Re: Rotary phase adjustment

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Original poster: "Kent Vander Velden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <graphix-at-iastate.edu>


>Ed,
>
>I'm glad your system is working well.  A method that I use to
>determine if the 240 bps is set correctly is to listen to the pitch
>of the gap  The gap can be firing at 240 bps, but can sound like
>it is running at 120 bps.  Only when the two bang sizes during
>each half cycle are equal or near equal in size will the pitch
>sound like 240 Hz (240 bps).  Also, as you mentioned, the safety
>gap will be less likely to fire at that setting also.
>
>John Freau

  Perhaps a naive question, but is the advantage of one break rate over 
another?  Can other multiples of 60/120 be used as well?

  Thanks.

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Kent Vander Velden
kent-at-iastate.edu