An AC motor works by rotating an AC magnetic field around a rotor, thus any
AC motor is generating an AC magnetic field. You can use it to degauss
something by placing the energized motor close to the object and slowly
pulling the motor away. Basically this is how all degaussing equipment
works, only some equipment decreases the field electronically, and some
decreases the field by increasing the distance from the object.

"DL" wrote in message
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"soxinbox" wrote in message
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It doesn't matter how intense the strike was. The metal can only hold a
certain magnetic flux. If you exceed the metals maximum flux then the
degausser will work. The TV degausser was designed to degause iron and
steel, and so it can exceed the maximum magnetic flux of steel. It should
work fine. You can also use an AC motor as a degausser, and a small
compass as a field detector.
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I'm really curious. How does one go about using "an AC motor as a
degausser"? Not doubting - would like to know something about the
technique for doing that.

DL