The blower motor plays an extremely important role in forced-air systems. It’s the trigger that circulates conditioned air throughout the home. Blowers in older furnaces generally employ single-speed ...

This application note presents Z8 Encore! XP® as low-cost speed controller for single phase, permanent split capacitor motors. It describes the theory of operation of the motor speed, as well as the ...

A squirrel cage induction motor must sense two or more electric phases to cause the magnetic field to start spinning, thus turning the motor’s rotor and shaft. Once the motor starts, the interaction ...

The VWDIR104 AC gear motors are available in four versions with either 1/10- or 1/15-hp (74.5- or 49.2-W), 115/230-V, 60/50-Hz permanent split-capacitor motors. The new devices bring to 79 the company ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. More than 80% of the motors bought each year continue to be low-cost single-phase ac motors. Because these motors are not very efficient when ...

The supplier’s 100mm AC motor line is said to provide 1/8 hp (93w) in 30 percent less volume than previously available. These 4-in. diameter single-phase motors have been mated to the vendor’s 750 ...