K4-41: MOTOR-GENERATOR PAIR

PURPOSE: To demonstrate that a motor and a generator are the same.

DESCRIPTION: A pair of identical motor-generators are connected together. Cranking either one as a generator makes the other one rotate as a motor. Reversing the direction of cranking the generator reverses the direction of the motor. Click your mouse on the photograph above to see an mpeg video of the action.

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REFERENCES: (PIRA 5K40.40)

EQUIPMENT: Two Genecon motor-generators.

SETUP TIME: None.


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