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A series wound dc motor like in the case of shunt wound dc motor or compound wound dc motor falls under the category of self-excited dc motors, and it gets its name from the fact that the field winding in this case is connected internally in series to the armature winding. Thus the field winding are exposed to the entire armature electric current unlike in the case of a shunt motor.

Construction of Series DC Motor

Construction wise a this motor is similar to any other types of dc motors in almost all aspects. It consists of all the fundamental components like the stator housing the field winding or the rotor carrying the armature conductors, and the other vital parts like the commutator or the brush segments all attached in the proper sequence as in the case of a generic DC motor.

Yet if we are to take a close look into the wiring of the field and armature coils of this dc motor, its clearly distinguishable from the other members of this type. To understand that let us revert back into the above mentioned basic fact, that the this motor has field coil connected in series to the armature winding. For this reason relatively higher electric current flows through the field coils, and its designed accordingly as mentioned below.

i) The field coils of dc series motor are wound with relatively fewer turns as the electric currentthrough the field is its armature electric current and hence for required mmf less numbers of turns are required.

ii) The wire is heavier, as the diameter is considerable increased to provide minimumelectrical resistance to the flow of full armature current.

In spite of the above mentioned differences, about having fewer coil turns the running of this dc motor remains unaffected, as the electric current through the field is reasonably high to produce a field strong enough for generating the required amount of torque. To understand that better lets look into the voltage and electric current equation of dc series motor.

Voltage and Current...