A DC motor can be operated from a single-phase AC supply.
The direction of the torque produced by a DC machine is determined by the direction of current flow in the armature conductors and by the polarity of the field.
Torque is developed in a DC machine because the commutator arrangement permits the field and armature currents to remain in phase, thus producing torque in a constant direction.
A similar result can be obtained by using an AC supply, and by connecting the armature and field windings in series.
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