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 ...

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 ...

A growing global trend these days is the use of permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) in appliance applications. This is driven by a number of factors, ranging from raw material costs that ...

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LG, Godrej, Bosch, and Whirlpool have four strong front load washing machines, which are 5 stars. Compare smart wash, steam cleaning, and inverter motors.

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When a shrimping boat breaks down in Cut Off, Louisiana, you sort of just leave it there. The 6,000 person town, a proudly Cajun community one hour south of New Orleans, is littered with rusted hulls ...