Monday 8 February 2021

A Motor as a Generator


Working with a Westminster motor. The Motor can either be driven by a battery or can be spun and then the output measured on a galvanometer. Then the motor works like a generator, in this case a DC generator, and we can use Flemings Right Hand Rule to work out the direction of flow of the current Second Finger knowing the motion (Thumb) and the Direction of the magnetic Field First Finger.

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