Re: RSG adjustment

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 3/23/02 6:27:42 PM Central Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> I have a 1/2 HP motor in my RSG. I am currently building the John Freau
>  phase adjuster. I am planning on using 250 uF of capacitance. My proposed
>  solution to the self-braking problem is to use a double-pole switch to

Steve,
I'm about where you are at with a SRSG and John's phase controller. I'm 
wondering if you calculated the capacitance value, and if so, how? John used 
a 1/20th HP motor for his 
SRSG. I am also using a 1/2 HP motor and getting a good voltage rise with 60 
uF.
No sign of self-braking problems. The motor run caps are in multiples of 12 
uF. I have one cap of 48 uF in parallel with 12 uF. The phase controller will 
also work at 48 uF so
unless you calculated the value, 250 uF seems kinda high. Don't forget the 
bleeder.

Happy day,
Ralph Zekelman