Questions

1. Distinguish between a generator and a motor.

 Generator – mechanical energy is converted to electrical energy
 Motor – it converts electrical energy to mechanical energy
2. What is an armature? A field?
 Armature – the laminated steel core containing current-carrying copper wires. The
part of an electrical machine that includes the main current-carrying winding and
in which the electromotive force is induced.
 Field – the electrically conducting circuit, usually a number of coils wound on
individual poles and connected in series that produces the magnetic field in a
motor or generator.
3. What two important requirements before a generator action is possible?
 Presence of magnetic line of force
 Motion of conductors cutting the flux
4. What two important requirements before a motor action is possible?
 Presence of magnetic line of force
 Current through conductors lying in the magnetic field
5. How many lines of force must be cut per second if 1 volt is to be generated in a moving
conductor?
 1 Volt is generated for every 100,000,000 (10 8) lines cut per second