Re: (ET) Controller Needed?

[Christopher Zach <czach computer org>]

> the problem with the original set up of contactors and resistors is the waste 
> of energy to go slow by "shunting" the excess up to big resistors where the 
> energy is wasted as heat that does nothing.

Problem is relative, how many of us spend 95%+ of time at full speed in 
some gear?

True I do like to go manual and into the low speeds every once in 
awhile, but most times I spent in speeds 4-7. Speeds 1-3 are simply 
there to buffer the E20's motor.

Chris