Anyone whose job involves servicing electric motors has encountered the problem of a missing nameplate. Other articles in the Motor Doctor series have covered ways of determining the specifications of ...

Motors can be wired delta or wye. Which arrangement do you choose, and how do you do it? For purposes of making the connection, it doesn’t matter to the installer if the motor is delta-wound or ...

It’s often been said that motors are the backbone of industry. So much of our production equipment is motor-driven that it would be hard to argue against this. It would also be difficult to dispute ...

Bob and Tim are at a job where a technician from another company could not figure out the electrical, so he just put the panel back on the electrical compartment and left the job. It is a heat pump ...

For many, wiring is one of the most intimidating aspects of a restoration or project upgrade. Most mechanical repairs and aspects of a restoration are what we’d term “nut-and-bolt” work, meaning that, ...

There are a lot of fun projects you can do with stepper motors salvaged from old printers or disk drives. However, it isn’t always clear how to connect to some strange motor with no markings or ...

The AC induction motor (ACIM) is the most popular motor used in consumer and industrial applications. The motor is highly reliable, as its simple design has no brushes that could wear out, and it can ...

Although a fly's motor neurons are few, it performs remarkable aerial and terrestrial feats. A wiring diagram recently created of the motor circuits in the central nervous system of the fruit fly is ...

When you really start to think about it, the typical classic Mustang is over 50 years old. While most of them have had some attention paid to the suspension, brakes, and whatnot, plus an engine ...