I have very little knowledge on control wireing, so bear with me:
I am working on a project, useing a treadmill motor & controls to operate my honey extractor, It works Great !
Now I have 2 problems,
#1- I want to change the Speed control slider rheostat to
a rotary one so it will fit in my control box.
Info. printed on the slider is;
FO1-150M, POT2B, Long Slide Pot, AW REV. B
[ the post are marked L,W,& H all three post being used, very small wire I'd guess at about 20 ga. or less which go to a Motor Controller Model MC 40 ]
Only other info I have on the this is the test procedure;
" Turn pot to low speed & observe restiance as pot is turned to high speed; Resistance should rise to appx. 4K-5K at W & H post "
What size Rotary Rheostat am I looking for ?
#2- I also want slow the Motor speed control down so the rheostat is not as senstive, the motor is;
DC - Volts 100 - 5100 RPM - 1.5 HP
My speed needs are; starting abt. 35 RPM then progressing to a max of abt. 325 RPM .
The current Rheostat above does this but, the slide movement is only about 3/8 in. [ full range is abt. 3.5 in of slide ]
Will a second Rheostat wired in Series work ?
I went to Radio Shack, they knew less then I do, They were more interested in selling me a cell phone.
I hope I haven't bored you too much.
Thanks everyone for your time and consideration.
Murrell
I am working on a project, useing a treadmill motor & controls to operate my honey extractor, It works Great !
Now I have 2 problems,
#1- I want to change the Speed control slider rheostat to
a rotary one so it will fit in my control box.
Info. printed on the slider is;
FO1-150M, POT2B, Long Slide Pot, AW REV. B
[ the post are marked L,W,& H all three post being used, very small wire I'd guess at about 20 ga. or less which go to a Motor Controller Model MC 40 ]
Only other info I have on the this is the test procedure;
" Turn pot to low speed & observe restiance as pot is turned to high speed; Resistance should rise to appx. 4K-5K at W & H post "
What size Rotary Rheostat am I looking for ?
#2- I also want slow the Motor speed control down so the rheostat is not as senstive, the motor is;
DC - Volts 100 - 5100 RPM - 1.5 HP
My speed needs are; starting abt. 35 RPM then progressing to a max of abt. 325 RPM .
The current Rheostat above does this but, the slide movement is only about 3/8 in. [ full range is abt. 3.5 in of slide ]
Will a second Rheostat wired in Series work ?
I went to Radio Shack, they knew less then I do, They were more interested in selling me a cell phone.
I hope I haven't bored you too much.
Thanks everyone for your time and consideration.
Murrell