(of a motor or generator) having the field and armature circuits connected in parallel
Compare series-wound
shunt-wound in Electrical Engineering
(ʃʌntwaʊnd)
adjective
(Electrical engineering: Electrical power, Motor or generator)
A shunt-wound motor or generator has the field and armature circuits connected in parallel.
Current in the field windings of a shunt-wound generator is independent of the load current, because currents in parallel branchesare independent of each other.
A shunt-wound generator is wired differently than a series-wound generator, and its voltage outputperforms in an opposite way: As the load increases, the voltage output decreases.
A shunt-wound motor or generator has the field and armature circuits connected in parallel.