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Series Wound Motors

In Series Wound Motors, the field coil is in series with the armature.

The current flows to the field windings, then to the brushes, commutator, and armature back again to the ground side brush. A series wound motor will develop maximum torque output at the time of initial start, then as motor speed increases, torque falls off rapidly due to the CEMF.

Fig 1: Identifying Series Wound Motors
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