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The name of the motor that can only operate on alternative current is called the AC motor. The AC motor consists of 2 basic parts with a rotor that is attached to the output shaft.

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Why is a starting current in a DC motor very high?

A rotating d.c. motor generates a back-emf which opposes the supply voltage and reduces the current drawn by the motor. When the motor is stationary, it cannot generate this back emf and, so, the only opposition to current is the resistance of its windings which is relatively low. So, on startup, the current is large; as the machine starts to run, the resulting back emf, acts to reduce the current.


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It isn't. It is only kept at maximum resistance when the motor is not running. That is done to limit the starting current.


What field setting for a dc shunt motor wired in series on high voltage?

A shunt dc motor has quite different characteristics from a series motor. Wired in series, the same current passes through the armature and the field winding and it is most unlikely that a shunt motor would have a field winding that is suitable for this. Therefore a shunt motor cannot be wired as a series motor in general because its field winding is designed for only a small current.


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The only time a motor should go into a locked rotor condition is if the motors connected load jams causing the motor to stop turning. At this point if the motor control circuitry is sized to the motor's full load amperage, the high rise in current will trip the motor off line.


What is a possible cause of a motor taking excessive current?

Here are [the only] two: too much Voltage is applied, or there is some short [a reduction in the normal Resistance of the armature] that increases Current and lets the Smoke leak out.

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