Re: Sync mod question

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Matt,

At 08:59 PM 7/3/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Jason,
>
>I have an AC motor from a drill that the gears wore out. The shaft has 
>windings on it. It has brushes and a permanent winding that must act the 
>magnet. There is no sort of doide or rectifier. What kind of motor is this?
>>

It is a high torque "universal" motor.  It is basically a DC motor that is
tweaked a little to run off standard AC as well.  It would run a variable
speed async gap if you can figure out how to hook it up to a rotor and
hooked it to a variac.

Cheers,

	Terry