On 1/7/12 4:38 PM, Gary Lau wrote:
It would definitely be mechanically safer, but now you have the added challenge of insulating the now-hot disk from the motor shaft. I'm not saying it can't be done, but should that insulation fail, it would be _BAD_. But then, folks have done dumber stuff and lived to tell.
Belt driven with the rotary disk on a jackshaft makes insulation easier. There's also schemes where the disk is grounded. _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla