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Will a D.C Shunt Motor operate on an A.C Supply?


The Shunt winding has a large number of turns so that it has appreciable inductance. When A.C is applied to a shunt motor, the large inductive reactance of shunt winding will reduce the field current too much. Consequently, Shunt motor will not usually run on A.C Supply.

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3 Comments

  1. bcoz of reversal of direction of current, in a shunt connection it is not necessary that when the field current exhibits negative half cycle at the same time the armature current will also exhibit negative half cycle. as a result there is a phase diff between field current and armature current. so the torque produce will be a still torque, that is the torque is of very less magnitude and not

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