There’s great potential in salvaging a motor from a broken appliance, but so often the part in question is very specific to its application, presenting a puzzle of wires to the experimenter. This was ...

There’s great potential in salvaging a motor from a broken appliance, but so often the part in question is very specific to its application, presenting a puzzle of wires to the experimenter. This was ...

Going to throw your clothes in the dryer and discovering that your washer hasn't spun the water out of your laundry can be extremely aggravating. Not only are you stuck with sopping wet clothes, but ...

Higher motor efficiency is a Good Thing – It’s unlikely that any design engineer ever said, “Gee, if only I could find a really inefficient motor for my next design.” When I was working on an article ...

Samsung has announced that it will offer a 20-year warranty for the first time on Digital Inverter Motor used in its washing machine and Digital Inverter compressor used in refrigerators. Samsung has ...

Washing controls have used power inverters to control motor speeds for years. Variable-speed control enables a significant simplification of the mechanical system by replacing a clutch and gearbox ...