Re: SRSG phase controller

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 4/19/01 7:47:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
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<< Original poster: "Steve White by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" 
<slwhite-at-zeus.ia-dot-net>

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 If I understand what you are saying, you do not switch in the phase control
 circuit until the motor has spun up without the phase control circuit. If
 this is so, don't you have a potential problem with the motor seeing an
 abrupt phase shift in its power supply when you do switch in the phase
 control circuit?
  >>
I have the rotary gap and capacitors mounted near the coil.  About 8 feet 
away, I have the variac for controlling the power to the nsts and the phase 
control variac.  I fire the system up with the phase control variac set at 
zero (no inductance) but the capacitors are connected full time across the 
motor.  Once the motor has come up to speed, I adjust the phase control 
variac.

Ed Sonderman