Electrical Machines
A dc shunt generator, when commissioned after a major repair of the field system, failed to build Up voltage. It was because

 field resistance was higher than critical resistance
 field system lost residual magnetism
 there was a break in the armature circuit
 field winding was wrongly connected

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Electrical Machines
An ideal synchronous motor has no starting torque because

 rotor is made up of salient poles.
 rotor winding is highly reactive.
  relative velocity between stator and rotor mmf’s is not zero.
 relative velocity between the stator and rotor mmf’s is zero.

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