| There are two main types of electric motors. | | | | home.Alternating current or AC electric motors |
| There are direct current or DC and alternating | | | | are used differently based on what type of AC |
| current or AC motors. The reference of DC or | | | | motor it is. Single phase AC motors are known as |
| AC refers to how the electrical current is | | | | general purpose motors. They work well in many |
| transferred through and from the motor. Both | | | | different situations. These AC motors work great |
| types of motors have different functions and | | | | for systems that are hard to start because they |
| uses. Dc motors come in two general types. | | | | need a lot of power up front. Three phase, also |
| They can have brushes or be brushless. AC | | | | called polyphase, AC motors are usually found in |
| motors, as well, come in two different types. | | | | industrial settings. These motors also have high |
| They can be two phase or three phase. The | | | | starting power built transmit lower levels of overall |
| differences in DC and AC motors are sometimes | | | | power. AC power gets its name from the fact |
| subtle, but these differences are what make one | | | | that it alternates in power. The amount of power |
| types better for a certain use.Direct current or | | | | given off by an AC motor is determined by the |
| DC electric motors work for situations where | | | | amount of power needed to operate the |
| speed needs to be controlled. DC motors have a | | | | system.DC and AC electric motors are found |
| stable and continuous current. DC motors were | | | | everywhere from the home to the car to |
| the first and earliest motors used. They were | | | | industrial plants. Motors are important to everyday |
| found, however, to not be as good at producing | | | | life. Dc motors were introduced and caused a |
| power over long lengths. Electric companies found | | | | great revolution in the way many things are done. |
| using DC motors to generate electric did not | | | | When AC motors came on the market the way |
| work because the power was lost as the electric | | | | motors were looked at changed because of their |
| was transmitted. Brush DC motors use rings that | | | | amazing starting power potential. DC motors and |
| conduct the current and form the magnetic drive | | | | AC motors are different in many ways, but they |
| that powers the rotor. Brushless DC motors use | | | | still both are usede to power the world. |
| a switch to produce the magnetic drive that | | | | Everything you need to know about electric |
| powers the rotor. Direct current motors are | | | | motors from their history to buying new and |
| often found in appliances around the | | | | used. |