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Will a D.C Shunt Motor operate on an A.C Supply?

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Question added by muhammad arif , Assistant Engineer , Phoenix armour
Date Posted: 2013/11/23
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by muhammad arif , Assistant Engineer , Phoenix armour

The Shunt winding has a large number of turns so that it has appreciable inductance. When A.C is applied to a shunt motor, the large inductive reactance of shunt winding will reduce the field current too much. Consequently, Shunt motor will not usually run on A.C Supply - 

Simple answer is no, AC and DC are different hence the different types of motors.

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