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What is the prime function of all DC motor starters ?

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Insert resistance when motor starts and remove resistance as motor gets up to speed.

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What type of protection does a three point starter provide?

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No field or loss of field protection.

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What type of compounding is used when constant voltage or speed is required?

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Flat-Compounding

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What type of manual starter provides a greater ability to control speed?

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Four point starter

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What components ride against the commutator segments and connect the armature to the external circuit of a DC generator?

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Carbon graphite brushes

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What is the purpose of a field winding in a DC machine

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To Create north and south magnetic poles at the pole pieces

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Once a DC motor is started and all the resistance is removed, what limits the current through the armature?

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CEMF induced in the armature

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What does the successful starting up of a self-excited DC machine depend on?

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Residual magnetism in the pole pieces

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How should the direction of rotation of a DC motor be reversed?

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Interchanging the armature connections (A1 and A2)

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what protective devices connected in series with the shunt field do most large compound motors have?

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Field loss relay

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What is an advantage of a separately excited DC machine?

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Better speed and voltage regulation with added load.

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If resistance is removed from the shunt field winding circuit, what will happen to the magnetic field?

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It will increase in strength

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If resistance is added to the shunt field winding circuit of DC shunt motor, what will happen to the motor speed?

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It will speed up

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What type of wound armatures have their windings connected in parallel

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Lap-wound

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What is the distortion, or bending, of the main magnetic field of a DC machine, caused by its interaction with the magnetic flux developed by the armature current called?

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Armature reaction

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What type of compounding occurs when a cumulative long-shunt compound motor’s full-load speed is greater than its no-load speed?

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Over-Compounding

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What type of compounding occurs when a differential short-shunt compound generators full-load voltage is less than its no-load voltage?

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Under-Compounding

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What is the function of a series field rheostat?

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To control compounding

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What is the commutator of a DC machine constructed of?

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Copper bars with mica insulation between them

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What is the position at which the armature winding’s are parallel to the lines of flux and there is no induced voltage called?

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The neutral plane

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What happens to the counter-EMF generated as load is added to a series motor?

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CEMF decreases because speed decreased

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What is the main disadvantages of a manual three point starter?

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Loss of speed control

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What is the best way to slow or stop a DC motor under normal operation?

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Dynamic breaking with Mechanical breaking?

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Will increasing the number of turns of wire in an armature coil of a DC generator cause the induced EMF to increase or decrease?

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Increase

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What is the function of the shunt field rheostat on a DC shunt motor?
Speed control
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Is resistance and voltage directly or inversely proportional in a DC shunt generator?
Inversely Proportional
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What two components are used to hold the brushes in place and maintain an even pressure?
Brush holders and Springs.
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What components of a DC machine supports the shaft and allows it to rotate freely?
Bearings
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What are the three factors that determine the strength of an electromagnet?
1. Loops of wire 2. Core material 3. Amount of current
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What is the component of a DC generator that converts AC to DC called?
Commutator
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What is the force that causes a motor to rotate known as?
Lorentz Force
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What type of compound motor has its field winding's wound in such a manner that they aid each other in the production of magnetism
Cumulative compound motor
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Will increasing the number of turns of wire in an armature coil of a DC motor cause the CEMF to increase?
Yes
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Name two industrial processes in which a differential compound generator may be used.
1. Welding 2. Electroplating
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When starting a DC motor, what percentage of FLA shall the starting current be limited to?
150%
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What type of motor is used when constant or adjustable speed is extremely important?
Shunt Motor
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In reference to the left-hand rule for generators, what do the thumb, forefinger and middle finger represent?
Thumb - Direction of motion of the armature. Pointer Finger - Direction of main field. Middle Finger - Direction of current flow.
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What are the winding's embedded in slots or holes in the main pole face called?
Compensating winding's
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What are two types of magnets?
1. Permanent magnets 2. Electromagnets
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When a generator supplies current to a load, what is produced, which makes the armature assembly harder to turn?
Counter-Torque
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What causes the shift of the neutral plane on a DC motor under load?
Armature Reaction
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When a DC motor is first started why is the armature current so high?
Little resistance in armature winding's and no generated CEMF.
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Where are the flux lines most densely concentrated?
Near the poles
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What is the insulation separating the copper segments of the commutator constructed of?
Mica
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What are the four components that comprise an armature assembly?
1. Shaft 2. Iron-core 3. Commutator 4. Armature winding's
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When an electromagnet reaches a point where strength increases only slightly with an increase in current, it is known as a point of ?
Saturation
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What three factors determine the output of a generator?
1. Number of loops in armature windings 2. Speed of rotation 3. Strength of main magnetic field
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What are three ways that armature reaction can be corrected?
1. Rotating the brushes 2. Interpoles with commutating winding's 3. Compensating winding's
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When proper commutation is taking place what color is the commutator?
Dark Chocolate
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What happens when the torque of a DC series motor as the load is increased?
Torque Increases
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If resistance is added to the shunt field winding circuit of a DC shunt generator, what will happen to the output voltage?
Voltage Decreases
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Is the resistance of a shunt field winding higher or lower than the resistance of the series field winding's?
Higher
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What are the winding's wound around the interpoles called?
Comulating Winding's
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What are the six components that comprise most DC machines?
1. Enclosure 2. Pole Pieces 3. Field Winding's 4. Armature Assembly 5. Brushes 6. Terminals
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Shunt field winding's are wound with _______ turns of ________ gauge wire relative to the series field winding's
Many, Small
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Series field winding's are wound with________ turns of _______ gauge wire relative to the series field winding's
Few, Large
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What type of DC machine converts mechanical input into DC electrical output?
Generator
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What are three basic types of armature winding's
1. Lab-Wound (low voltage, high current) 2. Wave-Wound (high voltage, low current) 3. Frogleg-Wound (moderate voltage and current)
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What are two types of bearings found in DC machines
1. Sleeve Bearings 2. Ball Bearings
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Why is the pole shoe of every pole piece curved to conform to the surface of the armature assembly?
For a wider and more even flux distribution.
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What are the three types of field winding's used in DC machines?
1. Series 2. Shunt 3. Compound
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What are shunt field winding terminals labeled ?
F1 and F2
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What is the mechanical used to turn a generator called?
Prime Mover
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How can ripple effect be smoothed in the output of a DC generator?
Increase number of winding's
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What are three types of DC machine field structures?
1. Permanent Magnet 2. Separately Exited 3. Self-Exited
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When a DC generator contains both series and shunt field winding's, what is it called?
Compound
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