Intro.

Single-Phase Motors
• Single-phase AC motors are as
ubiquitous as they are useful -
serving as the prime power
sources for a seemingly
limitless array of small-
horsepower applications in
industry and in the home.
• The main advantage of these
motors is their ability to
operate from a single-phase
power supply
 Single-Phase Motors
• The single-phase induction
machine is the most frequently
used motor for refrigerators,
washing machines, clocks, drills,
compressors, pumps, and so
forth.
• They are designed to operate on
120 V or 240 V.
• They range in capacity from
fractional to several horsepower
depending on the application.

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 Single-Phase Induction Motor

• In general, an ac polyphase squirrel-cage motor connected to

a polyphase line will develop starting torque.
• A squirrel-cage motor connected to a single-phase line
develops no starting torque, but having been started by some
external means, it runs approximately like a polyphase motor.
• Single-phase induction motors are classified in accordance
with their starting methods and are usually referred to by
names descriptive of these methods.
 Auxiliary Windings
Two windings that are 90° apart physically and carrying
currents 90° apart in phase produce a rotating
magnetic field.

Single-phase induction motors contain an auxiliary

winding displaced by 90 electrical degrees from the
main winding.