Re: (ET) field rev.

["Tim Humphrey" <hump evgrin com>]

Reverse the polarity of all of your motor connections. See what that does. 
Please report back the results.

I'll do the same with my test motor this weekend to verify my suspected 
results if you would rather wait.




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Stay Charged!
Hump
"Ignorance is treatable, with a good prognosis. However, if left 
untreated, it develops into Arrogance, which is often
fatal. :-)" -- Lee Hart


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> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 5:55 PM
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> Subject: (ET) field rev.
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> I have a New Idea 15 that I converted.  Got fed up with the controls so 
> made
> my own.  I have a simple controller for the armature and 4 switches 
> hooked
> up to the original resistors for the field.  My question is when I have 
> it
> in high and least resistance to the field and put it in reverse it just
> speeds up by about 50%, why?  Nice feature though.
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