RE: Filters & Chokes

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau-at-xxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

With motors, the answer is "it depends".  If the motor is the so-called
AC-DC "universal motor", identified by its having brushes, the dimmer will
work nicely.  If the motor is a brushless induction type, the dimmer won't
work.

Gary Lau
Waltham, MA USA

Original poster: "Matt Skidmore" <mattskidmore-at-hotmail-dot-com> 

>There is no controversy over the use of dimmers on NST's.  It simply won't
>work.

how about a dimmer to control the speed of a motorized spark gap?

-matt