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Old 07-17-2019, 09:49 AM   #681
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Originally Posted by tw View Post
Any kid from elementary school science can see through that lie. Same torque can be obtained from the motor in an electric clock. Just change gear ratios.
That electric clock motor won't provide enough torque to overcome the frictional loss in all the gears it would take to do anything useful.
All the gears in the world won't change the torque the motor produces, just multiply the torque by reducing the speed of the output thereby reducing the calculated horsepower.

Theory is bullshit, torque does the work.
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