# simulate a motor with resistor and inductor

I want to simulate a motor with a resistor and inductor. It means I want to connect a resistor and inductor to 1-phase or 3-phase instead of a motor. For achieving this goal I have to measure both active and reactive power and calculate the value of resistor and inductor. Is it possible? I mean is it a right way to consume active and reactive power with resistor and inductor? And if it is right, how is the connection of resistor and inductor. Parallel or series?

• What about back EMF? Feb 17 '19 at 5:55
• I just want to consume active and reactive power Feb 17 '19 at 6:00
• The resistor should consume some power. But it is not clear what your goal is. Maybe experimenting with a simulator would help you accomplish your goals. Feb 17 '19 at 6:04
• You can put the components in either series or parallel, and calculate how much actual and reactive power they will consume, in order to test your meter. Then having gained confidence in your meter, you can use it to measure your motor. Is that what you want to do. Feb 17 '19 at 6:15
• As Neil said I want to test my meter and I wanted to know if it measures the reactive power right or not. And I don't have any motor or other devices that consume reactive power and I thought of using inductor instead of a motor Feb 17 '19 at 6:23

From your initail question i deduced that you want to connect the resistor and inductor to the mains voltage, do not do this without knownig the resulting current. Preferably, do not do this with the mains voltage at all, get a signal generator. Depending on the frequency of the signal you are working with calculate the inductor impendance $$Z=\omega L$$, and make sure the inductor is in its limits. Next choose a resistor with approximately the same resistance in ohms as the inductor. Connect them is series or parallel and work with that.