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Re: Motors comparison page updated
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart
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Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:29:46 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Philippe Hurbain wrote:

Good thing, the load is not inductive.

No, purely resistive. Although it does have a "boot up" time, I think it's just
due to heating up the element. I'm not completely sure if the element will
respond better to a "dimmer" type set-up (running it at less than normal
voltage) or a "pulsed" set-up with a relay... but with the relay I'd have
all-electronic NXT-based control, which I really like.

Looks like some people do:
http://www.amazon.com/Leviton-61500-I-Single-Pole-Electro-Mechanical-Incandescent/dp/B003AUDF0Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1294925232&sr=1-1

Wow! Thank you, I didn't realize they made those (although they aren't cheap...
but it's at least viable).

Fortunately no, they are not dissipating all the power not going
in the load!

Thanks for that tidbit as well... I wasn't aware of that, and was worried about
it.

--
Brian Davis



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(...) I have come across some industrial heater controls. To get the heaters at part power (to run them in a closed-loop temperature control), a method of burst firing is used. The circuit measures the zero crossings of the AC supply and turns the (...) (14 years ago, 25-Feb-11, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) Good thing, the load is not inductive. (...) OK, with a 1 second cycle time, and pure on/off, it is simpler. All you need is a solid state relay. (...) Looks like some people do: (URL) and worse, most of these dimmers work by dissipating and (...) (14 years ago, 13-Jan-11, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart)

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