Re: Westclock direction
Well, that's really shooting cannons at sparrows, as they say in Düsseldorf!
So assuming I have counted right and estimated right where I could not see to count, it starts as a 12-pole shaded pole induction motor, which would max out at about 470 rpm (just shy of 3000 / (12/2) = 500) and always starts in the same direction by dint of the shading. But there is also a 30-pole synchronous element which will take over as soon as the spindle speed gets up to 400 rpm (the permanent magnet has 4 poles, so we are dividing our 3000 cycles/minute by 30/4 here).
It's all very clever, but still leaves me thinking there must be a simpler way of doing it!
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