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Unread 10-21-2004, 08:06 PM   #12
redleader
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Originally Posted by SysCrusher
Anyone seeing a problem running this off an extra psu?
http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.as...tname=electric

Someone got the lot on the last one. No more left.

What about running a 110volt on a dimmer switch? Is that possible and safe?
Dimmer will work fine. Theres obviously going to be a limit on how much it will slow things though. Generally AC motors have the speed determined by the frequency of the power. WHat the inductor does is lower current. So what'll happen is you'll starve the motor of power and force it to run slower then ideal. Eventually you won't have enough power to start it, but above that point it'll work as you'd expect.
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