BMW is recalling some sedans, coupes, and SUVs because a faulty starter motor may cause a fire in the engine bay.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the recall of more than 145,100 BMWs because the starter motor ...

Full-voltage, single-speed motor starters: Single-speed squirrel-cage motors have starters that fall into two categories: full-voltage or across-the-line starters; and reduced-voltage starters.

See exactly how a starter actually spins a motor thanks to this nifty custom see-through model. Starter motors are incredibly convenient pieces of engineering. Instead of having to use a hand crank to ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) warns BMW owners of a fire risk due to overheating starters that ...

The NEC defines a controller in a few different ways. In Art. 100, a controller is described as “a device or group of devices that serves to govern, in some predetermined manner, the electric power ...

I'm having problem with a starter motor on a riding mower, and need to check if the motor is getting juice and not working or if something else isn't working and no juice is getting to the starter.

Had to make a short trip to my mech to fit a few parts I had stored in my house taking up space(made my mom mad everytime she ...

The opening part of this series laid out how the starter motor works, set the thing in the context of its electrical supply and suggested a few eyes-and-ears checks as the first steps in ...

1903: Clyde J. Coleman is issued a patent for an electric automobile starter. Coleman originally applied for the patent in 1899, but his early designs proved impractical. The need for this kind of ...