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DC self excited shunt motors
Awsome, thank you waross. I can accept this answer, cheers- Rafae123
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- Forum: Electric motors & generators engineering
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DC self excited shunt motors
Thank you, with all due respect, I understand that, this will hold true if the motor's field had no developing shorts, my question was around that, due to the fact that the field HAS developed some shorts, I am trying to compensate for this which is in fact trying to bring bag the field to close...- Rafae123
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- Forum: Electric motors & generators engineering
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DC self excited shunt motors
Hi All, I have a 5kW DC shunt, self excited motor that is developing short circuits in the field winding. We know this from the resistance measurement (it has decreased a bit)and the fact that the filed current has increased slightly. I was wondering if I could insert some resistance in the...- Rafae123
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- Forum: Electric motors & generators engineering
