Hi Mike,
Does the motor have brushes and if so it may well be a universal motor
such as those found in vacuum cleaners and may well run on AC , albeit a
bit higher voltage.
Hows that for a SWAG?
Mike k1ern
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike kendall" <ke6cvh@yahoo.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:19 AM
Subject: [Amps] blower voltages
> Hello all,
> As I work on my solid state linear amplifier project (water cooled), I
> recieved a commercial radiator assy 11" X
> 11" X 3.5" core with a motor driven fan (metal blades) and shroud. Motor is
> 12vdc and that thing was loud. Fan
> turned so fast that the metal blades flattened out from the centrifugal force.
> Now the question, I don't have access to a high current variable power
> supply and alot of my stuff is in storage
> while I'm here in Japan. I need a SWAG (Scientific Wild A-- Guess) on some
> recommended voltages to supply to the
> motor. I was thinking to supply 6 volts or 9 volts. I may be able to
> purchase a tranformer, rectify it, and seem to
> remember seeing a variometer on a test equipment bench at work. Never done
> this before but figure you guys have
> slowed down many a fan.
> 73,
> Mike
>
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