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




What is Shunt Motor?
A DC shunt motor is a type of self-excited DC motor, and it is also known as a shunt wound DC motor. The field windings in this motor can be connected in parallel to the armature winding. 

So both windings of this motor will expose to the equal voltage power supply, and this motor maintains an invariable speed with any kind of load. 

This motor has a low starting torque and also runs at a constant speed.

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


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