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A Field Loss Relay protects the motor or connected machinery from damage that could be caused by a sudden loss of power to the motor field. In a DC motor, reducing the field current causes an increase in rotor speed (Field Weakening control utilises this to run motors above their base speed). However, if the field current suddenly drops off, the armature will try to accellerate to infinite speed. Sometimes this will just blow the fuses on the drive, but I have witnessed a DC motor self-destruct because of field loss - the armature accellerated to such a speed that the centrefugal force ripped apart the rotor. The motor was only good for a boat anchor afterwards.

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