Thread Number: 353
Understanding Washing Machine/AC Motors |
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Post# 47650   10/23/2004 at 20:28 (7,118 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Was doing some research on the web and came across the article linked below. It is about three-phase A.C. motor drives & controllers for washing machines, and thought some techies in the group might appreciate a good read. As for Moi, it's all Greek to me, and now off to take some aspirin as reading and trying to understand the darn thing gave me a headache. *LOL* Launderess CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK |
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Post# 47718 , Reply# 2   10/24/2004 at 22:33 (7,116 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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The new Maytag Neptune Compact washer has a universal motor, but the SQ front loaders have a variable induction motors. Thanks for a great response by the way, but these sort of things still give me a headache! *LOL* But from a consumer point of view, it is good for me to learn so when shopping for a washer, will know if someone is trying so snooker me . Launderess |
Post# 47722 , Reply# 4   10/24/2004 at 23:31 (7,116 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 48252 , Reply# 6   10/31/2004 at 13:50 (7,110 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Hi tolivac: Just opened my Neptune service manual. My MAH3000 uses a switched reluctance motor and the stator is wound for 3 phase which is supplied by the motor board by changing 120V ac to 170V DC and then swtiching the current around the 3poles of the stator. The rotor is attracted to the stator poles but the magnetic field is swithced ahead just as the rotor catches up. Don't VFD drives employ AC? Or PW Modulation and vary the voltage to vary the speed? jet |
Post# 48337 , Reply# 9   11/1/2004 at 15:32 (7,109 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 48356 , Reply# 11   11/1/2004 at 19:03 (7,109 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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Wow Jon, very cool idea! Hope it works! The best of both worlds--the flexibility of electronic controls with the splashiness of the Westy! Good luck! --Austin |
Post# 48380 , Reply# 12   11/2/2004 at 10:56 (7,108 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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