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Podcast: HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs
Episode: ECM Motors A-Z w/ Eric Kaiser
Description: Eric Kaiser joins the podcast again, and this time, we are talking ECM motors. We discuss types, history, diagnosis, and failure prevention. An ECM motor has a permanent magnet rotor, which means that the magnetism never deactivates. The variable frequency-driven motor is typically an induction motor, and the rotor only becomes magnetized by the stator's field. Eric describes ECM motors as three-phase AC motors, but we can control the AC pulses, resulting in oddly shaped sine waves. Those motors essentially convert the AC power to DC power and then to controlled AC power with the help of...