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Re: My first fully functioning GBC...
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Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:10:28 GMT
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> > How does it do when there are no balls in the input bin? And, how fast does it
> > run?
> > (balls per second?)
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> I'm not good with math, but the motor has an 8 tooth, and that goes to a 40
> tooth--the pump is connected to the 40 tooth, and the motor's on full.
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> So the motor RPM divided by 5 for balls / minute (if I figured it out correctly)
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> It's at least 1 a second. I will time it when I get home tonite.
I think motors run around 360 rpm or 6 rps / 5 = 1.2 rps = 1.2 bps
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| (...) Timed it--about 70 balls a minute, which is close to the math above... Also worked on the bin--doesn't get jammmed up nearly as frequently--works with 40-50 balls in the bin or 15 and under--sometimes, infrequently mind you, gets jammed with (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Thanks! I enjoyed it... (...) It's fine with 15 balls at once in the hopper. When it geta above that--to the brim, then sometimes it jams up (...) I'm not good with math, but the motor has an 8 tooth, and that goes to a 40 tooth--the pump is (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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