Thanks electricpete, I think I understand what you are saying but still have some difficulty in relating to what you physically see. I understand of course that a magmet has two poles and that is a pole pair but in the case of a coil the core or centre of the coil will have one polatity in one...
Can somebody help a novice here?
I'm trying to understand motor theory of induction motors and relate to what I see when I open one up. Formulae allows calculation of speed from "number of poles" and frequency but what does the use of language "poles" actually mean. I see in the text book an...
