DC Motor Load Computation

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malec Active Contributor Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 11	DC Motor Load Computation 09/21/2012 2:37 AM
	What is the right method to compute the total load (in amperes) if the motor we use is a DC MOTORS? Thank you very much and God bless! malec
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Joshi Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: India Posts: 1246 Good Answers: 34	#1 Re: DC Motor load computation 09/21/2012 3:09 AM
	The right method to compute the total load (in amperes) of a DC motor is to measure it.
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#2 Re: DC Motor load computation 09/21/2012 6:04 AM
	Watts (mechanical) = volts x amps x efficiency. One HP = 746 W. __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#3 Re: DC Motor load computation 09/21/2012 7:03 AM
	Compute? Why not just look it up on the motor manufacturer's performance sheet? __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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TonyS Guru Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Resting under the Major Oak Posts: 4347 Good Answers: 181	#4 Re: DC Motor load computation 09/21/2012 8:14 AM
	You'll need the manufacturers data to find the efficiency so why not read the rest to save any "computing". __________________ The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
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