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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_] Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_] is offline
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Default Kinda OT ... motor speed control

fired this volley in
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I THINK he was talking about remoting the speed pot on the VFD. A
relatively simple 3 conductor cable on the "voltage devider".
Possible for sure, but a bit of a pain.


I never read any indications that he was talking about multi-phase
motors. OF COURSE it can be done that way, but all the discussion here
was about chopper-controlled single-phase induction motors.

That sort doesn't particularly like that sort of control _anyway_, unless
they were designed for high-slip operation (like, say, ceiling fan
motors).

But, again: A properly designed ball mill requires NO speed control over
a fairly wide range of jar sizes.

LLoyd