Re: Motor Phase Controller problems

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

Allan,

Did you measure the max voltage rise across the motor, and use
a cap value that limits the rise to 5 volts?

John

>
> I've tried a 2.8 amp variac and, while it did provide a measure of phase
> shift, it caused lots of noise from the motor. I'm using a C&H 1/20 hp sync
> motor. The variac also began to heat up after a few minutes of operation so
> I haven't used it for that purpose again. BTW I used a 50 ufd. cap.
>
>
> allan