Re: SRSG Phase Control

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Original poster: "Robert Hanford" <pomnept-at-comcast-dot-net> 

Hi Aric,
I didn't get it either but went ahead and built one for my little 1/30 hp.
motor. I didn't find  a whole lot of difference when expereminting with
different values of capacitor . The thing sure works a whole lot better than
varying the phase manually though! Best of luck,
Robert Hanford

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Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 4:49 PM
Subject: SRSG Phase Control


 > Original poster: aric-at-despammed-dot-com
 >
  In particular, I do not understand how the
 > described procedure of adjusting the variac, while monitoring the voltage
 > across the motor for resonant rise, translates to a suitable capacitor
value.
 >
 > Per John's site, use of a 1/2 HP motor might make this effort an
 > non-starter, but I thought I'd ask, anyway :)
 >
 > Aric
 >
 >