What can I do with that old Microwave Oven Fan Motor

Quite interesting for sure. Nevermind how basic it is, it shows us much more than we can see. Nice video Bro. Thumbs firmly up.

Love the simplicity :) brilliant! liked and subbed :)

I have scrapped hundreds of these fan motors and I have made a simple jig for removing the coils rather easily. You need 3 small blocks of 2x4 about 6" long. 2 stand up on the 2" side under the sides of the motor and use the 3rd laying on top of the motor to apply light hammer blows. The coil and lamenated core can be extracted without further disassembly. These cores are simply pressed in at the factory and can be pressed out just as easily.

Thanks for head up on lidmotors. You and him have some interesting work

Thanks for the informative video. Nicely done and good design on Joule thief. Trolls probably think Joule is misspelled too.

I too thought your discovery was interesting, that moving a magnet in the coil's field started the oscillations (or whatnot?). Like you said probably old news to people in the know, but it's new to me. Cheers

I just found your channel a few weeks ago and subscribed.  We like doing the same kind of projects.  Slider and I have been doing this for a few years now and have worked on several projects together at the same time.  It is great fun and I'm always glad when I find someone else who enjoys the hobby.   Thanks for trying out this "Light Multiplier" project.  You need a diametrically magnetized ring magnet for the spinner part.  The circuit is like a blocking oscillator but not a true Joule Thief.  The circuit does go into self oscillation, as you found out, but is meant to be triggered by the spinning magnet rotor.  I really liked you pizza pan plane project and was thinking about trying a miniature build using plastic drinking cup lids and straws.

Did you know that those bearings on those end pieces that were holding the core in the middle can rotate off the center? I stuck the shaft from a motor like that in one of the bearings and pushed it to the side and it rotated and didn't move back. I did get it centered again but it was kind of hard. I also did the same thing to a fan motor from a school bus fan where the driver sits, but the problem is I could not get the brushes back in the holders.

I repurposed a fan from a microwave oven into a passive/active cool air circulator for my air conditioner. It helps put cool air where I need it. Yes, I wired mine up so I could plug it in and use it in active mode. I also use it to cool capacitors when experimenting with electricity.

did you ever try spinning this with a drill to see if it generated power? I have an idea brewing that may actually do something awesome. I just took apart my microwave and have the identical fan assembly so I will be trying what I am thinking!

It seems that this is the first time you've seen a motor!

These little fan motors also act as a transformer and drop the voltage on the tap coming off the third prong to 21 volts to run a geared turn table motor.

I also found that to be very interesting...that was pretty cool....I also am interested in doing all of these type's of experiments..I have a very inquisitive mind...I like watching and learning this kind of stuff...but...I learn alot better by doing it...unfortunately I need instructions to understand electronics

Excellent project sir

I probably w/hv stopped at the "turning" mechanism part of this exploration for myself.My problem is that I am trying to adapt an application to motorize my worm casting harvester to make it spin @variable speeds to facilitate the separation of the castings from other materials. This was interesting to me, but I can't envision it helping solve my particular set of issues. Keep posting vids, Respectfully, Margo

Man, you converted a good fan motor in a simple joule thief.

Hi, well done for your video! Could you tell me what the value in ohms each coils please! Many thanks!

Thanks! I did it but I thought that the induction wil be greater. For make an electromagnet is useless but connecting a red led and using neodimium magnet attached to a Bored I made the led turn on

What can you use a magnetron from a microwave for other through it away?