I don't understand resistors !

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OK ...

All i am doing is spinning a magnet inside a coil of magnet wire.

The coil goes to a rectifier.

My resistor is across the rectifier output.

When i use a 1K resistor the magnet stops spinning.

When i use a 10k resistor the magnet slows down but continues to spin at a lower speed.

I thought that more resistance (10k as a pose to 1k) would be more of a load but 1k stops the magnet and 10k doesn't ?

What am i not understanding please ?

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Gary,

It is the opposite. Low Ohm is higher load.

Alex.

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Groundloop thankyou !

I think far too literally. I assumed more ohms is more resistance ?

It seems counter-intuitive to me.

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Gary,

More Ohms is more resistance. With more resistance the current goes down,
thus LESS load to you circuit.

Alex.

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Thankyou for clearing that up, i have a block with maths but i understand now.

Reading the formulae in conjunction with your explanation made me see it.


Thanks again Alex


Gary.