020
Wow so amazing ❤️
I love to do this type of expriment??
Soon I will try this ?
Thank you BYJUS for giving me extra activities including studies this helps a lot for my extra calicular activities
Thanking our teachers and the BYJUS committee to help us
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Pramod Sahare
September 28, 2020
Excellent
Thiyasthil kumar
September 28, 2020
Yeah..it’s very usefull and easy thankyou for doing this ??
KOLLOJU raghava
September 28, 2020
Very awesome trick
Krishna periwal
September 28, 2020
Awesome I will definitely try it
Samarth chauhan
September 26, 2020
Awesome! I have no words to say
Uday Raj Khatri
September 26, 2020
Thank you for this information because I was thinking for a long time if I can build a DC motor by myself even I also know science behind it very well☺☺
Amogh Kottada
September 26, 2020
To reverse the coil spinning we have to show the other pole of the magnet
To increase the speed we need to use a stronger magnet.