Cranky Lid Motor —- Close up view

Here is a close up view of my ‘Cranky Lid Motor’. This originally was a narrated video where I explain how a devce can appear to be ‘self-running’. This is actually running on energy stored in a 10F 2.7v supercapacitor filled with 1.5volts. I show where a small battery could be hidden in the back support block and the capacitor eliminated.. I finally decided to just make this a video with music and show this curious device running.
This is called a ‘solenoid engine’. Configured like this it will run on the capacitor for about 3 minutes.

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