Old Tech – The Evergreen Sustainability Initiative https://www.joinevergreennow.com Renewable Energy Renaissance. Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:48:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.joinevergreennow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/evergree_favicon_300-150x150.png Old Tech – The Evergreen Sustainability Initiative https://www.joinevergreennow.com 32 32 What Are Drive Motors? https://www.joinevergreennow.com/2021/12/16/what-are-drive-motors/ https://www.joinevergreennow.com/2021/12/16/what-are-drive-motors/#respond Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:26:31 +0000 https://www.joinevergreennow.com/?p=200 There are many ways to send electrical energy to a DC motor.  One is A/C power rectified to DC with diodes, A/C to DC from thyristors, or DC straight from a battery connection.  Our cars use a DC starting motor to bring the engine to life.  A battery connection powers this starter.  The battery connection […]

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