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    Dec 11, 2007, 07:03 PM
    Generator becomes a motor
    I have a natural gas driven generator, synced with other generators. Can a generator become a motor and turn the driver ?
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    Mar 27, 2008, 03:36 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by dpjones
    I have a natural gas driven generator, synced with other generators. Can a generator become a motor and turn the driver ?
    That depends entirely to the type and circuitry of the generator.
    A simple DC motor with magnet and rotating coil will function both as motor and as generator.
    A (by electronic circuit) stabilized generator will only function as generator, unless modified.
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    Are you perhaps trying to create a Perpetuum Mobile??
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    ;)
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    Nov 22, 2011, 05:18 PM
    How generator becomes motorization
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