Full-voltage, single-speed motor starters: Single-speed squirrel-cage motors have starters that fall into two categories: full-voltage or across-the-line starters; and reduced-voltage starters.

This unique millivolt testing technique provides a basic check in troubleshooting motor breakdown situations. As a maintenance electrician, I'm sure you've been in the high-pressure situation of ...

In this video (Episode 3), Randy Barnett, an electrical instructor, trainer, inspector, journeyman electrician, and safety expert, walks viewers through the basics of electromagnetic motor starters.

THE Smithsonian Institution has received from the V. G. Apple Laboratories, Inc., of Dayton, Ohio, a valuable collection of early automotive electrical equipment. The founder of the firm, the late ...