Electric motors are also components, they can be in AC power or in DC power, and some of them are in 3 speed (low, medium, or high), others are in 2 speed (low or high) or one speed.
DC (Direct Current) Electric Motors[]
DC electric motors comes from a robot, or rc car, plane, helicoptor, and others are in toy fans.
12VDC electric motor
AC (Alternating Current) Electric Motors[]
AC electric motors are found in ceiling fans, HVAC, portable fans, kitchen applances, and your washer and dryer.
AC motors are also found in hybrid automobiles.
115V 3 speed blower electric AC motor.
Ford Escape Hybrid engine equipped with AC motor
How Does It Work[]
Electric motors have perminted magnets and coils to move the magnets in order to move, now some motors can go reverse, or foward, in DC power you switch the + and - in order to move to the other way. In a AC motor there are a pair of wires, they are in colored, the black wire is foward, and the red wire is reverse, and it may have a reverse wire, in a muti speed motor.
AC motors usualy plug in and DC motors useualy use a battery