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What are some resources one can check out to start increasing their understanding of these, starting from roughly zero?

mujtaba223 6y ago
Electric Machinery Fundamentals Stephen J. Chapman This was the book we used in undergraduate, It was quite readable as I remember.
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
I saw a recommendation for the Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz on here a while ago.
- agul29 6y ago
  It doesn't involve electric machinery, not even basic magnetics.
signa11 6y ago
for ac machines, langsdorf.
agul29 6y ago
Your best bet is college textbooks. This one is good: http://epp.etf.rs/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Fitzgerald_Electric_Machinery_6th_ed.pdf http://epp.etf.rs/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Fitzgerald_E...
qart 6y ago
https://www.amazon.com/Electrical-Technology-H-Cotton-ebook/dp/B07FCBJ1NP/ https://www.amazon.com/Electrical-Technology-H-Cotton-ebook/... an older edition of this was my textbook back in the day. You can only understand motors with this book. You'll also need a textbook on power electronics to learn how to supply them electricity. Maybe a textbook on control systems to learn how to control them.
jeffreyrogers 6y ago
Electric Motors and Drives[0] is very good. Not very mathematical, and gives a lot of intuition. If you understand basic electronics and can do arithmetic you can follow most of the book. Some parts are harder than others but if you keep going it will eventually make sense. Edit: I took a look at some of the other books people recommended and they seem more advanced, this book is easier than them and probably better for someone without an EE background. I am not sure how to best learn electronics (I learned from The Art of Electronics, but that is probably not the easiest way to learn, and probably overkill for just learning how motors work.) [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Motors-Drives-Fundamentals-Applications-dp-0081026153/dp/0081026153/ https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Motors-Drives-Fundamentals-A...
z2 6y ago
Less on machines on more on basic concepts, may I recommend a physics site that is spiritually related to this website, in that it is also clear, simple, and in many ways a work of passion for teaching? http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/emcon.html#emcon http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/emcon.html#emcon
jbay808 6y ago
Starting from roughly zero, I'd recommend this page and its neighbours: http://info.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Workshop/advice/coils/force.html http://info.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Workshop/advice/coils/force.html

Electric Machinery Fundamentals Stephen J. Chapman This was the book we used in undergraduate, It was quite readable as I remember.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

I saw a recommendation for the Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz on here a while ago.

agul29 6y ago
It doesn't involve electric machinery, not even basic magnetics.

signa11 6y ago

for ac machines, langsdorf.

agul29 6y ago

Your best bet is college textbooks. This one is good: http://epp.etf.rs/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Fitzgerald_Electric_Machinery_6th_ed.pdf http://epp.etf.rs/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Fitzgerald_E...

qart 6y ago

https://www.amazon.com/Electrical-Technology-H-Cotton-ebook/dp/B07FCBJ1NP/ https://www.amazon.com/Electrical-Technology-H-Cotton-ebook/... an older edition of this was my textbook back in the day. You can only understand motors with this book. You'll also need a textbook on power electronics to learn how to supply them electricity. Maybe a textbook on control systems to learn how to control them.

jeffreyrogers 6y ago

Electric Motors and Drives[0] is very good. Not very mathematical, and gives a lot of intuition. If you understand basic electronics and can do arithmetic you can follow most of the book. Some parts are harder than others but if you keep going it will eventually make sense. Edit: I took a look at some of the other books people recommended and they seem more advanced, this book is easier than them and probably better for someone without an EE background. I am not sure how to best learn electronics (I learned from The Art of Electronics, but that is probably not the easiest way to learn, and probably overkill for just learning how motors work.) [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Motors-Drives-Fundamentals-Applications-dp-0081026153/dp/0081026153/ https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Motors-Drives-Fundamentals-A...

z2 6y ago

Less on machines on more on basic concepts, may I recommend a physics site that is spiritually related to this website, in that it is also clear, simple, and in many ways a work of passion for teaching? http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/emcon.html#emcon http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/emcon.html#emcon

jbay808 6y ago

Starting from roughly zero, I'd recommend this page and its neighbours: http://info.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Workshop/advice/coils/force.html http://info.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Workshop/advice/coils/force.html