RSG motor

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Original poster: "Mr Gregory Peters by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <s371034-at-student.uq.edu.au>

Hello all,

I was considering using a bench grinder to drive my asynchronous rotary 
gap. I hooked mine up to a small variac, but can not get any 
significant speed fluctuation. Does anyone know how I could vary the 
speed? Would a light dimmer work? The motor is a 2850 rpm unit. I was 
contemplating using 12 electrodes for about 570 bps.

Cheers,

Greg Peters
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Queensland, Australia
Phone: 0402 841 677
http://www.geocities-dot-com/gregjpeters