Audel Electric Motors (Audel Technical Trades Series) [Paperback]

Rex Miller (Author), Mark Richard Miller (Author)

Book Description

Series: Audel Technical Trades Series | Publication Date: December 19, 2003

Here's the ultimate motor tool

If you need information about installing, repairing, and maintaining any type of electric motor, this book belongs in your toolbox. Completely revised and illustrated, it covers principles of motor function, choosing and replacing motors, identifying and repairing common problems, performing routine maintenance, and more, all without excessive math. It's the guide your father relied on, now fully updated for the twenty-first century.
* Understand both AC and DC motor function and operation
* Repair small series motors and troubleshoot special types of motors
* Compare methods of motor control, including various switches, starters, and timing relays
* Troubleshoot fractional horsepower motors, including split-phase induction, capacitor start, repulsion, shaded-pole, hysteresis synchronous, and universal motors
* Learn the best procedures for stripping and rewinding armatures and stators
* Modify AC motors for speed control
* Discover which tools and supplies you'll always need

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Here’s the ultimate motor tool

If you need information about installing, repairing, and maintaining any type of electric motor, this book belongs in your toolbox. Completely revised and illustrated, it covers principles of motor function, choosing and replacing motors, identifying and repairing common problems, performing routine maintenance, and more, all without excessive math. It’s the guide your father relied on, now fully updated for the twenty-first century.

• Understand both AC and DC motor function and operation
• Repair small series motors and troubleshoot special types of motors
• Compare methods of motor control, including various switches, starters, and timing relays
• Troubleshoot fractional horsepower motors, including split-phase induction, capacitor start, repulsion, shaded-pole, hysteresis synchronous, and universal motors
• Learn the best procedures for stripping and rewinding armatures and stators
• Modify AC motors for speed control
• Discover which tools and supplies you’ll always need

About the Author

Rex Miller is a former Professor of Industrial Technology, a forty-year educator, and the author or coauthor of more than 100 textbooks.

Mark Richard Miller is a Professor and Chairman of the Industrial Technology Department at Texas A&M University in Kingsville, Texas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Audel; All New 6th Edition edition (December 19, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764541986
• ISBN-13: 978-0764541988
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1.6 x 8.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #595,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very dated material!!, September 12, 2008

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Little big man (Richland,Wa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Audel Electric Motors (Audel Technical Trades Series) (Paperback)

So I purchased this book to get the latest knowledge on motors, but instead I purchased a poorly written book by two teachers who have never done any of the work they are trying to outline in this text,I am an Industrial Electronics and motor control Maintenance Technician with 25 years experience,so I know what I am talking about, after reading this poorly written and presented collection of really bad ideas on how to troubleshoot motors I could write a much better book than this collection of trash! All of the ideas pictures and concepts presented in this text have been obsolete for about 30 years. My text books from college are about 15 years more advanced than this book and they were written in 1984. I noticed there are no line diagrams or much mention of programmable controls,or timers and relays, overload heaters for motor overcurrent protection instead of the fuses listed, you don't use fuses to protect a motor you use overload heaters an industry standard, these guys don't have a clue of how to troubleshoot a motor or check for amperage draw from a motor, you use a digital clampon ammeter not a hardwired inline ammeter, they don't explain how to ohm out a motor with a meter or use a megger to test insulation.It also looks like they got a really old square D catalog and used the pictures out of it for the book they are poorly reproduced, but if your are looking for info and circuits and trouble shooting techniques manufactures of components and motor staters and motors can give you much better and updated info from there website than you can derive from this peice of drivel!! I could not recommend this text to anyone who wants to learn about motors, if you think this is a good book then you know absolutely nothing about motors and controls or troubleshooting, american technical publishers produce some of the best motor and control books.Not audel.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money on this book, May 30, 2010

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G. Ruhe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Audel Electric Motors (Audel Technical Trades Series) (Paperback)

This book is very poorly written with numerous technical errors. The illustrations are poorly done and the photographs are fuzzy and grainy.
I repair electric motors as a hobby, and could find nothing of value in this book. One would be much better off buying Rosenbergs "Electric Motor Repair" through a used book store or online.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Audel Electric Motors, September 30, 2008

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Bummler (Titletown, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Audel Electric Motors (Audel Technical Trades Series) (Paperback)

A big fat book with lots of info. However I am dissapointed that PWM pulse width modulation, is not even mentioned as a DC motor speed controller. One of the reasons I bought the book was to get info on this subject. It makes me wonder how much other new technology is left out or not addressed...