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Why do we use fine wire of many turns in shunt field winding and thick wire of few turns in series field winding?

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Question added by Muhammad ZAIB , Wapda , Mepco
Date Posted: 2013/08/17
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Series Field winding carries high current  so conductor size increases(thick  wire) whereas  shunt field winding carries  less current hence  (thin wire) .

Ahmed shawky
by Ahmed shawky , MEP Section Head , Redcon Construction S.A.E

The shunt field coil is wound with many turns of fine wire to create a high resistance.series field require high current so we nee high c.s.a

Armanadi Ermanadi
by Armanadi Ermanadi , Quality Assurance/Quality Control (Mechanical and Electrical) , PT Jaya Obayashi

The size of the conductor (coil thickness) is related to the size of the current that can pass through it. We can see from the ampacity of this conductor.

And the number of turns is related to the inductance that is required to make the circuit works well. It depends on inductor function, is it for shunt winding, or series winding like in low pass filter circuit.

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