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Electrical equipment

Any equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons.

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full-load current

Electrical equipment; Motors

The current flowing through the line when the motor is operating at full-load torque and full-load speed with rated frequency and voltage applied to the motor terminals.

capacitor start

Electrical equipment; Motors

The capacitor start single phase motor is basically the same as the split phase start, except that it has a capacitor in series with the starting winding. The addition of the ...

full-load torque

Electrical equipment; Motors

That torque of a motor necessary to produce its rated horsepower at full-load speed, sometimes referred to as running torque.

back end of a motor

Electrical equipment; Motors

The back end of a normal motor is the end which carries the coupling or driving pulley. (NEMA) This is sometimes called the drive end (D.E., pulley end P.E.) etc.

field weakening

Electrical equipment; Motors

The introduction of resistance in series with the shunt wound field of a DC motor to reduce the voltage and current which weakens the strength of the magnetic field and thereby ...

base speed

Electrical equipment; Motors

The speed which a DC motor develops at rated armature and field voltage with rated load applied.

flange

Electrical equipment; Motors

Mounting endshield with special rabbets and bolt holes for mounting such equipment as pumps and gear boxes to the motor or for overhanging the motor on the driven machine.