Recent content by Adam_c.

Thank you for the description of what's happening, that makes a lot of sense now. Your help is much appreciated! I'll check out Dan McGrew too

Hi Bill, You seem to be a brilliant mad scientist! Do you have any reading recommendations that could help explain what you described and what I'm seeing here with the AC test? I still remember my college physics electricity and magnetism, so using the AC current in the stator to create a...

Thanks for the responses, guys. Bill, I would like to try this tactic, but can you break it down for me in more depth? I get the basic idea of hooking it up like this: [Battery]---[Load]----[Motor]--| \_________________________| Where I lost you was in the measuring part. You're...

Hi everyone, Has anyone seen behavior like this from a similar motor? I have a series wound DC motor commonly found in older conversion electric cars. Its the FB1-4001-A from Advanced D.C. motors in Syracuse NY. This motor has advanced brush timing. I'm experiencing a very strange problem...