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Can you run an electric motor on DC power?

• andreyv 9y ago
  Yes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_motor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_motor
  • geerlingguy 9y ago
    I think he meant more ‘can you run an AC motor on DC power’ (benefit of the doubt), since almost all AC units sized for residential/business operate on AC power (to my knowledge?).
    • semi-extrinsic 9y ago
      Modern ACs are powered by AC, but they run IGBT inverters to power a brushless DC motor. So you could build ACs to run on straight DC, but they would be a special application (so expensive initially).