12 volt DC motor is a rotary motor which can convert the direct current into mechanical energy or convert mechanical energy into DC power. It means that the 12 volt DC motor can interconvert electric energy and mechanical energy. When it is operated as a DC motor, electric energy is converted into mechanical energy.

When as a DC generator, it converts the mechanical energy into electrical energy. 12 volt DC motor is composed of stator and rotor. Stator is still when the motor is working. Its main function is to generate magnetic field. It is composed of a base, a main magnetic pole, a reversing polarity, end cover, a bearing, a brush device and etc.
Rotor is running when the motor is working. Its main function is to generate electromagnetic torque and the induced electromotive force. It is a conversion hub of 12 volt DC motor coverting energy, so it is usually called the armature which is composed of a rotating shaft, an armature core, an armature winding, commutator, fan and etc.




Actually, AC motor is everywhere in our life. For example, it is widely applied in the lampblack machine, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, electric fan, ventilator, hairdryer and etc. How does it work? Take single-phase AC motor, one type of the AC motors, for instance. Single-phase AC motor has two windings, the starting winding and the running winding. The starting winding is connected in series on a large capacitor. When the running winding and the starting winding go through the single-phase alternating current, it reached the maximum value because the capacitor makes the current in the starting winding has an angle of 90 degrees ahead of the running winding in time. Then the same two pulse magnetic fields are formed in the time and space so that a revolving magnetic field is generated in the air gap between the stator and the rotor. In the effect of revolving magnetic field, induction current is produced in a rotor. In the meantime, with the electromagnetic torque produced by the interaction between revolving magnetic field and current, the motor rotates.