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Efficiency measurement using a motor–dynamo module

Pun-hon Ng1, Siu-ling Wong2 and Se-yuen Mak1

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In this article, we describe a simple method which can be used to measure the efficiency of a low power dc motor, a motor-converted dynamo and a coupled motor–dynamo module as a function of the speed of rotation. The result can also be used to verify Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction.


PACS

84.50.+d Electric motors

41.20.Gz Magnetostatics; magnetic shielding, magnetic induction, boundary-value problems

01.40.gb Teaching methods and strategies

01.50.Pa Laboratory experiments and apparatus

Subjects

Accelerators, beams and electromagnetism

Electronics and devices

Education and communication

Dates

Issue 6 (November 2009)

Received 9 July 2009, in final form 23 July 2009



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