Generators
The output voltage of a _____ generator is set when the load is ______?
Shunt, Disconnect
A device that converts electrical input into mechanical output.
Motor
Rotating part of a generator?
Armature
Series winding are wound _____ turns of fairly ______ wire.
Few, Large
A force that tends to cause rotation, pushing / turning force.
A generator with both shunt and series windings?
Compound Generators
Three Basic type of DC motors?
Series
Shunt
Compound
Items that ride against the commutator?
Brushes
In a generator, the series field diverter is also called the ______
Series field shunt rehostat
Permanent magnets have ______ efficiency than wound field motors.
Higher
Output voltage of a shunt generator is usually controlled by the amount of ______
Field excitation current
Type of motor that develops extremely high starting torque?
Series Motor
What does a Commutator do on a dc motor?
Turns Ac into Dc
Maintains the correct direction of current flow through the armature
Armatures wounded in moderate voltage a moderate current is ______ wound.
Frogleg
A device used to disconnect a circuit in event of excessive current?
Fuse
Define a Differential Generator.
A generator that series and shunt windings oppose each other
A motor that does not contain a wound armature, commutator, or brushes is the ______ motor.
Brushless DC
________ is the bending of the main magnetic field by the armature magnetic field.
Armature reaction
"Constant speed motor"
A series circuit has only one path for _______?
Current Flow
A Compound Generator, The setting of the amount of currents in the series and shunt field windings determines the _____
Compounding
Two factors that determine torque in a DC motor?
Strength of the magnetic field of pole pieces
Strength of the magnetic field of the Armature
On A DC Name plate what is the HP?
1/2 HP
MR.Gess's Middle Name?
Mathew
Brushless DC motors that require very smooth operation such as grinders that produce a finished surface are powered by ______ Waves.
Sine