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This is a guest post from Alan Clark…

Here is a detailed explanation of the reason a Series Wound starter motor still rotates the same way regardless of battery polarity.

When Battery Polarity is reversed both Field and Armature currents are reversed [Because it is Series wound]-rotation direction remains the same.

If the Starter were to be dismantled and either the field or the armature connections reversed the Starter rotation would reverse

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