Damaged DC Motor

Before and after of a DC Motor Repair

Investigating a Failed DC Motor A few week ago I posted a photo of a failed DC motor where the commutator has failed and taken out the brush gear. The failure was quite spectacular and the photo prompted many, many comments. I promised to post an ‘after’ photo when the repair had been completed but instead of just a photo, …

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Overspeed on a series wound DC machine, a lesson learnt

Speeding is a real problem! Well, it seems we generated a great deal of interest with our post on Linkedin regarding an accidental over speed of a DC motor we had repaired back in 2017. Just last week, I posted a photo of a DC motor armature after it had been accidentally overspend, after we had rewound it. Here’s the …