Audel Electric Motors Author:Rex Miller, Mark Richard Miller Heres the ultimate motor tool If you need information about installing, repairing, and maintaining any type of electric motor, this book belongs in your toolbox. Completely revised and illustrated, it covers principles of motor function, choosing and replacing motors, identifying and repairing common problems, performing routine mainte... more »nance, and more, all without excessive math. Its the guide your father relied on, now fully updated for the twenty-first century.
Understand both AC and DC motor function and operation
Repair small series motors and troubleshoot special types of motors
Compare methods of motor control, including various switches, starters, and timing relays
Troubleshoot fractional horsepower motors, including split-phase induction, capacitor start, repulsion, shaded-pole, hysteresis synchronous, and universal motors
Learn the best procedures for stripping and rewinding armatures and stators
Modify AC motors for speed control
Discover which tools and supplies youll always need