In article ,
Nick Hull wrote:


In article ,
Gunner wrote:

What is the best way to drop the 24vac down to 12v?



You could just cheat; use the 24 vac and half-rectify it. Instead of a
steady 12 volts you would be supplying a pulsed 24 volts, but I doubt
the motor would notice. Make sure the rectifier can handle the higher
pulses, bet even that is probably no big deal since it is the average
current that limits diodes.


Bravo! i like this

together with the Boris Mahar comment on transformer saturation
and the lil ascii schematic from Tom...

sidd