Cct for pulsing F&P motor

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RossW Guru Joined: 25/02/2006 Location: Australia Posts: 495	Posted: 08:33pm 11 Mar 2006         brucedownunder2 said     Thanks Ross, I thought it would be a lot more complicated than that. I'm a great believer in NOT making things any more complicated than they need to be.   Quote   I'll put this together on a test stator/rotor on my bench and see what happens. Some feedback would be appreciated. My "gut feeling" is that we really need two phases pulsed in sequence but someone else said just a kick is probably all it needs.   Quote   I've been told if I turn one F&P set-up ,having it directly connected to another similar ly wired unit beside it ,then maybe the turned one will turn the other (will try this also), Yes, that should work - the only thing I can see causing it not to work would be if the low speed required to get it started wouldn't be producing enough (useful) output to drive the one up the mast, but give it a go. If you have a "spare" motor to play with, and some old low-resistance current limiting devices (can you say "old car headlights"?), you could make a safety device by putting one in series with either of the switches to limit the current to a safe value.   Quote   So frustrating seeing the mill sit there for 3 days now ,even with some breeze-I'd rather see the bloody thing turning ,evrn if it's not producing any power !!. Absobloodylutely!