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sync-gap problems
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From: ajones-at-nwga-dot-com [SMTP:ajones-at-nwga-dot-com]
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 1998 3:06 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: sync-gap problems
In <01BD8B5A.0CA688C0-at-SA5399-2-43.stic-dot-net>, on 05/29/98
at 11:19 PM, Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> said:
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>From: D.C. Cox [SMTP:DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net]
>Sent: Friday, May 29, 1998 1:29 PM
>To: Tesla List
>Subject: Re: sync-gap problems
>to: Alan
>Sounds like you have not finished the job of phasing the synchro RSG
>to your line phase. You need a scope -- storage type is best -- to
>actually "see" where on the 60 cycle waveform your RSG is firing. It
>could be you are firing at or near the zero point in which case you
>are not dumping the cap energy into the circuit. Be sure to set it
>so it is firing at the top 90 degree peak of the sine wave (sometimes
>5 degrees after works the best).
> If you don't have a scope just try moving the rotor approx 45
>degrees with respect to the motor shaft and run it again. If this
>helps out then make small 5-10 degree adjustments of the rotor with
>respect to the shaft to see what works best.
>DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
Well, I don't have a scope so I'll have to do it the hard way. I've
rotated the motor a pretty good bit and can find the spot where the
gaps sound the best, but still no output. I'll keep trying till I get
it.
Thanks,
Alan Jones
ajones-at-nwga-dot-com