On 11 Nov 2004 08:08:07 -0500 Sam Goldwasser
wrote:
Jim Adney writes:
On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:41:01 -0500 "Charles Schuler"
wrote:
Disassemble the motor and just take in the rotor, so that they don't
have to do any significant work.
IF, it's a wound rotor motor. Most ac rotors are of the squirrel cage
variety.
I was wondering about that. Wouldn't a squirrel cage motor still have
the same magnetic properties? I'm not sure, but I'd bet that such a
rotor would still pass the growler test, but it's hard to imagine a
squirrel cage rotor with a short in it, which, I believe is what the
OP asked about.
By definition, a squirrel cage rotor is all shorts.
Right, but so is a regular commutator rotor. The only difference, I
think, is that the squirrel cage rotor is wound with much more rugged
"wire."
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Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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