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A dyno torch, a hand powered electric torch, disassembled to show mechanism

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English: A w:en:dyno torch, a hand powered electric torch, disassembled to show mechanism. Squeezing the handle (left) spins the flywheel through the plastic rack and pinion gear. The flywheel has a ring-shaped magnet on it which, combined with the coil of wire (right), makes a brushless AC generator. The magnetic field of the spinning magnet induces electric current in the coil of wire, which powers the light bulb. The torch only generates light when it is pumped, so it doesn't need an ON/OFF switch. Modified by Midnightcomm to correct white balance and be cropped.
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current01:43, 1 May 2006Thumbnail for version as of 01:43, 1 May 2006500 × 480 (71 KB)Midnightcomm (talk | contribs){{Information| |Description=Corrected white balance (the previous version had a blue tint), made background solid white, cropped version of previous file version. |Source=Wikimedia Commons |Date=[[April 30], 2006 }} Modified by uploader.
15:14, 14 September 2005Thumbnail for version as of 15:14, 14 September 2005640 × 480 (62 KB)Bios~commonswiki (talk | contribs)interior of a w:en:dyno torch (by squeezing it, a magnet starts spinning and thus generates electricity in a wire coil; pretty much like a bike dynamo) - taken with w:Nikon Coolpix 950 - {{GFDL}}

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