Re: Synchronous Motor - How to determine . . .

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "D.C. Cox by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>


The best way to to pickup and modify the Radio Shack strobe.  Terry has this
in his archives files.  It's cheap and easy to modify.

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/RS-Strobe/RSStrobe.htm

Or, you could pick up the signal with a short piece of wire on a 20 ft. long
coax connected to a storage scope and see where it's firing.

Regards,

Dr. Resonance



----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:09 PM
Subject: Synchronous Motor - How to determine . . .


> Original poster: "Daniel McCauley by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
>
> I have my synchronous motor with the rotor set-up.  How am I able to tell
if
> my motor is running at the correct speed and that the rotational weight of
> my rotor is not slowing the motor down.  Any easy way to determine this?
I
> don't have access to any type of motor tachometer whether it be a physical
> connect one or ones that use a light beam and a piece of tape on the
shaft.
>
> Thanks
> Dan
>
>
>