3.2 The Motor Effect

Question 1

What is the motor effect?

Answer 1

When a currant is passed along a wire in a magnetic field and the wire is not parallel to the lines of the magnetic field, a force is exerted on the wire by the magnetic field.

Question 2

What is the split ring communicator?

Answer 2

Metal contacts on the coil of a direct current motor that connects the rotating coil continuously to its electrical power supply