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, here’s a brief article about …
Overspeed on a series wound DC machine, a lesson learnt
Well, it seems I’ve generated a great deal of interest with my post regarding an accidental over speed of a DC motor we had repaired. 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 original post A great learning experience I posted it to …