"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Fred wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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The commutator is to ensure the field
in the rotor is aligned wrt the stator to provide continuous torque. Not
sure where you get 3 phase from.

Each winding gets an AC signal. Each winding is switched at 120 degrees
phase to the next one: If I told you that and told you nothing else, you
would say 'ah, a 3 phase AC motor!!'


With 3 brushes equally spaced I suppose?

In some respects you're right but for all the wrong reasons!